cannot— sergei and yulia skripal?rve agent in iroth— determined that the nerve agent in both cases was part of a single _ in both cases was part of a single batch? —— can it be determined. is it possible to say that— determined. is it possible to say that the bottle of novichok that poisoned dawn sturgess had been _ that poisoned dawn sturgess had been used on the skripals, might— been used on the skripals, might there have been a second container? — might there have been a second container? if it was the same bottle. — container? if it was the same bottle, how did a container hrought— bottle, how did a container brought to salisbury at the beginning of march 2018 come to beginning of march 2018 come to be in _ beginning of march 2018 come to be in dawn sturgess's possession in amesbury with such— possession in amesbury with such tragic consequences at the end of— such tragic consequences at the end ofjune 2018. should the bottle — end ofjune 2018. should the bottle have been found in the meantime? and a question that

and in another first today, we heard the views of sergei skripal himself.an military intelligence, said he never thought that the russian regime would try to murder him. he went on to say... he was a close and a clear- and obvious target of an attack from mr putin and his henchmen. russia has always denied sending these two agents to kill sergei skripal. the inquiry will spend six weeks examining every piece of evidence. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. spacecraft has busted florida but for signs of alien life. its destination is europa — a deeply mysterious moon orbiting the distant planet jupiter — with potentially twice as much water as earth. the clipper won't arrive until 2030, but what it finds could change what we know about life in our solar system. here's pallah ghosh. two, one. ignition. and lift—off. up and on its way, on a mission to see if life could exist on another world. unveiling the mysteries of an enormous ocean. the europa clipper spacecraft sets off on a 1.8 billion milejourney. it'll passjupiter and head towards the ice covered

and in anotherfirst today, we heard the views of sergei skripal himself.ent to the inquiry, in which mr skripal, who once worked for russian military intelligence, said he never thought that the russian regime would try to murder him. he went on to say... he was a close and a clear and obvious target of an attack from mr putin and his henchmen. russia has always denied sending these two agents to kill sergei skripal. the inquiry will spend six weeks examining every piece of evidence. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. the american rapper sean diddy combs is facing fresh allegations of rape, sexual abuse and sexual assault. at least six new lawsuits were filed in a new york federal court on monday, involving allegations spanning from 1995 to 2021. the accusers — two women and four men who are remaining anonymous — allege that some of the assaults took place at mr combs' parties, which were attended by high—profile celebrities. the rapper is currently in pre—trial detention for charges of sex trafficking and racketeering — which he denies. our correspon

perfume bottle has been found by the authorities in the immediate aftermath of the attack on sergei skripalthe perfume bottle home and presented it to dawn sturgess. we know that she sprayed it on her wrists and he got some on his hands, but apparently washed his hands off. they both fell ill and of course, a few days later, dawn sturgess died because of what happened to her. she ingested so much of the poison. charlie rowley himself is very ill, in and out of hospital, but eventually, he survived. incidentally, the flat where all of this took place, where they were living in amesbury, has since been demolished. the authorities felt that with all —— that all the cleaning in all the world would not satisfy any future tenants and it is thought that dawn sturgess' family and charlie rowley himself felt that was the best thing for it so it was demolished. it is a patch of grass now. unlikely home of sergei skripal salisbury, which still remains. it was thoroughly cleaned and remodelled in many ways and new people have moved into it. lots of questions and more information and evidence to be put

and in another first today, we heard the views of sergei skripal himself.nquiry, in which mr skripal, who once worked for russian military intelligence, said he never thought that the russian regime would try to murder him. he went on to say, "i believe that putin makes all important decisions himself. i therefore think he must have at least given permission for the attack on yulia and me. nobody can be protected 100% from an assassin." he was a close and a clear and obvious target of an attack from mr putin, and his henchmen. russia has always denied sending these two agents to kill sergei skripal. the inquiry will spend six weeks examining every piece of evidence. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. the prime minister has opened a major investment conference in london — telling business leaders that now is a "a great moment" to back britain. sir keir starmer told delegates that he wanted to give companies the best conditions to succeed and insisted changes to workers�* rights are "pro growth". our business editor simonjack was there. london�*s financi

sergei skripal never did return to his home here and after months of decontamination work, it was laterin 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 died a few days later. in the years that followed, their home was demolished, leaving just a patch of grass and trees, as well as questions about how it had all happened. at the opening of the hearings today, counsel for the inquiry said there was enough poison in the perfume bottle to

