President Trump Warns Russia on Syria Missile Threat

President Trump has tweeted about "nice and new and smart" missiles in a warning to Russia that he will respond to a suspected chemical attack by the Syrian government.

Also in the programme: More than two hundred and fifty people have been killed in a military plane crash in Algeria; and a Burmese court has refused to drop legal proceedings against two Reuters journalists arrested while investigating the mass killings of Rohingyas.

Photo: US President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House. Credit: Getty Images