RT News - August 17, 2016 (17:00 MSK)

Russian airstrikes target key ISIL positions in Syria, but it seems the US-led coalition is only concerned about whether the use of an Iranian base for the purpose is legitimate. Four terror suspects are killed during a shootout with Russian security forces in Saint-Petersburg. A  German refugee housing firm finds itself in hot water - over leaked e-mails in which staff jokingly suggest providing guillotines and crematoriums for asylum seekers. The Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal just refuses to go away. That's as a senate committee calls for perjury charges against the Democratic presidential candidate, accusing her of lying under oath.