. poisoning in salisbury. in the last few months to see colleagues in salisbury. colleagues in salisbury. impression did you form about what they've been doing? impression did you form about what they've been doing ? impression did you form about what they've been doing? they've been doing? could provide as good a treatment at the staff in salisbury. the staff in salisbury. skripals to use as a template for treatment. treatment. back then, presumably staff are working blind. staff are working blind. that world—class care can be delivered in the nhs anywhere. delivered in the nhs anywhere. the resources are there to help them if they need it. if they need it. quality of health care and those principles are the same two days. principles are the same two days. thank you very much forjoining us. and happy birthday. thank you. of the health service throughout the years. in his late teens in the 1970's. he spent over a year in hospital and was given 25 years to live. someone in hospital. here's his story. drunk done a u—turn in front of me and i broke my back. and i broke my back. went to

it follows the reckless and barbaric attack which took place in salisbury in march. he goes onto say the amesbury investigation is ongoing and the police must be given the space they need to continue establishing the full facts. my thoughts at this time i would do two individuals affected. the government first priority is the safety of residents and local area which pub health and that has clear it the risk to the general public is low. he goes on to say tomorrow he will chaira he goes on to say tomorrow he will chair a meeting of the governments emergency, or in relation to the ongoing investigation. that is the latest from the home secretary. i home affairs correspondent is at scotla nd home affairs correspondent is at scotland yard for us now. daniel, what do you make of what the police has had to say and the last couple of hours about all of this? detectives in a position now where they thought they had contained attacks back in march, where two people, sergei skripal, there was a reason and a motive for attacking him that they could seek and his daughter became

the couple are now in critical condition and are being treated at salisbury district hospital. as well as marbled and road, the police have cordoned off a number of sites, including a baptist centre where the couple attended a community event and a goods chemist —— goods chemist. the site cordoned off by police in amesbury are only seven miles away from the centre of salisbury and it is there that the story of the skripal‘s and today's events a re story of the skripal‘s and today's events are linked to. it is said they visited this park a few days before falling ill and is a short walk away from where julia and sergei skripal were found unconscious. porton down analysed the sample and confirmed it was novichok, the same substance that also poisoned the skripal‘s. novichok‘s are very consistent, they large —— last for a long time. these last four months, possibly several months. it was designed to over match nato defence of chemical capabilities, it is very difficult to detect and why it has taken so long in salisbury to decontaminate is that the sample every are

if it does prove to be a novichok collateral from salisbury, it isa novichok collateral from salisbury, it is a one in novichok collateral from salisbury, it isa one ina novichok collateral from salisbury, it is a one in a zillion chance, and thatis it is a one in a zillion chance, and that is why i am confident that there is no remaining threat. although, these novichok claims are consistent, if there is any residue left, we a re consistent, if there is any residue left, we are three months down the line so they will be losing their toxicity very quickly. giving your expertise in this area, how soon could be get some word from porton down about the results?” could be get some word from porton down about the results? i would say pretty soon if it is not tonight, it will be tomorrow. the samples from the site, presumably, biomedical samples, porton down will be able to assess them pretty quickly, i would think, and we should have an answer relatively soon. tomorrow, probably, but possibly tonight. thank you very much forjoining us. and forgiving us much forjoining us. and forgiving us

we are holding a meeting in the salisbury area tonight at 7pm in the salisbury area tonight at 7pm in the city hall. a panel of partners involved in this reason is a double update the local community and answers will be available to any questions the residents and businesses may have. an opportunity for some questions now. categorically, there is some contaminants that has remained at large, lain undiscovered since the attack on sergei skripal. what we are now working alongside with our collea g u es are now working alongside with our colleagues in the counterterrorism network, and they are hugely competent, i have every degree of confidence in their personal lives and their ability to understand the chronology of events. at this stage it is far too early for us to go into any further information and details, but the chronology of events is clearly a key line of enquiry for our colleagues within the counterterrorism network. does that mean you are now expanding the search area of decontamination sites with this new discovery? what we are saying is that based on the areas we think are

