Britain’s security services are hunting a network of highly-trained assassins suspected of launching a nerve agent attack on a Russian spy and his daughter, sources say. The brutal and sophisticated method used to target Sergei Skripal and his daughter – which also left a police officer seriously ill – point towards “either present or past…

Sky News obtained footage of Sergei Skripal being arrested by Russian security in 2004. Sky News Former Russian double spy Sergei Skripal was poisoned by nerve agent, police confirm. Skripal and his daughter collapsed on Sunday and are in critical condition in a British hospital. A responding police officer is also seriously injured. Many experts…

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He arrived at the scene on Sunday (Picture: Reuters)The first policeman on the scene of the poisoning of a former Russian agent and his daughter is seriously ill in hospital. The officer, who has not been named, rushed to the site in Salisbury, Wiltshire, on Sunday. Man jailed for brutally dragging woman, 92, over cobbles in…

A nerve agent was used to deliberately poison a Russian spy and his daughter, police said, and both are in comas fighting for their lives along with a policeman who was first on the scene. Sergei, 66, and Yulia Skripal, 33, are in a critical condition after they were ‘specifically targeted’ with a deadly substance…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe victims were « targeted specifically » – Assistant Commissioner Mark RowleyA nerve agent was used to try to murder a former Russian spy and his daughter, police have said. Sergei and Yulia Skripal were found unconscious in Salisbury on Sunday afternoon and remain critically ill. A police officer…