RTL aktuell is a German television news programme broadcast on the commercial station RTL.

The main 20-minute bulletin airs every evening at 18:45 CET, supplemented by a breakfast news bulletin (Punkt 6, Punkt 7, and Punkt 8 formerly Guten Morgen Deutschland), a lunchtime magazine programme (Punkt 12), a daily short news programme in the afternoon (RTL News), a news magazines (RTL Direkt) and a late night bulletin (RTL Nachtjournal).

RTL aktuell was launched in 1988 as the direct replacement for 7 vor 7, and since 11 September 2010 it is broadcast in HD.

In 2007, RTL aktuell won the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German TV award) in the category of Beste Informationssendung (Best News Broadcast).

Market shares of RTL aktuell in the target audience of 14 to 49-years-old:[citation needed]