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Russia’s artillery unit, using 122-mm D-30 howitzer, delivered a precise strike on the Ukrainian infantry with coordinates provided by an aerial reconnaissance team. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

A 1,600-ton self-elevating offshore wind power installation platform has successfully completed its sea trial and berthed in Qidong, Jiangsu Province, on Thursday. The project team reportedly completed more than 20 key offshore trials and analyzed over 2,000 sets of data, all of which met the design requirements. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

An Algerian man, long believed dead, was finally discovered 26 years later, being held prisoner a mere 90 meters from his family home. Omar Bin Omran, then 19 years old, was on his way to a vocational school in 1998 when he mysteriously vanished. As the months and years went on, most of his family assumed he had been killed in the civil war, which lasted from 1992-2002. However, his mother refused to believe it, and there were signs something more sinister had happened: some time after the kidnapping, Omar’s dog was killed. The family suspected he was poisoned. A new lead emerged recently, after the family saw a social media post by one of their neighbors. His brother was arguing with him about an inheritance, and accused him of being involved in the kidnapping. Police searched the neighbor’s home, and a trap door was found; Omar was alive, and had been kept prisoner all this time. Omar said that he could see his family often through a small window, but could never call out for help, like he was under a ‘spell.’ His abductor, now 61, is set to face trial for the ‘heinous crime,’ while Omar is being treated for his ordeal, both physically, and psychologically. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

A Ukrainian ‘Baba Yaga’ type drone attempted to strike Russian paratroopers from the skies. However, Russian forces were not only quick to act, but also quick to discover the drone’s greatest weakness: bullets. The hexacopter attempted its attack above Chasov Yar, just west of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), but the keen eyes (and keen thermal imaging systems) of the paratroopers led to its discovery well before it could reach its target. Those same keen eyes trained their PKM, Pecheneg, and Ak-12 guns on the drone and knocked it clean out of the sky, as this video from the Russian Ministry of Defense shows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Austrian businessman Otto Hirsch has delivered humanitarian aid to residents in Russia's Lugansk Republic, who suffered from a Ukrainian strike on multi-storey residential building in March. Hirsch was visiting two schools he helped restore in the region that were destroyed in Kiev shelling. He shared the reasons behind this act of good to help Russian kids with RT correspondent Steve Sweeney. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

A 300yo town in Philippines' Pantabangan, currently located in the middle of a dam's reservoir, has resurfaced after the country got hit with extreme heat waves -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

At the Russian international forum in Kazan we heard from Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin. He says economic ties between Moscow and Islamic countries are becoming better, along with communications between people. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

The Islamic world has been the focus of a major international forum in the Russian city of Kazan. Economists and politicians from 80 countries have come to the Tatarstan capital with a goal of boosting co-operation across multiple spheres. RT correspondent Chay Bowes brings us more details as the event wraps up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

International affairs are at the top of the news all around the world. With hot conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, and the Sahel, and would-be confrontations in the Taiwan Strait, the Red Sea, and elsewhere, there is a lot of reporting about various visits of the US secretaries of state and defense and of sensitive negotiations with this country or that. But what is the role of the CIA in all this? Is that role different now that the CIA is led by a professional diplomat? And how different is it now that the CIA is less an intelligence collection agency and more a para-military body? On this episode of the Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou speaks with whistleblower and former senior CIA officer Mel Goodman to answer all these questions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Protesters march through the streets of Bloemfontein as Shell appeals against 2022 judgments made by the High Court to freeze offshore oil and gas exploration activities on South Africa’s Wild Coast based on claims brought by local communities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Locals in Russia's Leningrad region were lucky to witness a rare phenomenon known as a 'space jellyfish' during the launch of the Soyuz-2.1b rocket over Lake Ladoga -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Flash floods, prompted by unusually heavy seasonal rains, have killed at least 50 people in western Afghanistan and left dozens missing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Lavrov says that Russia is open to talks with Western powers based on mutual respect on the sidelines of the XXXII Assembly of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Reported Israeli attack on Lebanon's Majdal Anjar killed a leader of Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing and injured two people -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has stated that the presence of French troops undermines the West African country's sovereignty. Currently, some 350 French troops are stationed in the African nation under a bilateral security pact. We hear from Thierno Diop Niang, author and Foreign Policy researcher in the Sahel region, who says that it's time for African states to take responsibility for their own issues after the counterproductive French military presence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

At least 7 people killed after strong thunderstorms wreaked havoc in Houston, Texas, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com

A state of emergency has been declared by France in its overseas territory of New Caledonia, as Paris sent a thousand additional troops to the South Pacific island to quell protests sparked by election reform. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times by an assailant earlier this week, and the suspect charged with the assassination attempt is expected to appear in court today. RT's Yasin Eken brings us more details on the assailant’s past, reporting from outside the suspect's home. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

As South Africa made an urgent appeal to the International Court of Justice regarding IDF attacks on Rafah, Israeli representatives were heckled as they attempted to shift the blame to the African nation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

As most land crossings to Gaza remain closed, making it impossible for food trucks to deliver aid into the enclave, the Kerem Shalom border point is still operational. RT Middle East Bureau Chief Maria Finoshina traveled there with one of the aid drivers. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

President Putin has finished his eventful official visit to China in the city of Harbin. RT correspondent Murad Gazdiev elaborates on the President’s important statements made during his press conference in Harbin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

At least 7 people have been reportedly injured as a result of an explosion at the Signal Corps Military Academy in St. Petersburg. According to local authorities, the incident is 'not of a terrorist nature.' ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

The European Council has blacklisted four more Russian media outlets under the pretext of fighting against Russian propaganda. Voice of Europe, RIA Novosti, Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta are banned now from the EU. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

Indonesians gathered outside the US embassy in Jakarta to remember Nakba and denounce Israel’s continuing operation in Rafah. RT's Rebecca Napitupulu reports on the issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

RT’s correspondent Yasin Eken visited the site of the attack on Slovak Prime Minister Fico in Handlova, Slovakia to report on the incident. He also spoke with locals to get their opinions on the assassination attempt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com