RT News - July 12 2026 (09:00 MSK)

The night skies over the Middle East are burning again, that's as the US launches a third round of strikes on Iran in just a week, with Trump saying the ceasefire is no more. Tehran responds by bombing American bases and shutting down the Strait of Hormuz. Amid the exchange of fire, millions of Iranians gathered to bid a final farewell to their supreme leader, killed by the US and Israel four months ago. As the Ayathollah Khamenei was laid to rest in his home city of Mashhad, his son vowed revenge. As the Russian army grinds forward on multiple fronts after the fall of Kiev's key stronghold in the Donbass, RT speaks with families rescued by Moscow's troops, after a terrifying life in the combat zone.