Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, centre, is briefed by members of the police as she views the area where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill, in Salisbury, England, Thursday, March 15, 2018. May on Wednesday expelled 23 Russian diplomats, severed high-level contacts and vowed both open and covert action following the incident. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, centre, is accompanied by members of the police as she views the area where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill, in Salisbury, England, Thursday, March 15, 2018. May on Wednesday expelled 23 Russian diplomats, severed high-level contacts and vowed both open and covert action following the incident. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)
MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy in England (all times local):
5:25 p.m.
England manager Gareth Southgate says there's "no doubt" that his soccer team should be going to the World Cup despite Russia being blamed for poisoning a former spy in the U.K.
British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered politicians and royals not to attend the World Cup in Russia after former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found unconscious after being exposed to a nerve agent.
But the government has not ordered the national soccer team to boycott the June 14-July 15 soccer tournament.
Southgate acknowledges that it's a "serious matter" and "developing very quickly." But based on the briefings he has received, Southgate says "we are preparing to go to the World Cup. There is no doubt in my mind that is what we should be doing."
England's World Cup campaign opens against Tunisia on June 18 in Volgograd.
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