yulia skripal, released from hospital after being poisoned in salisbury, rejects help from the russian embassy. the facebook founder, mark zuckerberg tells congress that he was among the millions of users whose data which was improperly shared with cambridge analytica. and an newsnight russia versus the world. it feels like a new cold war is under way. we will test the idea tonight was a long time friend and associate of vladimir putin, a man on the sanctions list but who is free to come here. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has called a special cabinet meeting tomorrow to discuss the government's response to the suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. sources have told the bbc that the prime minister is prepared tojoin the us in military action without seeking pa rliament‘s approval first. president trump has warned russia to ‘get ready‘ for missile strikes against syria. president putin said he hoped that common sense would prevail in international relations. our north america editor jon sopel reports. they're getting out of harm's way. from surviving the hell of easter

the white house has told the russian embassy here in washington that additional sanctions against russia are not in the works, despite earlier promises from nikki haley that the treasury department was preparing a new round of punishing sanctions targeting russian businesses. let's get more from sara murray. why the sudden change? >> it sounds like the president is the one who changed his mind in this. and that apparently they did not feel the need to loop in the u.n. ambassador about the sudden change in policy that they were essentially coming up with on the fly. we know that nikki haley has been very careful about her public image and she's not the kind of person in this administration, which is known for plenty of people freelancing, to go out there and say something like that and a prediction without being briefed on that, but it seems like the president -- he did classic trump move and changed his mind. >> you would think they would tell her before she goes out on the sunday talk shows. why can't the administration speak with one voice on sensitive issues like this? >> it is donald

the russian embassy responded saying it's access. saying its beginning to look more and more liked a forced detention. the russian embassy does not accept she is speaking of her own mind and being forced to say this stuff and kept apart. that is not what british government officials are saying. 0k, frank thank you, frank gardner. 200 people on board a military aircraft have died, after the plane crashed in algeria. state television is reporting that it came down shortly after take off, near the capital algiers. there are reports some people were killed on the ground. sophie long reports. the burnt out fuselage of the ilyushin military transport plane that had been carrying more than 250 people. it had been bound for bechar, a town in south—west algeria, close to the border with morocco. but shortly after take—off, something caused it to plummet and to crash into a field. translation: we heard a big explosion, and my neighbour and i drove here. there was very heavy smoke, then we realised it was an aeroplane accident. when we arrived

this request coming from the russian embassy, the foreign office have now confirmed but alexander ya ts to the russian ambassador to the uk wants to meet with borisjohnson the foreign secretary to discuss what they describe as a range of bilateral issues but also particularly the investigation that is ongoing here in salisbury. they say they are hoping the british would be constructive and will arrange that meeting very quickly. all the foreign office have said is that they will respond in due course. but yes, a lot of interesting, what exactly the skripals might say. we had this update from salisbury district hospital yesterday that sergei skripal is thought to be in a more serious condition but there's no act ofa serious condition but there's no act of a critical condition, although whitehall has been keen to stress that he has not made a full recovery and he may have ongoing medical issues but it seems he will leave well enough to answer certainly questions from this huge policing quarry into the poisoning, questions about where the skripals where, what they were doing, weather the

we know for the past few weeks that the russian embassy are saying they should be allowed to have accesse she is of course a russian citizen, and she saysin course a russian citizen, and she says in this statement she has been given details of people she can contact at the russian embassy but the key things she says is i do not wish to avail myself of their services at this time. but if she changes her mind, she will know how to co nta ct changes her mind, she will know how to contact them. she goes on to say she's safe, she's not yet strong enough to give a full interview to the media. and another interesting thing. she says, she stresses that no one speaks for herself or her first other but the two of them —— and for her father. she also talks about her cousin, victoria. over the last few days, victoria has been making a statement to the media. she was a person who had apparently recorded eight conversation with yulia and the hospital. he was not com pletely yulia and the hospital. he was not completely authentic, and victoria has been trying to come over here and geta has been trying

