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French police have identified the suspect in the Strasbourg shooting as 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt. Earlier, a spokeswoman for Germany’s criminal police said the suspect was deported to France in 2017 and was known as a radical Islamist.

She was groomed and raped as a child but went on to expose the biggest child sexual exploitation scandal in Britain. Now she campaigns to change the law in order to ban rapists with kids conceived by rape from applying for access/rights. Sputnik spoke to Rotherham abuse scandal victim and campaigner Sammy Woodhouse.

Shashi Tharoor, senior leader of India's main opposition party Congress, claims that the defeat of BJP, to which Indian PM Modi Belongs to, in five states that recently went to polls indicates not only the failure of the party’s government in the states but also indicates of people’s disillusionment with PM's rhetoric and failed promises.

According to a Member of Parliament Nadhim Zahawi, British Prime Minister Theresa May will go to Brussels for new talks on the Irish backstop element of her Brexit deal with the European Union.

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to address the nation in response to rallies staged by yellow-vest protesters across the country. According to the reports, almost a thousand people were arrested during the protests, which have been under way since November 17.

When whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked classified US Intelligence info in 2013, he became ‘the most wanted man in the world’. But it wasn’t just Snowden’s life that was thrown into disarray when the docs were leaked. Now, the authorities seem to be on a mission to aggravate everyone that came into the whistleblower's path.

Anton Stepanov, the lead director of Rossiya Segodnya's media design studio, emphasised the importance of winning first place in the non-English infographic contest at the Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards, as it cemented the agency's internationally leading position in the graphic design field.

Following long-held secrets among the Israeli military and intelligence establishments about the existence of Hezbollah underground tunnels, operations began on December 4 to destroy those that enter Israeli territory, including one that penetrates 40 meters into the country's North, just outside the town of Metulla.

In an exclusive interview with Sputnik correspondent, Sofya Grebenkina, the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui spoke about the peace settlement processes in the Central African Republic, Sudan, and Libya, along with Russia’s role in the region.

The Roscongress Foundation Management Board for Work with Innovative Projects is for the first time in Moscow holding a series of closed industry meetings of owners and managers of big Russian and international businesses.

A security guard at an Airbnb rental villa in Costa Rica has been arrested in connection with the murder of a US tourist. Sputnik spoke to Eric Horvath, who stayed in the same Airbnb villa three months ago.

Radio Sputnik has spoken with Chris Skinner, an independent commentator on the financial markets and fintech through his blog, the Finanser.com, and author of the bestselling books Digital Bank, ValueWeb, and its new sequel Digital Human.

In its annual report, the Security Information Service (BIS) of the Czech Republic has called Russia the main threat to the country, more important than terrorist groups’ activities, organised crime, and extremists inside the country.

Fayyaz Ismail, newly appointed Minister of Economic Development of the Maldives says the country is now looking forward to deregulating trade and industry, and creating an environment conducive for foreign investors.

Two of Europe's biggest environmental activist groups have voiced complaints after a video they had posted were targeted on Friday by new policies targeting "dark adverts" on social media.

The 2018 Russian-British Business Forum highlighted innovative businesses across a range of sectors, prompting a demand for cross-cultural collaboration between government, banking and intellectual property rights institutions.

Physicists from a whole range of countries have gathered at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI to discuss the sPHENIX international experiment. The aim of this rather ambitious project is to conduct research in the field of high-energy physics and heavy ions using a new unit.

Viewers have been following the lives of The Simpsons for about 30 years. In addition to Homer, Marge, Lisa, Maggie and Bart, celebrities have repeatedly become the heroes of the show. The creators of the cartoon themselves often respond to the global agenda.

Several high-profile Russian officials spoke to Sputnik on Monday at the 2018 Russian-British Business Forum about multiple sectors for bilateral cooperation, including financial technologies (FinTech), emerging technologies, and the role of entrepreneurship in the digital age.

The 2018 Russian-British Business Forum showcased several cutting-edge startups featuring on Monday, with both countries offering examples of how their emerging technologies impact the lives of their clients in positive, engaging ways.