RT News - April 18, 2017 (17:00 MSK)

The British Prime Minister stuns Westminster by calling for a snap election - saying it will create stability as the UK leaves the EU. French security forces thwart an imminent terror attack - arresting two suspected radicals in Marseille while elsewhere there are violent clashes with police ahead of Sunday's presidential election. We speak to Human Rights Watch, as the organisation's latest report accuses the U.S. of failing to take necessary precautions to spare civilian lives during last month's deadly air strike near a mosque in Syria.