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Tamara Davison

What is a world war? Russian state TV predicts World War III

The head of Russia's state-run TV believes World War III could break out in the Middle East, distracting from Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.

Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of Russia Today, raised the prospect of WW3 during a TV broadcast, suggesting it could happen "in the near future".

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