RT News - July 18 2022 (09:00 MSK)

Reports of incoming artillery fire in Russia's Kursk region near the Ukrainian border, as Russian-led forces make further front-line advances. Our correspondent follows the troop movements. 'A failed policy of Iranophobia': That's the message from Tehran as it accuses the US of inflaming tensions in the Middle East as Joe Biden wraps up his first presidential visit to the region. Sri Lanka's government limits petrol sales to its own citizens, as long lines persist outside gas stations amid severe economic turmoil in the South Asian country. We hear from locals struggling to cope with the crisis.