Expelled Russian spies leave Britain

A removal van was seen outside the Russian embassy in London this morning


Two dozen undercover Russian agents and their families are to return to Moscow today.
This would be just in time for the deadline imposed by the PM.

Last week, prime minister, Mrs May, gave two dozen so-called diplomats a week to quit the country in revenge for the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal.




Including relatives of the expelled diplomats, more than 80 people from the embassy are thought to be flying from London to Moscow today.

Groups of Russians were seen getting on a coach at the embassy to take them home.

The British diplomats leaving Russia will return home later this week.

Meanwhile, Russia has denied responsibility for the attack on Mr Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who were poisoned with the novichok nerve agent earlier this month and remain gravely ill in hospital.