some breaking news coming in this evening from the foreign office, concerning events in amesbury backmember of course the death of one member of the public, dawn stu rg ess, one member of the public, dawn sturgess, charlie one member of the public, dawn stu rg ess, charlie rowley one member of the public, dawn sturgess, charlie rowley also made very ill by that chemical agent found in amesbury. the foreign office said they have just had back an independent report produced by the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons which has today confirmed their assessment, the uk assessment which identified that chemical agent responsible for the death of dawn sturgess as the same kind used in the attempted assassination of sergei and julia skripal earlier this year. namely novichok. so confirmation reported by the foreign office that an independent report has said that if the same chemical agent. let's get a look at the weather prospects now. we're looking at something much more u nsettled we're looking at something much more unsettled and more autumnal for many towards the end of t

finally mr speaker let me pay tribute to the fortitude of the people of saul's free amesbury and the surrounding areas. who have faced such disruption to their daily lives over the past six months let me once again thank the standing efforts of the emergency services and national health service in responding to these incidents and let me thank all those involved in the police and intelligence community for their tireless and painstaking work which has led to today's announcement. this is because back in march russia sought to sow doubt and uncertainty about the evidence we presented to this house and some were minded to believe them today's announcement shows that we were right we were right to act against the russian state in the way we did and we are right now to step up our efforts against the g.r.u. we will not tolerate such barbaric attacks against our country and together with our allies this government will continue to do whatever is necessary to keep our people safe and i commend this statement today. that was to reason may the british prime minister addressing the house of c

we regret that since the council last discussed these developments, a british national in amesbury asng contact with a subject matter about substance which the 0pcw has confirmed to be the same novichok nerve agent which poisons sergei and yulia skripal. we reiterate strong condemnation of the use of the nerve agent on uk soil and express. the garrity with united kingdom. 0ur close friend and eu partner. 0nce kingdom. 0ur close friend and eu partner. once again, in this chamber, we condemn in the strongest terms all use of chemical weapons, strictly prohibited under international law. it is a common responsibility to ensure that the chemical weapons ban is respected, and it can be argued that permanent members have special responsibilities when it comes to curving the weapons of mass destruction. the rules —based international system protects us all and we must ensure its integrity in all its parts, in this regard, we iterate full support, to the 0pcw, the independent international organisation who oversees the chemical weapons ban. organisation who oversees the chemicalweapons ban. i

specifically linked the attempted poisoning in saul's bree and of course this fatal incidence in amesbury that came several months after the software incident that has not been much specifically link that to russia and now we have two names and now we have two suspects that is becoming much more concrete and i think we are due to hear from to reason may the british prime minister who will be addressing parliament. shortly this afternoon i expect she will update them on this news and certainly this takes i think the. disagreement with russia the deterioration in relations between the u.k. and russia up to a new level and we are going to be seeing i think similar scenarios playing out as we saw following the livin yanker case back in two thousand and six when the of course there was a deterioration in relations between russia and the u.k. although as i just said they're not going to apply for extradition like they did that time ok. the lines that from moscow thanks very much for a. the united nations investigators a warning crimes against humanity are continuing unabated and burgundy they b

the police today have formally linked the attack on the skripals and the events in amesbury such thatarlie may have been dealt with the targeted by brother were victims of the reckless disposal of this agent. the police have today released further details of the small glass counterfeit perfume bottle and box discovered and charlie rowley pots house found to contain this nerve agent at the manner in which the bottle was modified leaves no doubt it was a cover for smuggling the weapon into the country and for the delivery method for the attack against the skripals. the police investigation into the poisoning of dawn and charlie is ongoing and the police are today appealing for further information but were these two suspects within ourjurisdiction there would be a clear basis in law for their arrest for murder. we repeatedly asked russia to account for what happened in salisbury and march and they have applied with a obscuration and lies. we have tried to place blame on to terrorists, international partners and the future mother—in—law of yulia skripal. they even claim that i myself inve

