INTERNATIONAL NEWS - US President Donald Trump has tweeted that Russia should "get ready" for missiles to be fired into Syria, in response to an alleged chemical attack at the weekend.
Senior Russian figures had threatened to meet any US strikes with a response.
Mr Trump had promised a "forceful" reply to the suspected attack.
President Bashar al-Assad's government, which receives military backing from Russia, denies being behind any chemical attack.
In his tweet, Mr Trump called Mr Assad a "gas killing animal".
On Saturday, Syrian opposition activists, rescue workers and medics said the rebel-held town of Douma in the Eastern Ghouta region had been attacked by government forces using bombs filled with toxic chemicals.
Trump warns Russia on Syria missile threat
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Posted on: 14:18 Wed, 11 April 2018
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