With advanced technology finding its way into our everyday lives, physical museum spaces are changing. We head to one of the world’s most iconic museums – the Hermitage in St. Petersburg – to meet its director of 30 years, Mikhail Piotrovsky. Host Sean Thomas discovers how a 19th-century palace can stay in line with new tech. Will digital ever replace real art? Join the tour of the magnificent Hermitage with an exclusive look into the Staraya Derevnya restoration center, where age-worn masterpieces find new life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Faithful from Eastern Orthodox churches gathered in Jerusalem's Holy Sepulcher church on Saturday for the annual Holy Fire ceremony, during which a flame from Jesus’ tomb is used to light the candles of the believers in Orthodox communities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

The world’s largest snake has been discovered slithering loudly and terrifyingly about the Amazon rainforest. The exceptionally large Northern Green Anaconda weighs 200kg and measures 8m in length, which is about the same length as two badly parked Volkswagens but not as heavy or tall. However, it does have a head as large as a human’s, and its body is as thick as a car tire (as found on Volkswagens). It was discovered by the excellently named Professor Freek Vonk, who decided the appropriate course of action upon finding it was to swim with it, which goes against the advice of all those movies, but oh well. The Northern Green Anaconda is a newly discovered type of Giant Anaconda, as was revealed this month in a paper in the journal Diversity. The study’s lead author, the equally excellent named Dr Jesus Rivas, spent over 15 years cataloging genetic samples of the biggest of the big snakes on a hunch that there was more than one species, and he was right. Despite being unknown to humans until last month, Professor Vonk insists they are already under threat from climate change. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Mourners gathered to pay tribute to two militiamen from al-Sadr's group Saraya Salam and another two from AAH that were killed in tit-for-tat attacks in southern Iraq following a wave of violent clashes in the country's capital -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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