LONDON – Britain is preparing to bring in a new spying law and is considering updating treason legislation to counter the threat from hostile states in the wake of the nerve agent poisoning in Salisbury last year, Home Secretary Sajid Javid said on May 20.
Reuters: Britain prepares for new spying law after Salisbury poisoning
A pictures shows covered tarpaulin and scaffolding and secured by police the former home of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal in Salisbury, southern England on March 4, 2019 exactly one year to the day since the assissination attempt on Skripal with the nerve agent Novichok that seriously injured him and his daughter Yulia.
