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that was the head of britain's counter-terror policing unit neil basu announcing the murder investigation into the death of a woman exposed to the nerve agent no we joke a forty four year old dawn sturges died in the hospital today she and her boyfriend became ill two weeks ago in southwest england not far from where a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with the same substance earlier this year and has blamed for that attack which has been described as the first chemical weapons use in europe since the second world war. here is more now from the metropolitan police. this time. of the contamination. in the months since the script. and people. have presented with symptoms. but their reaction has. resulted in them charlie been critically. or british police say that they're working on the assumption that this case is linked to the poisoning of former russian spy sergei's cripple and his daughter in the same area just four months ago london has blamed moscow for that incident the kremlin has rejected claims of any connection my next guest has tragic personal experience of lattim

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assistant commissioner neil basu is the uk's counter terrorism chief — and he gave this update to reportersunchtime. it is both shocking and utterly appalling that a british citizen has died having been exposed to a knowledge of nerve agent. make no mistake, we are determined to find out how dawn and her partner charlie came into contact with such a deadly substance and we will do everything we possibly can to bring those responsible to justice. we possibly can to bring those responsible tojustice. 0ur immediate thoughts and prayers are with dawn's family. they are coming to terms with the loss of a loved one in unimaginable circumstances. she was only 44 years old. she leaves behind two grown up sons aged 19 and 23 and an 11—year—old daughter as well as her parents. 0ur thoughts also remain with her partner who was also exposed with the nerve agent and remains critically ill in hospital. both of theirfamilies have critically ill in hospital. both of their families have asked for the media to respect their privacy at this very difficult time. i would also like to thank all of the extremely

neil basu, assistant commissioner of the metropolitan police and sally davies, chief medical officerd, gave details about the couple, who were found unconscious on saturday, and their findings so far. here's what they said: earlier today, the deputy chief co nsta ble earlier today, the deputy chief constable gave an update on the situation. however, ican constable gave an update on the situation. however, i can confirm to note that there has been a significant development is bell and the counterterrorism policing network is now leading the investigation into this incident. the ambulance service was called to an address and a 44 you're a woman had collapsed and was taken to hospital. at around 3:30pm that day, the ambulance service was called back to that same address where a 45—year—old man had also fallen ill. he was taken to hospital and at wiltshire police were then inform the. from initial assessment, wiltshire police were then inform the. from initialassessment, it wiltshire police were then inform the. from initial assessment, it was thought that the two patients had been falle

we had a brief statement from neil basu, the national lead for counter—terrorism. both this and the salisbury investigation has been one of the most complex and difficult that uk policing has ever faced. and what about people living locally, what does all this mean for them? are we going to see the police in the area for some time to come? yes, i mean police say they will be there for weeks, if not months. they say it will be a very long operation. they say the reason, of course, they are carrying out this investigation, not only do they want to find out who carried out this crime, but they want to be sure there is no risk of other contamination, no risk to the general public. so it will be a very detailed thorough meticulous investigation and it will take a long time. the former pakistani prime minister has begun a ten—yearjail sentence. he arrived back in the country last night from the uk. nawaz sharif was convicted in absentia by an anti—corruption court last week. but he says he's the victim of a political conspiracy that aims to ensure his party loses in the

we had a brief statement from neil basu, the national lead for counter—terrorism.n to say that the search process linked with both this and the salisbury investigation has been one of the most complex and difficult that uk policing has ever faced. and what about people living locally, what does all this mean for them? are we going to see the police in the area for some time to come? yes, i mean police say they will be there for weeks, if not months. they say it will be a very long operation. they say the reason, of course, they are carrying out this investigation, not only do they want to find out who carried out this crime, but they want to be sure there is no risk of other contamination, no risk to the general public. so it will be a very detailed thorough meticulous investigation and it will take a long time. the headlines on bbc news: president trump's visit to the uk continues. he plays a round of golf at turnberry, as thousands take to the streets to protest against his visit. the boys rescued from a cave in thailand will be allowed to leave hospital later th

