Podcast appearances and mentions of Sergei Skripal

A Russian spy torn between loyalty and freedom. A secret deal with MI6. And, years later, in Salisbury, England, a deadly Soviet-era nerve agent turns a quiet afternoon into an international crisis. This is the story of Sergei Skripal: the double agent who betrayed Russia and lived to face Vladimir Putin's vengeance.Do you have a suggestion for a scandal you would like us to cover? Or perhaps you have a question you would like to ask our hosts? Email us at britishscandal@wondery.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In the Spring on 2018, a man and a young woman were found slipping in and out of consciousness on a public bench in Salisbury, Wiltshire. What would follow was an incredible story of espionage, poisoning, and political vendettas. As the world was gripped by the botched assassination of Sergei Skripal, news rooms and crisis rooms here in the UK were reeling with the implications of the Russian attack on British soil. The attempted killing of the double agent who'd turned to work for UK intelligence led to the death of a British woman Dawn Sturgess, the poisoning of two police officers, international condemnation, and the largest expulsion of Russian diplomats in history. This Friday, Lewis is joined by Amber Rudd, who was Home Secretary at the time, and journalist Mark Urban, who had interviewed Skripal in the weeks before the attack. They share their unique insight of what it was like working behind the scenes during one of biggest stories of the last decade. You can listen to the first episode of The Crisis Room here: https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/episodes/7DrrwtQ/The News Agents is brought to you by HSBC UK - https://www.hsbc.co.uk/

Independent journalists Kit Klarenberg and Tim Norman have conducted significant investigations into the alleged 2018 assassination attempt on Sergei Skripal, a former Russian intelligence officer turned British spy, and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, England. The episode also covers the related death of Dawn Sturgess in nearby Amesbury, which was recently the subject of a UK inquiry. Skripal, who betrayed Russia for MI6 in the 1990s, was settled in Salisbury after a spy swap in 2010. On March 4, 2018, he and Yulia were found unconscious on a bench, allegedly poisoned by the nerve agent "novichok," which the British government attributed to Russian operatives. The official narrative claims this poison was smeared on Skripal's door, though inconsistencies—such as the delayed onset of symptoms, the survival of the Skripals, and lack of definitive evidence linking the agent to Russia—raise doubts about the UK government's story.Months later, Englishwoman Dawn Sturgess died after reportedly spraying herself with "novichok" from a sealed perfume bottle found by her boyfriend, Charlie Rowley, prompting further accusations against Russia. However, the apparently sealed bottle and the inability of scientists to confirm the nerve agent's origin undermined the government's claims. The British narrative was shaky and possibly propped up by intelligence-linked entities like Bellingcat and the Institute for Statecraft's Integrity Initiative, which may have pushed disinformation. The recently concluded Sturgess Inquiry, designed to control the narrative, inadvertently exposed its weaknesses.To find out more about the people and music featured in today's episode, visit the Assassinations Podcast website, www.AssassinationsPodcast.com You can find Tim's work on the Propaganda in Focus website (https://propagandainfocus.com/author/h7_2q94aatnh5/) and UK Column (https://www.ukcolumn.org/writer/tim-norman), as well as on X.com @timtron2020Kit writes for The Grayzone website (https://thegrayzone.com/author/kit-klarenberg/), including on the Skripal/Sturgess case: https://thegrayzone.com/2025/01/13/british-inquiry-skripal-poisoning/. He's also on X.com @KitKlarenbergYou can also contact the show through our website — we love to hear your comments, questions, corrections, and suggestions!And you can find us on X @AssassinsPodAssassinations Podcast was created by Niall Cooper, who researches and writes the show. Lindsey Morse is our editor and producer. Our theme music was created by Graeme Ronald. If you'd like to hear more from Graeme, check out his band, Remember Remember. You'll find them on iTunes.

Der 4. März 2018 in Salisbury, einer Kleinstadt im Süden Englands: Wie jeden Sonntag besucht Sergei Skripal das Grab seiner verstorbenen Frau. Dieses Mal begleitet ihn seine Tochter Julia. Danach essen sie bei einem Italiener – und brechen kurz darauf mit Vergiftungssymptomen zusammen.An der Türfalle des Hauses des russisch-britischen Doppelagenten Skripal finden Ermittler das Nervengift Nowitschok – ein Hinweis auf den russischen Geheimdienst. Eine unbeteiligte Anwohnerin kommt durch das Gift ums Leben. Es ist einer der folgenreichsten Fälle eines versuchten politischen Mordes auf europäischem Boden – und ziemlich rasch zeigt sich: Die Spuren dieses Anschlags führen in die Schweiz, an den Genfersee. Was wollten die Täter hier?Darum geht es in der sechsten und letzten Folge von «Unter Uns: Spione in der Schweiz» – eine Spezialserie des täglichen Podcasts «Apropos». In sechs Folgen blickten wir auf Länder, die in der Schweiz im Geheimen Informationen sammeln, Menschen und Organisationen bespitzeln und sogar Verbrechen planen. Gast: Thomas Knellwolf Host: Mirja GabathulerProduktion: Tobias HolzerAls Abonenntin oder Abonennt hören Sie alle Folgen bereits vorab: hier geht's zur ganzen Podcast-Serie. Lieber lesen? Hier geht's zum Spionage-Schwerpunkt. Noch kein Tagi-Abo? Jetzt testen auf tagiabo.ch Unser Tagi-Spezialangebot für Podcast-Hörer:innen: tagiabo.chHabt ihr Feedback, Ideen oder Kritik zu «Apropos»? Schreibt uns an podcasts@tamedia.ch

Two Russian men visit Salisbury just as the former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a nerve agent. They say they simply wanted to see the famous cathedral spire, but that's not the view of the UK authorities who believe they came to kill. In this episode we learn more about the men, their movements and their real identities. Plus, we learn more about the Russian intelligence agencies from writer and historian Mark Galeotti. This episode was made by Marie Lennon, Andy Howard, Tom Ryan & Dan O'Brien. Executive production by Mary Sanders and Naomi Wordley. Audio credit: JJ Extra, Salisbury Museum, ViaTravelers and British Pathe.

In a groundbreaking investigation into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, journalism group Bellingcat exposed previously unknown details of the Salisbury Poisonings that blew the case wide open. Journalist and Bellingcat founder Elliot Higgins and host Charlie Higson explore where the responsibility to protect covert operations ends and the public's right to be informed begins.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

When the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed on a bench in Salisbury, it was Sunday shoppers who first stepped in to help. Amazingly, two of them were highly qualified medics. We hear their stories. Also, how the consultants at Salisbury District Hospital realised these were no ordinary patients.