in fact, critically ill in hospital in the salisbury. infact, it critically ill in hospital in the salisbury. in fact, it is the same hospital that sergei and yulia skripal were taken to after the attack on them in salisbury in march. the night police have confirmed yet again that this is a novichok poisoning. four months to the day after the salisbury attack and dawn sturgess and charlie rowley have become the new victims of nerve agent poisoning in britain. the couple were taken ill at their home in amesbury on saturday and now critically ill in hospital. this is the moment the emergency unfolded on saturday night. the bbc has been given the phone images of the fire and ambulance services at the property. this man says he's a friend of the couple and saw what happened. he was sweating loads, dribbling and you could not speak to him, he was making funny noises and rocking backwards and forwards. there was no response, you did not know i was there, it was like he was in another world and hallucinating. the nerve agent was identified at p

area, whether it is in salisbury area, whether it is in salisbury amesbury or wherever, nobody is sure. obviously we all fearfor nobody is sure. obviously we all fear for the people, we nobody is sure. obviously we all fearfor the people, we saw nobody is sure. obviously we all fear for the people, we saw all those chemical suits and the clea ra nce those chemical suits and the clearance of all the pubs and restau ra nts clearance of all the pubs and restaurants around, and the chaos that it caused. terrifying yes. and the people of salusbury will be thinking, here we go again, i suspect. your heart goes out to everybody involved in this. let me ta ke everybody involved in this. let me take you to something slightly more cheerful, the front page of the sunday telegraph. a great caption, from prince of wales to king of france. yes, this is geraint thomas, and according to martin, unless he falls off his bike and is unable to get back on, he has won the tour to france. it is a lovely photograph. a joyful photograph. look at that. the realisation he has done it, it must bea realisation he

can you provide reassurance to the people of salisbury? this morning the government's emergency committee cobra has been meeting to discuss this latest crisis and how it should respond. we are taking this incident incredibly seriously and working around the clock to discover precisely what has happened, where and why. be assured that we have world leading scientists, intelligence officers and police on this case. but all this comes at a very sensitive time diplomatically. donald trump will be travelling to europe next week for a nato summit which could prove to be fractious, followed by a visit to britain and then finally a summit meeting with vladimir putin in which mr trump may try to bolster relations with the kremlin. and all that may mean little chance of concerted diplomatic action against moscow in response to this latest poisoning of british citizens. it will be particularly difficult with the world cup continuing in the england tea m world cup continuing in the england team about to play in the quarterfinals. richard galpin, bbc n

the nature ofa months ago in salisbury. the nature of a nerve agent such as nobbyjock is it is an absolute tiny needle in a very large haystack that we have defined. the government's emergency cobra committee is meeting, to discuss the latest of elements in vulture. health officials are warning if necessary they should ta ke warning if necessary they should take precautions. take the simple precautions of washing the clothes you were precautions of washing the clothes you we re wearing precautions of washing the clothes you were wearing at the time, but of course we should all remember not to pick up any items that we don't know what they are. i'm annita mcveigh — the other news stories this morning — downing street releases a new plan to deal with customs arrangements after brexit — but will the cabinet and eu agree to it? disruption for thousands of commuters, as trains in and out of london victoria are cancelled, due to signalling problems. people are warned not to travel. and — happy birthday to the nhs, as it t

this was a, serge in yulia skripal, the damage in salisbury had been contained, people could go back to living their lives as normal. prince charles and camilla went, and this would be worried people up from the government to people living in answering salisbury tonight. that is the problem that people were reassured, they were had been told it was cleaned up and then people in salisbury had the disruption for many weeks and now it turns out to other people are critically ill. many weeks and now it turns out to other people are critically illm is not in salisbury, it is outside of salisbury which is terrifying if you are living in a small town or any of the surrounding towns because if it managed to get there, we don't know how, we do not know if the couple can pick up contaminated objects and carried it back to their homes or fit with amesbury. it is really unclear what has happened but ifi really unclear what has happened but if i was living in that area, i would want to know that it was safe in the home secretary said the threat to the general public is low but low is not good eno

police, especially given the recent events in salisbury. events in salisbury. the property was today's sealed off by police. by police. they are now investigating in amesbury and the surrounding area. amesbury and the surrounding area. the couple were suspected of being exposed to an unknown substance. exposed to an unknown substance. saturday night, it was even busier here, with seven fire appliances. here, with seven fire appliances. precaution, an event witnessed by local people. local people. were collecting hosepipes, so we thought there was like gas. thought there was like gas. carrying out further tests and say they are keeping an open mind. they are keeping an open mind. exposed to a toxic substance and spent weeks in hospital. spent weeks in hospital. here we go again, it is too close to home. again, it is too close to home. we don't know any more than that at the moment, so... the moment, so... that happened a few yards away from your own home... your own home... a single thing, because i don't know. know. this baptist church, with several officers an

