the investigative website bellingcat has named him as colonel anatoly chepiga.and claimed to be a sports nutritionist who was on holiday in england when two people were attacked with novichok in march. exactly what is being said this afternoon? it's a detailed investigation by bellingcat, part of it have been shared with the bbc, into the identity of one of those two men, ruslan boshirov. the work bellingcat has done has been able to identify him as a colonel, anatoly chepiga, in the russian military, with biographical details about him. it appears he served in chechnya three times. significantly, he is a highly decorated soldier, who received the award of hero of the russian federation, normally presented personally by vladimir putin. this is based on material, including a 2003 passport file that bellingcat obtained, and you can see the comparisons of the pictures of the comparisons of the pictures of the two individuals, anatoly chepiga and ruslan boshirov, with him looking younger in the 2003 photo. 0fficials looking younger in the 2003 photo. officials will

this week, the investigative team at bellingcat suggested that colonel chepiga, seen here, is the truelisbury attack. british officials haven't disputed that. that suspect is now calling himself ruslan boshirov. so our team showed those pictures to residents in colonel chepiga's old village. some didn't know him. those who did were nervous of oui’ camera. we agreed they'd remain anonymous. translation: it's him, but much older. and this man identified the man wanted by british police as anatoliy chepiga. translation: i know where his parents used to live. he was a military man, an officer. he fought in war zones, then he was in moscow. the chepiga family are hard to find. at the firm founded by his father, staff refused to comment. the family moved some years ago. when i called the last phone number linked to his parents, the man who picked up said he was uzbek and bought the sim card on the streets. the line was then disconnected. just two weeks ago, president putin himself insisted both of the salisbury suspects were civilians. "nothing suspicious," he said, "nothing criminal." on fr

bellingcat broke this story.tories that the mens‘ flights to salisbury were only booked the night before, casting doubt on their story that they'd been planning to visit salibury for a while. there were also claims that the men were given passports along with their names in 2009, and that there is no record of them before then. and then, this photo. here's gordon with more on that. pictures, it has to be set, match very closely, as well as other information. and this individual, anatoliy chepiga, is a member of the russian military — highly decorated, a colonel — who it looks like was also a member of the russian military intelligence service, gru. british officials will not confirm these details, because they say it's an ongoing investigation, but the bbc understands that there is no real dispute about this identification of one of those two men. it's worth saying that, actually, there's been some material about the other individual, alexander petrov — at least that's the name he used — suggesting that he made e

the online investigative journalist site bellingcat says he was born in 1978.imself ruslan boshirov when he arrived in the uk in march. he said he was a tourist. but this is who it's thought he really is, colonel anatoliy chepiga, a russian military intelligence officer. the online investigative journalist the site bellingcat said he was born in 1978. he is thought to have fought with the russian military in chechnya and was awarded russia's highest decoration, hero of the russian federation. using the alias ruslan boshirov, the british government believes he travelled to salisbury with another agent, calling himself alexander petrov. their mission, to try to kill sergei skripal using a nerve agent hidden in this perfume bottle. british officials have not commented on bellingcat‘s revelations, but the bbc understands there is no dispute in its identifying of anatoliy chepiga. speaking at the un in new york, theresa may again strongly attacked russia's actions. in response, russia said britain's allegations were "kindergarten stuff". jon donnison, bbc news. 0ur

it was obtained, along with other material, by the investigative group bellingcat.fficials say they won't comment on an ongoing investigation, although the bbc understands there is no dispute about this identification. so what do we know about anatoliy chepiga 7 the passport application says he was born in 1978 and links him to the russian military. he's thought to have served in chechnya and was awarded the country's highest decoration, hero of the russian federation, usually bestowed personally by president putin. at some point, it's believed hejoined russian military intelligence, the gru, and rose to be a colonel. also adopting the identity of ruslan boshirov. using that name, he and another man, calling himself alexander petrov, flew to britain on the 2nd of march this year. on march 4th, cctv captured them in salisbury, heading in the direction of sergei skripal‘s house. police believe this perfume bottle was used to smear novichok nerve agent on his door handle. that led to skripal and his daughterfalling ill, and, three months later, to dawn sturgess dying a

