conspiracy to murder sergei skripal, attempted murder of sergei skripal, attempted murder of sergei skripal, attempted murder of sergei skripal, yulia skripal and nick bailey. possession of novichok, causing grievous bodily harm with intent to yulia skripal and nick bailey. we can show you some pictures of the two suspects. it is alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. it is believed the uk counterterrorism police chiefs said they are travelling under aliases. alexander petrov and. ruslan boshirov. russia has made it clear they do not permit extradition of its own nationals. should this position change then an extradition request would be made. we have obtained a european arrest warrant which means if either man travels to a country where and eaw is valid they will be arrested and face extradition on these charges for which there is no statute of limitations. those two men are wa nted limitations. those two men are wanted for questioning over the attempted murders of sergei skripal and yulia skripal and also a police officer who was also poisoned with novichok when he searched the skripals ho

tonight at 10:00 — two russian nationals named as suspects in the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. after an extensive study of cctv and other images, scotland yard says there would be sufficient evidence to charge the two men. it came six months after the skripals were poisoned by a russian—made nerve agent in salisbury, prompting a huge international outcry. the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence services — also known as the gru. the men have been named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, whose movements have been traced in detail by the british authorities. we'll have the latest on the investigation, that's involved 250 officers, and we'll be asking about the significance of today's new information. also tonight... we are three friends, bloggers, we all have one thing in common, we all have or have had cancer. tributes to the bbc‘s rachel bland, who's died at the age of a0 — presenter of an award—winning podcast documenting her treatment for cancer. scallop fishing — now britain

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also, in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru. and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow has said it doesn't recognise the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited, but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. a short time ago i spoke to professor brian taylor, an expert on russian state organisations. he explained more about moscow's military intelligence service. vgru has v gru has its roots in the soviet period and was the milita

the prime target of the salisbury operation was sergei skripal. himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former collea g u es thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, m16. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also come in the eyes of the government, exposing the role of the gru and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow said it did not recognise the names of the men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited but it will be hoping that to date increases the pressure on moscow. the investigation into what happened in salisbury has involved around 250 specialist counterterrorism officers, as well as more than 180 members of the military who we

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also, in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru. and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow has said it doesn't recognise the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited, but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. as we heard, more than 250 detectives have been working on the investigation, and they combed through 11,000 hours of cctv footage to identify the attackers. in the process, they have also taken more than 1,400 statements. our

skripal, the attempted murder of sergei skripal and yulia skripal, the use and possession of novichok, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. this morning, the police have set out how the two russian nationals traveled under the names of alexander petroff. names the police believe to be alien says. -- to be aliases. they traveled by train to london victoria, then on to waterloo, before going to the hotel in london. they stayed friday and saturday evening and traces of novichok were found in their hotel room. on saturday, they visited sol's barry. -- visited salisbury. on 4 march, they made the same journey, traveling to waterloo station at 8:05 am, before continuing by train to salisbury. the police have released cctv footage of the two men, which clearly places them in the immediate vicinity of the skripal house, moments before the attack. they left salisbury and arrived in waterloo. they then returned to moscow, departing at 10:30 pm. mister speaker, this hard evidence has enabled the independent crown prosecution service to conclude they have a sufficient basis on which to b

shortly after, that they smeared a nerve agent on sergei skripal's front door. this is what is believed to beat their weapon, the perfume bottle used to carry the novichok prevention. el today's announcement is a most significant dment in the investigation. we have sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to the attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury, and arrest warrants have been issued forsu the twects, and we are seeking to circulate notices. gordonprosecutors say they have enough evidence to charge the two with conspiracy to attemptedi skripal, murder of sergei skripal, his ulia, and a police officer who went to their house. use and possession of novichok, contrary to the chemical weapons act. and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. what is the gru? rmsed in this building, it is the intelligencef the russian military, with a long track record of undercover operations around the world. under vladimir putin, here visiting its headquarters, e observers say it has becre aggressive, accused of hacking america's 2016 presidential election, o

prosecutors say they have enough evidence to charge the two with conspiracy to murder sergei skripal, attempted murder of sergei skripal, his daughter yulia and detective sergeant nick bailey, a police officer who went to the house. use and possession of novichok contrary to the chemical weapons act, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to yulia skripal and nick bailey. the gru, based in this building, is the intelligence arm of the russian military with a long track record of undercover operations around the world. undeeradimir putin, seen here visiting the headquarters, observers say it's become even more aggressive, accused of hacking america's 2016 election and now using nerve agent in britain. the prime target of the salisbury operation was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it's thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, m16. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also, in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru. and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow has said it doesn't recognise the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited, but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news: several people have been injured in a landslide after a strong earthquake struck japan's northern island, hokkaido. buildings were damaged, goods stacked on the shelves of shops scattered an

