RT News - August 29, 2018 (12:00 MSK)

The last rebel and terrorist stronghold in Syria is surrounded, as all parties to the conflict prepare for what may well be the final showdown in the country's long war. A Palestinian activist from Norway claims she was hit twice in one week - by Israeli soldiers, firing rubber bullets in the West Bank. The UK's women's minister, Victoria Atkins, comes under fire from LGBT activists - after expressing concern over the rising number of children wishing to change their gender. That and other transgender issues have sparked a debate.