the bbc revealed today that yulia skripal had been visiting herfather sergei skripal, from russia when it happened. they were left fighting for their lives. her eyes were just completely white, wide—open, butjust white, and frothing at the mouth. and then the man went stiff, his arms stopped moving. but he was still looking dead straight. cctv images obtained by the bbc appear to show mr skripal and his daughter walking together at 15.47 on sunday afternoon. they were heading for a small park surrounded by shops in the centre of salisbury, called the maltings. the camera that ca ptu re called the maltings. the camera that capture these pictures is yards from where they were found. police were called at 4:15pm when people reported the pair were unconscious ona park reported the pair were unconscious on a park bench. last night, the italian restaurants nearby zizzi, was sealed by police, followed by a local pub, bishop's mill. did somebody slip something into their food and drink? for the police, this isa food and drink? for the police, this is a highly sensitive and potentially hazard

she came across sergei skripal. she stepped in, she got the daughter up from the floor, got her breathing and handed the woman. she is concerned about what she was exposed at but she is feeling fine at the moment. sergei and yulia skripal not getting better. suggestions that the kremlin may have been involved in the poisoning, have sparked anger in russia. state media has complained of an anti—russian campaign by the west, with little sympathy for sergei skripal, as our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports. moscow feels a world away from the drama of salisbury. relaxed russians are out enjoying a public holiday, determined not to allow a spy scandal to spoil their day. people here are short on sympathy for sergei skripal. translation: the fewer secrets you sell, the longer you'll live. translation: don't betray your motherland. then you'll have no problems. translation: when he was in prison in russia, he was healthy. he goes to britain and gets poisoned. he should have stayed here. it's a similar message

and his doctor yulia skripal. let mejust sergei skripal. and his doctor yulia skripal. let me just remind you of this breaking line coming from the russian embassy, they are denying the illness, as they put it, affecting former spy sergei skripal asa affecting former spy sergei skripal as a result of planned action from the russian security services. the statement goes on, media reporting could give the impression it is a planned action in the russian security services, which in no way corresponds to the truth. well, our correspondent is in salisbury and a short time ago she gave us this update from there. police have just released their latest statement. it still has no confirmation of the identities of the people involved. they do confirm that another cord and is in place close to it i am at the moment. this is the shopping centre where the two were found collapsed on that entry. it is under that police tent. another location that police tent. another location that way is being sealed off as well. we believe there are a number of police cordons in place around the cit

and if moscow did target sergei skripal... most russian people, not me, of course, most russian people would take pride in it because there is a very black and white world, it's us against them. putin has brought us back in a big way. today, the president delivered a special address. no mention of spies. he congratulated russian women on international women's day. moscow knows it's under suspicion that the kremlin is acting as if it's business as usual. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. we can join our security correspondent, gordon corera, from outside mi6 headquarters. now, are we any closer to finding out how and why the skripals were poisoned? the identity of the nerve agent described as very rare is crucial. it may point to which country, which laboratory, is involved in the manufacturer. government institutions are being careful about pointing the finger at russia until the facts are clearer. in terms of why, there has been speculation that perhaps after he came here, sergei skripal was still actively involved in intell

and if moscow did target sergei skripal... most russian people, not me, of course, most russian people would take pride in it because there is a very black and white worldview — it's us against them. putin has brought this back in a big way. today, the president delivered a special address. no mention of spies. he congratulated russian women on international women's day. moscow knows it's under suspicion but the kremlin is acting as if its business as usual. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. our security correspondent gordon corera is live outside the headquarters of mi6 tonight. are we any closer to understanding who was behind all this, and why? well, the identity of that rare nerve agent will still be a crucial clue to establishing that. government officials are still cautious about pointing the finger publicly. they want to make sure they have as many facts as possible before doing that. but in terms of motive, there has been speculation that perhaps sergei skripal was still involved in some kind of active ongoing intel

yet sergei skripal wasn't an obvious target for the kremlin. translation: there are certain rules that the secret services keep to. when there's an exchange of spies, the matter is considered closed. skripal had been exchanged, russia had no problem with him. moscow denies any connection, but a former double agent, collapsing in britain, it can only add to the chill in relations between the uk and russia. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. after months of growing tensions on the korean peninsula north korea's leader, kimjong—un has hinted he is willing to start talks about dismantling his nuclear weapons if his country's safety could be guaranteed. he's agreed to meet the south korean leader at a summit next month, the first meeting of its kind for more than a decade. 0ur seoul correspondent laura bicker said today's announcements were extraordinary. not only is kim jong—un willing to discuss getting rid of his nuclear weapons but also to do so with the united states and he said he will hold any missile tests while those talks take place. t

