Investigators have been summoned for emergency talks on the investigation in Salisbury, where the repercussions of a suspected nerve agent attack continue to grow. The home secretary, Amber Rudd, will chair a meeting of the government’s Cobra committee at 3pm on Saturday to receive updates on the police inquiry, Downing Street said. The Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, remain in critical condition in hospital after being exposed to a toxic substance in the Wiltshire city last Sunday. It has emerged that DS Bailey visited the Salisbury home of Skripal after he and Yulia were found slumped on a bench in the city centre. Play Video 2:03 Who is the Salisbury spy Sergei Skripal?

Source: The Guardian March 09, 2018 19:22 UTC