the man at the centre of this, sergei skripal, remains silent. to make statements after being discharged from hospital in the same way his daughter did. as he regains strength and makes decisions about his future, that may change. equally, there is every possibility that he may stay silent as the two countries at the centre of this row de—escalate and re—enter the shadows. the back for those hoping for some kind of closure or even the trial they would be poisoner, odds are against it. everyone concerned is struggling to establish some kind of normality. so much remains unfinished. nearly 700,000 rohingya muslims fled last year's military crackdown in myanmar. hundreds of villages were burnt to the ground, and there was widespread rape and murder. the un called it "ethnic cleansing." myanmar‘s military says it is fighting rohingya militants and denies targeting civilians. the country has refused to allow access to un investigators, but officials recently took a group ofjournalists to the area on a tightly—controlled visit. the bbc‘s myanmar corres

sergey skripal. his daughter too. the british. his daughter may have been attacked by accident or part of the attack. the policeman who investigated that became contaminated. four months later and two ordinary members of the public with no obvious motive for them to be attacked have suddenly got an ill from being contaminated with what is the same nerve agent but not necessarily the same batch of that nerve agent. detectives now have to work out whether there is an area of contamination day were not aware of. —— they. perhaps a park or a bench or some objects, a glove, some of the equipment, and they may have to find it. perhaps less likely but more unnervingly, some kind of second attack, this time not on somebody with a motive, but on two ordinary members of the public. so it isa ordinary members of the public. so it is a very significant element in this investigation. it is making detectives feel quite uncomfortable this evening. daniel sandford in new scotla nd this evening. daniel sandford in new scotland yard wi

novichok, which has been identified as the same nerve agent that contaminated both julia and sergei skripalthe latest update we have from hospital is that both patients remain in a critical condition. for the past four months, salisbury has been a scene of massive decontamination, after the poisoning of sergei and julia skripal and a police sergeant. a number of sites were handed back to the public, but the cleanup is still going on in the places with the highest concentrations. everyone had assumed that cleanup would be the end of the contamination story, so the revelation tonight there is a fresh nerve agent incident will come as a shock to many people. although public health england have stressed again today that the risk to the public remains low. wiltshere police say five sites are being investigated in this latest novichok incident, including this church in amesbury and this park in salisbury. both of which, it is thought, the couple caught up in this latest poisoning had visited. they are being treated in the same salisbury hospital as the skripals were, dawn sturgess and charlie row

the medical team who nursed julia and sergei skripal are now fighting to save these new victims of.nding police investigation and the biggest questions are where and how were this couple poisoned? police and public health officials are stressing that this contamination could not have happened at one of the sites in the skripal investigation because they say they they were properly contaminated. but there is concern around the public when they see these areas cordoned off and that is why there is immense pressure on officers to get hard fa cts pressure on officers to get hard facts out of this as quickly as possible. our security correspondent, gordon corera looks at the many questions facing the investigation. two nerve agent poisoning is close to each other and just months apart. so are they connected? there are still more questions than answers of. what we know? scientific analysis at porton down labs has said that confirmed that both incidents contained the same type of novichok nerve agent. so far it cannot be proven it was from the same batch. the skripal‘s are believed to have

novichok, which has been identified as the same nerve agent that contaminated both julia and sergei skripale latest update we have from hospital is that both patients remain in a critical condition. for the past four months, salisbury has been a scene of massive decontamination, after the poisoning of sergei and julia skripal and a police sergeant. a number of sites were handed back to the public, but the cleanup is still going on in the places with the highest concentrations. everyone had assumed that cleanup would be the end of the contamination story, so the revelation tonight there is a fresh nerve agent incident will come as a shock to many people. although public health england have stressed again today that the risk to the public remains low. wiltshere police say five sites are being investigated in this latest novichok incident, including this church in amesbury and this park in salisbury. both of which, it is thought, the couple caught up in this latest poisoning had visited. they are being treated in the same salisbury hospital as the skripals were, dawn sturgess and charlie rowle

will clear sergei skripal not be returning to christy miller rd.he taxpayer who has bought his house, his car, and many of his possessions for decontamination and destruction. this chapter of his life is over. it will be up to sergei skripal to decide how he wishes to approach the rest of his life. he has to realize that a failed attempt at murder by the fsb does not exactly fill anyone with confidence. therefore, i expect he will require significant levels of protection for many years and they have to adopt a new identity. daughter, of his yulia, who came here in march on was supposed to bet. two-week vi she said to be reassessing. >> my fe has been turned upside down since i tried to come to terms with the devastating changes, both physically and emotionally. i want to he care for my father until his full recovery. in the longer term, i hope to return home to my country. clear, wantsit is to return to russia. her father has no such choice. the man at the center of this, skripals , remalent. he didn't choose to make statemts after being discharged