salisbury, eight miles from the couple's home. this is the shopping centre where the skripals collapsed, after being poisoned in march. after a marketing push, things were just returning to normal here, when news broke of this latest novichok alert. oh my god, where's it come from? despite assurances that the risk to the public is low, jenny, a grandmother, told me she's still anxious. you just don't know, do you? what frightens you, particularly? the fact this time that it is just two people, two random people, it could be any of us. where has it come from, how has it happened, why has it happened? and we don't seem to be told that much. we are told enough to frighten us, but not enough to put our minds at rest. the bench where the skripals fell ill in march has now gone, replaced with summer flowers. daniel stiles has a fruit stall right next to it. he says business was beginning to recover, when this latest major incident was declared. it can be a bit worrying, knowing that it is here and there, but you can worry until the cows

just north of salisbury. we know two people we re of salisbury. we know two people were taken ill on the weekend initially the police thought this might be related to drugs. they are now saying they had been exposed to an unknown substance and in fact areas in amesbury and areas in salisbury had been cordoned off by the police. let's have a look at the live feed coming in right now because we think this police statement is about to start. it looked like it will be. this is an assista nt looked like it will be. this is an assistant commissioner for special operations. we are not sure if it will just be operations. we are not sure if it willjust be him speaking or we will also hear from other relevant officials. we'll see in the next couple of minutes. good evening and thank you for your patience. i am assista nt thank you for your patience. i am assistant commissioner and the national leave for counterterrorism police. i am national leave for counterterrorism police. iam here national leave for counterterrorism police. i am here with the chief medi

it is now clear that salisbury. it is now clear that salisbury wasn't cleaned in perhaps the way that we might have expected considering the significant amount of money involved in that process. at the difficulty is that it doesn't leave fumes, if it is contained in something, it is very difficult to trace. and to be fair to the authorities it is obviously very clear that they weren't expecting there to be objects lying around in a park which were still contaminated with traces of novichok. that is in itself worrying and if i was living in salisbury i would be concerned. there is, in the words of public health england, a low risk to the public. looking at the times, trapped boys wait for cave rescue to resume. you can only imagine the journey that they had to go through to get out of that cave system. the details in the times, as you say, one of the concerns is that the young boys, not all of them know how to swim, so they have not only had to swim, so they have not only had to deal with theirfears, to swim, so they

i've had a walkabout in salisbury and now we're in amesbury. i've been meeting local people and local businesses. i want to reassure local businesses. i want to reassure local people and businesses that we will continue to do everything that we can, working with local leaders, and what we can do nationally, to support them. i want to remind eve ryo ne support them. i want to remind everyone that salisbury and amesbury is open for business are they want to say to anyone listening now, this isa to say to anyone listening now, this is a beautiful part of the country to visit, so if you want a good day out, why not come down and show support, at the same time as having fun with your family? it is a lovely pa rt fun with your family? it is a lovely part of the country to visit. i want to ta ke part of the country to visit. i want to take the opportunity to say to everyone, especially local people, that the risk to the public remains very low. that is the clear advice of public health england. it is the clear advice of the chief medical officer and f

dawn stu rg ess ha d salisbury district hospital. dawn sturgess had already been admitted, asa sturgess had already been admitted, as a friend who didn't want to appear on screen, described. she is appear on screen, described. she is a happy, caring, loving person. she looks after everyone, really. i could sit here and talk and those are the ones in hospital and potentially fighting for their lives. in wiltshire, a number of locations where it is believed the couple were before they collapsed are now cordoned off. they fell ill hours apart at charlie's flat in amesbury. also closed is a baptist centre nearby and a local branch of boots the chemist. in salisbury eight miles away, a hostel, john baker house, where dawn sturgess lived, has now been closed. so to have the queen elizabeth gardens in the city. the gardens are close to the city. the gardens are close to the shopping centre and a bench where julia and sergei the shopping centre and a bench wherejulia and sergei skripal collapsed in march. the medical team who nursed julia an

