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  • UK says ‘dangerous’ to send NATO troops in Ukraine

    RT - May 3rd 2024 10:03pm EDT

    Western combat boots on the ground would lead to further escalation, Foreign Secretary Davis Cameron said Sending NATO soldiers to fight the Russian army in Ukraine would be too dangerous, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Friday. He made his comments as European leaders have reignited the debate on whether the US-led alliance should […]

  • Trump pays fine for gag order violations

    RT - May 3rd 2024 7:49pm EDT

    The former US president had been sanctioned for his public comments about his hush money trial Former US President Donald Trump paid the $9,000 fine for violating a gag order imposed during his ongoing hush money trial in New York, multiple news outlets reported on Thursday, citing a court official. Judge Juan Merchant fined Trump […]

  • The top pro-Jewish organization in the US has shown it isn’t what it claims to be

    RT - May 3rd 2024 5:27pm EDT

    The Anti-Defamation League’s CEO has made outlandish and harmful claims about students protesting the Israeli war effort in Gaza As students at top universities in the US protest against the Israeli war effort in Gaza, which has resulted in the deaths of over 34,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injury to over 70,000 more, […]

  • NATO member says Macron’s Ukraine idea could start WWIII

    RT - May 3rd 2024 5:08pm EDT

    Sending NATO troops to Ukraine could spark an all-out nuclear war, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has warned Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has condemned the latest remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron about the option of sending troops to Ukraine, and has warned such a move could ultimately spark an all-out nuclear war. Speaking […]

  • G20 members lobby EU against seizure of Russian assets – FT

    RT - May 3rd 2024 4:33pm EDT

    Saudi Arabia and Indonesia have reportedly been raising concerns over their own reserves held in the West The confiscation of frozen Russian assets could set a dangerous precedent in international law, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia warned the EU at a recent meeting of G20 finance ministers, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The US and […]

  • Suspended US students get education offer from Houthis

    RT - May 3rd 2024 3:01pm EDT

    The doors of Yemen’s Sanaa University are open for those who back Palestine, the institution has announced Sanaa University, reportedly run by the Houthi militant group, has offered students suspended from US universities for staging pro-Palestinian protests the opportunity to study in Yemen’s capital. More than 2,000 people have been arrested during demonstrations which have […]

  • ‘Israel is too cowardly’: Houthis speak to RT about war, Zionism and Palestine

    RT - May 3rd 2024 11:43am EDT

    Exclusive interview with Nasr al-Din Amer, an official representative of Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement Yemen’s Houthis (officially the Ansar Allah movement) have dismissed US peace proposals, The National writes, citing Yemeni sources. Over the past week, Ansar Allah fighters have attacked US and Israeli ships in the Red Sea at least four times, following a brief pause […]

  • German arms manufacturer’s plant on fire (VIDEO)

    RT - May 3rd 2024 11:34am EDT

    Diehl produces the IRIS-T air defense system that Berlin has supplied to Kiev A blaze has engulfed a plant in Berlin belonging to German arms manufacturer Diehl, the local fire department has reported. The company, among other things, produces the IRIS-T air defense system, several units of which the German government has supplied to Ukraine […]

  • Swiss conference will end Zelensky’s ‘peace plan’ – Medvedev

    RT - May 3rd 2024 11:07am EDT

    The upcoming event will expose the West’s “impotence” and inability to end the Ukraine conflict, the former Russian president said An upcoming Swiss-hosted summit aimed at de-escalating the conflict between Moscow and Kiev will spell the “collapse” of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s proposed ‘peace plan,’ former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has predicted. Zelensky’s roadmap to […]

  • Biden to shift campaign messaging away from Ukraine – Politico

    RT - May 3rd 2024 10:59am EDT

    Having signed a $61 billion aid bill for Kiev, the US president will focus on domestic issues in the run-up to the November election, aides say US President Joe Biden is reportedly set to shift the focus of his re-election campaign to domestic issues rather than the Ukraine conflict, after he succeeded getting his multi-billion-dollar […]

  • Biden calls India and Japan ‘xenophobic’

    RT - May 3rd 2024 9:49am EDT

    The US president claims the nations are struggling economically because they ‘don’t want immigrants’ President Joe Biden has claimed that US allies India and Japan are ‘xenophobic’ countries because they don’t welcome immigrants, and that this is why their economies are struggling. He also accused Russia and China of having the same insular policies. The […]

  • US intel admits ‘potential for Russian military breakthrough’ in Ukraine conflict

    RT - May 3rd 2024 9:18am EDT

    China’s assistance has “tilted momentum on the battlefield in Moscow’s favor,” Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has told senators Russian forces are steadily advancing in the Ukraine conflict, the US Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, told senators on Thursday. She also accused China of providing Russia with dual-use components, which has “tilted the […]

