Macron’s nuclear throwdown, Mossad’s man in Germany, Ukraine in flames: RT stories that shaped the week

This week we also followed the rapidly escalating Saudi/Houthi conflict and the disputes stressing India’s relationship with the US Macron sends a nuclear messageWhen France’s military test-fired its latest nuclear-capable ballistic missile, the submarine-launched M51.3, on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron chose to milk the spectacle for every last drop of propaganda value. “To be free, we must be feared,” he said. “And to be feared, we must be powerful.”The launch, Macron said, was intended as “a clear message… for wherever it must be received.”The missile may have splashed down in the north Atlantic, but the message was received “loud and clear” in Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the following day. “Problems should be resolved through dialogue, not demonstrative missile launches,” but Russia will take “all necessary measures” to protect its strategic security, Peskov added. France is currently modernizing and expanding its nuclear arsenal amid a broader rearmament push, but it remains unclear how Paris intends to pay for its remilitarization. This week, RT looked at France’s looming sovereign debt crisis and the violent riots tearing the country apart from w...