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  • UK to move warplanes to civilian airports – Daily Express

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 5:26am EDT

    Fighters jets will reportedly be based near civilian runways for the first time since World War II Britain is preparing to station combat aircraft in civilian airports for the first time since World War II in response to the Ukraine conflict, the Daily Express reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The dispersing […]

  • Full visa ban for Russians unlikely – Borrell

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 5:06am EDT

    The move would lack the necessary support from EU states, the bloc’s foreign policy chief has said A full visa ban for all Russians, in response to Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine, is unlikely to receive unanimous support in the EU, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said on Sunday. Speaking to Austrian broadcaster […]

  • UK could label China ‘threat’ under new PM – The Times

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 4:58am EDT

    There will be no more economic partnership between London and Beijing if Liz Truss wins, sources told the pape Liz Truss could label China a ‘threat’ to the UK for the first time ever if she wins the race to become prime minister, her allies told The Times. The move would see Beijing given the […]

  • UK’s biggest ship breaks down during ‘landmark’ mission

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 3:12am EDT

    The aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales suffered a “mechanical issue,” the Royal Navy says Britain’s biggest ship and the second of the Royal Navy’s two aircraft carriers, HMS Prince of Wales, has broken down shortly after embarking on a cross-Atlantic aviation trial. The carrier “remains in the South Coast Exercise Area while conducting investigations […]

  • UN chief wants to get rid of nuclear arms ‘once and for all’

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 2:47am EDT

    The world has been held hostage by these “devices of death” long enough, Antonio Guterres says Nuclear weapons must be consigned to history as they do not guarantee security, but only bring destruction, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said. “Our world has been held hostage by nuclear weapons long enough,” he tweeted. The weapons, […]

  • Russia to launch yuan bond sales – media

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 2:27am EDT

    The ruble-renminbi trading volumes have soared amid Western sanctions Russia is planning to resume local bond sales after a six-month pause, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The Kremlin also reportedly wants Chinese yuan-denominated debt to help the recovery of the Russian market.  The report highlighted that ruble bonds, also referred to as OFZs, could potentially be […]

  • Russia boosting fuel exports to Asia – Bloomberg

    RT - Aug 29th 2022 1:39am EDT

    Moscow is increasingly turning to other markets as EU sanctions tighten Russia may ship greater volumes of a key oil product to Asia, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing the energy consultancy FGE. The consultancy’s global head of natural gas liquids, Armaan Ashraf, told the outlet that more Russian-made naphtha fuel, which is primarily used to […]

  • 7 nations ready to revoke recognition of Kosovo – Belgrade

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 5:21pm EDT

    This is the achievement of Serbian diplomacy, President Aleksandar Vucic says Belgrade has managed to convince seven nations to withdraw their recognition of Kosovo, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday, addressing the nation. The president did not name specific countries that had told Belgrade they would do so but still praised the development as […]

  • Teen arrested with TikTok-inspired Molotov cocktail

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 4:57pm EDT

    The would-be firestarter told police that he learned the explosive recipe on Generation Z’s favorite social media app Police in the Israeli city of Haifa arrested a 15-year-old boy with lighters and a Molotov cocktail on Friday. The teen told officers that he made the incendiary device according to a recipe he found on TikTok. […]

  • EU can’t let Putin set energy costs – Austria

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 3:10pm EDT

    Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer wants the bloc to separate gas and energy prices Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer called on Sunday for the EU to impose a cap on power prices and decouple electricity charges from the price of gas. The Austrian leader said failure to do so would let Russian President Vladimir Putin “determine the […]

  • UN children’s agency comments on airstrike in Ethiopia

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 1:22pm EDT

    The attack condemned by the UNICEF is said to have hit a kindergarten, killing at least two children The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, has condemned a fresh outbreak of violence in the African nation of Ethiopia witnessing a conflict between the federal troops and local militias in the northern region of Tigray. Over the weekend, […]

  • Britain’s financial support for Ukraine to run out by new year – Sunday Times

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 12:46pm EDT

    While the government has pledged indefinite support for Kiev, reality looks set to bite The UK’s financial support for Ukraine’s military will run dry by the end of the year, a Defense Ministry source has told the Sunday Times. London has already given Kiev more than £2.3 billion ($2.7 billion) in military aid, but whoever […]

  • France is not at war, but from Macron’s rhetoric you would think otherwise

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 11:52am EDT

    Putting the whole country on war footing – if only through rhetoric – makes it easier to get away with bad policies Earlier this summer, French President Emmanuel Macron evoked the country’s “entry into a war economy in which I believe we will organize ourselves in the long term.” It would have sounded familiar to […]