Who is Sergei Skripal? The former Russian spy was poisoned by Novichok in March 2018, but until now very little has been known about him, his life in England, and his mysterious past. His friend and neighbour tells the Inquiry what he was like and how they became close. Plus, the BBC‘s Security Correspondent Gordon Corera describes Sergei's life as a spy in Russia, and reveals how he ended up in Salisbury.

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Sergei Skripal is easing into retirement with a side hustle as a MI6 agent, and enjoying the Spanish seaside. Meanwhile, the KGB's successor, the FSB, is on the hunt for traitors after a tip-off from a mole inside Spain's intelligence service.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As the inquiry prepares to move from Salisbury to London, Andy Howard and Marie Lennon review a momentous week of evidence, which saw the emergency services interrogated and the communication between them questioned. Dawn's family ask for President Putin to appear at the inquiry in person to answer questions about her death and the Russian Ambassador to the UK gives his response. Focus turns to the protection given to Sergei Skripal; should he have been living in the UK under his own name without surveillance?

When the USSR falls apart, GRU officer Sergei Skripal finds himself adrift in the new Russia, having never asked for the country's new democracy. So when he meets a shadowy wine dealer, he leaps at the chance to make some money, without a clue how the deal would lead him to Salisbury.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, we look at the Government's attempts to attract billions in funding at a glitzy investment summit. Keir Starmer told investors at the event in the City of London that he will scrap regulation and red tape that “holds back investment”. BBC Business Editor, Simon Jack, tells Adam and Chris how it went. Plus, the public inquiry into the poisoning of a woman in Salisbury with Novichok. Dawn Sturgess died after being exposed to the same nerve agent used to target a former Russian military officer, Sergei Skripal, four months earlier. Marie Lennon, presenter of the Crime Next Door podcast, joins Adam. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Anna Harris and Ruchira Sharma. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

More people fall ill from Novichok poisoning.It's four months since the nerve agent attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Salisbury is starting to return to normal and then, it happens again.Local mum Dawn Sturgess is given a bottle of perfume that contains the deadly chemical Novichok.Days later, Dawn dies in hospital leaving her family and friends wondering how she was poisoned with a Russian-made chemical weapon.

Salisbury becomes the scene of a major international incident. Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia are found poisoned on a park bench.Then, an astonishing discovery: he's a former Russian spy and they've been poisoned with Novichok, one of the deadliest substances in the world. Parts of Salisbury are locked down as police try to find the poison.

Från 2021. En rysk dubbelagent och hans dotter hittas mystiskt sjuka på en parkbänk. De har fått i sig nervgift. Världens ögon riktas mot den lilla brittiska staden Salisbury. Nya avsnitt från P3 Dokumentär hittar du först i Sveriges Radio Play. Salisbury är egentligen en lugn stad som också lockar många turister. Den 4 mars 2018 förvandlas idyllen till en mardröm när två personer påträffas medvetslösa i en park mitt i staden. Mannen visar sig vara Sergei Skripal, en före detta officer i Rysslands militära underrättelsetjänst som under flera år spionerade för England. Kvinnan som ligger bredvid honom är hans dotter, Yulia Skripal, som just kommit för att hälsa på.Ett av världens farligaste nervgifter – NovitjokDet visar sig att de förgiftats av novitjok, ett sällsynt och förbjudet nervstridsmedel som bryter ner kroppen. Bara en halv tesked kan döda tusentals personer. Giftet har varken doft eller smak och kan nu finnas var som helst i Salisbury. Och det är bara en tidsfråga innan oskyldiga utomstående drabbas.Snart anklagas Ryssland för att ligga bakom mordförsöken. Det blir startskottet för en internationell diplomatisk kris och många varnar för ett nytt kallt krig.Medverkande:Hamish de Bretton Gordon, överste och expert på kemiska vapen, boende i Salisbury.Sam Hobson, vän till Dawn Sturgess och Charlie Rowley som drabbades av nervgiftet.Adrian Duly, Sergei Skripals granne.Mark Urban, BBC-journalist som träffat Sergei Skripal flera gånger.Anna Maja Persson, utrikeskorrespondent på SVT.Fredrik Westerlund, Rysslandskännare vid Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut, FOI.Erik Lindeman, överläkare vid Giftinformationscentralen.En dokumentär av: Joanna Górecka.Producent: Gustav Asplund, på produktionsbolaget filt.Exekutiv producent: Jon Jordås.Dokumentären är producerad 2021.

