Spy struck down

Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, may be left with brain damage if they survive their poisoning by nerve agent in Salisbury this month. A UK court revealed that the poison was Russian-made and deemed it “highly likely” that the attack was sanctioned by the Russian state. The UK deported 23 Russian diplomats suspected of espionage and urged European countries to do likewise, in the biggest rift between Russia and the West since the Cold War was at its most intense