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Some interesting news developments in the U.K. today. Firstly, foreign secretary @BorisJohnson has just resigned over Brexit - 2nd senior minister in 2 days. Will @theresa_may have a govt left by Friday, to welcome @realDonaldTrump? #TrumpUKVisit
Secondly, police in #Salisbury say they are currently dealing with a medical incident involving a man, close to where the #SkripalPoisoning took place. Unclear at the moment if it’s related.
Update on Salisbury: local police say the medical incident has been dealt with and is “not part of the ongoing major investigation”. Phew!
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Suspects in #SkripalsCase tell ⁦@RT_com⁩ that they had nothing to do with the poisoning and they just went to Salisbury to visit the cathedral #Russia #skripal #skripalpoisoning rt.com/news/438350-pe…
“Of course, we went there to see Stonehenge, Old Sarum, but we couldn’t do it because there was muddy slush everywhere. The town was covered by this slush. We got wet, took the nearest train and came back [to London].”
Funny, because there doesn’t seem to be any “slush” visible in these photos... #Skripal
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BREAKING: British prosecutors say they believe they have enough evidence to charge two Russian nationals over the poisoning of Sergei & Yulia #Skripal in Salisbury in March. Their names are Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov #skripalpoisoning
Photos of suspects - their names believed to be aliases. Police say they travelled to UK from Moscow on March 2nd, went to Salisbury on 3rd & 4th (day of attack) and returned to Moscow that evening. Minute traces of novichok were found in their London hotel room. #skripals
Police say a counterfeit perfume bottle (Nina Ricci “Premier Jour”) was used to apply the novichok to the Skripals’ front door. One woman, Dawn Sturgess, later died and her partner was hospitalized after handling the bottle #skripalpoisoning
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British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will get to see her daughter after more than 2 years in prison in #Iran ⁦@FreeNazanin⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-452875…
Here’s Nazanin reunited with her 4-year-old daughter, Gabriella. She’s been granted 3 days away from prison but her family is hoping it’s the start of the journey towards her release #freenazanin
Nazanin’s husband Richard Ratcliffe, who is based in London, said, “Furlough is not full freedom - we want her home, not just on holiday from prison - but it is still such a good step.” #FreeNazanin @FreeNazanin
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On his resignation today as #UK foreign secretary, @BorisJohnson says he could not in good conscience champion @theresa_may #Brexit proposals.
"We are headed for the status of a colony," says @BorisJohnson in his statement resigning as #UK foreign secretary.
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#UK Foreign Secretary @BorisJohnson has resigned, according to @10DowningStreet.
"His replacement will be announced shortly," @10DowningStreet spokesman says.
More on the @BorisJohnson resignation:
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Interesting how the #Brexit weather has changed in Brussels.

U.K. preparing to publish a customs paper which essentially lays out idea of all-U.K. customs union for the temporary backstop.

Understand won’t tackle alignment or ECJ etc.

And yet... /1
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