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‘Psychological warfare’: Iran urges Canada to share ‘intelligence’ cited by Trudeau to accuse Tehran of Ukrainian jet downing Iran has dismissed claims that the Ukrainian Boeing 737 that crashed near Tehran was hit by a missile as “psychological warfare,” calling on countries that lost citizens in the crash to send representatives to join its probe. "All these reports are a psychological warfare against Iran,” government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Thursday, as cited by Iranian state media. “All those countries whose citizens were aboard the plane can send representatives and we urge Boeing to send its representative to join the process of investigating the black box.” Also on rt.com Canada’s Trudeau claims ‘inte...

Video from outside cell during Epstein’s first ‘suicide attempt' deleted – after being lost & found Surveillance footage from outside notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell during his first alleged suicide attempt in July has been deleted, concluding a comedy of errors that saw the video first lost, then found. Video from outside the deceased financier’s cell, on the day he was found semi-conscious on the floor with marks on his neck, believed to have attempted suicide, has been permanently deleted by Metropolitan Correctional Center, according to a court filing. The jail allegedly saved video from the wrong tier of the facility. A backup system that should have retained the deleted footage stopped functioning in August, and the video n...

Iran says it may need help from French or Canadian experts to decode data from ‘damaged’ black boxes The head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority has said his country might need outside help to decode the information recorded by the black boxes from the Ukrainian 737 plane that crashed on Wednesday near Tehran. Ali Abedzadeh told CNN that, while Iran has the capacity to decode the black boxes from the Boeing passenger jet, it might still need extra help because they were badly damaged. “Generally speaking, Iran has the potential and know-how to decode the black box. Everybody knows that,” he said, adding that Iranian and Ukrainian experts would begin decoding the data on Friday. However, “if the available equipment is not enough to get the content,” ...

Major fire engulfs Russian oil refinery after two loud bangs (VIDEO) One person was injured and thousands evacuated as a huge blaze occurred at an oil refinery in the Republic of Komi west of the Ural Mountains. The fire and a column of thick black smoke could be seen for kilometers around. The fire at the diesel processing unit of the plant in the city of Ukhta, population circa 100,000, was preceded by “two bangs of a technological character,” a source in the Emergencies Ministry said. The blaze spread quickly, covering around 1,000 square meters at its peak. It was assigned the highest category of difficulty, with around 80 emergency workers and 15 firetrucks involved in extinguishing it. A fire train was later sent to help put the blaze out. ...

No Sunday truce: Libya’s Haftar rejects Putin-Erdogan ceasefire call General Khalifa Haftar, leader of the Libyan National Army, has rejected the ceasefire proposed by the Russian and Turkish presidents as a way to de-escalate the hostilities with the government in Tripoli. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a truce in Libya during their meeting on Wednesday in Istanbul, after Turkey sent troops and equipment to Tripoli in support of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA).  Also on rt.com Putin & Erdogan call on warring Libyan sides to fully cease fire on Sunday Haftar’s LNA controls most of Libya, however, and has been advancing on ...

'He's the best at it': Donald Cerrone warns Conor McGregor 'not to low blow' with trash-talk ahead of UFC 246 Silver-tongued fighter Conor McGregor has yet to focus his trash-talking crosshairs on his UFC 246 opponent, but Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone has warned the Irishman to let his fists, and not his mouth, do the talking. McGregor has made a career on his reputation for unleashing verbal barrages at his rivals but he has so far held his tongue when it comes to Cerrone - and his opponent in next Saturday's crunch showdown in Las Vegas has warned the Dubliner to keep quiet in advance of their fight. McGregor famously targeted Cerrone at a press conference a number of years ago but has since kept him at arm's length, even going so far as to tweet his c...

Kinzhal hypersonic and Kalibr cruise missiles fired during massive Russian Navy drills in the Black Sea (VIDEOS) More than 30 warships and 40 aircraft got together for a major joint exercise of Russia's Black Sea and Northern Fleets, providing for a chance to see some of the country's most hyped weapons in action. Kalibr cruise missiles were launched from two types of platforms during the drills in the Black Sea. The crews of Admiral Grigorovich frigate and Orekhovo-Zuevo small missile ship performed a surface firing, while Kolpino submarine launched a Kalibr from underwater. Those missiles were already used in actual combat, proving its efficiency during the Russian anti-terrorist operation in Syria. https://cdnv.rt.com/files/2020.01/5e174fd62...