Follow RT on Rising street violence coupled with government inaction has created intolerable conditions for France’s police force, according to wives of officers who spoke with Ruptly. Their concerns come amid a spike in police suicides. Weekly Yellow Vest demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron’s austerity measures have strained France’s police force, which was already experiencing…
Pakistani soldier killed by ‘unprovoked’ cross-border fire from India – Islamabad
Follow RT on The Pakistani Army accused India of shelling its outposts along the Line of Control (LoC) and said one of its soldiers died during the exchange of fire. New Delhi says its forces retaliated after Pakistani troops attacked first. According to Islamabad, Indian troops struck its positions with rockets and mortar fire at…
Boris Johnson is a Kremlin agent too, because he talks to ‘Russian oligarch’ who hates Putin. What?
Follow RT on In 2019, merely being on first-name terms with a Russian makes a Western politician a pawn of Vladimir Putin, even if the Russian in question fled the country 15 years ago, and has an outstanding Moscow police warrant against him. Catherine Belton, a former Financial Times correspondent in Moscow, has produced a…
Priyanka Chopra dissed as ‘hypocrite’ over viral smoking photo after her asthma campaign
Follow RT on Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has sparked anger online after she was photographed smoking a cigarette despite her campaign work spreading awareness about asthma. Priyanka is asthmatic and spoke about dealing with the chronic disease as part of an ad campaign last year. However, this weekend she was spotted smoking with her husband…
UK caught in crossfire of US-Iran brinkmanship, and whose fault is that?
Follow RT on London has scored an own-goal by plunging right in the middle of the US game of nerves against Iran. The international crisis over detained tankers comes amid an awkward leadership transition at home. Next week, Britain will have a new prime minister after Theresa May makes room for either former Foreign Secretary…
Extreme heatwave across US prompts concerns about elderly, homeless & inmates
Follow RT on As an extreme heatwave presses down on the US, locals are being asked to look after their older neighbors, activists try to save inmates from baking in prisons, and authorities hurry to take the homeless off the sizzling streets. The extreme temperatures, reaching as high as some 95F (35 C) have been…
Over 60 Australian planes grounded after fatal crash in Sweden
Follow RT on A total of 63 Australian-made planes have been grounded around the world following the fatal crash of an aircraft in Sweden in which nine people died. The Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority ordered the suspension of GA8 aircrafts by Victoria-based manufacturer GippsAero, pending Swedish and EU investigations into the July 14 incident….
Is a European army really so barmy?
Follow RT on Farage has slammed the new European Commission president for her ‘fanatic’ support for a European army. But is the idea really so bad, if, as Farage fears, it supplants NATO, whose interventions have been so destabilizing? Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage was, to his credit, very critical of the NATO-led assault on…
Through the ropes: Boxer knocked head-first out of the ring in heavyweight clash (VIDEO)
Follow RT on Undefeated American heavyweight boxer Cassius Chaney produced a highlight-reel moment in his bout against Joel Caudle on Friday night in Maryland. The 32-year-old was fighting on a Top Rank Boxing bill at the MGM National Harbor, and wasted no time in showing his impressive punch power as he landed big shots on…
Trump brands London mayor ‘incompetent’ after Met Police Twitter attack
Follow RT on Donald Trump did not steer clear of the embarrassing hack of the London Metropolitan Police website and Twitter account, using it as a pretext to launch yet another attack on Mayor Sadiq Khan. “With the incompetent Mayor of London, you will never have safe streets!” Trump wrote on Saturday, retweeting a post…