the met police released a statement on behalf of the head of the uk's counter terror police, neil basuortly after the announcement, the prime minister made this statement. our correpondent simonjones joins us with the latest. so the nature of this investigation has now changed. it is now a murder investigation and you read through some of the statements there. we have had a lot of statements this evening, statements from the met police and a counterterrorism unit, from wiltshire police, from the prime minister, from public health england, and these are very interested bodies in this, which shows you just how many people will be involved in this investigation. reading through the statements tonight, the one word that really crops up in all of them is shocking, the level of shock at what has happened here, at the death, for example, the police commissionerfor the area, for wiltshire, said this was an innocent member of the public who had the right to go about her daily life and not be exposed to what he sees as an international incident between britain and russia. it was, of course, it b

the met police has released a statement on behalf of the head of the uk's counter—terror police, neil basuetails. dawn stu rgess to dawn sturgess to kill last saturday at this life behind me, the home of her boyfriend, charlie rowley. he collapsed a few hours later. the couple had spent much of the previous day together and it is believed that during this time they had become exposed to this nerve agent. they were being treated at salisbury district hospital, the hospital that saved the lives of sergei and yulia skripal. the hope had been that this couple would also be nursed back to health. we have had a statement from the head of counterterrorism in this country and he is describing it as shocking and tragic news. he says this terrible news has strengthened our resolve to identify and bring to justice the person or people responsible for what he describes as an outrageous, reckless and barbaric act. we are expecting a statement from the prime minister this evening, but it appears that an international murder attempt has ended in the death of a mother of three who was living in a hostel i

neil basu, the met police's assistant commissioner for specialist operations, was answering questionse have identified and caught the people responsible, how we are certain there are no traces of nerve agent left a nywhere there are no traces of nerve agent left anywhere in your county. but the brutal reality is i cannot offer you any such assurance the brutal reality is i cannot offer you any such assurance or the brutal reality is i cannot offer you any such assurance or guarantee at you any such assurance or guarantee at this time. the mother of a six—year—old boy with epilepsy has legally brought medicinal cannabis oil into the uk for the first time. hannah deacon was allowed to pass through london city airport with a five—month supply from amsterdam. she was granted a license last month after the home secretary sajid javid intervened in her son's case. facebook is facing a record £500,000 fine for failing to safeguard people's information. the information commissioners office has spent a year investigating whether personal data was misused in the eu referendum and other election

commissioner of the metropolitan police service will base came here to the city and spoke to a packed —— neil basusome transform, for up to 50 years, but he also said, as you mentioned, that he can't say for certain that these two novichok incidences are related, but said it is highly implausible they are not connected. he also stressed it was the priority of the police to identify how and when both dawn and charlie came to be contaminated. we know that they handled a container and police are now focusing their efforts on finding that container, whatever it may be. he also wanted to stress to this public meeting how difficult this public meeting how difficult this investigation has been, how arduous the conditions have been they have had to work in. we see here in salisbury, another beautiful day, but that means the temperatures are high, and the protective clothing the police are having to carry out these investigations in our particularly troublesome and difficult to wear. because of these hot conditions they can only last around 15 minutes, which some of the public were finding very frustrating

amesbury has been described by the head of uk counter—terrorism policing, assistant commissioner neil basusbury by chemical weapons expertjerry smith. good morning to you. thank you very much indeed forjoining us. and we know this is an incredibly dangerous substance. what sort of contact would people have had to have had with this substance for this to have happened? well, we still don't really know a huge amount about novichoks, and don't forget this is afamily of novichoks, and don't forget this is a family of agents, in essence they are super a family of agents, in essence they are super toxic, they were designed in the 1980s to defeat nato protection, and very small quantities of it, if they get on the skin or innovator and can be inhaled, they can be extremely dangerous. and as we have seen, hospitalisation is one thing, and very sadly, it has taken its first life. i suppose lots of people who live near where they live, who live near the hospital, will be really concerned about their own safety. what can you say about that? well, the thing is that the form that this novichok is in, i