poisoning case in britain say the victims probably picked up something used in the attack on sergei skripalour months ago. it is completely unacceptable for oui’ it is completely unacceptable for our people to be either deliberate or accidental targets, our people to be either deliberate oraccidentaltargets, orfor our people to be either deliberate or accidental targets, orfor our streets, parks, towns to be dumping grounds for poison. and we'll hear from this exhausted—looking man here — he's just become the first person to kayak solo across the tasman sea. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 6am in chiang rai, in northern thailand, where the authorities are in a race against time to rescue 12 boys and their football coach, who've been trapped in a flooded cave for almost two weeks. the children were found on a rocky ledge around 4 kilometres from the mouth of the cave on monday. the rescuers face many challenges. some parts of the cave are too narrow, and more heavy rain is foreca

that's where former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in march. the two people who collapsed this weekend are in critical condition in the same hospital that treated the skripals. the substance that may have made them ill is undergoing tests at a nearby chemical weapons research laboratory at porton down, that's the place that identified the nerve agent used against the skripals. we're expecting an announcement with more information on this any moment. here's the local police chief earlier. it was initially believed that the two patients fell ill after potentially using contaminated illegal drugs. however, further testing is now ongoing to establish the substance which led to these patients becoming ill. at this stage, it is not yet clear if a crime has been committed. our inquiries, supported by local partner agencies in the counterterrorism policing network, are ongoing. these pictures are of the place where the two people were found. we also know that parts of amesbury in salisbury, where these two were known to go frequently

exposed to the nerve agent never to which was the same agent that contaminated both yulia and sergei skripalst update we have from the hospital is that both patients remained in a critical condition. both are british nationals and are local to the area. officers are still trying to edify their next of kin. at this stage, and this is important, at this stage no one else has presented with the same symptoms linked to this instance. the priority for the investigation team now is to establish how these two people have come into contact with this nerve agent. i have around 100 detectives from the counterterrorism network working on this investigation alongside their colleagues. we have cordoned off a number of sites in amesbury and salisbury areas and we believe the two individuals visited in the period before they fell ill. this is a precautionary measure. while we continue to investigate how they came to be exposed to this substance. i do want to reassure the public that there is no evidence that even this man a woman recently visited even the sites that had been decontaminated following the at

it was the skill of the staff at salisbury general which saved sergei skripal and yulia skripal.evening police say in the first search of charlie rowley‘s house, officers found items that suggested a batch of illegal drugs might have been involved. now they know that once again they are dealing with a deadly nerve agent. 100 counterterrorism detectives are working on this investigation and the big questions for officers are how and where this couple came to be contaminated. in terms of the how, ina contaminated. in terms of the how, in a last half an hour at scotland ya rd have in a last half an hour at scotland yard have said they handled a contaminated items and earlier it was being suggested this could have been a file or syringe because of this couple's lifestyle. but the investigation goes on and this evening we have heard from the police that they believe more officers will be brought in and the public should be reassured that despite the police presence this area is safe. studio: june kelly, thank you. the authorities have been reassuring members of the public, stressing t

in march, expressions by sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, were both treated the same hospital afterhok. the home secretary came to the comments to update mps. this is now a murder investigation which is being led by about 100 detectives from counterterrorism police command alongside officers from wiltshire police and other constabulary. we know that the tests conducted at porton down have shown that both individuals were exposed to the same of type of novichok used to poison sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in march. a number of sites the pair visited have been cordoned off as a precaution. last week the chief medical officer for england said that the risks to the wider public remains low. but the people in the local area should not pick up any strange items, such as needles, syringes or unusual containers, given that the source of the contamination has not yet been found. this advice remains unchanged. the most important thing going forward, after this very serious security incident is that we limit speculation, we limit guesswork and we have the most thorough investigation, w

