that dawn had been poisoned with novichok, her case was... with another— novichok, her case was...ave said had taken place in salisbury four months earlier and which had if anything gained _ and which had if anything gained wider notoriety. unlike dawn — gained wider notoriety. unlike dawn sturgess and as you will hear. — dawn sturgess and as you will hear, both sergei skripal and yuiia — hear, both sergei skripal and yulia skripal survived, albeit having — yulia skripal survived, albeit having suffered very serious symptoms and having spent lengthy— symptoms and having spent lengthy periods in hospital. in the days— lengthy periods in hospital. in the days that followed the skripals poisoning, her majesty's government had taken the step— majesty's government had taken the step of publicly accusing the step of publicly accusing the russian government of hearing _ the russian government of bearing responsibility for the attack — bearing responsibility for the attack. thereafter, in fact, shortly— attack. thereafter, in fact, shortly after dawn sturgess's death, — shortly after dawn

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a public inquiry into the salisbury novichok poisonings has opened this morning. the salisbury novichokoisonings it's heard that dawn sturgess — the 44—year—old mother who died after coming into contact with the nerve agent — was an innocent victim, caught in the crossfire of what was described as an "illegal and outrageous assassination attempt". the inquiry is expected to last several weeks and will focus on every detail of how the death took place. our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. this was dawn sturgess just a week before she died. the tragic conclusion to months of events concerning spies, nerve agents and perfume bottles. dawn was 44 and the mother of three children. the story had begun four months earlier here in a quiet cul—de—sac in salisbury. it was the home not of dawn sturgess, but of a russian man. he was sergei skripal, who's believed to have worked for british intelligence, and he became the target of an assassination attempt by moscow. he and his daughter yulia, who was visiting him, came to be poisoned with a nerve agent called novichok. the front door of mr skr

but it goes well beyond salisbury as you know, novichok was founded in london as well. widespread. as we've already argued, the death of dawn stu rgess we've already argued, the death of dawn sturgess was, we say, directly caused by the russian state. clearly a question for you, but that is our intention. but the poisoning of mr skripal was no bolt from the blue. for reasons we have addressed already today, he was a close and clear and obvious target of an attack from mr putin and his henchmen. it can hardly be considered that in a swap of spies in the way that occurred in 2010 with some form of exoneration by the russian state for mr skripal, let alone a pardon which seems to be prayed in ada as to why no precautions were taken. michael mansfield, _ precautions were taken. michael mansfield. kc _ precautions were taken. michael mansfield, kc there. _ the digital banking company revolut was named in more complaints about fraud last year than any of the uk's biggest banks and online payment and saving services. that is according to action for fraud the organisation respo

to ask the question, whether in any way possible that dawn might have survived this novichok attack ande into contact with it in the first place? after that, we will hear from another quite interesting character in this whole story, the deputy chief constable of wiltshire, paul mills. i say he is interesting because the attack on the russians took place on sunday the 4th russians took place on sunday the 11th of march 2018. he took up the 11th of march 2018. he took up hisjob on monday the the 11th of march 2018. he took up his job on monday the 5th of march 2018. so his in tray was full the moment he stepped into that office. he became the overall commander of the operation, in charge of strategy and in charge of 26 separate agencies to give you an idea of the scope of this investigation and he will give his evidence when caroline sturgess has finished giving hers. , u, sturgess has finished giving hers. , u, , sturgess has finished giving hers. , , ., ., hers. duncan kennedy, for now, thank yom _ thank you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. a bbc investigation has

dawn sturgess was inadvertently exposed to the novichok when it was found in a discarded perfume bottleeir daughter dawn. today, they came to the inquiry to find answers. in the ornate surroundings of salisbury�*s guildhall, the chair of the public inquiry started with an expression of sympathy. we should begin by assuring them of our understanding, so far as we are able, and of our sympathy. today, the inquiry released a series of unseen photos, including these ones of dawn the day before she became ill. the inquiry heard she'd unwittingly sprayed the deadly nerve agent novichok on her wrist from a perfume—like bottle her boyfriend had found. the real possibility emerged that she'd been caught, an innocent victim, in the crossfire of an illegal and outrageous international assassination attempt. the real target lived here on the outskirts of salisbury, which became a massive crime scene. the inquiry released these photos of sergei skripal and his daughter yulia on the day they were poisoned with novichok, four months before dawn sturgess. for the first time, we see them slumped on a be

