RT News - October 18, 2018 (12:00 MSK)

People mourn in the Crimean city of Kerch - after 21 people are killed and up to 70 injured, in a shooting and bomb attack at a college. It was carried out by an 18-year-old student who subsequently killed himself. As the city grieves, chilling similarities are drawn with the Columbine massacre in the US almost two decades ago, which took 15 lives. Venezuela drops the dollar in its official exchange transactions - in retaliation against US sanctions. We look at how ever more countries are also trying to lessen their dependence on the currency. The mayor of the Italian city of Lodi, orders all migrant families to provide information about their finances withholding benefits if they fail to do so. The move has seen children losing their subsidised school dinners - forcing them to eat separately from others.