RT News - July 27 2023 (09:00 MSK)

A continent converges on a city as the second Russia-Africa summit edges towards kick-off in St Petersburg today. RT will be following the main event with some big name guests and all the updates right from the ground. The military in Niger imposes a curfew and shuts all its borders with citizens flooding the streets of the West African country, to protest at what they, and the presidential office brands, a coup. Iran and Yemen are gripped by anger, as the Quran goes up in flames again in Europe, this time in Denmark. We hear exclusively from a leading figure in the Lebanese Hezbollah party, who believes such actions are an attack on all religions. While the International Monetary Fund forecasts Russia's economy is set to grow, the very sanctions that were meant to harm it, have pushed Germany headfirst, officially, into recession.