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UK says to invest £48m in chemical weapons defence after spy poisoning 15 Mar 2018 - 02:50 pm
Police officers are seen at Russian Embassy in London, United Kingdom after Britain has expelled 23 Russian diplomats in a standoff with Russia over the
UK police investigating another suspicious package at parliament 15 Mar 2018 - 02:37 pm
A bench covered in a protective tent is seen at The Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury, southern England, on March 15, 2018. AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
After hesitancy, France backs Britain over Russian role in attack 15 Mar 2018 - 01:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron (R) escorts Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May after they spoke to the press at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo
Russia to expel UK diplomats as row over spy attack escalates 15 Mar 2018 - 01:19 pm
Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, leaves 10 Downing Street in London, March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Sons urge Canada's Trudeau to pressure Iran to release mom 15 Mar 2018 - 09:31 am
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits behind his name card at a round table discussion with steel industry leaders in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
Anger after Croatia leader praises Argentine immigrants 14 Mar 2018 - 09:56 pm
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (L) sings Croatia's national anthem next to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie, during a wreath-laying ceremony to pay homage to Argentine national hero General Jose de San Martin, at San Martin square in B
The world reacts to the death of physicist Stephen Hawking 14 Mar 2018 - 09:33 pm
Stephen Hawking receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barack Obama during a ceremony on August 12, 2009 in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC  AFP / Jewel Samad
No ministers or royal family to go to World Cup in Russia: UK PM 14 Mar 2018 - 03:52 pm
:A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May
Merkel to meet Macron in Paris on Friday: Elysee 14 Mar 2018 - 03:32 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel waits to be given her certificate of appointment by the German President on March 14, 2018 at Bellevue Palace in Berlin.   AFP / Stefanie LOOS
Britain to expel significant number of Russian diplomats 14 Mar 2018 - 02:57 pm
The Russian consulate is pictured in London on March 14, 2018. / AFP / Justin TALLIS
Merkel voted into 4th term as German chancellor 14 Mar 2018 - 02:10 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is sworn-in by Parliament President Wolfgang Schaeuble during a meeting of Germany's lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
EU to limit visas if countries refuse to take back migrants 14 Mar 2018 - 01:39 pm
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It's the Russians, says chemist who uncovered existence of 'Novichok' 14 Mar 2018 - 11:00 am
Vil Mirzayanov, the former Soviet scientist who developed the chemical agent Novichok, is pictured in Princeton, New Jersey, United States March 13, 2018. Reuters/Hussein al Waaile
Britain and Russia brace for showdown as deadline expires for nerve attack explanation 14 Mar 2018 - 09:34 am
People walk past one of the entrances to Russia's embassy and consular section in London, Britain, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Tom Jacobs
Spy poisoning: UK considers 'full range' of retaliation 13 Mar 2018 - 05:26 pm
British ambassador Laurie Bristow leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on March 13, 2018. AFP / Alexander NEMENOV
An English town puzzles over a spy who came in from the cold 13 Mar 2018 - 02:51 pm
A Royal Mail postal workers delivers mail in Salisbury, southern England, on March 12, 2018, near to where a man and woman were found critically ill on March 4, after being apparently poisoned with what was later identified as a nerve agent sparking a maj
Russia 'not guilty' of poisoning, ready to cooperate: Lavrov 13 Mar 2018 - 01:51 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a news conference after a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi in Moscow, Russia March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Slovak PM under pressure to agree early election as coalition unravels 13 Mar 2018 - 01:37 pm
Speaker of the Slovakia's National Council Andrej Danko (L) and Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico react after a meeting at the Bratislava castle, Bratislava, Slovakia March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

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