and woman were exposed to the nerve agent never to which was the same agent that contaminated both yuliai skripal. the latest update we have from the hospital is that both patients remained in a critical condition. both are british nationals and are local to the area. officers are still trying to edify their next of kin. at this stage, and this is important, at this stage no one else has presented with the same symptoms linked to this instance. the priority for the investigation team now is to establish how these two people have come into contact with this nerve agent. i have around 100 detectives from the counterterrorism network working on this investigation alongside their colleagues. we have cordoned off a number of sites in amesbury and salisbury areas and we believe the two individuals visited in the period before they fell ill. this is a precautionary measure. while we continue to investigate how they came to be exposed to this substance. i do want to reassure the public that there is no evidence that even this man a woman recently visited even the sites that had been decontaminat

the nerve agent novichok which has been identified as the same nerve agent that contaminated both yulia sergei skripal. we'll have the latest on the investigation. officials have released new information in the past half hour. also tonight... a public rebuke for the work and pensions secretary esther mcvey, who's had to apologise for misleading mps about the impact of universal credit. police have arrested a nurse as they investigate the suspected murders of babies at a neonatal unit in chester. we report from southern syria on the plight of people in one of the last rebel strongholds under fire from government forces. the future for fish after brexit. we report from britain's biggest fishing port at peterhead. and, one of the biggest tv audiences of the past decade. 2a million tuned in to watch england's world cup penalty drama last night. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we will have all the latest from wimbledon where world number two caroline wozniacki makes a shock exit, beaten by ekateria makarova. good evening. police in wiltshire have declared a major incident after two p

was that the russian state were directly involved in ordering the poisoning of sergei skripal and yuliathen the most likely option is still today and most likely explanation, is that the russians have been so careless about the way in which novichok has been used in the united kingdom, that murder still lies at the door of the kremlin? it is still absolutely the government view that there is no other plausible explanation and the kremlin were responsible for the attack on yulia and sergei skripal and whilst in this incident, we must be led by the evidence and see what the facts are as the police continue with their investigation, but frankly, it is hard to see that there is another plausible explanation. has the home secretary applied pressure to his counterparts in the russian state, to see if they would be forthcoming with intelligence with information about the agent and, more importantly, its possible cure? the only thing forthcoming from the russians is a disinformation campaign. reflecting on the attack on the skripals, a senior conservative raised concerns about the level of prot

reports that police may have identified several suspects in the novichok attack on sergei and yulia skripaln a plastic bag ever be fully biodegradable? we have a special report. iamat i am at carnoustie. the scorched course has proved a real test for the world's best golfers on day one of the open. coming from bbc news, geraint thomas retains the yellow jersey and becomes the first british rider to conquer alpe d'huez at the tour de france. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. recorded crime is on the rise in england and wales — and the number of violent incidents recorded by the police has seen a particularly big increase. the overall crime rate went up by 11% in the year to march, according to new figures from the office for national statistics. the number of killings and murders rose by 12%. and crimes involving a knife rose by 16%. there was also a 30% increase in the number of robberies, which include muggings. it comes as other figures today show that detection rates are at their lowest level for three years. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. when the mor

rachel brought up absolutely right, when you had yulia skripal.d within a month and the criminalattack there. in followed within a month and the criminal attack there. in duma. the volume of fake news on that was absolutely extraordinary and commented on what was going on with skripal. anyway, he gave benefit to the assad regime and whoever was the perpetrator of that internal attack. we used to call it propaganda, didn't they? inside the inside pages of the daily mail. half the fake news taxes. there will be some concerns here. that this could lead to censorship. yes, so many concerns. this is a bit more detailed about the guardian story and again it is lot

