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US and Chinese officials to meet as tensions mount over Russia

US president Joe Biden is sending his national security adviser for talks with a senior Chinese official in Rome as concerns grow that China is amplifying Russian disinformation in the Ukraine war and may help Russia evade punishment from economic ...

13 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Britain warns Putin over chemical weapons as Ukraine raises alarm on Chernobyl

Britain has warned Vladimir Putin of a “dramatic increased response” from the West if he uses chemical weapons in Ukraine, amid warnings over a possible attack on Chernobyl. Ukrainian defence intelligence alleged on Friday that the Russian ...

11 Mar 2022 at 14:55

Fears over Russia using chemical weapons if Ukraine counter-offensive succeeds

Russia could use chemical weapons if Ukraine’s counter-offensive is successful in regaining territory, MPs have heard. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the UK is “very much on our guard about what happens next” after concerns were ...

15 May 2023 at 17:10

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Watchdog blames Syria’s air force for deadly chlorine attack

The global chemical weapons watchdog has said its investigators found “reasonable grounds to believe” Syria’s air force dropped two cylinders containing chlorine gas on the city of Douma in April 2018, killing 43 people. A report ...

27 Jan 2023 at 12:50

GP accused of attempted murder now also charged with chemical weapon offences

A GP who is accused of attempted murder after allegedly poisoning a man in his 70s has also now been charged with making and using the chemical weapon ricin. Dr Thomas Kwan, 52, of Brading Court, Ingleby Barwick, Teesside, and ...

06 Mar 2024 at 12:41

World

US destroys ‘last’ of its declared chemical weapons

The United States has destroyed the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile, a milestone in the history of warfare dating back to the First World War, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said, Mr McConnell said ...

07 Jul 2023 at 23:20

World

Turkish doctor detained for proposing chemical weapons probe

Police arrested the president of the Turkish Medical Association after she called for an inquiry into allegations that the Turkish military used chemical weapons against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, media reports in ...

26 Oct 2022 at 10:50

World

Uzbek man charged over assassination of Russian general in Moscow

An Uzbek citizen accused of acting on behalf of Ukraine has been charged in a Russian court with this week’s assassination of a Russian general and his assistant in an electric scooter bombing, Russian state media said on ...

19 Dec 2024 at 18:59

Novichok public inquiry to reveal findings in Dawn Sturgess poisoning case

A public inquiry into the death of a woman who was poisoned by Russian nerve agent Novichok will be published later. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after being exposed to the chemical weapon which was left in a discarded ...

04 Dec 2025 at 02:45

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