to also make some headway on their views chief political editor covering this cabinet meeting for us thank you michelle or the daughter of an ex russian spy has been the star discharged from the hospital in the u.k. and taken to a secure location. and her father circus cripple spent two weeks in critical condition after being exposed to a nerve agent in the english city of solsbury last month london blames moscow for the points and it is plunged relations between the two countries to their lowest point in decades. at one point it was feared uli a script all would die in this hospital now after a steady improvement in her health doctors have deemed her well enough to leave. we have now discharged from salisbury district hospital i also want to take this opportunity to wish her well this is not the end of her treatment a significant milestone five weeks ago yulia and her father were exposed to a nerve agent identified by the u.k.
a nerve agent in the english city of solsbury last month both were in critical condition for weeks they ve heard target of the attack remains in the hospital the case has plunged relations between russia and the west to their lowest in decades britain accuses russia of masterminding the attack moscow denies involvement now the hospital treating yulia her father and a police officer who was also exposed to the nerve agent has a press conference a short while ago. all three had been exposed to a nerve agent nerve agents work by attaching themselves to particular enzymes in the body which then stop the nerves from functioning this result. in treating the patients is to stabilize them and showing that they can breathe and the blood can continue to circulate we then need to use a variety of different drugs to support the patients until they could create more
seeing a tough response from russia because this was the toughest action we ve seen from the trump administration to date when it comes to taking a tough stance on russia claire richardson on the story for us tonight in washington player thank you very much. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world health officials in the u.k. say screwballs daughter is now responding well to treatment yulia screwball and her father sergei are in the hospital in the english city of solsbury where they were found unconscious earlier this month after being poisoned with a nerve agents that poisoning sparked the current well between britain and russia north and south korea will hold their first summit in more than a decade on april twenty seventh south korean officials made the announcement after high level talks with north korea their agenda will focus on denuclearization and improving relations between the two countries france s
it is an affront to the program on the use of chemical weapons and it is an affront to the rule space system on watch which we and our international partners depend we will work with our allies and partners to confront such actions wherever they threaten our security at home and abroad and i commend this statement to the house . thank you mr speaker i would like to thank the prime minister for advance of his statements and echo absolutely her words about the service of our and if you re just joining us you ve been watching british prime minister theresa may addressing parliament on the case of a former russian spy poisoned on british soil a she was saying that the russian state is responsible for the attempted murder of the former spy service cripple and his daughter in the british city of solsbury and she said it was an unlawful use of force and she detailed a series of measures one of them being the u.k. expelling twenty three were russian diplomats we have correspondent berkut mass
the half brother of leader kim jong un at kuala lumpur airport last year kim jong nam died after a nerve agent was sprayed in his face sri lanka has declared a state of emergency after anti muslim violence mobs made up of the majority buddhist population attacked muslim owned shops and homes and at least two people have been killed the government has deployed soldiers to riot areas and imposed a curfew. now a former russian spy and his daughter are fighting for their lives in the u.k. after an apparent poisoning attempt britain has said it will respond appropriately and robustly to any russian involvement circus grip all and acts russian intelligence officer who also spied for britain was taken critically ill on sunday along with his daughter counterterrorism police are racing to identify the unknown substance that left the parent conscious in the southern british city of solsbury.