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RT EXCLUSIVE: Iranian MP Mohammad Reza Mohseni Sani tells RT that proposed legislation would give Tehran permanent control over the Strait of Hormuz while allowing passage for all except states deemed hostile to Iran. He warns that attacks on Iran’s economic infrastructure could cripple regional commerce and tighten a ‘suicidal rope’ around Washington.

Five years after the chaotic US withdrawal, Afghanistan has largely disappeared from the world’s headlines. With 'The Afghanistan They Left Behind', RT returns to a country transformed by Taliban rule to ask what life looks like after the foreign armies, international aid and global media moved on.

Traveling from Kabul to remote villages and former NATO strongholds, the documentary gains rare access to Taliban officials, fighters, farmers and ordinary Afghans still living with the consequences of two decades of war. It captures the contradictions of the new Afghanistan: bombs no longer fall over many rural communities, yet women have been pushed almost entirely out of public life; the Taliban have eradicated poppy cultivation, yet farmers have lost a crucial source of income; relative security exists alongside hunger, economic isolation and strict social control.

With access to a Taliban anti-narcotics unit, a rare interview with the regime’s chief spokesperson, and intimate encounters with families shaped by the war, the documentary offers an insight into Afghanistan five years after one of the defining geopolitical reversals of the 21st century and asks - what remains after a superpower leaves, and who bears the cost when the world moves on?

As one of America's elite Ivy League universities, you'd think only the very best would make it through its doors. But news that Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs has signed up Annalena Baerbock as a professor has raised more than a few eyebrows.

That's because the former German foreign minister famously hasn't always had the firmest grip on the facts.

And she is renowned not just for her public gaffes, but also for her unapologetically anti-Russia stance on the Ukraine conflict—pushing for maximum sanctions and ruling out peace negotiations. Many Germans remember her tenure as one that left the country's foreign policy in shambles.

Russian Ambassador to Niger Viktor Voropaev tells RT that the recent attacks in the capital appeared to be coordinated, citing gunfire in several areas and an attempt by rebels to seize a television station. Voropaev also describes an attempted intrusion into the hotel housing the Russian embassy staff, which was repelled by security forces.

RT's Farida Singatoulina speaks with Russia's ambassador-at-large Andrey Belousov about American nuclear weapons in Europe, and how Russia is managing that potential threat.

RT spoke with economist and political expert Jian Lian, who suggests that Volkswagen's failure in China could doom the entire German economy.

On this episode of Deep State, Thomas Drake, NSA Whistleblower, joins John Kiriakou for part 3 of their discussion. John and Thomas discuss the untold billions of dollars US intelligence agencies must be spending on their covert and hidden operations, although the true budget will never be known. Don’t miss it!

RT sat down with a panel of guests — Dr. Eike Hamer, Finn Andreen and Adriel Kasonta — to discuss EU’s economic strategy, declining competitiveness, the fallout from cutting Russian energy ties, and whether Brussels can afford to further politicize trade with China

RT spoke with Angga Raka Prabowo, the Indonesian Communication and Digital Affairs Vice Minister, about AI security, social media and digital literacy in an exclusive interview

RT’s Donald Courter spoke exclusively with former Namibian President Nangolo Mbumba, covering everything from Namibia’s relations with Russia to Western policy and influence across Africa.