she isa help from the russian embassy. she is a russian citizen.mittee russian authorities, she's a russian, we want access to her. the british authorities, saying when she was in hospital that she is in hospital... she has been made or the russian embassy are keen to offer help to her. she's been given contacts offer help to her. she's been given co nta cts of offer help to her. she's been given contacts of people there but at the moment, she does not wish to avail herself. if that changes, she has the details and she will be in touch with them. simon, you mentioned her father, still in hospital, still receiving treatment. he is still going to need treatments for a farewell at. she was released at hospital at the beginning of the week but is going to need ongoing care. as regards to herfather, he is not recovering as quickly but he hospital hopes, in time, he will be able to be released. we've had the chief constable of wiltshire police in the area in the uk that covers, and he's been tweeting... five weeks ago, people were wondering if they would

paul exposed with her father to a nerve agent last month in it she says she doesn't need the russian embassies help nor does she want to get in touch with a relative or. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our to international thomas certainly glad to have you with us now get ready russia that is the message sent out by u.s. president donald trump in a seven am tweet in promised quote nice and new and smart missiles would be fired at syria in response to the alleged chemical attack in duma he also said relations with moscow are now even worse than during the cold war some treated trumps tweets as confirmation that it strike on syria was imminent with the white house spokesperson doing little to dispel the mystery parties came up and has more. now the daily white house press briefing took place and sarah huckabee sanders the white house spokesperson came out and took questions from the press now in response to trump's tweets the press had quite a few questions they asked when where would this strike be being carried out this potential strike or unleashing the missile

who were both exposed to a nerve agent last month in it she says she doesn't need the russian embassy to help will the she want to get in touch with a relative for the time being. very good evening to you my name's neil harvey this is our international. get ready russia that's the message sent out by u.s. president donald trump in a. tweet he promised quote nice and new and smart missiles will be fired at syria in response to the alleged chemical attack in doing that he also said relations with moscow are now even worse than during the cold war and spokesperson to be depressed scott pointed out the russia won't use twitter to discuss such critical issues. and we do not do twitter diplomacy we support a serious approach we continue to believe that it is important not to take steps that could damage the already fragile situation. but we trace the two sides positions on syria in the last couple of days including the latest remarks from the u.s. defense chief. we're still assessing the intelligence ourselves and our allies are still working on this and we stand ready to provide military o

father sergei who was an ex russian spy or poisoned with a nerve agent in britain last month the russian embassy says that it wants access to you but it is not known what she wants to do but one point it was fear duty a script would die in this hospital now after a steady improvement in her health doctors have deemed her well enough to leave. we have now discharged from salisbury district hospital i also want to take this opportunity to wish her well this is not the end of her treatment the significant milestone five weeks ago and have for the sergei were exposed to a nerve agent identified by the u.k. as savior here novacek they were found slumped unconscious on a park bench in the center of the sleepy english city. doctors said they were able to keep the script alive until their bodies healed naturally they say said condition is also improving although he's recovering more slowly. we hope that he too will be able to leave hospital in due course. it appears said ok script powell was the targets of the attack the former russian spy was convicted of passing information to the u.k. in two thousand

and vice versa the temperature's the russian embassy in the u.k. has some point three to it at the moment with the temperature between the two countries and minus twenty. a bit slack has stick but at the same time it's probably true. better get mass in london thank you. and russia has said that investigators with the global chemical weapons watchdog will on wednesday be able to visit the site of a suspected poison gas attack in syria this after western officials accused moscow and damascus of delaying access to the town of duma where the alleged attack took place earlier this month the o.p.c. w. held a closed door session today as its inspectors wait to visit sites and duma the watchdogs inspectors are in syria to determine whether banned chemicals were used in the attack on april seventh dozens of people including children were reported killed in the formally rebel held town. and earlier we spoke with our correspondent your shadow in moscow and asked him how moscow is reacting to charges that it's been blocking the investigation into the alleged g

