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  • Biden wants to forgive Ukraine’s debts

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 11:23pm EST

    Donald Trump previously pushed for providing only loans, not gifts, to Kiev Outgoing US President Joe Biden has decided to write off about $4.7 billion in taxpayer-funded loans to Ukraine as part of a broader effort to bolster Kiev before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next year. Since February 2022, the US Congress has approved […]

  • Ex-US general calls for ‘urgent’ early removal of Biden

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 9:03pm EST

    Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, Michael Flynn, wants to “stop the madness before WWIII is irreversible” Retired US Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn has urged Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke the 25th Amendment to prevent President Joe Biden from “sleepwalking” into World War III after he allegedly permitted Ukraine to use ATACMS missiles […]

  • British state media confirms ‘Storm Shadow’ strike deep inside Russia

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 7:57pm EST

    London has allegedly followed Washington in allowing Kiev to freely use Western long-range weapons Ukraine has reportedly fired British-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at targets in Russia’s Kursk Region, the BBC claimed on Wednesday. This report follows allegations that Washington has also granted Kiev permission to use its ATACMS missiles for long-range strikes against Russia. While […]

  • Western human rights groups blast Biden over Ukraine land mines

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 5:48pm EST

    The US president has reversed a 2022 pledge, drawing fierce criticism from activists who spoke to Politico Western human rights organizations have condemned US President Joe Biden for supplying Ukraine with anti-personnel land mines, accusing the outgoing American leader of breaking his 2022 promise to restrict their use. The move has sparked outrage, with lobbyists […]

  • Germany knew in advance about Nord Stream attack – media

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 4:53pm EST

    Berlin failed to warn the navy, federal police or counter-terrorism agencies about a potential sabotage act, Der Spiegel has said Germany had received several warnings from other Western intelligence services, including the CIA, about a supposed Ukrainian attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines some three months before the incident, Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday. […]

  • Russia’s mega gas pipeline to China complete – CCTV

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 3:48pm EST

    Construction of the East Route natural gas pipeline has been finalized, according to its operator Construction of the East Route mega pipeline to supply Russian natural gas from Siberia to eastern China has been completed, CCTV reported this week, citing the project’s operator PipeChina. According to the report, the 5,111 km cross-border pipeline is now […]

  • Elite Brazilian army officers plotted to kill Lula – federal police

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 3:23pm EST

    The would-be assassins had planned to instigate a 2022 coup, investigators say Brazil’s federal police have arrested five officers over an alleged 2022 plot to assassinate then-president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of a planned coup d’etat. According to a statement issued by police on Tuesday, the plot, code-named ‘Green and Yellow Dagger’ […]

  • Ukraine’s top general approved attack on TurkStream gas pipeline – Der Spiegel

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 3:15pm EST

    Valery Zaluzhny was reportedly so “impressed” with the Nord Stream sabotage plan that he wanted to “expand” the operation Valery Zaluzhny, the former commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, approved a plan to blow up Russia’s TurkStream pipeline in the Black Sea, Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday. The sabotage was supposed to occur simultaneously with the […]

  • Chinese ship suspected in Baltic Sea cable damage – media

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 12:32pm EST

    Finland and Sweden have cautioned against jumping to conclusions A Chinese-registered merchant vessel en route from Russia to Egypt has come under suspicion of possible involvement in damage to two data cables under the Baltic Sea, multiple media outlets have claimed. The BCS East-West-Interlink, which connects Lithuania to Sweden, was seriously damaged on Sunday, while […]

  • Nord Stream saboteurs linked to CIA – Spiegel

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 11:29am EST

    US intelligence spent years training agents in Ukraine while trying to keep it secret from Moscow, the German outlet claims A Ukrainian group that is allegedly behind the Nord Stream gas pipelines’ explosion in September 2022 has had “longstanding connections” to the CIA, Der Spiegel reported in a lengthy piece published on Wednesday. US agents […]

  • Israel to annex West Bank – Seymour Hersh

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 10:39am EST

    The move will be aimed at preventing a two-state solution, according to the US investigative journalist Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government intends to announce the formal annexation of the West Bank in the coming weeks, a source has told the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh. “I was told this week by a well-informed Washington […]

  • Netanyahu offers $5 million per hostage in Gaza

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 9:47am EST

    The Israeli media first reported the prime minister’s plan in early November Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered a reward of $5 million to anyone who brings one of the surviving hostages home from Gaza. He made the pledge during a visit to the Palestinian enclave on Tuesday. The Palestinian militant group Hamas captured […]

