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  • Israel is at war – Netanyahu

    RT - Oct 7th 2023 5:03am EDT

    Hamas will pay a price like it never knew before, the Israeli prime minister has warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel is at war in his first comments after Palestinian armed group Hamas launched a major surprise attack on Israel earlier on Saturday. “Citizens of Israel, we are at war. And we […]

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  • FTX trial

    RT - Oct 7th 2023 4:29am EDT

    Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX and the cofounder of Alameda Research, is about to begin his trial for fraud. A year ago, Forbes ranked the 31-year-old as the 41st richest American and the 60th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $26 billion. Some called him a genius, and many analysts […]

  • Russian sex change ban

    RT - Oct 7th 2023 4:29am EDT

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill into law that imposes a ban on sex reassignment surgeries and tighter regulation of transgender-related medical interventions, except in cases of serious medical necessity. To discuss this further, Direct Impact’s Rick Sanchez is joined by activist Oli London, who provides insight into sex reassignment surgeries.

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  • Ex-US land forces director challenged on Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine

    RT - Oct 7th 2023 4:29am EDT

    On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Colonel Mark Cancian, former land forces director at the US Office of the Secretary of Defense. Afshin Rattansi challenges him on the Russia-NATO proxy war in Ukraine, citing issues such as Western arms supplies prolonging the war and damaging the prospect of negotiations. They discuss NATO officials’ […]

  • Dollar-based institutions are ‘geriatric,’ economist tells RT

    RT - Oct 7th 2023 4:29am EDT

    The modern world needs an alternative international payment system based on national currencies, Rasigan Maharajh says The growing use of national currencies in international trade removes the ‘privileged role’ of the US dollar, which is exactly what the global majority needs right now, according to an economist. Rasigan Maharajh, the chief director of the South-African […]

  • Russian bankruptcies surge past million mark – RBK

    RT - Oct 7th 2023 3:57am EDT

    The rising numbers have been reportedly facilitated by the laws protecting the rights of debtors More than one million Russians have been declared financially insolvent by courts in the eight years since the launch of the judicial bankruptcy procedure in the country in 2015, business outlet RBK reported on Friday, citing official statistics. Data showed […]

  • Iran slams Nobel Peace Prize decision

    RT - Oct 7th 2023 3:57am EDT

    Tehran says the selection of women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi was “political” Tehran has condemned the Nobel Peace Prize committee after it awarded an Iranian rights campaigner, calling the move “politically motivated” and alleging that the activist had engaged in “criminal acts.” The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement early on Saturday addressing the Nobel […]

  • UK housing market in freefall – major lender 

    RT - Oct 7th 2023 2:27am EDT

    Prices have been down for six consecutive months, according to Halifax  House prices in Britain dropped by 4.7% year-on-year in September due to the impact of high mortgage rates, Halifax reported on Friday in its latest monthly update.   The decline was an acceleration on the previous month’s 4.5% drop, and was the biggest annual […]

  • Gazans fire rockets at Israel

    RT - Oct 7th 2023 12:59am EDT

    Projectiles were launched at southern and central parts of the country on Saturday morning Militants in Gaza have launched rockets into southern and central Israel on Saturday morning. At least one person was killed, officials said.  DETAILS TO FOLLOW

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  • French mayor takes down Ukrainian flag because of Zelensky phone call

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 10:17pm EDT

    Thierry Kovacs accused the Ukrainian leader of supporting “dictatorial” Azerbaijan The mayor of the southeastern French city of Vienne has decided to remove the Ukrainian flag from the city hall, citing an “unacceptable” phone call between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.  Thierry Kovacs explained that the flag was originally hung to […]

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  • Washington announces new China sanctions

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 8:16pm EDT

    The US has blacklisted dozens of companies for allegedly providing support to Russia’s military and defense industrial base The US government has imposed new trade restrictions on 42 Chinese companies that it accused of providing key materials, such as integrated circuits used in missile guidance systems, to the Russian defense industry amid the Ukraine crisis. […]

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  • NATO sends more troops to Kosovo

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 7:35pm EDT

    British soldiers have arrived as reinforcements for the KFOR peacekeeping mission Some 200 British soldiers landed in Kosovo on Friday to reinforce the NATO contingent in the breakaway Serbian province, following last month’s incident involving ethnic Albanian police. A Turkish general will assume command of the force next week. Members of the 1st Battalion of […]

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  • Major US airlines alarmed over ‘fake’ engine safety certificates – media

