RT News - August 21, 2018 (17:00 MSK)

The Taliban rain down missiles on central Kabul - hitting the presidential palace during a live address by the Afghan leader who on Sunday had proposed a ceasefire. As the Syrian army gears up to retake the militant-held enclave of Idlib, western media outlets warn of a civilian massacre. The same outlets, though, fail to mention the area is under the control of jihadist groups accused of war crimes. A young Russian boy whose mother is severely ill and in need of difficult-to-obtain medication - appeals to locals in his city, to help save her. We look at what the response to his appeal was.