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UK Interior Minister gives statement on new Novichok poisoning case

UK Interior Minister gives a statement on new Novichok poisoning case.

Russia

Russia mired in controversy on the eve of hosting FIFA World Cup

President Vladimir Putin will hope to keep world's attention on football

United Kingdom

Medical team that saved the Skripals speaks out

Staff at Salisbury District hospital have been talking about how they faced the unknown when a former Russian double agent and his daughter were attacked with a lethal nerve agent.

United Kingdom

Kremlin questions integrity of Yulia Skripal TV appearance

Moscow questions whether Skripal was speaking of her own free will

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Under duress? Skripal statement splits social media | The Cube

The Cube looks at reactions to the first public statement from Yulia Skripal

World News

'We are lucky to be alive', says Yulia Skripal in first interview

Yulia Skripal, daughter of poisoned Russian spy Sergei Skripal, speaks to Reuters in London.

USA

Malice in Wonderland as Russia dismisses UK poisoning claims as fairytales

Russia's ambassador to the UN cited Lewis Carroll at the UN Security Council and says Russia's western partners are not interested in the truth.

United Kingdom

Britain and Russia wage war of words at chemical weapons conference

Representatives from both countries traded accusations on the March 4th chemical attack in Salisbury

United Kingdom

UK says Russia spied on Skripals for ‘at least 5 years’

The UK's national security adviser claims that Russia spied on the Skripals for five years before they were poisoned in Salisbury. Russia calls the allegations a "big surprise".

World News

Skripal's pets found dead at his home, after nerve agent attack

Two guinea pigs were found dead at the home of Sergei Skripal and a cat had to be put down, British government officials revealed, following the nerve agent attack on the former spy and his daughter, Yulia.

USA

UK 'playing with fire' in Skripal affair, Russia warns

Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia says the substance used in spy poisoning is 'not copyrighted by Russia'

Europe News

UK-Russia: Could tensions further escalate over poisoning?

"Russia is by no means positioning itself to back down and in someway to accept responsibility for this, instead it is seeking the highest possible ways to question its responsibility."

United Kingdom

British police release statement by Yulia Skripal

The statement appeared after Russian TV reported that Sergei Skripal is also getting better

Netherlands

Moscow loses bid for joint investigation into ex-spy poisoning

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has rejected Russia's request to be involved in the inquiry into the nerve agent attack in Britain in March.

Russia

Russia accuses UK, allies of "playing children's games" over ex-spy poisoning

Russia's Foreign Minister said the nerve agent attack could benefit both the British special services and the UK government.

USA

Retaliation 'goes without saying': Russia's US ambassador on Skripal affair

Anatoly Antonov spoke to NBC, Euronews' US partner, in his first interview since the Skripal poisoning - questioning several aspects of the case and the West's response.

Russia

Russia responds to diplomatic expulsions by summoning 23 ambassadors

Heads of diplomatic missions in Moscow told to expect retaliation.

Russia

Russia says this convinced European countries to expel its diplomats

Russia says the "notorious classified files" prompted foreign governments to expel its diplomats.

Belgium

EU and NATO back Britain over spy attack

Meanwhile, Russia's Ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov appeared to backtrack on previous suggestions that the nerve agent used in the UK attack could have come from a British laboratory.

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”.