RT News - September 17 2024 (09:00 MSK)

New revelations emerge about Donald Trump's would-be assassin including his urging of Iran to kill the former US president, as laid out in a self-published book. RT looks into the figure of Ryan Rooth. That's as local US law enforcement question how the gunman managed to get so close to the Republican nominee and ask the FBI to look into the possibility of a wider conspiracy. Our correspondent reports from near the Donbass frontlines where Kiev’s troops are being pushed back by a relentless Russian advance on a crucial city. As reports emerge of Ukrainian attempts to recruit islamists from Middle Eastern terror groups, African nations unite against what they see as Kiev's attempts to support terrorism on the continent.