conspiracy to murder sergei skripal, attempted murder of sergei skripal, attempted murder of sergei skripalrgei skripal, yulia skripal and nick bailey. possession of novichok, causing grievous bodily harm with intent to yulia skripal and nick bailey. we can show you some pictures of the two suspects. it is alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. it is believed the uk counterterrorism police chiefs said they are travelling under aliases. alexander petrov and. ruslan boshirov. russia has made it clear they do not permit extradition of its own nationals. should this position change then an extradition request would be made. we have obtained a european arrest warrant which means if either man travels to a country where and eaw is valid they will be arrested and face extradition on these charges for which there is no statute of limitations. those two men are wa nted limitations. those two men are wanted for questioning over the attempted murders of sergei skripal and yulia skripal and also a police officer who was also poisoned with novichok when he searched the skripals home address. the prime mi

investigation, police have identified two russian nationals as suspects in the attempted murder sergei skripalr yulia. the men, using the names ruslan boshirov and alexander petrov, are thought to be officers from russia's military intelligence service. mr skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in salisbury in march this year. but moscow has denied any knowledge of the men, as our security correspondent gordon corera reports. these two russians now stand accused of the salisbury nerve agent attack. it claimed in march they deployed the nerve agent that poisoned sergei skripal and his daughter, and which months later accidentally contaminated charlie rowley and killed dawn sturgess. police say they came to the country as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, but those are thought to be false names, used by two undercover operatives. the government has concluded the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service, also known as the gru. the gru is a highly disciplined organisation with a well—established chain

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru.skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also, in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru. and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow has said it doesn't recognise the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited, but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. a short time ago i spoke to professor brian taylor, an expert on russian state organisations. he explained more about moscow's military intelligence service. vgru has v gru has its roots in the soviet period and was the military intel

the prime target of the salisbury operation was sergei skripal.ormer officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former collea g u es thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, m16. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also come in the eyes of the government, exposing the role of the gru and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow said it did not recognise the names of the men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited but it will be hoping that to date increases the pressure on moscow. the investigation into what happened in salisbury has involved around 250 specialist counterterrorism officers, as well as more than 180 members of the military who were deployed

permission, i would like to update the house on the investigation into the attempted murder of sergei skripal and yulia skripal. this was a sickening and despicable act in which a devastatingly toxic nerve agent was used to attack our country. it left four people fighting for their lives and one innocent woman dead. i know the force of the full house will be with the family, following their loss. in march, the government concluded that the russian state was responsible. i also said that while we all share a sense of impatience to bring those responsible to justice, as a nation that believes in the rule of law, we would give police the space and time to carry out their investigation properly. since then, about 250 detectives have gone through more than 200 hours of cctv and taken more than 1400 statements. working around the clock, they have carried out painstaking and methodical work to ascertain which individuals were responsible and the method they used to carry out this attack. mister speaker, this forensic investigation has now produced sufficient evidence to bring charges against two rus

identified two russian nationals as suspects in the attempted murder of the former russian spy sergei skripalnd his daughter yulia. the men, using the names ruslan boshirov and alexander petrov, are thought to be officers from russia's military intelligence service. mr skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in salisbury in march this year. but moscow has denied any knowledge of the men, as our security correspondent gordon corera reports. these two russians now stand accused of the salisbury nerve agent attack. it is claimed that in march they deployed the nerve agent which poisoned sergei and yulia skripal, and which months later accidentally contaminated charlie rowley, and killed dawn stu rg ess. police say they came to the country as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, but those are thought to be false names, used by two undercover operatives. the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service, also known as the gru. the gru is a highly disciplined organisation, with

shortly after, that they smeared a nerve agent on sergei skripal's front door. this is what is believed to beat their weapon, the perfume bottle used to carry the novichok prevention. el today's announcement is a most significant dment in the investigation. we have sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to the attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury, and arrest warrants have been issued forsu the twects, and we are seeking to circulate notices. gordonprosecutors say they have enough evidence to charge the two with conspiracy to attemptedi skripal, murder of sergei skripal, his ulia, and a police officer who went to their house. use and possession of novichok, contrary to the chemical weapons act. and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. what is the gru? rmsed in this building, it is the intelligencef the russian military, with a long track record of undercover operations around the world. under vladimir putin, here visiting its headquarters, e observers say it has becre aggressive, accused of hacking america's 2016 presidential election, o