that is what the russian embassy website. yulia skripal has been discharged from hospital.ess and will be discharged in due course. a short time ago theresa may was asked about this — and the alleged chemical attack in syria. obviously, i welcome the fact that yulia skripal has been discharged from hospital and i wish her the best for her continuing recovery. and i would like to say a huge thank you to all the staff at the hospital in salisbury who have looked after her and her father so well. now turning to the apparent chemical attack on syria over the last few days. have you spoken to president trump about any potential military action? do you expect to speak to him later today? first of all, this attack that took place in douma is a barbaric attack. we are working urgently with our allies and partners to assess what has happened on the ground. if this is the responsibility of president assad's regime in syria, then it is another example of the brutality and brazen disregard for their people that they show. i spoke this morning to president macron, i will be speaking lat

the russian embassy requested a meeting with the uk foreign secretary borisjohnson earlier on today,aying they would like an update on this investigation in salisbury as soon as possible. the uk foreign office has responded to that, saying it is russia that has been unsatisfactory. they failed to answer several key questions in this investigation despite having three weeks to do so. and saying the request for this meeting really is a diversionary tactic. of course russia has denied having anything to do with this poisoning, saying the uk has failed to provide any proof at all that it was the nerve agent novichok involved. the uk government remained steadfast that it was novichok and that points to one culprit, which is russia, and that it has the backing of its european friends and nato allies. of course the prospect of the skripals being able to tell their own story is what is putting extra pressure on this, because many thought they would never be able to do so. thousands of prisoners are being rated according to their chances of being involved in violence — in an attempt to tackle

refused help from the russian embassy and relatives at least for now explore the facts behind the poisoning of the. variety of the new. single drop is enough to kill ten people ten people within minutes. saudi crown prince mohammed bin. paris. calling. by saying. thanks for joining us live an international for the latest global news update. as the u.s. and its allies mull strikes against syria tension between america and russia continues to grow so after president tweeted that moscow should get ready white house spokeswoman later came out to clarify their position. we're maintaining that we have a number of options and all of those options are still on the table but it's certainly means i think there's a lot there that you can read from but at the same time the president has a number of options he has a number of other options as well as other options there are options options and all of those are control made on the tape once again the president has a number of options we're considering all those options you see. russia certainly like tanks and they all options are on the table all trump p

power exposed with her father to nerve agent last month in it she says she doesn't need the russian embassies help nor does she want to get in touch with their relative for the time being. very good evening to you my name is neil harvey this is r.t. international. get ready russia that was the message sent out by u.s. president donald trump in a seven am tweets he promised quote nice and new and smart missiles would be fired at syria in response to the alleged chemical attack in duma he also said relations with moscow are now even worse than they were during the cold war some treated trumps tweets as confirmation that a strike on syria was imminent but the white house spokesperson did little to dispel the mystery articles from the killer morgan joins me live on the line now from new york. take is through then as it become any clearer what we can expect from the u.s. next. well sarah huckabee sanders convened the daily white house press briefing and because donald trump started out the day with those rather inflammatory tweets that made reference to nice and new and smart missiles telling russ

she will refrain from media contacts and has refused help from the russian embassy. at least for now. behind the poisoning of the us in the u.k. . these was a variety of the movie. a single drop is enough to kill ten people ten people. also the saudi crown prince mohammed bin. frogs during his three day tour. calling for tics of the saudi by saying they should give the young prince charles. thanks for joining us here on the latest global updates. welcome to the program. now as the u.s. and its allies small strikes against syria tension between america and russia continues to grow soft the president tweeted that moscow should get ready white house spokeswoman later came out to clarify their position. our maintaining that we have a number of options and all of those options are still on the table but he certainly means i think there's a lot there that you can read from but at the same time the president has a number of options he has a number of other options as well other options options other options options and all those options remain on the table once again the pr

