james landale, bbc news.ts of self—driving cars after a woman in arizona was killed in a collision. at the time of the accident, the vehicle was running in autonomous mode with an operator at the wheel. uber described what happened as incredibly sad and said it was fully cooperating with local authorities. our technology correspondent dave lee reports from san francisco. it was late sunday night when, according to police, elaine herzberg was struck by uber‘s self—driving car. the 49—year—old was crossing the road, but not using the pedestrian zone. there was a driver behind the wheel, but uber said the vehicle was in full autonomous mode, meaning it was handling all aspects of the driving. miss herzberg was taken to hospital, but died from her injuries. taking to twitter, uber‘s chief executive, dara khosrowshahi, said the news from arizona was "incredibly sad". adding: as part of its licensing agreement, uber must keep detailed logs in case of an incident like this. although miss herzberg is the first pedest

james landale, bbc news.s repeated its denial of any involvement in the nerve agent attack. the country's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, dismissed the accusation while the russian embassy in london warned that the threat of sanctions by britain would be met with a response. our correspondent, sarah rainsford, reports from moscow. accused of a crime many miles from here, under pressure to explain a chemical attack that shocked britain. but today, the kremlin has remained silent. the foreign minister, though, was in full defensive flow. sergey lavrov rejected britain's 24—hour ultimatum to respond to the claim that moscow used a nerve agent. "russia should get ten days," he said, accusing britain of flouting the chemical weapons convention. and when i asked about the actual charge, the minister called that nonsense. translation: russia is not guilty. russia is ready to co—operate in accordance with the convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons if the uk finally decides to fulfil its obligations under

nitoday the british prime er visited the scene of the attack in salisbury, as james landale repos. james: this was theresa may's first visit to salisbury since the nerve agent tack, a chance to be briefed by the police and public-health experts, and also a chance to meet and reassure members of the public whose lives have been so disrued. she visited the scene of theat ck on the former russian intelligence officer and his daughter 11 days ago, the restaurant where they ate, the park bench under a tent where they were found. the prime minister thanked some of the police officers who first responded to the call. prime minister may: well, thank you. james: and at the local hoital she met and thanked officer nick bailey, still recovering from exposure to the nerve agent. russia, she said, was guil a brazen and despicable attack. she expelled 23 of its diplodyts and was ro do more. prime minister may: there are other measures we will be looking at, and if we face further provocation from russia, there are other measures we can deploy. what is important in the international arena -- we ha

james landale, bbc news. jane: here in washington, there's increased talk about who presidentmp t could replace next in his administration. days after he fired secretary of ate rex tillerson, there is strong speculation that nationae rity adviser h.r. mcmaster couldbl also be on thk. white house press secretary sarah sanders tried to play down the rumors. sarah: i spoke to a number of staff this morning, reassuring them that there were personnel changes -- no immediate personnel chges at this time, and that people shouldn't be concerned. we should do exactly what we do every day, come to work and do the best job we can, and that is exactly what we are doing, that is exactly what we're focused jane: validity or --focused on. jane: little earlier my spoke to douglas ollivant,r for national security council official with a the nrica foundation. regardless of whether h.r.mc ster keeps his job or not, what is this doing to america's national security? douglas: it is important to have a unified team, s d i think it

james landale, bbc news. jane: president trump has often appearedeluctant to publicly confront or criticize russia, and the latest round of sanctions are the toughest yet. our north american condent anthony zurcher joined me short time ago. has the trump administration actually changed its stance on russia? these sations seem to be etty tough. anthony: well, they are pretty tough, the toughest so far, but they were effectively mandated by a law congress passed l year that said the administration should punish russia for meddling in the 2016 election. there is a deadline to impose those sanctions that actually was passed 45 days ago, so thera increasing pressure on the trump administration to doin someabout this. you could see they drew from some of robert mueller's investigation -- a number of the people identified were indicted in the investigation, and then naming the hacking into power plants and things. we w something directly related to the chemical attack in the u.k. jane: talking about the mueller inve

james landale reports.first visit to salisbury since the nerve agent attack. a chance to be briefed by the police and public health experts, but also a chance to meet members of the public, to chat, to reassure. she visited the scene of the attack on the former russian intelligence officer sergei skripal and his daughter 11 days ago. the restaurant where they ate. the park bench, under a tent, where they were found. the prime minister thanked some of the police officers who first responded to the call. well, thank you. because what you did is what the police do day in and day out. you go to a routine call, as you say, you don't know what you'll find, what's there. and then, at the local hospital, she met and thanked detective sergeant nick bailey, who's still recovering from exposure to the nerve agent. russia, she said, was guilty of a brazen and despicable attack. she had expelled all 23 of its diplomats, but was prepared to do more. there are other measures that we will be looking at. and if we face furt