dawn sturgess| was posing with the novichok at home amesbury, four months after sergei skripal and yuliawere killed in salisbu . ~ , ., ., salisbury. we understand it had enou:h salisbury. we understand it had enough novichok _ salisbury. we understand it had enough novichok to _ salisbury. we understand it had enough novichok to kill- enough novichok to kill thousands of people, and although we were devastated by her death, ourfamily thinks her death, our family thinks comfort her death, ourfamily thinks comfort that her life was the only lifeless that day the potential harm as much, much more, and we know she would agree. more, and we know she would auree. ., y more, and we know she would auree. ., , .,, agree. -- the only life lost. her comments _ agree. -- the only life lost. her comments about - agree. -- the only life lost. her comments about dawn | her comments about dawn sturgess her comments about dawn stu rgess were her comments about dawn sturgess were acknowledged by the chair. . ~ sturgess were acknowledged by the chair. ., ~ , ., , sturgess were acknowledged by the chair. .

it followed the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, who were both poisoned 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 hidden inside . and those are the latest inside. and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour . half an hour. >> good afternoon, britain . it's >> good afternoon, britain. it's 2:07. now, the prime minister has set out his plans to rip up red

sturgess was blamed on two russian agents who used the nerve agent to try to murder former spy sergei skripalaughter. 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 lebanon and the threat of a region—wide escalation drawing in iran has pushed gaza down the news agenda in recent weeks. but in n

poisoning of dawn stu rgess up to the death, the poisoning of dawn sturgess and the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripald yulia skripal. earlier we had from caroline sturgess, the mother of dawn stu rgess caroline sturgess, the mother of dawn sturgess and spoke about the last conversation she had with dawn the night before she was poisoned and later died of that poisoning. it was pure chance, she said, that dawn sprayed herself with novichok from a perfume bottle. she was then taken ill... we can 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

and sergei and yulia skripal were very badly poisoned . and it was very badly poisoned.t 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 believe very strongly that it will not be donald trump's agenda to come into the white house again and be the president who allows the soviet empire to be rebuilt. okay, and that's no , be rebuilt. okay, and that's no, you don't make america great again by making the soviet empire great again. >> okay, well,

in 2016, sergei skripal was living — in 2016, sergei skripal was living in— in 2016, sergei skripal wasat sergei — unusual past, we will hear that sergei skripal had been born in russia — sergei skripal had been born in russia and had served first as a paratrooper in the russian army— a paratrooper in the russian army and _ a paratrooper in the russian army and latterly as a member of the — army and latterly as a member of the russian military intelligence. he was convicted intelligence. he was convicted in russia — intelligence. he was convicted in russia on espionage charges with allegations against him that he _ with allegations against him that he had spied for britain. he was— that he had spied for britain. he was subsequently was brought to the uk and a prisoner— was brought to the uk and a prisoner exchange. we will hear that's— prisoner exchange. we will hear that's ok — prisoner exchange. we will hear that's ok has lived in salisbury since 2010, for most of that— salisbury since 2010, for most of that time in the house of christie _ of that time in the house of christie miller

already identified the three russian suspects as the team behind the assassination attempt on sergei skripals unprecedented. clearly, not one that we had seen before _ clearly, not one that we had seen before but — clearly, not one that we had seen before. but one that we were able to apply our— before. but one that we were able to apply our existing operational process— apply our existing operational process to in order to respond. the in . ui process to in order to respond. t'te: inquiry continues process to in order to respond. t“te: inquiry continues tomorrow with evidence involving charlie rowley, the boyfriend of dawn sturgess. what you got a sense of today during this inquiry, particularly from the senior officer, the deputy chief constable, wasjust senior officer, the deputy chief constable, was just how surprised the emergency services were about the emergency services were about the dawn sturgess incident. it came four months and eight miles from the incident that took place here in salisbury. the sense of that came on the day that dawn fell ill, the 30th ofjune, emergency services

