# nerve agent

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# salisbury

Traces of nerve agent Novichok found in second Salisbury police officer's blood

The attempted assassination the Skripals was done using Novichok in March 2018.

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Aug 15th 2019, 3:34 PM

# dawn sturgess

Parents of Novichok victim query why UK settled ex-spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury

Dawn Sturgess died after coming into contact with a nerve agent allegedly used in last year’s poisoning of Skripal and his daughter.

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Feb 16th 2019, 11:58 AM

# Panic

Novichok ruled out after couple fall ill in UK town hit by poisoning

Police said the couple, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s, were assessed in hospital where they remained under observation.

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Sep 17th 2018, 9:12 AM

# novichok

US hits Russia with sanctions over nerve agent attack in England

A former Russian spy and his daughter were exposed to Novichok in March.

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Aug 8th 2018, 8:46 PM

# chemical warfare

Britain asks world's chemical warfare watchdog to extend Novichok probe

Dawn Sturgess died after she handled what she thought was a bottle of perfume, given to her by her partner Charlie Rowley.

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Aug 7th 2018, 2:19 PM

# Charlie Rowley

Man exposed to Novichok nerve agent in UK is no longer critical, hospital says

Charlie Rowley and Dawn Sturgess, who has since died, fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near the town of Salisbury.

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Jul 11th 2018, 1:51 PM

# salisbury

Novichok poisoning: Police search for container they believe couple 'must have handled'

Dawn Sturgess and a man named locally as Charlie Rowley (45) fell ill last weekend in Amesbury, near the town of Salisbury.

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Jul 9th 2018, 2:13 PM

# novichok

Public in Salisbury warned not to pick up unknown objects after couple exposed to nerve agent

Police are investigating if the latest nerve agent poisoning is linked to the last Salisbury incident.

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Jul 5th 2018, 1:10 PM

# nerve agent

Daughter of ex-Russian spy poisoned by nerve agent refuses consular assistance from Russian embassy

Skripal was discharged from hospital on Monday, more than a month after the 4 March nerve agent attack.

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Apr 11th 2018, 9:27 PM

# skripals

The pets of Russian spy poisoned in Salisbury are dead - UK government

Russia had raised questions about the condition of the Skripals’ pet cat and two guinea pigs.

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Apr 6th 2018, 12:22 PM

# salisbury

Yulia Skripal says her 'strength is growing daily', in first statement since Salisbury poisoning

Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found unconscious in the English town of Salisbury on 4 March.

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Apr 5th 2018, 4:05 PM

# novichok

UK scientists unable to prove nerve agent was Russian-made

Analysts had identified it as military-grade Novichok, but they had not proved it was made in Russia.

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Apr 3rd 2018, 5:22 PM

# Poisoning

Russian ambassador on expulsion of Irish diplomat: 'Every action finds its counteraction'

Yury Filatov said he is still optimistic about Ireland’s future relationship with Russia.

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Apr 3rd 2018, 1:25 PM

# skripal poisoning

Russia escalates action against European countries as it puts UK diplomats on notice

Yulia Skripal, meanwhile, is “rapidly improving” in her condition in hospital.

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Mar 30th 2018, 2:20 PM

# Russian Spy

Yulia Skripal 'improving rapidly' after nerve agent attack as police cordon off playground near home

While she is no longer critical, the condition of her father Sergei remains serious after the attack.

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Mar 29th 2018, 5:16 PM

# salisbury

Policeman injured in UK nerve agent attack leaves hospital

A judge today ruled that blood samples from former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, who have been left in a coma following the attack, can be released for testing.

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Mar 22nd 2018, 8:30 PM

# Sergei Skripal

Boris Johnson says Russia's poisoning denials 'grow increasingly absurd'

The Kremlin has denied its involvement in the poisoning of a former double agent and his daughter in Salisbury.

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Mar 19th 2018, 12:54 PM

# spy poisoning

'Doesn't change the facts': May responds to Russia's ousting of UK diplomats

The British Council said it was ‘profoundly disappointed’ after Russia banned its cultural operations.

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Mar 17th 2018, 1:20 PM

# poison

Explainer: What we know about Russia's Novichok nerve agents

The agent is an ultra-fine powder, made up of several components that would have been mixed safely by the assassin.

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Mar 13th 2018, 7:00 PM

# nerve agent

Moscow calls Britain's spy attack accusations a 'dirty attempt to discredit Russia'

The nerve agent Novichok is believed to have been used.

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Mar 13th 2018, 2:40 PM

# Attempted Murder

Spy poisoning in Britain: Who stands to gain?

Sergei Skripal, 66 moved to Britain in a 2010 spy swap.

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Mar 10th 2018, 8:15 AM