novichok, which has been identified as the same nerve agent that contaminated both julia and sergei skripallice confirm the man arrested on suspicion of murdering 6—year—old alesha macphail is under the age of 18. alesha went missing on the isle of bute on saturday. police are continuing to question a nurse, after arresting her on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder another six. also this hour: the government puts forward new proposals on how it will manage fishing in british waters after brexit. ministers say that from 2020 the new plans would allow a fairer allocation of fishing opportunities. but others are warning of new barriers, to the eu market, for british fish. more than 2a million people watched england finally win a world cup penalty shoot out — making it the most—watched five minutes of television in six years. police in wiltshire have declared a major incident, after two people were taken ill on saturday, following exposure to novichok — the type of nerve agent used in the salisbury attack four months ago. tests on the substance found in the town of ame

and a bench where sergei skripal and yulia skripal were found collapsed.pital fighting to save these victims. this is an expanding police investigation. the biggest questions are where and how where this couple poisoned. police and public health officials are stressing this contamination could not have happened at one of the sites in the skripal investigation because they say they we re investigation because they say they were properly decontaminated. there is massive concern among the public when they see all these areas cordoned off. that is why there is immense pressure on officers to get ha rd facts immense pressure on officers to get hard facts out on this as quickly as possible. so, it's still very unclear where the couple were when they came into contact with the nerve agent, novichok, last weekened. 0ur security correspondent, gordon corera, looks at the many questions facing the investigation. two nerve agent poisonings, close to each other, and just months apart. so, are they connected? there are still more questions than answers, so, what do we

skripal home is also nearby. the medical team who nursed sergei and yulia skripal are now fighting to save these new victims.iggest questions are where and how were this couple poisoned? you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the first man to kayak solo from australia to new zealand tells us how he did it. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly, that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit, at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering the record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. welcome back to newsday on

novichok — which has been identified as the same nerve agent that contaminated both julia and sergei skripalce confirm the man arrested on suspicion of murdering six—year—old alesha macphail is under the age of 18. alesha went missing on the isle of bute on monday. police are continuing to question a nurse, after arresting her on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder another six. the government puts forward new proposals on how it will manage fishing in british waters after brexit, which it says will allow a fairer allocation of fishing opportunities. but others warn there will be new barriers, to the eu market, for british fish. a peak audience of more than 2a million people watched england secure their place in the world cup quarter—finals last night — winning a dramatic penalty shoot—out against colombia. this morning the team returned to their base at repino near st petersburg. on saturday, they'll face sweden for a place in the semi—finals. our sports editor dan roan has the latest. it was the sight england fans feared they may never see — their team finally able

w the believe smeared on the front door of sergei skripal's house. th believe they know why t police officer was contaminated, because he visited one of the scenes of the crime, as it were. they need to work out how these two people became coated. if they were to find a discarded bit of equipment or glove committee would givesome clue -- this was discarded after the attack, or there was carelessness with decontamination, or some new site that the skripals had visited that noby knew about that had notee decontaminated. if they cannot get to a source like that, they have got a real problem. they cordoned off five different areas where they know the couple visited on saturday and late on friday night. until they can work out which is the primary site, they have a problem on their hands again. laura: given the presence ofk, more novic soviet-made nerve agent, how does the government respond diplomatically? daniel: at this stage's not much more they can do other than to reemphasize how incredibly dangerous it was for someone to have used a military grade

poisoning case in britain say the victims probably picked up something used in the attack on sergei skripal four months ago. it is completely unacceptable for our people to be either deliberate or accidental targets, or for our streets, parks, towns to be dumping grounds for poison. and we'll hear from this exhausted—looking man here — he's just become the first person to kayak solo across the tasman sea. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 7am in chiang rai, in northern thailand, where the authorities are in a race

in the four months since sergei skripal was poisoned, no other people have presented with symptoms butd in don mac's death and charlie being critically ill. 0ur death and charlie being critically ill. our hypothesis is that they must have handled a container that we are now seeking. 0ver must have handled a container that we are now seeking. over the weekend detailed searches have continued at a number of locations in amesbury and salisbury and this activity is centred on dawn's address and charlie's address as well as queen elizabeth gardens in salisbury. these cordons are in place at a number of locations in the area and are likely to remain in place for a considerable period of time. this is for the public safety as well as to allow officers access to get crucial evidence for the investigation. detectives are pieced together a detailed timeline which shows the movements of both dawn and charlie in the period before they fell ill on saturday the 30th ofjune. this is crucial to our understanding. so far we think that on friday the 29th ofjune at around 12:20pm they were both together