he and his daughter yulia, who was visiting him, came to be poisoned with a nerve agent called novichoke front door of mr skripal�*s house had been smeared with the agent. what happened here will be just one of the points of investigation for the new public inquiry. sergei skripal never did return to his home here and after months of decontamination work, it was later sold. the judge in the inquiry says neither mr skripal nor his daughter yulia will give live evidence because, he said, they still face a significant risk to their safety. central to the public inquiry will be the role these three men played. they're all believed to have worked for russian military intelligence. two of them were filmed in and around salisbury at the time sergei and yulia skripal were poisoned. russia has always denied any involvement. it's believed the two men delivered the novichok in this perfume—like bottle that was discovered by the partner of dawn sturgess. charlie rowley took the bottle home to dawn and three days later she fell ill. their flat in amesbury was sealed off. dawn never recovered and die

poisoned by a deadly nerve agent, novichok, in 2020, navalny was flown to germany for treatment.re you nervous? no, not at all. after he returned to russia, navalny was arrested, tried and imprisoned. he died in one of the country's harshest penal colonies. putin is responsible. his wife, yulia navalnaya, believes he was murdered. now navalny�*s memoir, patriot, is being published. it includes never before seen prison diaries about his brutal treatment. everybody can see what a high price he was ready to pay. i meet yulia navalnaya to hear their story — a story about politics, freedom and love, her hopes and fears for her country and whether she would stand as president of russia. well, yulia, thank you very much for doing this interview. it is eight months since your husband alexei navalny died in a russian prison. it's been, i imagine, the most horrendous year, a horrendous few years. and i want to ask firstjust how you are, how the children are, how you are coping with what's happened? thank you for having me, first of all. er... as you understand, i am asked this question ver

the inquiry into the death of a woman who died after coming into contact with the nerve agent novichokuth—west england. dawn sturgess died in 2018 after spraying herself with a contaminated perfume bottle that had been discarded after an assassination attempt. let's go to duncan kennedy who is following this and he joins us in salisbury. what can we expect? in salisbury. what can we exect? , ., ., in salisbury. what can we aimed?— in salisbury. what can we exect? , ., expect? good morning. the morninu expect? good morning. the morning will— expect? good morning. the morning will certainly - expect? good morning. the morning will certainly be . morning will certainly be dominated by the evidence from charlie rowley, dawn sturgess' partner. we are not quite sure what form the evidence will take. we are not expecting charlie rowley to be here in person. it may be that his statement is read out. he is a very important player in the whole of the story. in many ways, he is the link between the events that took place in salisbury in march 2018, when sergei skripal and his daughter were poison

henry, thank yom — the inquiry into the death of a woman who was poisoned by the nerve agent novichoktner. in a written statement, charlie rowley described the moment dawn sturgess became ill after spraying herself from a contaminated perfume bottle in 2018. mr rowley also became unwell after coming into contact with it. our correspondent duncan kennedy has this report. it was at the home charlie rowley and dawn sturgess shared in amesbury they were poisoned. injune 2018, they were poisoned. injune 2018, the couple came into contact with the couple came into contact with the novichok four months after the first poisoning incident in salisbury. charlie returns tojohn baker has. charlie rowley�*s statement was read to the inquiry, detailing the exact moment he and dawn opened a box he had found containing this perfume bottle. unknown to them, it was full of the nerve agent. unknown to them, it was full of the nerve agent-— unknown to them, it was full of the nerve agent. after a minute, i went into the bathroom _ nerve agent. after a minute, i went into the bathroom to _ nerve agent. af