it was obtained, along with other material, by the investigative group bellingcat.comment on an ongoing investigation, although the bbc understands there is no dispute about this identification. so what do we know about anatoliy chepiga 7 the passport application says he was born in 1978 and links him to the russian military. he is thought to have served in chechnya and was awarded the country's highest decoration, hero of the russian federation, usually bestowed personally by president putin. at some point, it's believed he joined russian military intelligence, the gru, and rose to be a colonel. he also adopted the identity of ruslan boshirov. using that name, he and another man, calling himself alexander petrov, flew to britain on the 2nd of march this year. 0n the 4th of march, cctv captured them in salisbury, heading in the direction of sergei skripal‘s house. police believe this perfume bottle was used to smear novichok nerve agent on his door handle. that led to skripal and his daughter falling ill and three months later, to dawn sturgess dying after the perfu

the online investigative journalist the site bellingcat said he was born in 1978.ht to have fought with the russian military in chechnya and was awarded russia's highest decoration, hero of the russian federation. using the alias ruslan boshirov, the british government believes he travelled to salisbury with another agent calling himself alexander petrov, their mission, to try to kill sergei skripal using a nerve agent hidden in this perfume bottle. british officials have not commented on bellingcat‘s revelations, but the bbc understands there is no dispute in its identifying of anatoliy chepiga. speaking at the un in new york, theresa may again strongly attacked russia's actions. in response, russia said britain's allegations were kindergarten stuff. jon donnison, bbc news. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. an activist with the russian protest group pussy riot has left hospital in germany, saying he believes he was poisoned by the russian secret service. pyotr verzilov, who invaded the pitch during the football world cup final injuly, f

it was obtained, along with other material, by the investigative group bellingcat.fficials say they won't comment on an ongoing investigation, although the bbc understands there is no dispute about this identification. so what do we know about anatoliy chepiga 7 the passport application says he was born in 1978 and links him to the russian military. he's thought to have served in chechnya and was awarded the country's highest decoration, hero of the russian federation, usually bestowed personally by president putin. at some point, it's believed he joined russian military intelligence, the gru, and rose to be a colonel. also adopting the identity of ruslan boshirov. using that name, he and another man, calling himself alexander petrov, flew to britain on the 2nd of march this year. on march 4th, cctv captured them in salisbury, heading in the direction of sergei skripal‘s house. police believe this perfume bottle was used to smear novichok nerve agent on his door handle. that led to skripal and his daughterfalling ill, and, three months later, to dawn sturgess dying

the bellingcat investigative website this week published what it claims is the true identity of one ofent in the poisoning. here's our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. in the far east of russia, along its border with china, we went searching for clues to the salisbury poisoning. thatjourney led to this tranquil village, almost 5,000 miles from moscow. it's where a russian military intelligence officer, anatoliy chepiga, grew up. this week, the investigative team at bellingcat suggested that colonel chepiga, seen here, is the true identity of a key suspect in the salisbury attack. british officials haven't disputed that. the suspect is now calling himself ruslan boshirov. so our team showed those pictures to residents in colonel chepiga's old village. some didn't know him. those who did were nervous of oui’ camera. we agreed they'd remain anonymous. translation: it's him, but much older. and this woman identified the man wanted by british police as anatoliy chepiga. i know where his parents used to live. he was a military man, an officer. he fought in war zones. then he was in mosc

it was obtained, along with other material, by the investigative group bellingcat.on an ongoing investigation, although the bbc understands there's no dispute about this identification. so what do we know about anatoliy chepiga ? the passport application says he was born in 1978 and links him to the russian military. he's thought to have served in chechnya and was awarded the country's highest decoration, hero of the russian federation, usually bestowed personally by president putin. at some point, it's believed he joined russian military intelligence, the gru, and rose to be a colonel, also adopting the identity of ruslan boshirov. using that name, he and another man — calling himself alexander petrov — flew to britain on march 2nd this year. on march 4th, cctv captured them in salisbury, heading in the direction of sergei skripal‘s house. police believe this perfume bottle was used to smear novichok nerve agent on his door handle. that led to skripal and his daughter falling ill and, three months later, to dawn sturgess dying after the perfume bottle was found. tw

bellingcat has to be congratulated and also the telegraph, they said they worked with bellingcat.ountry. it just shows man called elliot higgins in this country. itjust shows that man called elliot higgins in this country. it just shows that we man called elliot higgins in this country. itjust shows that we now live in an age where people find out all sorts of stuff, they can immediately posted on social media. i think there was a journalist who did work on the syrian civil war a few years ago and he's got a great reputation. hopefully he carries on. to go reputation. hopefully he carries on. togoa reputation. hopefully he carries on. to go a bit bond and get sucked into the excitement, but geopolitically, a lot is being made of it —— there's a lot is being made of it —— there's a temptation to go a bit bond. there's the duplicity with theresa may, she made a more political point about it. she did stop it you mention this is boyzone staff, there's another woman involved, yulia skripal, who i don't know if that affects your life —— she did. you mentioned that this is boyzone stuff.