the inquiry into the amesbury incident has now be formally linked by the police with the attempted murder000 hours of cctv footage and have taken more than 1400 statements, working around the clock they‘ve carried out painstaking and methodical work to ascertain exactly which individuals were responsible and the methods they used to carry out this attack. this evidence has been independently reviewed by the crown prosecution service and they‘ve concluded there is a sufficient basis to bring charges. we have, thus, independently concluded there is enough evidence to bring charges against two russian nationals for the following crimes. 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 ru

later is connected to the script attack is now linked the attack on the scribbles and the events in amesbury which affected in chile and now forms one investigation. you know believed he would deliberately targeted became victims as a result of the recklessness in which such a toxic move agent was disposed of we know that it was applied to the scriptures from door and an area that is accessible to the public which then endangered the lives of members of the public and emergency services response high court judges in israel have approved the demolition of almost an entire village under school in the occupied west bank the court overruled objections including from the european union to send bulldozers into qana they occupied east jerusalem. visiting pakistan days after three hundred million dollars in military aid was cancelled and his first official meeting with the newly elected prime minister i am wrong my pump is expected to focus on counterterrorism the second day of confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh are underway in washington d.c. he's president chum's nominee to fill a vacancy o

june this year forty four year old mother of three dawn study has fell ill in the nearby town of amesbury of to being exposed to not be chalk she sadly dined on the eighth of july her partner charlie very early was also exposed to the nerve agent and he became seriously ill police have identifying that status and really came into contact with a counterfeit perfume bottle which had been discarded insoles pre tests of this bottle following its recovery by police confirmed contained a significant amount of highly lethal not be chuck no thanks and on fourth of september the a.p.c. w's independent expert poetry's have again confirmed the u.k.'s identification of the navi truck nerve agent with a very high level of purity and to remind council members a very high level of purity means that it will have been made by a state. the inquiry into the ames be incident has now been formally linked by the police with the attempted matter of the script house the o.p.c. w. independent experts have confirmed the identifications are not be chopped nurtured nerve agent and it is the exact same chemical was u

connected to the script palace attack we've now linked the attack on the scribbles and the events in amesburywhich affected you and charlie and now forms one investigation you know believe dawn and charlie were deliberately targeted that became victims as a result of the recklessness in which such a toxic nerve agent was disposed of we know that nova chart was applied to the scriptures from door and an area that is accessible to the public which then endangered the lives of members of the public and emergency services respond so it will correspondents following the latest developments for a challenge that in moscow with the russian reaction the first is that i have to london where lawrence is standing by and large just walk us through the timeline of what happened today. it's six months almost to the day since the poisoning of the scribbles happened and for quite a lot of that time the british government's been under some pressure because it said repeatedly we are as sure as we can be even we know that the russians did this because they have novacek and it was not a shop that killed this crip

but yes, people in salisbury and in amesbury, where charlie rowley and his partner dawn sturgess wereill three months later and she sadly died, an innocent victim in all this, people in both communities can now see pictures of these two men, notjust the mugshots, but we have pictures of them arriving into gatwick airport on friday night, leaving out of heathrow on sunday afternoon, oozing the trains between london and salisbury and on the streets here of salisbury, just minutes before and after what the police say was the attack here at the front door of the skripals' home. it is a lot for people to take in. all ofa home. it is a lot for people to take in. all of a sudden, they have all this information and pictures and thatis this information and pictures and that is crucial. the reason the police have released this is partly political, to say, we are notjust making these claims from nothing, we have information. but the authorities will also be hoping that these images might trigger more information that may be somebody in this community remembers seeing those two individuals, maybe

another very serious incident in june back in march and another very serious incident injune in amesburyve said that while nerve agents were definitely not involved this time it was still clearly very stressful for staff, and salisbury mpjohn stressful for staff, and salisbury mp john glenn sent stressful for staff, and salisbury mpjohn glenn sent out a resolute tweet this afternoon saying if sunday's incident is found to have been a hoax, the people of salisbury will expect those involved to face the full force of the law. this, he said, is not a game. amanda, plenty more, thank you very much. that is nationwide. if you like to see more on any of those stories you can access them via the bbci player and a reminder, we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon at 4:30pm here on afternoon live. this evening, the winner of this year's mercury prize will be announced, with a £25,000 cheque going to the best album of the last 12 months, by a british or irish act. previous winners have included the arctic monkeys and elbow, but in an age where we can all stream individ