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The latest updates as police investigate the suspected poisoning of an ex-Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury.

17:38, UK,Wednesday 07 March 2018

Key points
:: Sergei Skripal and daughter targeted with nerve agent
:: Both fighting for their lives after incident in Salisbury
:: Incident being treated as attempted murder
:: Police officer also in serious condition
:: Home Secretary has chaired Cobra meeting about incident



18:07




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17:49


All sites that Mr Skripal and his daughter visited have been secured, Dame Sally said.





17:48


Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, said there was a "low risk to the public".





17:47


Police have urged anyone who visited Salisbury town centre or the surrounding areas on Sunday afternoon to contact them.





17:47


Mr Rowley said police work in Salisbury may take several days.





17:45


Mr Rowley said hundreds of officers are working on the case including establishing why Mr Skripal and his daughter were targeted.





17:44


Mr Rowley described the incident as "awful" but there is no evidence of a "widespread health risk".





17:43


Police have not revealed the exact substance used but say they are working with scientists and Public Health England.





17:43


Mr Skripal and his daughter are still in a critical condition. The police officer in a serious condition was one of the first on the scene





17:37


Mr Skripal and his daughter were targeted specifically, police say, and an officer is in a serious condition.





17:33


Incident being treated as attempted murder with administration of nerve agent, Mr Rowley says.





17:32


Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley and Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, giving update.





17:04


An update from the Metropolitan Police, which is leading the investigation, is expected shortly.





16:51




Police, fire and ambulance crews arrived outside Zizzi's restaurant in Castle Street, Salisbury, on Wednesday afternoon, near to where Mr Skripal and his daughter were found.

A woman with dark hair was seen being taken out of Sarum House, next door to the pizzeria, and driven away in an ambulance.








12:56

What's happening?

Police are investigating the suspected poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter.

Earlier, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said police had more information about the substance.

Speaking after chairing a COBRA meeting, she said: "This is likely to be a lengthy investigation.

"We need to make sure we respond to evidence, not rumour.

"We do know more about this substance. We must let the police carry on this work, and they will share more information this afternoon.

"There is a lot of information about him (Mr Skripal) but I am not going to comment further about that."







12:43
Key points

:: Sergei Skripal and daughter targeted with nerve agent

:: Both fighting for their lives after incident in Salisbury

:: Incident being treated as attempted murder

:: Police officer also in serious condition

:: Home Secretary has chaired Cobra meeting about incident







12:40
Good afternoon

Welcome to Sky's rolling coverage of a former Russian spy and his daughter, who are fighting for their lives after a potential "poisoning" in Salisbury on Monday.
 
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That's the tragic but a normal end spies meet.
 
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He was a former Russian spy, convicted of espionage for providing information to MI6 on other Russian agents in Europe. Served Atleast 13 years jail in Russia and then released in exchange for captured agents by the FBI. Now settled in England, both his daughter and he were found poisoned by a substance - possibly contaminated by something they ate.

CCTV cameras reveal a man and a woman going past the area they were found and are currently wanted. Boris Johnson and British authorities have suspected Moscow. Moscow ofcourse denies the accusations but an intelligence team is currently investigating this and the two individuals are hospitalised fighting for their lives. His family deny espionage charges and strangely people associated with him have had bizzare deaths.

If proven correct, Russia is in big trouble.
 
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He was a former Russian spy, convicted of espionage for providing information to MI6 on other Russian agents in Europe. Served Atleast 13 years jail in Russia and then released in exchange for captured agents by the FBI. Now settled in England, both his daughter and he were found poisoned by a substance - possibly contaminated by something they ate.

CCTV cameras reveal a man and a woman going past the area they were found and are currently wanted. Boris Johnson and British authorities have suspected Moscow. Moscow ofcourse denies the accusations but an intelligence team is currently investigating this and the two individuals are hospitalised fighting for their lives. His family deny espionage charges and strangely people associated with him have had bizzare deaths.

