Month: آگست 2019

UK finance minister boasts of ‘fantastic’ relationship with BoJo after reports of cabinet feud Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid has insisted that he’s on good terms with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after reports emerged that the pair had quarrelled over the decision to fire one of Javid’s aides. According to British media, Javid became furious after learning that his press aide, Sonia Khan, had been sacked as part of an internal probe into who’d leaked the government’s no-deal dossier to The Sunday Times. The document, known as Operation Yellowhammer, warned of food, fuel and medicine shortages in a hard Brexit scenario, and its leaking gifted ammunition to Remainers. Javid, who was not informed about Khan’s firing, reportedly had...

Taliban launch massive attack on Kunduz as peace talks with US continue The Taliban has launched a huge attack on Kunduz, Afghanistan, as the US continues peace talks with the group in Qatar. Fighting is ongoing, with dozens of militants and three civilians killed, and over 40 civilians injured. Taliban fighters descended on the city from multiple directions at about 1am Saturday and took over a number of buildings, including a hospital, where staff were taken hostage. Also on rt.com 327 kids killed in Afghanistan so far in 2019, as civilian casualties of foreign forces rise – UN “We could very easily attack but we don't want civilian casualties,” the country’s defense ministry spokesman Rohullah Ahmadzai s...

Hong Kong police turn to water cannon as protesters hurl petrol bombs & bricks (PHOTO, VIDEO) The ongoing turmoil in Hong Kong escalated on Saturday when protesters in the autonomous area of 7.4 million people threw Molotov cocktails and bricks at police, with law enforcement resorting to gas grenades and water cannon. Numerous protesters, some clad in black fatigues and yellow helmets, thronged the streets of Hong Kong on Saturday, kick-starting the 13th consecutive weekend of anti-government unrest. The situation grew more violent as they engaged in clashes with riot police, attacking them with a slew of petrol bombs on main roads. https://cdnv.rt.com/files/2019.08/5d6a5788fc7e936a608b467b.mp4 Sporadic clashes had evolved into street ba...

Beijing accuses US lawmakers of ‘hegemonic thinking’ in their support for Hong Kong protesters China has denounced US lawmakers and officials for openly supporting the ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong, describing their comments as hypocritical and motivated by Washington’s desire for global dominance. In a statement, Beijing said that it “deplores” remarks made by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) and the White House, regarding the increasingly violent street protests in Hong Kong. The US lawmakers and officials demanded that Hong Kong’s government release individuals involved in the ongoing unrest, or face consequences. “The remarks have distorted the truth, condoned the offenders, flagrantly interfe...

‘Trust me, I’ll come find you’: Watch angry Novak Djokovic confront US Open fan after apparent jibe A furious Novak Djokovic halted his warm-up to confront a fan after apparently being subjected to jibes ahead of his third-round US Open match against American rival Denis Kudla. Top seed Djokovic was preparing for his late-night encounter with Kudla when he appeared to take issue with something said from the crowd behind him. The Serb broke off from serving to confront the fan, and while footage of the exchange did not pick up all of what was said, it did show Djokovic warning: “I’ll come find you. Trust me, I’ll come find you.” Oh wow.. Djokovic getting into a tiff with one of the fans in the middle of his warm-up. Not happy with someth...

Tesla gets tax break in China, but it hardly makes it more attractive to customers – Boom Bust Exemption from a 10-percent purchase tax gives Tesla hope in the important Chinese market, but RT’s Boom Bust investigates whether it’s enough to offset Elon Musk’s firm’s other troubles. On Friday, all Tesla vehicles sold in China were granted a tax exemption that could reduce the cost of its electric cars by up to 99,000 yuan (nearly $14,000). However, Tesla, which earlier announced it would raise the price of its cars to compensate for tariffs, has not lowered prices. //www.youtube.com/embed/hz_hwltcZUo “That’s gonna be more profit, which is what they need,” Lauren Fix, an automotive analyst known as ‘The C...

Burning Man festival site can be seen from space (PHOTO) Burning Man’s impressive temporary festival site in Nevada can be seen all the way from space, extraordinary satellite imagery reveals. The massive tent city in the Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada showed up in satellite images as it was being set up last week, before tens of thousands of attendees arrived for Sunday’s opening of the event. Burning Man is known for its art installations, music, costumes and performances.  Our latest #satellite images from #BurningMan as the crowds start to gather and the playa takes shape. #BurningMan2019 pic.twitter.com/ioiguG7077— Maxar Technologies (@Maxar) August 23, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The images were sh...

Bodycam captures parachute jump at international airborne drill in Russia (VIDEO) Hundreds of paratroopers from Russia, Belarus and Egypt have teamed up to thwart a ‘terrorist invasion’ on a training range outside Ryazan, with some of the most spectacular scenes from their drills recorded on body camera. A defense ministry video released Saturday shows members of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV), as well as their Belarusian and Egyptian counterparts, being marched onto several transport planes, Russia’s Il-76 as well as Egypt’s C-130 Hercules and CASA C-295. © Russian Ministry of Defense ...