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Australia’s military integration with the United States is reaching far beyond AUKUS submarines, according to reporting cited by RT. The expansion raises questions about how independently Canberra could act if a US-China confrontation erupted in the Indo-Pacific — and what that would mean for New Zealand INR Report: Based on reporting by RT, drawing on reporting by The Guardian and research from the Nautilus Institute for Security and…

As civilians in Russia's Belgorod region come under daily drone attacks, we exclusively report on how hospitals, ambulances and locals are dealing with the casualties. Russia's security service thwarts a planned Ukrainian attack on the British embassy in Moscow. Kiev had planned to use intel to take aim at the UK ambassador and pin the blame on Russia. With the BRICS summit just days away in New Delhi cooperation between India and Russia is in…

Alice Weidel has used a combative Bundestag address to argue that Germany’s political and economic model has reached breaking point following the AfD’s dramatic electoral advance in Saxony-Anhalt. Her speech amounted to both an attack on Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition and a declaration that the AfD now expects to translate its growing electoral support into government. INR Report: Based on Alice Weidel’s address to the German Bundestag.…

As Russia advances on the battlefield, a Ukrainian lawmaker says the terms of the US-proposed peace deal are only getting worse for Kiev, because Zelensky refuses to concede. Kiev's war machine sets its sights on women - as some call them better at operating drones, while Ukrainian lawmakers eye taxing those who work in the adult entertainment industry. We report from the ground as the IDF steps up its assault on southern Lebanon, killing a…

The predictions have become votes. Alternative für Deutschland has secured 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt — its strongest result ever — leaving Germany's political establishment confronting a question that can no longer be contained by polling: will the largest party be able to govern? INR Report: Based on reporting by ZeroHedge HERE · Germany's political earthquake did not end when the votes were counted. · It may only have begun. · Alternative für…

Volkswagen’s Osnabrück factory is set for a dramatic change of direction, moving from vehicle manufacturing towards defence production under a preliminary agreement involving the German state of Lower Saxony and private investment. Israeli defence company Rafael is expected to become the first major industrial partner at the site. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE · A Volkswagen factory in Germany could soon become part of Europe’s…

The Alternative für Deutschland has surged to a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, dramatically weakening Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU and breaking another barrier in post-war German politics. Beyond Germany, the result raises a larger question: are Western electorates entering a period in which political movements previously kept outside the governing establishment can no longer be contained? INR Report: Based on reporting by ZeroHedge HERE…

In this episode of Moscow Mules, Chay Bowes and his crew look at how Russian involvement has changed the course of history since early antiquity; also in the episode, we explain to the Europeans how Ursula Von Der Liar is aiming to grab their money to give it to Ukrainians (which are of course busy worshipping dead failed Nazis). Tune in!

Remarks by Vladimir Zelensky about Ukrainian drone operations making Russian airspace increasingly difficult for civilian aviation have triggered an angry response in Moscow. Russian commentators describe the warning as a threat to civilian aviation, although one expert argues Zelensky was predicting disruption from mass drone raids rather than threatening to attack passenger aircraft directly INR Report: Based on reporting and expert…

Donald Trump says Washington will seek repayment from Europe for billions of dollars spent supporting Ukraine under Joe Biden. But the scale of US assistance cited by Trump is disputed, and he has not explained which countries would pay, how much they would owe, or what legal mechanism could make a retrospective claim possible. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE · US President Donald Trump has reopened one of the most contentious…