this is sergei skripal buying groceries at a shop in salisbury last week. he looks relaxed and jovial as he chats with the shopkeeper. but just jovial as he chats with the shopkeeper. butjust days later he and his daughter would fall critically ill in the city centre. both now fighting for their lives in hospital. and today emergency vehicles were back in the city centre in large numbers. theirfocus this time of building adjacent to the restaurant where mr skripal and his daughter had lunch on the day they apparently ingested some form of poison. an ambulance drove away from here this afternoon with a woman inside. it is not clear if this was connected to the apparent poisoning. in another sign of the seriousness of the situation cabinet ministers and security officials held a meeting of the government emergency response committee cobra this morning. scientist at the government research laboratories in porton down near salisbury have been ha rd porton down near salisbury have been hard at work examining samples taken from mr skripal and his daughter. but de

yet sergei skripal wasn't an obvious target for the kremlin. translation: there are certain rules that the secret services keep to. when there's an exchange of spies, the matter is considered closed. skripal had been exchanged, russia had no problem with him. moscow denies any connection, but a former double agent, collapsing in britain, it can only add to the chill in relations between the uk and russia. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. as we've heard, the man at the centre of the investigation, sergei skripal, arrived in the uk in 2010, as part of an exchange of spies. he was a former colonel in russian military intelligence. and mr skripal‘s relatives have told the bbc that he believed russia's special services could come after him at any time. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera examines whether the signs so far point to a state—sponsored assassination attempt. does the long arm of the kremlin reach all the way from moscow to salisbury in wiltshire? and if the attack on sergei skripal did come from russia, why? after being releas

president putin, bbc news — is russia behind the poisoning of sergei skripal? translation: we are dealing with agriculture here, as you see, to create conditions for people's lives, and you talk to me about some tragedies. first get to the bottom of it there and then we will discuss this. but now that russia has been blamed officially for what happened in salisbury, it has 2a hours to decide how to respond. our security correspondent wouldn't there is here. the prime minister was specific about the substance — what exactly was it? that's right. she said it was novichok, which is a form of nerve agent, it is a class of —— class of nerve agents, developed during the summit union times to get around detection and prevention systems used by the west, and even the chemical warfare suits they used to give two soldiers. that was revealed, the existence of these novichok agents by defectors and scientists at porton down will have been working on a band they will have been able to match the samples that they got from the skripals in salisbury with the signatures t

how important was sergei skripal? —— sort of operations.“ we look at the career he had working for the british as their agent within the gru, i saw reports that he may have been a personnel officer and had a good grasp of their operations across europe and that allowed the british and the nato allies to keep tabs on the gru and certainly did impact their operations in a very deep way. he was a colonel in the service, he was low ranking guy. thank you very much indeed. picasso's young lover, marie—therese walter, inspired some of his most celebrated works of art. a new exhibition at london's tate modern focuses on picasso's work from the year 1932 and includes the dream, and nude in a black armchair. one of picasso's portraits of walter sold recently for nearly 50 million as our arts correspondent david sillito reports from tate modern. there's a lot of emotion in this exhibition. it's kind of into lust and into life. there's also drama. normally a tate show would be a retrospective of a life's work, but this i

-- short on sympathyor sergei skripal. >>rg bloomor your motherland, then you will have no problem. >> when he was in prison in russia can he was healthy. he goes to britain and gets poisoned. he should have stayed here. imsteve: it is a sar message from russian tv. the kremlin having controlled media have been mucking boris johnson and making fun of britain. "if you are a professional tradermy advice -- don't move to england. something is not right there -- the climate, perhaps. too many bad things go on there. people are hanged, poison, helicopter crashes, or they fall out of windows." , the vladimir putin n has sent a clear messa to the russian people, that their country is a besieged fortress, threatened by enemiesd abroadraders at home. --it ts at home. that is why there is little sympathy for sergei skripal. if moscow did target circuit skripa -- target sergei skripal -- >> most russians take pride in it, because there was a black and white worldview -- us against them. putin has brought ity.ack in a big steve: today

