RT News - August 16, 2018 (12:00 MSK)

With parliamentary elections looming, Sweden is rocked by a string of arson attacks across the country - prompting intense speculation over who started the fires, which are thought to have been a coordinated attack. Donald Trump says former CIA Director, John Brennan, exhibits "erratic conduct and behavior" - and revokes his security clearance threatening a number of other officials with the same measure. Financial markets and currencies around the world take a pounding - as the economic standoff between Turkey and the US escalates.