RT News - October 7 2026 (09:00 MSK)

Fighting escalates in Yemen, as the government's Saudi-backed forces attempt to reclaim Houthi territory and secure the critical Bab Al-Mandab strait. The Ansar Allah movement's latest attacks on Riyadh are also locally confirmed. As Israel marks three years since the October 7th attack - which led to a devastating war in Gaza - one person in the enclave is killed in a reported IDF strike. We examine the current political blame game in West Jerusalem, ahead of the country's first elections since the deadliest day in its history.With mass student protests turning violent in France across the nation, questions are asked of the authorities' initial forceful response to the rallies - as a teenager loses his hand to a police grenade.