RT News - March 14 2024 (09:00 MSK)

Assessing the prospects for peace talks over Ukraine - Vladimir Putin gives an interview, ahead of this week's upcoming Russian presidential elections. Russia, Iran and China once again set sail in the Gulf of Oman in joint drills, aimed at strengthening the region's maritime security. China talks up its fears of an arms race in the Asia-Pacific, with the AUKUS security pack set to see Australia buy three nuclear-powered submarines from the US in the next decade. Amnesty International rejects a US plan to establish a maritime corridor off the coast of Gaza. According to the human rights watchdog, supplying aid by ship, could never work as an effective alternative to land channels.