My guest today is Eliot Higgins, a British citizen journalist and founder of Bellingcat, a website that specialises in open-source intelligence. In 2012, while unemployed, he became involved in online discussions about the conflict in Syria, where few journalists were able to operate. Despite having little prior interest in the region, he began to study videos of the conflict, and started a blog on which he analysed geodata and weaponry. This work exposed atrocities and helped establish an evidence base for crimes allegedly committed by the Syrian government. In 2013 Stuart Hughes, a BBC News producer told the New Yorker: “he's probably broken more stories than most journalists do in a career.” In the decade since, however, Bellingcat has broken dozens more, investigating the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014, and exposing the true identities of the Russian spies who the British government claims poisoned Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in 2018. Throughout all of this, my guest has remained a keen player of video games –– despite quitting World of Warcraft for fear his marriage might not survive his addiction. And he says that being part of these online communities has been instrumental in honing his talents.  Be attitude for gains. https://plus.acast.com/s/my-perfect-console. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Londen is een walhalla voor de rijke Rus, die zich steeds meer gedraagt als de oude Britse aristocratie. Kinderen op Eton, een landhuis met paarden voor de zomer, bezoekjes aan Wimbledon en Ascott. Sinds de jaren negentig is een steeds groter deel van Londen in Russische handen gekomen. De polonium-moord op Alexander Litvinenko, en de novichok-aanslag op Sergei Skripal hebben de Britten niet wakker geschud: nog altijd is de Russiche invloed op het maatschappelijke leven, en de politiek, onverminderd groot. Een Russische voormalige minister doneerde 2 miljoen pond aan de Conservatieve Partij, en Boris Johnson benoemde zijn vriend Lebedev, zoon van een KGB-agent, voor het leven tot Lord.  Ook in deze aflevering  Traditionele Britse scheldwoorden verdwijnen, tot groot verdriet van Lia.  Over Van Bekhovens Britten In van Bekhovens Britten praten Lia van Bekhoven en Connor Clerx elke week over de grootste nieuwsonderwerpen en de belangrijkste ontwikkelingen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Van Brexit naar binnenlandse politiek, van de Royals tot de tabloids. Waarom fascineert het VK Nederlanders meer dan zo veel andere Europese landen? Welke rol speelt het vooralsnog Verenigd Koninkrijk in Europa, nu het woord Brexit uit het Britse leven lijkt verbannen, maar de gevolgen van de beslissing om uit de EU te stappen iedere dag duidelijker worden? De Britse monarchie, en daarmee de staat, staat voor grote veranderingen na de dood van Queen Elisabeth en de op handen kroning van haar zoon Charles. De populariteit van het Koningshuis staat op een dieptepunt. Hoe verandert de Britse monarchie onder koning Charles, en welke gevolgen heeft dat voor de Gemenebest? In Van Bekhovens Britten analyseren Lia en Connor een Koninkrijk met tanende welvaart, invloed en macht. De Conservatieve Partij levert al dertien jaar de premier, komt daar na Rishi Sunak een einde aan? Hoe zou het VK er onder Keir Starmer van Labour uitzien? En hoe gaan de ‘gewone' Britten, voor zover die bestaan, daar mee om?  Al deze vragen en meer komen aan bod in Van Bekhovens Britten. Een kritische blik op het Verenigd Koninkrijk, waar het een race tussen Noord-Ierland en Schotland lijkt te worden wie zich het eerst af kan scheiden van het VK. Hoe lang blijft het Koninkrijk verenigd? Na ruim 45 jaar onder de Britten heeft Lia van Bekhoven een unieke kijk op het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Als inwoner, maar zeker geen anglofiel, heeft ze een scherpe blik op het nieuws, de politiek, de monarchie en het dagelijkse leven aan de overkant van de Noordzee. Elke woensdag krijg je een nieuwe podcast over het leven van Van Bekhovens Britten in je podcastapp. Scherpe analyses, diepgang waar op de radio geen tijd voor is en een flinke portie humor. Abonneer en mis geen aflevering. Over Lia Lia van Bekhoven is correspondent Verenigd Koninkrijk voor onder andere BNR Nieuwsradio, VRT, Knack en Elsevier en is regelmatig in talkshows te zien als duider van het nieuws uit het VK. Ze woont sinds 1976 in Londen, en is naast correspondent voor radio, televisie en geschreven media ook auteur van de boeken Mama gaat uit dansen, het erfgoed van Diana, prinses van Wales (1997), Land van de gespleten God, Noord-Ierland en de troubles (2000), In Londen, 9 wandelingen door de Britse hoofdstad (2009) en Klein-Brittannië (2022). Over Connor Connor Clerx is presentator en podcastmaker bij BNR Nieuwsradio. Hij werkt sinds 2017 voor BNR en was voorheen regelmatig te horen in De Ochtendspits, Boekestijn en de Wijk en BNR Breekt. Als podcastmaker werkte hij de afgelopen tijd aan onder andere De Taxi-oorlog, De Kwestie Wolf, Baan door het Brein en Welkom in de AI-Fabriek.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Leigh Turner war britischer Botschafter in der Ukraine und in Österreich und lebte auch lange in Russland. Seine Erfahrungen als Diplomat verarbeitete er nun in einem unterhaltsamen und lehrreichen Buch. „The Hitchhiker´s Guide to Diplomacy“ verknüpft Einblicke in die Welt der Diplomatie mit persönlichen Erlebnissen des Autors. Turners erste Dienststelle im Ausland war Wien, wo er Mitte der 1980er-Jahre als Botschaftsrat arbeitete. Sein letzter Posten als Botschafter war ebenfalls Wien, von 2016 bis 2021. Im aktuellen Podcast der Agenda Austria erzählt Turner, wie sich Österreich in den 30 Jahren zwischen seinen zwei Aufenthalten verändert hat. Und er erklärt, warum die europäische Politik gegenüber Wladimir Putin in seinen Augen völlig falsch war. „Ich erinnere mich an eine Diskussion mit Boris Johnson 2016 in Wien“, berichtet Turner. „Wir haben über die Ukraine und die Krim diskutiert. Ich habe gesagt: Der beste Weg, um zu verhindern, dass Russland die Ukraine noch einmal angreift, wäre die Bewaffnung der Ukraine. Das ist die einzige Sprache, die Russland versteht. Leider ist das bis 2022 nicht geschehen. Der beste Weg, um diesen Krieg zu verhindern, wäre eine Aufnahme der Ukraine in die NATO gewesen, schon 2008.“ Solange Putin an der Macht sei, werde es auch nach dem Krieg sehr schwierig, mit Russland einen Modus der Zusammenarbeit zu finden, meint der Diplomat. „Wir versuchen das seit Jahrzehnten. Boris Johnson ist 2017 als Außenminister nach Moskau gefahren, um einen Reset der Beziehungen zu versuchen. Die Antwort darauf war die Vergiftung von Sergei Skripal in Großbritannien.“Persönlich erlebt hat Turner eines der größten Probleme sowohl in Russland, als auch in der Ukraine – die Korruption. Das sei ein Relikt aus sowjetischen Zeiten, sagt der Diplomat. „Damals war es vielleicht mehr eine Freunderlwirtschaft als klassische Korruption. Das abzubauen ist extrem schwierig. Es hat auch damit zu tun, dass die Privatisierungen in beiden Ländern sehr schlecht gelaufen sind. Das Vermögen ist in den Händen weniger Menschen konzentriert.“ Ganz grundsätzlich habe er versucht, Lektionen aus der Diplomatie zu ziehen, sagt Turner über sein Buch.  Er sei immer der Meinung gewesen, dass man nicht alles in seinem Metier tierisch ernst nehmen müsse. „Auf der einen Seite hat man natürlich viel Verantwortung, vor allem als Botschafter. Auf der anderen Seite muss man immer wieder einen Schritt zurück machen und sich denken, ‚Mann, ist es nicht erstaunlich, dass ich hier bin? Ich sollte es genießen.'“ Zur Person: Leigh Turner, 65Der Sohn eines Universitätsprofessors und einer Lehrerin wuchs in Nigeria, Großbritannien und Lesotho auf. Nach dem Studium begann er Anfang der 1980er-Jahre eine Karriere im diplomatischen Dienst, die ihn quer durch Europa führen sollte. Unter anderem war er britischer Botschafter in der Ukraine, Generalkonsul in der Türkei und Botschafter in Wien. Turner ist auch als Schriftsteller tätig und verfasste unter dem Pseudonym Robert Pimm mehrere Krimis. Im Czernin Verlag erschien vor kurzem „The Hitchhiker´s Guide to Diplomacy“.        