at 8pm: two russian intelligence officers are named as suspects in the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury. after an extensive study of cctv and other images, scotland yard says there's sufficient evidence to charge the two men. the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service, also known as the gru. we are three friends, we're also bloggers. we all have one thing in common — we all have or have had cancer. the bbc 5 live presenter rachael bland dies at the age of a0 — less than two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer. labour's parliamentary party agrees to adopt the international definition and examples of anti—semitism without any caveats. also this hour, britain and france reach a deal over scallop fishing in the english channel. it comes after tensions boiled over last month when fishermen from both countries clashed at sea. and gearing up for his last test match, alistair cook — england's most prolific test batsman — tells us there may be tears at the oval. good evening. two russi

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru.ed by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also, in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru. and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow has said it doesn't recognise the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited, but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news: several people have been injured in a landslide after a strong earthquake struck japan's northern island, hokkaido. buildings were damaged, goods stacked on the shelves of shops scattered and smashed. at least ten people were taken

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru.is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also, in the government's eyes, exposing the role of the gru. and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow has said it doesn't recognise the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited, but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. our correspondent in moscow, steve rosenberg, has the reaction from russia. what we do see today was moscow putting its hand up and admitting, yes we did this, yes we carry this out. quite the opposite. russia today portrayed itself as innocent a

its prime target in salisbury was sergei skripal, himself a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal is thought to have been targetedy former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working with the british secret service, mi6. today was about more than just naming two individuals, but also on the government side, exposing the role of the gru. the prime minister made clear that as well as the public accusation, british intelligenc would be asked more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's de ambassador was summoned into the foreign office. moow has said it does not recognize the names of the two men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited. but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. gordon corera, bbc news. jane: top executives from facebook and twitter acknowledged their companies have been too slow to act against meddling in u.s. elections. appearing before a senate panel, facebook's sh the senate they were working to fix the problem. twitter's ch

the prime target of the salisbury operation was sergei skripal.lf a former officer in the gru. sergei skripal, it is thought, was targeted by former colleagues in the gru because they viewed him as a traitor for working for the british secret service, mi6. today was about much more than just naming two individuals, but also in the eyes of the government, exposing the role of the gru and the prime minister made clear that, as well as the public accusation, british intelligence would be asked to do more to counter the gru's activities out of sight. today, russia's deputy ambassador was summoned to the foreign office. moscow said it did not recognise the names of the men accused. the british government acknowledges there is no real chance they will be extradited but it will be hoping that today increases the pressure on moscow. with me now in the studio is ben emmerson qc — who represented the widow of alexander litvinenko at the public inquiry into his murder. it is an almost exact replay of the murder of alexander living in court? yes, there are no

police have pieced together the movements of the two men before and after the attack on sergei and yulia skripalury, and domestic and european arrest warrants have been issued for the two suspects and we will be seeking to circulate interpol red notices.

police have pieced together the movements of the two men before and after the attack on sergei and yulia skripalwe now have sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to the attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury, and domestic and european arrest warrants have been issued for the two suspects and we will be seeking to circulate interpol red notices. police believe the alleged salisbury attackers are back in russia, with almost no chance of ever being extradited. our moscow correspondent says the kremlin remains defiant. it doesn't matter how many facts the british police come up with, russia will continue to deny any connection to the salisbury poisoning. in other news, the former govenor of the bank of england says incompetent preparations for brexit have undermined the uk's negotiating position. a revolutionary new treatment on the nhs for childhood leukaemia — using the body's own cells to fight it coming up on afternoon live, we'll have all the latest sport. in the next couple of minutes, we will find out the european wild cards for the ryder cup later this month. and late on

vladimir putin insists two men accused by britain of attempting to murderformer spy sergei skripal ands. a nine—year—old schoolgirl sparked intense debate in australia after refusing to stand for the national anthem to protest alleged institutional racism. student harper nielsen was given detention last week for notjoining classmates in a rendition of advance australia fair, a song she says ignores the nation's indigenous people. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. on the front page of the japan times, russian president vladimir putin has suggested that moscow and tokyo should sign a deal that solves their long running territorial dispute by the end of the year. in response to putin's comment, the chief cabinet secretary yoshihide suga said japan stands by its long standing position that the territorial dispite must be resolved before the two nations can ever sign a peace treaty. the south china morning post has a story about foreigners being banned from using the internet in china. it says they could all be banned from surfing the internet under draft new rule