we understand that the perfume bottle contained enough novichok to kill thousands of people.e only life lost that day. the inquiry also heard from a senior wiltshire police officer, who said his force wasn't given any advice to pass on to the public about picking up discarded items. we didn't get any advice to put out as you've described, and what ultimately became the mantra — if you didn't drop it, don't pick it up. but were you aware of any national advice not to pick up objects before 30th of june? no, i was not. the inquiry continues tomorrow with evidence involving charlie rowley, the boyfriend of dawn sturgess. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. the time is 6:17pm. our top story this evening. the us gives israel 30 days to significantly boost humanitarian aid into gaza or risk having some military assistance cut off. a 23—year—old becomes the youngest british woman to climb the world's coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: we'll get the latests from hamden park with scotland looking for their first win in this seasons' e nations league. they f

she inadvertently came into contact with a perfume bottle containing the substance novichok in 2018 afterempted assassination of a former russian spy. our correspondent, duncan kennedy, is in salisbury. morning, duncan. what can we expect to be told today? it morning, duncan. what can we expect to be told today?— to be told today? it morning, sally. it is the opening — to be told today? it morning, sally. it is the opening of— to be told today? it morning, sally. it is the opening of the _ to be told today? it morning, sally. it is the opening of the public - it is the opening of the public inquiry after a very long waits, six years since dawn sturgess died. today we will get the opening statements from the council to the inquiry then we will move on this week to pen portraits about dawn sturgess herself, made by her family, about the police investigation into what happened here in salisbury, and also the medical response to what happened to dawn just outside salisbury in her home. in november, the inquiry will move to london, and it will move on to the wider picture, how those skripal th

agent novichok in salisbury, gives evidence at a public inquiry. the uk's health secretary wes streeting says weight loss injections could be an effective tool for getting unemployed people back to work. hello, welcome to bbc news. we begin with the latest on the war in the middle east where the office of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says a decision to retaliate against iran for its ballistic missile attack two weeks ago will be based on israels security needs. the statement was in apparent response to a report in the washington post which said mr netanyahu told president biden he would not target iranian oil or nuclear sites. it comes as the united nations says its peacekeepers in southern lebanon will not move from their positions, defying calls by israel to withdraw. mr netanyahu says he regrets recent injuries to unifil peacekeepers, but says he has repeatedly asked them to leave combat zones and accused hezbollah of using them as human shields. meanwhile, the lebanese health ministry says at least 21 people have been killed in

it was pure chance, she said, that dawn sprayed herself with novichok from a perfume bottle.say what she talked about also was the experience that her daughter had as a mother of three, how she loved to see her daughter and how she has now become a grandmother and tell her daughter said she never got to see her mother to say goodbye. so dawn sturgess' family talking very movingly after which the inquiry adjourned. we will keep you up—to—date with various updates from the inquiry. if you want to carry on watching the inquiry, you can do so, you can scan the qr code or go to the bbc iplayer or our website. there is also a live page reporting on every development from that inquiry to establish that 2018 poisoning of dawn sturgess, who died, mother of three, a 44—year—old who died soon after that encounter. let's turn into another story we are reporting on this money. the bbc has banned the practice of incinerating much of the ukhousehold rubbish is as polluting as burning coal. almost half of all household waste now goes into industrial incinerators and recycling rates have stag

a public inquiry has begun into the poisoning with novichok of a british woman in salisbury in 2018. of dawn sturgess was blamed on two russian agents who used the nerve agent to try to murder former spy sergei skripal and his daughter. dawn sturgess was inadvertently exposed to the novichok when it was found in a discarded perfume bottle. india and canada have expelled each other�*s top envoys along with other diplomats. it comes afterjustin trudeau's government named india's ambassador and other diplomats as persons of interest in an investigation into the murder last year of a sikh separatist on canadian soil. five civil lawsuits have been filed against the american rapper sean "diddy" combs involving allegations of sexual assault and rape from 1995 to 2001. the plaintiffs are three men and two women, all of whom are anonymous. the lawsuits were filed in new york where the rapper has been charged with racketeering and sex trafficking in a criminal case. combs — who denies the charges — remains in pre—trial detention. if you arejustjoining us, welcome to the programme. the war in l