the nerve agent had been used in a bid to murder former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, andlocal police officer also fell seriously ill. and finally, nasa has launched a probe to search for life on one of jupiter's moons. the europa clipper , moons. the europa clipper, launched from florida's kennedy space centre after a delay of several days because of hurricane milton. after the five year journey to europa, it will begin scanning deep below the moon's icy crust, looking for signs of organic compounds in the moon's deep subsurface ocean . the moon's deep subsurface ocean. okay, you're right up to date . okay, you're right up to date. now strap yourselves in as the martin daubney rocket is about to launch . to launch. >> thank you, mark white for that excellent flame filled intro. welcome back to gbn tonight, and i want to kick off this evening with an exclusive story on migration levels here in britain. data seen exclusively by gb news shows that an astonishing quarter of a million legal immigrants have been let into the uk since 2021 without even a basic criminal record ch

it came after the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, and then policefficer nick bailey, who were poisoned in salisbury in march. that year. now children who are doomscrolling for hours a day on smartphones are at risk of widespread harm, according to labour mp josh mcallister. the equivalent of seat belt legislation is needed to help them manage addictive content for children tomorrow. mcallister will introduce the private member's bill in parliament on protecting children from harms caused by excessive screen time. the bill will call for legal requirements to be introduced so all schools in england are mobile free zones and is also expected to call for the age at which companies can get data consent from children without parental permission to be raised from 13 to 16. now moving to the middle east. now on. foreign office minister anneliese dodds has told the commons that she was gravely concerned to hear about attacks on un peacekeepers in southern lebanon. that's as the un secretary—general has condemned the large number of civilian casualties that h

the nerve agent had been used in a bid to murder former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, andlocal police officer also fell seriously ill. russia denies any involvement and has described the inquiry as a circus . a jury at the old bailey circus. a jury at the old bailey has been told how the father of sarah sharif fled to pakistan after allegedly killing the ten year old, and then he called police to say i legally punished her and she died. sarah's father, irfan sharif, her stepmother and uncle are on trial accused of killing her. her body was discovered at her home in woking in surrey in august last year. the defendants have pleaded not guilty to her murder to and causing or allowing the death of a child . allowing the death of a child. the police firearms officer who shot london man chris kaba, has told a jury he thought one of his colleagues was about to die when he opened fire. giving evidence in the in public for the first time at the old bailey, pc martin blake said he was filled with dread after the audi mr kaba was driving moved backwards and forwards as police officer

it followed the attempted murder of former spy the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal ands 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 former president after being released on bail. this comes as the local county sheriff said the local

it followed the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia and then police 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 and robert jenrick are quizzed by conservative party members and myself at our gb news leadership event and afterwards join me patrick christys with a live studio audience and a star panel as we discuss what it means for the conservative party and what it means for you . means for you. >> decision time the race to lead from 7:00 pm this thursday. only on gb news. people's channel,

the nerve agent had been used in a bid to murder former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, and a local police officer also fell seriously ill. stansted airport is to undergo a massive transformation as part of a £1.1 billion investment. the five year construction programme will expand the main terminal by a third and see the existing building refurbished. the redevelopment will create 5000 new jobs and also deliver a 14 megawatt solar wind farm on site. a solar farm, i should say, which will help power the airport's infrastructure. the plans were unveiled by the prime minister at the flagship international investment summit in for london us tech firms also used the summit to announce plans to invest £6.3 billion in a data centre infrastructure in the uk. a jury at the old bailey has been told how the father of sarah sharif fled to pakistan after allegedly killing the ten year old. the court heard that irfan sharif then called police to say i legally punished her and she died. sarah's father, her stepmother and uncle are on trial accused of killing her. her body was discovered a

the nerve agent to her skin in july 2018, and it came after the attempted murders of former spy sergei skripal his daughter yulia and then police officer nick bailey, who were poisoned in salisbury in 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 slash alerts . .com forward slash alerts. >> welcome back. so emily and tom are here to tell us what's coming up this afternoon on good afternoon britain. emily. you look like a like a first lady today. >> i do, don't i? >> you could be donald trump's wife in that lucky old me. >> there's a thought. >> there's a thought. >> lucky old me . >> lucky old me. >> lucky old me. >> we may actually discuss glamorous politician. >> i don't know, ron desantis wife, ron desantis wife. >> there you go. there i am. florida's first lady. >> i'm trying to i'm trying to think of a single example of a glamorous politician. i just can't i mean, back in the day, you c

