RT News - July 13 2026 (09:00 MSK)

We start with breaking news. Three people have been killed and five others wounded after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region. The US launches fresh strikes on Iran - and are met with a fiery response from Tehran, which lashes out at multiple American bases across the region. The Islamic Republic insists Washington must pay a price for what it calls a strategic mistake. The relentless war hawk - US Senator Lindsey Graham - dies at the age of 71, just a day after his latest cheer leading tour of Kiev. He relentlessly pushed for escalating US involvement in Ukraine - and was obsessed with the idea of obliterating Iran. As Donald Trump obsesses over the c-word, evoking memories of the Cold War mentality, RT looks at the current dynamics in the US between communism and the American Dream.