salisbury lover chop poisonings, of trying to sow mayhem on the streets of the uk and europe —— novichoked about ten plots to attack iranian nationals or iranian journalist in this country who were hostile to the regime in iran, and he said that figure is now 20, so together with the police they have detected 20 plots to kidnap or attack or intimidate or issue death threats to iranian journalists and dissidents iranianjournalists and dissidents in this iranian journalists and dissidents in this country. iranianjournalists and dissidents in this country. i did ask him whether there had been any specific threats to uk military or political or public figures by russian rats, and he said, no, they tend to be towards people who they consider to be dissidents from their own country. one in eight of all the uk terror investigations now involve minors so children under the age of 18. why? because it is very easy for them to access material online. whether it is social media or websites but especially the former, and they are not necessarily at the younger end of the scale, they are not equipped

if we go back in time a little bit, you mentioned it earlier, alexei was poisoned with novichok, a nervent, in siberia, back in 2020. i think actually, that was the first time i was aware of you, that you were fighting the russian authorities in that hospital. we saw you so strong, coming out to fight for him. thank you. he was eventually evacuated to a german hospital for treatment and you decided, the pair of you, once he was better, the decision was to go back to russia in january 2021. i know you've been asked this question many times, but you went back, even though he knew the regime had already tried to kill him. just explain why to people watching, why did he go back? it's not about we decided. it's about that... ..you believe the person with whom you live so many years, you believe in this person, you believe in his beliefs, you know that he is doing the right things. and at that moment, you just realise that there couldn't be any discussion. you just need to support him. i knew that he wants to come back to russia, i knew that he wants to be with his supporters. he... i knew tha

the mother of dawn sturgess, the woman from wiltshire who was poisoned by novichok in 2018, has paiduiry into her death. dawn unwittingly sprayed herself with the deadly substance from a contaminated perfume bottle, four months after the same chemical weapon was used to target a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. sir keir starmer denied increasing national insurance contributions from employers would break a promise made in the labour election manifesto. could be announced in the budget has been growing since the chancellor suggested that the chancellor suggested that the party's pledge may not apply to businesses. we have more on those uk stories on our website, bbc .co/ news. you're watching bbc news. the candidates have been out in key battleground states today. former president trump spent the day at several events in georgia. early voting has kicked out. this was the scene early tuesday morning. the vice president, harris has been campaigning in michigan today participating in a town hall with radios as she reaches out to black voters. the middle east conflict is

mother of a woman who died after coming into contact with a perfume bottle containing the nerve agent novichokiry today. dawn, the daughter of caroline sturgess, died in 2018 after spraying herself with a contaminated bottle that had been discarded. yesterday, the inquiry heard that she was an innocent victim in the crossfire of an assassination attempt. the american rapper p diddy is facing six new lawsuits that accuse him of raping women, sexually assaulting men, and molesting a teenage boy. they're the latest of more than a dozen that have been filed against him recently. he denies all the allegations and his lawyer has issued a statement saying "the truth will prevail". hundreds of thousands of children in england with suspected conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy and adhd are waiting years for a diagnosis, according to the children's commissioner. the report highlights significant differences in access to support for girls, children from ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more.? the children's commissioner in england, dame rachel

the mother of dawn sturgess, the woman from wiltshire who was poisoned by novichok in 2018, has paidhter at the public inquiry into her death. caroline sturgess, described her as "very kind" and said the family took comfort that more people, including dawn's own daughter, hadn't been affected given the potential harm of the nerve agent. dawn unwittingly sprayed herself with the deadly substance from a contaminated perfume bottle, four months after the same chemical weapon was used to target a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. thomas tuchel has agreed to become the next manager of england's national football team. the bbc has been told by two different sources that tuchel, who is german, will become the third non—british permanent manager of the england men's team after sven—goran eriksson and fabio capello. england have been without a permanent manager since gareth southgate resigned, following the side's euro 2024 final defeat against spain. lee carsley, who was put in charge on an interim basis, will remain in place for england's final two nations league matches in

