U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cast the poisoning of an ex-spy in Britain as part of a "certain unleashing of activity" by Russia that the United States is struggling to understand. He also warned that the poisoning would "certainly trigger a response." Moscow has dismissed the suggestion it was involved in his March 4 poisoning as "a circus show." He said if the poisoning turned out to be the work of Russia's government, "this is a pretty serious action. Military forces work on a van in Winterslow, England, Monday as investigations continue into the nerve-agent poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, in Salisbury, England.

Source: CBC News March 13, 2018 03:22 UTC