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

Italy temporarily exempts citizens of neighboring San Marino, who've been given Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, from needing Covid passports. The shot is still not recognized by the EU, despite proving its effectiveness in the small European nation and numerous independent studies. RT spoke exclusively to the country's health minister. Mass evacuations, homes burnt to the ground, apocalyptic scenes. Devastating wildfires rage throughout the world, from Turkey and Greece, to Russia and the US. A jailed hacker who exposed abusive conditions at the prison he is being held in is denied telephone access to his lawyers. His wife brands the move an act of retaliation.