If proven correct, Russia is in big trouble.
What trouble ? o_O
People said the same ,when Alexandar litivinenko was poisoned in London.
But what happened ? Nothing ?:disagree:
All the defectors or double agents have same fate ,

I wish his daughter get well soon, if she isn't really involved in this.:coffee:
 
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VLAD ATTACK
‘Poisoning’ of Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury was a plot by Western secret services to humiliate Vladimir Putin, Russia claims
Former Soviet spy Yuri Lyubimov claims Sergei Skripal was attacked in a plot to disrupt President Putin's election campaign

By Will Stewart
7th March 2018, 10:49 am
Updated: 7th March 2018, 11:49 am
THE poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal was an operation by Western secret services to harm Putin’s election campaign, a former KGB agent has claimed.

Master spy Yuri ‘Smiling Mike’ Lyubimov headed the KGB’s UK desk after being thrown out of London in the 1960s for seeking to recruit a female Foreign Office coding clerk.


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He rounded on claims that Moscow was behind the Salisbury poisoning of Skripal and his daughter Yulia, and claims Boris Johnson’s reaction to the incident shows it is a plot against Russia.

He said: “It is an absurd to kill a person who had been swapped.

“If he was to carry any secrets on him, he could have been killed here (in Moscow) - calmly, quietly - to inject him with a dose and no-one would have ever heard of it.

“Secondly, and this is the main moment: who benefits from it?


EAST2WEST NEWS
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Former KGB spy Yuri Lyubimov believes the attack was a plot by Western secret services

EAST2WEST NEWS
12
Top Soviet spy Lyubimov has hit out at allegations that the Kremlin was behind the supposed poisoning of Skripal
“You’ve got to be an idiot to suddenly do this right before our presidential elections and in the middle of an horrendous anti-Russian campaign.”

His claims comes after the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the alleged poisoning of Skripal was designed to "complicate UK-Russian relations."

Lyubimov also slammed UK Foreign Secretary Johnson for vowing to sanction Russia and suggesting a boycott of this summer’s World Cup which will be held in Russia.

Lyubimov said: “Boris Johnson’s statement confirms my thought - at a time when is it all still very unclear, already we receive a threat to boycott our football championship, and threats that ‘We’ll be taking measures'.

“We’ve been through this thousand times.”


REUTERS
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Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who were found slumped near a shopping centre in Salisbury, are both in a critical condition

LONDON NEWS PICTURES
12
The pair were exposed to an unknown substance leading authorities to lock down the area in Wiltshire
Lyubimov added: “My conclusion is this: it has been done by Western secret service to splash oil on fire, to get this fire - which started for no single reason - going properly, and to help an attack on our country.”

Asked by a TV interviewer about Vladimir Putin’s threat to punish traitor spies, he said: “I don’t know what Putin was saying.

“He is saying a lot of things.

"But do think logically - to carry out such an operation, what for, why?

“And immediately Boris Johnson intervenes…

“I think if this wasn’t done by Western secret services themselves, then it must have been some kind of Russian gang linked to some Western secret services, I don’t know which ones exactly.

“There are a lot of Russians living in the UK.”

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Russian foreign ministry says claims the country was involved in the alleged poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal are designed to complicate UK-Russian relations

3:14 PM - Mar 7, 2018
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Russia claims the alleged poison attack has been orchestrated to harm President Vladimir Putin's re-election campaign

GETTY - CONTRIBUTOR
12
Putin, pictured during a visit to a cake factory in Volga, Russia, is the overwhelming favourite in this month's presidential election

GETTY - CONTRIBUTOR
12
The assassination of Russian double agent Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 was also linked to the Kremlin

DOZHD/EAST2WEST NEWS
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Lyubimov, who the KGB's British expert during the Cold War, made the comments during a TV interview in Russia

EPA
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Former spy Lyubimov slammed Boris Johnson's comments in which he suggested England boycott this summer's World Cup

AP:ASSOCIATED PRESS
12
Yulia Skripal was airlifted to hospital after being allegedly poisoned while out with her former double agent father

AP:ASSOCIATED PRESS
12
A forensics tent is pictured at the scene of the alleged attack in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Read full story : https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/57457...putin-and-complicate-relations-russia-claims/
 
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VLAD ATTACK
‘Poisoning’ of Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury was a plot by Western secret services to humiliate Vladimir Putin, Russia claims
Former Soviet spy Yuri Lyubimov claims Sergei Skripal was attacked in a plot to disrupt President Putin's election campaign

By Will Stewart
7th March 2018, 10:49 am
Updated: 7th March 2018, 11:49 am
THE poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal was an operation by Western secret services to harm Putin’s election campaign, a former KGB agent has claimed.