it is four months since sergei skripal and yulia skripal were targeted by the same nerve agent.e they would be a forensic gold mine but it is quite possible, and the implication is it is one of the leading lines of inquiry, that maybe an item was not hidden as well as expected and has been found and two individuals have become contaminated because of it. the government says the risk to health is low and the people who have visited the sites under investigation must be vigilant. we can issue scientific advice about what to do in a situation and how to make sure you take precautions to keep yourself safe but the nature of a nerve agent like novichok is that it is an absolute tiny needle in a very large haystack that we have to find. this double exposure of nerve agent affecting a town and city seven miles apart has been a real shock here, the circumstances of who and why it happened may be different but the impact has been just as potent. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in amesbury. after the attack on sergei skripal and yulia skripal, the british government were quick to say that had b

i would not be very surprised —— sergei skripal. screwballs... but psycho with an image. and he will be there in moscow. the guardian, and of the dream. a lovely photograph of gareth southgate doing what he does so well. show leadership. that's things that teams like italy who had manager problems didn't do. i talked toa manager problems didn't do. i talked to a lot of people and how engaged —— that she talk to politicians about how to behave and tell them... make them to the bustards and get them to know the players stop with one of them had a baby. —— macon to the bustards. very sterner to watch. —— extruded watch. the bustards. very sterner to watch. -- extruded watch. that is why we have a kick in the balkans as being the headline today. but i suspect that the columnists and commentators who are not at their kindest when england lose will be a little bit more temperate precisely because of the relationship... i think when you look at fa and in qatar 2022... as you say, i think people will give him. there were technical things like kyle walk

clearly, the poisoning of yulia and sergei skripal, they knew what they we re sergei skripal, they knewn police to talk about decontaminating those areas but nobody talked about where the would—be assassins had been, to bring the novichok down into salisbury. the contaminated personal protection equipment the assassins would have been wearing, and the containers and what happened to those. if those containers had been dropped and they took those protective gloves off, they are not going to bend down and pick it up, they know what they are doing. your thinking is that they accidentally dropped it, you would not want to leave a ny dropped it, you would not want to leave any trace of evidence, or do you think they were trying to leave traces? i think using novichok, that itself had a very big sign on it, saying that the russians were responsible. i do not think they we re responsible. i do not think they were worried about living evidence. the one thing that concerns me is if they have this one bottle, the would—be assassins would certainly have been wearing protective equipment of some so

in march, former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned with novichok.ing similarities, the police say it is too soon to link the cases. the alarm was raised on saturday, when both charlie rowley and dawn sturgess were admitted to hospital. over the weekend, their symptoms caused increasing concern. on monday, samples were sent to porton down laboratory. yesterday, those results came back positive for novichok. a major incident was declared. with novichok known to be involved, this investigation is a priority, with 100 counter terrorism detectives drafted in. theirjob is to find out all they can about charlie rowley and dawn sturgess. and to find out how two apparently random members of the public came into contact with this potentially deadly nerve agent. but is there are still danger? public health england says it does not think so and it is unlikely anyone else is contaminated. you do not need to seek advice from health professional unless you are experiencing symptoms, as any individual who had been significantly exposed at the same time would by now

that two people who were taken ill have been poisoned by novichok, the same nerve agent used on sergei skripalwe do not know what has happened here but it's an extraordinary twist that dominated had headlines for several weeks. extraordinary twist that dominated had headlines for several weeksm dominated, the people could be forgiven for forgetting what happened in salisbury, not like long ago. as you say it is an extraordinary development, some would say a baffling development. this was a, serge in yulia skripal, the damage in salisbury had been contained, people could go back to living their lives as normal. prince charles and camilla went, and this would be worried people up from the government to people living in answering salisbury tonight. that is the problem that people were reassured, they were had been told it was cleaned up and then people in salisbury had the disruption for many weeks and now it turns out to other people are critically ill. many weeks and now it turns out to other people are critically illm is not in salisbury, it is outside of salisbury which is terrifying if you a

novichok, which has been identified as the same nerve agent that contaminated both julia and sergei skripalst update we have from hospital is that both patients remain in a critical condition. for the past four months, salisbury has been a scene of massive decontamination, after the poisoning of sergei and julia skripal and a police sergeant. a number of sites were handed back to the public, but the cleanup is still going on in the places with the highest concentrations. everyone had assumed that cleanup would be the end of the contamination story, so the revelation tonight there is a fresh nerve agent incident will come as a shock to many people. although public health england have stressed again today that the risk to the public remains low. wiltshere police say five sites are being investigated in this latest novichok incident, including this church in amesbury and this park in salisbury. both of which, it is thought, the couple caught up in this latest poisoning had visited. they are being treated in the same salisbury hospital as the skripals were, dawn sturgess and charlie rowley now