james landale, bbc news.ld it's still not safe to return home, after more than seventy properties were destroyed. officials say the fires in new south wales and neighbouring victoria are now being brought under control, but hundreds of cattle have been killed and over 100,000 acres of land burnt. i asked dr george carayanopoulos, who analysed previous bushfire disasters in australia, if they were becoming worse due to climate change — as some experts suggest. i think what we are seeing in australia at the moment and flooding events. so overall, i think, it is a fairly typical pattern, although we are seeing these events happen very frequently, particularly in those summer months and across the usual window that we see during that time. and is there anything particularly different about this one from previous ones that you've studied? yeah, look, i think this event is really interesting. there have been some very important lessons learned from the past, most notably, the 2009 black saturday bushfires. so in th

james landale, bbc news. we heard, the united states has imposed sanctions on 19 russian individuals and five groups — accusing them of cyber attacks, and meddling in the 2016 presidential election. washington says its aim is to counter russia's "continuing destabilising activities". the sanctions come after an investigation by special counsel robert mueller charged 13 russians with electoral collusion and interference. chris buckler, our correspondent in washington, has been following developments. the 13 people that are named in the robert mueller investigation and also in these sanctions, they are accused of meddling in the 2016 presidential election. one of them is a man called yevgeniy prigozhin, he is basically an oligarch who is extremely close to vladimir putin. he's sometimes known as putin's chef. he's accused of running one of the organisations, one of these companies that was involved in spreading misinformation during the election. a number of others have been charged in connection with cyber—att

james landale, bbc news.olice in london have opened a criminal investigation into the mysterious death of another russian exile, nikolai glushkov, who was found at his home on monday. a postmortem examination suggested he'd been strangled. although he died just a week after the attack on sergei skripal and his daughter, officers aren't linking the two cases so far. here's tom symond's. again, there's flash photography. it was an ominous development, given what has happened elsewhere. monday night a 68—year—old man found dead, his body taken for a postmortem examination. 0minous because nikolai glushkov was russian, a political exile, number one on that country's list of people it would like sent back to russia. not that his neighbours had much idea of his background. i think he presented as a normal englishman. i didn't know he was russian. it's horrible to be, i mean on your doorstep, for one thing, but to happen to him, it must be a horrid thing to have happened. the daughter must be terribly upset. all wee

james landale, bbc news.an government says that president putin will decide soon what action to take — in response to the expulsion of 23 russian diplomats, thought to be intelligence officers from the uk. the foreign minister, sergei lavrov, accused britain of acting in a boorish way, and insisted again that russia was not involved in the salisbury attack — as our correspondent steve rosenberg reports. well, in three days' time, russians go to the polls to elect a new president. and there is little doubt that vladimir putin will be the winner. the kremlin insists that president putin is focused com pletely president putin is focused completely on the election campaign, but the nerve agent attack in salisbury has sparked, on the eve of the vote, a diplomatic war with britain, and the next move is vladimir putin's. it may be feeling like a cold war, but in moscow today, there was a warm reception for the president. vladimir putin the star guest at a youth conference. lots of smiles, but no mention of diplomati

james landale, bbc news.into the alleged abuse of teenage recruits in the british army has collapsed after a judge stopped the first of three court martials. it had been alleged that 16 instructors, all sergeants or corporals, mistreated 28 school leavers at the army foundation college in harrogate in north yorkshire. but the judge said a 3—year investigation by the royal military police had been seriously flawed. uber, the minicab service, has suspended all tests of self—driving cars, after a woman in arizona was killed in a collision. at the time of the accident, the vehicle was running in autonomous mode, with an ‘operator‘ at the wheel. uber described what happened as ‘incredibly sad', and said it was ‘fully co—operating' with local authorities. our technology correspondent dave lee reports from san francisco. it was late sunday night when, according to police, elaine herzberg was struck by uber‘s self—driving car. the 49—year—old was crossing the road, but not using the pedestrian zone. there was a drive