i want to repeat again, sergei skripal needs a real investigation. police control the intelligence services. you are british citizens. you are not controlling your intelligence services. look what happened with ukraine. look at what happened in syria, when your spies cooperated with terrorists. we will leave it there. democracy, come back to great britain. don't leave it to terrorists to do what they are doing without controlling the british people. sergei markov, thank you forjoining us. that was sergei markov speaking earlier from minsk. now, good news if you work in a certain aircraft factory in lancashire — not so good maybe if you live in yemen. as saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman rounded off a trip to the uk tonight, his country has signed a letter of intent to buy 48 more typhoon fighters from bae systems. britain is underfire from human rights groups for arming saudi arabia at the same time as mr bin salman, prince bin salman, one of the architects of the yemen war is portrayed by his country's media as the kingdom's best ho

we also believe sergei skripal had a 43—year—old son who died last year. after his death, we believe yulia skripal was visiting here more regularly, we believe the sun died in st petersburg on holiday. —— the son. relatives say they deny sergei skripal was involved in any way with mi6, as was alleged by the russian government. but we believe now that yulia skripal is the woman who was found on the bench unconscious with her father found on the bench unconscious with herfather on found on the bench unconscious with her father on sunday afternoon. they are both still in a critical condition in hospital and police are working to find out how exactly they came to be found unconscious here on sunday afternoon. thank you very much. that breaking news that the woman found collapsed alongside the former russian spy sergei skripal is his daughter, yulia skripal, who was visiting her father from his daughter, yulia skripal, who was visiting herfatherfrom moscow. much more to come on that story throughout the day on bbc news. also still to come, but i‘m‘s mos

they told us that sergei skripal was called backin us that sergei skripal was called back in two weeks ago. he spoke to his mother and promised to call soon. he sounded optimistic but on the other hand, he believed that russian security services may come after him at any time. we also must add that the skripal family condemns any accusations of his connections to mi6. they say he was the biggest traitor of russia they have ever known. the sale of the last few years, sergei has lost a few family members, the burst his wife died, then his elder brother and then his son, who was just 43, and then his elder brother and then his son, who wasjust 43, and both sergei and his daughter are in hospital in a critical condition and the family believe this is more than a coincidence. the kremlin has made it clear they were not involved and wa nt to it clear they were not involved and want to help in the investigation, but they have no knowledge of exactly what happened. what is your view of the russian response? the russian ministry of foreign affairs said that british comments were preposterous. t

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that is why there is little sympathy for sergei skripal. if moscow did target circuit skripa -- tget sergei skripal -- >> most russians take pride in k, because there was a bl and white worldview -- us against them. putin has brought it back in a big way. steve: today the president delivered a special ondress. no men of spies. he congratulated russian wen on international women's day. moscow knows it is under suspicion, but the kremlin is acting as if it is business as usual. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. of the look now at some day's other news. organizers of a one-day strike by women in spain say more than 5 million are taking part in the protest to mark international men's day. 10 trade unions are backing the action against unequal pay, exploitation, and t e violence agwomen. the international red cross has postponed an aid convoy due to travel to the syrian rebel-held enclave of eastern ghouta, saying it is too dangerous to go there. fighting is intensifying in the region near damascus as government forces advance. an estimated 400

these are new images of sergei skripal. he and his daughter yulia are still critically ill after the attack on sunday. having established that a nerve agent is the cause of the symptoms, leading us to treat this as attempted murder, i can also confirm that we believe the two people who originally became unwell were targeted specifically. police are still searching tonight. there are hundreds of officers involved but they are not giving more details of the substance used. we'll have the latest on the investigation, as moscow complains of black propaganda being directed against russia. also tonight... newly—released images of the teenager accused of planting a bomb on a london underground train last september. after the m1 crash in which eight people died, one lorry driver is cleared of causing death by dangerous driving. crown prince mohamed bin salman holding talks on trade and security in downing street, as labour protests about the saudis‘ involvement in the war in yemen. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, can to

ajudge rules blood samples can be taken from sergei and yulia skripal, nearly three weeks after they were poisoned by a nerve agent in salisbury. the samples will be tested by the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. the father and daughter remain in a critical condition. we'll have an update from the hospital shortly. russia's ambassador to the uk accuses boris johnson of insulting his country, after the foreign secretary compared russia to nazi germany. nobody has the right to insult the russian people. we defeated nazism and lost more than 45 million people. by comparing our country to nazi germany. and here in brussels, the prime minister is asking for european unity against russia. we'll have the latest on the deepening row between russia and britain over the salisbury poisoning, as well as an update from the hospital. one year on from the westminster bridge attack, a memorial is lit to remember all those affected by last year's terrorism in the capital. the founder of facebook apologises for its role in the cambridge analytica scandal and admits more needs to b

