RT News - January 04, 2020 (12:00 MSK)

Thousands turn out, as the funerals get underway for those killed in Friday's US airstrike - including Iran's most-senior commander. Washington insists the assassination was to avert war, claiming it's committed to de-escalating tension with Tehran. A senior police chief says levels of child criminal exploitation in Britain are back to Victorian levels - blaming austerity and increasingly-powerful drugs gangs. Vulnerable children at risk in Armenia, too - where a criminal scheme's been revealed, helping foreigners illegally adopt youngsters.