james landale, bbc news.w this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are michael booker, deputy editor of the daily express, and the times columnist jenni russell. counter—terrorism police are investigating the unexplained death of a russian businessman in london. 68—year—old nikolai glushkov was found at his home in new malden last night. our correspondent andy moore — who's there — has been explaining the background to the story. police say that were called to this has about a quarter to 11 last night, you may see the police cars behind me that, the cord and has been extended in the last few minutes. the call came last night. this is being investigated by counterterrorism officers as a precaution because of this man's associates. it is not being linked with what happened in salisbury at the moment, police say there is no evidence that but you can understand why there is this thorough investigation. police have been

james landale, bbc news.l not safe to return home, after more than seventy properties were destroyed. officials say the fires in new south wales and neighbouring victoria are now being brought under control, but hundreds of cattle have been killed and over a hundred—thousand acres of land burnt. joining me live from sydney is rob rogers, deputy commissioner of the rural fire service — the authority in charge of fighting the fire. thank you forjoining us. first thing first, how many people have been perfect did by this? —— effected. 70 properties were lost in a town with 1800 people that live in the town and other people have been dislocated by the road being dislocated. a lot of people have been affected. why is the fire moving so fast? on the day of the fire burnt those properties, we had very high temperatures — almost a0 celsius, winds of up to 50 mph so really awful conditions and that on the back of not a lot of rainfall in preceding months. a lot of conditions coming together to make that fire moving in

we'll speak to our north america editor, jon sopel, but first to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale office. james, what is your reading of relations between london and moscow right now? well, huw, in recent days there have been harare shall words between russian and british politicians. comparing vladimir putin to adolf hitler probably tops the list. to realisejust putin to adolf hitler probably tops the list. to realise just how incendiary the comparison is you have to remember millions upon millions of russians died fighting adolf hitler's nazis. now the foreign office here has been keen to keep this an international confrontation, they have been marshalling allies against what they see as russia's international pattern of aggressive material. that is why the british government hasn't retaliated against russia's decision to expel 23 british diplomats. they wa nt to to expel 23 british diplomats. they want to keep it from being seen as some kind of bilateral spat between london and moscow. the problem, is mrjohnson‘s remarks risk doing exactly that. tomorrow, when theresa may goes

james landale, bbc news.transitional period after brexit. the deal covers citizenship and financing the divorce. but there still remains the sticking point of how to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic, which is farfrom resolved. in the withdrawal agreement will be the eu's preferred option that northern ireland, part of the uk, remains still under the eu's rules, regulations, customs zone as well, the customs union, if a better solution can't be found. now, the uk still doesn't view that as the preferred option. that still has to be sorted out in the negotiations, how that would work. and that is the big stumbling block. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a ukrainian military pilot blamed by russia for the downing of malaysian airlines flight mh17 has reportedly taken his own life. vladyslav voloshyn has always denied russian allegations that he was behind the tragedy. dutch investigators concluded that a russian missile fired from the ground destr

james landale, bbc news. mary stopped god—fearing fishermen from destroying coral reefs. today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and the dimming of vision, all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible, and that's what the voters wanted. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump outlines his plans to deal with the opioid epidemic, saying traffickers should face the death penalty. residents in parts of australia hit by bushfires have been told it's still not safe to return home, after more than seventy properties were destroyed. officials say the fires in new south wales and neighbouring

the british prime minister has visited the scene of the attack in salisbury, as james landale reportsheresa may's first visit to salisbury since the nerve agent attack. a chance to be briefed by the police and public health experts. but also a chance to meet members of the public, to chat, to reassure. she visited the scene of the attack on the former russian intelligence officer sergei skripal and his daughter 11 days ago. the restaurant where they ate. the park bench, under a tent, where they were found. the prime minister thanked some of the police officers who first responded to the call. well, thank you. because what you did is what the police do day in and day out. you go to a routine call, as you say, you don't know what you'll find, what's there. and then, at the local hospital, she met and thanked detective sergeant nick bailey, who's still recovering from exposure to the nerve agent. russia, she said, was guilty of a brazen and despicable attack. she had expelled all 23 of its diplomats, but was prepared to do more. there are other measures that we will be looking at. and if