the bbc established that the man being treated is sergei skripal. he was convicted by a court in moscow in 2006 of being a spy for british intelligence. he was sent from the court where he languished forfour from the court where he languished for four years. from the court where he languished forfour years. it from the court where he languished for four years. it was from the court where he languished forfour years. it was in from the court where he languished for four years. it was in 2010 that the arrest of a network of russian agents provided an opportunity for mi6 to agents provided an opportunity for m16 to repay its debt to sergei skripal. the uk asked for his name to be added to a list of prisoners the cia was putting together, and in july of that year, sergei skripal and three others were put on a jet from moscow to vienna. the ten accused by the us of espionage were flown from america and in the best cold war traditions, the two parties of spies crossed on the tarmac in austria. asked about who might have betrayed this american spy ring, pr

came into co nta ct where sergei and yulia skripal. came into contact with the nerve agent, but the car is an essential part of the police investigation. huge questions still out there. angry very much. much of the uk has experienced it's second significant snowfall in the last few days. worst affected have been the north and east of the country and the snow is now falling in south wales and the aouthwest of england. combined with sub zero temperature and strong winds, the arctic weather has brought delays and cancellations to public transport and made driving conditions difficult for many. this is the current picture, most of the most serious warnings have now expired, but there is still an amber snow warning in place in the south west where forecasters say there is a risk to some rural upland communities. jane—frances kelly has the latest picture from across the uk. heavy snow made driving conditions treacherous on exmoor, in north devon, strong, east north—easterly winds allowed snowdrifts to build up and the met office says the

into the poisoning of the former spy, sergei skripal and his daughter. our reporter tom burridge is in salisbury with the latest developments into the police‘s investigation. some new information about the movements of sergei skripal and yulia on the morning of monday the 4th of march are spur for ibe became critically ill. what the metropolitan police have appealed for, information concerning the car of sergei skripal, it is a red maroon bmw and we had an appeal from the met saying that they wanted to hear from anyone in salisbury on that day who might have seen the car early in the afternoon here in the city centre and what they are now saying is they would like to hear from anyone who saw the pair are in the bmw earlier in the morning around about 915 on the three main roads in salisbury. those three main roads link the house of sergei skripal to the cemetery where his wife and his sun are buried. we have seen a lot of activity at the cemetery from the authorities, police and other officials. the police seem to believe that the skripals went from th

skripal and yulia, found on sergei skripal and yulia, found on that page behind me any critical condition, worthy of yellow and white is, nearly two weeks ago. the idea is that officials will come to porton down, will verify, carry out their own tests, to verify what the nerve agent that was used on the family was. i have been speaking to a formal official that he'll bzw, and an expert in chemical weapons. so, it is likely that a team will come over to porton down. theoretically, they could do the analysis at the laboratories there. i suspect it is more likely that they above example the way back to they above example the way back to the hague. there is a laboratory in the hague. there is a laboratory in the hague. there is a laboratory in the hague and they could do the analysis there. they may well split the simple and send it away to what they call designated laboratories, laboratories around the world approved by the opcw and capable of doing the analysis on the sample. in terms of the police investigation, we are still getting very, very little official information, given the sensiti

police say there is no to link the death of a russian in london to sergei skripal. with sergei skripal and his daughter still critical in hospital, the foreign secretary blames vladimir putin for the attack. 18—year—old ahmed hassan is convicted of attempted murder following the london tube bombing. it's emerged he was on the government's deradicalisation programme. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. jose mourinho has launched an extraordinary 12 minute defence of manchester united being knocked out of the champions league this week. they lost at home to sevilla with a performance hugely criticised, particularly by the club's fans. he ranted uninterrupted ata club's fans. he ranted uninterrupted at a press conference today using notes to back up his points about united's recent record in europe and the premier league, which he claims to put the defeat to a different light. | to put the defeat to a different light. i am not going to run away or disappear, i will not cry. because i heard some boos, i will not disappearfrom hea

