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UK to expel 23 Russian diplomats

Ambassador Jonathan Allen speaks at the UN Security Council, New York
Ambassador Jonathan Allen speaks at the UN Security Council, New York Source: AAP

British Prime Minister Theresa May has taken the decision to expel 23 Russian intelligence officers from the UK, after the deadline for a Russian response to the nerve-agent poisoning of Sergei and Julia Skripal passed, without any official word from Moscow.


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By Matt Connellan

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British Prime Minister Theresa May has taken the decision to expel 23 Russian intelligence officers from the UK, after the deadline for a Russian response to the nerve-agent poisoning of Sergei and Julia Skripal passed, without any official word from Moscow.



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