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The US and Iran are poised to sign a deal which will prolong the ceasefire another 60 days, during which the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened and restrictions on oil trade against Tehran lifted, Axios has reported, citing American officials. In the meantime, the sides will try to reach a final deal to end the conflict, it added. Tehran has said the sides were moving closer to a “convergence of views,” but expressed concerns about a U-turn by…

Western mainstream media are “afraid to see the truth” about the Ukrainian attack on the Starobelsk college dorm, Russia’s newly appointed human rights commissioner, Yana Lantratova, has said, slamming the incident as a “deliberate murder of children.” The attack on the dorm, staged overnight from Thursday to Friday, left at least 21 people dead, mainly teenage girls. The massacre has been largely ignored by the Western media and politicians,…

Russia launches retaliatory strikes on Ukraine using ballistic missiles, including the hyper-sonic Oreshnik. All this in response to Kiev's drone strikes on a school dormitory in the Lugansk Republic, which took 21 young lives. · RT reports from the scene of the attack, while CNN and the BBC refuse an invitation to visit the site. We speak with an adviser to the Iranian president, as his nation suffered a similar tragedy, which the Western…

Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta will hold a vote in October on whether to remain in the country or take steps toward a binding referendum on independence, Premier Danielle Smith has announced. By RT News · The vote is expected to be held on October 19 and will ask Albertans whether they want the province to remain in Canada. Smith stressed that this will not be a binding referendum on independence, but will instead gauge whether the…

Hungary has restored a ban on Ukrainian food imports after the new government “accidentally” allowed the restrictions to lapse. By RT News · The ban, covering around 20 categories of agricultural goods, was introduced in 2023 after former Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government declared an emergency over the economic fallout of the Ukraine conflict. · Budapest argued that cheap Ukrainian imports flooded EU border markets after Brussels lifted…

2025 can be seen as the year in which the united anti-Russian coalition fell apart. In essence, there are now three distinct players acting against Russia (Ukraine, Europe, the US), and each has its own interests. Analyst Sergey Poletaev has prepared a series of articles in which he analyses the position of each player, their goals and interests in the conflict, and suggests how Russia might respond. By Sergey Poletaev, information analyst and…

Relatives of the victims killed in the Ukrainian attack on a school identify the bodies of their loved ones, as the death toll rises to 18, with more feared trapped under the rubble. While the BBC and CNN are refusing to visit the site of the attack - RT reports from the ground. · RT reports from the Strait of Hormuz as Iran unveils a new zone of control in the vital waterway, while Tehran is engaged in talks with Oman to jointly manage the…

RT gets exclusive access to the Strait of Hormuz, as Iran makes its control of the waterway official with clear boundaries overseen by the Persian Gulf Waterway Management. · Russia and Belarus conduct joint military exercises involving the countries' tactical nuclear forces. That's as the Belarusian Foreign Ministry summons the Lithuanian ambassador over recent airspace violations by Ukrainian drones. · A video of far-right Israeli Security…

The existential crisis that recently engulfed the British Labour Party has intensified over the past week, and it is now clear that the party is facing political extinction. By Graham Hryce, an Australian journalist and former media lawyer, whose work has been published in The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age, the Sunday Mail, the Spectator and Quadrant. · Two weeks ago, British voters showed their contempt for Labour, after…

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson has called for the United States to immediately end all aid and special arrangements with Israel, arguing that Washington's relationship with the country is damaging America's international standing. The comments were made during an interview with Israeli Channel 13. · Carlson said: · "I think we should stop all aid to Israel, all special deals for Israel. Tomorrow." · He also argued that the United…