Foreign armed forces can only bring more instability to Donbass – Janus Putkonen
RT hears from Janus Putkonen, Finnish MV-Lehti chief editor. He says the presence of any armed foreign forces will only destabilize the situation in the Donbass region.
#Donbass
America is 'reckless' dealing with Russia - Julius Malema
Washington's approach to Moscow does not take into account the possibility of a nuclear war, Julius Malema, leader of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters party, tells RT.
#Russia #US
Russia and the DPRK are good neighbors and long-standing friends – Defense Minister
In a further sign of the growing ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, the Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov met wit DPRK’s military and political leadership.
The minister was met by his counterpart, as the Korean People's Army Honour Guard Company gave a traditional welcome.
#Russia #DPRK
Hezbollah, Israel trade accusations of ceasefire violation
Just two days into the ceasefire, cracks are already appearing as both Israel and Hezbollah accuse each other of blatant violations.
RT correspondents in the region provide the latest updates.
#Israel #Hezbollah
Justin Trudeau brews up brave new plan to ward off public outrage
The Canadian PM has decided to go on a cheap approval ratings bender rather than actually do his job and sort out his country, by making pub bills tax-free for two months.
Get people so drunk they forget what he's done to the country - smart.
#Canada
❗️Russia hopes Damascus will soon restore order in Aleppo province following renewed terrorist attacks – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
#Syria
RT DE correspondent shot while covering Tbilisi unrest
Dominik Reichert was injured during clashes between protesters and police on Rustaveli Avenue. He underwent emergency surgery shortly after the incident and is now recovering.
#Georgia
❗️Five Israelis reportedly injured in alleged West Bank shooting - Palestinian media
Warning: disturbing footage
Two of the five victims have apparently been left seriously injured by the attack targeting a bus with Israeli passengers near the West Bank settlement of Ariel.
Online footage apparently shows the shooter’s body by the roadside.
#Israel #WestBank
Michigan Democrats organized 'Scream at the Sky' event to vent their frustrations over Trump's win
Definitely not cult-like behavior, right?
#Dems
NZ Navy ship accidentally left on autopilot before sinking, inquiry finds
New Zealand Navy chief Garin Golding admitted a “series of human errors” was to blame for the HMNZS Manawanui crashing into a coral reef before sinking.
The inquiry’s first report, released Friday, showed they believed a problem with the ship’s thruster was stopping the vessel from changing course when all they had to do was “lean over to the panel and check whether it was on autopilot.”
Separate disciplinary proceedings will be launched involving three unnamed crew members involved in the incident.
#NewZealand
Putin has to defend Russia – Julius Malema
Julius Malema, founder and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, stated that Ukraine's use of American weapons signifies that the US has declared war on Russia, necessitating Russia’s self-defense.
#EFF
❗️The goals of the special military operation will be achieved — Sergey Lavrov
The FM reiterated that the root causes of the Ukraine crisis lie in NATO's ongoing eastward expansion and the diminishing rights of Russian and Russian-speaking citizens within Ukraine.
#RussianMFA
❗️The media remains a key battleground in the West's aggressive campaign against Russia — Sergey Lavrov
He remarked that Ukraine has also become a Western testing ground for fakes and weapons.
#RussianMFA
❗️Moscow's repeated requests for the names of those found dead in Bucha, as reported by the BBC, were ignored — Sergey Lavrov
#RussianMFA
❗️Kiev regime directly controlled by the anglo-saxons works in line with neo-colonial practices — Russian FM Sergey Lavrov during ambassadors’ round table on Ukraine crisis
#RussianMFA
Big if true: Activist argues Europeans came up with two biological sexes
Writer JK Rowling was challenged on her gender politics, when a ‘Gender Studies academic’ challenged, saying that there is a “massive literature” proving that the notion of there being two biological sexes was historically a “first world notion”.
Rowling responded by joking that in all likelihood non-Europeans did not in fact “need Whitey’s help to tell a man from a woman”.
Could it be that the ‘gender academic’ merely referred to the early seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race?
#Gender
Zelensky tells Scholz peace only possible through 'the power of weapons' and diplomacy
The Ukrainian de-facto leader thanked Olaf Scholz for his country's military aid in a phone call, during which the leaders discussed also Scholz's conversation with Putin.
"It is obvious that only the power of weapons and the power of diplomacy together can force the culprit of war to peace, and that peace is possible only through force," Zelensky added in typical self-contradictory rhetoric.
#Ukraine #Germany
Canadian cops treat Nazi monument as protected war memorial in vandalism case
Prominent police critic Duncan Kinney is battling a charge of “mischief relating to war memorials” - which carries a sentence of up to 10 years - arguing the monument he allegedly defaced honors Canada’s apparent enemies during the Second World War.
