no charges though laid out today in relation to charlie rowley and dawn stu rg ess. relation to charliey shocked people. it was one thing knowing a former russian spy one thing knowing a former russian spy had apparently been attacked in salisbury. but then that two a p pa re ntly salisbury. but then that two a ppa re ntly com pletely salisbury. but then that two apparently completely innocent people had been accidentally contaminated really shocked people here. i think it's interesting that the two investigations, while still separate in time, investigations are now dovetailing by police. they are publicly linking them which is significant, even though these potential suspects are only being linked in the case of the skripals. people here still have so many questions but now they will be able to look at the images of the station in salisbury, at the roads and are being asked to remember the weekend when the skripals were attacked was a particularly cold snowy weekend. all of a sudden there is information and bits of detail which might trigger memories in somebody and might add to all t

one member of the public, dawn sturgess, charlie rowley also made very ill by that chemical agentthe 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 the week. but tomorrow is not a bad looking day. variable amounts of cloud and some sunny spells. as we head into the overnight period they will be some showers off the continent which could affect the far south east of england. clear skies for southern scotla nd england. clear skies for southern

it was found injune in this counterfeit nina ricci packaging by charlie rowley.n in a charity collection bin. his partner, dawn sturgess, died after spraying herself with the bottle, and tonight charlie rowley said of the suspects, i want to see them brought to justice. and the leader of salisbury council is also desperate to see a trial of those who carried out the novichok attack. it was reckless, it was irresponsible, it was criminal. and i hope, however unlikely, that these people will be brought tojustice. six months on, the quiet city of salisbury is still suffering, both economically and psychologically. even the grass where the skripals were found has had to be relayed because of contamination, and the chief medical officer was still advising residents today not to pick up any strange objects. daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. 0ur correspondent steve rosenberg is in moscow. lots of new information here today. what has been the response there? well, what we didn't see today was moscow putting its hands up and admitting, yes, we did this, we carried thi

it is not known if it was fully sealed when charlie rowley found it or if it was partly sealed. for the police to establish, where was that bottle of what looked like perfume between the skripals being poisoned here in march and charlie rowley finding it injune? did it sit in a binfor three months? or was it somewhere between? maybe by finding those missing jigsaw pieces, that might allow members of the public to help the authorities who are trying to establish where it was in between and who might have put it there. jon, many thanks. and to steve rosenberg in moscow now. what sort of reaction if any has there been in moscow to what the prime minister has been saying and what the police have been saying? the predictable reaction. russia presents itself as an innocent party. we are having a few technical problems talking to steve rosenberg in moscow. we will come back to him as soon as we can with the reaction in moscow. let me move you on to other news this afternoon. the former bank of england governor mervyn king has branded britain's preparations for leaving the eu as "incomp

it was found injune in this counterfeit nina ricci packaging by charlie rowley.t may have been in a charity collection bin. his partner, dawn sturgess, died after spraying herself with the bottle, and tonight charlie rowley said of the suspects, i want to see them brought tojustice. and the leader of salisbury council is also desperate to see a trial of those who carried out the novichok attack. it was reckless, it was irresponsible, it was criminal. and i hope, however unlikely, that these people will be brought tojustice. six months on, the quiet city of salisbury is still suffering, both economically and psychologically. even the grass where the skripals were found has had to be relayed, because of contamination, and the chief medical officer was still advising residents today not to pick up any strange objects. daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. earlier i spoke to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg, who told me that the effect of the sanctions that have been imposed on russia already, in the wake of the attack, is starting to be felt. ido i do get th