that is why relatives are worrying about yulia skripal and sergei skripal. public health england warn that people who use counterfeit xanax pills laced with a powerful painkiller as a party drug are "dicing with death". our correspondent noel phillip's report does some graphic references to drugs use which you might not want children to see. we are inside a prescription drug party, the venue is a one—bedroom flat in the west midlands and these teenagers are preparing to get high illegally on an anti—anxiety tranquilliser. can you show us what you bought? two xanax. how much did you spend? i spent £5 for this. jordan and kieran, not their real names, are 18. they are both regular users of xanax. it is a psychiatric painkiller used to treat anxiety and insomnia. how long have you been using? i would say about nine months. how often do you use? probably once every two or three weeks or so. but this medication is not curing a mental disorder. instead, it is being misused. it is a psychiatric painkiller used to treat anxiety and insomnia. xanax washed down w

the bbc understands the man in hospital this evening is sergei skripal. the 66—year—old is an ex—russian military intelligence officer. he was accused by russia of spying for britain and was jailed in russia back in 2006 four years later. he was pardoned by russia. he then returned to the uk as part of a spy swap which took place at an airport in vienna. the swap involved agencies from the united states and russia. our security correspondent gordon corera joins me. do we know anymore about this? we still don't have any idea about the substance, there were reports initially that this was a drug that people might have heard of, but then those were discounted quite quickly, and it was clear from the reaction of the hospital authorities that weren't sure either, because there we re weren't sure either, because there were pictures of the contamination suits and equipment, and also this declaring of a major incident by the hospitalfor a period as declaring of a major incident by the hospital for a period as they try to work out what it was. the cause of t

where sergei skripal and his daughter sat. they sat at a table away from other diners, and the bbc understands that that particular table used by the father and daughter has been removed to a safe location and destroyed along with other items. we have heard about several items being taken from different locations around salisbury by we believe a specialist decontamination unit. we understand that the table has been destroyed. scientists are advising the police operation —— scientist advising the police operation estimate that this could take weeks in terms of a full precautionary investigation, and the decontamination of that premises. there has been a lot of focus on zizzi's in the last 48 hours. yesterday, we found out that that trace of the nerve agent had been found there, and that wasn't certain before, but we realise that. we have been told today that some traces have been found in the mill pub as well, which is where the father and daughter went at some point last sunday too. as a result of that, around 400—500 pe

sergei skripal and yulia skripal are in sealed off. sergei skripal and yulia skripalare ina sealed off. sergei skripal and yulia skripal are in a serious condition. public health england has stressed there is no wider health risk from there is no wider health risk from the incident. but parallels with the 2006 poisoning off alexander litvenenko are hard to ignore. a russian dissident, he was poisoned in london weather radioactive compound. an enquiry said he was probably murdered by the kremlin. the russian embassy today complained of speculative stories which it said we re of speculative stories which it said were demonising russia. but the government has now put moscow on notice. while it would be wrong to prejudge the investigation, i can reassure the host that should evidence emerged that implies state responsibility, then her majesty ‘s government will respond appropriately and robustly. the first pictures have no emerged of 33—year—old yulia skripal who was visiting her father from 33—year—old yulia skripal who was visi

and sergei skripal was involved in this spy swap in 2010. when that happens, what sort of protection are those spies given in both directions? well, essentially you get a new identity, you get a place to live. 0bviously your family, or his wife was taken out of russia to come with him. he would have received a pension, and i understand he was a regular lecturer to new entrants to mi6, in order to tell them about russian intelligence. so he was essentially pa rt intelligence. so he was essentially part of the british security services family. and that presumably is what he was doing in this intervening eight years. unlike alexander litvinenko, again, he didn't publicise his existence. alexander litvinenko was an inveterate self publicise, whereas sergei skripal state under the radar. you attended the alexander litvinenko enquiry every day it was taking place. how did russia react to that, and how do you think they will react to the new case? one of the astonishing things about the enquiry was the sheer contempt russian enquiries showed it to

this after the attempted poisoning of the former kgb agent sergei skripal and his daughter. who is right and will there further escalation of the crisis? the question is, putin reelected, a toxic presidency? we want to answer that question beginning with dw's own christian trippe. he says it is wrong to demonize vladimirininin, start planning for a post-putin russia. we also welcome gemma porzgen, commentator for the -- she saysf internet trolls poisons the political atmosphere in the west. 's aim is to paralyze democracy. -- his aim is to paralyze gemma says, it's always the same reflects: whenever happens, it was moscow. this is the first offensive use of a nurse -- nerve agent in europe since world war ii. are you shocked, alan? alan: i'm not shocked, i'm disgusted. it is stupid to say you are shocked. this will l l l l l l l l l l lr ex-russian spy was poisoned with polonium in london. nuclear, if you will, weapon used against britain, and now they have used a chemical weapon against britain. this is the face of russian imperialism. leaders of the u.k., france, and germa

