RT News - September 22, 2019 (12:00 MSK)

Gulf tensions escalate - with the US sending troops to Saudi Arabia, and imposing new sanctions on Iran over Tehran's alleged attack on an oil facility. More chaos in Hong Kong - where anti-Beijing protesters clash with police, who respond with rubber bullets and tear gas. Deadlock in Israel - after a second election fails to give any side a majority to form a government with both prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival vying to lead any coalition. Thousands of children as young as five have been held without charge in cramped detention centers in Nigeria. Human Rights Watch says the arrests were made as part of an anti-terror crackdown.