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‘It’s something which is in the air’: Barca boss Valverde gives warning over Messi retirement Barcelona and the wider footballing world will need to start coming to terms with the fact that Lionel Messi will not be playing for too much longer, according to the Catalan giants’ head coach, Ernesto Valverde. Messi, 32, was recently crowned Ballon d’Or winner for a record sixth time, but spoke at the ceremony in Paris about how he was approaching the tail end of his glittering career. “I enjoy these moments so much because I know that retirement is approaching. Time flies," the Argentine said. Also on rt.com REVEALED: Ballon d’Or voting numbers show Van Dijk came AGONIZINGLY close to pipping Messi to top prize ...

Sound familiar? Reddit says US-UK trade deal leaks may be tied to Russia, citing speculation from... of course, Atlantic Council A trove of secret papers cited by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in attacking the Tories may have links to Moscow, Reddit has announced. The proof? The US-UK-NATO-funded Atlantic Council says it isn't sure but it might be true. The leaked documents, which were shared on the discussion site several weeks ago, point to evidence that the United States would demand a market share in the UK’s National Health Service in any trade talks after Brexit. In a statement, Reddit said that it believed that the accounts that had shared the documents were “part of a campaign that has been reported as originating from Russia.” The vague wordi...

WATCH Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers engage in head-spinning dogfight over Urals Russian Air Force pilots were caught on film while flying their heavy Su-34 jets over the snow-covered countryside near Chelyabnsk, in the Urals. The exercise was to hone their flying and missile-launching techniques. Wearing winter fatigues and helmets, the pilots are filmed doing pre-flight briefings before climbing to the cockpit. Once cleared for take-off, the Su-34s roll towards the runway and disappear into the air. © Russian Ministry of Defense A while later, the crews are seen flying on low-altitude...

‘Nuke aimed at Iran’? Tehran raises alarm after Israel test-fires mystery rocket in broad daylight As the world is abuzz with speculation over Israel’s shadowy “rocket propulsion system” test, Tehran bluntly claimed that the projectile it fired from a base south of Tel Aviv was actually a nuclear-capable missile aimed at Iran. “Israel today tested a nuke-missile, aimed at Iran,” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif suggested in a tweet posted on Friday evening. He lamented that the West never complains “about the only nuclear arsenal in West Asia,” but “has fits of apoplexy over our conventional defensive [rockets].” The mysterious missile in question was launched earlier in the day, with Israel’s military remaining conspicuously tight-lipped about...

Mexico makes its biggest oil discovery in more than three decades Mexican state oil company Pemex has announced the biggest oil discovery in the country since 1987. The deposit in the southeast of the country may have reserves of 500 million barrels of crude. The giant Quesqui site in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco was discovered several months ago, with the first well, which is now producing 4,500 barrels per day, drilled in June. However, after studying the potential of the field, the company announced that the deposit is one of the most important discoveries in 30 years. Also on rt.com Iran discovers massive oilfield that can boost its national reserves by third “With the analysis of information provide...

Her last wish was to live & see her attackers punished: Indian govt promises fast-track trial after rape victim succumbs to burns An Indian woman who was set on fire by her rapist as she was en route to a court hearing about the crime has died from her injuries. The badly burned victim told her brother that she wanted to live to see her attackers hanged. The 23-year-old died in a hospital in New Delhi late on Friday night, reportedly as a result of cardiac arrest. She had been doused in kerosene and set on fire the previous day by a group of five men, including her alleged rapist. The woman, from the Unnao district of northern Uttar Pradesh state, was on her way to board a train to attend a court hearing about her rape – which she reported to po...

Satanic Temple members say HELL NO to discrimination after American Airlines forces woman to change ‘HAIL SATAN’ shirt Backers of the Satanic Temple are raising hell after American Airlines forced a Florida woman to change out of a shirt proclaiming “Hail Satan,” threatening to remove her from the flight over its “offensive” message. Key West resident Swati Runi Goyal was awaiting takeoff aboard a flight headed for Las Vegas on the day before Halloween – known in some regions as “Devil’s Night” – when an American Airlines crew member approached her demanding an immediate wardrobe change. “The gentleman asked me if I understood what ‘offensive’ meant,” Goyal told the New York Post. “I said, ‘I’m a foreign-born minority woman. I know what my T-shirt m...