RT News - December 08 2021 (17:00 MSK)

Joe Biden is accused by Republicans of surrendering to Vladimir Putin by dropping Russia punishments from a defense bill while Democrats are drafting what they're calling "the mother of all sanctions" targeting Moscow. It all comes after the presidents of Russia and the US held crisis talks triggered by tensions over Ukraine. We speak to an Afghan family that found a lost toddler during August's chaotic US withdrawal when desperate parents were handing their children to Western soldiers in a bid to get them out of Afghanistan. Outrage boils over Boris Johnson's former spokesperson, who's jokingly implied a Christmas party was held in Downing Street last year that was despite Covid restrictions and repeated government denials.