that police have identified several people directly involved in the novichok poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal. knife crime increases by 16% in the last year — but the overall number of police recorded crimes stabilises. also coming up... teeing off at the open in glorious conditions. the 147th open championship gets under way in scotland. and, up, up and away! we travel to las vegas where a new flying car has been developed. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. it is thursday, july 19. the time has come to intensify negotiations with the european union. that's according to the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, as he prepares to travel to brussels for his first round of talks since taking overfrom david davis. mr raab will meet his opposite number michel barnier for formal talks this afternoon, ahead of a getting—to—know—you dinner this evening. the meeting comes as the european commission publishes a report outlining how eu member states can prepare for the possibility of the uk leaving the bloc without a deal. meanwhile, there'll also be a first for theresa may this afternoo

and yulia skripal were targeted with the same nerve agent.t with novichok? you'd expect a halfway competent would—be assassin to dispose of those relatively carefully because there would be a forensic gold mine but it is possible and i think the implication is it's one of the leading lines of enquiry, that may be an item, one of these items, wasn't hidden as well as expected and has been found and that two individuals have become contaminated because of its. the government says the risk to health is low, but people who visited the sites under investigation must be vigilant. we can eschew scientific advisable not to do ina can eschew scientific advisable not to do in a situation and how to make sure you take precautions to keep yourself safe but the nature of a nerve agent such as novichok is it's an absolute tiny needle in a very large haystack that we have to find. this double exposure of nerve agent affecting a town and a city seven miles apart has been a real shock here. the circumstances of who and why it happened may be different, but th

have been living together for nine months yulia was pretty sick when she arrived last summer. down by force i just felt like i wanted to die young i simply couldn't bear any more this burden of living i wanted to make it as small as possible the less there is of me the less burden there as those were the kind of thoughts i had. as i spent a lot of time on facebook i had so many friends there and they post food pictures and so did i i was smaller and smaller portions i didn't know but by liking them they'd reinforce my behavior. that was hard to digest i'm completely exhausted after the visit. want to tell he was so open with me and i felt a little overwhelmed by it i was astonished by what they had to say. but it looks like they're both on the road to recovery. but i'm not done yet. there's still that whatsapp group it's time to leave. when it holds i'm out now i told them i'm a reporter it feels a little strange. i don't know if i did the right thing. maybe i should have offered them more help. but this feels right. if that can even be said about a group like this. and either

specifically targeted unless of unlike of course they do think it was the case with screwball and yulia and there have not been very many specifics despite it's now been over twenty four hours that this has been declared a major incident and of course it's also been four months now since the original script poisoning and while officials here are saying it's too early to jump to conclusions of course accusing russia seems to be quite clear clearly on the agenda yet again and this is something that the russian foreign ministry has reacted to saying they're quite surprised to be hearing all of this again because throughout this whole entire time russia has reiterated who knows how many times saying that it would be happy to have a joint investigation and to cooperate with british officials to find out what it is that happened exactly. kunal and we were shocked today when we saw british officials stating that they're waiting on cooperation from the russian side it's possible that british media. don't inform their citizens dead dozens of such first regard in our countries working together wo

specifically targeted unless of unlike of course they do think it was the case with screwball and yulia and there have not been very many specifics despite it's now been over twenty four hours that this has been declared a major incident and of course it's also been four months now since the original script poisoning and while officials here are saying it's too early to jump to conclusions of course accusing russia seems to be quite clear clearly on the agenda yet again and this is something that the russian foreign ministry has reacted to saying they're quite surprised to be hearing all of this again because throughout this whole entire time russia has reiterated who knows how many times saying that it would be happy to have a joint investigation and to cooperate with british officials to find out what it is that happened exactly move eastward in shock you know and we were shocked today when we saw british officials stating that they're waiting on cooperation from the russian side it's possible that british needed. don't inform their citizens dead dozens of such first regarded in our c