Original Air Date 4/2/2022 Today we take a look at the modern reality of cyber war. It's not the mass destruction of attacks that were imagined to look like a "Cyber Pearl Harbor" but the much more subtle cyber attacks that often fly under the radar and live in the grey area in attempts to inflict harm without provoking counterattack. Be part of the show! Leave us a message or text at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com  Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Andy Greenberg - Longform - Air Date 12-11-19 Andy Greenberg is a senior writer for Wired. His new book is Sandworm. “I kind of knew I was never going to get access to Sandworm, which is the title of the book - so it was all about drawing a picture around this invisible monster.” Ch. 2: How America's gas got hacked - Today, Explained - Air Date 5-12-21 The largest-known ransomware attack on American energy infrastructure is driving up gas prices and creating shortages. Wired's Lily Hay Newman says Colonial Pipeline might be a turning point for cybersecurity. Ch. 3: Is Russia at War with the West? Part 1 - The Inquiry - Air Date 11-21-18 There are currently a number of serious allegations made in the West against Russia. They include the attempted murder of the former spy Sergei Skripal on British soil; interference in the 2016 US election; the hacking of the American electricity grid. Ch. 4: How prepared is the U.S. to fend off cyber warfare? Better at offense than defense, author says - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 8-6-18 Sanger joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the threats and realities, how the U.S. wages cyber warfare, and how prepared the U.S. is to stop attacks. Ch. 5: Is Russia at War with the West? Part 2 - The Inquiry - Air Date 11-21-18 Ch. 6: Russia Perfected Its Cyberwarfare In Ukraine — America Could Pay The Price - Think | NBC News - Air Date 11-23-19 Russia has been practicing cyberwar in a real-life test lab — Ukraine. Andy Greenberg, author of 'Sandworm', recounts how Russia went from repeatedly shutting down Ukraine's infrastructure to unleashing worms that caused billions of dollars in damage. Ch. 7: Is World War III Already Here? - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 1-3-22 Warfare has changed so fundamentally, that we're currently in a war we don't even recognize. It's the war that Russia, China, and other hostile foreign actors are fighting against us — weaponizing social media to undermine our faith in each other MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S) Ch. 8: The Hackers Who Took Down the Colonial Pipeline - What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Air Date 5-21-21 Last week, a hacker group called DarkSide shut down the Colonial Pipeline, which supplies 45 percent of the fuel consumed on the East Coast. Gas prices skyrocketed, people started hoarding gas, and DarkSide walked away with over $4 million in Bitcoin. VOICEMAILS Ch. 9: Puberty blockers experimental? - Maria in Pennsylvania FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 10: Final comments on the deception and logical fallacies at the heart of critiques of gender affirming care MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

Se cumplen cinco años del envenenamiento de Sergei Skripal, un ciudadano ruso en el Reino Unido que fue intoxicado por los servicios de inteligencia de Rusia. 

Tracy Daszkiewicz was Wiltshire Council's director of public health when ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were targeted in March 2018 with the deadly nerve agent novichok. Three months after the Salisbury poisonings, two other people fell ill at a flat several miles away in Amesbury and one of them died. Later this month, an inquiry into Dawn Sturgess' death will have another preliminary hearing. On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson speaks to Ms Daszkiewicz about the impact Ms Sturges' death had on her and how she felt about being depicted in a TV drama about the poisonings. TV DRAMA CREDIT: The Salisbury Poisonings, starring Anne-Marie Duff and created by Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn. Annie Joyce – senior podcast producer Alex Edden - interviews producer Jada-Kai Meosa John and Charlie Bell - junior producers Philly Beaumont and Paul Stanworth - editors

En marzo de 2018, Sergei Skripal, un ciudadano británico que solía trabajar como oficial de inteligencia ruso, y su hija, Yulia, casi mueren después de entrar en contacto con Novichok, un agente nervioso de grado militar desarrollado originalmente por la ex Unión Soviética

Vanessa Kirby gets Christo Grozev, a modern Sherlock Holmes, to share the secrets of how he solved one of the most notorious assassination attempts of the 21st century - the poisoning of retired Russian double-agent Sergei Skripal, hospitalised by a mysterious nerve agent on British soil. Would YOU have the skills to do the same? From SPYSCAPE, the global HQ of secrets and skills. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Tim Mansel. Music by Nick Ryan.

In the dying days of his Premiership, Boris Johnson has admitted that he did meet former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev in Italy during his time as Foreign Secretary without his security detail or any other government officials.It happened weeks after former Russian military officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia had been poisoned by intelligence officers from Moscow to the streets of Salisbury in Wiltshir.Adrian Goldberg asks Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes and Westminster correspondent Adam Bienkov what Johnson's admission means.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg.Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the dying days of his Premiership, Boris Johnson has admitted that he did meet former KGB spy Alexander Lebedev in Italy during his time as Foreign Secretary without his security detail or any other government officials. It happened weeks after former Russian military officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia had been poisoned by intelligence officers from Moscow to the streets of Salisbury in Wiltshir. Adrian Goldberg asks Byline Times executive editor Peter Jukes and Westminster correspondent Adam Bienkov what Johnson's admission means. Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg. Funded by subscriptions to Byline Times.