Master spy Yuri ‘Smiling Mike’ Lyubimov headed the KGB’s UK desk after being thrown out of London in the 1960s for seeking to recruit a female Foreign Office coding clerk.


PA:PRESS ASSOCIATION
12
Russia claims the alleged poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal was a plot to 'complicate' UK-Russia relations
Get the best Sun stories with our daily Sun10 newsletter
Your information will be used in accordance with our privacy policy

He rounded on claims that Moscow was behind the Salisbury poisoning of Skripal and his daughter Yulia, and claims Boris Johnson’s reaction to the incident shows it is a plot against Russia.

He said: “It is an absurd to kill a person who had been swapped.

“If he was to carry any secrets on him, he could have been killed here (in Moscow) - calmly, quietly - to inject him with a dose and no-one would have ever heard of it.

“Secondly, and this is the main moment: who benefits from it?


EAST2WEST NEWS
12
Former KGB spy Yuri Lyubimov believes the attack was a plot by Western secret services

EAST2WEST NEWS
12
Top Soviet spy Lyubimov has hit out at allegations that the Kremlin was behind the supposed poisoning of Skripal
“You’ve got to be an idiot to suddenly do this right before our presidential elections and in the middle of an horrendous anti-Russian campaign.”

His claims comes after the Russian Foreign Ministry said that the alleged poisoning of Skripal was designed to "complicate UK-Russian relations."

Lyubimov also slammed UK Foreign Secretary Johnson for vowing to sanction Russia and suggesting a boycott of this summer’s World Cup which will be held in Russia.

Lyubimov said: “Boris Johnson’s statement confirms my thought - at a time when is it all still very unclear, already we receive a threat to boycott our football championship, and threats that ‘We’ll be taking measures'.

“We’ve been through this thousand times.”


REUTERS
12
Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who were found slumped near a shopping centre in Salisbury, are both in a critical condition

LONDON NEWS PICTURES
12
The pair were exposed to an unknown substance leading authorities to lock down the area in Wiltshire
Lyubimov added: “My conclusion is this: it has been done by Western secret service to splash oil on fire, to get this fire - which started for no single reason - going properly, and to help an attack on our country.”

Asked by a TV interviewer about Vladimir Putin’s threat to punish traitor spies, he said: “I don’t know what Putin was saying.

“He is saying a lot of things.

"But do think logically - to carry out such an operation, what for, why?

“And immediately Boris Johnson intervenes…

“I think if this wasn’t done by Western secret services themselves, then it must have been some kind of Russian gang linked to some Western secret services, I don’t know which ones exactly.

“There are a lot of Russians living in the UK.”

Sky News Newsdesk

✔@SkyNewsBreak


Russian foreign ministry says claims the country was involved in the alleged poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal are designed to complicate UK-Russian relations

3:14 PM - Mar 7, 2018
Twitter Ads info and privacy



GETTY - CONTRIBUTOR
12
Russia claims the alleged poison attack has been orchestrated to harm President Vladimir Putin's re-election campaign

GETTY - CONTRIBUTOR
12
Putin, pictured during a visit to a cake factory in Volga, Russia, is the overwhelming favourite in this month's presidential election

GETTY - CONTRIBUTOR
12
The assassination of Russian double agent Alexander Litvinenko in 2006 was also linked to the Kremlin

DOZHD/EAST2WEST NEWS
12
Lyubimov, who the KGB's British expert during the Cold War, made the comments during a TV interview in Russia

EPA
12
Former spy Lyubimov slammed Boris Johnson's comments in which he suggested England boycott this summer's World Cup

AP:ASSOCIATED PRESS
12
Yulia Skripal was airlifted to hospital after being allegedly poisoned while out with her former double agent father

AP:ASSOCIATED PRESS
12
A forensics tent is pictured at the scene of the alleged attack in Salisbury, Wiltshire
Read full story : https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/57457...putin-and-complicate-relations-russia-claims/
Lol really? :lol:

The latest updates as police investigate the suspected poisoning of an ex-Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury.