  • Bitcoin soars to record high

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 9:32am EST

    The cryptocurrency has been rallying since Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election The price of Bitcoin has continued to surge, smashing the $94,000 threshold for the first time on Wednesday. The latest push has been fueled by reports that US President-elect Donald Trump’s social media company is in talks to acquire crypto platform […]

  • Texas set to introduce Bible lessons in elementary schools – WaPo

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 6:49am EST

    The state’s education board has supported the optional curriculum, which will need to pass a final vote before being approved Education officials in Texas have voted to move forward with approving an optional elementary school curriculum that would include lessons based on the Bible, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing education and advocacy groups.  […]

  • Trump attends Musk’s Starship rocket launch test (VIDEO)

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 5:03am EST

    The giant spacecraft is designed to carry astronauts to the Moon and Mars US President-elect Donald Trump joined SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to watch the launch of a massive Starship spacecraft from the company’s rocket facilities on the Gulf Coast in Brownsville, Texas. The 122-meter (400 ft) tall rocket, which is part of NASA’s Artemis […]

  • Trump attends Musk’s Starship rocket launch test (VIDEO)

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 5:03am EST

    The giant spacecraft is designed to carry astronauts to the Moon and Mars US President-elect Donald Trump joined SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to watch the launch of a massive Starship spacecraft from the company’s rocket facilities on the Gulf Coast in Brownsville, Texas. The 122-meter (400 ft) tall rocket, which is part of NASA’s Artemis […]

  • Number of ATACMS missiles under Kiev’s control revealed – media

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 4:27am EST

    Ukraine has used the long-range missiles to strike Bryansk Region, according to the Russian military The Ukrainian military is believed to have received only around 50 ATACMS missiles from the US so far, The Times reported on Tuesday, while noting that the Pentagon has not publicly released any figures on the weapons. According to the […]

  • Biden to send controversial weapons to Ukraine – media

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 3:43am EST

    The anti-personnel landmines will help “blunt” Russian progress, US officials have claimed Outgoing US President Joe Biden has decided to send anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine, multiple news outlets reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed American officials. The White House is said to believe that the weapons will help Kiev “blunt” the advancement of Russian forces. The […]

  • German army warning companies of war with Russia – media

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 2:31am EST

    The Bundeswehr is training businesses based on a newly approved secret document, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper has reported The German military has started instructing local enterprises on how to prepare and what to do in the event of a conflict between NATO and Russia, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) newspaper has reported. The Bundeswehr […]

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  • Biden’s last gasp

    RT - Nov 20th 2024 1:38am EST

    In the waning days of the Biden administration the US has reversed its long-standing policy, allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles against Russia. The Biden administration clearly intends to escalate the conflict before Trump enters office. What could go wrong? CrossTalking with Aaron Good, Dan Kovalik, and Michael Rossi.

  • Berlin police warn gays and Jews about Arabs

    RT - Nov 19th 2024 8:12pm EST

    Some German residents demonstrate “open sympathy for terrorist organizations,” according to Barbara Slowik The police chief of Berlin, Barbara Slowik, has advised Jewish people and openly LGBTQ individuals to exercise caution when visiting certain neighborhoods with significant Arab populations. Slowik stated that there are no specific “no-go zones” in Berlin, insisting in an interview with […]

  • G20 retake ‘family photo’ to include missing Biden

    RT - Nov 19th 2024 5:25pm EST

    The US president had missed the initial photoshoot in Rio de Janeiro Outgoing US President Joe Biden has managed to be part of the second group photo of G20 leaders at the summit in Brazil, after showing up too late the first time. Monday’s “family portrait” in Rio de Janeiro ended up getting taken without […]

  • NATO member says Russia has right to self-defense

    RT - Nov 19th 2024 3:48pm EST

    Moscow’s updated nuclear doctrine is a response to Western threats, Türkiye has said The West should pay attention to Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine, which reflects Moscow’s right and ability to defend itself from threats, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Moscow unveiled the proposed changes to its strategic deterrent in September, while Ukraine was […]

  • Brazil G20 summit was “very positive” – Lavrov

    RT - Nov 19th 2024 3:17pm EST

    Some “weighty” agreements have been reached during the Group of Twenty meeting in Rio de Janeiro, the Russian foreign minister has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Tuesday that the outcome of the G20 summit hosted this week by Brazil was “very positive” and that some significant agreements have been reached. The […]

  • Spain to ‘regularize’ 900,000 undocumented migrants

    RT - Nov 19th 2024 2:04pm EST

    Migration Minister Elma Saiz said Spain does not want to be a “closed and poor” country New migration rules announced by Madrid on Tuesday will allow for the legalization of some 300,000 undocumented migrants per year over the next three years. The reforms are aimed at expanding the country’s workforce and boosting its economy, according […]