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  • EU economies will suffer without tapping Russia’s assets, Brussels warns – FT

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 10:45pm EST

    The European Commission gives members a choice between economic and legal risks of funding Kiev European Union member states will face ballooning deficits and debt unless they agree to use frozen Russian assets as collateral to fund Ukraine, the European Commission has warned in a document seen by the Financial Times.  The paper was circulated […]

  • Israeli lawyers doubted legality of Gaza attack – Reuters

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 8:55pm EST

    US intelligence reportedly found that the IDF feared there was proof it was intentionally targeting civilians Israeli military lawyers were reportedly concerned about the growing body of evidence suggesting that the country’s actions in Gaza could amount to war crimes, according to US intelligence gathered during the first year of the conflict, five former American […]

  • 149,000 Belgian teens invited to ‘voluntary’ military service

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 6:30pm EST

    The Defense Ministry has sent out letters to all of the country’s 17-year-olds Belgium’s military has sent 149,000 letters to all 17-year-olds in the country, outlining the benefits and encouraging them to consider a year of voluntary service once they turn eighteen, Defence Minister Theo Francken has announced. Francken first introduced the idea shortly after […]

  • EU fails to convince Belgium to seize Russia’s frozen funds – media

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 4:38pm EST

    A Friday meeting between Belgian and EU Commission officials has ended in “no breakthrough,” Euronews has said The EU Commission officials have failed to make Belgium change its mind on tapping Russia’s frozen central-bank assets to fund the government in Kiev, Euronews has reported. The nation still opposes the plan, citing legal and financial risks, […]

  • US to demand pathogen data in exchange for foreign health aid – Guardian

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 3:51pm EST

    Under the proposal, countries would not be guaranteed access to newly developed vaccines The US will demand countries agree to hand over samples of “pathogens with epidemic potential” in return for temporarily restored health aid, The Guardian wrote on Saturday, citing draft government documents. US President Donald Trump slashed such programs earlier this year as […]

  • BBC ‘100% fake news’ – White House

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 2:45pm EST

    Karoline Leavitt has labeled the broadcaster a “Leftist propaganda machine” due to its editing of a speech by President Trump White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has accused the BBC of being “purposefully dishonest” over the broadcaster’s depiction of the 2021 US Capitol riots. The channel has faced criticism in recent days over allegations that […]

  • USAID and Clintons behind Bangladesh govt overthrow – ex-minister

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 2:12pm EST

    The riots that led to ex-PM Sheikh Hasina leaving the country were “carefully planned with this money,” Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury has told RT The 2024 riots in Bangladesh, which led to the ousting of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, were backed by USAID and Hillary Clinton’s family, a former cabinet minister and chief negotiator, Mohibul […]

  • NATO to send up to 800,000 troops against Moscow in case of war – German general

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 11:34am EST

    A clash between the military bloc and Russia could happen “tomorrow,” Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank has said Berlin is prepared for a conflict with Moscow and stands ready to facilitate the deployment of 800,000 NATO troops towards the Russian border if war does break out, the head of the nation’s joint operations command, Lieutenant General […]

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  • Another drone targets Russian trade mission in NATO country

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 10:11am EST

    Russia’s diplomatic compounds in Stockholm have incurred more than 20 acts of vandalism since May 2024 An unidentified drone has dropped a bag of red paint within the premises of the Russian trade mission in Stockholm, Moscow’s embassy in Sweden has said. It published an image showing red paint splattered on the pavement inside the […]

  • Orban’s aide welcomes de-funding of US-sponsored news outlet

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 10:01am EST

    Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty had been trying to undermine the government in Budapest, the PM’s adviser has said The White House move to shut down Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Hungary marks the return to “sober, ally-based” cooperation between Washington and Budapest, a senior political adviser to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. […]

  • Swedish PM calls for ‘long-term isolation’ of Russia

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 9:17am EST

    Ulf Kristersson has pledged to contribute to the military budgets of European NATO members, citing the alleged threat from Moscow Europe’s NATO member states should brace for a lasting rupture with Moscow, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has said, urging them to focus on supporting Kiev. The Western nations have introduced multiple rounds of sanctions […]

  • Pakistan claims Afghanistan talks deadlocked

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 9:08am EST

    The announcement follows mutual accusations of cross-border attacks that risked breaching a ceasefire brokered by Qatar Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has claimed peace talks with Afghanistan in Istanbul aimed at preventing new border clashes have collapsed. In an interview with GEO News, Asif said that the ceasefire would only hold if there are no […]

  • Biden responsible for Ukraine conflict – Orban

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 7:03am EST

    The previous US administration pressed the EU to be more pro-war, according to the Hungarian prime minister Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has accused former US President Joe Biden’s administration of driving the Ukraine conflict by pushing EU member states to adopt a more confrontational line against Russia.  Unlike most other countries in the bloc, […]

