RT News - October 19 2026 (17:00 MSK)

Donald Trump says Vladimir Zelensky has never wanted to end the Ukraine conflict. That's after Zelensky criticized the US president's efforts to find common ground with Moscow. The French opposition says the authorities in Paris have only got themselves to blame for the scenes of anarchy witnessed in the country over the weekend. That's as a riot wave soon flooded across the entire continent. The Israeli Defense Minister is threatening permanent occupation of southern Lebanon ahead of diplomatic talks in Washington. That's as the nation comes under an IDF onslaught yet again.