the russian state has now been identified as the same and they're the agent that contaminated both yulia and said basically power. to stop these intrigues and games the poisonous chemical agent in the violence in the drug addicts poisoned my heart drops it is now time for the russian state comes forward and explains exactly what i was going to have any one say the british government but it's apologies to russia and the international community for work to his done. and. also coming up in a country where prostitution is legal the work that they do is often against a wall and against their will tonight sex work in germany and one woman who managed to escape the world's oldest profession. i knew it would be difficult but it was much worse than i had imagined. don i usually worked until three in the morning that was as long as i could manage but someone in there enjoyed it all night know a hole into drugs to get through it. all we begin the day with what appears to be a poisoning repeat on british soil and again russia is the main suspect british police have confirmed that two people who are

skripal, were expo5ed his daughter, yulia skripal, were exposed to.hs has grown to become the world's largest publicly funded health service. staffjoined patients and charities at a service at westminster abbey and many others will attend a service this evening at york minster, the prince of wales has met patients at a hospital in blaenau gwent, and the duke of cambridge will attend a commemorative reception in edinburgh. martine croxall is at st george's hospital in tooting for us now. there she is. 13. i have come inside to the maxillofacial land which prosthetics are made for people who have perhaps had trauma to the head or face or undergone some sort of surgery and it is here that these prosthetics are increasingly being made by 3—d printer, and we will look at one now with the lab manager, ian nelson. thank you for posting this afternoon. behind you there is a 3—d printer. can you talk u5 afternoon. behind you there is a 3—d printer. can you talk us through the various elements of what you are doing here and why? patients normally get a ct scan

it was the skill of the staff at salisbury general which saved sergei skripal and yulia skripal.evening police say in the first search of charlie rowley‘s house, officers found items that suggested a batch of illegal drugs might have been involved. now they know that once again they are dealing with a deadly nerve agent. 100 counterterrorism detectives are working on this investigation and the big questions for officers are how and where this couple came to be contaminated. in terms of the how, ina contaminated. in terms of the how, in a last half an hour at scotland ya rd have in a last half an hour at scotland yard have said they handled a contaminated items and earlier it was being suggested this could have been a file or syringe because of this couple's lifestyle. but the investigation goes on and this evening we have heard from the police that they believe more officers will be brought in and the public should be reassured that despite the police presence this area is safe. studio: june kelly, thank you. the authorities have been reassuring members of the public, stressing t

that it's said to have been the same nerve agent that was used on sergei script holland his daughter yulia on march fourth it's not yet clear whether or not this not a child came from the same batch of officials here have not yet clarified this they've also said that whichever botched they were poisoned with the second couple did not come from the original cleanup source they also said they believe that this couple was not specifically targeted unless of unlike of course they do think it was the case with scripts paul and yulia and there have not been very many specifics despite it's now been over twenty four hours that this has been declared a major incident and of course it's also been four months now since the original script called poisoning and while officials here are saying it's too early to jump to conclusions of course accusing russia seems to be quite clear clearly on the agenda yet again and this is something that the russian foreign ministry has reacted to saying they're quite surprised to be hearing all of this again because throughout this whole entire time russia has reitera

, in salisbury, also in wiltshire. —— surrogate and yulia skripal.d we have heard from the chief executive of salisbury nhs foundation trust, who runs the hospital. this is showing for me the testament to not only our staff in the hospital, but also staff in the nhs. we are so fortunate to have such skilled staff here, and they have really come into their own and been able to demonstrate not only the world—class care, as sally said, here in salisbury, but also what ca re here in salisbury, but also what care people across the nhs receive every day, 365 days a year, and for the last 70 years. so today is all about really celebrating that, because we are so about really celebrating that, because we are so lucky to have our fantastic stuff. and we know that the 'semergency committee has been meeting. we are expecting a statement from home secretary sajid javad later. what more can you tell us about that? yes, they are going to try to court the night a police response to this, and also, the public health england response to this. the message so far from