the mother of dawn sturgess, the woman from wiltshire who was poisoned by novichok in 2018, has paida contaminated perfume bottle, four months after the same chemical weapon was used to target a former russian spy and his daughter, in salisbury. sir keir starmer has denied that increasing national insurance contributions for employers would break a promise made in the labour election manifesto. speculation that a rise could be announced in the budget later this month has been growing since the chancellor, rachel reeves, suggested the party�*s pledge may not apply to businesses. you�*re live with bbc news to asia — and north korea has blown up several interconnecting roads and railways on its side of the border with south korea. footage released by south korea shows the moment north korea blew up roads connecting the two countries. pyongyang had vowed to cut off the roads and railways once seen as symbols of inter—korean cooperation. north korea says it wants to completely separate the two countries. ambassadorjoseph yun is a former us special representative for north korea policy, an

reporter: alexei navalny took on president putin, poisoneth the nerve agent novichok in 201 3, he traceda's the fsb. after he recovered, the couple returned home. >> are you nervous? >> no. reporter: at the airport navalny was arrested and jailed. he died three years later, a political prisoner in a siberian penal colony. the russians claim he died of natural causes. yulia says he was poisoned on the president's order. yulia: i believe it was the president for the death and murder of my husband. we do have some evidence. reporter: what evidence do you have? yulia: i would like to come with the whole picture. reporter: yulia navalnaya is publishing her husband's memoir called "patriot." features never before seen diaries that reveal the extent of the harsh treatment in prison, including 290 days in solitary confinement. >> it is so hot in my cell, you can hardly breathe. you feel like a fish tossed onto the shore, yearning for fresh air. most often, it is like a cold, dank cellar. yulia: he was tortured, he was in awful conditions in prison. and he was starving. reporter: yulia couldn't r

we have seen them use novichok in the in the uk, we have seen them sabotage various industrial sitesuntries. the russians, we have seen china engagein russians, we have seen china engage in hostage diplomacy. we have seen cyber aggression over many years. we have seen disinformation and we try to counter each of these. but as soon as we get good at countering one of these, they do something else , which is what something else, which is what the director general of m15 was flagging up today. >> was he flagging up state sponsored activity, novichok being one of course, in in salisbury, or is it more about just sleeper cells? who then can start using their own own initiative to try and attack people in this country? >> so state sponsored activity is what what he was talking about. and it can take it can appearin about. and it can take it can appear in many guises and in many ways it's impossible to know whether what we are seeing and what we are likely to see are people connected to a hostile state, or whether they're doing it on their own initiative . because if you are initiative. bec

mother of a woman who died after coming into contact with a perfume bottle containing the nerve agent novichok dawn, the daughter of caroline sturgess, died in 2018 after spraying herself with a contaminated bottle that had been discarded. yesterday, the inquiry heard that she was an innocent victim in the crossfire of an assassination attempt. north korea has blown up part of a road connected to south korea according to military officials in seoul. images shared by the south korean military show blasts on the two main roads connecting north and south. this move by pyongyang has been expected. it ramps up already heightened inter—korean tensions. the american rapper p diddy is facing six new lawsuits that accuse him of raping women, sexually assaulting men, and molesting a teenage boy. they're the latest of more than a dozen that have been filed against him recently. he denies all the allegations and his lawyer has issued a statement saying "the truth will prevail". hundreds of thousands of children in england with suspected conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy and adhd are waiting years