vladimir putin says two men accused by britain of attempting to murder former spy sergei skripal ande civilians and has encouraged them to give their version of events. and this story is popular on bbc.com: a nine—year—old schoolgirl has sparked intense debate in australia after refusing to stand for the national anthem in protest at alleged institutional racism. student harper nielsen claimed the song ignored the nation's indigenous people. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: pro—brexit conservatives say they've found a way of dealing with the irish border after britain leaves the eu,

officers have been named today, as suspects in the attempted murder of the former russian spy sergei skripaler petrov and ruslan boshirov although they are believed to be aliases. scotland yard say there is enough evidence to charge them. mr skripal and his daughter were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok, in salisbury in march this year. police have released a timeline of the movements of the suspects. at 3pm on friday, 2nd march, the two suspects arrived at gatwick airport, having flown from moscow on an aeroflot flight. from there, police think the pair travelled by train into london, arriving at victoria station ataround 5.40pm. they then travelled on public transport to waterloo and onwards to the city stay hotel in east london for the night. the pair left the hotel the next morning and took the tube to waterloo station, before getting on a train to salisbury, arriving at about 2.25pm. it's believed that this is when they carried out reconnaissance on the skripals before returning to london. on sunday they went back to salisbury, when police think they contaminated the front door of

, the attempted murder of sergei and yulia skripal, the detective sergeant, the use and possession of novichok, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. this morning, the police have set out how the two russian nationals traveled under the names of alexander petroff. names the police believe to be aliases. they arrived at the airport friday the second of march having flown from moscow. they traveled by train to london victoria, then on to waterloo, before going to the city stay hotel in london. they stayed friday and saturday evening and traces of novichok were found in their hotel room. on saturday, they visited salisbury. arriving at approximately 2:25 p.m. and leaving less than two hours later at 4:10. the police are confident this was the reconnaissance of the area. on sunday the fourth of march, they made the same journey, traveling by underground to waterloo station at 8:05 am, before continuing by train to salisbury. the police have released cctv footage of the two men, which clearly places them in the immediate vicinity of the skripal house, moments before the attack. the

regarding consular access to yulia and sergei skripal, asi access to yulia and sergei skripal, as i haved yulia, who lives in russia and wanted to visit her sister, the british government twice refused to issue a british visa to her. does that tell you anything? as for the request that the british side allegedly sent to russia right after the incident, well, we have had the pleasure, more than once to comment the character of that request, it wasn't a request at all. it was a message by boris johnson, wasn't a request at all. it was a message by borisjohnson, the then foreign minister to the russian ambassador in london, with a demand to acknowledge that russia committed this crime and to explain how it was done, whether it was done with the knowledge of the russian authorities or without their knowledge. that was the whole request regarding co—operation with russia. please don't mislead the international community, there was no request to co—operate with the russian side in investigating this side. no request from the british side. quite to to contrary, there were many requests from the

warrant is issued, as two russian nationals are named as suspects in the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia. caught on cctv moments before the attack in salisbury — scotland yard says there's "sufficient evidence" to charge alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov over the attack. today's announcement by the crown prosecution service marks the most significant development in this investigation. we now have sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to the attack on sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury, and domestic and european arrest warrants have been issued. this was a sickening and despicable act, in which a devastatingly toxic nerve agent known as novichok was used to attack our country. we'll have all the latest from salisbury and moscow. also this lunchtime: a gamechanger in child leukemia treatment. the nhs offers children an expensive new therapy that's been called the most exciting treatment advance for decades. former bank of england governor lord mervyn king attacks the government's brexit preparations. he calls them "incompetent". and... tributes to b

