Wednesday, August 8, 2018

US to hit Russia with sanctions over UK nerve agent poisoning

The US is introducing new sanctions against Russia to punish the Kremlin for the country's involvement in the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the British town of Salisbury earlier this year.


It's the first time the Trump administration has officially accused the Russians of breaking international law by using the nerve agent Novichok on British soil.


Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.


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