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Thousands of protesters surround the White House, calling for an end to Washington's support for Israel, after the IDF's latest deadly operation in Gaza. Over 200 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in an IDF hostage rescue operation at the Nuseirat refugee camp in Central Gaza. Washington praises the Israeli mission to release captives but fails to mention the civilian cost. While speaking to RT, a Hamas official backs up 'American media speculation' that US forces were directly involved.

Ukrainian strikes kill 22 people in residential areas of the Kherson region, just hours after another deadly attack on the city of Lugansk. Russia points the finger at the West for disregarding civilian lives in Ukraine and Russia. Vladimir Putin insists Russia is steering clear of escalating any nuclear rhetoric and calls for dialogue with the West, that's despite Washington's plans to increase its nuclear arsenal. RT speaks with a Palestinian journalist, who's recent assault at an Israeli nationalist march in Jerusalem highlights the violence members of the news media face in the region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the flagship, plenary session of the St. Petersburg international economic forum highlighting Russia's achievements and goals. Ukraine once again shells Lugansk leaving four people dead and over 40 wounded just hours before Vladimir Zelensky met with President Biden, praising him for Washington's support. Protestors confront US State Department Spokesperson Mathew Miller outside his home. They say they're angered by Washington's attempts to sweep Israel's actions in Gaza under the rug.

Kiev's army loses 15 hundred troops in one day alone, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense. This comes as Ukrainian journalists reveal an organ trafficking scheme involving Kiev's medical officials. South Africa's ANC party reaches across the aisle to form a new government after losing a parliamentary majority for the first time in thirty years. An IDF strike kills 40 displaced Palestinians, leaving dozens more wounded. As similar attacks on UN facilities increase, Washington justifies Israel's targeting of civilians.

In an RT exclusive the Hungarian foreign minister stresses that his country will never participate in actions that would escalate the conflict, while Ukraine’s bid to join NATO only brings the bloc closer to war. Vladimir Putin warns that Moscow is considering deploying weapons to regions within striking distance of countries that approve targeting Russia. Putin also slammed the false narratives politicians use to escalate the Ukraine conflict. Amid the backlash, Boeing is facing after safety incidents have plagued its vehicles. RT speaks with several whistle blowers from the aviation giant who called the company’s reliability into question. 40 people killed and dozens more wounded in Israeli airstrikes on a UNRWA school in the central Gaza refugee camp of Nuseirat. The NGO’s chief says the IDF hit the shelter facility without prior warning.

Vladimir Putin warns that Russia is considering hitting the West where it hurts after NATO countries approved Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory. Putin also slammed the false narratives politicians use to escalate the war. Israel confirms striking a UN school in Central Gaza, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more. The Slovak Prime Minister makes his first public address after a failed assassination attempt, suggesting his views made him a target.

Tensions boil in Jerusalem as Israeli settlers storm the revered Al-Aqsa Mosque. It comes amid a provocative parade marking Israel’s capture and occupation of East Jerusalem and its holy sites in the 1967 war. Russia’s top diplomat, takes a swipe at the US treatment of Africa and other parts of the world during his first visit ever to Burkina Faso. Five challenging years ahead for Narendra Modi in India as his BJP-led coalition wins the general election, but by a far smaller margin than predicted. The French president faces flick for inviting Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky to address the national assembly, just 48 hours ahead of the EU elections. MPs claim it’s a bid to divert attention from problems at home.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi declares victory for his alliance in India’s general election, as final figures reveal his BJP alone received less votes than in the previous election in 2019. Ukraine loses over 1,500 troops in just one day as Russia advances on the battlefield, with fighting ramping up in the town of Volchansk. RT brings you exclusive footage from the heart of the battle. Dozens Palestinians are reported killed in central Gaza amid ongoing IDF strikes. This comes as Palestinian officials submit an official request to the ICJ to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel.

India decides and that decision is to reduce the ruling BJP party’s majority, in a contest far closer than many had been predicting. Former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter is left grounded after he’s dragged off a flight and has his passport taken away, in what he says is a violation of the constitution. Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister pours cold water on the French President’s warmongering rhetoric about putting NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine.