in fa ct, sergei skripal, just up there. in fact, it tookjust sergei skripal, just up there.tation here to sergei skripal‘s house. the russians say they were never here and they only came as tourists to see salisbury cathedral. and here, at the cathedral, there does not seem to be any cctv footage of them to back up their claims. and not only that, look again at the photographic evidence and the timings in august. remember that we saw they were at the petrol station at 11:58 a.m. ? the next photograph in the city centre is at 13:05pm heading towards the train station to leave salisbury. a total ofjust one hour and seven minutes. yet in that one hour and seven minutes, apparently going by foot, the men got into the city centre and visited the cathedral and took a series of photographs. just over one hour inner—city they have flown all the way from moscow to see. i don't think any of their interviews, i watched it a couple of times, and! interviews, i watched it a couple of times, and i think if i was their defence lawyer, my advice would be, keep quiet and wait to the trial wh

with the two russian nationals who were named as suspects in the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. the two suspects are pictured on the front page of the sun, smiling after the attack in salisbury, in march. the daily mail says theresa may is declaring war on vladimir putin's spy network in the wake of the poisoning attack. the times also leads on the prime minister's promise of revenge on russia, following the nerve agent attack. the same story makes the front page of the ft. but the paper also reports on the sell—off in emerging markets sparked by currency crises in turkey and argentina. the telegraph leads on the skripal poisoning suspects. but it also carries a warning from the health secretary, matt hancock, that dangerous nhs it systems are risking the lives of patients. the express has a picture of what it calls assassins sent by putin. but it also reports on the death of bbc presenter rachael bland, decribing her as beautiful and courageous. and the head of nhs england is accusing betting firms that sponsor premier league football clubs of shirking t

be salisbury poisoning targeted sergei skripal, a former russian spy who betrayed his country.r fell who betrayed his country. but his daughterfell sick too who betrayed his country. but his daughter fell sick too and a policeman who visited their home. dawn stu rgess policeman who visited their home. dawn sturgess was poisoned and died three months later. her boyfriend had found a perfume bottle filled with novichok. officials have been mocking the case against russia as absurd, a soap opera, they claimed even cctv footage was faked. so it's not clear who might come forward now. uk police say suspects used aliases, so could it be men with the same names, not the actual men with the mugshots? one former kgb officer told me russia could be behind the salisbury attack, but the culprits never expect to be discovered. behind their public statements, he thinks russian officials are worried. translation: all of the elite understands the mess that russia is in but the leadership sets the tone. they say the british made it up, that is rubbish. it is bravado. everyone knows the conseque

the conspiracy to murder sergei skripal. the attempted murder of sergei and julia skripal. and detective sergeant nick bailey. the use and possession of novichok. and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to julia skripal and nick bailey. the investigation into the murder of dawn strugis remains ongoing. madam speaker, -- madam president, the evidence reveals the following. it shows the arrival of two individuals traveling under the name of alexander petrov and another to the u.k. from russia. cctv and other evidence records their travel to and from salisbury and crucially there are images which clearly place them in the vicinity of the skripal house at 11:58 a.m. on sunday, the 4th of march. this was moments before the attack took place, which involved placing the substance on the skripals' frontdoor handle. madam president, should any council wish, we can share copies those images. further, testing of the hotel revealed the presence of traces of the novichok substance in their hotel room. based on the thorough analysis of our intelligence, the u.k. government has concl

russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripaln salisbury as civilians, not criminals. we obviously looked into these people are. we found a —— we found them, they will appear soon, i hope, and tell you everything themselves. egypt's public prosecutor says e.coli was a factor in the death of a british couple at a hotel in the resort of hurghada. also coming up: the eye of the storm bearing down on the us coast. as hurricane florence advances on several american states, nearly two million people have been ordered to leave their homes. and behind the scenes at dundee‘s new design museum in advance of its public opening this weekend. and at half past eleven, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jack blanchard from politico london playbook and pippa crerar from the guardian. stay with us for that. good evening. a group of leading brexit—supporting conservative mps have produced proposals for the highly contentious issue of how the irish border will be handled after britain leaves the eu. the european resea

president putin denies the two men accused of trying to murder sergei skripal worked for him.