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday. Editor David Horovitz and military correspondent Emanuel Fabian join host Amanda Borschel-Dan. Israel prepares to bury the three victims of the terrorist attack that took place in Tel Aviv on Thursday, Tomer Morad, Eytam Magini, and Barak Lufan. Fabian explains what we know about the attack, attacker and victims. Following the defection of coalition whip Idit Silman, Horovitz squarely places the blame on one man. Let's hear who it is and why. Horovitz visited Salisbury, England, last week, where Sergei Skripal, a former Russian military officer turned British intelligence agent, was poisoned by Russian agents. Why is this incident still significant? Discussed articles include: Three Israelis killed in Tel Aviv terror attack to be laid to rest Sunday IDF raids Jenin home of terrorist who killed 3 in Tel Aviv; Islamic Jihad man killed How Naftali Bennett doomed his own coalition When Putin used chemical weapons in England Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: People light candles at the site of the April 7 shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Air Date 4/2/2022 Today we take a look at the current iteration of the cynical culture wars being waged by conservative Republicans against LGBTQ kids for political gain. The current wave of anti-trans and anti-gay legislation sprouting across the country is not about protecting kids and is absolutely nothing new. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com  Transcript Join our Discord community! (What's Discord?) BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) Check out Democracy Decoded where you get your podcasts! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Andy Greenberg - Longform - Air Date 12-11-19 Andy Greenberg is a senior writer for Wired. His new book is Sandworm. “I kind of knew I was never going to get access to Sandworm, which is the title of the book - so it was all about drawing a picture around this invisible monster.” Ch. 2: How America's gas got hacked - Today, Explained - Air Date 5-12-21 The largest-known ransomware attack on American energy infrastructure is driving up gas prices and creating shortages. Wired's Lily Hay Newman says Colonial Pipeline might be a turning point for cybersecurity. Ch. 3: Is Russia at War with the West? Part 1 - The Inquiry - Air Date 11-21-18 There are currently a number of serious allegations made in the West against Russia. They include the attempted murder of the former spy Sergei Skripal on British soil; interference in the 2016 US election; the hacking of the American electricity grid. Ch. 4: How prepared is the U.S. to fend off cyber warfare? Better at offense than defense, author says - PBS NewsHour - Air Date 8-6-18 Sanger joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the threats and realities, how the U.S. wages cyber warfare, and how prepared the U.S. is to stop attacks. Ch. 5: Is Russia at War with the West? Part 2 - The Inquiry - Air Date 11-21-18 Ch. 6: Russia Perfected Its Cyberwarfare In Ukraine — America Could Pay The Price - Think | NBC News - Air Date 11-23-19 Russia has been practicing cyberwar in a real-life test lab — Ukraine. Andy Greenberg, author of 'Sandworm', recounts how Russia went from repeatedly shutting down Ukraine's infrastructure to unleashing worms that caused billions of dollars in damage. Ch. 7: Is World War III Already Here? - Your Undivided Attention - Air Date 1-3-22 Warfare has changed so fundamentally, that we're currently in a war we don't even recognize. It's the war that Russia, China, and other hostile foreign actors are fighting against us — weaponizing social media to undermine our faith in each other MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S) Ch. 8: The Hackers Who Took Down the Colonial Pipeline - What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - Air Date 5-21-21 Last week, a hacker group called DarkSide shut down the Colonial Pipeline, which supplies 45 percent of the fuel consumed on the East Coast. Gas prices skyrocketed, people started hoarding gas, and DarkSide walked away with over $4 million in Bitcoin. VOICEMAILS Ch. 9: Puberty blockers experimental? - Maria in Pennsylvania FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 10: Final comments on the deception and logical fallacies at the heart of critiques of gender affirming care MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

In March 2018 Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed onto a public bench in the English town of Salisbury. They were weaving in and out of consciousness and behaving like junkies experiencing an opioid overdose. 24 hours later they were hospitalised and placed under deep sedation in critical condition. Skripal was a Russian double agent who had been recruited to work for MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service. He had been poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union for use in their chemical weapons program. More than a decade before Skripal's poisoning, Alexander Litvinenko, another Russian intelligence officer working for MI6 had been poisoned with a rare radioactive isotope called Polonium. Skripal and Litvinenko's stories are eerily similar and yet diverge on a single fact; while Skripal survived, Litvinenko did not. Join us this week as we explore the fascinating story behind two Russian defectors.

This week's episode takes a walk on the dark side, with a molecular look at a prominent international poisonings.Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov died in 1978 after a ricin pellet was shot into his leg, from an air gun disguised as an umbrella. Twenty-eight years later, former KGB/FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko suffered horribly and died after the poison polonium-210 was slipped into his tea. And former GRU officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia nearly died in 2018 from the effects of a nerve agent attack.To understand how the molecules used in these assaults do their worst to the human body, David Priess speaks with Dr. Neil Bradbury, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science--where he teaches and conducts research on genetic diseases, especially cystic fibrosis. He is the author of A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, which combines elements of popular science, medical history, and true crime to show how the precise systems of the body can be impaired to lethal effect through the use of poison. We spoke about the four routes through which poison can be delivered to a victim, the physiology and biochemistry behind a few poisons, the prominent assassinations of Markov and Litvinenko, the attempted assassination of Skripal, and the difficulty of getting away with murder using even rare poisons once their effects are known. The information in this episode is purely for educational and entertainment purposes and is not intended to give the advantages and disadvantages of the use of any particular poison in the commission of any crime.Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Cara Shillenn of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.Among the works cited in this episode:A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, by Neil BradburyDr. Bradbury's research on cystic fibrosis"Murder by Numbers," The Police (the PoliceWiki)"A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie" (agathachristie.com) Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode seeks to explain what the grey zone is. It includes a warning from General Sir Nick Carter, the head of the UK's armed forces, and Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, about the danger of ignoring attacks in this murky space, while Lieutenant General Graeme Lamb, a former director of UK special forces, warns: “We're being boiled like a frog!”Sky News journalist Deborah Haynes then travels to Salisbury with the widow of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko to visit the site of one of the most high profile grey zone attacks – the poisoning of another ex-Russian agent, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia.Lord Mark Sedwill, a former national security adviser, talks about how he led the UK's response to nerve agent poisoning and the fake news that followed.Finally, Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative website Bellingcat, describes how he and his team revealed the true identities of the Russian military intelligence officers named by the UK as prime suspects in the attempted assassination. Russia denies involvement.Interviews:General Sir Nick Carter, chief of the defence staffBen Wallace, defence secretaryLord Mark Sedwill, former UK national security adviser, former cabinet secretaryLieutenant General (retired) Graeme Lamb, former director of UK special forcesMarina Litvinenko, widow of former Russian spy Alexander LitvinenkoEliot Higgins, founder of the investigative website BellingcatColonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, former commanding officer of the UK's Joint, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear RegimentCredits:Written and narrated by Deborah Haynes Edited and produced by Chris ScottProduction support from Sophia McBride and Victoria SeabrookAdditional voices provided by Cayetano DelgadoThe head of Sky News Radio is Dave Terris

