Russia has failed in its "ludicrous" bid for a joint UK/Russian investigation into the Salisbury attack, Boris Johnson has said.

LAW enforcement officials with warrants yesterday searched the house and office of the CIA’s outgoing executive director, the FBI said.

Law enforcement officials today executed search warrants on the house and office of CIA’s outgoing executive director, the FBI said.

CIA director Porter Goss resigned suddenly, nudged out after a turmoil-filled 18 months at the spy agency as it struggled to forge a new identity in an era of intelligence blunders and government overhauls.