in fact, it is the same hospital that sergei and yulia skripal were taken to after the attack on themlisbury in march. the night police have confirmed yet again that this is a novichok poisoning. four months to the day after the salisbury attack and dawn sturgess and charlie rowley have become the new victims of nerve agent poisoning in britain. the couple were taken ill at their home in amesbury on saturday and now critically ill in hospital. this is the moment the emergency unfolded on saturday night. the bbc has been given the phone images of the fire and ambulance services at the property. this man says he's a friend of the couple and saw what happened. he was sweating loads, dribbling and you could not speak to him, he was making funny noises and rocking backwards and forwards. there was no response, you did not know i was there, it was like he was in another world and hallucinating. the nerve agent was identified at porton down the near amesbury, the same place used to establish the novichok liquid in the salisbury attack in march. tonight the metropolitan police counterterroris

it began on the ath of march in the home of sergei skripal. town 3—a hours later, became violently ill, and were admitted to hospital. that led to a huge police investigation in the past four months or so, including the police asking people for cctv footage to help them with their enquiries. fast and the forward, press association are saying that their sources are telling them that the police have married up some of this cctv footage, we know not where from, with people entering this country to identify some suspects, plural. the press association are saying the police have used this cctv footage to identify the suspects, and that the police think several russians we re the police think several russians were involved. this is what the sources are telling the press association. they are not saying any names or anything like that. we ourselves have checked with the metropolitan police this morning, and they are not commenting on these reports by the press association. all they are saying is, this investigation is ongoing. they are not commenting

in the four months since sergei skripal, yulia skripal and nick bailey were poisoned, no other peoplemust have handled a container that we are now searching for. over the weekend, container that we are now searching for. overthe weekend, detailed searches have continued at a number of locations in aylesbury and salisbury. this has centred on dawn's address and charlie's address, as well as queen elizabeth gardens and salisbury. police cordoned side in place in a number of locations in the area, and are likely to remain in place for a considerable period of time. this is for the public‘s safety as well as to allow officers access to these areas in order to gather crucial evidence for the investigation. detectives have pieced together a detailed timeline which shows the movements of both dawn and charlie in the movement before they fell ill on saturday the 30th ofjune, which is critical to our understanding. so far, with that on friday the 29th of june, ataround far, with that on friday the 29th of june, at around 12.20 pm, they work together in aylesbury. they then left to visit salisb

in march, former russian spy, sergey skripal, and his daughter, yuliya skripal, were poisoned with novichokriking similarities, the police say it is too soon to link the cases. the alarm was raised on saturday when both charlie rowley and dawn stu rg ess were both charlie rowley and dawn sturgess were admitted to hospital. over the weekend, their symptoms caused increasing concern and on monday samples were sent to porton down laboratory. yesterday, those results came back positive for novichok, and a major incident was cleared. with the novichok known to have been involved, this investigation is a priority, with 100 counterterrorism detective is drafted in. it is theirjob to find out all they can about charlie rowley and dawn sturgess and to find out how two apparently random members of the public came into contact with this potentially deadly nerve agent. but is there still danger? public health england says it doesn't think so and it is unlikely anyone else is contaminated. you do not need to seek advice from a health professional, unless you are experiencing symptoms, as any individual

were exposed to novichok, the same type of nerve agent used to poison the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter, in salisbury, just about 12 kilometres away. officers say there's no evidence the couple were deliberately targeted. in thailand, 10,000 litres of water an hour are being pumped out of the flooded cave complex where 12 teenage boys and their football coach are trapped. the hope is they can be rescued before the monsoon rains start within days. otherwise they may have to wait underground for up to five months. there's been more heavy fighting in southern syria, as government force try to recapture daraa province, one of the last rebel strongholds. un officials say at least 270,000 people, a third of the population, have fled their homes. it's just gone 3:30am in the morning. you're up to date on the headlines. now on bbc news, it's time for click. can artificial intelligence out—diagnose a doctor? can a phone bring a giraffe to life? and can this robot make thisjump? britain's national health service turns 70 this week, and it is struggling to keep up with the modern

