RT News - August 15, 2019 (12:00 MSK)

Disaster averted: a morning flight from Moscow to Crimea hits a flock of birds, but the pilot manages to land it belly-down in a cornfield. 23 injured but everyone survived. The passengers are applauding the plane's crew for doing a great job. Venezuela's government releases documents allegedly showing that a prominent opposition journalist has been working as a 'local agent' for the US and UK for decades. Rights groups in the UK voice concern over the government's long-awaited review of its controversial counter-extremism programme PREVENT. They say the background of the 'independent' reviewer risks making the exercise a 'total whitewash'.