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Russia summons British ambassador as it readies to expel diplomats

Mikhail Metzel | TASS | Getty Images Russia’s President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with his election representatives at Moscows Gostiny Dvor; Putin is running for re-election in the 2018 Russian presidential election scheduled for March 18, 2018. Russia has decided to expel 23 British diplomats who must …

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UK calls death of Russian businessman Glushkov a homicide

Peter Nicholls | Reuters Police vehicles and officers guard the home of Nikolai Glushkov while his corpse is removed, in New Malden, Britain March 13, 2018. British police say they are treating the death of London-based Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov as a homicide, after a post-mortem revealed he died from …

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Russia says it will investigate poisoning of Skripal’s daughter

Toby Melville | Reuters Police officers seal off the road on which Russian Sergei Skripal and his daughter have been staying in Salisbury, Britain, March 7, 2018. Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Friday it had opened a criminal investigation into the attempted murder of Yulia Skripal, daughter of former double …

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Britain says likely that Russia’s Putin made decision for nerve agent attack

Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal on March 11, 2018 in Salisbury, England. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Friday that it was overwhelmingly …

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First offensive use in Europe since WWII

Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal on March 11, 2018 in Salisbury, England. The leaders of France, Germany, Britain and the United States issued a …

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Russia to expel UK diplomats as row over spy attack escalates

Stefan Rousseau-Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during a press conference after their meeting on December 22, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. Johnson defended the measures announced on Wednesday and suggested that there could be further consequences for wealthy …

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UK’s sluggish economy to grow a bit more quickly: Hammond

BEN STANSALL | AFP | Getty Images British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond poses for pictures with the Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street in London, on November 22, 2017, before presenting the government’s annual Autumn budget to Parliament. Britain’s sluggish economy will grow slightly more quickly …

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Nerve agent attack on Russian ex-spy Theresa May announcement awaited

Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Military personnel wearing protective suits remove a police car and other vehicles from a public car park as they continue investigations into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal on March 11, 2018 in Salisbury, England. The nerve agent attack on the former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and …

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French far-right party definitively severs ties with founder

Charles Platiau | Reuters Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party candidate for French 2017 presidential election, concedes defeat at the Chalet du Lac in the Bois de Vincennes in Paris after the second round of 2017 French presidential election, France, May 7, 2017. France’s far-right National Front …

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UK sends troops to city where Russian spy poisoned with nerve agent

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Police officers man a cordon near a forensic tent (not pictured) where a man and woman had been found unconscious two days previosly, on March 6, 2018 in Salisbury, England. Britain is sending 100 military service personnel with expertise in dealing with chemicals to the city where …

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