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Newshour: UK Calls Out Russia Over Nerve Agent Attack

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06/09/2018 GMT

UK Calls Out Russia Over Nerve Agent Attack

BBC World Service - Newshour, UK Calls Out Russia Over Nerve Agent Attack

The international community backs the UK's allegations that Russian agents were to blame

The international community backs the UK's allegations that Russian agents were to blame.

At a meeting of the UN Security Council international leaders have backed Britain's assertion that Russian military intelligence officers are to blame for the attempted murder of an ex Russian spy and his daughter in the UK. Russia denies the claims.

Also in the programme: Reaction to the anonymous op-ed in the New York Times, allegedly describing tensions in the White House, and India de-criminalises gay sex.

(Picture: Salisbury nerve agent attack: Composite of suspects Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov. Credit: Met Police)

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