tonight at 10:00 — two russian nationals named as suspects in the poisoning of former spy sergei skripalnd his daughter yulia. after an extensive study of cctv and other images, scotland yard says there would be sufficient 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. also tonight... we are three friends, bloggers, we all have one thing in common, we all have or have had cancer. tributes to the bbc‘s rachel bland, who's died at the age of a0 — presenter of an award—winning podcast documenting her treatment for cancer. scallop fishing — now britain and france hav

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. as we heard, more than 250 detectives have been working on the investigation, and they combed through 11,000 hours of cctv footage to identify the attackers. in the process, they have also taken more than 1,400 statements. our home af

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

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

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

headlines 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. t

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

she confirmed the investigation is in relation to both sergei and yulia skripal and charlie rowley and police investigation has enabled the cps to bring charges against the two suspects so security and intelligence agencies have carried out their own investigations into the organisation behind this attack. based on this work i can today tell the house that based on a body of intelligence the government has concluded that the two individuals named by the police and cps are officers from the russian military intelligence service, the gru. the gru is a highly disciplined organisation with a well—established chain of command. this was not a rogue operation and was almost certainly approved outside the gru at a senior level of the russian state. the house will appreciate i cannot go into details about the work of our security and intelligence agencies but we will be briefing opposition leaders and others on privy council terms and also giving further details to the intelligence and security committee. let me turn to our response to this appalling attack and the further knowledge we now have

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

we now have sufficient evidence to bring charges in relation to the attack on sergei and yulia skripaln 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 afternoon live, we will hear from alastair cook as he explains the thinking behind his international ret

minister may named the two suspects involved in a nerve agent attack against former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter. the prime minister said uk intelligent services had concluded that the two men were russian intelligence officers who worked for tru. russia has repeatedly denied involvement. this is 15 minutes. >>> with 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 ho

skripal, the attempted murder of sergei skripal and yulia skripal, 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 alien says. -- to be aliases. they traveled by train to london victoria, then on to waterloo, before going to the hotel in london. they stayed friday and saturday evening and traces of novichok were found in their hotel room. on saturday, they visited sol's barry. -- visited salisbury. on 4 march, they made the same journey, traveling 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. they left salisbury and arrived in waterloo. they then returned to moscow, departing at 10:30 pm. mister speaker, this hard evidence has enabled the independent crown prosecution service to conclude they have a sufficient basis on which to b

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

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

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

with 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 -- 11,000 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 charg

sergei skripal in russian eyes is a traitor.ongside other officers. he then betrayed them to mi6. he revealed a list of gru operatives in europe to m16. he list of gru operatives in europe to mi6. he was caught and arrested in 2006, given a lengthy prison sentence. but three years later he was traded in a spy swap with a number of russian spies that america handed over and he came to live quietly in salisbury in vulture. not so quietly in salisbury in vulture. not so quietly it turns out, because he isa so quietly it turns out, because he is a marked man. maybe he was told daily—macro still feeding in what information he had left to mi6, but a nyway information he had left to mi6, but anyway somebody wanted him dead. given the international outcry and the musick risk to russia in terms of sanctions, what would be the thinking in taking the risk on this, was the desire to get rid of him so big they were prepared to take on the risk of enormous and other economic damage? you asking me to look inside the head of whoever it was orde

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... tribu

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

sergei became the first killed martyr of your own my don. and in a heartbeat the police officers were appointed as his killers almost two years later the official investigation would still deliver no results now it is widely believed that negro yon's murder was staged by provocateurs to escalate the conflict. god speaks to people with the language of silence on january twenty sixth two thousand and fourteen hope francis prayed for ukraine addressing thousands of people at st peter's square in vatican city p.d. and. hate speech. after the prayer to white doves were released from the papal window and were immediately attacked by a crow and siegel those who understand the language could easily read the meaning of this ailment soon great forces the sea eagle and the crow would be tearing apart to slavic nations the white doves this omen gave hope to the ukrainian people saying that by god's will the doves would be saved but it also predicted severe hardship and many victims. of. the events which could enter into the history of the color revoluti

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

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,

lavrov along political careers because there is now a rumor in moscow that sergei lavrov for example the foreign minister asked for his retirement several times because as much as he had i seen lost his job it is quite tiring there was also speculation that put in wasn't planning on the calming back to power or running for presidency again in two thousand and twelve but the events in libya and the murder of moammar gadhafi the disintegration of libya afterwards made him change his mind i wonder to what extent western policies are responsible for keeping those perhaps not fully appreciated individuals in power for so long well those two room as you mentioned. may be a conspiracy theorist but i suspect the origins of some of those rumors think this is all part of trying to make russia feel weak about. and the information war it's ruthless and ongoing thing against against russian stability but let me come back. what what makes them special i remember even when i was forty seven years ago and certainly in my subsequent twenty five years as a diplomat the smartest people in russian embas

after sergei was killed early in the morning of january twenty second two thousand and fourteen the circumstances of his death remain unknown to this day even though the whole area of protests was heavily filmed at that time there were no records or witnesses to help the investigation and his body was moved immediately from the scene of the crime. sergei became the first killed martyr of your own my done and in a heartbeat the police officers were appointed as his killers almost two years later the official investigation would still deliver no results now it is widely believed that nico younes murderer. as staged by provocateurs to escalate the conflict. god speaks to people with the language of signs on january twenty sixth two thousand and fourteen pope francis prayed for ukraine addressing thousands of people at st peter's square in vatican city p.d. and. hate speech. after the prayer to white doves were released from the papal window and were immediately attacked by a crow and siegel those who understand the language could easily read the meaning of this ailment soon great force

coming to an end with politicians from around the world taking the stage russian foreign minister sergey lavrov raised concern over some countries trying to hijack u.n. principles. the number of western states to seek you to preserve the self-proclaimed status of the local leaders and prevent the transition to a multi-polar world order. this means including political blackmail economic pressure and brute force diplomacy a culture of negotiation and compromise have been replaced by unilateral restrictions like un security council approval following his speech to the un general assembly russia's foreign minister held a press conference artistically and track our talks us through what sergey lavrov had to say. we heard a lot from the russian side on friday before their departure it was. as big press conference and spokeswoman marie as a hard as exclusive interview to r.t. as well the press conference began with a bit of surrogate humor so there is a new policy of the land express creation in south africa that the that they're implementing is a parliamentary process people could lose their f

