WORLD NEWS RT - July 19 2026 (17:00 MSK)

New Zealand housing affordability has returned to its long-term average following the extraordinary rise in property prices during the Covid-19 pandemic. New Cotality figures show lower house prices, rising household incomes and easing mortgage rates have substantially improved the position for buyers — although owning a home remains far from cheap. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by RNZ Digital Reporters HERE · House Prices Back to 6.7…

Ankara condemns Israel as the Middle East’s “greatest enemy of peace” after strikes on a Syrian airfield near Turkey. Russian forces advance further in Donetsk, taking two more towns as Zelensky waits for additional Western weapons. Meanwhile, Tehran says the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until Washington meets its obligations, while Iran’s Revolutionary Guard tells RT that US efforts to control crude oil prices have failed.

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A significant political split is developing inside the movement that twice carried Donald Trump to the White House. An analysis by historian Tarik Cyril Amar argues that Tucker Carlson is emerging as the most prominent voice of a MAGA faction that remains committed to “America First” principles but increasingly believes Trump himself has departed from them. INR Report: Based on analysis by Tarik Cyril Amar for RT HERE · MAGA Without Trump? ·…

Six civilians are killed in Russia’s Belgorod region in an overnight Ukrainian strike. Another four are wounded including a child. Western intelligence services in co-ordination with Ukrainian counterparts are planning to damage Russia's ties with Latin American states using seized Russian weapons on the battlefield. Tehran offers a 30-thousand dollars reward for killed or captured US soldiers, again stressing it controls the Strait of Hormuz.…