Reports of a CIA plot to kidnap and kill Julian Assange stir global outrage. That story's now been corroborated, a year after the allegations were first aired by an investigative journalist, including here on RT. New York considers calling up the national guard to fill in for medics as thousands of staff could be barred from work for failing to meet a Сovid vaccination deadline. But some doctors think it'll put patients at risk. With Angela Merkel soon to vacate her role as de-facto leader of the EU, speculation swirls over whether the French president could fill her shoes. We compare the two. Dmitry Medvedev speaks exclusively to RT in the wake of Russia's parliamentary election. In a wide-ranging interview, the former president and prime minister talks about the challenges of holding that ballot, amid cyber meddling from overseas.