2 poisoned with nerve agent in southern Britain

Two British citizens in their 40s were in critical condition after being poisoned by a nerve agent in the southern part of the country, London police said late Wednesday.The two, a 44-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man, were hospitalized in Amesbury, which is about 10 kilometers from Salisbury where a former Russian agent and his daughter were poisoned in March, they said.According to London police, the nerve agent the British pair were exposed to was Novichok, the same substance used in the March attack. There was no evidence showing the two were targeted, a counter-terrorism officer sai…READ FULL ARTICLE