and vice versa the temperature's the russian embassy in the u.k. has some point three to it at the moment with the temperature between the two countries at minus twenty. a bit slack has ticked but at the same time it's probably true. better get mass in london thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world government in nigeria have kidnapped a german engineer near the northern town of kano police say that attackers on motorbikes ambushed a vehicle carrying construction workers and killed a police escort before abducting the man nigerian authorities are hunting the assailants german officials have not yet commented. russian authorities have been blocking access to messaging app telegram that's after a court banned the service for refusing to allow security services access to private conversations moscow says it needs that information to monitor potential terrorists the apps creator pavol door off called the ban an attack on russian privacy rights and dozens of protesters have been injured in clashes with po

yes, we are just hearing in the last 20 minutes or so reports that the russian embassy in london has xander yakovenko the foreign secretary borisjohnson to discuss the investigation here in salisbury. they say they are hoping for a constructive response from the british and that they wanted meeting in the near future. british and that they wanted meeting in the nearfuture. as i say british and that they wanted meeting in the near future. as i say that this just reports in the near future. as i say that thisjust reports coming in the near future. as i say that this just reports coming from a news agency at the moment. the foreign office says it is aware of those reports and it is preparing some kind of response, some kind of statement that will be available at some point hopefully soon. this has come presumably off the back that we had yesterday the news from the hospital that says sergei skripal has made a recovery absorbed, maybe not a complete recovery, whitehall cautioned singh that are cautioning against the brave a full recovery, they say they will have ongoing medical needs but

the russian embassy in london has requested a meeting with the uk foreign secretary boris johnson, to its current relationship with the foreign office "utterly unsatisfactory". it comes as officials in whitehall have said it's not certain that the former russian agent sergei skripal will make a full recovery. earlier our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn gave us this update from salisbury. this sort of tit—for—tat war of words seems to have sprung up today between the uk foreign office and the russian embassy in the uk in the wake of this update on sergei skripal‘s condition. he was found poisoned on a bench just around the corner in the city of salisbury five weeks ago tomorrow with his daughter, yulia, and of course that sparked this diplomatic row between the two countries. the russian embassy requested a meeting with the uk foreign secretary borisjohnson earlier on today, saying the communication has been unsatisfactory and saying they would like an update on this investigation in salisbury as soon as possible. the uk foreign office has responded to that, saying it is russia that

in russia —— russian embassy would be willing to support her.ways a question, what role as she playing here? the one thing that has deeply frustrated the russian authorities is their inability to get access to the skripal ropes. they have co nsta ntly the skripal ropes. they have constantly been demanding consular access. we know that yulia, as a full russian national, has been offered congressional action, but she has turned it down so far. maybe the russians are thinking that if we get a relative, we can get information that way. that was the suspension and the uk government have decided they will turn down a visa for victoria to what they say are the usual processes. it added to that, a government source said to me, it appears the russian state are trying to use victoria as a pawn and they said that she is being influenced or coerced by the kremlin, she hasjust become another victim. and in terms of everything we have been talking about more broadly, we are now in an extract your situation where it seems someone your situation where it seems

the administration is holding russia accountable >> this brought a stern response from the russian embassysaying washington delivered another blow in the russian and u.s. relations. a white house that took a much sharper approach to russia said the ball is in russia's court. >> we would like to see the totality of the russian behaviors changes. we want to build a better relationship. >> china and trade the chief economic advisor larry kudlow said the central issue is preventing china from stealing america's technology future. they may provide a list of what they would like to see come out of the negotiations to avoid a trade war. >> earlier today at the white house, a good-bye for the national security advisor. mcmaster leaving. officials there at the white house giving him a clap out. everyone out there as he left. his last day at the white house. no clue yet what mcmaster will do next. he will be out of government work. john bolton is the next national security advisor. another rocky ride for wall street. deidre bolton this is unbelievable. >> the dow was down 700 points. still in the re

