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US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner reportedly left talks in Kiev surprised by the conduct of senior Ukrainian officials, according to Ukrainian MP Anna Skorokhod. Her account comes as Washington intensifies efforts to find a negotiated settlement after the envoys travelled directly from talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. · US President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and…

The Alternative for Germany has won 43.8 percent of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, but the political consequences could extend far beyond the state parliament. German media reports have raised the possibility that EU funding could be withheld if an AfD-led government comes into conflict with Brussels, reviving a fundamental argument over democracy, sovereignty and the European Union's financial power. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. ·…

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…

TrendCompass argues that China’s rise should no longer be viewed simply through GDP, technology or trade. Its more provocative contention is that the real competition is becoming civilizational: what are economic development, technology and political power ultimately being used to build? INR Report: Based on commentary published by TrendCompass in its Key Markets report, 10 September 2026. Read the original HERE · TrendCompass makes a…

AfD’s 43.8% win in Saxony-Anhalt rattled British and EU elites—pledging to end open borders and halt Ukraine funding. Barbara ties the revolt to Germany’s Mittelstand under China pressure, green/nuclear/energy shocks, Carney’s EU dream, and Trump-era peace moves. Barbara Boyd · A Saxony-Anhalt provincial election saw Germany’s nationalist AfD win 43.8% to the next party’s 17.2%, prompting alarm in the British press and among EU-linked elites…

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.…

Donald Trump has promised every adult American a US$5,000 “Trump Dividend” if Republicans retain control of Congress in November. The proposal combines tariffs, direct payments and electoral politics — but Trump has yet to explain precisely how a programme potentially costing more than US$1 trillion would be funded or implemented. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. · US President Donald Trump has put an unusually direct financial…

Rare Kremlin video: Putin with Witkoff and Kushner, then their first Kyiv trip this term and Zelenskyy's restrained reply. Moscow cites trust and economic projects; Bessent chokes offshore funding. Argentina presses Malvinas as Trump rethinks automatic U.S. backing of Britain. The Kremlin released rare footage of a high-level meeting between Vladimir Putin and Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, followed by their first trip to Kyiv…

A renowned US economist, Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs, speaks with RT about salient geopolitical developments, with a particular focus on talks US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner held with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev over the weekend.