james landale reports. bjames: it began as arutal attack on the streets of t salisbur poisoning of a former russian intelligence officer and his daughter that the u.k. blames on russia. but it has become a globalwi diplomatic row britain looking for allies in its confrontation with moscow. agitish ministers meeting n to disss the case have given the kremlin until midnight to explain how a nerve agen developed in russia ended up in britain. if the response isn't incredible, they are promising extensive measures against russia. >> this is a bzen attempt to murder innocent people on u.k. soil. policeman still in hospital. overwhelmingly likely, highly likely that the russian state was involved. and the use of this nerve agent would represent the first use ov agents on the continent of europe since the second world war. james: as part of a huge diplomatic effort across europef britiscials told the chemical weapons watchdog in the netherlands that russia wasth implicated iuse of chemical weapons. rtrmany, france

james landale, bbc news.ed after the car she was in plunged into a river in wales. kiara moore was pulled from the vehicle in the water in cardigan. police officers say they're investigating the incident and have appealed for witnesses. from cardigan, tomos morgan reports. kiara moore, just two years old. had it not been for the tragic events of yesterday afternoon, she would have been celebrating her third birthday a week today. it's understood that two—year—old kiara was left in the silver mini while a family member went into offices nearby. by the time the family member returned, the car had disappeared. the police were contacted and a search was under way. they believed the car had been stolen. it later transpired that the car was in the river teifi, just yards away. the toddler was airlifted to the university hospital of wales in cardiff, but doctors were unable to revive her. young families in the town today have been paying their own tributes by laying flowers by the river. she was a very lively little

our diplomatic coreespondent, james landale reports.on day‘ — the moment russian diplomats and their families began the long journey home from their embassy in london, sent packing after their government was blamed by britain for the nerve agent attack in salisbury. those staying behind gathered outside to hug their colleagues, wave goodbye and, yes, shed the odd tear, as the long cavalcade of coaches and cars left for the airport. the embassy released pictures of a reception last friday, in honour of the 23 departing officials accused by britain of being undeclared intelligence officers, forced to swap the attractions of london diplomacy for a new and perhaps different life in moscow. at sunset, the russian ambassador shook the hands of the departing officials, spouses and children, as they boarded the aircraft home. his embassy said in all, about 80 people were leaving, in what is the biggest expulsion of russian diplomats from britain since the cold war. in a tweet, he bade farewell to his colleagues, after what he called ‘the hostil

with the latest here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale.ontinued to examine the salisbury home of sergei skripal, more than a week after the former russian intelligence officer and his daughter were attacked with a nerve agent. a week during which it has remained unclear who carried out the crime and why. so, this morning ministers gathered for a meeting of the national security council, looking for answers. an update on the investigation from the police and intelligence services that would allow them and the prime minister to decide what steps to take next. for some days ministers have been pushing theresa may for a tougher response. this afternoon she was clear who she thought was responsible, and what they should do. it is now clear that mr skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by russia. this is part of a group of nerve agents known as novichok. based on the positive identification of this agent by analysis of world leading experts at porton down, our knowledge that russia has previ

james landale, bbc news.nathan bayliss‘ colleagues described him as a "generous, kind and caring man who could always be relied upon." the pilot of the aircraft, flight lieutenant david stark, was injured in the accident. the headlines on bbc news... facebook founder mark zuckerberg admits the company has made mistakes in its protection of users‘ personal data. the pilot of a jet which crashed at the shoreham airshow in 2015, killing 11 people on the ground, will be charged with manslaughter by gross negligence. more than a quarter of a million nhs workers in england will get a pay rise of at least 6.5% over the next three years. hugh ferris has a full round up of the sport. hello again. more on the story that the foreign secretary borisjohnson has agreed with an assessment that russia hosting the world cup can be compared to nazi germany staging the olympics in 1936. appearing at a parliamentary select committee this afternoon, mrjohnson was asked whether vladimir putin would use the tournament in the same w

james landale, bbc news.repeated its denial of any involvement in the nerve agent attack. the country's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, dismissed the accusation, while the russian embassy in london warned that the threat of sanctions by britain would be met with a response. our correspondent sarah rainsford reports from moscow. accused of a crime many miles from here, under pressure to explain a chemical attack that shocked britain. but today the kremlin has remained silent. the foreign minister, though, was in full defensive flow. sergey lavrov rejected britain's 2a hour ultimatum to respond to the claim that moscow used a nerve agent. russia should get ten days, he said, accusing britain of flouting the chemical weapons convention. and when i asked about the actual charge the minister called that nonsense. translation: russia is not guilty. russia is ready to co—operate in accordance with the convention on the prohibition of chemical weapons if the uk finally decides to fulfil its obligations under interna