  • Kiev may use British weapons inside Russia – Cameron

    RT - May 3rd 2024 8:46am EDT

    The UK Foreign Secretary also promised Ukraine over $3 billion in military aid annually for “as long as it takes” Ukraine has the right to use weapons provided by London to strike targets on Russian territory, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has declared, in an interview with Reuters on Thursday during a visit to Kiev. […]

  • US identifies new ‘nuclear threat’ from China – WaPo 

    RT - May 3rd 2024 8:43am EDT

    Washington fears Beijing is building reactors to power military facilities, the outlet has said  Beijing is pressing ahead with plans to build floating nuclear reactors that could power military facilities in the South China Sea, a prospect the US claims would threaten regional security, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.    After more than a […]

  • This is not the EU that Hungary joined – Orban

    RT - May 3rd 2024 8:17am EDT

    Budapest did not subscribe to same-sex marriages or war with Russia when it became a member, the prime minister says When Hungary joined the European Union 20 years ago, it did not expect some of the radical changes that the bloc has since undergone, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. Hungarians overwhelmingly voted for their […]

  • Türkiye suspends all trade with Israel

    RT - May 3rd 2024 6:20am EDT

    The Jewish state has responded by branding the Turkish leader a ‘dictator’ amid an escalating dispute over Gaza The Turkish government has suspended all trade with Israel in response to the Gaza war, the Trade Ministry in Ankara said in a statement posted on social media on Thursday. Türkiye has been one of Israel’s fiercest […]

  • Top EU bank sets timescale for promised Russia exit

    RT - May 3rd 2024 5:37am EDT

    Raiffeisen Bank will start a sharp reduction of its Russian business by the end of this year, its CEO has announced Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), one of the last major Western lenders in Russia, will start its withdrawal from the country in the third quarter of this year under pressure from the EU regulator, […]

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  • US the biggest threat to space security – China

    RT - May 3rd 2024 5:02am EDT

    The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s comments followed accusations by Washington that Beijing is developing anti-satellite weapons The US poses the greatest threat to security in space and is the main instigator behind the militarization of the realm, China’s Foreign Ministry has claimed. The remark came after a senior Pentagon official reiterated accusations that Beijing is developing […]

  • Underground wonder: The Moscow Metro

    RT - May 3rd 2024 4:13am EDT

    The Moscow Metro is unlike any other transportation system in the world. Most of the subway stations resemble underground palaces with 48 of them labeled as cultural heritage sites – all while acting as the fastest way of getting around the city. Join Inland Visions as we explore the elaborate designs, precious materials, and artwork […]

  • Is it time for GITMO to close?

    RT - May 3rd 2024 2:05am EDT

    Called the Gulag of our time, the detention facilities in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base have been where the US Defense Department has detained and interrogated those deemed extraordinarily dangerous and liable to prosecution for war crimes. On this edition of The 360 View, Scottie Nell Hughes and a panel (the host of the Steve Gill […]

  • Richard Nixon: A blueprint for the future of US – Russia relations?

    RT - May 3rd 2024 1:53am EDT

    On this episode of Direct Impact, Rick Sanchez takes a broad look at one of the notorious legends of 20th century American politics: Richard Nixon. Rick looks at a number of his statements and interviews following his disgraceful departure from the White House; statements which reveal President Nixon to be one of the most prolific and […]

  • CrossTalk: Controlling speech

    RT - May 3rd 2024 1:46am EDT

    Western elites endlessly declare they are virtuous because of their so-called values. The assault on Palestinians destroys the myth of these elites’ virtue and reveals they have no values at all. You know this is the case when they say: ‘I believe in free speech, except…’ CrossTalking, with Lionel, Robert Fantina, and Mohammad Marandi.

  • Israel strikes target outside Damascus – Reuters

    RT - May 2nd 2024 5:56pm EDT

    The IDF has reportedly hit a building used by Syrian security forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck a building used by Syrian security forces outside Damascus, Reuters reported on Thursday evening, citing a security source aligned with the Syrian government. DETAILS TO FOLLOW

  • Russia’s gas giant posts first loss in quarter century

    RT - May 2nd 2024 4:09pm EDT

    Gazprom’s record net loss follows a decline in revenues, according to an earnings report Russian energy major Gazprom reported its first annual loss since 1999 on Thursday, in the wake of dwindling gas exports due to the Western-sanctions pressure. According to the state-owned company’s earnings report, Gazprom Group posted a net loss of 629 billion […]

  • NATO state rejects ‘madness’ of proposed €100-billion Ukraine war chest

    RT - May 2nd 2024 2:33pm EDT

    Hungary has vowed to oppose a five-year funding strategy for Ukraine just floated by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg Budapest is opposing a potential €100-billion ($107 billion), five-year NATO plan to fund Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. The draft plan on the military aid fund was presented to […]