sergei skripal and his daughter recovered after weeks of treatment. they're in an undisclosed location and under protection. this new incident is raising concerns that there may be traces of this deadly agent still in the city. health officials say the risk to the public, though, is low. kelly cobiella, nbc news, salisbury. >>> the man accused of playing a fourth of july terrorist attack in cleveland will be in court today. the fbi says abdul rafik planned to launch an attack at the city's holiday parade or during the fourth of july fireworks display. the fbi says he met with an undercover agent where he discussed a separate attack in philadelphia and he reportedly had plans to visit san francisco. the fbi says he had no specific target here. >>> today the woman seen climbing the statue of liberty on the fourth of july will face a judge. police say 44-year-old theresa okumu from staten island will face m.d. charges for trespassing, disorderly conduct and interfering with government functions. she climbed nearly 25 feet to the base of the statue and sa

it was the skill of the staff at salisbury general which saved sergei and yulia skripal.s evening, police said that, in the first search of charlie rowley‘s house, officers found items which suggested that a batch of illegal drugs may have been involved. now they know that, once again, they're dealing with a deadly nerve agent. let's cross live to amesbury and speak to our correspondent, ben brown, who's there for us. i was listening to the press conference earlier today from officials in salisbury. they did not sound incredibly convincing about why everybody should be reassured the situation is totally safe down there now. they were asked, can you be certain there is no more novichok lying around in salisbury? it is a very difficult thing to say they are sure there isn't. after the skripals we re sure there isn't. after the skripals were attacked, there was a huge decontamination operation in salisbury which took a lot of time and cost a lot of money, but it seems, and this is the most likely to be police are working on, when this couple went to salisbury last friday the

and his daughter we re spy sergei skripal and his daughter were exposed to the same substance.secretary earlier. the simple reality is russia has committed an attack on british soil which has seen the death of a british citizen. that is something i think the world will unite with us in actually condemning. the russian government says that is absurd. let's hear from the russian government says that is absurd. let's hearfrom bbc‘s russia's correspondent. one of the most surprising thing came from the russian spokeswoman who commented on boris johnson's resignation and david davis' resignation but she clearly has linked back to salisbury and amesbury incidents and she wrote on her page on facebook, it was one thing to carry out experiments on sergei skripal and his daughter, who we re sergei skripal and his daughter, who were russians, but then their own citizens are something completely different. and they have to answer to their own people, notjust make up to their own people, notjust make up stories for nato. then the president's spokesman commented for the same time, saying it

novichok poisoning in britain say the victims probably picked up something used in the attack on sergei skripalur months ago. it is completely unacceptable for oui’ it is completely unacceptable for our people to be either deliberate toorak ‘s event will targets, or four—hour streets, our parks, toorak ‘s event will targets, or four—hourstreets, our parks, our towns, to be dumping grounds for poison. —— deliberate or accidental targets. hello, and a very warm welcome. it was, according to critics, a question of when and not if. now, after being under pressure for many weeks, the head of the environmental protection agency, scott pruitt, has stepped down. his resignation follows a series of ethics scandals that have dogged his tenure. president trump announced it in his usual way, by tweeting. he said, "i have accepted the resignation of scott pruitt as the administrator of the environmental protection agency. within the agency scott has done an outstanding job, and i will always be thankful to him for this." now, the trump administration is no stranger to a political scandal or two, butjust wha

it was the skill of the staff at salisbury general which saved sergei and yulia skripal.s evening, police said in the first search of charlie rowley‘s house, officers found items that suggested a batch of illegal drugs might have been involved. now they know that once again they are dealing with a deadly nerve agent. the authorities have been trying to reassure the public, stressing that the risk remains low, and no—one else has presented with the same symptoms. jon kay's been speaking to people from amesbury, this is his report. for chloe, it is all too close to home. she lives just yards from the property where the couple collapsed. so she's taking no chances. following the official advice, she is washing her clothes, and wiping down her possessions. so we're just going to have to, i guess, keep waiting. she told me it was worrying that it took four days to identify the nerve agent. it was hard not knowing, because we just didn't know what to do. we just didn't want to assume something, but i guess we assumed the worst, and the worst was what we got. for friends and rel