in the russian embassy in the uk. found poisoned on a bench around the corner in the city of salisbury five weeks ago tomorrow. along with his daughter and of course that sparked this diplomatic row between the two countries. the russian embassy requested a meeting with the uk foreign secretary, boris johnson earlier on today, saying the communication has been u nsatisfa ctory communication has been unsatisfactory and saying they would like an update on the investigation in salisbury as soon as possible. the uk foreign office has responded to that saying it is russia that has been unsatisfactory. they failed to a nswer been unsatisfactory. they failed to answer several key questions in this investigation despite having three weeks to do so and saying the request for this meeting really is a diversionary tactic. of course russia has denied having anything to do with the poisoning saying the uk has failed to provide any proof at all that it was the nerve agent novichok involved. the uk government remained steadfast that

as i mentioned before, i was in the russian embassy and there was such strong words against the u.k. and vice versa, the temperatures, the russian embassy has treated a thermometer with a temperature between the two countries at -20. a bit sarcastic but at the same time, it is probably true. birgit maas. sarah: they will be able to visit the site of the suspected poison gas attack in syria. this after a western officials accused moscow on damascus of delaying access to the town of duma where the attack took place earlier this month. they held a closed-door session today as inspectors way to visit sites in duma. the watchdog inspectors are in syria to determine whether bans chemicals were used on april 7. dozens of people including children wear reportedly killed. earlier we spoke with our correspondent in moscow and asked how moscow is reacting to charges that it has been blocking the investigation into the alleged class 10 -- gas attack. it's investigators travel to the site on wednesday. it will be four days after they arrived to begin their probe. qwest russia does this to his cri

despite to the russian embassy. let's listen in. i will answer to all the questions.esults of whatever they are next week, of the eap cw, and also, if the session this afternoon at the un security council in new york does not go in your favour, what is the next step of the russian government too, in this case,? on the second question i need to advice, what we are meant to do. i don't know. first of all, we want to discuss with all the countries, and the security counsel in this case... 23 cases against 15, so the majority of the world, the world security is not —— welts community is not supporting the western approach. i don't know what we are going to do. if as far as the results, of course we will accept the results, but, this result should be confirmed by the international community, so, we want to see who were the experts. for the time being, we do not know who were the experts. last time, the team was headed by the british in syria and that was a real problem for us. and first of all, we need the international team, and we want to see the results like the others.

hospital and is being kept at a secure location says that she knows she's got the support of the russian embassy but she doesn't want their help right now she also asked her cousin victoria not to contact or visit all the family member earlier appeared on russian television and saying she was denied a british visa to visit her and her father other chemical weapons what's the organs charge of the investigation it has now completed its side of the probe into the source groupoids thing it's forwarded its results to the british side and the o.p.c. w. rules the u.k. has to share that information with other members of the organization within twenty four hours r.t. is what i've gathered here for examine what exactly we know so far. there was no trial no discussion no evidence no proof there was only judgement and punishment is highly likely that russia was responsible the juveniles russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder the pundits needed even less than a movie chock sounds russian means russia did it establish that it is not a chalk and that is by definition of the translation of t

corbin refused to accept that russia is responsible and he peddled out that line used by the russian embassy that britain should actually. give over a sample of the nerve agent so the russians can test it oh great idea what are they going to send back to the russian embassy and get some scientists to test test it and then they'll say course it's nothing to do with us you know ridiculous idea russians are saying there is under o.p.c. w treaty that they have to do that danielle days not twenty four hour deadline but this is going back to the cold war yeah literally a cold war is a cold because in the next twenty four hours plus buds of britain already probably feeling it there's a cold snap russia's response could literally be to flick off a switch and stop british homes being heated and then lit is that a price worth paying the fact is we don't have enough gas it is running out and we buy some of our gas from russia it's been a matter of great concern in number ten not just under this government under the previous government and putin could do that i suppose but of course russia needs our mon