17:38, UK,Wednesday 07 March 2018

Key points
:: Sergei Skripal and daughter targeted with nerve agent
:: Both fighting for their lives after incident in Salisbury
:: Incident being treated as attempted murder
:: Police officer also in serious condition
:: Home Secretary has chaired Cobra meeting about incident



18:07




Rebecca Williams

✔@RebeccaTVnews


Wiltshire police officer, who responded first to incident, in intensive care in hospital

6:04 PM - Mar 7, 2018
Twitter Ads info and privacy






17:49


All sites that Mr Skripal and his daughter visited have been secured, Dame Sally said.





17:48


Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, said there was a "low risk to the public".





17:47


Police have urged anyone who visited Salisbury town centre or the surrounding areas on Sunday afternoon to contact them.





17:47


Mr Rowley said police work in Salisbury may take several days.





17:45


Mr Rowley said hundreds of officers are working on the case including establishing why Mr Skripal and his daughter were targeted.





17:44


Mr Rowley described the incident as "awful" but there is no evidence of a "widespread health risk".





17:43


Police have not revealed the exact substance used but say they are working with scientists and Public Health England.





17:43


Mr Skripal and his daughter are still in a critical condition. The police officer in a serious condition was one of the first on the scene





17:37


Mr Skripal and his daughter were targeted specifically, police say, and an officer is in a serious condition.





17:33


Incident being treated as attempted murder with administration of nerve agent, Mr Rowley says.





17:32


Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley and Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, giving update.





17:04


An update from the Metropolitan Police, which is leading the investigation, is expected shortly.





16:51




Police, fire and ambulance crews arrived outside Zizzi's restaurant in Castle Street, Salisbury, on Wednesday afternoon, near to where Mr Skripal and his daughter were found.

A woman with dark hair was seen being taken out of Sarum House, next door to the pizzeria, and driven away in an ambulance.








12:56

What's happening?

Police are investigating the suspected poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter.

Earlier, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said police had more information about the substance.

Speaking after chairing a COBRA meeting, she said: "This is likely to be a lengthy investigation.

"We need to make sure we respond to evidence, not rumour.

"We do know more about this substance. We must let the police carry on this work, and they will share more information this afternoon.

"There is a lot of information about him (Mr Skripal) but I am not going to comment further about that."







12:43
Key points

:: Sergei Skripal and daughter targeted with nerve agent

:: Both fighting for their lives after incident in Salisbury

:: Incident being treated as attempted murder

:: Police officer also in serious condition

:: Home Secretary has chaired Cobra meeting about incident







12:40
Good afternoon

Welcome to Sky's rolling coverage of a former Russian spy and his daughter, who are fighting for their lives after a potential "poisoning" in Salisbury on Monday.
Nothing new. Ex Russian foubke agents have been killed in the UK before. Russia often targets them when they think its necessary. Geo politics at play. Life goes on
 
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Nothing new. Ex Russian foubke agents have been killed in the UK before. Russia often targets them when they think its necessary. Geo politics at play. Life goes on
Except this guy was released from Russia as part of a spy swap. I think that's new. If the murders are traced back to Russia, why would anyone trust the Russians with a spy swap again?
 
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Except this guy was released from Russia as part of a spy swap. I think that's new. If the murders are traced back to Russia, why would anyone trust the Russians with a spy swap again?
And Russians are dumb enough to frame themselves in such difficult times? To show themselves as incompetent maniacs? And all this - just to kill a long ago decommissioned defector who poses a zero threat to Russia?
 
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Except this guy was released from Russia as part of a spy swap. I think that's new. If the murders are traced back to Russia, why would anyone trust the Russians with a spy swap again?
Huh.......what has trust got to do with geo political games world powers indulge in? The U. S/U. K never trusted Russia in the first place, and trust is not really necessary in Geo political rivalries between different powers who have conflicting interests. Each side just tries to further their national interest by all means necessary. Trust is the last thing they take into consideration. Lol

So I don't see anything surprising in the assassination of this ex double agent. Russia has done that before in London with Litvenienko. We will talk about it for a few days and then everybody will forget about it and life will go on, Nothing new. :D

The only thing i will point out is that it was a failure by our intelligence services to thwart this and arrest the suspects(which we could have used as a bargaining chip against the Russians further down the line.lThat's the major takeaway news from this issue, everything else is secondary /irrelevant :)
 
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