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Members of the Falcon Squadron, Royal Tank Regiment, at Winterbourne Gunner, southern England, conducting final preparation and training before deploying in support of the civil authorities in Salisbury city centre, Friday March 9, 2018. British police asked the military on Friday to help investigate the nerve-agent poisoning of a former spy, as investigators' attention increasingly focused on the victim's house in a quiet suburban street. (Cpl Pete Brown/Ministry of Defence via AP) .

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UK military chemical experts aid police in spy poison probe

by Jill Lawless Associated PressMarch 9, 2018

Personnel in hazmat suits work to secure a tent covering a bench in the Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury, England on Thursday March 8, 2018, where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found critically ill by exposure to a nerve agent on Sunday. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

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After poisoning of ex-spy, daughter, 21 seek medical treatment

by Jill Lawless Associated Press, Gregory Katz Associated Press, and Danica Kirka Associated PressMarch 9, 2018

A police tent is framed by police tape covering the the spot where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill Sunday following exposure to an "unknown substance" in Salisbury, England, Wednesday, March 7, 2018.

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UK police: Russian ex-spy was attacked with nerve agent

by Danica Kirka Associated Press, and Jill Lawless Associated PressMarch 7, 2018

A police officer secures the area as a police tent covers the the spot in Salisbury, England, Tuesday, March 6, 2018, where former Russian spy double agent Sergei Skripal and his companion were found critically ill Sunday following exposure to an "unknown substance.”

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UK counterterror help inquiry after ex-Russian spy collapses

by Martin Benedyk Associated Press, Jill Lawless Associated Press, and Danica Kirka Associated PressMarch 6, 2018

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures May 19 to supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

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UK judge upholds arrest warrant for Assange

by Jill Lawless Associated PressFebruary 13, 2018

In this Feb. 5, 2016, photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks from the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London. A British judge on Tuesday Feb. 6, 2018 upheld a U.K. arrest warrant for Assange, leaving his legal position unchanged after more than five years inside the Ecuadorean Embassy.

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British judge upholds arrest warrant for Julian Assange

by Jill Lawless Associated Press, and Gregory Katz Associated PressFebruary 6, 2018

The leader of Britain's opposition Labour party Jeremy Corbyn speaks during a rally to demand the government introduce an emergency budget for the National Health Service (NHS) to end a winter crisis, at Methodist Central Hall in London, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018.

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Winter flu, Brexit put beloved UK health service on sickbed

by Jill Lawless Associated PressJanuary 28, 2018

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008 file photo, Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan performs during the European Border Breakers awards, or EBBA awards, in Cannes, southern France. O'Riordan, lead singer of Irish band The Cranberries, has died. She was 46, it was announced on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Bruno Bebert, File)

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Cranberries singer O’Riordan dies at 46

by Jill Lawless Associated PressJanuary 15, 2018

British Prime Minister Theresa May, left, walks with European Council President Donald Tusk prior to a meeting at the Europa building in Brussels on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May, met with EU officials early Friday morning following crucial overnight talks on the issue of the Irish border. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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UK, EU hail Brexit breakthrough despite unresolved questions

by Lorne Cook Associated Press, and Jill Lawless Associated PressDecember 8, 2017

FILE - This is a Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 file photo of US President Donald Trump as he shakes hands with British Prime Minister Theresa May in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. British Prime Minister Theresa May insisted on Thursday Nov. 30, 2017 th that she is not afraid to criticize a key ally, saying U.S. President Donald Trump's retweets of a "hateful" far-right group were "the wrong thing to do." But May's government dug in its heels over mounting calls to cancel Trump's planned state visit to the U.K. Trump's retweeting of anti-Muslim videos from far-right fringe group Britain First has been widely condemned in Britain. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Trump tweets strain US-Britain ties

by Jill Lawless Associated PressNovember 30, 2017