World leaders are standing behind the UK after it charged 2 Russians over the poisoning of a former Russian spy

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• World leaders are standing behind the UK after it charged two alleged Russian operatives in the poisonings of a former Russian spy and his daughter.
• France, Germany, Canada and the US pledged to work to disrupt “the hostile activities of foreign intelligence networks." 
• In a joint statement, they said they backed Britain’s assessment that the two suspects were behind the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March.
• Russia’s UN Ambassador accused London of “unleashing a disgusting anti-Russia hysteria.”

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, France, Germany, Canada and the United States pledged on Thursday to work to disrupt “the hostile activities of foreign intelligence networks” and called on Russia to disclose its nerve agent program.

In a joint statement, the other four countries said they backed Britain’s assessment that Russian officers were behind an attack in March on a former Russian spy and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury using nerve agent Novichok. Britain charged two Russians in absentia on Wednesday with attempted murder.

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