poisoned along with her partner after handing a contaminated object. her partner is still in critical condition. you ll recall novichok is a chemical agent used to poison an ex-russian spy and his daughter living in the uk. the british government blamed russia for that attack. i want to get to cnn s phil black live in london. sturges s death comes the same week that president trump is expected to meet before a one on one meet with president putin. do police believe there is a link? they do. they haven t specifically identified it but their theory is that whatever item these two people handled, that it was contaminated by the same batch of novichok that was used in the attempted assassination of the former russian intelligence service sergei skripal and his daughter in the town of