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Earlier, local police cordoned off streets in Salisbury and an Italian restaurant as a "precautionary measure" after a man and woman fell ill amid reports of "possible nerve agent poisoning." At least one of the patients was thought to be Russian.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - German automaker BMW intends to shut down its Mini manufacturing facility in the UK city of Oxford for several weeks after Brexit day due to a no-deal risk, Sky News broadcaster reported on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - A support scheme, backed with 3 million pounds ($3.95 million) of funding, was launched in the United Kingdom on Tuesday for farmers in order to help them reduce harmful emissions, the country's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said in a statement.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Iraqi citizen Yousif A., 22, a suspect in the murder of Daniel Hillig, a resident of Germany's Chemnitz, was released from custody on Tuesday, defendant’s lawyer Ulrich Dost-Roxin said.

A Spaniard who won the European Ladies' Amateur championship in July has been found murdered on a US golf course. There has been a bewildered reaction to the news on social media.

A heated exchange of words broke out on one of Britain's most popular radio channels, with two British figureheads dishing out tit-for-tat responses over migration and Brexit.

Head of the German domestic intelligence agency Hans-Georg Maassen previously faced harsh criticism after he expressed doubts over the authenticity of the footage showing alleged attacks by right-wing activists on migrants in Chemnitz.

BELGRADE (Sputnik) - UK Minister of State for Europe and the Americas Alan Duncan called on Macedonians on Tuesday to vote in the upcoming referendum for the country's new name, and make a decision that would open the path to EU and NATO membership.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Council of the European Union has adopted conclusions in support of the UN-EU strategic partnership on peace operations and crisis management for the period from 2019 to 2021, the council's press service said.

Drug dealing in a borough of London has become so bad that people living there have resorted to satire and street art to shame police inaction.

The ex-trader was set to be deported from the UK to Ghana on Tuesday after serving a multi-year prison sentence for fraud offences.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Earlier in the day, Theresa May addressed the upcoming report, noting that EU immigrants won’t get any special treatment under post-Brexit immigration regulations.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban came to Moscow on a working visit, during which he has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

So-called “black bloc” suspects in a criminal case, launched after a number of Hamburg city quarters were severely damaged during multiple street protests against the 2017 G20 gathering, are assumed to have arrived in Germany from neighboring European countries.

A group of researchers will search for links between genetics and depression in the largest study of its kind, experts announced. Organizations have hailed the initiative as a prolific step towards diagnosing and pre-screening patients using advanced early detection models.

The frontier between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland remains one of the most contentious issues in the Brexit talks. Sputnik takes a look at some of the European Union's other land borders, which vary from the tranquil to the downright lawless.

Earlier, Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot resigned at the end of August over "an accumulation of disappointments" with French President Emmanuel Marcon's environmental policies. Hulot claimed the president didn't do enough to fulfill his commitment to "make planet great again."

With the clock ticking on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, Brussels expects a mutually-acceptable divorce deal to be clinched before this year is out.

GENEVA (Sputnik) - Refusal to provide accreditation to certain diplomats to fill a vacant position in diplomatic missions is common practice, fueling a diplomatic scandal is senseless, Russian Ambassador to Switzerland Sergei Garmonin told Sputnik.

Swedish policemen admitted that the current system allows jihadists to freely enter the country, whereas people with perfectly legal grounds to stay in the Scandinavian country get detained.