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

and they are also linking them to the subsequent poisonings of dawn sturgess — who died — and charlie rowleyan arrest warrant was issued, as scotland yard gave extensive background detail to the attack on the skripals. theresa may told the commons that the two suspects are officers of the russian military intelligence service. richard galpin reports. these are the two men, both russian nationals, who are suspected of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal with the deadly nerve agent novichok. named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov although these are probably aliases. and the police investigation has video footage showing their movements from the moment they arrived at gatwick airport on march the 2nd, two days before the poisoning. from gatwick, they travelled to east london, staying in a hotel where investigators found traces of novichok, although those traces soon faded. on saturday march the 3rd, they travelled by train to salisbury where it is alleged they carried out reconnaissance before returning to london. on sunday, they gain travelled to salisbury by train and they were seen nea

released further details of the small glass counterfeit perfume bottle and box, discovered in charlie rowley's house, and found to contain this nerve agent. the manner in which the bottle was modified leaves no doubt it was modified to smuggle the lesson -- weapon into the country, and the deliberate of the attack. mister speaker, the investigation into the poisoning is ongoing and police are appealing for further information. but were these two suspects within our jurisdiction, there would be a clear basis in law for their arrest for murder. mr. speaker, we repeatedly asked russia to account for what happened in march and they replied with obfuscation and lies. this included attempting to pass the blame onto terrorists and our international partners. they even claimed that i myself invented novichok. their attempts to hide the truth by pushing out a deluge of disinformation simply reinforces their culpability. as we made clear in march, only russia have the technical means , operational experience and motive to carry out the attack. the nerve agents were developed by the soviet union in the 1

used against this cripples which then killed dawn sturgis and seriously injured her boyfriend charlie rowley they had found a fake per fume case with a bottle inside adapted to release the novacek.

bottle of nava chalk hidden in the purview packets and these two people found it in a skip and he charlie rowleygave it they were in a relationship in feed or two dollars per fume and sprayed on herself and therefore administered not a child to herself and subsequently died i suppose politically now the british position would be that if the russians are as serious as they say they have been on helping the british with their investigation and that the russians deny that this was a state sponsored assassination attempt on surrogates cripple then it would be it would be up to the russians and behove the russians to find these two men since there are pictures of them. and the russians should then arrest them and. hand them over to the british at the moment though so far as i can see on the minister of foreign affairs twitter feed in the russian embassy twitter feed in the u.k. the babson no mention of this was so ever and. the reason may is going to speak the british prime minister in the house of commons shortly about this and the next thing is going to be what the russians have to say in return al

used against this cripples which then killed dawn sturgis and seriously injured her boyfriend charlie rowleythey had found a fake per fume case with a bottle inside adapted to release the novacek the couple had assumed it was perfect and she sprayed the novacek on herself this case and that of this cripples and now directly being linked in the criminal inquiry the last time the u.k. had prime suspects in an attack on a spy it was the alexander litvinenko case which ended with a look of oyo named as one of the killers eventually made a member of the russian parliament the u.k. can't get the two prime suspects in the scripture case extradited it's against russian law and anyway it will be hardly worth the effort the scribbles have survived but u.k. russian relations a stuck in the freezer largely al-jazeera london rory chalons has more from moscow on the russian reaction to this latest developments. russia's approach to the whole script since it blew up earlier in the year has been to deny deny deny they say that the u.k. is not be know it's a produce any evidence that it was nothing to do wit

then injune, the perfume bottle then ended up in the hands of a local man called charlie rowley.e then gave it to his girlfriend, dawn sturgess. both of them became ill. dawn died days later. here's theresa may again. we have obtained a european arrest warrant and will obtain an interval red notice. as we found following the murder of alexander... any formal extradition request in this case would be futile. should i did these individuals ever again travelled outside russia, we will ta ke travelled outside russia, we will take every possible step to detain them, to extradite them and to bring them, to extradite them and to bring them to face justice here them, to extradite them and to bring them to facejustice here in them, to extradite them and to bring them to face justice here in the united kingdom. we also heard from the police. today's announcement by the crown prosecution service marks the most significant development in the investigation. we now have sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to the attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury, an domestic and euro

