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British PM: Novichok Suspects From Russian Intelligence Service

Theresa May said the two men are officers from Russia's military intelligence service.

British Prime Minister Theresa May said two Russian nationals, using the names Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, are thought to be officers from Russia's military intelligence service and responsible for the poisoning of Mr Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English town of Salibury in March.

Also in the programme: what's left of Iraq's Yazidis four years after IS jihadists tried to wipe them out? and why Paraguay has announced it is moving its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv.

Picture: A CCTV image shows Alexander Petrov. Credit: Scotland Yard/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.

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