Russian PM: World has slipped into new Cold War

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the Munich Security Conference on February 13, 2016. © AFP

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says tensions between Russia and the West have plunged the world into a new Cold War.
     
  • A top US intelligence official acknowledges that Daesh terrorists have used chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq. The CIA chief made similar comments a day earlier.
     
  • The US condemns the Syrian president for saying he will continue to fight against terrorists in his country.
     
  • Bahrainis shut down shops and businesses amid a second day of protests on the eve of the fifth anniversary of a popular uprising against the ruling system.
     
  • The Turkish army says it has killed at least 27 Kurdish militants a day after the interior minister said operations had ended in the town of Jizre.

 


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