that's where former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok in march. the two people who collapsed this weekend are in critical condition in the same hospital that treated the skripals. the substance that may have made them ill is undergoing tests at a nearby chemical weapons research laboratory at porton down, that's the place that identified the nerve agent used against the skripals. we're expecting an announcement with more information on this any moment. here's the local police chief earlier. it was initially believed that the two patients fell ill after potentially using contaminated illegal drugs. however, further testing is now ongoing to establish the substance which led to these patients becoming ill. at this stage, it is not yet clear if a crime has been committed. our inquiries, supported by local partner agencies in the counterterrorism policing network, are ongoing. these pictures are of the place where the two people were found. we also know that parts of amesbury in salisbury, where these two were known to go frequently

it was the skill of the staff at salisbury general which saved sergei and yulia skripal.s evening, police said that, in the first search of charlie rowley‘s house, officers found items which suggested that a batch of illegal drugs may have been involved. now they know that, once again, they're dealing with a deadly nerve agent. let's cross live to amesbury and speak to our correspondent, ben brown, who's there for us. i was listening to the press conference earlier today from officials in salisbury. they did not sound incredibly convincing about why everybody should be reassured the situation is totally safe down there now. they were asked, can you be certain there is no more novichok lying around in salisbury? it is a very difficult thing to say they are sure there isn't. after the skripals we re sure there isn't. after the skripals were attacked, there was a huge decontamination operation in salisbury which took a lot of time and cost a lot of money, but it seems, and this is the most likely to be police are working on, when this couple went to salisbury last friday the

there are two suspects involved, and that they left the uk shortly after the attack on sergei and yuliais sergei's house behind me. cnn also say that pair of suspects sent some kind of coded message to moscow, and that that message to moscow, and that that message was picked up by some kind of british base in cyprus. we have not independently confirmed by dead the pa will cnn story, but the met are saying certainly they will not comment on this. the russian ambassador is saying that there is no russian involvement in this at all, and again this has been made up by the media. he wants to see more detailed reports on this before he comments properly. also, the security minister himself, ben wallace, saying this is ill informed and wild speculation. with that in mind, what can you tell us about the state of this ongoing investigation, which of course is notjust happening in salisbury but in amesbury to? months apart from each other. what is the latest? very much operational matters going on in both places. here, we have a police guard mounting up, not much friends at work, but about a mile

poisoning which of course we have to keep in mind that himself and his daughter yulia are now fine and well and have now for quite some time left the hospital it is expected that given the moods with the original poisoning despite the fact that investigation is now only trying to figure out how it is exactly possible that months after the original poisoning this coupled with also pronounced to have fallen ill for novacek we do know that given the moods by politicians here in the u.k. in terms of the attitudes of blaming russia for this despite russia saying it has nothing to do with it is likely to stick around especially with just last week before this woman unfortunately pasta we we heard the home secretary talk about how russia needs to come clean in this case it is now time for the russian state comes forward and explains exactly what has gone on it is the actions of the russian government that continue to undermine our security well again and of course this is a story now that has taken a much more tragic turn of events so far u.k. fishel have announced that four people had fallen

four months on from the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal, scotland yard won't discuss media reportst they've identified several russians involved. also coming up — burning the burberry. the british fashion label admits it burnt over £28 million worth of its goods last year to protect the brand. and it's been a record breaking year for book publishers, with sales up 5% on last year. but authors warn they're seeing less and less of those profits. a very good evening and welcome to bbc news. recorded crime is on the rise in england and wales, and the number of violent incidents recorded by the police has seen a particularly big increase. the overall crime rate went up by 11% in the year to march, according to new figures from the office for national statistics. the number of killings and murders rose by 12%, and crimes involving a knife rose by 16%. there was also a 30% increase in the number of robberies, which include muggings. it comes as other figures today show that detection rates are at their lowest level for 3 years. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. when more

four months after sergei and yulia skripal were poisoned in are reportshere that police know the identity of the russian suspects. and books are back in style. the u.k. is seeing a surge in the written word, and readers are keen to keep turng the page. ne: welcome to our viewers on public televion in america and around the globe. four days after the summit between president trump and invladimir putin, the stor continues to shift. today the white house says it would not be allowing russia to speak to 11 americans as requesteby mr. putin after mr. trump called it an interesting idea. and the president's intelligence chiefs e continuing to sound the alarm over how much of a threat russia still poses to the u.s. election system. this was the director of national intelligence, dan coats , ao. short time mr. coats: it is undeniable that the russians are taking the lead on thi basically, they are the ones trying to undermine our basic values, divide us with our allies. they are the ones trying to wreak havoc over the election process. we need to call them out on that. it is critical that we do s