poisoned with the nerve agent, novichok, in 2020, and treated in germany, he traced that to russia'sthe dangers, the couple returned home. alexei, are you worried now? are you nervous? no, not at all. at the airport, navalny was arrested and jailed. he died three years later, a political prisoner in a siberian penal colony. the russians claim he died of natural causes. yulia says he was poisoned, on the president's orders. i believe that vladimir putin is answering for the death and for the murder of my husband. we do have some evidence. what evidence do you have? i would like to come with the whole picture, what happened, notjust with random documents. yulia navalnaya is now publishing her husband's memoir, called patriot. the book includes never before seen diaries that reveal the extent of the harsh treatment he endured in prison, including 295 days in solitary confinement. "it is so hot in my cell, you can hardly breathe. "you feel like a fish tossed onto the shore, "yearning for fresh air. "most often, though, it is like a cold, dank cellar. "there is often a puddle of water on

poisoned by a deadly nerve agent, novichok, in 2020, navalny was flown to germany for treatment.ned. he died in one of the country's harshest penal colonies. putin is responsible. his wife, yulia navalnaya, believes he was murdered. now navalny�*s memoir, patriot, is being published. it includes never before seen prison diaries about his brutal treatment. everybody can see what a high price he was ready to pay. i meet yulia navalnaya to hear their story — a story about politics, freedom and love, her hopes and fears for her country and whether she would stand as president of russia. well, yulia, thank you very much for doing this interview. it is eight months since your husband alexei navalny died in a russian prison. it's been, i imagine, the most horrendous year, a horrendous few years. and i want to ask firstjust how you are, how the children are, how you are coping with what's happened? thank you for having me, first of all. er... as you understand, i am asked this question very often, but i never know how to answer still. i don't have the right answer. everything has changed

an inquiry has heard how a woman who died after being poisoned by the nerve agent novichok told her boyfriendthed, in the bath foaming at the mouth". 44—year—old dawn sturgess died after unwittingly spraying the nerve agent on her wrist from a perfume bottle in 2018. her partner charlie rowley told police she began to feel unwell around 10 to 15 minutes later, when he called the emergency services. a private member's bill to legalise assisted dying for people in england and wales who are terminally ill has been formally introduced in parliament. the bill has been put forward by labour's kim leadbeater, who says the current law isn't fit for purpose. it's the start of what is likely to be a long and impassioned debate and parliamentary passage for the bill, on which mps will be allowed to vote with their consciences. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has presented a so—called "victory plan" that he says would be enough to end the war with russia. he told parliament that an essential part of his plan was for nato to invite ukraine to become a member, and that ukraine's allies must end re

the mother of dawn sturgess, the woman from wiltshire, who was poisoned by novichok in 2018— has paidinated perfume bottle, four months after the same chemical weapon was used to target a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury. sir keir starmer has denied that increasing national insurance contributions for employers would break a promise made in the labour election manifesto. speculation that a rise could be announced in the budget later this month has been growing since the chancellor, rachel reeves, suggested the party�*s pledge may not apply to businesses. you�*re live with bbc news. ukraine says it shot down 12 attack drones launched by russia overnight. but that�*s an almost nightly occurrence 1,000 days into russia�*s full—scale invasion. across the country, ukraine�*s military relies on volunteers to help protect the skies — and with so many men being called up to the frontline, more women are stepping in. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford joined one patrol, who call themselves the witches of bucha. drones buzz. the buzz of danger over kyiv. russia�*s

the novichok poisonings inquiry is to look at whether she died after she was caught in the crossfire an illegal and outrageous international assassination attempt. she collapsed at her partner's home in 2018 after coming into contact with the perfume bottle containing the substance. it followed the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, who were both poisoned in salisbury in march that year. both poisoned in salisbury in march that year . and finally, march that year. and finally, the snowman, who's being depicted on a new royal mint £0.50 coin with a gold version hidden in one of its advent calendars. for someone to discover on christmas eve . the discover on christmas eve. the mint said that to further celebrate the launch of the snowman , it's hidden a solid snowman, it's hidden a solid gold coin behind door number 24. in one limited edition the snowman advent calendar, offering someone the chance of striking gold. the advent calendars will be priced at £30, with a total of 3000 available, and only one will have a gold proof coin of the snowman hidde

