RT News - May 15 2024 (09:00 MSK)

Vladimir Putin gives an interview to the Chinese media ahead of his upcoming visit to that country this week. It will be his first trip abroad since his new inauguration. US top diplomat Antony Blinken rocks out on guitar at a concert in Kiev, pledging his continued support, while Ukrainian soldiers die on the battlefield in the country's north-eastern Kharkov region. As Israel celebrates 76 years since the creation of the Jewish state, Palestinians mark the Nakba, the catastrophe, when their ancestors were forced to handover their land. Political friction in the republic of Georgia as the prime minister upholds legislation to increase transparency among foreign-funded NGOs. But the president says she will veto the bill.