the russian embassy in london said its relationship with the foreign office was "utterly unsatisfactory daughter, yulia, who are both recovering in hospital. here's our political correspondent, alex forsyth. the details of this invitation appeared on the russian embassy's website today and they said it was high time there was a meeting. they said the russian ambassador had written a personal note to the foreign secretary with this invitation and they hoped that uk would engage constructively. this seems to be part of efforts by russia to portray the british government as the ones who are being obstructive and uncooperative. russian officials have already questioned the decision to deny a visa to the cousin of yulia skripal, victoria. and to prevent consular access to the skripals in hospital. for its part, the foreign office has said it will consider this request and respond in due course but it's dismissed all of this as diversionary tactics, an attempt to deflect from questions about the russians' role in this attack. it has said that it is russia whose response has been unsatisfactor

hospital and is being kept at a secure location says that she knows she has the support of the russian embassy but she doesn't want their help at the moment she also asked her cousin victoria not to contact over as they can look at the background victoria earlier appeared on russian television she said she was denied a british visa to visit you and father now meanwhile chemical weapons watchdog in charge of the whole of us to geisha has reportedly finished its probe into the souls bridge incident it's forwarded its preliminary results at least the british site under o.p.c. w rules the u.k. has to share that information with other members of the organization within twenty four hours r.t. is what i've got to see if examines what we know so far. there was no trial no discussion no evidence no proof there was only judgement and punishment is highly likely that russia was responsible the juveniles russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder the pundits needed even less than a movie chock sounds russian means russia did it establish that it is not a chalk and that is by definition of

it has prompted the russian embassy to ask for a meeting with the foreign secretary, boris johnson.it has been u nsatisfa ctory they say that it has been unsatisfactory so far, that they wish to have an update on the investigation here in salisbury which is of course still under way in several different locations, including the restaurant that is behind me. they say they want to discuss that and find out the latest, that they are hoping britain will be forthcoming and that they will be forthcoming and that they will agree to that meeting as soon as possible. the foreign office has just said that it will respond in due course, but what moscow says it wa nts due course, but what moscow says it wants is some kind of proof that it was not a talk used to poison the victims because russia has said that it was this nerve agent produced in russia then there would not be any prospect of recovery, something that has been widely reported over in russia. chemical expert here in the uk are quick to counteract that, saying that it is a complex thing and there are many human variables in the surro

the details of this invitation appeared on the russian embassy website today and they said it was highing. they said the russian ambassador had written a personal note to the foreign secretary with this invitation and they helped the uk would engage constructively. this seems to be part of efforts by russia to portray the british government as the ones being obstructive and uncooperative. russian officials have questioned the decision to deny a visa to the cousin of yulia skripal, victoria, and to prevent consular access to this group i'lls in hospital. the foreign office said it would respond to this request in due course but has dismissed this as diversionary tactics, an attempt to deflect russia's roll in this attack and they say russia's response has been u nsatisfa ctory they say russia's response has been unsatisfactory and russia has failed to engage unsatisfactorily. while sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia skripal, have improved, the relations with russia most definitely have not. thank you very much. alex forsyth at the foreign 0ffice. the mayor of london, sadiq khan, say

she will refrain from media contact and has refused help from the russian embassy and relatives at least for now we explore the facts behind the poisoning of the script files in the u.k. . if this was a variety of the new. single drop is enough to kill ten people ten people within minutes and other headlines saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan gets a warm welcome in france during his three day trip to paris the president asking critics of the saudis to give him a child's. welcome to the latest global headlines here on r.t. international with me daniel who can swerve you are welcome to the program. as the u.s. and its allies mull strikes against syria tension between america and russia continues to mount soft of president trump tweeted that moscow should get ready the white house press secretary later came out to clarify their position. our maintaining that we have a number of options and all of those options are still on the table but he certainly means i think there's a lot there that you can read from but at the same time the president has a number of options he has a number of othe