british prosecutors have charged two russians with the attack on former double agent sergei skripal andis daughter back in march. the british government believes the suspects are members of russia's military intelligence and that their operation had the approval of the kremlin. reporter: these are the men british prosecutors have charged with conspiracy to murder. they are russian citizens, but police believe their names are probably aliases. the men are accused of attempting to murder former russian double agent sergei skripal and his daughter yuliaia with a military grade nerve agent. a police officer was also hospitalized following the attack in march in the english city of salisbury. another couple also fell seriously ill after coming into contact with the nerve agent. police believe it was through this perfume bottle. dawn sturgess of salisburyry lar died. >> this could have happened to anyone. it happened on brititish soil. they will face british justice. that is what we will fight for. the international l communit obviously rallied around the government at the time. we want them

they say we welcome the progress made into the investigation into the poisoning of sergei skripal andration was almost certainly approved at a senior government level. that is significant, that is the statement coming out in the last hour or so. no doubt it will form the basis of what the united nations security council will be discussing very shortly. that is the scene now. as soon as shortly. that is the scene now. as soon as that gets under way, written, as a permanent member, entitled to call that meeting, and we arejust entitled to call that meeting, and we are just waiting for them to get started. in the meantime, we will talk about sport. sport now on afternoon live with ben croucher. if that gets under way we will have to get back to that. let‘s talk about cricket. england have won the series but they don‘t want to rock the boat before tomorrow. no, they are playing india in the fifth and final test at the oval and they‘ve made no changes to their team so if you are alastair cook, you‘re probably relieved, given it is his final test match. they‘ve had a little reshuffle in bat

they're accused of trying to kill former double agent sergei skripal and his daughter using a nerve agentthew chance live in moscow with the latest. what do we know? >> reporter: this is extraordinary because it's the first time that the russians admitted these people exist. previously when their photographs were circulated they were named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. the russians dismissed those names and photographs as meaningless. now russian president vladimir putin has come out saying, look, we know who they are, we found them. actually they're civilians. they're not members, him indicating, of the gru, the russian military intelligence group that the british authorities say they were members of. and basically there's nothing unusual about them. he also took the step of calling on these two individuals to speak to the media. almost giving the permission to do so. expectations have been rising in the country and observers watching that soon we'll be hearing from those individuals themselves. it's extraordinary because, it's going to be interesting, rather, to hear what exp

she's being paid -- niece of sergei skripal.he's being paid half the amount of money, like a lot of money, for participating in this program. so you can assume that walter is being paid too. so it's a clear economic in ntage to him, especially his old age. that's number one. number two, as i said, it's very difficult to turn back once you start going down this lane. my son waso say that a traitor who led me back to moscow. three years later he went out accusing me of killing my wife, although he knew perfectly well that my wife died of cancer five .ears after he claimed she died she couldn't address him in english because she was a russian, he didn't speak english. it's all totally unbelievable story. but who cares. lauren: sir, you'll have the last question. questioner: ukrainian legal group. i just went through american edia about russia today. under the first amendment, major american channels, they have to allocate time for smaller companies for free. russia today's using this free time to broadcast. second, a lot of america

sergei skripal and his daughter survived the poisoning. perfume bottle her boyfriend found. police believe that is how the nerve agent was brought to britain. when you go through customs, they check all your belongings, so if we had anything suspicious, any police officer would have questions. why would a man have women's perfume in his luggage? accused by britain, the men now claim they are worried for their lives. they even demanded an apology. at this appearance was controlled, carefully choreographed. the suspects have vanished as suddenly as they appeared for the state television cameras. we've all heard of first daughter ivanka trump — but what about marina mahathir? a writer, activist and the eldest daughter of the newly elected malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad, she is not one to shy away from the spotlight. vocal about human rights and her defence of the lgbt community — despite homosexuality being illegal in the country — she's well known for directly criticising her father's government. and i'm very pleased to say marina

tonight at 10:00 — two russian nationals named as suspects in the poisoning of former spy sergei skripalient evidence to charge the two men. it came six months after the skripals were poisoned by a russian—made nerve agent in salisbury, prompting a huge international outcry. the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence services — also known as the gru. the men have been named as alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov, whose movements have been traced in detail by the british authorities. we'll have the latest on the investigation, that's involved 250 officers, and we'll be asking about the significance of today's new information.

