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British Regulator Revokes License of Russia-Backed Broadcaster RT

by Associated Press

   LONDON --

   Britain's communications regulator has revoked the license of
   Russian-backed broadcaster RT amid investigations of its coverage of
   the Ukraine war.

   The regulator, Ofcom, said it a statement that it did not consider RT's
   licensee, ANO TV Novosti, to be "fit and proper to hold a U.K.
   broadcast license."

   Ofcom says Friday's decision followed 29 ongoing investigations into
   the impartiality of RT's news and current affairs coverage of Russia's
   invasion of Ukraine.

   The regulator says: "We have concluded that we cannot be satisfied that
   RT can be a responsible broadcaster in the current circumstances. Ofcom
   is therefore revoking RT's license to broadcast with immediate effect."