katy austin in salisbury, thank you. a woman who lost nine members of her family in a tourist boat accident on a lake in the united states has been describing the disaster. tia coleman said passengers were told they would not need lifejackets but if she had managed to reach one she might have saved her three children. 14 other passengers were killed in the disaster. i couldn't see anybody. i couldn't hear anything. i could hear screams. ijust — it felt like i was out there on my own. and i was yelling and i was screaming and finally i said, "lord, just let me die, let me die." i said, "i can't, i can't keep drowning, ijust can't keep drowning." and as i fell in, ijust let go. and i started floating. jordan says it's taken in 800 syrian white helmet rescuers and their families from war—torn southern syria. the volunteer rescuers have been evacuated by bus overnight through the israeli—occupied golan heights. the civil defence workers and theirfamilies had been trapped by a syrian government offensive in the southwes

charlie rowley and dawn sturgess are critically ill in salisbury district hospital. scientists say they're victims of the same toxin, novichok, that was used to attack the former russian spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter in salisbury in march. but the authorities don't believe they were targeted. mrjavid delivered this statement in the commons. all the sites that have been decontaminated following the attempted murders of sergei and yulia skripal are safe. all sites which have been reopened have undergone rigorous testing and any items that may have harboured any residual amounts of the agent were safely removed for disposal. we have taken a very robust approach to decontamination, and there is no evidence that either the man or the woman in hospital visited any of the places that were visited by the sergei. 0ur strong working assumption is that the couple came into co nta ct assumption is that the couple came into contact with the nerve agent in a different location to the sites which have been part of the original clean—up operation. the police have also set

four months to the day since the salisbury incident, and another mysterious substance in wiltshire. the couple are now critically ill in hospital. this is the moment the emergency unfolded on saturday night. the bbc has been given these images of the fire and ambulance services at the property. this man says he is a friend of the couple and saw what happened. he was sweating, dribbling and he couldn't speak and was making funny noises and was rocking back and forwards, there was no response, he didn't even know i was there. it was like he was in another world are hallucinating. about agent was identified in the same place used to identify the novichok liquid in march. tonight the metropolitan police counterterrorism unit confirmed the latest findings. following the detailed analysis of those samples, we can confirm the man and woman have been exposed to the nerve agent novichok, identified as the same urge agent —— nerve agent that contaminated both julia and sergei skripal. the latest update we have from hospital is that both patients remain in a critical condition. for the pas

the couple is in a critical condition at salisbury hospital just a few kilometers away it's the same hospital that treated former russian spies. and to stall to use the just four months ago after they were nearly killed by the same nerve agent. counter-terror police are leading the latest probe. we can confirm that the man or woman have been exposed to the nerve agent of a truck which has been identified as the same or if i didn't get contaminated both of us and so ok so we are not in a position to say whether the nerve agent was from the side perhaps to the scriptures where it's close to. the possibility that these two investigations might be linked is clearly a logic board for. detectives are investigating how the couple came into contact with the nerve agent they say there's nothing in the past background to suggest they would have been deliberately targeted. police have cordoned off places the couple had been before falling ill including a church community center. the u.k. government is set to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the second set of bizarre events to befall the sou

salisbury, eight miles from the couple's home. this is the shopping centre where the skripals collapsed, after being poisoned in march. after a marketing push, things were just returning to normal here, when news broke of this latest novichok alert. oh my god, where's it come from? despite assurances that the risk to the public is low, jenny, a grandmother, told me she's still anxious. you just don't know, do you? what frightens you, particularly? the fact this time that it is just two people, two random people, it could be any of us. where has it come from, how has it happened, why has it happened? and we don't seem to be told that much. we are told enough to frighten us, but not enough to put our minds at rest. the bench where the skripals fell ill in march has now gone, replaced with summer flowers. daniel stiles has a fruit stall right next to it. he says business was beginning to recover, when this latest major incident was declared. it can be a bit worrying, knowing that it is here and there, but you can worry until the cows

how high should the level of concern be around amesbury and salisbury? >> well, this is an absolute key question and lots of people in salisbury are worried nerve agents usually last for hours but the novichok is a secret program that has been uncovered that the russians have been working on for 20 or 30 years. we believe it's persistent, it's been around on the ground for four months now and has the potential to create serious injury. how much longer we don't know. one thing people are suggesting and i support is that the russians could rather than putting out this ridiculous propaganda could help and tell us what the novichoks are made of, how persistent they are and is it a threat in future. i agree with the chief medical officer in the uk that the threat to the population of salisbury is low but people are concerned and i've been requesting the british government give more information to the people of salisbury. i agree i don't think there's a lot of threat going forward but we don't know at the moment. >> we just heard from theresa may moments ago o

