overseas tonight, and the british government is now putting russia on notice. prime minister theresa may leaving little doubt that she believes russia is most likely to blame for the chemical attack against a former russian spy and his daughter. and there is news tonight on the chemical agent that was used. abc s chief foreign correspondent terry moran on this again tonight. reporter: chilling scenes in the quiet english city of salisbury. troops donning chemical warfare gear, securing sites contaminated by the nerve agent used to try to kill former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia. and today, prime minister theresa may told parliament the weapon was russian made. it is now clear that mr. skripal and his daughter were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by russia. it is highly likely that russia was responsible. reporter: called a novichok agent, a next generation chemical weapon up to ten times deadlier than vx or sarin. it attacks th
engine was rumored to be interested in taking over in the g. but as it looks the germans were quick you know to create facts here and avoid that the french get into business with the germans here. listen in frankfurt thank you so much for this and of course we ll have an expert here in the studio in the next hour to talk a little bit more about the wider repercussions of this deal but first we talk about a diplomatic crisis which is taking place between london and moscow sara you know the russian president has had something to say about it we want to tell our viewers about that because lattimer putin has said that britain should figure out what happened to acts by scream foul before blaming the poisoning on russia that is according to a media report former double agent sergei scream paul and his daughter yulia have been in hospital in a critical condition for over a week after they were found unconscious on a bench outside of a shopping center in the southern english city of salisbury
theresa may said, use the word russia that russia was very likely in theresa s language to be behind the attack. theresa may said two things. it s almost certainly russia, what we don t know whether this was a directed operation out of the kremlin or whether something went awry and this radioactive material that poisoned 200 people in the city of salisbury, whether that was a rogue operation or something that went crazy. that means it s russia one way or the other. and it s an act of war. and we have something called article v in the nato treaty which on likbliges us. but something an attack that injures english nationals is an act of war.
4:00 local time on sunday afternoon when he and his daughter visiting from russia were found slowly falling unconscious on a quiet bench near a shopping center, a mall, in the rural city of salisbury. but the bombshell, frankly, we ve heard behind me takes that instance to a whole new international level. the top counterterrorism police officer for the united kingdom saying that they believe this is attempted murder through the administering of a nerve agent. they ve gone on to say that they specifically know what that nerve agent was. they re not publicly identifying it. wolf, as you know, that narrows down enormously potentially who could have supplied a chemical like that. vx, sarin, two well-known ones. only a small number of countries own those. they went on to say here that those two individuals were deliberately targeted in this specific attack. they are putting together a closed circuit television timeline, appealing for information. they went on to say that one of a number of
a global warming driven cycle that has likely played a role in the icy winter storms that have recently hit europe and the united states . british authorities say that they will soon reveal what kind of substance was used in the suspect of poisoning of a former russian spy this as a war of words between the unite the u.k. and russia after surrogate scrip hall an x. russian intelligence officer was struck down by a mystery sickness he and his daughter were taken critically ill on sunday in the southern city of salisbury this security camera footage is of keen interest to british counterterror thirty s it could show a couple merely taking a nonchalant stroll but police are investigating anyone who was in the area around the time former russian spy sergei and his daughter yulia collapsed shopping center on sunday this alleyway connects salisbury s z.z. restaurant where the couple are reported to have dined and the park bench where