Another Mystery Illness Rocks England After Spy’s Poisoning

MATT DUNHAM and JILL LAWLESS / The Associated Press Jul 4, 2018 Counterterrorism detectives and local police are investigating after a couple fall critically ill from exposure to an unknown substance a few miles from where a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in March. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Russian TV Crew Slammed for Sneaking Into British Hospital

JILL LAWLESS / The Associated Press Apr 11, 2018 Footage posted by newspapers show a reporter walking along corridors at the hospital where poisoned spy Sergei Skripal is being treated and commenting on the apparent lack of security. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.K. Says Ex-Spy Is Out of Critical Condition

JILL LAWLESS AND NATALIYA VASILYEVA / The Associated Press Apr 6, 2018 The poisoning of Sergei Skripal by what authorities believe was a military-grade nerve agent has chilled relations between Russia and the West, producing an unprecedented wave of diplomatic expulsions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Russia Responds Quid Pro Quo to Diplomats’ Expulsions

VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and JILL LAWLESS / The Associated Press Mar 29, 2018 Russia is expelling over 150 diplomats, including 60 Americans, in retaliation for a wave of Western expulsions of Russian diplomats over the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in Britain. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S., Allies Punish Russia in U.K. Spy Case

JOSH LEDERMAN / The Associated Press Mar 26, 2018 Reacting to the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain, the White House says 60 Russian diplomats will be expelled; Canada and 14 EU nations also order expulsions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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Veteran Journalist Calls Skripal Case a ‘Carefully Constructed Drama’ (Video)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 19, 2018 John Pilger doubts the British government's claim that Russia attacked a Russian ex-spy and his daughter with a nerve agent in England. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.K. and U.S.: Russia Must ‘Come Clean’ on Chemical Weapons

The Associated Press Mar 13, 2018 Britain says President Trump has assured Prime Minister Theresa May that the U.S. is “with the U.K.” and Russia must provide answers about the nerve-agent poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

U.K. Holds Emergency Meeting About Poisoning of Ex-Spy

GREGORY KATZ / The Associated Press Mar 10, 2018 Police are looking for clues as to what sickened Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia. The two Russians remain in critical condition, poisoned with what authorities said was a rare nerve agent. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )