Poisoned Russian Yulia Skripal Issues Statement

Poisoned Russian Yulia Skripal says her "strength is growing daily", in a statement ahead of a UN Security Council meeting about the nerve agent attack on her and her father in Britain.

Also in the programme: Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva faces prison after the Brazilian Supreme Court rejected his request to stay out of jail while he appeals against a corruption conviction; and thousands of Google employees demand the company withdraws from a project with the US military.

Photo: Yulia Skripal. Credit: Yulia Skripal / Facebook