India’s ruling BJP party and its coalition of allies are in the lead as preliminary results are in for the world’s largest election. Former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter is removed from a flight in New York by US authorities without any explanation as he was en route to Russia. As battles rage in the Donbass, the EU still has its sights set on the region’s lucrative lithium deposits, a metal crucial for the European economy and green energy development.

Pakistan’s High Court overturns the conviction of state treason against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, but he will remain in jail for marrying his wife too soon after divorce. Trophies from the battlefield: Amid intense clashes in the Kharkov region, RT reports from the frontlines where captured military equipment reveals Ukrainian battlefield tactics. A senior USAID official is forced to resign, after the plug was pulled on his presentation about starving Gazans. That’s as more than 3,500 children are said to be at risk of imminent death. The Maldives bans all Israeli passport holders from entering the holiday paradise. The archipelago’s former foreign minister claims it could help get a ceasefire deal, over the line.

Russia’s military says Ukraine has lost about 200 soldiers in one day amid intense fighting in the Kharkov region. RT’s Igor Zhdanov examines some of the equipment left behind by Kiev’s forces. As the US and Germany let Ukraine use their long-range weapons in Kharkov to strike deep within Russia. Europe finds itself divided over fears of a broader conflict. South Africa’s president calls on all political forces in the country to work together as his ruling ANC party has lost its majority and is now seeking to form a coalition government. Israel is reported to have struck a refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least six civilians, all of whom were women and children.

A vote for change in South Africa - for the first time in 30 years, the African National Congress fails to win a majority in the general election, leaving it scrambling to form a coalition. Vladimir Putin says NATO's already deeply involved in the Ukraine war, saying Kiev wouldn't be able to use the alliance's advanced weapons by itself. That's as President Biden greenlights strikes on certain Russian territories. Italy's deputy prime minister denounces calls for Ukraine to hit Russian territory as the EU finds itself split amid fears of escalation. Violent scenes in Paris as police move in to break up pro-Palestinian demonstrators, outraged at the Israeli offensive on Rafah. That's as the Gaza death toll passes 36-thousand people since October.

Moscow says Ukraine's Western backers are direct participants in the war, that's as Biden greenlights the use of NATO weapons to strike deep within Russian territory. Donald Trump claims his court conviction was personally orchestrated by President Biden, in an effort to scupper his re-election bid. We get reaction from the ground. The world's largest democratic exercise enters the final straight with the result of India's weeks long general election due to be revealed on Tuesday.

Moscow says it views Ukraine's Western backers as direct participants in the conflict as Biden greenlights the use of NATO weapons to strike deep within Russian territory. Donald Trump says his political rival, Joe Biden, personally pushed for him to be convicted just months before the presidential election. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators force their way into a major art museum in New York, bringing attention to their cause, as Joe Biden endorses Israel's ceasefire plan for Gaza. All eyes on India as the country's parliamentary election is entering its final stage, with the results to be announced on Tuesday.

A drone attack kills a Hamas deputy leader in Beirut with the militant group and Lebanese leadership accusing Israel of dragging the country into confrontation. At least five civilians, including a newborn, are killed in an Israeli strike on the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent. Thousands of displaced were sheltering there, with a UN team leader in Gaza saying that the building was clearly marked a humanitarian site. Dozens of Israelis sue their country's military, questioning the established narrative of the events of October 7th. With the collective West staying silent as the war in Gaza rages on, we look at how it never struggled to find its voice when it came to the Ukrainian conflict.

One person is killed in the latest Ukrainian shelling of the Belgorod region - that's after Saturday's attack on the city's center claimed the lives of 24 civilians, including four children. Russian forces responded by targeting military sites in Ukraine. Distressing images from central Gaza where at least a dozen people have been reportedly killed by Israeli bombing raids. Palestinian officials sound the alarm over an escalating humanitarian catastrophe. Renowned Australian journalist and Julian Assange supporter John Pilger has died at the age of 84. Russian diamonds are forever as India reportedly urges the G7 to delay the ban on Russian diamonds, to protect jobs in a sector vital to the country.