the nerve agent to her skin in july 2018, and it came after the attempted murders of former spy sergei skripalnd his daughter yulia and then police officer nick bailey , who were poisoned in bailey, who were poisoned in salisbury in march. that year. some breaking news this hour. a murder investigation has been launched after a man in his 40s was shot dead in north london. police were called to waltheof gardens in tottenham at 9:00 this morning following reports of a shooting. officers found a man with a gunshot wound and despite efforts by emergency services, he died at the scene. no arrests have been made so far. elsewhere, foreign office minister anneliese dodds has told the commons she was gravely concerned to hear about attacks on un peacekeepers in southern lebanon. that's as the un secretary—general has condemned the large number of civilian casualties that have taken place in northern gaza. the un's palestinian refugee agency claimed ten people were killed after an israeli attack on a food supply centre. the un agency for palestinian refugees said shells hit inside and outside the cent

the nerve agent had been used in a bid to murder former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, andcal police officer also fell seriously ill. russia denies any involvement and has described the inquiry as a circus. involvement and has described the inquiry as a circus . at the inquiry as a circus. at least 18 people have been killed in what's believed to have been the first israeli airstrike on a northern lebanese town since the start of the current conflict with hezbollah a year ago. rescue teams have spent the day digging through rubble looking for survivors in the town of ba.2. lebanese officials have blamed israel for the attack, which would mark an expansion of the current conflict into the christian majority northern region. that strike comes less than a day after four idf soldiers were killed, and more than 60 others injured in a drone strike on a military base in northern israel. the hezbollah terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack . a jury at the old bailey attack. a jury at the old bailey has been told that the father of sarah sharif fled to pakistan after

it followed the attempted murder of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia and then policeficer nick bailey, who were poisoned in salisbury of march that year. were poisoned in salisbury of 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 slash >> good afternoon britain. it's 36 minutes past midday now. the prime minister has made his case for investment into the uk today when addressing business leaders at his first international investment summit in london. >> yes, he cited britain's amazing education sector as one of the many reasons to invest in this country. >> yes, interesting . really. it >> yes, interesting. really. it was a switch in tone from the prime minister because for months we've heard sort of the, the, the narrative that we must tighten our belts, that actually things were much worse than the government really thought when they arrive

it came after the attempted murders of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia and then policefficer nick bailey, who were poisoned in salisbury in march that year. elsewhere, uk earnings growth has fallen to its lowest level for more than two years amid further signs of a weakening jobs market, according to official figures. the office for national statistics says average regular earnings growth eased back to 4.9% in the three months to july, down from 5.1% in the previous three months. this marked the lowest level since three the months to june 2022, but earnings growth continues to outstrip inflation as pay increased by 2.6% in the three months to august, with consumer pfices months to august, with consumer prices index inflation taken into account . the un into account. the un secretary—general has condemned the large number of civilian casualties that have taken place in northern gaza. it comes as the un's palestinian refugee agency claimed ten people were killed after an israeli attack on a food supply centre. the un agency for palestinian refugees said shells hit inside a

the nerve agent had been used in a bid to murder former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, and police officer also fell seriously injured . and finally, seriously injured. and finally, the snowman is being depicted on a new royal mint £0.50 piece , a new royal mint £0.50 piece, with a one off gold version hidden in one of its advent calendars. as part of the launch of the collectable coin. a solid gold £0.50 piece has been placed behind door 24, in just one limited edition . will the coins limited edition. will the coins commemorate the much loved character immortalised in the books and films of raymond briggs ? well, our much loved briggs? well, our much loved michelle dewberry is back with us all 24 carats of her. >> 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 slash alerts . .com. forward slash alerts. >> oh, thank you very much for that. he's a smoothie, isn't he? our mark white. we love him . and our mark white. we love him. and thank you very much, by the way, to each and every single

four months earlier of attempted murderfour months earlier of the former russian double agent sergei skripalces blamed russia for the attack. the inquiry will hear some classified evidence in private. it is on a ten minute delay, as it started at ten, we are expecting it to come to us soon. but it's about the circumstances that led to the circumstances that led to the death of dawn sturgess in july 2018. she was fatally poisoned after spraying herself with the contents of a perfume bottle which contained a significant amount of the nerve agent novichok. her partner charlie rally told police he had found a perfume in a charity collection bin. we are looking at pictures from the inquiry, everybody rising for the inquiry chairman to come in. 1522