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Kremlin rejects UK accusations over Salisbury nerve attack
Britain to brief UN Security Council on suspects of Salisbury nerve attack
The Russian government has rejected Britain's accusations that Vladimir Putin bears responsibility for the Salisbury nerve agent attack. We speak to former UK ambassador to the UN Mark Lyall Grant.
Also in the programme:
Ten soldiers in South Sudan have been jailed for the rape of foreign aid workers and the murder of a journalist in 2016.
India's Supreme Court has decriminalised gay sex.
(Photo: Two Russian suspects at Salisbury train station in March 2018 Credit: Metropolitan Police/ Reuters)
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