the online investigative journalist the site bellingcat said he was born in 1978. with the russian military in chechnya and was awarded russia's highest decoration, hero of the russian federation. using the alias ruslan boshirov, the british government believes he travelled to salisbury with another agent, calling himself alexander petrov. their mission, to try to kill sergei skripal using a nerve agent hidden in this perfume bottle. british officials have not commented on bellingcat‘s revelations, but the bbc understands there is no dispute in its identifying of anatoliy chepiga. speaking at the un in new york, theresa may again strongly attacked russia's actions. in response, russia said britain's allegations were kindergarten stuff. jon donnison, bbc news. police are guarding a man at basildon university hospital after he was shot in the stomach. the man, who's 19, is in a serious condition. police believe it was a targeted attack and that there's no risk to the wider public. a third woman has accused donald trump's supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, of ser

thought to be trapped under collapsed buildings. intelligence officer. by the investigative website bellingcatd he was ready to take the firm private. he'll also pay a 20—million dollar fine. now on bbc news, its time for witness. hello and welcome to witness. in 20th century history. at the end of the second world war. of the second world war. widely used fitness programmes, couch to 5k. josh clark started running. to help get other people running and he put it on his website. little did he know where it would take him. i had never had particular success with fitness. to a gym or try running, i was met with defeat. kind of person. a lot of excess energy and ijust started running. it was something i had never enjoyed and i didn't enjoy it then. and instantly thinking, why am i doing this? was something that could actually feel really good and rewarding. meditative even. before to start running. in order to start running. of running much sooner. a runner in nine weeks? seconds. of stress and ability into the body. so i was telling everybody. running and the benefits of it. suddenly the thing be

this week the investigative team at bellingcat suggested that colonel chepiga, seen here, is the true suspect in the salisbury attack. british officials have not disputed that. the suspect is now calling himself ruslan boshirov. so our team showed the pictures to residents in colonel chepiga's old village. some did not know him but those who did we re did not know him but those who did were nervous of oui’ did not know him but those who did were nervous of our camera and we agreed they would remain anonymous. translation: it is him but much older. and this woman identified the man wanted by british police as anatoliy chepiga. i know where his pa rents anatoliy chepiga. i know where his parents used to live. he was a military man, an officer. he fought in war zones. then he was in moscow. and when i called the last for another link to his parents, the man who picked up that he was boosbeck. and bought the seine card on the street. the line was then disconnected —— uzbek. just two weeks ago president putin himself insisted both of the salisburys suspects were civilians, nothing suspicio

the bellingcat investigative website this week published what it claims is the true identity of one ofussia continues to deny any involvement in the poisoning. here's our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. in the far east of russia, along its border with china, we went searching for clues to the salisbury poisoning. thatjourney led to this tranquil village, almost 5,000 miles from moscow. it's where a russian military intelligence officer, anatoliy chepiga, grew up. this week, the investigative team at bellingcat suggested that colonel chepiga, seen here, is the true identity of a key suspect in the salisbury attack. british officials haven't disputed that. the suspect is now calling himself ruslan boshirov. so our team showed those pictures to residents in colonel chepiga's old village. some didn't know him. those who did were nervous of oui’ camera. we agreed they'd remain anonymous. translation: it's him, but much older. and this woman identified the man wanted by british police as anatoliy chepiga. i know where his parents used to live. he was a military man, an officer. he foug

