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U.K. Expels 23 Russian Diplomats Over Use Of Military-Grade Nerve Agent

Prime Minister Theresa May said Russia is "culpable for the attempted murder" of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England.

The U.K. is expelling 23 Russian diplomats as punishment for a chemical weapons attack that took place in England. Prime Minister Theresa May has said Russia was likely behind the poisoning of a former Russian spy who, along with his daughter, was exposed

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