Berlin, September 11

The Novichok nerve agent used to poison Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who’s in intensive care in a Berlin hospital, was ‘tougher’ than earlier types, Der Spiegel journal mentioned the pinnacle of Germany’s international intelligence service advised a secret assembly.

Spiegel, with out naming a supply, added {that a} delegation from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was mentioned to have visited on the weekend the hospital in Berlin the place Navalny is being handled. Reuters