yes, that was in salisbury, and we saw business dipping in salisbury. there were royal visits to try to boost the economy, to reassure the public that decontamination had happened. clearly, this will be alarming for businesses there. this isa alarming for businesses there. this is a whole new community, eight miles away, trying to think, how do we fit into this? this is a brand—new housing estate where the couple live. it is very tight, small roads, lots of families, tightly packed in together. people here are now nervous, as well as in salisbury itself. maybe they were at the hog roast on saturday afternoon. what do they need to do? do they need to wash their clothes and wipe down personal items, as sally davies just said in that cliff? people also have questions, despite reassurances that the risk is low. people want to know why it took 48 hours after this couple had collapsed here for the samples to be sent to porton down to be checked for novichok? something like the skripal case had happened so recently, showed that have happened sooner and would

that is why so much money was spent in salisbury. if they were to going to degrade naturally a very short period, there wouldn't be the need to do that. so they persist. one of the big problems is that they persist even longer if they are in an enclosed container, and the leading theory in the situation is that the container that held the original poison that was used in the skripal case could be the object that these two most recent individuals have been exposed to. more thanjust individuals have been exposed to. more than just a container, it may even be a device designed to spread the material, for example on the door handle of the skripals' home, so door handle of the skripals' home, so somebody interfered with it by picking it up, by handling it, by squeezing something, they may push some of the material out, which they we re some of the material out, which they were then exposed to. so how does this then affect the investigation into where this container is, and to make sure that they have done as good a clean—up operation in

also in salisbury which is being looked at. speculation that maybe this couple from amesbury had gone to salisbury, and had gone into that part, and maybe there is a possible link, but we have got to stress this is all possibilities. they see a few office rs possibilities. they see a few officers found a couple of vehicles. it has been declared a major incident, it does not look or feel like one, here right now. because everybody is just waiting for that information before they know how they proceed from this point. great to get that update. thank you very much. we will keep an eye on it. nicaragua is the poorest country in central america. until recently it's also been one of the most stable. this but that could all be about to change after two months of unrest and brutal repression. pro—government forces have tried to put down the protests, but that in turn has led to further violence. more than 200 people are said to have died. the situation worries the us which has alot of interests in nicaragua. american businesses opera

and there were many areas cordoned off in salisbury city itself but then the order authorities said that there was no no risk to the public and still at the moment they say that they think that the general public is not at risk but of course some people while from all we know not connected to school and sleep pods off with such severe conditions that will make people and very very nervous and that will make the risk up in the next day just luck the. british police saying that no one else has presented the same symptoms that we're seeing in this couple that has the symptoms of being poisoned by no beach show and we also are hearing from the police that there was nothing in the background of this couple just suggest that they were targeted and that they would have been the target of a nerve agent attack so they certainly don't have the same background or the same political pedigree as the script holes have a kind of remind us about the screwballs and what happened in salzburg. well that's i guess we part used to be a spy and spy a russian spy you most what this spy swap has lived in t

this is the report that the police have identified suspects in the case in salisbury, scotland yard i have to remind everyone, not commenting on this. what is your ta ke commenting on this. what is your take on this? we are not entirely clear about this, it is the press association, the wire agency that got the story suggesting that they did have suspects, identified suspects. the security minister described this as coming from the ill informed and wild speculation folder, that people like chris and i who look at government and ministerial statements can normally tell if a denial is an absolute one and that is certainly not one. it seems likely that they are getting much closer to being able to identify who was responsible. thank goodness. because it is terribly alarming for anyone living in salisbury the fact that someone could pick up a vial of this stuff and then someone dies. it is shocking. world cup over and... in a way, i interviewed ben wallace and his do not be fooled by the pr from the world cup, because this country still has an agenda and is still a threat and we are back

in in salisbury or who lived near salisbury who somehow came across this nerve agent at least this is what we know and what the speculation is so far and figure this incident comes just four months after the strip mall case another poisoning in solsbury how are the people of salisbury reacting. well they are understandably quite nervous and worried i mean in their quiet town in the south of england you have four people being struck down with a chemical nerve agent is really something that is quite unheard of and after the this clip ok is the author of cordoned off many areas they could have many areas in salisbury and of course would have to be be known as meticulous as they could but that now months after the original case somebody or two people who were seemingly unrelated just members of the public who were always said to not be in the in the bigger danger the authorities have maintained are still maintaining that there is no big risk for the wider public but it does now it looks like to remember all of just the public have come in contact with this it's definitely something that's

