BBC News with Julie Candler.

The US secretary of state Rex Tillerson says there will be no role for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in the future Syria. Mr. Tillerson called the suspected use of chemical weapons on

Tuesday a serious matter that required a serious response. Reports from Washington say detailed discussion are going on between the Pentagon and White House about possible military action in Syria.

The United Nations says at least 27 children are now known to have been among the dozens of people killed during the suspected gas attack in Syria.

The US senate has approved a historic role change to prevent the minority democrats blocking President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. The vote by a majority of 52 to 48 deprived the democrats of using the filibuster procedure to prevent this conformation of the conservative judge Neil Gorsuch.

Donald Trump is due to host his first talk with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Florida, an encounter which the US president has predicted will be very difficult. Mr. Trump’s outspoken attacks on Chinese trade policy were a key part of his election campaign.

The start of a 24-hour general strike in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, has shut down public transport, as demonstrators blocked city streets. Unions and officials say participation is high, as workers protest against job cuts and the economic policies of the conservative President, Mauricio Macri.

A court in Tunisia has sentenced a British DJ in absentia to a year in jail, after he played a remixed recording of the Muslim-called prayer. Videos of clubbers dancing to the music caused outrage when it appeared on social media.

The world No.1 golf player, Dustin Johnson, has pulled out of the U.S. Masters after sustaining an injury in a fall at his home. The American's withdrawal came just before he was due to start his first round at Augusta.

BBC News.