mother of a woman who died after coming into contact with a perfume bottle containing the nerve agent novichokc inquiry today. caroline sturgess�* daughter dawn died in 2018 after spraying herself with a contaminated bottle that had been discarded. on monday, the inquiry heard that she was an innocent victim in the crossfire of an assassination attempt. the american rapper sean diddy combs is facing new allegations of rape, sexual abuse and sexual assault. at least six lawsuits by two women and four men were filed in new york yesterday. lawyers for mr combs have denied the allegations. here's our la correspondent emma vardy. a warning that her report contains flashing images. a lot of these latest allegations centre around the notorious parties that sean combs held, and in one of these lawsuits, there is a man who says he was 16 at the time, who claims that sean combs groped him at one of these parties, saying that he could help him into the music business. in another lawsuit, there is a woman alleging that she was raped by sean combs in a hotel room. now, a lot of the latest allegations are c

i mean, it was the use of novichok chemical weapon on british soil.s in breach of the international chemical weapons convention. it was a terrible thing to do. and you remember a totally innocent member of the public, dawn sturgess , lost her life. and sturgess, lost her life. and sergei and yulia skripal were very badly poisoned . and it was very badly poisoned. and it was my job as foreign secretary then to try to get with theresa may, the then prime minister, to try to get all the all our friends and allies around the world to kick out russian spies in protest at what they had done in salisbury and trump did that and trump turned up trumps. he really did. >> you know, to me, like you're leaning more towards a trump than harris president. >> you see, i'm not you're a very good journalist . very, very very good journalist. very, very good job i'm getting. but i'll just get back to another point. trump expelled me. they went way over our our expectations. they expelled 60 ukraine. >> and zelenskyy is safe with a potential trump presidency. >> i believ

dawn sturgess was poisoned with the novichok at her home in . with the novichok at her home in amesburyipal were contaminated in salisbury. dawn's boyfriend had given her what was thought to be a bottle of perfume that he had found. we understand that he had found. we understand that the perfume _ that he had found. we understand that the perfume bottle _ that he had found. we understand that the perfume bottle contained| that the perfume bottle contained enough novichok to kill thousands of people. again, although we were devastated by her death, ourfamily finds comfort that dawn's was the only life lost that day when the potential harm was much, much more. we know she would agree. mrs sturress' we know she would agree. mrs sturgess' comments about dawn were acknowledged by the inquiry chair, lord hughes. mrs acknowledged by the inquiry chair, lord hughes-_ acknowledged by the inquiry chair, lord hu:hes. ~ , ,, ,, ., ~ lord hughes. mrs sturgess, thank you ve much. lord hughes. mrs sturgess, thank you very much- it — lord hughes. mrs sturgess, thank you very much- it is _ lord hughes. m

the post—mortem indicated the cause of her death was indeed novichok poisoning.rowley was also poisoned and he was discharged from hospital despite being critically ill for two weeks. the trial of three members of the same family over the murder of ten year old sarah sharif is due to start today . the child's due to start today. the child's father, irfan sharif, step mother beenish batool and uncle faisal malik are accused of killing her. sarah's body was discovered at her home in woking in surrey on the 10th of august last year. the defendants have pleaded not guilty to her murder and to causing or allowing the death of a child between the 16th of december 2022 and august the 9th, 2023. a potential third assassination attempt on former us president donald trump was reportedly thwarted on saturday night, local police arrested an armed man carrying multiple weapons and fake passports as he attempted to get into a trump rally in california. the 49 year old las vegas resident, varne miller , denied wanting to hurt miller, denied wanting to hurt the former president

the post—mortem indication caused that the death was novichok poisoning.rowley was also poisoned. he was discharged from hospital despite being critically ill for two weeks, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to news smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com . or go to gb news .com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good morning. 935 monday morning this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, i don't always watch have i got news for you? but i did see ian hislop on the bbc panel show the other day where he took a swipe, of course, @gbnews. have a listen to this. >> he'll come back won't he? >> he'll come back won't he? >> i don't think it's over for him. >> no. >> no. >> you don't think it's over? >> you don't think it's over? >> i still think boris was one of our better prime ministe

