RT News - October 08, 2019 (12:00 MSK)

Iran joins the chorus of condemnation as Turkey readies for a massive offensive against the Kurds in north-eastern Syria, with reports suggesting Ankara has already bombed the area and deployed military hardware at the border. It's revealed that senior UK doctors were aware that blood donated in the US and given to British patients in the 1970s and 80s 'could' have been infected with HIV and Hepatitis. We hear from the son of a victim of a tainted transfusion. American Basketball faces a backlash from one of its biggest audiences and sources of cash, there's anger in China over a tweet in support of protesters in Hong Kong. Ecuador reels in violent clashes over cuts to fuel subsidies; a correspondent from our Spanish channel is caught in the middle of protests.