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 7:29pm EDT

    Airplane equipment manufacturer General Electric has sued a parts company, alleging widespread fraud Major US airlines, including United, American, Southwest, and Delta, are scrambling to inspect their fleets and potentially ground planes after it emerged that a parts supplier for the most widely used commercial jet engine may have been committing widespread safety certification fraud, […]

  • Biden blames the press for bad poll numbers

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 6:52pm EDT

    The US president has suggested that negative media coverage is dimming voter perceptions of his performance US President Joe Biden has argued that Americans aren’t recognizing his strong performance on the economy heading into the 2024 election because of media negativity. Biden touted the latest US employment report in a White House press briefing on […]

  • Genetic testing company confirms theft of data

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 6:06pm EDT

    Personal information offered for sale by hackers is authentic, 23andMe has said The California-based 23andMe has confirmed that the personal information of its customers put up for sale on the black market is real, but insisted on Friday that its systems had not been hacked.  “Following a claim that someone had gained access to and […]

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  • US indicts ex-soldier for offering defense secrets to China

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 4:59pm EDT

    A former sergeant has been accused of trying to pass state secrets to Beijing’s security services A former US Army sergeant has been arrested upon his return to the country from Hong Kong and accused of trying to provide classified military information to China’s security services. Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 29, was apprehended by federal agents […]

  • EU audit chamber warns of Ukraine cash crisis

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 4:59pm EDT

    Propping up Kiev has increased the bloc’s exposure to financial losses, the European Court of Auditors reported The EU’s financial watchdog has warned that Ukraine may not be able to repay its loans, potentially adding tens of billions of euros to the bloc’s debt. After lending Kiev €34 billion last year, the EU is offering […]

  • EU boss backtracks on Ukraine pledge

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 4:42pm EDT

    Aspiring bloc members, including Kiev, will not be given any shortcuts towards membership, Ursula von der Leyen has signaled Countries aspiring to join the EU must follow the “merit-based” accession process and reach the milestones outlined by the bloc’s rules, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.  The EU chief made the […]

  • European leader makes sensational claim about late Wagner boss

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 4:12pm EDT

    Moldovan President Maia Sandu told the Financial Times that Evgeny Prigozhin planned to overthrow her The deceased leader of the Wagner Group, Evgeny Prigozhin, attempted to foment a coup in Moldova with the aim of overthrowing the country’s pro-Western government, President Maia Sandu has claimed. Sandu has long accused Russia of trying to remove her […]

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  • Hillary Clinton calls for ‘deprogramming’ Donald Trump’s fans

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 3:51pm EDT

    The former US presidential candidate has argued that supporters of her Republican ex-rival are “cult members” Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has suggested that supporters of the man who defeated her in the 2016 election, Donald Trump, need “formal deprogramming” so Washington politicians can be set free from their intimidating “extremism.” “So many of […]

  • Anti-war protesters arrested at Bernie Sanders’ office

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 3:50pm EDT

    The Democratic socialist senator’s staff were apparently uninterested in giving peace a chance in Ukraine Eleven anti-war protesters were arrested during a sit-in at US Senator Bernie Sanders’ Washington DC office on Wednesday as they called for an end to the conflict in Ukraine.   About 50 demonstrators led by the founders of feminist anti-war […]

  • EU ‘raped’ Hungary and Poland – Orban

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 3:01pm EDT

    Budapest and Warsaw cannot agree to a deal that will force them to accept migrants, the Hungarian leader declared The EU legally “raped” Hungary and Poland by forcing through a deal that will compel member states to accept quotas of illegal immigrants, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. He added that Hungary will […]

  • American goes on rampage in Israeli museum 

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 3:01pm EDT

    US tourist’s lawyer claims “Jerusalem syndrome” made him wreck two ancient Roman statues An American visiting Jerusalem has been arrested after smashing two ancient Roman statues at the Israel Museum on Thursday evening. Police said the suspect had called the damaged pieces “idolatrous and contrary to the Torah,” the first five books of the Hebrew […]

  • Trump accused of leaking submarine secrets – media

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 2:45pm EDT

    The former US president reportedly discussed sensitive information with an Australian billionaire at his Florida country club Former US President Donald Trump has reportedly been accused of discussing sensitive information about the nation’s nuclear submarines while chatting with an Australian businessman at his Mar-a-Lago country club in Florida. The conversation with billionaire Anthony Pratt occurred […]

  • Biden plots stopgap funding for Ukraine aid – media

    RT - Oct 6th 2023 2:08pm EDT

    The president has reportedly found a way to keep money flowing to Kiev while waiting for Congress to pass new spending US President Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly set its sights on a State Department grant program to keep weapons and financial aid flowing to Ukraine, while waiting for divided Republican lawmakers to approve more […]