james landale, thank you. and a half years in jail for carrying out a series of acid attacks on moped riders in london lastjuly. derryckjohn, from croydon, sprayed six people with acid in the space of an hour and a half. he stole two mopeds and attempted to take another four. thejudge described his crimes as ‘despicable'. tom burridge reports. he'd thrown acid into the face of six men. but here's derryckjohn calmly paying for petrol that night. he was linked to the stolen moped, but the person seen here driving him around still hasn't been identified. when derryckjohn drove a stolen bike himself later on, this — an accident which linked him to a string of violent acid attacks. where's it hurting, mate, you all right? this victim says his face felt like it was on fire. attacked by derryck john while delivering ta keways, jabed hussain is still suffering today. i have to keep my eyes everywhere. even i don't trust in the street. if anyone shouts next to me, i get scared. if i want to go out, i always lock my car

james landale, bbc news.upon former double agent sergei skripal continues in russia. the government there denies being involved and the russian foreign minister has accused britain of breaking international law by preventing the kremlin from accessing evidence of the nerve agent attack. from moscow, here's sarah rainsford. accused of a crime many miles from here, under pressure to explain a chemical attack that shocked britain. but today the kremlin has remained silent. the foreign minister, though, was in full defensive flow. sergey lavrov rejected britain's 2a hour ultimatum to respond to the claim that moscow used a nerve agent. russia should get ten days, he said, accusing britain of floating the chemical weapons convention. and when i asked about the actual charge the minister called that nonsense. translation: russia is not guilty. russia is ready to corporate mac — co—operate in their dealings with legislation on chemical weapons if the uk finally decides to fulfil its obligations under international l

this report from our diplomatic correspondent james landale contains some flashing images. ‘expulsion day‘ — the moment russian diplomats and their families began the long journey home from their embassy in london, sent packing after their government was blamed by britain for the nerve agent attack in salisbury. those staying behind gathered outside to hug their colleagues, wave goodbye, and yes, shed the odd tear, as the long cavalcade of coaches and cars left for the airport. in a tweet, the russian ambassador bade farewell to his colleagues, after what he called ‘the hostile move of the uk government'. at stansted, the ambassador stood at the aircraft steps to shake the hands of the 23 departing diplomats accused by britain of being undeclared intelligence officers. his embassy said that with spouses and children, about 80 people were leaving in total in what's the biggest expulsion of russian diplomats from britain since the cold war. this afternoon, the russian plane carrying its diplomatic cargo finally took off for moscow. this weekend, british diplomats will travel

james landale, bbc news.w, the russian government says president putin will decide soon what action to take in retaliation to the expulsion of 23 russian diplomats, thought to be intelligence officers, from the uk. the foreign minister sergei lavrov accused britain of acting in a boorish way and insisted again that russia was not involved in the salisbury attack. here's our moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg. it may be feeling like a cold war, but in moscow today, there was a warm reception for the president. vladimir putin the star guest at a youth conference. lots of smiles, but no mention of diplomatic expulsions. the kremlin leader keeping his plans for retaliation against britain to himself. across town, at the british embassy, they waited for news. would moscow expel british diplomats? the uk had expelled 23 russians. and the news on russian tv: britain has been russia's enemy for centuries. the message to viewers: the uk cannot be trusted. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, claimed britain wa

james landale, bbc news. of police officers have been working around the clock, along with experts from the armed forces to try to establish exactly what happened on that sunday afternoon 8 days ago. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports from salisbury with the latest in the investigation. scenes of chemical warfare experts in gas masks and protective suits spread out from salisbury into the surrounding countryside today. here they were removing a van belonging toa they were removing a van belonging to a company that runs tow trucks. vehicles recovered during the operation are being taken to the nearby chemical weapons laboratory at porton down. so widespread as the possible contamination of the nerve agent that these specialist troops are now working in the village more than five miles from the centre of salisbury. in the city itself counterterrorism officers, one in a balaclava, sealed off the top deck of the sainsbury‘s multistorey car park. the prime minister said the people of salisbury

james landale, bbc news.ishing rights to no 10 today. they're angry that a deal between the uk and the eu means rights will continue to be controlled by brussels during the brexit transition period. the scottish government said the deal was shaping up to be a massive sell—out of scotland's fishing industry. bbc scotland's political correspondent nick eardley has this report. harder to sell than a cold pint of sick — that's how one tory mp described this week's agreement and fishing. some haven't hidden their anger at what the uk government signed up to. what's your message to the pm on fishing? it's time to get the best possible deal for our uk fishermen. today, they met the prime minister to make those frustrations clear. are you worried the prime minister's going to sell out scottish fishermen? no. a reminder of what's caused the anger. the uk government had said when the uk left the eu it would leave the common fisheries policy. that's been hated by fishermen for years because europe sets the rules on acce