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, m16. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also, in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru. and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow has said it doesn't recognise the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited, but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. a short time ago i spoke to professor brian taylor, an expert on russian state organisations. he explained more about moscow's military intelligence service. the gru has its roots in the soviet period and was the military inte

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also, in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru. and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow has said it doesn't recognise the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited, but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news: several people have been injured in a landslide after a strong earthquake struck japan's northern island of hokkaido. at least ten people have been taken to hospital and others are belie

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also, in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru. and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow has said it doesn't recognise the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited, but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. our correspondent in moscow, steve rosenberg, has the reaction from russia. what we do see today was moscow putting its hand up and admitting, yes we did this, yes we carry this out. quite the opposite. russia today portrayed

skripal, the attempted murder of sergei skripal and yulia skripal, the detective sergeant, the use and possession of novichok, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. this morning, the police have set out how the two russian nationals traveled under the names of alexander petroff. names the police believe to be aliases. they traveled by train -- aliases. they traveled by train to london victoria, then on to waterloo, before going to the hotel in london. they stayed friday and saturday evening and traces of novichok were found in their hotel room. on saturday, they visited sol's barry. -- visited salisbury. on 4 march, they made the same journey, traveling to waterloo arriving at 2:25 p.m. the police are confident this was the reconnaissance of the area. on sunday the fourth of march, they made the same journey, traveling by underground to waterloo station at 8:05 am, before continuing by train to salisbury. the police have released cctv footage of the two men, which clearly places them in the immediate vicinity of the skripal house, moments before the attack. they left salisbury

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal is thought to have been targetedy former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working with the british secret service, mi6. today was about more than just naming two individuals, but also on the government side, exposing the role of the gru. the prime minister made clear that as well as the public accusation, british intelligenc would be asked more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's de ambassador was summoned into the foreign office. moow has said it does not recognize the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited. but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. jane: top executives from facebook and twitter acknowledged their companies have been too slow to act against meddling in u.s. elections. appearing before a senate panel, facebook's sh the senate they were working to fix the problem. twitter's ch

the prime target of the salisbury operation was sergei skripal. himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also in the eyes of the government, exposing the role of the gru and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow said it did not recognise the names of the men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. with me now in the studio is ben emmerson qc — who represented the widow of alexander litvinenko at the public inquiry into his murder. it is an almost exact replay of the murder of alexander living in court? yes, ther

she confirmed the investigation is in relation to both sergei and yulia skripal and charlie rowley and dawn stu rgess. just as the police investigation has enabled the cps to bring charges against the two suspects so security and intelligence agencies have carried out their own investigations into the organisation behind this attack. based on this work i can today tell the house that based on a body of intelligence the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service, the gru. the gru is a highly disciplined organisation with a well—established chain of command. this was not a rogue operation and was almost certainly approved outside the gru at a senior level of the russian state. the house will appreciate i cannot go into details about the work of our security and intelligence agencies but we will be briefing opposition leaders and others on privy council terms and also giving further details to the intelligence and security committee. let me turn to our response to this appalling attack and the

we now have sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to the attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury, and domestic and european arrest warrants have been issued for the two suspects and we will be seeking to circulate interpol red notices. police believe the alleged salisbury attackers are back in russia, with almost no chance of ever being extradited. our moscow correspondent says the kremlin remains defiant. it doesn't matter how many facts the british police come up with, russia will continue to deny any connection to the salisbury poisoning. in other news, the former govenor of the bank of england says incompetent preparations for brexit have undermined the uk's negotiating position. a revolutionary new treatment on the nhs for childhood leukaemia — using the body's own cells to fight it coming up on afternoon live, we'll have all the latest sport. in the next couple of minutes, we will find out the european wild cards for the ryder cup later this month. and late on afternoon live, we will hear from alastair cook as he explains the thinking behind his international

