RT News - October 21 2021 (16:00 MSK)

A heated dispute between the EU and member state Poland over whether the bloc's laws should take precedence - that's at the center of this week's summit in Brussels... along with efforts to cope with the European energy crisis. A grieving Afghan father who lost 10 family members in a wrongful drone strike shares his agony and thoughts -  on 'US compensation'. Moscow's mayor orders an eleven-day lockdown for the Russian capital in a bid to turn the tide of a record surge in Covid cases. US Democrats probe claims that the CIA plotted to kidnap Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in 2017. We ask if it's an attempt to defend press freedoms, or just a bid to damage Republicans, who were in power then.