  • China deploys ships and jets near Taiwan, says Taipei

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 11:03am EDT

    The move comes hours after US warships sailed past the self-governed island A sizable group of Chinese military vessels and aircraft has been detected around Taiwan amid heightened tensions in the region, the self-governed island’s Defense Ministry claimed on Sunday. According to the ministry, eight Chinese Navy vessels and 23 aircraft were detected in Taiwan’s […]

  • Turkey blasts Macron’s imperialism remarks

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 10:58am EDT

    Paris should deal with its own colonial past instead of throwing accusations at other nations, Ankara said The statements French President Macron made this week during his visit to Algeria demonstrate not just the fact that France had apparently failed to face its own colonial past but also his own “distorted mentality,” the Turkish Foreign […]

  • Berlin preparing for nationalization of Gazprom Germania – media

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 10:58am EDT

    The country’s authorities had previously rejected plans to nationalize the firm The federal government in Berlin has secretly created a holding company to nationalize the former German subsidiary of Gazprom in the near future, Welt am Sonntag reported on Sunday. Gazprom Germania had previously been renamed Securing Energy for Europe (SEFE), and has been managed […]

  • Taliban warns Pakistan over US drone incursions

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 10:37am EDT

    While Islamabad once offered the Afghan militants support, relations have since deteriorated Taliban Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob accused Pakistan on Sunday of allowing the US to use its airspace for drone attacks on Afghan soil. Authorities in Islamabad have denied involvement in an American drone strike on Kabul in July. Yaqoob told reporters that the […]

  • 50,000 Ukrainian refugees face homelessness in UK – media

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 9:43am EDT

    Despite the pleas of activists, it is unclear whether increased payments to host families can avert the problem Some 50,000 Ukrainians could be homeless in the UK next year, as the government’s scheme to match refugees with British families breaks down, The Guardian reported on Sunday. With the cost of living spiraling, the opposition wants […]

  • Russian ex-president makes grim forecast for gas prices

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 9:17am EDT

    Dmitry Medvedev updates his previous outlook, saying that EU gas prices will soar to €5,000 in 2022 Former President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev has issued an updated forecast for gas prices in the European Union, saying that they will skyrocket to €5,000 by the end of the current year. “Given the increase in gas prices […]

  • Germany vows to support Ukraine ‘for years’

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 9:07am EDT

    Kiev may still need new heavy weapons next summer, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock suggests The conflict between Ukraine and Russia could “could go on for years”, but Berlin will keep supporting Kiev all the way, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said. “Unfortunately, we have to assume that Ukraine will still need new heavy weapons […]

  • Pakistan flood death toll exceeds 1,000 – officials

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 8:41am EDT

    More than 33 million people were affected by “the worst humanitarian disaster of this decade,” local authorities say Floods that have been wreaking havoc across Pakistan in recent months killed more than 1,000 people while injuring and displacing many more, local officials said on Sunday. According to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, the deadly monsoon […]

  • UN voices concern over Assange extradition case

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 8:09am EDT

    The prosecution of the WikiLeaks co-founder could hurt future whistleblowers, the UN’s top human rights official says The extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US could have a “chilling effect” on investigative journalism, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said. Assange’s legal team filed an appeal on Friday to stop […]

  • German shopping centers switch off escalators — media

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 7:47am EDT

    Businesses take energy saving steps as the need to conserve resources across Europe becomes more pressing Large department stores and malls across Germany have started turning off escalators or limiting their use, in the latest bid to save energy, the German tabloid Bild reported on Saturday. Escalators are out of action in several stores of […]

  • Soaring energy prices could cost UK billions – Guardian

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 7:41am EDT

    Helping British households will be one of the most urgent challenges for the government The UK government may have to spend an additional £23 billion ($27 billion) in subsidies to cover surging energy bills over the upcoming heating season, The Guardian reported on Wednesday, citing a research paper by the Institute for Government (IfG). The […]

  • Greece targets Turkish jets – media

    RT - Aug 28th 2022 7:31am EDT

    Russian-made S-300 air defense systems caught Ankara’s F-16s in their crosshairs over the Mediterranean, CNN Turk reports Greek air defense systems placed a radar lock on Turkish aircraft that were flying a reconnaissance mission, in a move that NATO rules describe as “a hostile act,” CNN Turk reported on Sunday citing its sources in the […]