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Putin: Using terrorists for political gains dangerous

Russia’s President Putin says terrorists cannot be divided into good and bad, slamming Western double standards in tackling terrorism.

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

  • Brazil hosts the opening ceremony of the Olympics amid violent anti-government protests against corruption and the cost of the Games.
  • Russia’s President Putin says terrorists cannot be divided into good and bad, slamming Western double standards in tackling terrorism.
  • The lawyer for US-based Turkish opposition figure Fethullah Gulen says Ankara lacks evidence to prove that his client masterminded last month’s failed coup.
  • In the US, the family of an unarmed black man, who was fatally shot by Chicago police, is calling for an investigation after police release the video of his killing.
  • Scores of Palestinian prisoners have joined hundreds of other inmates in a hunger strike against harassment by Israeli jail guards and their detention without trial.