i mean the russian embassy has to provide certain services you know for the citizens and they simply cannot do this and how we can explain to the russian people this way they are making if you listen you know it's the story number one you know when the russian t.v. different experts who knew and so on and the popularity you know that britain you know in the in their eyes all the all the russian citizens going down because you know this simply don't understand why it's happening. the further off. because they know just just a lot of the guys and you mentioned. you know which of course rumors floating around and then there is such an. elite will make a success in changing more of this will be the group will be in the way through university is what we're doing the success of measuring the success of what you must be in the way you can to be true to its people to the republican leader or to be seen in the world it's a very british approach you know want to help the people you're talking about it's not about the success and not success it's not about policy the people in trouble you know a

still suffering the effects of the nerve agent poisoning and did not want to be contacted by the russian embassy andrew plant reports. yulia skripal left hospital on monday, her father sergei is still there after both were exposed to a nerve agent in the city of salisbury last month. she is now in a secret location and has asked to be left alone. in a statement, she praised hospital staff saying, "i have left my father in their care and he is still seriously ill. i too am still suffering with the effects of the nerve agent used against us". she also refuses offers of help from russia, adding that she had been made aware her specific contact at the russian embassy who have offered assistance in any way they can. "at the moment, i do not wish to avail myself of their services". sergei skripal is a former russian spy who was living in the uk. he and yulia were discovered on march four on a park bench. it was unclear if they were to survive. they had been exposed to the nerve agent novichok. britain asked the office of the prohibition of chemical weapons to investigate. theirfindings will be release

the russian embassy in london has requested a meeting with the foreign secretary borisjohnson, to discusse agent attack, calling its current relationship with the foreign office "utterly unsatisfactory". it comes as officials in whitehall have said it's not certain that the former russian agent sergei skripal will make a full recovery. a little earlier, i spoke to our news correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn who explained that there didn't appear to be any improvement in the diplomatic relationship between moscow and london. it seems it has pondered the russian embassy do ask for a meeting with the foreign secretary borisjohnson. they say it has been unsatisfactory so far, that they wish to have an update on the investigation here in salisbury which is still under way in several locations. they say they want to discuss that, and find out the latest, that they are hoping britain will be forthcoming and that they will agree to that meeting as soon as possible. the foreign office has said it will respond in due course. what moscow is said it wants is some kind of proof that it was not novochok

said she was still suffering from nerve agent poisoning, and did not wish to be contacted by the russian embassythe latest. yulia skripal left hospital on monday, her father is still there after both were exposed to a nerve agent in the city of salisbury last month. she is now in a secret location and has asked to be left alone. in a statement, she praised hospital staff saying i have left my father in day care and he is still seriously ill. i too am still suffering with the effects of the nerve agent used against us. she also refuses offers of help from russia, adding that she had been made aware of specific contact at the russian embassy who have offered assistance in any way they can. at the moment, i do not wish to avail myself of their services. her father isa myself of their services. her father is a former russian spy who was living in the uk. he and yulia skripal were discovered on march four on skripal were discovered on march fourona park skripal were discovered on march four on a park bench. it was unclear if they were to survive. they had been exposed to the nerve agents novicho —— n

it seems it has prompted the russian embassy to ask for a meeting with the foreign secretary borisjohnson so far, that they wish to have an update on the investigation here in salisbury which is still under way in several different locations, including the zizzi restaurant behind me. they say they want to discuss that, and find out the latest, that they are hoping britain will be forthcoming and that they will agree to that meeting as soon as possible. the foreign office hasjust said it will respond in due course. what moscow says what it wants is some kind of proof that it was novichok used to poison mr skripal. russia has said time and again that if it was this military grade nerve agent produced in russia, there wouldn't be any prospect of recovery, something that has been widely reported in russia. chemical experts in the uk are quick to counteract that and say it is a complex thing and there are many human variables and variables in the surrounding things, in terms of the poisoning, that actually explain that and that idea that it couldn't be novichok isn't true, and the uk governmen