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11.31am BST
A quick snap report from Reuters here about US-Russia relations over nuclear weapons. The Russians say that they see “minimal” chances of extending the New START treaty with the United States - the last major nuclear arms pact between the two countries - because it does not accept conditions set out by Washington. The quote is from deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov, who was talking earlier this morning.
His comments came after Marshall Billingslea, the US special presidential envoy for arms control, told a Russian newspaper that Moscow must accept a joint agreement with the United States on extending the treaty before the US presidential election in November.
11.27am BST
Associated Press are reporting that a woman suspected of sending an envelope containing the poison ricin addressed to the White House has been arrested at the New York-Canada border.
The letter had been intercepted earlier this week before it reached the White House. The woman was taken into custody by US Customs and Border Protection officers at the Peace Bridge border crossing near Buffalo and is expected to face federal charges, officials said. Her name was not immediately released. Continue reading...