it was found injune in this counterfeit nina ricci packaging by charlie rowley. been in a charity bin. his partner, dawn sturgess, died after spraying herself with the bottle. for the leader of salisbury council, today's news made what happened here all the more real. i think there's real anger today that two individuals, knowingly, it appears, came to salisbury to carry out an act of what turned out to be attempted murder. there were civilians that were wrapped up in the collateral damage of that. people feel that is a shocking thing to do. six months on, the quiet city of salisbury is still suffering, both economically and psychologically. even the grass where the skripals were found has had to be relayed because of contamination, and the chief medical officer was still advising residents today not to pick up any strange objects. daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. let's get more on this now from ian bond, who's the director of foreign policy at the centre for european reform. ian was also a former british diplomat, who served in russia in the ‘90s. thanks ve

used against this cripples which then killed dawn sturgis and seriously injured her boyfriend charlie rowley they had found a fake per fume case with a bottle inside adapted to release the novacek the couple had assumed it was perfect and she sprayed the novacek on a self this case and that of this cripples and now directly being linked in the criminal inquiry. was exactly the point when the british police were briefing journalists in london about all this the russian foreign ministry was tweeting this derogatory video comparing prime minister may's dancing ability with that of the foreign ministry spokeswoman as a signal he could hardly have said we don't care any more bluntly the last time the u.k. had prime suspects in an attack on a spy it was the alexander litvinenko case which ended with a look of oil named as one of the killers eventually made a member of the russian parliament the u.k. can't get the two prime suspects in the scripture case extradited it's against russian law and anyway it will be hardly worth the effort the scribbles have survived but u.k. russian relations a stock i

novichok nerve agent which poisonli sergei and skripal and months later accidentally contaminated charlie rowley and killed dawn sturgess. police say they came to the country as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, thought to be false names used by undercover operatives. prime min. may: the governmentde has concthat the two individus named by the police are officers from russia's military intelligence services , also known as the gru. the gru is a highly disciplined organization with a well-established chain of coand. this is not a rogue operation. it was almost certainly also improved outside the gru at a senior lev of the russian state. gordon: the two men carried out icatedrkably sophi attack. they flew in from moscow and are seen in yazidsalisbury. shortly after, that they smeared a nerve agent on sergei skripal's front door. this is what is believed to beat their weapon, the perfume bottle used to carry the novichok prevention. el today's announcement is a most significant dment in the investigation. we have sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to the attack on sergei and yulia

police are linking the attack to a separate poisoning injune when dawn sturgess and charlie rowley werell, and ms sturgess died in hospital on 9th july. a european arrest warrant was issued as scotland yard gave extensive background detail to the attack on the skripals, as our correspondent richard galpin reports. these are the two men, both russian nationals, who are suspected of poisoning sergei and yulia skripal with the deadly nerve agent novichok, named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, although these are probably aliases. the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service. also known as the gru. the gru isa service. also known as the gru. the gru is a highly disciplined organisation with a well established chain of command. so this was not a rogue operation. it was almost certainly also approved outside the gru ata certainly also approved outside the gru at a senior level of the russian state. some of the key evidence comes from video footage obtained by the police showing the two men

used against this cripples which then killed dawn sturgis and seriously injured her boyfriend charlie rowley they had found a fake per fume case with a bottle inside adapted to release the novacek the couple had assumed it was perfect and she sprayed the novacek on a self this case and that of this cripples and now directly being linked in the criminal inquiry. was at exactly the point when the british police were briefing journalists in london about all this the russian foreign ministry was tweeting this derogatory video comparing prime minister may's dancing ability with that of the foreign ministry spokeswoman as a signal he could hardly have said we don't care any more bluntly the last time the u.k. had prime suspects in an attack on a spy it was the alexander litvinenko case which ended with a look of oil named as one of the killers eventually made a member of the russian parliament the u.k. can't get the two prime suspects in the scripture case extradited it's against russian law and anyway it will be hardly worth the effort the scribbles have survived but u.k. russian relations a stoc