Over de pijpleiding woedt al jaren een fel politiek conflict . Polen de Baltische staten zijn er fel op tegen. Amerika dreigt met sancties als het project echt van start gaat. Nederland neemt een opmerkelijk standpunt in: de pijpleiding is een commercieel project, en daar gaat de regering niet over. Shell maakt trouwens deel uit van het uit 120 partners bestaande Nord Stream-consortium, dat onder leiding staat van de Russische energiereus Gazprom en is gevestigd in Zwitserland. Lees ook | Nord Stream 2 door zaak Navalny nu politieke kwestie Kritiek en dreigementen Angela Merkel heeft zich jarenlang, eigenlijk tot nu toe, tegen alle kritiek en de dreigementen verzet. Over Nord Stream 2 was ze niet aanspreekbaar. Eerdere Russische aanslagen, zoals de vergiftiging van Sergei Skripal en zijn dochter, in Engeland, veroordeelde ze wel, maar ze verbond er geen consequenties aan. Wat is het verschil tussen Skripal en Navalny? Ja, Navalny werd door een Duitse organisatie uit een ziekenhuis in Omsk gehaald en overgevlogen naar Berlijn, waar hij nu vecht voor zijn leven. Zijn Duitse artsen stelden vast dat hij in Rusland is vergiftigd. Maar wat heeft de Duitse regering formeel te maken met een Russische poging tot moord op een Russische staatsburger? Behalve dat Duitsland het een verachtelijke daad vind, maar ja, wie niet? Luister terug | De Wereld | De dreigende double dip Financiële depressie Maar het stopzetten van de pijpleiding? Een project van 9,5 miljard euro dat bijna klaar is? Dat gaan de Duitsers echt niet doen. Het afkopen van de verplichtingen, het juridische gevecht met het consortium, is een nachtmerrie van kolossale omvang. Vanwaar dan het dreigement? Zou het te maken hebben met de volledig ingestorte vraag naar aardgas, als gevolg van corona en de financiële depressie? Zoekt Angela Merkel een smoes om van Nord Stream 2 af te komen? En heet die smoes Navalny? Daar zou Vladimir Poetin best eens nerveus van kunnen worden. Over Bernard Hammelburg Buitenlandcommentator Bernard Hammelburg gaat in zijn column in op de zaken van wereldbelang en plaatst de internationale politiek in context. Luister live woensdagochtend om 06:25 in De Ochtendspits of wanneer je wilt via bnr.nl/bernard-hammelburg, Apple Podcast of Spotify. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Björn Þór Sigbjörnsson og Þórunn Elísabet Bogadóttir ræddu að þessu sinni við Boga Ágústsson um rússneska stjórnarandstæðinginn Alexei Navalny, sem liggur fársjúkur á Charité-spítalanum í Berlín. Þýsk stjórnvöld segja hafið yfir allan vafa að veikindi hans séu afleiðingar eitrunar, honum hafi verið byrlað taugaeitrið novichok. Það var þróað og framleitt á rannsóknarstofum í Sovétríkjunum undir lok kalda stríðsins og hefur að minnsta kosti einu sinni áður verið notað gegn andstæðingi Rússlandsstjórnar. Það var þegar reynt var að ráða Sergei Skripal, fyrrverandi leyniþjónustumanna af dögum í Salisbury á Englandi. Hann og Yulia, dóttir hans, lágu um tíma á milli heims og helju en lifðu af. Bresk kona sem einnig komst í snertingu við eitrið lést. Angela Merkel, Þýskalandskanslari, og öll þýska stjórnin hafa fordæmt tilræðið við Navalny harðlega og Merkel verið óvenjuhvöss í tali. Þá var einnig rætt um bresk stjórnmál. Boris Johnson og ríkisstjórn hans sitja undir ásökunum um stöðugar stefnubreytingar, ein u-beygjan taki við af annarri. Við heyrðum frá orðaskaki Johnsons og sir Keir Starmers í fyrirspurnartíma forsætisráðherra.

Björn Þór Sigbjörnsson og Þórunn Elísabet Bogadóttir ræddu að þessu sinni við Boga Ágústsson um rússneska stjórnarandstæðinginn Alexei Navalny, sem liggur fársjúkur á Charité-spítalanum í Berlín. Þýsk stjórnvöld segja hafið yfir allan vafa að veikindi hans séu afleiðingar eitrunar, honum hafi verið byrlað taugaeitrið novichok. Það var þróað og framleitt á rannsóknarstofum í Sovétríkjunum undir lok kalda stríðsins og hefur að minnsta kosti einu sinni áður verið notað gegn andstæðingi Rússlandsstjórnar. Það var þegar reynt var að ráða Sergei Skripal, fyrrverandi leyniþjónustumanna af dögum í Salisbury á Englandi. Hann og Yulia, dóttir hans, lágu um tíma á milli heims og helju en lifðu af. Bresk kona sem einnig komst í snertingu við eitrið lést. Angela Merkel, Þýskalandskanslari, og öll þýska stjórnin hafa fordæmt tilræðið við Navalny harðlega og Merkel verið óvenjuhvöss í tali. Þá var einnig rætt um bresk stjórnmál. Boris Johnson og ríkisstjórn hans sitja undir ásökunum um stöðugar stefnubreytingar, ein u-beygjan taki við af annarri. Við heyrðum frá orðaskaki Johnsons og sir Keir Starmers í fyrirspurnartíma forsætisráðherra.

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For years he's been the world's most wanted terrorist. Now Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. In this week's Sitrep, we examine the implications of the death of the IS leader, and what's likely to happen next with Fawaz Gerges, professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and Professor Michael Clarke, former director-general of the Royal United Services Institute. After months of political deadlock, Britain is set for a pre-Christmas election. The Times' political Correspondent, Lucy Fisher, looks at whether defence issues will get a mention in a campaign likely to be dominated by Brexit. Professor Michael Clarke has written a new book how Brexit is creating a new world of security challenges And a former Army officer explains how he helped track down one of the suspects in the Sergei Skripal poisoning, and explains how much vital intelligence is just out there, waiting to be discovered.   Find us @bfbssitrep

The residents of the sleepy English town of Salisbury woke up one morning to find their town in chaos.  Russian agents had attempted to assassinate a traitor with a terrifying weapon, in a brazen chemical attack on British soil.  But the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal is only one step in a series of events which began five years ago and may help bring about Brexit, and the impeachment of a US President. Season 3 of Russia, If You're Listening begins in Salisbury, to tell the whole story of Russian President Vladimir Putin's 5-year attack on the western world.

