RT News - July 15 2026 (09:00 MSK)

Tehran launches a new wave of retaliatory strikes on American military facilities in several Gulf states - as it accuses the US of breaching their recent deal. That's as Donald Trump threatens to attack Iranian energy targets. It's out with the tariffs and in with trade deals - just 24 hours after announcing a fee for all ships passing through the Hormuz Strait, Donald Trump scraps the plan and says Gulf States will invest in the US instead. A former Ukrainian military commander is in court for allegedly ordering the killing of two brothers in an act of reprisal in the Kiev region. We hear from one former Ukrainian security officer, who says law and order has long since left the service. Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut successfully dock to the International Space station, after blasting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome just three hours before.