bbc travelled to a village east of moscow where he grew up to verify research carried out by the bellingcatnvestigative website. and elon musk has agreed to stand down as chairman of the electric car—maker tesla and pay a $20 million fine. the case stems from a tweet in which he said he wanted to take the company back into private hands. the car giant toyota has told the bbc that production at its derbyshire factory would be severely disrupted if britain left the eu without a trade deal. it said delays for parts at the border and stops in its assembly line would be expensive, and could have an impact onjobs and future investment at the plant. sanchia berg reports. 600 cars roll off the line here every day at toyota's factory near derby, each one built to order. it works because the parts only arrive when they are needed, summoned at a day's notice from suppliers in the uk and europe, put straight onto the production line. there is no warehouse, so if the truck gets stuck the line can stop. a hard brexit and delays at the border would magnify that. if we crash out of the eu at the end of mar

bbc travelled to a village east of moscow where he grew up to verify research carried out by the bellingcattive website. in brazil, thousands of women have lead protests against the far right frontrunner in next week's presidential elections. jair bolsonaro is leading in opinion polls. they accuse him of being a misogynist and homophobe. he denies the allegations. theresa may has arrived in birmingham for the conservative party conference, which has experienced technical difficulties before it's even begun. contact details including mobile numbers of hundreds of their mps and journalists were accidentally made accessible on their conference app — a problem which was later fixed. 0ur political correspondent ben wright is in birmingham. this conference began with a pretty serious security blunder. anybody logging into the conference app had access to an mp's phone number, if they knew what their email address was. this glitch was fixed pretty quickly and the party had to apologise. a bad start to a party conference which i think will be completely dominated by brexit. many tories hate theresa

bbc travelled to a village east of moscow where he grew up to verify research carried out by the bellingcatnvestigative website. theresa may has arrived in birmingham for the conservative party conference, which has experienced technical difficulties before it's even begun. contact details including mobile numbers of hundreds of their mps and journalists were accidentally made accessible on their conference app — a problem which was later fixed. 0ur political correspondent ben wright is in birmingham. this conference began with a pretty serious security blunder. anybody logging into the conference app had access to an mp's phone number, if they knew what their email address was. this glitch was fixed pretty quickly and the party had to apologise. a bad start to a party conference which i think will be completely dominated by brexit. many tories hate theresa may's so—called chequers plan and in the sunday times tomorrow, former foreign secretary boris johnson calls it a "deranged plan" and questions her commitment to brexit. theresa may's allies are fighting back, and on the eve of this conf

this week an investigative website bellingcat recently published evidence suggesting that anatoly chepiga military intelligence agent. a woman in a village where colonel chepiga grew up — in russia's far east — recognised his face instantly when a bbc correspondent showed her a photo distributed by british police. president putin insists the suspects are both civilians. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the big clean—up in greece after the mediterranean cyclone brings flash flooding and high winds. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. indonesia says the death toll from a nanny and earthquake could be in the thousands. china's efforts to combat hiv and aids have suffered a setback, with a i4% rise in the number of people infected in the past year. the apollo 11 space mission, which led to neil armstrong becoming the first man to walk on the moon, was one of the defining moments of the 20th century. now a film has been made about the astronaut, his life and the challenges he faced. first man is directed by damien chazelle, and stars ryan gosling as neil armstrong

the alleged identity of anatoli chepiga was first uncovered by the investigative website bellingcat.er a controversial month — elon musk agrees to step down as tesla's chairman, over a misleading tweet that said he was ready to take the firm private. he'll also pay a 20—million dollar fine. and in a moment, we'll have our sunday morning edition of the papers — our reviewers are sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times, and ben chu, economics editor at the independent. before the papers — sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. good morning, chris. a big day ahead. the ryder cup is europe's to lose. rory mcilroy will open against american justin thomas in today's 12 concluding singles matches with europe holding a 10—6 advantage and needing just another 41/2 points to regain the ryder cup after dominating again yesterday... ben croucher reports. the battle cry created in scandinavia, the golf course in france, the rivalry created down the decades. the ryder cup is unmistakable. as the usa have found, though, it's easy to lose yourself. and,

bbc travelled to a village east of moscow where he grew up to verify research carried out by the bellingcatnvestigative website. elon musk has agreed to stand down as chairman of the electric car—maker tesla and pay a $20 million fine. the case stems from a tweet in which he said he wanted to take the company back into private hands. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week... drone delivers something. tim berners—lee turns the web on its head. and andy serkis plays a tormented, augmented 0rc. please, take me home. i can sing, i can dance, just take me home. i can do anything. i'll be good! knowledge is power — that's what we've been told. whoever holds the information has the control. our data is valuable. it really is, you know, as everyone says, the new oil. and for years we have been giving it away in exchange for... what? free services: social networks, e—mail, convenient shopping. and all the while, big companies have been recording our every move, selling our data on, and even using it to micro—target us based our personalities. early this year, the european union brought in t