it‘s now clear that the nerve agent used in salisbury is poisoning james landale, bbc news. the jet which crashed at the shoreham airshow and 2015, killing 11 on the shoreham airshow and 2015, killing 11 underground, will be charged with manslaughter by gross negligence. facebook founder mark zuckerberg admits the company has made mistakes in its protection of users‘ personal data. more than a million nhs workers in england will get a pay rise of at least 6.5% over the next three yea rs. let‘s stay with the nhs staff pay, including nurses, porters and paramedics, who have been offered a pay rise of italy 6.5% over the next few years. pay rise of italy 6.5% over the next few yea rs. let‘s pay rise of italy 6.5% over the next few years. let‘s speak to mike travers from liverpool, he is a nurse. it is a good start, considering we are heading into very uncertain waters with brexited is a very good deal. the pay is good but there is a lot of detail under the pay rises, especially to be welcomed is stopping bans one and converting all those staff to ban two, which will make sure t

the kremlin has called his comments shocking and unforgivable. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale'sgraphy. boris johnson brought the polish foreign minister to a battle of britain museum today, a memorial to a war fought in the air. every single plane that britain had was up in the sky. the foreign secretary used the opportunity to push forward britain's current battle with russia, fought this time over the airwaves, blaming vladimir putin personally for the nerve agent attack in salisbury. 0ur quarrel is with putin's kremlin, and with his decision. and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the uk, the streets of europe, for the first time since the second world war. that is why we are at odds with russia. the kremlin spokesmen issued an angry statement, saying that mentioning president putin's name in connection with the attack was shocking and unpardonable diplomatic misconduct. the kremlin also confirmed that some british diplomats based at the embassy in moscow would be expelled, and that an announcement c

james landale reports.a may's first visit to salisbury since the nerve agent attack. a chance to be briefed by the police and public health -— ‘11 days restaurant ' ' ~ we re i—— the prime minister the i police ‘iinister 2r— 2g; sat; ‘ififs w: - i if; "t'ufsz" w to —§§3§ sig—m171 iii—3 we're looking at. what will allies élufiafig "' man -* mn-~ the of 51:5 n first}. ,.,, first; , it. should never, ever happen , 7 , should never, ever happen and e are taking it very seriously, as we are taking it very seriously, as i think we are taking it very seriously, as ithink are we are taking it very seriously, as i think are many others. the joint statement is significant because it shows the foreign office and downing street are convincing britain's allies that the salisbury attack is different, it represents an escalation of russia's hostile behaviour. and as such, those allies are ready to crank up the pressure on moscow. bad diplomacy continued today in brussels where british security officials briefed nato allies. th

james landale, bbc news. laura: for more on this unfolding drama, i spoke earlier with john sipher, former membeio of the cia sintelligence service who served in russia. you know the russis well. when they deny all involvement and said this is groundless, what does that mean? john: it means nothing. with his kgb past, they are taught to deny and lie. twe have seen a consist pattern of this when they shot down a malaysian airplane, forth example, whe sent little green men into ukraine, when they took over crimea. they always lie and say they didn't do it. we are seeing a similar pattern here. laura: what do you make of president trump, who was rather silent yesterday, but today he is saying that russia should have umbiguous answers provided to the questions. is that tough enough? john: in and of itself it is certainly not tough enough. i think its good that he said that because he has been quiet before on these things. but we have seen in the past how we reacted to the crimea takeover and chemical apons in syr

said borisjohnson‘s comments were "shocking" and "unforgivable". 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale'sns some flashing images. boris johnson brought the polish foreign minister to a battle of britain museum today, a memorial to a warfought in the air. every single plane that britain had, was up in the sky. and the foreign secretary used the opportunity to push forward britain's current battle with russia — fought this time over the airwaves, blaming vladimir putin personally for the nerve agent attack in salisbury. 0ur quarrel is with putin's kremlin, and with his decision — and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision — to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the uk, on the streets of europe, for the first time since the second world war. that is why we are at odds with russia. today, president putin visited a medical centre in st petersburg ahead of sunday's elections. his spokesman issued an angry statement, accusing mrjohnson of a "shocking and unpardonable breach of diplomatic etiquette." the kremlin confirmed that some british diplomats, based here