—— sergei skripal. he a nswered skripal —— sergei skripal. he answered that it was nonsense. in relation to the tragedy that you mentioned, i learned about it from the media, and the first thing that came into my mind is that if it was a military operation, people would have died straightaway. this is another one. secondly, russia does not have those weapons. russia has demolished all its chemical weapons under the supervision and international supervision, with a difference to some of our partners who have not done it yet. the foreign secretary says the government has evidence that russia has been creating and stockpiling the nerve agents known as novichok. speaking to the bbc, borisjohnson accused the kremlin of ‘smug sarcasm' in its response to the attack in salisbury two weeks ago. a senior russian diplomat has suggested that the substance used in salisbury could have come from the british research laboratory at porton down. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. today, despite

and if the attack on sergei skripal did come from russia, why? after being released from jail, skripal had spent the last eight years living quietly in salisbury, but he still had enemies. sergei skripal had been imprisoned in russia for selling secrets to british intelligence here at mi6. it was claimed he provided the identity of hundreds of russians operating undercover in europe. even though he had been pardoned as part of a spy swap his former colleagues would still have regarded him as a traitor. the fact that he blew a whole range of russian agents, there may be personal animosity there. the fact that he was a british spy, a former member of the russian military, in most russians‘ minds, it will categorise him as a traitor so there will be people who are delighted to see him dead. nobody is yet confirming moscow was involved, but there have been other incidents involving russians in the uk. as we have heard, most famously alexander litvinenko, another former russian spy poisoned in london's mayfair. and other figures have aroused suspici

sergei skripal is a man with a shadowy past. relatives say he feared it would catch up with him, that he would be targeted. but he was using his own name, living a normal life, popping into a corner shop last month for milk and bacon. tonight, he and his daughter remain gravely ill, and this evening, britain's most senior counter—terrorism officer revealed why. in summary, this is being treated as a major incident involved attempting murder by the administration of a nerve agent. as you know, these two people remain critically ill in hospital. sadly, in addition, a police officer who was one of the first to attend the scene and respond to the incident is now also in a serious condition in hospital. it wasn'tjust police officers and ambulance teams who came into contact with the victims. so did people who just tried to help. could they have been affected? as your chief medical officer, my message to the public is that this event poses a low risk to us, the public, on the evidence that we have. now the focus is on the nearly thr

you were speaking to relatives of sergei skripal earlier today. what do they believe has happened to him? they are very cautious because they are still very much concerned for their well—being and that of him and his daughter. first of all they told us his daughter. first of all they told us that they strongly condemn any allegations that sergei skripal worked for the british security services, they say he was the biggest patriot of russia they have ever known. they are very suspicious to the chain of events which happened in the family in recent yea rs, happened in the family in recent years, that one by one he lost his wife, his elder brother and last year his son. skripal called his mum just two weeks ago, we were told, and he sounded very as a tip and promised to go back soon but at the same time his relatives underlined he was always vigilant and he said that russian security services might come after him at any time. to be clear, he was worried for his life despite the spy swap and the pardon from president medvedev, despite everything tha

vladimir putin wins another six years as president of russia. of former spy sergei skripal. i'm kasia madera in london. leaders for humanitarian support at a regional summit in australia. after a medical trial involving stem cell transplants. good morning. term in office. serving leader since stalin. he's already won more than three quarters of the vote. lucy hockings is in moscow. me putin, when he appeared, winning indeed his fourth term in office. indeed his fourth term in office. questions of voter turnout we were interested in. interested in. or a piece of carefully choreographed political theatre. choreographed political theatre. night but they are counting quickly, he has won 76. 3% of the vote. despite a very aggressive get out the vote campaign. the vote campaign. how this was a team effort, and about some of the challenges ahead. about some of the challenges ahead. team and everyone who voted today is our one big team. our one big team. the recognition of what has been done over the last few years. done over the last few years. same way with the same great results.

