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A gunman fired shots at the US embassy in Beirut, according to the Lebanese military. The assailant was shot by troops guarding the embassy and taken into custody. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 unit of Russia’s Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system successfully destroyed several HIMARS rockets amid ongoing hostilities. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

South Africa's opposition leader, John Steenhuisen, has suggested forming an alliance with the ruling ANC party, which has lost its majority for the first time in 30 years. He believes this partnership would be the best option for the nation. RT’s Noluvuye Kunge reports. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Russian Defense Ministry reports that Ukraine lost over 1,500 soldiers in the past day during a major Russian advance, as Moscow's forces gain more ground in the strategic town of Volchansk. RT's Igor Zhdanov reports from the area. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Search and rescue crews from 40 countries take part in a demonstration exercise by the Russian Emergencies Ministry in Noginsk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe has begun its long journey home, says the country’s space agency. According to an announcement made on Tuesday, the probe took off after two days collecting samples, and sailed into a predetermined orbit around the Moon. The samples gathered, including soil and rock from the relatively unexplored far side of the Moon, were stored in a special container, which will then be transferred to a re-entry capsule, due to return to Earth around June 25, in China’s Inner Mongolia region. The mission is the sixth in the Chang’e program, and the first to bring back samples from the far side of the Moon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Antony Fauci testified in front of a House Oversight Committee that his Covid-19 rules ‘just sort of appeared,’ a different kind of crazy nonsense was being more interesting ever so slightly behind him. Over his left shoulder, a rubber-faced gentlemen gave a running meta-commentary on Fauci’s testimony using only the power of his expressive face. A facetious ‘oh boohoo, woe is me’ kind of commentary, but with the added social distancing between his bottom lip and his chin as he amusingly scrunched his face 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

In Spain, comedian Jaime Caravaca took his unique brand of woke edginess too far, when he decided to pick on right-wing commentator Alberto Pugilato. Pugilato posted a picture to X with his baby son, captioned ‘happiness and pride.’ This was the wrong time to be bandying a word like ‘pride’ around, and an enraged Caravaca immediately escalated the situation from zero to infinity billion by leaving his own caption: ‘Nothing and no one can prevent the possibility that he is gay, and when he grows up, he gets tired of sucking black c*ck.’ The child in question is only three months old, leading to even X limiting the post due to the pedophilic connotations making it seem more like an average Instagram post. And leading to some very real-life consequences. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

British populist Nigel Farage officially opened his election campaign by his now-traditional photo opportunity necking a pint of beer. However, it wasn't the only boozy moment – as he left the pub crammed with journalists, a lady chucked her drink, which appeared to be a milkshake, all over him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared victory in the parliamentary election for his party’s alliance; votes cast by over 640 million Indians were counted on Tuesday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

They were once cutting-edge armored vehicles, but now are little more than scrap and rust. The US-made International MaxxPro is designed to survive bullets, bombs, and driving directly over landmines, but has two major flaws: first, it can’t handle uneven terrain or slight turns; second, it can’t survive mines, it seems. Of the hundreds of MaxxPro units sent to Ukraine, several dozen have been destroyed, now lined up in a graveyard. Burnt, broken, shot and blown up, these twisted ruins have finally been pulled from the battlefield, the majority of them thought to have been destroyed during Ukraine’s failed summer 2023 counteroffensive. The LostArmour project keeps track of verifiable losses of military hardware in all forms of conflict in the 21st century. Few pieces of evidence for the scale of Ukraine’s losses can be more verifiable than this video, which the project shared to their Telegram channel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Alexander Lukashenko’s state visit was hardly a black tie and boring speeches affair, instead being filled with archery, horse racing and wrestling. Lukashenko’s counterpart, Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, treated the Belarusian leader to a display of Mongolian traditional sports, before Lukashenko was invited to try his hand at shooting a traditional Mongolian bow. The pair then headed off for an informal lunch. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

In the glorious intersection of ‘never work with children and animals’ and ‘bring your kid to work day,’ Tennessee congressman Rep. John Rose (R-TN) gave his impassioned speech to the House, while six-year-old Chris Rose put those endless hours practicing his silly faces to good work, and completely stole all attention away from his dad. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

French Navy lands on Omaha Beach as part of an amphibious assault rehearsal ahead of the June 6th commemoration event remembering the 1944, D-Day invasion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Russian FM Lavrov calls out the US for refusing to allow Scott Ritter to travel to Russia to take part in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum Read more: https://on.rt.com/cu04 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

The moment an allegedly Israeli airstrike hit a building in the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza with locals fleeing the area in horror -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Mexico has elected its first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, after she won more than 58% of the votes – the highest percentage in the country's democratic history. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Former US intelligence officer and RT website contributor Scott Ritter has been removed from a flight in New York by the American authorities as he was en route to Russia to attend an economic forum. Earlier he told us about what exactly happened in the airport. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

It’s a decisive day for India, as the results of the world's largest election are being announced. The ruling BJP party's coalition has received a parliamentary majority, though getting the less votes than in 2019. RT’s Runjhun Sharma bring us the updates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Indian Air Force's Sukhoi fighter plane has crashed and burned down in the Nashik district of Maharashtra as it was undergoing flight testing post overhaul. Both of the pilots ejected safely, reportedly suffering only minor injuries -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Thousands of people rally outside Argentina's National Congress to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the grassroots movement 'Not One Less,' which aims to demand legal protections for women and protest gender-based violence -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 celebration of the Russian language has begun in New York, focusing on the revered 19th-century poet Alexander Pushkin, despite the anti-Russian rhetoric in the Western world. RT's Caleb Maupin reports from the event. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Hundreds of students take over the campus of Belgium's Université libre de Bruxelles in Brussels to protest against a speech by former Israeli ambassador Elie Barnavi in the university -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

Six Israeli soldiers were injured in a brush fire sparked by fighting with the Lebanese group Hezbollah. Around 2,400 acres have burned across northern Israel this week due to the fires, authorities say. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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

Russia’s Federal Security Service has seized 2,112 briquettes filled with hashish, weighing over 200 kg, at the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint in the country’s south. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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