  • EU attacking ‘ordinary Russians’ – top senator

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 4:25am EST

    Brussels still fails to understand that its methods are not working, lawmaker Grigory Karasin has said The newly-announced EU ban on multiple-entry visas is an attack on “ordinary Russians,” Senator Grigory Karasin, who heads the Federation Council’s foreign affairs committee, has said. On Friday, the European Commission said that from now on, the bloc’s member […]

  • Alastair Crooke: Russia’s red lines, China dominates trade talks with US, war on Venezuela

    RT - Nov 8th 2025 1:14am EST

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Alastair Crooke, Former Middle East Advisor to the EU Foreign Policy Chief. He discusses Donald Trump’s resumption of nuclear tests after accusing Russia and China of covert tests, Washington’s move towards a regime change war against Venezuela to topple Nicolas Maduro, the US financial crisis being the […]

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  • Hungary is a Christian government in EU ‘liberal ocean’ – Orban

    RT - Nov 7th 2025 9:48pm EST

    Budapest is also the sole “pro-peace” EU nation that supports Washington’s efforts to resolve the Ukraine conflict, the prime minister added Hungary is the only EU nation governed by a “modern Christian government,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban said during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday. Orban is known […]

  • Ex-CIA chief subpoenaed in Russiagate probe – media

    RT - Nov 7th 2025 9:04pm EST

    John Brennan and several other Obama-era officials were asked for records about the 2017 report that triggered the conspiracy Former CIA Director John Brennan and other senior intelligence officials from the Barack Obama administration have been subpoenaed as part of a federal grand jury investigation into the origins of the Russia collusion saga, US media […]

  • EU to establish ‘Ministry of Truth’ – Guardian

    RT - Nov 7th 2025 7:42pm EST

    Brussels seeks to curb the spread of information it claims could “erode trust in democratic systems” The European Union is planning to launch a centralized hub for monitoring and countering what it calls foreign “disinformation,” according to a leaked document seen by the Guardian. Critics have long warned that Brussels’ initiatives amount to the institutionalization […]

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  • Türkiye issues ‘genocide’ arrest warrants for Netanyahu

    RT - Nov 7th 2025 5:34pm EST

    Ankara accuses dozens of Israeli officials of “systematic” crimes against civilians in Gaza The Istanbul Prosecutor’s Office has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 36 other senior officials for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, according to Turkish media. Israel launched its military campaign in response to […]

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  • Dutch may loosen grip on Chinese chipmaker – Bloomberg

    RT - Nov 7th 2025 4:00pm EST

    The Netherlands seized control of Nexperia amid escalating global trade tensions The Dutch government could hand back control of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia after Beijing resumed critical semiconductor supplies, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources. The Netherlands seized the Dutch-based chipmaker last month, citing risks to the EU’s economic and technological security. Amsterdam invoked a never-before-used […]

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  • Russian oil sanctions exemption for Hungary possible – Trump

    RT - Nov 7th 2025 3:36pm EST

    The US president has also said he would still like a summit with Russia’s leader in Budapest US President Donald Trump said on Friday that a possible exemption for Hungary from sanctions on Russian oil is possible due to the country’s reliance on it. “We’re looking at it because it’s very difficult for him to […]

  • US shutdown damage ‘far worse’ than estimated – White House aide

    RT - Nov 7th 2025 3:08pm EST

    The ongoing standoff has severely impacted travel, hotel, and construction sectors, an economic adviser has said The US government shutdown is inflicting “far worse” economic damage than had been estimated and could cut fourth quarter GDP growth in half, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett has warned. The 38-day shutdown, the longest in US history, is […]

  • The West discovers Zelensky is not really a good guy

    RT - Nov 7th 2025 2:28pm EST

    In a fleeting glimpse of lucidity, the mainstream media has noticed a tiny fraction of the corruption and authoritarianism in Kiev It’s that time of the great proxy war crusade against Russia again. Someone in the mainstream West has woken up to, if not the facts about the politics of Ukraine, then at least a […]

  • Trump sees ‘good chance’ of meeting Putin in Hungary

    RT - Nov 7th 2025 1:53pm EST

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  • Supreme Court lets US govt require biological sex in passports

    RT - Nov 7th 2025 1:24pm EST

    President Donald Trump has attempted to ban Americans from using ‘X’ as their gender in their travel document A ruling by the US Supreme Court has greenlit requiring that the country’s passports indicate the holder’s sex recorded at birth. The temporary order is being seen as a win for US President Donald Trump’s pushback on […]