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Former British Navy Officer Arrested In Dubai For Spying
Matt Croucher, a former British Royal Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been held in Dubai for seven months on spying charges, the Times newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Ex UK Marine Accused Of Spying For Hong Kong Found Dead. Was Bailed Last Week
A former member of the UK's Royal Marines, bailed by a court last week over allegations of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services in a Chinese-linked espionage case, has been found dead, British police said Tuesday.
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Iran Executes British-Iranian National Over Spying Allegations
Iran on Saturday executed former top defence official and dual British national Alireza Akbari, who was accused of spying for UK intelligence, the judiciary reported.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Surrounded By Doctors, Takes Breaks During Meetings, Claims Ex Spy
Former British spy Christopher Steele said Mr Putin is trying to avoid showing weakness in the Kremlin.
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Boris Johnson Warns Putin Over Sergei Skripal Poisoning: Downing Street
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday used his first official meeting with Vladimir Putin to warn the Russian leader not repeat the 2018 chemical attack that almost killed former spy Sergei Skripal.
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Aston Martin Confirms 4 Cars To Feature In Upcoming James Bond Movie No Time To Die
British carmaker Aston Martin and the fictional MI6 spy James Bond have had a long-standing association and the former has been synonymous with Bond films of over 50 years now. To reaffirm this association, Aston Martin will be featuring four of its iconic cars in the 25th instalment of the movie franchise that's quite aptly named 'No Time To Die.'...
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Russia Must End "Irresponsible Activity": Theresa May To Vladimir Putin
British Prime Minister Theresa May told Vladimir Putin on Friday Russia must end its "irresponsible and destabilising activity" if relations between the two countries, soured the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil, were to improve.
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British Police Release CCTV Footage Of Skripal Poisoning Suspects
British police on Thursday released more video footage of the two suspects they believe poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March.
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Britain Calls Them Nerve Agent Hit Men. Russians Ask Whether They Are Gay
When Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov went on Kremlin-backed channel RT this week to defend themselves from British allegations that they attacked a former Russian double agent and his daughter with a nerve agent on British soil, the interview wasn't only about whether they poisoned anyone.
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Vladimir Putin "Ultimately" Responsible For Spy Poisoning: UK Minister
Britain said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "ultimate" responsibility for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent in England, as it prepared to brief the UN Security Council.
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How 2 Russian Suspects Smuggled The Deadly Novichok Nerve Agent Into UK
British authorities on Wednesday named two Russian suspects wanted for a brazen attack with the nerve agent Novichok on a former Russian spy and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury.
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Britain Charges Two Russians For Novichok Nerve Agent Attack: Report
British prosecutors on Wednesday identified two Russians who they accused of trying to murder former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with a military-grade nerve agent in England.
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Russian Ruble Crashes As US Imposes Fresh Sanctions On Moscow
The Russian ruble crashed on Thursday to its lowest level against the dollar in almost two years after the United States imposed fresh sanctions on Moscow over the nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain.
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Novichok Nerve Agent Was In 'Perfume Bottle' Says Victim's Brother
A British man exposed to Novichok, four months after the same nerve agent was used against a former Russian spy nearby, had found it in a perfume bottle, his brother said.
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UK Police Hunt Object That Poisoned Couple With Nerve Agent
Police on Friday raced to find the object that contaminated a British couple with the Soviet-made Novichok nerve agent in southwestern England where a former Russian spy was poisoned with the same toxin four months ago.
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Former British Navy Officer Arrested In Dubai For Spying
Matt Croucher, a former British Royal Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, has been held in Dubai for seven months on spying charges, the Times newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Ex UK Marine Accused Of Spying For Hong Kong Found Dead. Was Bailed Last Week
A former member of the UK's Royal Marines, bailed by a court last week over allegations of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services in a Chinese-linked espionage case, has been found dead, British police said Tuesday.
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Iran Executes British-Iranian National Over Spying Allegations
Iran on Saturday executed former top defence official and dual British national Alireza Akbari, who was accused of spying for UK intelligence, the judiciary reported.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Surrounded By Doctors, Takes Breaks During Meetings, Claims Ex Spy
Former British spy Christopher Steele said Mr Putin is trying to avoid showing weakness in the Kremlin.
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Boris Johnson Warns Putin Over Sergei Skripal Poisoning: Downing Street
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday used his first official meeting with Vladimir Putin to warn the Russian leader not repeat the 2018 chemical attack that almost killed former spy Sergei Skripal.
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Aston Martin Confirms 4 Cars To Feature In Upcoming James Bond Movie No Time To Die
British carmaker Aston Martin and the fictional MI6 spy James Bond have had a long-standing association and the former has been synonymous with Bond films of over 50 years now. To reaffirm this association, Aston Martin will be featuring four of its iconic cars in the 25th instalment of the movie franchise that's quite aptly named 'No Time To Die.'...
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Russia Must End "Irresponsible Activity": Theresa May To Vladimir Putin
British Prime Minister Theresa May told Vladimir Putin on Friday Russia must end its "irresponsible and destabilising activity" if relations between the two countries, soured the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil, were to improve.
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British Police Release CCTV Footage Of Skripal Poisoning Suspects
British police on Thursday released more video footage of the two suspects they believe poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March.
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Britain Calls Them Nerve Agent Hit Men. Russians Ask Whether They Are Gay
When Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov went on Kremlin-backed channel RT this week to defend themselves from British allegations that they attacked a former Russian double agent and his daughter with a nerve agent on British soil, the interview wasn't only about whether they poisoned anyone.
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Vladimir Putin "Ultimately" Responsible For Spy Poisoning: UK Minister
Britain said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had "ultimate" responsibility for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent in England, as it prepared to brief the UN Security Council.
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How 2 Russian Suspects Smuggled The Deadly Novichok Nerve Agent Into UK
British authorities on Wednesday named two Russian suspects wanted for a brazen attack with the nerve agent Novichok on a former Russian spy and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury.
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Britain Charges Two Russians For Novichok Nerve Agent Attack: Report
British prosecutors on Wednesday identified two Russians who they accused of trying to murder former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with a military-grade nerve agent in England.
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Russian Ruble Crashes As US Imposes Fresh Sanctions On Moscow
The Russian ruble crashed on Thursday to its lowest level against the dollar in almost two years after the United States imposed fresh sanctions on Moscow over the nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain.
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Novichok Nerve Agent Was In 'Perfume Bottle' Says Victim's Brother
A British man exposed to Novichok, four months after the same nerve agent was used against a former Russian spy nearby, had found it in a perfume bottle, his brother said.
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UK Police Hunt Object That Poisoned Couple With Nerve Agent
Police on Friday raced to find the object that contaminated a British couple with the Soviet-made Novichok nerve agent in southwestern England where a former Russian spy was poisoned with the same toxin four months ago.
