Category: Russia Today
‘Desperate Greece smashed by austerity hammer’
Preparing for rainy days ahead, Greeks have withdrawn 700 million euro from local banks in just one day, after it became clear on Monday that new elections in the country are inevitable. RT talks to economist Alberto Mingardi. Subscribe to RT! Watch RT LIVE on our website rt.com Like us on Facebook Follow us on [...]
Franco-German face-off: Hollande wings it to Angela
Francois Hollande has officially become France’s new President. He was sworn in for a five-year-term at the Elysee Palace in a modest ceremony in central Paris. But just hours after his inauguration, Hollande is now heading to Berlin. He’ll have a welcome dinner with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and hold a crucial meeting to discuss [...]
CrossTalk: Farewell Israel? (ft. Norman Finkelstein)
Norman Finkelstein’s new book on the American Jewish community has been both widely praised and criticized by influential writers. So is the American-Jewish romance with Israel coming to an end? Are the American Jews known for their liberal views distancing themselves from Israel? Or is it simply an overstatement? Do they support the current Israeli [...]
Loaded Lessons: Jews & Arabs take on hate history
Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian demonstrators erupted during the annual Nakba Day march in the West Bank. It’s a rally to mark the 1948 displacement of hundreds of thousands Palestinians. But while adults remember history, children on different sides of the border are taught different versions of it, as Paula Slier reports. Subscribe to [...]
Cop Chop: UK bobbies protest ‘criminal’ cuts
It’s not only workers suffering from budget cuts and broad reforms of pay and conditions. In Britain, police officers poured their anger out on the streets, with thousands of posts set to be axed. And as Ivor Bennett reports, that’s raising concerns over public safety. Subscribe to RT! Watch RT LIVE on our website rt.com [...]
Exclusive: My father not guilty of war crimes – Mladic’s son
Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic is facing trial at the International Hague Tribunal. He’s charged with genocide during the Yugoslavia war in the 1990s. Among his alleged crimes are the massacre in the town of Srebrenica, where 8000 Muslims were slaughtered, and the deaths of over 10000 civilians during the siege of Sarayevo. 69-year [...]
OWS ‘Ron Paul revolution, not Arab Spring-type’
There’s been more protest in America by the Occupy Movement against big businesses. A day of global action has been taking place across the US with organizers claiming countries around the world are rising up in opposition to austerity and corporate greed. For more, RT talks to Jayel Aheram – a former US Marine and [...]
Video: Palestinians clash with IDF on Nakba day
Palestinians on Tuesday marked their mass displacement three generations ago with mixed emotions. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their villages during the war that established the Jewish state in 1948, an event they commemorate every year as their “Nakba,” or catastrophe. Clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops erupted outside [...]
‘Fascist Israeli Nakba law denies common human empathy’
For Palestinians, May 15 marks the date their ancestors were displaced during the creation of Israel. Next, RT talks to an Israeli-Arab MP to find out whether divisions in the country can be bridged. Subscribe to RT! Watch RT LIVE on our website rt.com Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us [...]
Bahrain Bias: US arms arrive amid bloody crackdown
In Bahrain, security forces have dispersed another anti-government rally by firing tear gas and rubber bullets. It’s the latest violence against a peaceful movement that flared up more than a year ago. But despite the oppression, Washington has resumed arms sales to the Bahraini regime – which is a key US ally, as RT’s Gayane [...]