clearly, the poisoning of yulia and sergei skripal, they knew what they we re sergei skripal, they knewn police to talk about decontaminating those areas but nobody talked about where the would—be assassins had been, to bring the novichok down into salisbury. the contaminated personal protection equipment the assassins would have been wearing, and the containers and what happened to those. if those containers had been dropped and they took those protective gloves off, they are not going to bend down and pick it up, they know what they are doing. your thinking is that they accidentally dropped it, you would not want to leave a ny dropped it, you would not want to leave any trace of evidence, or do you think they were trying to leave traces? i think using novichok, that itself had a very big sign on it, saying that the russians were responsible. i do not think they we re responsible. i do not think they were worried about living evidence. the one thing that concerns me is if they have this one bottle, the would—be assassins would certainly have been wearing protective equipment of some so

and his daughter yulia after they were needy killed by the same type of none of agent britain but i got to talk firmly on russia today the u.k. as to thirty's in moscow to share whatever they know with british police the eyes of the world are currently in russia not least because of the world cup. it is now time that the russian state comes forward and explains exactly what has gone on here but russia pointed the finger straight back at britain in a familiar war of words but is that i am but it does. mean we call on british door and forstmann bodies not to follow the dirty political games initiated by some forces in london and to start cooperating with russian law enforcement bodies in this investigation but all credit to me. prime minister to resign may have held talks with angela merkel in berlin simply said her thoughts were with the victims to see two more people exposed to the novacek in the u.k. is obviously deeply disturbing and the police i know will be leaving no stone unturned in their investigation in relation to what has happened. police now say test samples from the two pat

apparently occurred near a restaurant on one of the last new in places where russians surrogate and yulia script had been when the former russian double agent and his daughter were exposed to a nerve agent the beginning of march let's get more on this from our u.k. correspondent lisa said she had an issue what do we learn about what is the valid being in this story at the moment. well what we do know is that local police insults have said that a man in his thirty's to form an ale maisie's restaurant and that's the restaurants where the square poles dined before then of the truck poisoning in march now the road that was closed off was costal street and solsbury we've just been told that that's now reopened but police arrived on scene there at around six twenty local time pm this evening people have been sharing images and pictures online on social media of vehicles turning up in the area and people wearing green protective clothing and attending to the man that was unwell near the restaurant but source replace tweeted that we're currently dealing with an incident on cultural street and sol

the couple were found unwell in march and were taken to the hospital where sergei and yulia skripal waseated. he acknowledged it will be anxious. let me reassure you , acknowledged it will be anxious. let me reassure you, public safety is of paramount importance. public health england's latest assessment is that based on the number of casualties, there is no significant risk to the wider public. their advice is informed as the fact evolve. the home secretary calls on russia to explain the latest nerve agent poisoning of two people in amesbury in wiltshire. it is completely unacceptable for our people to be either deliberate or accidental targets. or for our streets, our parks, our towns to be dumping grounds for poison. the home secretary will appreciate how alarmed the public, particularly the people of wiltshire, must be at this second incident. involving the nerve agent, novichok. in four months. and this incident has occurred long after local people have been assured that there has been a thorough clean—up of the area. we understood that numerous areas across salisbury had been deco

