2 week agoWe have clear evidence of Russian state involvement in what happened in Salisbury and the use of CW. This is reckless involvement endangering the lives of many citizens and endangering the universal prohibition on the use of CW. Ambassador @KarenPierceUN briefs UNSC on Salisbury
British Airways says its website and app were compromised; personal and financial details stolen
Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya says there are "inconsistencies" which are "off the charts" in evidence relating to the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury and says there has been an "unfounded and mendacious cocktail of facts"
Leaders of the UK, U.S., France, Germany and Canada have issued a statement voicing "full confidence" in the UK's assessment that the Salisbury poisoning suspects were members of Russia's GRU intelligence service and the operation was "almost certainly" approved at a senior level
2 week agoUK security chief says Putin responsible for Novichok attack
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2 week agoScotland Yard say the reason the time is the same is that both men walk through different barriers side by side just before the meet and greet at Gatwick ie not immigration control
British PM May has spoken to US President Trump about the developments in the investigation into the Salisbury novichok poisoning, according to @10DowningStreet.
Theresa May says 250 detectives trawled through 11,000 hours of CCTV to identify Salisbury nerve agent attackers and the methods they used
Theresa May tells Parliament that 2 Russian suspects in Skripal poisoning are GRU officers, "not a rogue operation."
2 week agoTheresa May: "This was a sickening and despicable act in which a devastatingly toxic nerve agent, novichok, was used to attack our country."
Russian Foreign Ministry says names and photos released by the UK 'tell nothing,' calling the charges 'manipulation'
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Britain must give Russia proof of the involvement of Russians in the attack on the Skripals, and if the facts are confirmed they will be punished - Duma member
UK counter-terrorism police chief says Novichok found in the London hotel room where the two Russian men stayed.
2 week agoThe suspects were caught on CCTV on Wilton Road at 11.58 on the Sunday "moments before the attack"
2 week agoThe Nina Ricci perfume box which the Met say was used to disguise Novichok and was found by Charlie Rowley. Nina Ricci say it's a fake box:
UK police and CPS say they have enough evidence to charge two Russians Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov (aliases) with Salisbury poisonings. Both believed linked to GRU - Russian military intelligence (which Sergei Skripal worked for).
Police gave extensive details of the movements of their 2 suspects starting with their arrival at Gatwick airport on 2/3/18, trips to Salisbury on 3rd and 4th before leaving the UK at 22.30 on Aeroflot SU2585 from Heathrow to Moscow on 4/3/18 (the day of the attack)
2 week agoMet Police name these two Russians as the suspects in the Skripal poisoning:
British prosecutors name the two Russians suspected of murdering Skripals as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov. May to make statement at 12.30.
Prime Minister to update on Salisbury Novichok investigation, 12:30 in Parliament
2 week agoUSAF B-52H's SCALP99 FLT of 2 departed Barksdale AFB en-route to RAF Fairford
PSNI officers cleared of assault during arrest outside Belfast hotel
This is interesting from @OPCW it relates to the small bottle found at Charlie Rowley's house "The sample consists of the toxic chemical at a concentration of 97-98%. The sample is therefore considered a neat agent of high purity"
UK goverment announces it is giving an additional £7million ($9million) to UNRWA after the US slashed all support for the agency
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UK Police will investigate if antisemitic statements by @UKLabour officials are "antisemitic hate crime"; A file has been passed to the Met Police Commissioner by @LBC detailing 21 cases
2 week agoHMS Clyde deployed from Port Stanley in response to Argentine Navy Hydrographc vessel ARA Puerto Deseado approaching close to British territorial waters of the Falkland Islands
2 week agoTwelve fire engines and around 80 firefighters have been called to a fire at a primary school in Hewett Road in Dagenham.