vladimir putin insists two men accused by britain of attempting to murderformer spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia are not criminals. a nine—year—old schoolgirl sparked intense debate in australia after refusing to stand for the national anthem to protest alleged institutional racism. student harper nielsen was given detention last week for notjoining classmates in a rendition of advance australia fair, a song she says ignores the nation's indigenous people. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. on the front page of the japan times, russian president vladimir putin has suggested that moscow and tokyo should sign a deal that solves their long running territorial dispute by the end of the year. in response to putin's comment, the chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga said japan stands by its long standing position that the territorial dispite must be resolved before the two nations can ever sign a peace treaty. the south china morning post has a story about foreigners being banned from using the internet in china. it says they could all be banned from s

vladimir putin says two men accused by britain of attempting to murder former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia are not criminals. the russian president says the men are civilians and has encouraged them to give their version of events. and this story is popular on bbc.com: a nine—year—old schoolgirl has sparked intense debate in australia after refusing to stand for the national anthem in protest at alleged institutional racism. student harper nielsen claimed the song ignored the nation's indigenous people. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: pro—brexit conservatives say they've found a way of dealing with the irish border after britain leaves the eu,

sergei skripal in russian eyes is a traitor. he served as a gru intelligence officer in afghanistan alongside other officers. he then betrayed them to mi6. he revealed a list of gru operatives in europe to m16. he list of gru operatives in europe to mi6. he was caught and arrested in 2006, given a lengthy prison sentence. but three years later he was traded in a spy swap with a number of russian spies that america handed over and he came to live quietly in salisbury in vulture. not so quietly in salisbury in vulture. not so quietly it turns out, because he isa so quietly it turns out, because he is a marked man. maybe he was told daily—macro still feeding in what information he had left to mi6, but a nyway information he had left to mi6, but anyway somebody wanted him dead. given the international outcry and the musick risk to russia in terms of sanctions, what would be the thinking in taking the risk on this, was the desire to get rid of him so big they were prepared to take on the risk of enormous and other economic damage?

skripal, the attempted murder of sergei and yulia skripal, the detective sergeant, the use and possession of novichok, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. this morning, the police have set out how the two russian nationals traveled under the names of alexander petroff. names the police believe to be aliases. they arrived at the airport friday the second of march having flown from moscow. they traveled by train to london victoria, then on to waterloo, before going to the city stay hotel in london. they stayed friday and saturday evening and traces of novichok were found in their hotel room. on saturday, they visited salisbury. arriving at approximately 2:25 p.m. and leaving less than two hours later at 4:10. the police are confident this was the reconnaissance of the area. on sunday the fourth of march, they made the same journey, traveling by underground to waterloo station at 8:05 am, before continuing by train to salisbury. the police have released cctv footage of the two men, which clearly places them in the immediate vicinity of the skripal house, moments before the attack.

regarding consular access to yulia and sergei skripal, asi access to yulia and sergei skripal, as i have said, we have not had access, but what is indicative is something else that the sister of yulia, who lives in russia and wa nted yulia, who lives in russia and wanted to visit her sister, the british government twice refused to issue a british visa to her. does that tell you anything? as for the request that the british side allegedly sent to russia right after the incident, well, we have had the pleasure, more than once to comment the character of that request, it wasn't a request at all. it was a message by boris johnson, wasn't a request at all. it was a message by borisjohnson, the then foreign minister to the russian ambassador in london, with a demand to acknowledge that russia committed this crime and to explain how it was done, whether it was done with the knowledge of the russian authorities or without their knowledge. that was the whole request regarding co—operation with russia. please don't mislead the international community, there was no request to co—operate with th

we now have sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to the attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury, and domestic and european arrest warrants have been issued. this was a sickening and despicable act, in which a devastatingly toxic nerve agent known as novichok was used to attack our country. we'll have all the latest from salisbury and moscow. also this lunchtime: a gamechanger in child leukemia treatment. the nhs offers children an expensive new therapy that's been called the most exciting treatment advance for decades. former bank of england governor lord mervyn king attacks the government's brexit preparations. he calls them "incompetent". and... tributes to bbc news presenter rachel bland, who's died at the age of a0. she spent the last months of her life on an award—winning podcast and blog, documenting her battle with cancer. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. the european ryder cup captain, thomas bjorn, will name his four wildcards for the tournament. ian poulter is expected to be one of them. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news

in fa ct, sergei skripal, just up there. in fact, it tookjust sergei skripal, just up there. in fact, it took just two sergei skripal, just up there. in fact, it tookjust two minutes to walk from the petrol station here to sergei skripal‘s house. the russians say they were never here and they only came as tourists to see salisbury cathedral. and here, at the cathedral, there does not seem to be any cctv footage of them to back up their claims. and not only that, look again at the photographic evidence and the timings in august. remember that we saw they were at the petrol station at 11:58 a.m. ? the next photograph in the city centre is at 13:05pm heading towards the train station to leave salisbury. a total ofjust one hour and seven minutes. yet in that one hour and seven minutes, apparently going by foot, the men got into the city centre and visited the cathedral and took a series of photographs. just over one hour inner—city they have flown all the way from moscow to see. i don't think any of their interviews, i watched it a couple of times, and! interviews, i watched

