British Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) to assess the intelligence around the poisoning of a Russian spy with a deadly nerve agent last week.
The meeting of the country's security chiefs has been called to update the British PM on the investigation and whether the source of the poisoning of Sergei Skripal is any clearer.
Senior ministers, intelligence and military chiefs will decide if there is enough evidence to take action against the perpetrators, amid wide-spread speculation that the Russian state was behind the attack.
'The Times' newspaper claims that senior government sources have said police and security services have established enough evidence to link Moscow to the attempted killings.
Yesterday, Britain's public health authorities had asked nearly 500 people who were at a restaurant and pub linked with the poisoning of the Russian spy to clean up their possessions to remove any traces of the deadly nerve agent used against the targets.
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People who were at either the pub or the Italian restaurant before they were shut down last Monday have been advised to wash their clothes, ideally in a washing machine.
Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, both remain critically ill but in a stable condition in hospital after being discovered on Sunday.
Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who was the first police officer to come in contact with the circumstances, remains seriously ill in hospital but has been talking to his family.
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