the town is a few kilometres from where the former russian spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter yuliae poisoned in march. police say the substance had been identified by chemical weapons research experts. duncan kennedy reports. four months to the day after the salisbury attack, and dawn sturgess and charlie rowley have become the new victims of nerve agent poisoning in britain. the couple were taken ill from their home on saturday are now critically ill in hospital. this is the moment the emergency unfolded on saturday night. the bbc has been given these phone images of the fire and ambulance services at the property. this man says he is a friend of the couple and saw what happened. he was sweating, dribbling and he couldn't speak and was making funny noises and was rocking back and forwards, there was no response, he didn't even know i was there. it was like he was in another world, hallucinating. the nerve agent was identified in porton down near amesbury — the same place used to identify the novichok liquid in march. tonight the metropolitan police counterterrorism unit confirmed

cool may have carried out the attack in the city of salisbury so again screwball and his daughter yulia will poison for the nov a huge and not to talk news agency reports says investigators believe they have pinpointed the suspects using security camera footage to go live to london also coming up. our of lawmakers protest against a controversial new law in the israeli parliament explicitly defined israel as the nation state of the jewish people the prime minister says it's a defining moment to preside and is in. the end thailand's rescue cute boys get up early to pray for their future safety and so far the boys seem to be in good health and good spirits despite their new to me week or deal. with. i'm a money thank you for your company british police have believed rather that they've identified suspects linked to the attack on former russian double agents. and his daughter junia and that's according to a report by the press association news agency the pair were poisoned with the child in the city of solsbury in march. now two more people were recently exposed to the same nerve agent in a

salisbury that's the city where the former russian intelligence agency screwball and his daughter yulia were poisoned back in march samples from the latest victims were tested by government scientists at a nearby military research lab at porton down that's the same facility that identified the substance used against the script balls the home secretary said the use of toxic agents in the u.k. will not be tolerated. it is now time that the russian state comes forward and explains exactly what is going on it is completely unacceptable for our people to be either deliberate or accidental targets or for streets parks towns to be dumping grounds for poison we're not seeing very much evidence when it comes to not just the second poisoning but also of course the original script hall case the investigation into which is still ongoing and in this latest poisoning development to this highly dramatic and mysterious novacek saga all we seem to know for now from british officials is that it's said to have been the same nerve agent that was used on sergei script holland his daughter yulia on march fou

it was the skill of the staff at salisbury general which saved sergei and yulia skripal.s evening, police said in the first search of charlie rowley‘s house, officers found items that suggested a batch of illegal drugs might have been involved. now they know that once again they are dealing with a deadly nerve agent. the authorities have been trying to reassure the public, stressing that the risk remains low, and no—one else has presented with the same symptoms. jon kay's been speaking to people from amesbury, this is his report. for chloe, it is all too close to home. she lives just yards from the property where the couple collapsed. so she's taking no chances. following the official advice, she is washing her clothes, and wiping down her possessions. so we're just going to have to, i guess, keep waiting. she told me it was worrying that it took four days to identify the nerve agent. it was hard not knowing, because we just didn't know what to do. we just didn't want to assume something, but i guess we assumed the worst, and the worst was what we got. for friends and rel

away it's the same hospital that treated former russian spy surrogates creep owl and his daughter yulia just four months ago after they were nearly killed by the same kind of nerve agent. counter-terror police are leading the latest probe. we can confirm that the man or woman have been exposed to the nerve agent of a truck which has been identified as the save more page of the contaminated broken and so case report we are not be in a position to say whether the nerve agent was from the side perhaps the scribbles were exposed to the possibility that these two investigations might be linked is clearly allied with forty four. detectives are investigating how the couple came into contact with the nerve agent they say there's nothing in the past background to suggest they would have been deliberately targeted. police have cordoned off places the couple had been before falling ill including a church community center. the u.k. government has called a meeting of its emergency committee to discuss this second mysterious poisoning in the south precarious. let's cross over to london bigot mass is

the medical team who nursed sergei and yulia skripal are now fighting to save these new victims.iggest questions are where and how were this couple poisoned? you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the first man to kayak solo from australia to new zealand tells us how he did it. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly, that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit, at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering the record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. welcome back to newsday on