yulia lives in russia and was visiting her father sergei skripal. this cctv footage shows them half an hour before they were found unconscious ona park before they were found unconscious on a park bench. her rise were com pletely on a park bench. her rise were completely white, frothing at the mouth and the man was stiff, his arms stopped moving and looking dead straight. sergei skripal was an officer in russian military intelligence but in 2004 was arrested and later convicted for working for mi6. in 2010 he was and that working for m16. in 2010 he was and that over to britain as part of a spy that over to britain as part of a spy swap. the russian government says suggestions it was involved are com pletely says suggestions it was involved are completely untrue but the murder in london in 2006 former russian spy litvinenko means suspicion is almost inevitable and the ramifications are huge. if russia is behind it, they are taking this to a whole new level. it is in fact the declaration of war. experts here have been trying to work out whether toxic

and that could well reveal who targeted sergei skripal and his daughter. but why were they targeted now? sergei skripal is one of a large community of russians living in this country. some of them left russia in fear of their lives. here in surrey, i have been speaking to one of those exiles, who met sergei skripaljust a couple of months ago. he told me that in the chance meeting, sergei skripal had talked about how he regularly met up with russian diplomats here and about the work he was involved in. he said, i'm doing business, a different kind. but i closed down my business in spain. i am working mainly in cyber security. did he say what he was doing in cyber security? no, and i was not asking, because a sensitive question. but i understand he was working for some russian groups. but working with people in the embassy on this, or something separate? no, i had a feeling that meeting with friends was one and cyber security, his business, was another. so could that work in cyber security possibly be the motive for the attack? richard galpin, bbc news. our

meanwhile, the police officer who tried to help sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, after the nerve gas attack, remains in hospital. detective sergeant nick bailey fell seriously ill after he responded to the emergency. in the past half hour, the wiltshire chief constable has been giving this update on his condition. i don't think anything could have prepared me or my force for the news of a member of our staff, a police officer who has been admitted to hospital, not just to the ward but then transferred to the intensive care unit. that personal aspect has sent shock waves through my force, a huge level of concern and anxiety, but what i've been touched with this week is the high level of outpouring of support we have seen across the country from members of our staff, the public, from police officers up and down the country but also across the world wishing to pay their respects and their regards to nick and to nick's family. so despite such tragedy, it's been a genuine honour to have had the privilege to have gone to hospital on two occasions this week, one of those with the home s

it's now almost two weeks since the former russian intelligence officer sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, were poisoned with something russia's london ambassador named today as novichok a234, a delayed casualty nerve agent. downing street said officials from the chemical weapons watchdog would come to britain imminently to start verifying the nerve agent. the investigation in salisbury focused on mr skripal‘s car, potentially containing clues about how he and his daughter were poisoned. the police here were still in their protective gear, still investigating, still making the streets safe. james landale, bbc news. well, meanwhile police in london have opened a criminal investigation into the mysterious death of another russian exile, nikolai glushkov, who was found at his home on monday. a postmortem examination suggested he'd been strangled. although he died just a week after the attack on sergei skripal and his daughter, officers aren't linking the two cases so far. here's tom symond's. again, there's flash photography. it was an ominous development, given what has happened el

the police believe that sergei skripal went to visit the graves of his family. we have seen some decontamination work going on there. how much activity is actually taking place in the area where you are now? at this spot where the benchis are now? at this spot where the bench is there has been little activity today but there has been small movements of emergency services, at the house and the cemetery, and we saw significant activity yesterday, that was probably the busiest day in terms of police and emergency services activity this week, we saw a lot of activity this week, we saw a lot of activity in the garage where sergei skripal‘s car was towed in the early hours after they fell critically ill and the car was moved away from there by military personnel, trained in dealing with chemical weapons. they moved the car into a metal container and it has been taken away. what is also crucial, the fact downing street have said a few days ago they wrote to the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons, an international body based in the hague, and downing

how important was sergei skripal, you say? i think if we look at the career he had working for the british basically as their agent within the gru, i've seen reports that he may have been a personnel officer and had a good grasp of their network across europe and perhaps beyond, and that allowed the british and their nato allies to keep tabs on the gru and certainly did impact their operations in a very deep way. he was a colonel in the service, so he wasn't a low—ranking guy. the courts may have blocked president trump's deadline to decide the fate of young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers, but for the 700,000 in the us, their fate is still uncertain. francisco cantu witnessed firsthand the realities of immigration to the us. he was a border patrol agent before quitting. now, he's written a book called, the line becomes a river: dispatches from the border. thejob of being a border the job of being a border patrol agent, the certain that is that to me andi agent, the certain that is that to me and i enjoy being outd

