he was one of the five people who were poisoned by novichok backin people who were poisoned by novichok in the march of 2018 and then charlie rowley and don sturgess in thejune of 2018. nick bailey was assigned to go to that park in salisbury when the were found collapsed on a bench. at first he thought they had been involved in a drug overdose incident but when he went back to station a colleague said come over here, sarge, i have found something. they have been googling and they discovered that sergei skripal was actually a former russian spy who had been involved in a big spy swap. nick bailey told the inquiry that changed everything. he said it became a lot more sinister after that. he said there were lots of discussions with senior officers about what to do it was decided to search sergei skripal�*s house. he was one of three officers that went in, they all had ppe for protective kit on but he was the first one to grab the handle of the house before they went in. unknown to him, that handle had been smeared with novichok. he said he went home later that night and started to feel un

so, you're right, there's an element sometimes of sloppiness — discarding a bottle of novichok, whichhaps thousands. it is sloppy, but also dangerous. and i think to some extent it might suggest that they don't care about being caught or being spotted or being identified or it being attributed to russia. they just don't care. partly because that's part of the message they're sending is, we're half hiding it but we also want you to know that we're doing this. and so, i think we're now in an interesting phase where, you know, russia has been dialling up the pressure with sabotage, interference, influence. um, what will they do now? you know, will they wait and see what donald trump will do? one thing i think will continue whatever happens is espionage, spying. someone i spoke to just recently was saying the evidence of russian cyber espionage, they are absolutely at it because they want to know what's going on inside the trump team. do you think that this goes right up to putin himself and to his small circle of advisers? i think the broad priorities are set by putin. and i think the id

unconscious state alongside herfather sergei skripal after they were poisoned with the nerve agent novichokawyers over allegations of sexual misconduct against former harrods owner mohamed al fayed. 0ne lawyer representing the justice for harrods survivors group described it as "the worst case of corporate "abuse of women the world has ever seen". al fayed died last year, aged 94. you're live with bbc news. us secretary of state antony blinken says negotiators have made "good progress" towards a truce in lebanon. two of presidentjoe biden's top advisers on the middle east are now heading back to the us after spending thursday in tel aviv to work with israeli officials on a ceasefire deal with hezbollah. meanwhile, in the last hour, these pictures have come in from reuters news agency, showing an explosion over the beirut skyline. witnesses say that the strike the capital's suburbs. we know that tens of thousands of people on both sides of the israel—lebanon border have left their homes to escape cross—border fire between hezbollah and israeli forces. 0ur middle east regional editor sebastia

unconscious state alongside herfather sergei skripal after they were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok over allegations of sexual misconduct against former harrods owner mohamed al fayed. one lawyer representing the justice for harrods survivors group described it as "the worst case of corporate "abuse of women the world has ever seen". al fayed died last year, aged 94. you're live with bbc news. i'm roz atkins here with you in washington, dc. let's turn to the middle east. us secretary of state antony blinken says negotiators have made "good progress" towards a truce in lebanon. two of presidentjoe biden's top advisers are now heading back to the us after spending thursday in tel aviv working with israeli officials on a ceasefire deal with hezbollah. tens of thousands of people on both sides of the israel—lebanon border have left their homes to escape cross—border fire between hezbollah and israeli forces. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told us negotiators that any agreement must ensure israel can counter threats to its security from lebanon. efforts to secure a ceasefire a

unconscious state alongside herfather sergei skripal after they were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok or witnesses have come forward to lawyers over allegations of sexual misconduct against former harrods owner mohamed al fayed. 0ne lawyer representing the justice for harrods survivors group described it as "the worst case of corporate "abuse of women the world has ever seen". al fayed died last year, aged 94. so, it is five days until election day here in the us and today, both candidates are focusing on the southwest. donald trump is visiting new mexico, as well as arizona and nevada, which are crucial swing states. kamala harris is also visiting arizona and nevada, and both candidates want to talk about immigration. bear in mind new mexico and arizona are on the border with mexico. here's some of what we've heard. both candidates are looking to win over latino voters. it's hard to have an american dream when radical crazy killers and just horrible, horrible murderers, you know, you had coming through your border, do you know how many you had? 13,099, that's border patrol — who endo

someone saying they have nightmares that they would pick up a discarded stuff, one of them being novichoky said it was my belief that unless they were stupid, they would not cork it up, put it in the pocket and take it home and therefore, there was a risk that it had been discarded but throughout the afternoon, the dame was asked about the inquiry and inquired when putting out this message the public, not to pick up discarded items. in time and time again, she said that she believed it was in march that she put out this messaging but time and time again, the councils kept producing documents which did not back her up in the end, she said she believed it was march and should've told the public not to pick up discarded items and perhaps she had misremembered and so, she was really pressed on this by the lawyers for don sturges family and said was it feasible that there was no record whatsoever of you putting out this message in march and she said, i may have misremembered, i believe it was march but i may have misremembered it and at one point, to the counsel for dawn sturgess's family, you