four months to the day after the salisbury attack, and dawn sturgess and charlie rowley have become the new victims of nerve agent poisoning in britain. the couple were taken ill from their home on saturday are now critically ill in hospital. this is the moment the emergency unfolded on saturday night. the bbc has been given these phone images of the fire and ambulance services at the property. this man says he is a friend of the couple and saw what happened. he was sweating, dribbling and he couldn't speak and was making funny noises and was rocking back and forwards, there was no response, he didn't even know i was there. it was like he was in another world, hallucinating. the nerve agent was identified in porton down near amesbury in the same place used to identify the novichok liquid in march. tonight the metropolitan police counterterrorism unit confirmed the latest findings. following the detailed analysis of those samples, we can confirm the man and woman have been exposed to the nerve agent novichok, which has been identified as the same nerve agent that contaminated both julia

she lived in this hostel in salisbury. today it was fully sealed off from the public, with barriers at either end of the road. the question the investigation team is desperate answer is we did she and charlie come into contact with the poisonous substance? one possibility is that either dorn or charlie came across the novichok in this part in central salisbury, which is sealed off. they could have been inside a container such as a perfume atomiser, that they simply bent down, picked up the container because it looked interesting. in the incident last march, investigators discovered that novichok was placed on the door handle of sergei skripal‘s has, but what was it carried in, and where did the assassins go with it? city leaders in salisbury say they are satisfied the police inquiry didn't miss any known contaminated sites. the clear advice from public health england and defra is that they are confident that the clean—ups were done successfully, and that clean means clean. so i would follow that scientific advice, whic

after salisbury. salisbury, and america expelled the most of the mats after salisburym looks like a reward. i can see your point. i think it is good to talk more, but i can see the problem. good to talk more, but as you said, we don't actually know what they talked about. it undermines the expulsion of diplomats is literally seven months later he is in the white house. i wonder whether they will hold hands. they might have two. it is quite a big step for putin, because the first meeting was in helsinki, not moscow. so it was on neutral territory, but now putin has agreed to go. when you go to the g7 620, has agreed to go. when you go to the g7 g20, the has agreed to go. when you go to the g7 gzo, the rule is as head of state you can meet on middleground but if you can meet on middleground but if you are only a prime minister you can go to them. it is a big deal for putin to go to washington, or vice—versa. putin to go to washington, or vice-versa. and do you think it will happen? it looks like it. i

katy austin gave us this update from salisbury. cordons have become a familiar sight in salisbury and at queen elizabeth gardens were yesterday saw forensic teams appearing to expand their activity to the toilets behind me but what is crucial now is detectives are able to speak to charlie rowley, who was poisoned by the nerve agent three weeks ago, after he was discharged from hospital we think in the last 48 hours had i will —— and they will be asking as many questions as possible to get as much information as they can. the source of the novichok has been found, but forensic searches go on. a park bench was the focus on saturday. nearly two weeks after dawn stu rgess died, charlie rowley was discharged from hospital. his brother hasn't been able to contact him since. i phoned the hospital and they confirmed he had been released and there was an official statement. i haven't spoken to him yet, but i hope to in the next few days. it was at charlie rowley‘s home here in amesbury that the small bottle containing the nerve agent

they were both found at a property in amesbury, just eight miles from salisbury where a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned. based on the number of casualties affected, it is not believed that there is a significant health risk to the wider public. police say the pair have no connection with russia or the skripals. we'll have the latest from the scene. also tonight... police continue to question a nurse, 28—year—old lucy letby, on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder another six at a hospital in chester. new footage of the children trapped in caves in thailand — rescuers say they won't try to bring them out until it's safe, and that could be months. more than 2a million people watched england finally win a world cup penalty shoot out. now more frayed nerves ahead, as the team prepare to face sweden on saturday. and an almost faultless federer cruises through to the third round at wimbledon, as he chases a record ninth title. coming up in sportsday later in the hour of bbc news, we'll look ahead to the world cup quarterfinals and also reflect