president putin, bbc news — is russia behind the poisoning of sergei skripal? translation: we are dealing with agriculture here, as you see, to create conditions for people's lives, and you talk to me about some tragedies. first get to the bottom of it there, and then we will discuss this. but now that russia has been blamed officially for what happened in salisbury, it has 2a hours to decide how to respond. james landale, bbc news. in salisbury hundreds of police officers have been working around the clock, along with experts from the armed forces to try to establish exactly what happened on that sunday afternoon 8 days ago. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports from salisbury with the latest in the investigation. scenes of chemical warfare experts in gas masks and protective suits spread out from salisbury into the surrounding countryside today. here they were removing a van belonging toa they were removing a van belonging to a company that runs tow trucks. vehicles recovered during the operation are being taken to the nearby chemical weapons

meanwhile, sergei skripal and his daughter remain to be critically ill —— remain to be critically ill —— remain critically ill in hospital. i want to reassure the general public rigorous scientific analysis has been an ongoing and continues, but we have now learnt that there has been some trace contamination by the nerve agent in both the mill pub and zizzi restaurant in salisbury. iam confident that this has not harm the health of anyone who was in those places. however, some people are that prolonged exposure to these substances may, over weeks and particularly months, give rise to health problems. i am therefore advising, as a belt and braces approach, that people who work in either zizzi's restaurant or the mill pub from 1:30pm sunday until evening on monday should clean the clothes they wore and the possessions they handled while there. the relevant closing times when 9pm for zizzi and 11pm on monday for the mill pub. this means wash clothing you have not already, ideally in the washing machine. any items which cannot be washed and would normally be dry cleaned should be doub

sergei skripal remains in a critical condition. his daughter yulia the same, but she is responding better to treatment. salisbury has become a multi—location crime scene, a city of disturbing images and unanswered questions. who wanted to kill them? why? how did they do it? what will happen next? tonight the evidence is being gathered. tom symonds, bbc news, salisbury. sergei skripal is still fighting for his life in hospital alongside his daughter yulia. he came to the uk in 2008 as part of a spy swap with russia. but what led him to betray his country and seek refuge here? 0ur security correspondent, gordon corera, has been given exclusive access to details and photos from his past. the man behind the story. friend of sergei skripal have provided the bbc with the first detailed account of his life, including these personal pictures. here skripal is in the centre with his daughter yulia, just after her birth in 1984. both are 110w after her birth in 1984. both are now fighting for their lives. skripal was grew up listening to th

sergei and yulia skripal sergei and yulia skripal still critically ill. the bbc has been told the nerve agent was not sarin or vx but something much rarer. the british government says it knows what that substance was but is not naming it at the moment. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast — charlie stayt and naga munchetty will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: president trump has accepted an offer to meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un for what would be the first ever talks between leaders of the two states. a south korean envoy — just returned from pyongyang — confirmed the meeting would take place, during a white house conference. south korea also confirmed that pyongyang has agreed to halt all nuclear and missile tests, while talks go on, and to consider denuclearisation. after months of missile tests, brinkmanship, and bloodcurdling threats from pyongyang and the us, it could be an historic breakthrough. major trading partners of the us have condemned president trump

sergei skripal remains in a critical condition. his daughter yulia the same, but she is responding better to treatment. salisbury has become a multi—location crime scene, a city of disturbing images and unanswered questions. who wanted to kill them? why? how did they do it? what will happen next? tonight, the evidence is being gathered. a leaked internal email from the medical director of northampton general hospital claims an elderly man waiting to be seen in a&e died ‘due entirely to dangerous overcrowding in the department.‘ our correspondent james waterhouse is here with more details — what happened ? we have heard a lot about the pressures on ame department and the nhs, this sounds like a tragic example of something going wrong. nhs, this sounds like a tragic example of something going wrongm was four o‘clock on wednesday afternoon that a 85 thereof and went to northampton general hospital, he was seen around 90 minutes later and told he would have to stick around ti; .. eseei e see other heart problem. from there he

and if moscow did target sergei skripal... most russian people, not me, of course, most russian people would take pride in it because there is a very black and white world, it's us against them. putin has brought us back in a big way. today, the president delivered a special address. no mention of spies. he congratulated russian women on international women's day. moscow knows it's under suspicion that the kremlin is acting as if its business as usual. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. joining me now from newcastle is dr chris morris from the medical toxicology centre at newcastle university. i suppose my first question is, what isa i suppose my first question is, what is a nerve agent, presumably there are different kinds? and different ways they may be administered? there are different types that they all work in the same way, which is that they stop the activity of a particular enzyme, at the nerve terminal, and they make the nerves themselves, over activated and they stop the nerve actually stopping itself, see you get a