Kinney is charged with spray-painting “Actual Nazi” on a statue dedicated to Ukrainian nationalist and Nazi collaborator Roman Shukhevych, who was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Polish Jews.
His lawyers allege the Edmonton police have been aggressively surveilling him and his family and have not cooperated with documents necessary for his defense.
#Canada
Chaos erupts in London as pro-Palestine protesters demand arms embargo on Israel
Pro-Palestine demonstrators clashed with police as they blocked the entrances to London's Foreign Office and Department for Business and Trade, calling for immediate arms embargo on Israel.
#Israel #Palestine
🚨ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI: CHANCE FOR #BITCOIN TO INCREASE EVEN MORE IN VALUE OVER NEXT 5 YEARS
‘We’ll be tokenising parts of the world whether the regulators whether old Wall Street or banks like it or not. I saw that in 2020, I made these investments. In 2021 I looked like a genius, I looked like a dunce in 2022. But I said to my clients and I’ll say to your viewers, if you take a 5-year view of something like #BTC, I think you’ll do very well. We bought our Bitcoin at $17,000, it’s trading at $90,000+ right now. And I think this has a chance to go way higher over the next 5 years.’
-Donald Trump’s former White House Communications Director and the Founder of SkyBridge Capital Anthony Scaramucci
FULL INTERVIEW: https://rumble.com/v5sk9x5-anthony-scaramucci-trump-will-surprise-people-on-ukraine-will-he-bring-a-cr.html
Mother and baby shot dead by Missouri police during knife attack
Missouri police fatally shot a 34-year-old woman and her 2-month-old daughter during a domestic dispute, after she refused officers' requests to put the child down then lunged at them with a knife.
One officer fired, injuring both mother and daughter, who later died from their wounds.
#US
Angela Merkel urges diplomatic solution to Ukraine conflict
The former German chancellor claimed it is "not only in the interest of Ukraine but also in our interest that Putin does not win this war,” but conceded “one must always consider diplomatic solutions.”
Although she claimed to support the current German leadership for its support for Kiev, she insisted negotiations needn’t be discussed right now but “when the right time comes,” without specifying when she thought that would be.
Mixed-signal Merkel…
#Germany #Ukraine
❗️Georgia PM warns EU ambassador over interference
Georgia will take diplomatic measures if the EU ambassador does not change his rhetoric and does not stop interfering in the internal affairs of the country, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said.
#Georgia
300 ATACMS submunitions neutralized in Kursk region
The Russian Emergencies Ministry has discovered and neutralized 300 M74 submunitions from American-made ATACMS missiles within 24 hours in the Kursk region.
A federal emergency regime remains in effect in the area. Since early August, more than 1,480 explosive devices have been defused in the region.
#EMERCOM
It doesn’t seem like Trump has an appetite for war — Julius Malema
“He didn’t say, ‘I’m going to come in and intensify the fight,’” Julius Malema stated, expressing hope that the president-elect will help de-escalate the Ukraine conflict.
#Ukraine
American political scientist Norman Finkelstein labels Israel’s Gaza campaign a ‘genocide’
"This isn't a war against Hamas; this is a war against Gaza. In fact, it's not a war at all – it's a genocide. The intention was to, once and for all, liquidate, solve the Gaza question, and in my opinion, they have succeeded in that regard."
#IDF
❗️The treatment of Julian Assange is a strong message to dissenters who stand up to the West — Sergey Lavrov
The foreign minister noted that Russia was one of the few countries that voiced support for the WikiLeaks co-founded despite some disagreements.
#RussianMFA
❗️Ukrainian security services are involved in the killing of Russian journalists — Sergey Lavrov
“We do not hear any condemnation of these heinous terrorist attacks from the ‘enlightened’ Western countries,” the Russian foreign minister said.
Lavrov stressed that the same goes for Russian journalists killed in the Donbass long before the special military operation began.
#RussianMFA
❗️RT and Sputnik prove they can provide objective information to their audience — Sergey Lavrov
The Russian foreign minister pointed out that RT and Sputnik had been labeled “tools of propaganda” by France’s President Macron long before the Ukraine crisis.
Lavrov observed that Western censorship increased as the world's growing diversity challenged the neoliberal world order.
#RussianMFA
Top Iranian commander killed in terror offensive in Syria’s Aleppo
Brigadier General Kioumars Pourhashemi, a senior military advisor, was killed in Syria’s Aleppo province during an overnight attack by Islamist forces, Iranian media reported.
According to Tasnim News, he was targeted by “Takfiri terrorists,” a term Iran uses for radical Sunni jihadists.
The offensive, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and allied rebel groups, marked the most significant operation in northwest Aleppo since a 2020 ceasefire ended years of intense fighting in the region.
#Syria