skripal and his daughter yulia. the two suspects are pictured on the front page of the sun, smiling after the attack in salisbury, in march. the daily mail says theresa may is declaring war on vladimir putin's spy network in the wake of the poisoning attack. the times also leads on the prime minister's promise of revenge on russia, following the nerve agent attack. the same story makes the front page of the ft. but the paper also reports on the sell—off in emerging markets sparked by currency crises in turkey and argentina. the telegraph leads on the skripal poisoning suspects. but it also carries a warning from the health secretary, matt hancock, that dangerous nhs it systems are risking the lives of patients. the express has a picture of what it calls assassins sent by putin. but it also reports on the death of bbc presenter rachael bland, decribing her as beautiful and courageous. and the head of nhs england is accusing betting firms that sponsor premier league football clubs of shirking their duty to help brit

be salisbury poisoning targeted sergei skripal, a former russian spy who betrayed his country. but his daughter fell who betrayed his country. but his daughterfell sick too who betrayed his country. but his daughter fell sick too and a policeman who visited their home. dawn stu rgess policeman who visited their home. dawn sturgess was poisoned and died three months later. her boyfriend had found a perfume bottle filled with novichok. officials have been mocking the case against russia as absurd, a soap opera, they claimed even cctv footage was faked. so it's not clear who might come forward now. uk police say suspects used aliases, so could it be men with the same names, not the actual men with the mugshots? one former kgb officer told me russia could be behind the salisbury attack, but the culprits never expect to be discovered. behind their public statements, he thinks russian officials are worried. translation: all of the elite understands the mess that russia is in but the leadership sets the tone. they say the british made it up, that is rubbish. it is bravado. everyone kn

the conspiracy to murder sergei skripal. the attempted murder of sergei and julia skripal. and detective sergeant nick bailey. the use and possession of novichok. and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to julia skripal and nick bailey. the investigation into the murder of dawn strugis remains ongoing. madam speaker, -- madam president, the evidence reveals the following. it shows the arrival of two individuals traveling under the name of alexander petrov and another to the u.k. from russia. cctv and other evidence records their travel to and from salisbury and crucially there are images which clearly place them in the vicinity of the skripal house at 11:58 a.m. on sunday, the 4th of march. this was moments before the attack took place, which involved placing the substance on the skripals' frontdoor handle. madam president, should any council wish, we can share copies those images. further, testing of the hotel revealed the presence of traces of the novichok substance in their hotel room. based on the thorough analysis of our intelligence, the u.k. government has concl

russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury as civilians, not criminals. we obviously looked into these people are. we found a —— we found them, they will appear soon, i hope, and tell you everything themselves. egypt's public prosecutor says e.coli was a factor in the death of a british couple at a hotel in the resort of hurghada. also coming up: the eye of the storm bearing down on the us coast. as hurricane florence advances on several american states, nearly two million people have been ordered to leave their homes. and behind the scenes at dundee‘s new design museum in advance of its public opening this weekend. and at half past eleven, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jack blanchard from politico london playbook and pippa crerar from the guardian. stay with us for that. good evening. a group of leading brexit—supporting conservative mps have produced proposals for the highly contentious issue of how the irish border will be handled after britain leaves the eu. the eu

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british prosecutors have charged two russians with the attack on former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter back in march. the british government believes the suspects are members of russia's military intelligence and that their operation had the approval of the kremlin. reporter: these are the men british prosecutors have charged with conspiracy to murder. they are russian citizens, but police believe their names are probably aliases. the men are accused of attempting to murder former russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter yuliaia with a military grade nerve agent. a police officer was also hospitalized following the attack in march in the english city of salisbury. another couple also fell seriously ill after coming into contact with the nerve agent. police believe it was through this perfume bottle. dawn sturgess of salisburyry lar died. >> this could have happened to anyone. it happened on brititish soil. they will face british justice. that is what we will fight for. the international l communit obviously rallied around the government at the time. we want the

