Traces of nerve agent Novichok found in second Salisbury police officer's blood
The attempted assassination the Skripals was done using Novichok in March 2018.
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The attempted assassination the Skripals was done using Novichok in March 2018.
The final site of decontamination in Salisbury, the Skripal home, is safe following extensive cleaning.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found poisoned in the English city of Salisbury in early March.
The Kremlin has rejected past charges about its involvement in the case.
The Russian President was visibly angry when he was speaking about Skripal today in Moscow.
British investigative team Bellingcat claims to have discovered that ‘Ruslan Boshirov’ is in fact FRU colonel Anatoly Chepiga.
Police said the couple, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s, were assessed in hospital where they remained under observation.
The two men accused denied having anything to do with the murder attempt in an interview with Russian media.
Putin said the two men do not work for the military and called on them to come forward.
British authorities have issued arrest warrants for two suspected members of Russian military intelligence.
British Security Minister Ben Wallace said the attack in Salisbury was “more Johnny English than James Bond”.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found poisoned in the English city of Salisbury in early March.
A second man is in a serious condition in hospital.
Dawn Sturgess died after she handled what she thought was a bottle of perfume, given to her by her partner Charlie Rowley.
Charlie Rowley’s partner Dawn Sturgess died after exposure to the nerve agent earlier this month.
The suspects are believed to be Russian.
They say that 400 items in total have been collected.
Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, who has since died, fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near the town of Salisbury.
Dawn Sturgess and a man named locally as Charlie Rowley (45) fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near the town of Salisbury.
Police are investigating if the latest nerve agent poisoning is linked to the last Salisbury incident.
The incident happened less than 10 miles from where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned.
The investigations have been launched on the back of the Salisbury nerve agent attack in March.
Work to decontaminate sites in Salisbury affected by the nerve agent begin today.
Yesterday, his daughter Yulia said her “strength is growing daily”.
A war of words has erupted between Russia, the UK and the US.
Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found unconscious in the English town of Salisbury on 4 March.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the British had “lost their sense of reality”.
Yulia Skripal, meanwhile, is “rapidly improving” in her condition in hospital.
While she is no longer critical, the condition of her father Sergei remains serious after the attack.
The highest concentration of nerve agent was found at Sergei Skripal’s home address, according to Met Police.
Leo Varadkar told the Dáil that when it comes to the use of chemical weapons Ireland is “not neutral one bit”.
The government is expected to decide whether to expel Russian diplomats later today.
The 28 EU leaders have offered British Prime Minister Theresa May their full support in blaming Russia for the attack.
A judge today ruled that blood samples from former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, who have been left in a coma following the attack, can be released for testing.
Russia has denied involvement in the poisoning.
“The Russian state was culpable of the attempted murder” of spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, May said.
England’s chief medical officer said the risk to the public is low.
One of the police officers who was injured in the attack has said today that he’s “no hero”.
Russia has said the claim it poisoned Sergei Skripal is ‘propaganda’.