today the british prime minister visited the scene of the attack in salisbury as the bbc‘s james landaleeports. this was theresa may's first visit to salisbury since the nerve agent attack. a chance to be briefed by the police and public health experts, but also a chance to meet and reassure members of the public, whose lives have been so disrupted. the spirit of those that live here has been fantastic. she visited the scene of the attack on the former russian intelligence officer and his daughter 11 days ago. the restaurant where they ate and a park bench, under a tent, where they were found. the prime minister thanked some of the police officers who first responded to the call. thank you, what you did is what the police do day in and day out. you go to a routine call, you don't know what you find. then at the local hospital she met and thanked detective sergeant nick bailey, who is still recovering from exposure to the nerve agent. russia, she said, was guilty of a brazen and despicable attack. she expelled 23 of its diplomats, but is ready to do more. there are other things we're look

concerned" about how british fans may be treated at the world cup. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landaleury, the investigation into the nerve agent attack on sergei skripal and his daughter continued as the diplomatic row between britain and russia threatens to damage sporting relations as well. this summer, england's football team will travel to russia for the world cup companies by thousands of british bands and the government is worried about their safety. we're watching it very, very closely. at the moment, we are not inclined actively to dissuade people from going because we want to hear from the russians what steps they are going to take to look after our fans. so far, he said, only 24,000 british bands had applied for tickets, far fewer than normal. the numbers are well down, but that does not mean we are not deeply concerned about how they may be treated. the great day dawns with the arrival of the olympic flame at the end of its 2,000 mile journey from greece. one said vladimir putin would use the world cup in the same way hitler used the berlin olympics, to gloss over what the

here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale.rutal attack on the streets of salisbury, the poisoning of a former russian intelligence officer and his daughter, that the uk blames on russia. but it's become a global diplomatic row, with britain looking for allies in its confrontation with moscow. british ministers meeting again to discuss the case have given the kremlin until midnight to explain how a nerve agent developed in russia ended up in britain. if the response is implausible, they are promising extensive measures against russia. this is a brazen attempt to murder innocent people on uk soil. policemen still in hospital, overwhelmingly likely or highly likely the russian state was involved, and the use of this nerve agent would represent the first use of nerve agents on the continent of europe since the second world war. as pa rt of europe since the second world war. as part of a huge diplomatic effort across europe, british officials told the chemicals weapon watchdog that russia was implicated in the use of chemical weapo

here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale. of salisbury, to the village of durrington. were attacked with nerve agent. from russia, a process that officials say could take some weeks. but tangible, joined—up action. that at an eu level. tackling cyber together. sharing intelligence about what russia is up to. and for now, at least, allies standing shoulder to shoulder. all 29 nato allies stand united. we stand in solidarity with the united kingdom. and the uk is not alone. russia was to blame extremely seriously. that is really unacceptable. but in moscow, the defiance continued. skripal or apologise. with a similar number of british diplomats leaving moscow shortly. or simply do nothing? here or should they find new ways of penalising russia ? is the government prepared to pay? james langdale, bbc news. armed unit has been killed in syria. kurdish forces since january. emma vardy has been speaking to her father. according to her family. to travel to syria last year. i was alarmed but not surprised, really, because i know her. protect the vulnerable. if i wanted to part

here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale.s north of salisbury, to the village of durrington. here, officers examined and then removed a car that was used to pick up yulia skripal from the airport the day before she and her father, sergei, were attacked with nerve agent. nearby, at the military research complex of porton down, inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog the opcw were due to start analysing the nerve agent that british experts believe came from russia, a process that officials say could take some weeks. in brussels, the foreign secretary was talking to nato and european allies, trying to maintain the diplomatic pressure on russia — looking notjust for statements of support, but tangible, joined—up action. there are things we can and must do together, tackling disinformation from russia, and the uk has been helping to fund that at an eu level. tackling cyber together. sharing intelligence about what russia is up to. and for now, at least, allies standing shoulder to shoulder. all 29 nato allies stand un

