RT News - August 19, 2018 (12:00 MSK)

Stories that shaped the week - one of the cities worst-hit by the conflict in Syria - Aleppo - is undergoing extensive reconstruction, after years of war. The standoff between the US and Turkey escalates - with Ankara saying relations have almost ceased to exist. The Russian embassy in the US says Maria Butina - who was jailed on charges of being an unregistered foreign agent - is being subjected to conditions that are tantamount to torture. We speak to her lawyer. Fresh protests on the Israeli-Gaza border see two Palestinians killed and at least 270 injured.