RT News - May 23 2025 (09:00 MSK)

China slams the US president's plans for a massive space-based missile defense system set to cost taxpayers billions. We take a look at a similar project from the past that turned out not only to be unrealistic, but also a ruse. The Israeli Prime Minister admits the country's intelligence agencies recommended money-transfers from Qatar to the Gazan militant group as a ploy to keep Palestinians divided, but denies the funds were used to finance the October 7th attack. Donald Trump bans the Ivy League's Harvard from accepting foreign students over claims of antisemitism at the University. It follows the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers by a pro-Palestinian activist in Washington DC this week. A former NATO Commander calls on Europe to revive Cold War-era military drills, to counter what he claims is the 'Russian threat'.