duncan kennedy is in salisbury for us duncan kennedy is in salisbury for us this afternoon. yes, the death of dawn stu rgess us this afternoon. yes, the death of dawn sturgess has come as a terrible shock to many people here. i do not just mean her family shock to many people here. i do not just mean herfamily and shock to many people here. i do not just mean her family and friends, also the hospital staff and looked after her and the police who were involved in this. the police have formally launched a murder enquiry. crucially, they do not appear to have found the novichok nerve agent which was responsible for dawn's death. dawn sturgess was 44 and the mother of three children. her murder has taken this incident to a new level of disbelief and tragedy. the news came from salisbury district hospital, where dawn had been taken just over a week ago. the hospital said... this afternoon, the head of the uk's counterterrorism policing says they have now launched a murder enquiry. it is both shocking and utterly appalling that a british citizen has died having been exposed to a n

speaking to people in salisbury, they were very anxious. they were told after the poisoning of the skripals there was no risk to the public. now, two seemingly random members of the public are gravely ill in hospital after being poisoned bya ill in hospital after being poisoned by a deadly nerve agent. also we have heard that businesses suffered after the first attack and they were starting to get back on their feet in preparation for a busy summer. there were hoping to get people into the town and the tourist attractions like salisbury cathedral. it is in the headlines for the wrong reasons. it is associated with novichok, which any city centre would not want. thank you very much. joining us from cape cod in the united states is the russian—american historian yuri felshtinsky, who co—authored a book with alexander litvinenko called blowing up russia. welcome to the programme. i wonder how you feel this latest development will influence the police investigation into what happened with the skripals, which is already going on. i think it

for the past four months, salisbury has been a scene of massive decontamination, after the poisoning of sergei and julia skripal and a police sergeant. a number of sites were handed back to the public, but the cleanup is still going on in the places with the highest concentrations. everyone had assumed that cleanup would be the end of the contamination story, so the revelation tonight there is a fresh nerve agent incident will come as a shock to many people. although public health england have stressed again today that the risk to the public remains low. wiltshere police say five sites are being investigated in this latest novichok incident, including this church in amesbury and this park in salisbury. both of which, it is thought, the couple caught up in this latest poisoning had visited. they are being treated in the same salisbury hospital as the skripals were, dawn sturgess and charlie rowley now receiving world—class care to fight this deadliest of substances amid an extraordinary twist in this potent sequence of events. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in amesbury. efforts are conti

they were both being treated at salisbury district hospital. the couple had spent much of friday together and it is believed that is when they handled this nerve agent in this 2a hours before they took ill last saturday. salisbury district hospital is the hospital that nursed sergei skripal and yulia skripal back to health and the hope was that this couple would also pull through but we have had this very sad news. we have had a statement from the national head of counterterrorism, describing it as shocking and terrible news, he says this terrible news only strengthens our resolve to identify and bring to justice the people or person responsible for this outrageous and barbaric act. now, we understand that the prime minister will be making a statement later this evening, but it appears that now an international murder attempt has ended with the death of a mother of three who was living at a hostel in salisbury, and this is now a murder enquiry. june kelly, thank you. the environment secretary, michael gove, has urged conservative mps to support

daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. students have painted over a muralfeaturing rudyard kipling's poem ‘if‘ — in a stand against what they say is his racist work. students at manchester university replaced the poem with a piece by maya angelou. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley has the story. students at the university of manchester painting over the poem if, one of rudyard kipling's most famous works. it's been replaced with still i rise by the african—american author and black civil rights activist, maya angelou. you may write me down in history... with your bitter, twisted lies... you may trod me in the very dirt... but still, like dust, i rise. i felt angry, i felt a very strong emotional reaction. these students say it's about challenging ideas about historical figures, celebrated on campuses. we want to make sure those brown and black voices are heard, and we want... that's literally what our students want, so that's why we decided to take this stance as a whole team. is this sanitising? you can s

tom symons, bbc news, salisbury. the time is quarter past six. all 12 schoolboys in thailand under football coach are rescued in a feat of extraordinary ingenuity and courage. and the red arrows streak over the skies of london to celebrate the centenary of the raf. so much history, in ten minutes. it's wonderful. actually makes you want to cry knowing it's all there. to protect you. absolutely brilliant. something to be proud of. england's footballers have arrived in moscow for theirfirst world cup semifinal in nearly 30 years. the team trained this morning at their base in repino before setting off for their clash with croatia. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is at the luzhniki stadium in moscow where tomorrow's game is taking place. i don't know if the players can feel it over there but the anticipation here is nearfever pitch. they can certainly feel it although their bases very remote and calm. they were playing and larking around with a rubber chicken in training this morning, all very high spirits and the mood is being replicated by