Samninganefndir ljósmæðra og ríkisins skrifuðu undir nýjan kjarasamning hjá Ríkissáttasemjara nú rétt fyrir fréttir. Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur dæmdi í dag Mjólkursamsöluna til að greiða 480 milljónir, í sekt fyrir að misnota markaðsráðandi stöðu sína og torvelda rannsókn Samkeppniseftirlitsins. Kona varð af leiðréttingu verðtryggðs fasteignaláns vegna þess að hún gekk í hjónaband stuttu eftir að hún sótti um leiðréttingu. Umboðsmaður Alþingis telur ríkið hafa brotið á konunni. Grípa verður til brýnna aðgerða til að afstýra hungursneyð í Suður-Súdan. Þetta segja hjálparsamtökin Oxfam og segja milljónir manna í hættu. Bresk þingnefnd ályktar að flæði illa fengins rússnesks fjár inn í breskt hagkerfi sé ógnun við öryggi landsins. Leikritið Himnaríki og helvíti fær flestar tilnefningar til Grímunnar, íslensku sviðslistaverðlaunanna í ár. Pálmi Jónasson og Hallgrímur Indriðason fara ítarlega yfir stöðu meirihlutamyndana víðs vegar um land í Speglinum. Stefnt er að því að ný persónuverndarlög hér á landi taki gildi í byrjun júlí. Þegar eru farnar að berast fyrirspurnir til tryggingarfélagsins VÍS um eyðingu persónulegra gagna. Arnar Páll Hauksson fer yfir stöðuna með Rögnu Elízu Kvaran, persónuverndarfulltrúa hjá tryggingafélaginu VÍS. Morðtilræðið við rússneska gagnnjósnarann Sergei Skripal og dóttur hans vakti bresk yfirvöld til meðvitundar um skuggahliðar rússnesks fjár í Bretlandi. Samkvæmt nýrri skýrslu breskrar þingnefndar hefur Vladimir Pútín Rússlandsforseti þetta fé tiltækt í undirróðursstarfsemi sem grafi undan vestrænum gildum. En viðbrögð bresku stjórnarinnar í Skripal-málinu hafa líka afhjúpað breskan tvískinnung gagnvart rússneskum ólígörkum sem auðgast í skjóli Pútíns. Sigrún Davíðsdóttir fer yfir málið í Speglinum. Umsjónarmaður: Pálmi Jónasson

We are joined once again by the lawyer and university lecturer Adeyinka Makinde for an in-depth interview on the subject of his recent essay, "Britain and Russia: An Enduring But Fruitless Rivalry". The crisis between Britain and Russia over the alleged poisoning of Sergei Skripal is the latest episode in what has been in recent years a de facto "Cold War" between Russia and the West. However, friction between Russia and Britain is longstanding; indeed it has spanned the centuries—a recurring clash of civilisations fuelled by cultural differences, imperial ambition and ideological antagonism—and manifest today in the West's attempts to maintain its global dominance in the face of a surgent Eurasia with Russia at its centre. But with the ideological "Cold War" of the Soviet years a thing of the past, we must surely pause to ask: Why is Britain prolonging this fruitless "rivalry" with a distant Eurasian power? Whose interests does it serve? And is there, perhaps, a more constructive and, frankly, safer way forward? Adeyinka Makinde trained for the law as a barrister. He lectures in criminal law and public law at a university in London, and has an academic research interest in intelligence & security matters. He is a contributor to a number of websites for which he has written essays and commentaries on international relations, politics and military history. He has served as a programme consultant and provided expert commentary for BBC World Service Radio, China Radio International and the Voice of Russia. (For show notes please visit http://themindrenewed.com)

Húsið að Miðhrauni 4 í Garðabæ, þar sem eldur kviknaði í morgun, er gjörónýtt. Slökkvilið höfuðborgarsvæðisins hefur síðdegis notað vinnuvélar til að rjúfa þak og veggi hússins til þess að komast betur að eldinum og slökkva í öllum glóðum. Talið er að allt sem var í húsinu sé ónýtt. Lager fatafyrirtækisin Icewear brann og eignir í 200 geymslum skemmdust eða eyðilögðust. Framkvæmdastjóri Geymslna segir hræðilegt að koma að brunanum og eyðileggingunni. Óvíst er að þeir sem áttu muni eða búslóðir í geymslunum í Miðhrauni í Garðabæ fái tjón sitt bætt. Það gæti verið háð því að tilkynnt hafi verið sérstklega um þessar eignir til tryggingafélags. Þetta segir tryggingasérfræðingur. Þýskur dómstóll úrskurðaði í dag að Carles Pudgimont, fyrrverandi forseti landsstjórnarinnar í Katalóníu verði ekki framseldur til Spánar. Rektor Háskóla íslands segir að vinnubrögð Tómasar Guðbjartssonar, læknis og prófessors við Háskóla Íslands, í plastbarkamálinu svokallaða hafi verið aðfinnsluverð. Breskir sérfræðingar í eiturefnarannsóknum telja sig vita í hvaða verksmiðju í Rússlandi taugaeitrið Novichok var framleitt, sem notað var til að eitra fyrir Sergei Skripal og dóttur hans í Salisbury á Englandi fyrir rúmum mánuði. Birgitta Jónsdóttir, fyrrverandi þingmaður og einn af stofnefndum Pírata, er hætt í flokknum. Arnar Páll Hauksson talaði við Þorstein Þorsteinsson sérfræðing hjá VÍS um hvernig tryggingamálum þeirra sem leigja geymslur sér háttað. Arnhildur Hálfdánardóttir talaði við Björn Hjálmarson lækni á Barna- og unglingageðdeild Landspítalans um óhóflega notkun snjalltækja

John Sipher spent 28 years with the US National Clandestine Service. Mr Sipher spoke to Eddie Mair about his life undercover, why he's kept a brick from Osama Bin Laden's house, torture, and the Sergei Skripal poisoning.