it is now more than four months since sergei skripal and his daughter yulia fell ill, not long after—de—sac, where they had become contaminated by a russian—made military grade nerve agent, novichok, nerve agent, a novichok, that had been smeared or sprayed on his front door. the cnn network in the united states suggested today that detectives have used cctv and facial recognition software to isolate pictures of two suspects seen leaving britain soon after the attack, though it is not known if they are russian and it's not clear they have been fully identified. counterterrorism detectives refused to discuss the reports, leaving only the russian ambassador to comment. unfortunately, we don't have official statements of the british side. i want to hear that from the scotland yard or the foreign office. a lot of versions that we here in the newspapers, they are not supported by the statements of the foreign office. the attack ended up taking dawn sturgess‘ life. she is thought to have been contaminated by a perfume bottle which somehow ended up in her partner's flat. the inquest into he

it is now more than four months since sergei skripal and his daughter yulia fell ill, not long after a quiet cul—de—sac, where they had become contaminated by a russian—made military grade nerve agent, a novichok, that had been smeared or sprayed on his front door. the cnn network in the united states suggested today that detectives have used cctv and facial recognition software to isolate pictures of two suspects seen leaving britain soon after the attack, though it is not known if they are russian and it's not clear they have been fully identified. counterterrorism detectives refused to discuss the reports, leaving only the russian ambassador to comment. unfortunately, we don't have official statements of the british side. i want to hear that from the scotland yard or the foreign office. a lot of versions that we hear, you know, in the newspapers, they are not supported by the statements the attack ended up taking dawn sturgess's life. she is thought to have been contaminated by a perfume bottle, which somehow ended up in her partner's flat. the inquest into her death opened and ad

all the sites that have been decontaminated following the attempted murders of sergei and yulia skripalave been reopened have undergone rigorous testing and any items that may have harboured any residual amounts of the agent were safely removed for disposal. we have taken a very robust approach to decontamination, and there is no evidence that either the man or the woman in hospital visited any of the places that were visited by the sergei. 0ur strong working assumption is that the couple came into co nta ct assumption is that the couple came into contact with the nerve agent in a different location to the sites which have been part of the original clean—up operation. the police have also set up two dedicated phone numbers for anyone with concerns relating to this incident. salisbury district hospital remains open as usual, and is advising people to attend routine operations unless they are contacted and told otherwise. we are taking this incident incredibly seriously, and working around the clock to discover precisely what has happened, where, and why. be assured that we have world lea

skripal —— sergei skripal and yulia skripal.ay there could still be further containers of novichok in the area that are undiscovered, and public health england say, don't pick up anything strange, if you live in the area, including syringes, needles and cosmetics. thank you. the former sinn fein president, gerry adams, has appealed for people who carried out an attack on his home in west belfast last night to meet him. an explosive device was thrown at the house. it follows several nights of rioting in londonderry, which police have blamed on dissident republicans. our ireland correspondent, john campbell, reports. for six nights this week, young people from a republican area of derry have attacked the police. the chief constable said they were being directed by a group of violent dissident republicans who oppose sinn fein and the peace process. yesterday, a rally was held in the city, where sinn fein condemned the dissidents, saying they were using young people as cannon fodder. and this may have been the dissidents' response,

hospital last weekend from ames very which is just miles away from seoul's brewery where sergei and yulia script all were said to have been poisoned by a child back in march was indeed been pronounced dead we do know that forty four year old donna sturgis died on sunday night and we know that the british prime minister has expressed that she's the poles have shocked by this development indeed the partner of this woman who was also taken to hospital remains in critical condition and scotland yard have now announced they will be a treating this as a murder investigation and despite the fact that this lead a separate incident following the one with. a script is indeed being in its early stages of investigation we do know that some officials giving the whole mood about these incidents have still been pointing fingers at russia already somebody is responsible for you know the end of the day. stops with the kremlin time to send a clear message to putin about chemical weapons relegate the remaining games of the world cup to elsewhere in europe well us some of the newspapers here in the u.k. have