with the latest, here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale., police continued to examine the salisbury home of sergei skripal, more than a week after the former russian intelligence officer and his daughter were attacked with and his daughter were attacked with a nerve agent, a week during which it has remained unclear who carried out the crime and wide. so, this morning ministers gathered for a meeting of the national security council, looking for answers. an update on the investigation from the police and intelligence services that would allow them and the prime minister to decide what steps to ta ke minister to decide what steps to take next. for some days ministers have been pushing theresa may for tougher response. this afternoon she was clear who she thought was responsible, and what they should do. it is now clear that mr skripal and his daughter were poisoned with and his daughter were poisoned with a military grade nerve agent of a type developed by russia. it is part ofa group type developed by russia. it is part of a group of nerve

james landale, bbc news.imself into britain on a lorry to seek asylum has been found guilty of the london tube bombing at parson's green. 18—year—old ahmed hassan left his bomb on a packed underground train during rush hour. the device only partially detonated, but injured 50 people. it's emerged that hassan was on the government's de—radicalisation programme "prevent" while he was plotting the attack. the government says there are lessons to be learned from the case. june kelly reports. ahmed hassan, buying batteries and screwdrivers in asda. everyday items, but for a violent extremist, part of his bomb—making kit. he's asked for id. he may have looked young but hassan is said to be mature, highly intelligent and calculating. cctv cameras captured his journey, as the following morning he left home early with his bomb in a bag and a murderous plan in his head. he was setting off to cause carnage on the london underground system. he made for a train and then, a few stops down the district line, he got off, emp

attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale report contains flashing images. it was dubbed ‘expulsion day‘ — the moment russian diplomats and their families began the long journey home from their embassy in london, sent packing after their government was blamed by britain for the nerve agent attack in salisbury. those staying behind gathered outside to hug their colleagues, wave goodbye, and yes, shed the odd tear, as the long cavalcade of coaches and cars left for the airport. in a tweet, the russian ambassador bade farewell to his colleagues, after what he called ‘the hostile move of the uk government'. at stansted, the ambassador stood at the aircraft steps to shake the hands of the 23 departing diplomats accused by britain of being undeclared intelligence officers. his embassy said that with spouses and children, about 80 people were leaving in total in what's the biggest expulsion of russian diplomats from britain since the cold war. this afternoon, the russian plane carrying its diplomatic cargo finally took off from mosc

james landale's report contains flash photography.son brought the polish foreign minister to a battle of britain museum today, a memorial to a warfought in the air. every single plane that britain had was up in the sky. the foreign secretary used the opportunity to push forward fought this time over the airwaves, blaming vladimir putin personally for the nerve agent attack in salisbury. our quarrel is with putin's kremlin, and with his decision. and we think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the uk, the streets of europe, for the first time since the second world war. that is why we are at odds with russia. the kremlin spokesmen issued an angry statement, saying that mentioning president putin's name in connection with the attack was shocking and unpardonable dramatic misconduct. —— diplomatic misconduct. the kremlin also confirmed that some british diplomats based at the embassy in moscow would be expelled, and that an announcement could come at any moment. it is re

here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale.that was used to pick up yulia skripal from the airport the day before she and her father, sergei, were attacked with nerve agent. nearby, at the military research complex of porton down, inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog the 0pcw were due to start analysing the nerve agent that british experts believe came from russia, a process that officials say could take some weeks. in brussels, the foreign secretary was talking to nato and european allies, trying to maintain the diplomatic pressure on russia — looking notjust for statements of support, but tangible, joined—up action. there are things we can and must do together, tackling disinformation from russia, and the uk has been helping to fund that at an eu level. tackling cyber together. sharing intelligence about what russia is up to. and for now, at least, allies standing shoulder to shoulder. all 29 nato allies stand united. we stand in solidarity with the united kingdom. and the uk is not alone. earlier, eu foreign

here's james landale. this was theresa may's first visit to salisbury since the nerve agent attack. be briefed by the police and public health experts, but a chance to meet and reassure members of the public, whose lives have been so disrupted. the spirit of those that live here has been fantastic. she visited the scene of the attack on the former russian intelligence officer and his daughter 11 days ago. the restaurant where they ate and a park bench, under a tent, where they were found. the prime minister thanked some of the police officers who first responded to the call. thank you, what you did is what the police do day in and day out. you go to a routine call, you don't know what you find. then at the local hospital she met and thanked detective sergeant nick bailey, who is still recovering from exposure to the nerve agent. russia, she said, was guilty of a brazen and despicable attack. she expelled 23 of its diplomats, but is ready to do more. there are other things we're looking at. if we face further provocation from russia there are other measures we can deploy. what is imp