Spegillinn 27.03.2018 Talið er að níu manns hafi látist hérlendis vegna ofneyslu á lyfseðilsskyldum lyfjum eða fíkniefnum það sem af er þessu ári. Utanríkisráðherra Rússlands, segir að þau lönd sem ráku rússneska erindreka úr landi í gær hafi verið undir þrýstingi frá ráðamönnum í Washington. Tilskipun Evrópusambandsins í orkumálum sem norska þingið samþykkti síðustu viku, mun ekki taka gildi þar ef Alþingi hafnar henni. Útlit er fyrir að meirihluti Alþingis sé á móti henni. Fimm lífeyrissjóðir hafa kært Magnús Ólaf Garðarsson, fyrrverandi framkvæmdastjóra og stjórnarmann United Silicon, til embættis héraðssaksóknara. Náttúruverndarsamtök Suðurlands og Landvernd hafa kært nýtt framkvæmdaleyfi vegna Brúarvirkjunar, í efri hluta Tungufljóts í Biskupstungum. Ef Alþingi samþykkir ekki þriðju tilskipunina í orkumálum mun hún ekki taka gildi í Noregi. Norska þingið samþykkti hana í síðustu viku. Til að hún öðlist gildi þurfa öll EFTA löndin þrjú að samþykkja. Utanríkisráðuneytið telur óljóst hver lagaleg og pólitísk áhrif yrðu ef Ísland samþykkir ekki. Það telur þó ekki ólíklegt að áhrif slíkrar ákvörðunar á EES- samstarfið yrðu meiri en aðeins þau að gildistöku yrði frestað til bráðabirgða. Arnar Páll Hauksson segir frá. Justin Trudeau, forsætisráðherra Kanada, hefur veitt sex höfðingjum frumbyggja, sem voru líflátnir fyrir 150 árum, sakaruppgjöf og hreinsað mannorð þeirra. Trudeau baðst formlega afsökunar á ódæðinu í kanadíska þinginu. Pálmi Jónasson tók saman. Margir þeirra sem berjast gegn spillingu í heiminum telja London eina allsherjar þvottastöð fyrir illa fengið fé. Sigrún Davíðsdóttir fór í ferð um borgina með samtökum sem berjast gegn þjófræði og peningaþvætti í breskum eignum. Erindið var að sjá húseignir í eigu Rússa í innsta hring Vladimir Pútíns Rússlandsforseta sem sumir telja auðugasta mann í heimi. Tilgangurinn var að minna á þessi tengsl eftir tilræðið við gagnnjósnarann Sergei Skripal og dóttur hans. Sigrún Davíðsdóttir sagði frá.

The strange case of Sergei Skripal began two weeks ago when this former Russian intelligence officer, along with his 33-year-old daughter Yulia, were found unconscious on a public bench in Salisbury, southern England. Fortuitously for them, the people who first found them were a passing doctor and nurse. Their current location is unknown, although British authorities report that they are alive and in a 'stable condition'. An international scandal has erupted in the meantime, with the British...

Another Russian ex-pat living in England died Monday. While it's not clear that this is connected to the attempted murder of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, the timing is suspicious. Also: Hillary starts India tour on wrong foot; Dutch pediatrics journal debates child euthanasia and nobody cares; and megachurch pastor says idea that Jesus is only path to heaven is "insanity."

Nemendum í 9. bekk gefst kostur á að taka aftur samræmd próf í ensku og íslensku. Nemendur ráða því sjálfir hvort þeir taka þau, samkvæmt ákvörðun Lilju Alfreðsdóttur, mennta- og menningarmálaráðherra. Skipulagsstofnun telur að áhrif Hvammsvirkjunar í Þjórsá á landslag verði verulega neikvæð. Þetta kemur fram í áliti stofnunarinnar á umhverfisáhrifum fyrirhugaðrar virkjunar. Tuttugu og þremur rússneskum sendiráðsstarfsmönnum var í dag vísað frá Bretlandi. Bretar saka Rússa um að hafa staðið að taugaeitursárás á fyrrverandi gagnnjósnara og dóttur hans. Rússar vísa ásökununum á bug. Dæmi eru um að aldraðir hér á landi lifi undir sultarmörkum. Þetta sýnir meistararannsókn í næringarfræði. Einn frægasti og áhrifamesti vísindamaður samtímans er allur. Stephen Hawking varð táknmynd fyrir vald hugans og þúsundir vísindamanna glíma enn við kenningar hans og spurningar um svarthol. Anna Kristín Jónsdóttir tók saman og talaði við Gunnlaug Björnsson. Þegar kom í ljós 2007 að tveir Rússar höfðu myrt njósnarann Alexander Litvinenkó árið áður var fjórum rússneskum sendiráðsmönnum vísað úr landi. Nú, tíu dögum eftir morðtilræði við Sergei Skripal og dóttur hans hyggst breska stjórnin vísa 23 rússneskum sendiráðsmönnum úr landi auk þess að beita öðrum aðgerðum og þvingunum. Sigrún Davíðsdóttir tók saman. Bakgrunnur Sergeis Skripal. Anna Kristín Jónsdóttir. Spegillinn 14. mars 2018 Umsjón: Arnhildur Hálfdánardóttir Tæknimaður: Ragnar Gunnarsson

The Roy Green Show Doug Ford is officially the new leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservative party after the race took yet another chaotic turn yesterday. The announcement finally came down after a seven hour delay as party officials reviewed the results of the vote.   Christine Elliott is refusing to concede defeat. She's released a statement alleging "serious irregularities" in the vote and is vowing to investigate further.   Guests: Alex Pierson, host of "ON Point with Alex Pierson” on Global News Radio, was at the convention yesterday Tasha Kheiriddin, host on AM 640 in Toronto, political commentator with Global TV - Many on the left seem to think populists politicians are unable to govern social and civilized societies. But is this an unfair characterization? Have more socialist politicians fared much better? - Sergei Skripal was an officer of the Russian military intelligence agency FSB. He was convicted of high treason and likely poisoned by nerve gas in the British town of Salisbury.   The alleged attempt on Skripal's life is being compared to the 2006 poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence agent who died after drinking tea that had been laced with polonium-210.   Guest: Dr. Yuri Felshtinsky, Russian history professor, co-authored ‘Blowing Up Russia: Terror from Within' with Alexander Litvinenko, and author of ‘The Age of Assassins' and ‘The Putin Corporation' - New medical guidelines recommend treating opioid addiction with prescription medication like pharmaceutical-grade heroin. Meanwhile, close to 70 million North Americans living with chronic pain continue to face having their opioid medication cut or refused, which severely impacts their ability to live a life without excruciating pain.   Guest: Kate Nicholson, Former U.S. Department of Justice human rights lawyer and chronic pain patient who advocates for pain patients​ - The Canadian Revenue Agency has been chastised by a federal court judge for the malicious prosecution of Tony and Helen Samaroo of Nanaimo, B.C. who operated a restaurant, night club and motel. The court ordered the CRA to pay Tony and Helen Samaroo $1.7 million in damages after the agency accused the couple of skimming that amount from their restaurant.   But is it over for Tony and Helen?   Apparently not. According to the family's lawyer, the couple now face going through it all again in the Tax Court of Canada, despite being acquitted of all charges in 2010.   Guest: Steve Kelliher, lawyer for Tony and Helen Samaroo​ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.