permission, i would like to update the house on the investigation into the attempted murder of sergei skripal and yulia skripal. this was a sickening and despicable act in which a devastatingly toxic nerve agent was used to attack our

the salisbury poisoning targeted sergei skripal — a former russian spy — who betrayed his country.k, too, and a policeman who visited their home. dawn sturgess was poisoned and died three months later. her boyfriend had found a perfume bottle filled with novichok. officials here have been busy mocking the british case against russia as absurd — a soap opera. they have even claimed that cctv footage was faked. so, it is not clear who might come forward now. uk police say the suspects used aliases. so, could it be men with the same names or the actual men from the mugshots? one former kgb officer told me russia could be behind the salisbury attack but the culprits never expected to be discovered. behind their public statements, he thinks russian officials are worried. all of the elite understands the mess that russia is now in but the leadership sets the tone. they say that the british made it all up and it's all rubbish, but that's just laddish bravado. everybody knows that the consequences will be serious. outrage over the poisoning has already brought diplomatic expulsions and san

say these cctv images show the two men came to britain in march with the intention of killing sergei skripalses from facebook and twitter admit they were too slow to act against political meddling, but they tell us senators they are fixing the problem. if we don't find a scalable solutions to the problems we are now seeing we lose our business and we continue to threaten the original privilege and liberty we were given to create twitter in the first place. a string of top white house officials refute the damning

the poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter has already led to diplomatic expulsions and sanctionsfirst glimpse of the key suspects but, whoever appears, the chances of them facing criminal charges in britain are as slim as ever. sarah rainsford, bbc news, moscow. tests carried out in egypt on the bodies of a british couple who died while on holiday last month suggest that the cause was e coli bacteria. john and susan cooper from burnley were staying in the resort of hurghada when they fell seriously ill. our correspondent, sarah campbell, is here. what have you learned? it is now more than three weeks since the couple died within hours of each other and the egyptian authorities have released results, postmortem results, and they say they both died asa results, and they say they both died as a result of complications from ecoli infections. mr cooper, 69, had underlying heart problems. they say thatis underlying heart problems. they say that is why his reaction was so catastrophic. and mrs cooper, 63, was in the early stages of a syndrome which is a rare and more severe reaction to

and, on the day of the attack, walking along this road close to the house of sergei skripal, where themeared on the door handle. all of this providing important evidence. the government has announced that they were agents of this organisation, the russian military intelligence agency aka the gru. it sees itself as a war fighting instrument with special forces in its ranks. is it possible is operations, including assassination attempt, could go ahead without the approval of vladimir putin? he's the president of the russian federation. he's in charge, just like the prime minister is, accountable for her intelligence services. he is accountable for them, the gru is a major intelligence service belonging to the ministry to answers to the defence minister who answers to president putin. he is ultimately responsible for the actions of his government. from moscow today, very robust denials. the foreign women —— foreign units —— foreign ministry spokesman said that the incident was meant to punish russia by sanctions. russian state tv described it as... but, those denials are not being taken s

so did they visit the house where sergei skripal and his daughter were poisoned?: maybe we passed it or maybe we didn't. i never heard about them before this nightmare started. i never heard this name before. i didn't know anything about them. from the start, the kremlin has dismissed the accusations coming from london as lies. officials here have called the whole affair absurd, a soap opera. now these two men are being presented as definitive proof of that, however implausible of their own story actually sounds. the skripal ‘s survived the poisoning, but dawn sturgess died after spring novichok from a perfume bottle her boyfriend had found. police believe thatis boyfriend had found. police believe that is how the nerve agent was brought to britain. translation: when you go through customs, they check all your belongings, so if we had only thing suspicious, any police officer would have questions. why would a man have women's perfume in his luggage? accused by britain, the men now claim they are worried for their lives. they even demand an apology. the but disappe

mr putin denies the two men accused of trying to murder sergei skripal worked for him.ut the british government isn't buying it. also on the programme... the european commission president sets out an expansive vision of the future in which he dreams of the eu one day becoming a major sovereign power. and a day in the life of... actor mark whalberg lays out his extraordinary daily routine, which starts with a full work out before 5am. fair to say it's a little different to my schedule. i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. time is fast running out for millions of people on the us atlantic coast to finalise their preparations ahead of hurricane florence. they need to use these final hours to get the sandbags in, board windows, stock up on water and petrol and — if they're in the path of a direct hit — evacuate now. out at sea, we're told florence is tossing up monster waves — some 25 metres high. its path has shifted and it could now linger on the coast, dumping huge amounts of rain. america is used to hurricanes but this one is being taken very s