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

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

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the resort of hurghada russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergeiulia skripal in salisbury as ‘civilians, not criminals‘ translation: we obviously looked at who these people are. we found them, they will appear soon, i hope, and tell you everything themselves. 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 the surface appear in north carolina as the storm of a lifetime barrels towards those people flee the coastline. and crumbling their way into the history books. the victorian society releases a list of some of the country's most endangered historic buildings good evening. a leading group of brexit—supporting conservative mps has put forward proposals on the highly contentious issue of how the irish border will be handled after britain leaves the eu. the european research groups approach is an alternative to the one laid out in the government's chequers plan — and comes amid renewed questions about the suppo

theresa may says the two suspects in the salisbury nerve agent attack on sergei and julia skripal are members of russian military intelligence. facebook and twitter execs have admitted they were too slow to act against political meddling in the us, but they have told senators the problem is getting fixed. western japan is struggling to recover from the strongest typhoon to hit the country in 25 years. the world health organisation warns that a quarter of the world's adults aren't getting enough exercise. interestingly, the problem is in the richer countries in the world. two russian nationals have been named as suspects in the salisbury novichok attack which targeted sergei and yulia skripal. uk police say these two men arrived in london on the 2nd of march, using the names alexander petrov and ruslan boshirov. we got much more detailfrom we got much more detail from the prime minister, theresa may. 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 men visited salisb

bear the consequences russia has also reacted to this new round of sanctions russia still diplomat sergei lavrov has said that what the it's doing the essentially are pushing more school towards reducing its dependency on washington and especially on the exchanges in dollars in the u.s. currency has also added that this is something that other countries are learning from these sanctions to love reasons that featured a blonde with russian roots who was not too offensive to the i who has an instagram page filled with pictures of her in a bikini is who was claiming that just minutes away from the restaurant that sergei script holland his daughter yulia had been visiting in another italian restaurant she and her husband she claims were poisoned by vladimir putin who was going after them and wanted her killed and that story of course turned out to be something that was on the front page of the sun as well as several other tabloids and is now being treated as a hoax and this is what the son had to say on this like any news paper we were keen to talk to those at the center of the incident and in

russian president vladimir putin describes the two men accused of poisoning sergei and yulia skripalsbury as "civilians, not criminals." we obviously looked at who these people are. we've found them. they will appear soon, we hope, and tell you everything themselves. battening down the hatches — mandatory evacuation orders are issued as several american states prepare for the arrival of hurricane florence. it's five o'clock. our top story... members of a group of pro—brexit conservative mps have dismissed suggestions they want to overthrow theresa may because of her chequers blueprint for leaving the eu. jacob rees—mogg, who's the chairman of the european research group, said the policy needed to be changed but he was "supporting the person". the erg today published a plan for tackling the issue of the irish border after britain leaves the eu — one of the major stumbling blocks in the negotiations. the group insists its proposals would enable the uk to leave the single market and the customs union without the need for a hard border. leila nathoo reports from westminster. brexiteers w

chief speaks exclusively to the russians accused of poisoning sergei script file and his daughter much of the media and many put politicians into overdrive calling the many claims show. terrorists film a false flag chemical attack to send to the un and post online with the hope of discrediting the syrian government that's according to russia's military. donald trump signs a new executive order to defend all future u.s. elections from foreign meddling this less than two months before the countries of. those who are joining us this hour we are watching that we clear on our international. on thursday the two men accused of carrying out the poisoning of former russian double agent script pal and his daughter on british soil they gave the world exclusive stating that they had nothing to do with the assassination attempt interview to our editor in chief margarita simonyan prompted such headlines in the british media as murderous and having a holiday from hell while others said that their claims only made the u.k.'s case stronger. we. are the new to me and i've been to live one you called me

has fallen ill in the english city of songs very close to the signs where the former russian spy sergei screwball and his daughter were poisoned with the nerve agent which talks last march once again the incident took place in a thai and restaurant though this time a different establishment. also coming up a problem critic is being treated here in germany following a suspected poisoning in moscow curator there is a lot as one of four closely riot protesters who stormed the pitch during this year old's world cup final in the russian capital. and lewis hamilton takes another step towards retaining his formula one world title the briton dominates under the lights on the streets of singapore. american evanston thanks for joining us we begin this hour with news from saul's very in southwest england police there have cordoned off parts of the city center after two people became ill at a restaurant chain culprits so the news spread quickly across social media this woman is this is from a woman who says she was near the couple at the time of the incident. she wrote feeling a little apprehensive

where prosecutors have charged two russian men with a nerve agent attack on former russian spy sergei script all and his daughter earlier this year the british government believes that the suspects are members of russia's military intelligence agency and that their operation almost certainly received the seal of approval from the kremlin. these are the men british prosecutors have charged with conspiracy to murder. alexander petroff and. are russian citizens but police believe their names are probably in the it says. the men are accused of attempting to murder former russian double agent. and his daughter yulia 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 person bottle don sturgis of salisbury later died. british justice. at the time we want to see what we have managed to achieve to help. british police have released close circuit t.v. images of petrol of and it off arriving