Now for a look at stories making headlines around the world and we start with the ongoing unrest in Syria…<br />The U.S. ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley says Washington will announce new sanctions against Russian companies with links to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.<br />Her comments on Sunday came after the U.S., UK and France carried out airstrikes on targets in Syria for a suspected chemical weapons attack earlier this month.<br />For more on this and other international news we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram… the feud between Russia and the west continues…. <br /><br /> That's right Semin… a very tense and hostile atmosphere between Moscow and the West - very reminiscent of the Cold War. <br /> The U.S. and Russia again traded barbs at the UN Security Council over the weekend, with Russia's UN ambassador condemning the joint airstrikes on Syrian chemical weapons facilities as a violation of international law.<br />He said they dealt a blow to the political settlement in the divided Middle Eastern nation.<br />Syria and its ally Russia deny any poison gas attack took place.<br />The U.S. envoy, however, did not back down, hinting at more use of force to future Syrian chemical attacks. <br /><br /> "I spoke to the president this morning and he said if the Syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again the United States is locked and loaded"<br /><br /> She also told a CBS interview that new sanctions against Russian companies with links to the Assad regime would be announced Monday. <br />She indicated they would aimed at sending a message to Russia, which she said has blocked six attempts by the U.N. Security Council to make it easier to investigate the use of chemical weapons.<br /> Meanwhile President Trump has defended his use of the phrase "Mission Accomplished" to describe the airstrikes.<br />President George W Bush was heavily criticized for appearing in front of a banner carrying the term during the Iraq war. <br />The image was captured before the war ended, which many viewed as Bush's misguided intervention in the region. <br />In a Sunday tweet, Trump said he knew the "fake news media" would seize on this but used it anyway as it was a "great military term" that should be brought back. <br />