they're accused of trying to kill former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter using a nerve agent. matthew chance live in moscow with the latest. what do we know? >> reporter: this is extraordinary because it's the first time that the russians admitted these people exist. previously when their photographs were circulated they were named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. the russians dismissed those names and photographs as meaningless. now russian president vladimir putin has come out saying, look, we know who they are, we found them. actually they're civilians. they're not members, him indicating, of the gru, the russian military intelligence group that the british authorities say they were members of. and basically there's nothing unusual about them. he also took the step of calling on these two individuals to speak to the media. almost giving the permission to do so. expectations have been rising in the country and observers watching that soon we'll be hearing from those individuals themselves. it's extraordinary because, it's going to be interesting, rather, to hear wha

the conspiracy to murder sergei skripal. the attempted murder of sergei skripal and yulia skripal and detective sergeant nick bailey. the use and possession of novichok. and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to yulia skripal and nick bailey. the investigation into the murder of dawn sturgess remains ongoing. madam president, the evidence reveals the following. it shows the arrival of two individuals travelling under the names of alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov to the uk from russia. cctv and other evidence records their travels to and from salisbury and, crucially, there are images which clearly place them in the vicinity of the skripals‘s house at 11:15am on sunday 4th of march. this was moments before the attack took place which involved placing the substance on the skripals front door handle. madam president, should any council member wish we can share copies of those images. further, testing of the hotel the pair stayed in at the hotel revealed the presence of traces of the novichok substance in their hotel

the salisbury poisoning targeted sergei skripal, a former russian spy who betrayed his country, but his daughter fell sick too, and a policeman who visited their home. dawn sturgess was poisoned and died three months later, her boyfriend had found a perfume bottle filled with novichok. officials here have been busy mocking the british case against russia as absurd, a soap opera, they've even claimed that cctv footage was fake. so it is not clear who might come forward now, uk police say the suspects used aliases. so could it be men with the same names, or the actual men from the mugshot? one former kgb officer told me russia could be behind the salisbury attack, that the culprits never expected to be discovered. behind their public statements, he thinks russian officials are worried. translation: all of the elite understands the mess that russia is now in. but the leadership sets the tone, they say that the british made it all up, that it is all rubbish. but that is just laddish bravado, everybody knows that the consequences will be serious. outrage over the poisoning has already brough

sergei skripal and his daughter survived the poisoning. but the sturgess died after using eight perfume bottle her boyfriend found. police believe that is how the nerve agent was brought to britain. when you go through customs, they check all your belongings, so if we had anything suspicious, any police officer would have questions. why would a man have women's perfume in his luggage? accused by britain, the men now claim they are worried for their lives. they even demanded an apology. at this appearance was controlled, carefully choreographed. the suspects have vanished as suddenly as they appeared for the state television cameras. we've all heard of first daughter ivanka trump — but what about marina mahathir? a writer, activist and the eldest daughter of the newly elected malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad, she is not one to shy away from the spotlight. vocal about human rights and her defence of the lgbt community — despite homosexuality being illegal in the country — she's well known for directly criticising her father's

she's being paid -- niece of sergei skripal. she's being paid half the amount of money, like a lot of money, for participating in this program. so you can assume that walter is being paid too. so it's a clear economic in ntage to him, especially his old age. that's number one. number two, as i said, it's very difficult to turn back once you start going down this lane. my son waso say that a traitor who led me back to moscow. three years later he went out accusing me of killing my wife, although he knew perfectly well that my wife died of cancer five .ears after he claimed she died she couldn't address him in english because she was a russian, he didn't speak english. it's all totally unbelievable story. but who cares. lauren: sir, you'll have the last question. questioner: ukrainian legal group. i just went through american edia about russia today. under the first amendment, major american channels, they have to allocate time for smaller companies for free. russia today's using this free time to broadcast. second, a lot of ameri

theresa may says the two suspects in the salisbury nerve agent attack on sergei and julia skripal are members of russian military intelligence. facebook and twitter execs have admitted they were too slow to act against political meddling in the us, but they have told senators the problem is getting fixed. western japan is struggling to recover from the strongest typhoon to hit the country in 25 years. the world health organisation warns that a quarter of the world's adults aren't getting enough exercise. interestingly, the problem is in the richer countries in the world. two russian nationals have been named as suspects in the salisbury novichok attack which targeted sergei and yulia skripal. uk police say these two men arrived in london on the 2nd of march, using the names alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. we got much more detailfrom we got much more detail from the prime minister, theresa may. the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service, also known as the gru. the men visited salisb