as for the subsequent poisoning of charlie rowley and the death of don strugis, prime minister may said it well. quote, were these two suspects within our jurisdiction there would be a clear basis in law for their arrest for murder. this is how it's done. this is how individuals who commit murder and their hay mouse crimes are exposed. this is -- heinous crimes are exposed. this is how nations that defy the international thunderstorms that keep us safe are held to -- norms that keep us safe are held to account. this is how the service for the first responders to those who were killed are honored. it now falls on us to do our part. rather than accept responsibility for its actions, the russian government has offered only denials and counteraccusations. anything to deflect attention and distract from its guilt. the russian denials have followed a familiar script from the a to the killing litvinenko. the list goes on and on and the song is always the same. russia is somehow never behind these incidents. but no one's buying it. the most recent british action ensures that russia doesn't get

used against this cripples which then killed dawn sturgis and seriously injured her boyfriend charlie rowley they had found a fake per fume case with a bottle inside adapted to release the novacek the couple had assumed it was puffy and she sprayed the novacek on a self this case and that of this cripples and now directly being linked in the criminal inquiry the last time the u.k. had prime suspects in an attack on a spy it was the alexander litvinenko case which ended with a look of oyo named as one of the killers eventually made a member of the russian parliament the u.k. can't get the two prime suspects in the scripture case extradited it's against russian law and anyway it would be hardly worth the effort the scribbles have survived but u.k. russian relations a stock in the freezer. so let's something extraordinary happens now this seems to me to more or less not the end of the story and i think for the british political and security establishment they'll be a certain sort of mixture of emotions on one level i think they'll have a a sort of a sense of satisfaction that in terms of most o

used against this cripples which then killed dawn sturgis and seriously injured her boyfriend charlie rowley they had found a fake perfect case with a bottle inside adapted to release the novacek the couple had assumed it was puffy and she sprayed the novacek on herself this case and that of this cripples and now directly being linked in the criminal inquiry. was at exactly the point when the british police were briefing journalists in london about all this the russian foreign ministry was tweeting this derogatory video comparing prime minister may's dancing ability with that of the foreign ministry spokeswoman as a signal he could hardly have said we don't care any more bluntly the last time the u.k. had prime suspects in an attack on a spy it was the alexander litvinenko case which ended with a look of oyo named as one of the killers eventually made a member of the russian parliament the u.k. can't get the two prime suspects in the scripture case extradited it's against russian law and anyway it would be hardly worth the effort the scribbles have survived but u.k. russian relations a stock

used against this cripples which then killed dawn sturgis and seriously injured her boyfriend charlie rowley they had found a fake per fume case with a bottle inside adapted to release the novacek the couple had assumed it was perfume and she sprayed the novacek on a self this case and that of this cripples are now directly being linked in the criminal inquiry. was exactly the point when the british police were briefing journalists in london about all this the russian foreign ministry was tweeting this derogatory video comparing prime minister may's dancing ability with that of the foreign ministry spokeswoman as a signal he could hardly have said we don't care any more bluntly the last time the u.k. had prime suspects in an attack on a spy it was the alexander litvinenko case which ended with a look of oil named as one of the killers eventually made a member of the russian parliament the u.k. can't get the two prime suspects in the scripture case extradited it's against russian law and anyway it will be hardly worth the effort the scribbles have survived but u.k. russian relations a stuck i

dawn sturgess and charlie rowley fell ill after being exposed to a perfume bottle contaminated with whats novichock. ms sturgess died in hospital on the 9th ofjuly and a murder inquiry has been launched. the actor kevin spacey will not face prosecution for a historical sexual assault, because too much time has passed. prosecutors in los angeles had been reviewing the case involving an adult actor, which dates back to 1992. kevin spacey has declined to comment on the allegation. british police are investigating six sexual assault claims against the 59—year—old. jonathan barclay and sian berry have been elected co—leaders of the green party. they'd campaigned on a pledge to strongly oppose fracking and the proposed hs2 rail link. they said their ambition was to make the greens "the third largest party in the uk". the first minister for scotland, nicola sturgeon, has been setting out her government's policies for the year ahead, with new investment in education, infrastruture and health. as msps returned from summer recess, she announced a number of policies, including an increase of a quar

