RT News - September 30, 2014 (17:00 MSK)

Islamic State jihadists shrug off U.S.-led air strikes, advance to within an hour's drive of Baghdad, and threaten to overrun a key Syrian border town; A German asylum centre is compared to a torture camp, triggering condemnation among officials and human rights groups. Police are investigating private security guards accused of maltreatment; Fighting at a government-held international airport in east Ukraine threatens the fragile truce. RT travels across the region to bring you a first-hand account of what's happening on the ground.