RT News - December 21, 2019 (17:00 MSK)

Moscow's slammed Washington's sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany - saying it's crossed a crucial line against its NATO allies. It comes as Berlin gives an angry reaction as well, branding the sanctions "interference in domestic affairs." A US court rules that American spy agencies CAN collect data on citizens without a warrant - if done by accident. That, as the lessons of National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden - who lifted the lid on US mass surveillance - seem to have been forgotten. A man has been sentenced to 16 years in jail - after stealing and burning an LGBT flag from a US church. We debate whether the time fits the crime.