it was found months later and poisoned charlie rowley and killed dawn sturgess.country. translation: when you go through customs, they check all your belongings, so if we had anything suspicious, any police officer would have questions. why would a man have women's perfume in his luggage? the interviewer never asked why a trace of novichok was said to be found in the london hotel they stayed in. and the interview raised another question — who are the pair? the british government says they are russian intelligence officers using fake names. in the interview, they seemed unwilling to go into details of their back story, such as theirjobs, as they said, sports nutritionists, and they declined to provide identity documents. i don't think any of their interview is plausible, i've watched it a couple of times now and i think, if i was their defence lawyer, my advice to them would be to keep quiet and wait to a trial when your alibi will be tested by our evidence. the war of words over what really happened in salisbury will go on but today's awkward account might have d

agent which poisoned sergei and yulia skripal, and which months later accidentally contaminated charlie rowleykilled dawn sturgess. police say they came to the country as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, but those are thought to be false names, used by two undercover operatives. the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service, also known as the gru. the gru is a highly disciplined organisation, with a well—established chain of command. so this was not a rogue operation. it was almost certainly also approved outside the gru, at a senior level of the russian state. the two men, police say, carried out a remarkably sophisticated attack. they flew in from moscow, and are seen here in salisbury, shortly after it is alleged they smeared nerve agent on sergei skripal‘s front door. and this was what is believed to have been their weapon — the perfume bottle used to carry the novichok nerve agent. today's announcement by the crown prosecution service marks the most significant in the investigation. we now

agent which poisoned sergei and yulia skripal, and which months later accidentally contaminated charlie rowleyand killed dawn stu rg ess. police say they came to the country as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, but those are thought to be false names, used by two undercover operatives. the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service, also known as the gru. the gru is a highly disciplined organisation, with a well—established chain of command. so this was not a rogue operation. it was almost certainly also approved outside the gru, at a senior level of the russian state. the two men, police say, carried out a remarkably sophisticated attack. they flew in from moscow, and are seen here in salisbury, shortly after it is alleged they smeared nerve agent on sergei skripal‘s front door. and this was what is believed to have been their weapon — the perfume bottle used to carry the novichok nerve agent. today's announcement by the crown prosecution service marks the most significant in the investigation.

weeks later, dawn sturgess died, and her partner, charlie rowley, was treated after they came into contactthe substance, which they had come across in a discarded glass bottle. the government has blamed russia for the attack, and two men have not been named as being behind the poisonings. moscow has again denied any involvement. this morning, the police have set out how the two russian nationals travelled under the names of alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. names the police believe to be aliases. they arrived at gatwick airport at 3pm on friday, the 2nd of march. having flown from moscow on flight su 2588. theresa may went on to give a highly detailed account of the men's movement in the uk, setting out exactly when and where they travelled. were these two suspects within ourjurisdiction, there would be a clear basis in law for their arrest for murder. mr speaker, we repeatedly asked russia to account for what happened in salisbury in march, and they have replied with obfuscation and lies. this is including trying to pass the blame for the attack on the terrorists, onto our internation

weeks later, dawn sturgess died and her partner charlie rowley was treated after they came into contacte substance, which they come across and a discarded glass bottle. the government has blamed russia for the attack and two men have now been named as being behind the poisonings. moscow has again denied any involvement in the attack. this morning the police have set out how the two russian nationals travelled under the names, alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov names the police believed to be aliases. they arrived at gatwick airport at 3pm on friday the 2nd of march, having flown from moscow. she went on to give a detailed account of the two men's movements — from the time they were in the uk, setting out when and where they travelled. were these two suspects within ourjurisdiction, there would be a clear basis in law for their arrest for murder. mr speaker, we were pleaded be asked russia to recount what happened in salisbury in march and they have replied with a office station —— obfiscation and lies, including train to pass the blame on the attack into terrorists and even onto the f

