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Skripal attack: Russia faces US sanctions

09/08/2018 GMT

Skripal Attack: Russia Faces US Sanctions

BBC World Service - World Update, Skripal Attack: Russia Faces US Sanctions

The US concludes the Kremlin used the nerve agent Novichok on a former spy in the UK

Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were left seriously ill after being poisoned with Novichok in Salisbury in March, though they have now recovered. Also: Argentine senators reject a plan to liberalise abortion law; Do we need a space army?

(Photo: Parts of the city of Salisbury were sealed off after the nerve agent attack. Credit: AFP)

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