Now playing Next Russia Expelled US diplomats leave Moscow embassy Sixty diplomats leave Russia in the retaliatory expulsions following the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal. 05/04/2018
Now playing Next Europe News OPCW begins Skripal investigation in The Hague UK says Russia's call for a joint investigation into the poisoning is "perverse" 04/04/2018
Now playing Next no comment US diplomatic staff load truck outside St Petersburg consulate US diplomatic staff continued to move items out from their consulate building in St Petersburg on Saturday after Moscow ordered its closure and the expulsion of 60 US diplomats days earlier. 01/04/2018
Now playing Next Russia Russia expels 60 US diplomats in escalating global standoff Moscow expels 60 US diplomats and closes the American embassy in St Petersburg in an escalating global standoff provoked by the poisoning of a former Russian double-agent living in the UK. 31/03/2018
Now playing Next world news US condemns Russia expulsions This is not "tit for tat" says State Department 30/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Skripal daughter's health rapidly improving Hospital statement says she has responded well to treatment, but still needs round-the-clock expert clinical care 29/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Daughter of poisoned Russian ex-spy 'recovering' Yulia Skripal is "improving rapidly" and no longer in a critical condition, hospital says. 29/03/2018
Now playing Next Russia Russia says this convinced European countries to expel its diplomats Russia says the "notorious classified files" prompted foreign governments to expel its diplomats. 28/03/2018
Now playing Next Russia Skripal Case: Many Russians feel Moscow not to blame Over 140 Russian diplomats have been expelled in the biggest concerted action against Russian intelligence networks by the West since the Cold War 27/03/2018
Now playing Next Russia Biggest concerted action against Russian intelligence since Cold War More than 100 Russian diplomats expelled following Skripal poisoning 27/03/2018
Now playing Next Russia Diplomatic row shows no sign of calming three weeks after poisoning The diplomatic row between the UK and Russia shows no sign of being resolved as the Kremlin makes counter-claims against UK allegations 25/03/2018
Now playing Next Russia Russia defiant as its diplomats arrive home Russia is defiant as the 23 of its diplomats expelled by the UK arrive back in Moscow. The Ambassador even suggests the UK may be in breach of its international obligations. 21/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Car recovered in Skripal poisoning case Police have recovered a car near Salisbury in the UK. The vehicle is thought to have been used to collect poisoning victim Sergei Skripal's daughter Yulia from the airport on 3 March. 20/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Video showing Putin projected onto UK Foreign Office is a fake, govern A video purporting to show Vladimir Putin's face being projected onto the British Foreign Office in London on the night of the Russian elections is fake, according to the UK government. 19/03/2018
Now playing Next Europe News EU offers UK 'unqualified solidarity' after poison attack Show of support comes as Kremlin tells Britain to back up its assertions or apologise over the poisoning of a Russian double agent and his daughter 19/03/2018
Now playing Next Russia Russia - West confrontations 'will continue', political analyst says Vladimir Putin operates a concept of Russia being under constant attack and constantly defending itself, according to Andrei Kolesnikov 19/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Skripal: Russia can ask for an inquiry over its toxin fears A leading chemical weapons expert says if Russia is concerned that the nerve agent used in the Salisbury spy attack may have been produced in the UK, it can ask the OPCW to launch an investigation. 19/03/2018
Now playing Next world news Was the Salisbury spy toxin from the UK? That is the claim from Russia's Ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov. 18/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Boris Johnson: ‘overwhelmingly likely’ that Putin ordered spy attack The British foreign secretary’s comments follow the UK government's earlier conclusion that Russia is to blame for the nerve agent attack on ex-spy Sergei Skripal. 16/03/2018
Now playing Next United Kingdom Labour’s Corbyn warns UK government on blaming Russia for spy attack The UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn condemns the Salisbury nerve agent attack but warns that “rushing” ahead of the evidence in blaming the Russian state could bring a “new cold war”. 16/03/2018