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. a competition has been launched to name a robot being built to explore mars in the future. at the moment the rover is called exomars, but the european space agency hopes the public can come up with something more inspiring, as caroline rigby reports. it is a competition that's, well, out of this world — what to call a robot set to explore mars in 2021. currently called exomars, this six—wheeled rover will travel across the red planet in search of life. capable of drilling to a depth of two metres, it will also look for microbes deep below the surface. it is set to be a fascinating mission and that is why scientists from the european space agency think this little robot deserves a big name. british astronaut tim peake is a leading the hunt, which he hopes will inspire future generations to follow in his footsteps. if we can encourage them at an early age to start getting interested in science, then that's a great step forward, but it's also, you know, about developing character and

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in salisbury. the israeli military has launched a heavy bombardment against hamas targets in gaza in response to what it says was sniperfire aimed at israeli troops. an israeli soldier is reported to have died. health officials in gaza say four palestinians, including three members of hamas, have been killed. the new health and social care secretary says he will look again at the current key a&e target of seeing patients within four hours in hospital in england and at whether it is realistic. matt hancock also says he wants to address how undervalued many nhs staff feel and boost their morale. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been with him to west suffolk hospital in bury st edmunds. very nice to meet you. i'm matt. demonstrating his bedside manner, the new health and social care secretary was out on the wards ahead of making his first big speech in the job. he's certainly got a lot to think about and a lot of problems to face up to. first, nhs targets — they've been missed for some time in england

salisbury had just started to return to normal after the attack in march. the prince of wales tried to help spread the message that it was business at usual. a week later, the second poisoning occurred. a mother of three died and the police are still unable to reassure a worried public there isn't any more discarded novichock. sarah campbell, bbc news. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy is in salisbury. these are intriguing suggestions from some quarters. can we shed any light on them at this point? pa seems to be saying similar things to what cnn are saying, their point today was that their sources are telling them that the police on this investigation have married up some cctv footage with people coming into the country and have come up with a list of suspects. cnn tonight are going further than that, saying they think there are two suspects involved, and that they left the uk shortly after the attack on sergei and yulia skripal on the 4th of march. this is sergei's house behind me. cnn also say that pair of suspects sent some kind of coded message to mosco

speaking to people in salisbury, they are very, very anxious. they were told after sergei we re anxious. they were told after sergei were poisoned that there was no risk to the great public, notjust a few months on, they are in the hospital after being poisoned by a deadly nerve agent. businesses, they suffered after the first attack and they were starting to get back on their feet and preparation for a busy summer, the weather has been lovely here, they're hoping to get people into the town and the tourist attractions, and again in salisbury is in the headlines for the wrong reasons. it is associated with nerve shocks, which anyone would not want. reporting just a couple of new lines, because the metropolitan issued a statement basically summing up issued a statement basically summing upa lot issued a statement basically summing up a lot of what you do seen, but a couple of new lines, there's no evidence they're saying that the man and woman visited any of the sites that were decontaminated following the attempted murders in march this year. th

daniel sandford, bbc news, salisbury. let's look at some of the day's other news stories. the discount retailer poundworld is to close all of its remaining stores. the chain went into administration last month, but has been unable to sell its assets. a total of 5,000 jobs will be lost. the fashion label burberry destroyed unsold clothes, accessories and perfume worth more than £28 million last year. it says it was done to prevent the products being stolen or sold cheaply, and it denied allegations that the process wasn't environmentally friendly. comcast is now the firm favourite to win a lengthy takeover battle for sky. the bbc has learnt that rupert murdoch's 21st century fox is thought unlikely to outbid the us giant for the uk and europe's biggest pay—tv company. if the deal goes through, it will end the murdoch family's long and sometimes controversial pursuit for full control of sky. the government chief whip in the house of commons, julian smith, is facing calls to resign following allegations that he used underhand tactics during this week's parliamentary votes

in the past few minutes we've also had a statement from salisbury district hospital, who offer their condolences to dawn's family, and say they worked tirelessly to save her. we'll have more from sophie a bit later in the programme. also, the latest from japan and the race against time to save people trapped by flash—flooding and landslides after days of heavy rain. central london has been rocked police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourites south africa by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated and celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom, then he asked her for a cigarette. and on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. applause this