RT News - April 16 2021 (17:00 MSK)

Angela Merkel's accused of an attack on democracy, after she pleads with the Germany parliament to grant her the powers to impose lockdowns throughout the country. Mixed messages from Washington as President Biden calls for dialogue with Moscow, while simultaneously slapping more sanctions on it. Twitter bans the founder of investigative-journalist group Project Veritas. That after its latest expose, in which a CNN director lets slip that the channel's coverage, is biased in favor of the Black Lives Matter movement. Words can kill: the 'woke brigade' is now officially part of the British Army, where one regiment's told to use inclusive language to avoid causing offense.