they‘ re to the attack on sergey skripal and his daughter. they're looking at numerous sites.up strange items from the floor. i think the police have now seized some 500 items for examination. thank you. still to come: more sport. novak djokovic beats kevin anderson to win the wimbledon‘s men's singles title for the fourth time. the designer has been shot dead in florida. he was gunned down. emergency services in europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly a hundred people have been killed. broadway is called the great white way, tonight it is blacked out. it is a reminder of the problems that the energy crisis has brought. 200 years ago today a huge crowd stormed the bastille prison in the first act of the revolution. today, hundreds of thousands thronged the streets. fairly penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging on pilchards. the headlines, jubilant scenes in paris as france beat croatia 11—2 in the world cup final. president trump has arrived in helsinki ready for talks with vladimir putin. novak djokovic

novichok poisoning in britain say the victims probably picked up something used in the attack on sergei skripalur months ago. hello, and a very warm welcome to bbc news. it was — according to critics — a question of when and not if. now, after being under pressure for many, many weeks, the head of the environmental protection agency, scott pruitt, has stepped down. his resignation follows a series of ethics scandals that have dogged his tenure. president trump announced it in his usual way, by tweeting. he said: "i have accepted the resignation of scott pruitt as the administrator of the environmental protection agency. within the agency scott has done an outstanding job, and i will always be thankful to him for this." mr pruitt has been the subject of numerorus stories which have called his conduct in office into question. our north america editor jon sopel has more. it talks about the toll that it took on his family and the vile accusations that have been levelled against him. if you go through the charge seek to make sheet, it is something. the resignation is in tone. —— the charge sheet. it

the uk has said detectives have no evidence of his country being involved in the poisoning of sergei skripaly. the press association says officers are believed to have identified russian suspects. ambassador alexander ya kovenko spoke to our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. what is your reaction to the news that the suspects have been identified and that reportedly they are russians? you want in english? well, these are the reports of the media. unfortunately, we do not have official statements of the british side. i want to hear that from scotland yard or from the foreign office. a lot of versions that we hear in the newspapers, they are not supported by the statements of the foreign office. every time we read a new version in the british newspapers, we are asking the foreign office to confirm or not, to confirm whether it is true or not. on most of our notes, we did not receive any replies, so for me, the statement of scotland yard is an official statement. so we are looking forward to getting this information from the british authorities, not from the media, with all my respect to t

just like the script —— sergei skripal incident, they wa nt to —— sergei skripal incident, they want agent to give the public safe. in the past few minutes, the police have told the bbc that the process to find the novichok will be slow and careful and could take weeks or months, ben. thank you very much. a diver has died in thailand while taking supplies to 12 boys and their football coach who've been trapped in a flooded cave for almost a fortnight. the former navy diver had been delivering oxygen tanks to the group but then ran out of his own air supplies as he was returning. dan johnson reports from north thailand. this is the 13th day trying to save 13 lives, and it's brought the starkest illustration ofjust how risky this rescue operation is. this is saman kunan, boarding the plane to offer his experience. 38 years old, the former navy diver volunteered to work alongside his old colleagues. he was on the five—hourjourney out of the cave when he lost consciousness last night, leaving no doubt about the nature of this challenge and the extent of the risk. the fact that there was

where surrogate skripal fasth sergei skripal —— sergei skripal lived.ouple from amesbury had gone to salisbury, and had gone into that part, and maybe there is a possible link, but we have got to stress this is all possibilities. they see a few office rs possibilities. they see a few officers found a couple of vehicles. it has been declared a major incident, it does not look or feel like one, here right now. because everybody is just waiting for that information before they know how they proceed from this point. great to get that update. thank you very much. we will keep an eye on it. nicaragua is the poorest country in central america. until recently it's also been one of the most stable. this but that could all be about to change after two months of unrest and brutal repression. pro—government forces have tried to put down the protests, but that in turn has led to further violence. more than 200 people are said to have died. the situation worries the us which has alot of interests in nicaragua. american businesses operate there. its a transit point fo

reports that police may have identified several suspects in the novichok attack on sergei and yulia skripaln a plastic bag ever be fully biodegradable? we have a special report. iamat i am at carnoustie. the scorched course has proved a real test for the world's best golfers on day one of the open. coming from bbc news, geraint thomas retains the yellow jersey and becomes the first british rider to conquer alpe d'huez at the tour de france. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. recorded crime is on the rise in england and wales — and the number of violent incidents recorded by the police has seen a particularly big increase. the overall crime rate went up by 11% in the year to march, according to new figures from the office for national statistics. the number of killings and murders rose by 12%. and crimes involving a knife rose by 16%. there was also a 30% increase in the number of robberies, which include muggings. it comes as other figures today show that detection rates are at their lowest level for three years. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. when the mor

