RT News - May 3 2026 (09:00 MSK)

Diplomacy or confrontation. That's the choice Iran says Washington now has to make, after submitting a new peace proposal through a Pakistani mediator. Donald Trump though, says he's not happy with the offer. Beijing blocks US sanctions for first time in its history, as it orders its companies not to comply with Washington's demands to stop buying Iranian oil. The war on Iran is driving a wedge between NATO allies, and now Europe will have to get by with fewer US boots on its ground. That's as Washington plans to withdraw five thousand troops from Germany, a move which Berlin says, it saw coming.