El Salvador has an unusual (and rather extreme) tradition of celebrating the end of the year by dodging fireworks launched from wooden bulls at the Toritos de Fuego festival ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

After weeks of some of the fiercest fighting in the conflict, Mariupol lies largely in ruins. This new drone footage shot by RT shows an aerial view of the devastation. Below, apartment blocks lie torn open by artillery shells, used now only as makeshift cover for troops engaged in close quarters fighting. Some buildings can still be seen with smoke rising, the façades charred and blackened. Others have been almost entirely flattened. The Mariupol theatre, once a landmark of the city, lies with its roof almost entirely collapsed, and rubble spilling outwards. Mariupol has also seen much of the humanitarian focus during the conflict, with thousands already evacuated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

People gather in New York City and Washington DC for a vigil in honor of US airman Aaron Bushnell who set himself on fire to protest the 'genocide' of Palestinians in Gaza Details: https://on.rt.com/cpqf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

A fire in a COVID ward at a hospital in Iraq’s southern city of Nasiriya has reportedly claimed the lives of at least 44 people, leaving 67 injured. Early reports suggest that blaze was caused by an oxygen tank explosion. Follow us on Telegram https://t.me/rtintl / https://t.me/rtvisual ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwoqODp_ozg