deborah, how badly was your business affected after the sergei skripal poisoning back in march?oduced, which was fantastic, trade returned a bit more to normal levels. and we were between ten and 20% down since then. it's been up and down over that period. and obviously things like the weather, and so on, do have an impact on foot for anyway in the town. not all of it perhaps due to the poisoning. there is funding available. personally i made a claim for it. but the amount given was poultry in terms of what we requested. whilst i'm not gratefulfor terms of what we requested. whilst i'm not grateful for that support, i do think that there will need to be more significant support centre businesses that are affected, like mine, and others which are much more affected which were closer to the original incident. pauline, speak directly to deborah, she can hear you, she feels the council should be giving more money and more support to businesses like hers. that's good feedback. that information we need to know moving forward. the most re ce nt to know moving forward. the most recent i

rowley and dawn sturgess have been poisoned by the same nerve agent used on the former russian spy sergei skripalyulia in march. mr rowley‘s brother matthew has told the bbc of his shock at what's happened. my my next—door neighbour came out and told me, because he knew my surname, he said your brother is in hospital, he said your brother is in hospital, he has been infected with this neurotoxin and i said well, that is the first thing i have heard. then i read it in the paper this morning. i haven't slept, to tell you the truth. powell would you 7 haven't slept, to tell you the truth. powell would you? like i said, ican't truth. powell would you? like i said, i can't get through to the hospital at the moment because of the police and they have a security block on everything. so i don't know what to think. it is... he is my younger brother, i love him to bits. japanese media is reporting that seven members of a doomsday cult, who carried out a deadly nerve gas attack on the tokyo subway in 1995, have been executed. 13 people died and thousands more were hurt when the cult released the nerve agent

sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned in march.oth at home and doing well. >>> fast reversal from facebook founder mark zuckerberg denying holocaust material on the site because they are not intentionally getting it wrong. an update ahead. >>> welcome back. president trump may try to deflect what is going with russia and putin. developing the u.s. work force could be the focus on the white house agenda later today. this afternoon, president trump is expected to sign an executive order calling for outlines steps to address the vocational crisis and set up a work force council. this is about retraining workers in the skills they need. although the unemployment rate is 4%. millions of jobs remain unfilled. employers are having a tough time finding workers they need to fill the jobs. this afternoon, the president will call on industry leaders and the private sector to step up and retraining efforts to better match workers with the jobs available. >>> a possible stumbling block for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. two years ago, h

novichok poisoning in britain say the victims probably picked up something used in the attack on sergei skripal

this same chemical was used in the march attack on the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. they have both been released from the hospital. russia denied any involvement in the hospital. one is still in the hospital in critical condition. >>> at least 100 people in the southwest of japan have died after days of torrential rainfall that caused flash floods and landslides. japan's fire and disaster management agency reports 112 people injured and 15 are missing and 68 unaccounted for. these are the heaviest rains japan has seen in decades. 2 million people have been ordered to evacuate. hundred hads of homes have been -- hundreds of homes have been destroyed or damaged. 73,000 people are working on rescue efforts. >>> u.s. threatened other nations in the effort to weaken the world health organization effort of breast feeding. they were working to promote and protect breast feeding. u.s. delegates threatened retribution on trade and military aid to ecuador. the resolution passed largely unchanged after russia stepped in as a sponsor. this really surprised so many people.

independent, which leads with the wiltshire the same nerve agent that poisoned ex—russian spy sergei skripallling back 0bama's policies on affirmative action in colleges. education and justice departments will no longer advise colleges to consider race as a factor in promoting diversity in their student admissions. music website billboard reports sir paul mccartney has joined the growing chorus of artists, labels and music industry bodies calling upon european regulators to pass sweeping reforms to copyright law to operate effectively within the digital age. the telegraph looks at how a british tech company whose app allows patients to video—call doctors on demand now plans to open its own private virtual gp surgery. and, finally, they're calling it a "double fault" and a dilemma for sports fans as the wimbledon and world cup finals are set to clash. tennis organisers say they were surprised at fifa's decision to schedule the football final to clash with the men's singles final. the mall online, it is a dilemma for me. i love them both. with me is priya lakhani who's founder and ceo of centu

nerve agent novichok which has been identified as the same nerve agent that affected yuliya and sergei skripalt advice from the military on a possible plan to get them out safely. we report from syria on the plight of people in one