The deadly Israeli military assault on Gaza rolls over into a new year while some Palestinians still hope for peace, against all odds. As the clock struck midnight, heralding in 2024, crowds rallied for Gaza in the West Bank city of Ramallah as the conflict with Israel approaches a third month. Donbass comes under heavy shelling from Ukraine on New Year's Eve night with at least four civilians killed and more than a dozen wounded in Donetsk.

Vladimir Putin remarks on Kiev's deadly attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, which killed 24 civilians and wounded 108 more. Donbass comes under heavy shelling from Ukraine on New Year's Eve night with at least four civilians killed and more than a dozen wounded in Donetsk. The deadly Israeli military assault on Gaza rolls over into a new year while some Palestinians still hope for peace, against all odds. We hear from a Somalian man whose relatives were killed in a US drone strike back in 2018 - who is still seeking justice for his loss.

At least 15 more civilian casualties are reported in Gaza overnight, as Israeli strikes rain down on the central part of the enclave. It comes as local officials say the total Palestinian death toll in the war is nearing twenty two thousand. The southern city of Khan Yunis is also targeted again by the Israeli military, which is expanding its ground invasion to previously so-called safe zones of the Strip. Speaking to RT, former high-ranking Israeli officers break down the failure to pre-empt the terrorist attack that killed more than a thousand people in the country on October 7th. We report from near the frontlines in the Lugansk republic, where Kiev allegedly had some big plans to retake ground by the end of last year. That's amid sinking Western support, in the wake of the failed Ukrainian counter-offensive across Donbass.

The Russian Defense Ministry says its forces have bombed weapons production factories, as well as warehouses with Western arms, in Ukraine. In Gaza more than a dozen civilian deaths are reported overnight, as Israeli strikes rain down on the central part of the enclave. It comes as local officials state the Palestinian death toll in the war is nearing 22 thousand. The southern city of Khan Yunis is also targeted again by the Israeli military, which is expanding its ground invasion to previously so-called safe zones in the enclave. Five Japanese Coast Guard plane crew members are killed in a collision with an airliner at Tokyo's Haneda airport. All 379 people on the passenger plane were safely evacuated after it burst into flames on the runway.

Distressing images from central Gaza where at least a dozen people are reportedly killed by Israeli bombing raids. Palestinian officials sound the alarm over an escalating humanitarian catastrophe. Pro-Palestinian protests mobilize across Western countries, as the devastating Israeli war on Gaza enters a 13th week. The Serbian president directly addresses pro-Western protesters, who want the results of the recent parliamentary election scrapped.

Disturbing images from southern Gaza as the Palestinian Red Crescent posts footage of its staff evacuating the injured from the site of yet another Israeli strike on Khan Yunis. Grief-stricken civilians mourn their loved ones, who are among the 20-plus reported victims of IDF bombs in central Gaza including many children. That's as the United Nations slams the IDF for attacking a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza while accusing Israel of obstructing the delivery and distribution of supplies to civilians.

Nine civilians, including one child, have been killed in a Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Belgorod with forty five more wounded as a result of the strike right before New Year celebrations in Russia. The Serbian pro-Western opposition holds a rally in Belgrade. Protesters are calling for the results of the Parliamentary election, won by the incumbent president's party, to be annulled. Disturbing images from southern Gaza as the Palestinian Red Crescent posts footage of its staff evacuating the injured from the site of yet another Israeli strike on Khan Yunis. Grief-stricken civilians mourn their loved ones, who are among the twenty plus reported victims of IDF bombs in central Gaza including many youths.

Three Palestinians are reported killed in the latest IDF air strike on the Maghazi refugee camp. That is after Israel admitted it was wrong to have killed more than 80 people in that area in an earlier attack. As the death toll in Gaza surpasses 21-thousand, a Christian pastor in Bethlehem says Western powers have enabled Israel to kill with impunity. Several people are believed to have been tortured and killed at a pineapple farm owned by US food giant Del Monte in the East African nation of Kenya.