RT News - February 16, 2019 (12:00 MSK)

Washington hits the Venezuelan government with a raft of new sanctions, while also pledging humanitarian support to the struggling country. Donald Trump's decision to pull out of a key arms-control treaty with Russia has left the world on the brink of a 'nuclear catastrophe'. That's the warning from 2020 US presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, who's attempting to thwart the move. French MPs pass a bill that would force schools to use the words 'parent one' and 'parent two' instead of 'mother' and 'father' on official forms. We get reaction to the proposal. An alarming new report reveals that almost one in five children worldwide are now living in war zones with hundreds losing their lives in armed conflicts each year.