A Palestinian village south of Bethlehem says it is being pushed to the brink by repeated Israeli settler attacks and a closed military zone order that locals claim has made life even harder.

RT correspondent Charlotte Dubenskij reports from Douma, where residents describe assaults on families, attacks on homes, violence against livestock, and growing fear that the village is being deliberately choked into abandonment.

In an exclusive interview with RT, Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for Iran’s Parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, warned that Tehran is prepared for any scenario. He said Iran could target U.S. military and economic interests, influence major energy routes, and increase uranium enrichment if the conflict resumes.

In a word, the Trump-Xi summit was a nothing-burger. It was an historic visit that will be quickly forgotten. What will be remembered is China’s Thucydides Trap warning. Also, how has security in the Persian Gulf changed since the war of choice against Iran?

CrossTalking with Mark Sleboda and George Szamuely.

23-year-old William Andres Gallego Orozco left Colombia after being promised a job as a cook earning 12 million pesos per month. Instead, he was thrown into the front lines with almost no training, no proper equipment, and treated as disposable by Ukrainian forces.

In this episode of Moscow Mules, Chay Bowes and his crew look at the EU game of “Let’s Pretend” that has become political strategy.

Emmanuel Macroleon runs to Africa – and fails gloriously.

The Germans realise Pin Head Merz loves Ukraine more than Berlin.

Meanwhile, in Kiev, Klitschko is talking to the dead.

Enjoy the insanity.

RT sat down with Director of the Center for Middle East Studies Joshua Landis who believes US-Israeli war on Iran also ignited tensions between Gulf states

RT spoke with political activist Theo Russell who says British society is particularly divided right now – under a rather unpopular prime minister

The US has exhausted its inventories to fuel proxy conflicts overseas, then launched another war in the Middle East that has already precariously depleted its weapons stockpiles, making US President Trump’s peace-making ambitions ruinous to America’s own arsenals and reputation. Does the conflict in Iran effectively mean the end of US military hegemony?

To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Hamidreza Gholamzadeh, Director of DiploHouse, a Tehran-based think tank.

One of Russia’s biggest summer competitions winds through some of the country’s great cities.

South African filmmaker Johan Badenhorst travels 16,000km across Russia to uncover the people, culture, and realities rarely shown in Western media.

What he found challenged almost everything he expected.