the online investigative journalist the site bellingcat said he was born in 1978.a‘s highest decoration, hero of the russian federation. using the alias ruslan boshirov, the british government believes he travelled to salisbury with another agent, calling himself alexander petrov. their mission, to try to kill sergei skripal using a nerve agent hidden in this perfume bottle. british officials have not commented on bellingcat‘s revelations, but the bbc understands there is no dispute in its identifying of anatoliy chepiga. speaking at the un in new york, theresa may again strongly attacked russia‘s actions. in response, russia said britain‘s allegations were "kindergarten stuff". jon donnison, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump says he could with straw his support for brett kavanagh as his accuser prepares to testify against him. and analyses in england face missing response targets if the service fails to make changes to the way patients are treated. in sport, the united states are not suffering with scar tissue despite not winning the ryder cup on f

the investigative website bellingcat says the man who called himself ruslan boshirov, and said he was a tourist, is in fact a colonel in russian military intelligence. the russian activist who invaded the pitch during this summer's world cup final, and then fell ill, has accused vladimir putin's secret services of poisoning him. pyotr verzilov, a member of the anti—kremlin group pussy riot, has now been released from hospital and is recovering in germany. you're up to date with the headlines. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the old certainties in europe are crumbling. voters seem fed up with a long—established supremacy of of the parties of centre—right and centre—left. the politics of identity and raw emotion have fuelled populist insurgencies from italy to sweden, to eastern europe. mostly it is the right, not the left, in the ascendant. well, my guest is yanis varoufakis, greece's radical leftist finance minister at the height of the economic crisis, and an advocate of a new global progressive politics. but is he losing the argument

the group bellingcat says the man using the name ruslan boshirov is really anatoly chepiga, and thate kremlin‘s highest bravery award in 2014. sarah rainsford is in moscow. i suppose we shouldn't be surprised that this suggestion has been rejected? no, i don't think so. this is russia's traditional response to accusations from the west and also it is what russia has said all along in the specific case of the salisbury poisoning to deny any russian state involvement. the only real statement we have had on this has come from the foreign ministry spokeswoman who put out a statement on her facebook page overnight saying the accusations and the latest claims were false, part of an information campaign against russia. there has been some comment on social media mocking that official denial but there has also been plenty of comment too supporting russia ‘s position and mocking the evidence that the main suspect is actually a military intelligence officer from the actually a military intelligence officerfrom the gi actually a military intelligence officer from the gi you in russia. both side

bbc travelled to a village east of moscow where he grew up to verify research carried out by the bellingcatnvestigative website. elon musk has agreed to stand down as chairman of the electric car—maker tesla and pay a $20 million fine. the case stems from a tweet in which he said he wanted to take the company back into private hands. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and a very warm welcome to dateline london. i amjane hill. it is party conference season here in britain. we are going to look at labour's week and forward to the conservatives‘. we labour‘s week and forward to the conservatives‘. we will also turn stateside touk see the bitter divisions —— to see the bitter divisions —— to see the bitter divisions about the nominee for the supreme court. stephanie baker, senior writer at bloomberg news. mark roche, corresponded for france‘s magazine and many years at la monde as well. alex deane is with us la monde as well. alex deane is with us and a warm welcome to all of you. jeremy corbyn told the labour faithful eating in liverpool that he was ready to rebuild a divided country put

the group bellingcat says the man using the name ruslan boshirov is really anatoly chepiga — and thatbravery award in 2014. 0ur moscow correspondent sarah rainsford has been analyzing this is of course russia's traditional response to accusations from the west, and it is what russia has said all along in the specific case of the salisbury poisoning, to deny any russian state involvement. the only real statement we have had on this is coming from the foreign ministry spokesman, maria zaha rather, who put out a statement on her page overnight saying that the accusations and latest claims were false, and all part of an information campaign against russia. there has been some comment on social media mocking that official denial, but there has also been plenty of comment, too, supporting russia's position and mocking the evidence that perhaps the main suspect is a military intelligence officer from the gru here suspect is a military intelligence officerfrom the gru here in russia, but what is but what interesting officerfrom the gru here in russia, but what interesting is that russian tele