it followed containing novichok. followed the attempted murder of former spy the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, and then police officer nick bailey, who were poisoned in salisbury in march. that year. the trial of three members of the same family over the murder of ten year old sarah sharif has begun the child's father, irfan sharif, stepmother bannau batool and uncle faisal malik are accused of killing her. sarah's body was discovered at her home in surrey on the 10th of august last year. the defendants have pleaded not guilty to her murder to and causing or allowing the death of a child . a potential third a child. a potential third assassination attempt on former us president donald trump was reportedly thwarted . on saturday reportedly thwarted. on saturday night, local police arrested an armed man carrying multiple weapons and fake passports as he attempted to get into a trump rally in california. the 49 year old las vegas resident, varne miller, denied wanting to hurt the

in layman's terms — novichok toxicity. in layman's terms and _ novichok toxicity.em to become overstimulated which lead to heart — overstimulated which lead to heart failure. that in turn caused _ heart failure. that in turn caused dawn's brain to be starved _ caused dawn's brain to be starved of oxygen. as we will hear. — starved of oxygen. as we will hear, when paramedics arrived at the — hear, when paramedics arrived at the centre, they performed cpr and — at the centre, they performed cpr and managed to restart her heart _ cpr and managed to restart her heart she — cpr and managed to restart her heart she was taken to hospital and treated for several days. the — and treated for several days. the damage that had been done to a brain — the damage that had been done to a brain from the lack of oxygen— to a brain from the lack of oxygen in that initial period gradually developed and worsened over the days that dawn — worsened over the days that dawn was in hospital. in the end, _ dawn was in hospital. in the end. as _ dawn was in hospital. in the end, as professor

dawn's death was blamed on two russian agents after she came into contact with the nerve agent novichok had been hidden inside a designer perfume bottle. the inquiry is examining the circumstances leading to her death. russia denies any involvement and has described the inquiry as a "circus" today's hearing has started, but we're receiving it on a 10 minute delay, so we'll bring it to you shortly. in the meantime, we want to play you an interview of prime minister sir keir starmer. he was speaking to our political correspondent henry sesemann on bbc breakfast this morning. and we started by asking the prime minister about the international investment summit. international investment summit-— international investment summit. ~ . ., , , summit. well, what happened esterda summit. well, what happened yesterday was _ summit. well, what happened yesterday was that _ summit. well, what happened yesterday was that we - summit. well, what happened yesterday was that we had - summit. well, what happened yesterday was that we had an | yesterday was that we had an investment summit where global in

the novichok poisonings inquiries to look at whether she died after she was caughtin whether she diedhe was caught in the crossfire of an illegal and outrageous international assassination attempt. she collapsed at her partner's home on the 30th of junein partner's home on the 30th of june in 2018, after coming into contact with a perfume bottle containing the substance. it followed the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia and then police officer nick bailey, who were poisoned in salisbury in march that year. were poisoned in salisbury in march that year . and those are march that year. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gb news .com forward alerts >> conservative mps have finally chosen their top two for the leadership , and now it's over to leadership, and now it's over to the members . join me christopher the members. join me christopher hope on thursday as kevin, badenoch an

yean home on june the 30th of that year, after coming into contact with a perfume bottle containing novichokmr rowley was also poisoned and was discharged from hospital. despite being critically ill for two weeks. russia denies any involvement and has described the inquiry as and has described the inquiry as a circus , and those are the a circus, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain tom and emily. what's coming up? >> big show today we've got the secretary of state for education coming on. bridget phillipson. >> oh, i'm jealous. >> oh, i'm jealous. >> and we've got a lot to ask her, actually, obviously, all hinged on the big investment summit that keir starmer has opened today, where global ceos have descended on the guildhall in london. but there's a few other questions