The Syrian Army, backed by Russian air cover, is advancing against Islamic State in the province of Deir-ez Zor. The terrorists are fighting to retain their last strongholds in the region. The newly-liberated village of Hatla witnessed a particularly brutal battle.
RT’s Murad Gazdiev reports from the frontline.

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Twitter has banned a campaign post by Marsha Blackburn, a Republican candidate running for senator in Tennessee. It removed her video, claiming it was inflammatory.
Facebook has also faced increased pressure for its failure to remove questionable content. Its security chief said there’s a danger people want it to become an Orwellian-style Ministry of Truth.
RT heard conflicting opinions on the issue from political activist Paul Wiffen and journalist Matteo Bergamini.

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Syria’s Foreign Minister has demanded the dissolution of the US-led coalition in his country. He claims the operation is nothing but a cover-up for Syria’s destruction.
RT’s Jacqueline Vouga has more.

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Russia has offered to act as a mediator between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The two countries have long-standing diplomatic differences, which some have compared to a modern ‘cold war’.
RT’s Ilya Petrenko explains the scale of the issues that Russia hopes to help resolve.

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It is a day of national pride for Iceland – the country has qualified for the World Cup for the first time in its history. Qualification was secured when the team beat Kosovo 2-0.
Iceland’s PM revealed the secret of just how his tiny nation (Iceland’s population is less than 400,000 people) surprised the pundits and defied the odds, to footballer-turned-presenter Stan Collymore.

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An Afghani was tortured and died in a US jail despite being a member of a group never classified as a terror organisation.
RT’s Sameera Khan has more on his mistreatment, which came to light after his file was made public by the CIA.

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The US-UK relationship has always been branded as ‘special’. American and British leaders have made sure to stress how important and strong it was.
However, a former adviser to Barack Obama has revealed it was seen as a joke.
RT’s Polly Boiko has more.

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Drone captures the vessels with pylons carrying the massive arch of the Crimea Bridge. Footage shows the 5km journey aimed to deliver one of the centerpieces of the road section of the Kerch Strait Bridge Wednesday morning.

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Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov gives Russian leader Vladimir Putin an Asian shepherd puppy as a present for his birthday.

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The Catalan leader has signed a Declaration for Independence… although he took a step back from adopting it, in the hope of opening dialogue with Madrid.
His speech deepened confusion amid the local population, about where the region now stands.
RT’s Anastasiya Churkina has been following developments in Barcelona.

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Hollywood elites present themselves to be the champions of virtue and liberal values. The same elites have also found common cause with the left part of the political spectrum. The Harvey Weinstein scandal presents a very different picture – a truly ugly picture. Will Hollywood now face up to its hypocrisy?
CrossTalking with Rob Taub, Lionel, and Gina Loudon.

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Russian-speaking children who had been left stranded in a Baghdad orphanage are now just hours away from returning home. They were reportedly taken to Iraq by their radicalised parents, who had joined ISIS. Now their ordeal is almost over.

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The Syrian Army, backed by Russian air cover, is advancing against Islamic State in the province of Deir-ez Zor. The terrorists are fighting to retain their last strongholds in the region. The newly-liberated village of Hatla witnessed a particularly brutal battle.
RT’s Murad Gazdiev reports from the frontline.

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The Catalan leader says he “assumes the mandate that Catalonia should become an independent state in the form of a republic.” Local leaders signed what they called “a declaration of independence”, suspending it temporarily though to facilitate dialogue with Madrid.
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