Saudi Arabia and Iran are two regional powers that have long been competing for influence. Lebanon’s president claimed that Riyadh may have forced the prime minister to resign because it felt he hadn’t done enough to stand up to Hezbollah. The group is backed by Iran, and is an influential political force in Lebanon. RT’s Eisa Ali looks at the reason why many fear that the country could return to civil war.

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Clashes erupted between police and protesters in Athens on Friday during a demonstration marking the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising in 1973.
Tensions grew in the district of Exarcheia when Antifa protesters hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at police who responded with tear gas. Earlier, thousands of protesters took to the streets to mark the anniversary of the bloody Polytechnic School Uprising.

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A deadlock is continuing at the UN, over whether to extend a chemical weapons probe in Syria.
Russia has vetoed a draft resolution, put forward by Japan, and denounced the investigation panel as fundamentally flawed.
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Turkey is pulling its troops out of a NATO exercise after President Erdogan says he was branded an enemy in the alliance’s internal messaging network. Norway’s defence minister has already apologised for the gaffe – which further worsened relations between Ankara and NATO. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8shl

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‘Arrogant’ and ‘undemocratic’ – that’s how the French president’s political movement has been described from the inside. One hundred members of his centrist political group are resigning – after publicly expressing contempt for its policies and actions. Charlotte Dubenskij has the details.

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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president has admitted that it’s almost impossible to separate sport and politics. Craig Reedie’s comment followed claims by Russian sports officials that WADA had upheld the suspension of the country’s anti-drug body on political grounds.

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The string of terrorist attacks in Europe is making governments adapt – expanding police powers and toughening anti-terrorist laws. Will this help defend against future attacks? We ask former head of intelligence at the French External Security agency, Alain Juillet.

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Recent events coming out of Saudi Arabia are truly stunning. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is said to be a reformer and on an anti-corruption drive. Others say differently. Saudi Arabia is experiencing a life threatening crisis that could ignite a region-wide conflict. And the Trump administration appears to be on board.
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The heads of three UN agencies issued a fresh plea for the Saudi-led military coalition to lift its blockade on Yemen.

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Prominent members of the far right including former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson have been stripped of their blue-tick verification badge on Twitter. Robinson tweeted the “quisling elite censor us because they know they can’t refute us.”

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Opium production in Afghanistan has almost doubled this year over 2016, according to a United Nations survey. As the Taliban returns to territory liberated by UK forces in 2001, the booming drugs industry is further proof the war failed in its basic aims.

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In episode 3, Stan travels to Moscow for LFC and Manchester United Champions League games, while our reporter Alexey Yaroshevsky follows a Liverpool fan from Kenya through the Russian capital. We also travel to Miami for the first El Clasico in the USA and talk to English female footballer Lianne Sanderson about racism scandal at the English Women’s National Team

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Newly released data from the FBI shows hate crimes rose by nearly five percent in the US last year compared to 2015. More than half of the crimes were motivated by the victim’s race.

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A school teacher is believed to have saved the life of a three-year-old girl, the sole survivor of a recent plane crash in the Russian Far East, by covering the child with her body. Locals are now asking for a posthumous award for the teacher.

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Engineers have released a s video showing Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot effortlessly jumping over obstacles and doing a backflip while performing a gymnastics routine.
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In September two giants of English football – Liverpool FC and Manchester United – came to Moscow to play Champions League games..on consecutive nights. It was the first time in history that the two bitter rivals were in the same city away from home for a European match. Which, obviously, generated security concerns – especially in the wake of fan clashes last year in Marseille.

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Russia has vetoed a U.S. draft resolution at the UN, on extending the work of a joint probe into a deadly chemical incident in Syria earlier this year. Bolivia was the only country to join Russia in voting against the US draft resolution at the Security Council.
China and Egypt abstained.
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Israel’s top military official has said his country willing to share intelligence on Iran, with Saudi Arabia.
His remarks could further complicate an ongoing row between Tehran and Riyadh.
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Israel’s top military official has said his country willing to share intelligence on Iran, with Saudi Arabia.
His remarks could further complicate an ongoing row between Tehran and Riyadh.
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Thousands of students and trade union members have been marching in cities across France this Thursday. Protestors were voicing their anger over President Macron’s labour reforms. The changes were signed into law in September, and are widely seen as limiting workers’ rights and handing more power to employers.

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Russia’s modernised Tupolev Tu-160M2 strategic bomber was rolled out of the Kazan Aircraft Enterprise workshop, Thursday. The original Tu-160 model is armed with cruise missiles that can carry nuclear warheads. The Tu-160 is now set to enter into Russia’s strategic nuclear forces roster. READ MORE: https://on.rt.com/8sfn

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