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Facebook shares tumble in Cambridge Analytica data breach

Facebook shares lost tens of billions of dollars in the row over the compromise of over 50 million of its accounts. Cambridge Analytica has also come under pressure over its use of a playbook of dirty political tricks.

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.

World News

Did Cambridge Analytica help elect Donald Trump?

Whistleblower Christopher Wylie speaks to NBC and journalist Carole Cadwalladr to MSNBC over revelations data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica allegedly harvested tens of millions of Facebook users’ personal information without their permission.

United Kingdom

Over 400 UK schools receive hoax bomb threat

A number of schools in England have received emails containing fake bomb threats, believed to have come from the US.

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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.

Russia

Russian Ambassador: ‘Nerve agent came from UK lab’

Russia’s EU ambassador made the claim Sunday during an interview on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show.

Russia

Russia 'to expel 23 British diplomats' as political crisis deepens

Russia has announced it will expel the diplomats and revoke permission for a British consulate in St Petersburg.

USA

Trump on Skripal poisoning: 'It looks like the Russians were behind it

'It looks like the Russians were behind it,' says US President Donald Trump, discussing the Skripal poisoning case.

Europe News

NATO to UK: Count on our solidarity

Secretary general Stoltenberg says, "it's important that we react in a proportional, measured and defensive way".

Europe News

Western powers unite against Russia in spy poisoning case

It is an assault on the UK 's sovereignty and any such use by a state party is a clear violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention and a breach of international law, the powers say.

USA

Toys'R'Us faces more closures

American retail giant, Toys'R'Us has announced store closures in the US over the coming months on top of those in the UK over the next six weeks. Other global locations are expected to follow suit.

Europe News

Sanctions? Russia is not afraid of anything, says Moscow's envoy to EU

Interview with Vladimir Chizhov on the spy poisoning case that is rocking British-Russian relations.

United Kingdom

Stephen Hawking: Best quotes from a man dedicated to science

Stephen Hawking, who's died at age 76, did not only give the world a breakthrough theory about black holes and a best-selling book — but also memorable quotes about life, the universe, and science.

United Kingdom

Spy case: Putin is 'tearing up the international rulebook'

Britain had hoped for a different scenario but it's now heading into a major showdown with Russia, a senior official at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank tells Euronews.

Russia

Novichok nerve agents used in 1995 killing, ex-Russian agent

A form of poison believed to have harmed Sergei Skripal was used by a criminal gang to murder a man in Moscow.

United Kingdom

'No suspect' in Salisbury spy attack investigation, say police

New Scotland Yard has given a statement on the latest in its investigation into the Russian spy poison attack in Salisbury.

Europe News

Brexit shouting match sparks in European Parliament

The EU demands more clarity on what London really wants ahead of next week's crucial Brussels summit.

France

London metro bans French adverts attracting British companies after Br

London’s public transport service has banned an advertising campaign geared towards luring British companies to France after Brexit.

France

What we know about the Russian nerve agent used in spy attack

The following is a summary of an interview given by Dr Michelle Carlin, senior lecturer in forensic and analytical chemistry at Northumbria University.

United Kingdom

May's Russia statement in full

Below is a transcript of a statement by British prime minister Theresa May to parliament on the subject of Russian involvement in a chemical attack on two people in the town of Salisbury.

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