the salisbury poisoning targeted sergei skripal — a former russian spy — who betrayed his country. but his daughter fell sick, too, and a policeman who visited their home. dawn sturgess was poisoned and died three months later. her boyfriend had found a perfume bottle filled with novichok. officials here have been busy mocking the british case against russia as absurd — a soap opera. they have even claimed that cctv footage was faked. so, it is not clear who might come forward now. uk police say the suspects used aliases. so, could it be men with the same names or the actual men from the mugshots? one former kgb officer told me russia could be behind the salisbury attack but the culprits never expected to be discovered. behind their public statements, he thinks russian officials are worried. all of the elite understands the mess that russia is now in but the leadership sets the tone. they say that the british made it all up and it's all rubbish, but that's just laddish bravado. everybody knows that the consequences will be serious. outrage over the poisoning has already brought d

skripal and his daughter. the prime minister said uk intelligent services had concluded that the two men were russian intelligence officers who worked for tru. russia has repeatedly denied involvement. this is 15 minutes. >>> with permission, i would like to update the house on the investigation into the attempted murder of sergei skripal and yulia skripal. this was a sickening and despicable act in which a devastatingly toxic nerve agent was used to attack our

skripal. tech bosses from facebook and twitter admit they were too slow to act against political meddling, but they tell us senators they are fixing the problem. if we don't find a scalable solutions to the problems we are now seeing we lose our business and we continue to threaten the original privilege and liberty we were given to create twitter in the first place. a string of top white house officials refute the damning

the poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter has already led to diplomatic expulsions and sanctions. now, all eyes are on moscow for a first glimpse of the key suspects but, whoever appears, the chances of them facing criminal charges in britain are as slim as ever. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. tests carried out in egypt on the bodies of a british couple who died while on holiday last month suggest that the cause was e coli bacteria. john and susan cooper from burnley were staying in the resort of hurghada when they fell seriously ill. our correspondent, sarah campbell, is here. what have you learned? it is now more than three weeks since the couple died within hours of each other and the egyptian authorities have released results, postmortem results, and they say they both died asa results, and they say they both died as a result of complications from ecoli infections. mr cooper, 69, had underlying heart problems. they say thatis underlying heart problems. they say that is why his reaction was so catastrophic. and mrs cooper, 63, was in the early stages of a syndrome which is

it said that they we re sergei skripal. it said that they were for us, that is deeply offensive to the victims. they graduated just as the financial crisis came, we will see what happened to some of them. we will begin the programme by focusing on hurricane florence. these pictures coming in from the bbc news from the north carolina first coastline and you can see the power of the storm which is already making itself apparent. florence, is now just hours making itself apparent. florence, is nowjust hours away from the east coast, a bit closer on the map, we can highlight the three states, north carolina, south carolina and to the north, virginia. this shows the course that the storm is taking as it comes across the atlantic. that live feed of that flag getting battered by a the winds. the scale of what is coming, this is a picture of what is coming, this is a picture of the storm taken from the air force plane that is tracking the storm to give meteorologist mark permission. this is a common occurrence, gas stations are run

and, on the day of the attack, walking along this road close to the house of sergei skripal, where the nerve agent was smeared on the door handle. all of this providing important evidence. the government has announced that they were agents of this organisation, the russian military intelligence agency aka the gru. it sees itself as a war fighting instrument with special forces in its ranks. is it possible is operations, including assassination attempt, could go ahead without the approval of vladimir putin? he's the president of the russian federation. he's in charge, just like the prime minister is, accountable for her intelligence services. he is accountable for them, the gru is a major intelligence service belonging to the ministry to answers to the defence minister who answers to president putin. he is ultimately responsible for the actions of his government. from moscow today, very robust denials. the foreign women —— foreign units —— foreign ministry spokesman said that the incident was meant to punish russia by sanctions. russian state tv described it as... but, those den

so did they visit the house where sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned? translation: maybe we passed it or maybe we didn't. i never heard about them before this nightmare started. i never heard this name before. i didn't know anything about them. from the start, the kremlin has dismissed the accusations coming from london as lies. officials here have called the whole affair absurd, a soap opera. now these two men are being presented as definitive proof of that, however implausible of their own story actually sounds. the skripal ‘s survived the poisoning, but dawn sturgess died after spring novichok from a perfume bottle her boyfriend had found. police believe thatis boyfriend had found. police believe that is how the nerve agent was brought to britain. translation: when you go through customs, they check all your belongings, so if we had only thing suspicious, any police officer would have questions. why would a man have women's perfume in his luggage? accused by britain, the men now claim they are worried for their lives. they even demand an apology. t