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British Prime Minister Theresa May says she's deeply disturbed at the poisoning of a couple in Wiltshire by the nerve agent Novichok, the same poison that was used in an assasination attempt on a Russian double agent and his daughter nearby four months earlier.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter took weeks to recover from the poisoning which occured in nearby Salisbury. UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed the British couple who are in their mid-40s came into contact with the chemical substance in a separate area to those which were decontaminated following the Skripal attack.
Mr Javid said Russia had questions to answer following the new poisoning. Prime Minister Theresa May said the police would be making every effort to find those responsible.
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British Home Secretary Sajid Javid has called on Russia to come forward and explain what has happened, following the poisoning of a couple in Amesbury, Wiltshire, with the nerve agent Novichok.
He said the working assumption is that the couple came into contact with the substance outside of the areas which were cordoned off in nearby Salisbury, when former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned with the same nerve agent in March of this year.
While tests have not confirmed the nerve agent came from the same batch, police are investigating the theory that the couple, who are British citizens and in their mid-40s, came into contact with some residue from the initial poison.
UK health authorities have warned people in the area not to pick up unknown objects .
In a statement to the House of Commons Savid Javid said the use of chemical weapons was barbaric and unacceptable and that Moscow had questions to answer.
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The Home Secretary sought to reassure people that the original decontamination process had been successful.
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52 mostly Sudanese asylum seekers from the «Lifeline » , an NGO ship that docked last week in Malta after being refused by Italy, arrived in Paris on Thursday morning.
France says the decision to welcome them shows the country is doing its bit to help take in migrants crossing the Mediterranean - but it has not offered to let any NGO ships carrying migrants dock in French ports.
Elena Casas reports from Paris.
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British police are investigating how a couple - both now critically ill - came into contact with the same deadly Novichok nerve agent used against a former Russian spy and his daughter.
The Kremlin has not given any official response to reports that two British citizens are critically ill, after being exposed to Novichok, the same nerve agent that struck down a former Russian agent and his daughter in March. Britain previously accused Russia of poisoning the Skripals - but Russia denied any involvement. Jessica King has more from Moscow.
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British police say a man and a woman found unconscious near the site of Salisbury where a former Russian spy and his daughter were attacked in March, were exposed to the same nerve agent Novichok.
The British couple are in a critical condition in hospital as Catherine Drew reports.
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Counter-terrorism police in the UK are investigating what's being described as a major incident after an unknown substance has left two people critically ill.
Samples are being sent to experts at a government chemical weapons research laboratory after a local couple in their 40s were discovered unconscious at their house in Amesbury in Wiltshire.
The town is just eight miles from where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were attacked with the nerve agent Novichok four months ago.
Police have confirmed that no one else has been taken ill, however several sites around the two have been cordoned off as a precaution.
Deputy Chief Constable Paul Mills of Wiltshire police say they are keeping an open mind, as it not year clear if a crime has been committed.
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England have put an end to their penalty shoot-out curse, beating Colombia 4-3 to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. The Three Lions will now face Sweden in the last eight - as Jessica King reports.
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