the same two men are now also the prime suspects in the case of dawn sturgis and charlie rowley two there is no other line of inquiry beyond this and the police today have formally linked the attack on the script house and the events in amesbury such that it now phones one investigation there are good reasons for doing so. our own analysis together with yesterday's report from the organization for the bishan of chemical weapons has confirmed that the exact same chemical nerve agent was used in both cases there is no evidence to suggest that dorn charlie may have been deliberately targeted but rather with victims of the reckless disposal of this agent. the police have today released further details of the small class counterfeit perfect bottle and box discovered in charlie rose house which was found to contain this nerve agent and 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 script hours from all. mr speaker the police investigation into the poisoning of dawn and c

rgis and contaminate agent, which would later killed dawn sturgis and contaminate her partner, charlie rowleyd months of investigation show this was not a rogue operation. the manner offices of russia's military intelligence service, the gru. the actions of the gru are a threat to all our allies and to all our citizens, and on the basis of what we have learnt in the salisbury investigation, and what we know about this organisation more broadly, we must now step up our collective efforts, specifically against the gru. moscow said the two suspects me nothing to them, and accused written of manipulating information. this the response on the facebook page of their foreign ministry. the woman on the right, maria, is there head of communications. —— maria zakharova. to reveal so much detail of the investigation so publicly is designed to increase diplomatic pressure on russia. the uk wants more european sanctions, at must struggle to convince eu allies. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: several people have been injured in a landslide after a strong earthquake struck japa

used against this cripples which then killed dawn sturgis and seriously injured her boyfriend charlie rowley they had found a fake perfect case with a bottle inside adapted to release the novacek the couple had assumed it was puffy and she sprayed the novacek on herself this case and that of this cripples and now directly being linked in the criminal inquiry. was at exactly the point when the british police were briefing journalists in london about all this the russian foreign ministry was tweeting this derogatory video comparing prime minister may's dancing ability with that of the foreign ministry spokeswoman as a signal he could hardly have said we don't care any more bluntly the last time the u.k. had prime suspects in an attack on a spy it was the alexander litvinenko case which ended with a look of oyo named as one of the killers eventually made a member of the russian parliament the u.k. can't get the two prime suspects in the scripture case extradited it's against russian law and anyway it would be hardly worth the effort the scribbles have survived but u.k. russian relations a stock

it was found injune in this counterfeit nina ricci packaging by charlie rowley. been in a charity bin. his partner, dawn sturgess, died after spraying herself with the bottle. for the leader of salisbury council, today's news made what happened here all the more real. i think there's real anger today that two individuals, knowingly it appears, came to salisbury to carry out an act of what turned out to be attempted murder. there were civilians that were wrapped up in the collateral damage of that. people feel that is a shocking thing to do. six months on, the quiet city of salisbury is still suffering, both economically and psychologically. even the grass where the skripals were found has had to be relayed because of contamination, and the chief medical officer was still advising residents today not to pick up any strange objects. daniel stanford, bbc news, salisbury. let's go to moscow now and talk to our corresepondent steve rosenberg. what has been the reaction from moscow? the reaction here i would describe as predictable. russia portraying itself as the inno

chilled to the bone with the findings of this investigation as for the subsequent poisoning of charlie rowley and the death of dawn sturgis prime minister may said it well quote. word these two suspects within our jurisdiction there would be a clear basis in law for their arrest for murder this is how it's done this is how individuals who commit murder and their heinous crimes are exposed this is how nations that defy the international norms that keep us all safe are held to account this is how the memories of those injured and killed and the service of the first responders who cared for them are honored it now falls on us to do our part rather than accept responsibility for its actions the russian government has offered only denials and counter-accusations anything to deflect attention and distract from its guilt the russian denounce have followed a familiar script from crimea to m.h. seventeen to the dawn boss to the killing of let being go the list goes on and on and the song is always the same russia is somehow never behind these incidents but no one's buying it the most recent british ac