The students had flooded the streets for a peaceful march, still wearing their uniforms and backpacks, before it then turned violent. At least 40 were arrested. The students oppose the fact they have to pay 75% of the cost of their own educations - one of the highest rates in the world.
Iran is going to the polls to choose the successor of president Ahmadinejad, who is winding up his maximum eight year term at the top job. A nuclear stand-off with the U.S. and the EU, tough economic sanctions and deadly protests - RT's Maria Finoshina reviews the most dramatic and controversial issues of his time in power, asking Iranians about their attitude to the out going leader.
Washington has given the green light for arming the Syrian rebels to prop up the opposition. A plan for a limited no-fly zone over Syria has also been drawn up. It comes after the U.S. administration concluded Assad's forces had used chemical weapons ''on a small scale''
RT teams up with a couple from Tbilisi, Georgia, who travel to the south of the country to explore the community of the Dukhobors -- a Christian group that believes God lives inside humans, not in an organized church. See how this group has managed to preserve their way of life for centuries.
A man who had been on life support for days after reportedly being hit in the head by a police gas canister, has become the fifth fatality of the crackdown on public protests in Turkey. On Wednesday the country's Prime Minister set a 24 hour deadline for an end to demonstrations in Istanbul and the capital. That runs out in the coming hours. RT discusses this further with Safak Pavey, a Turkish diplomat and a member of the Republican People's Party.
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