18 nations expel 100 Russian diplomats over UK spy attack: Top developments

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that he would be expelling two Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK

US President Donald Trump ordered 60 Russian diplomats his country considers spies to leave the country in response to the nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian spy in the United Kingdom (UK) and closed Russia's consulate in Seattle, senior administration officials said Monday. Further, fourteen European Union countries announced they were expelling a total of 30 Russian diplomats in a coordinated international response, which is the biggest Western expulsion of Russian diplomats since the height of the Cold War. Australia also announced that it would expel two Russian diplomats over the UK spy attack.   

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