RT News - August 30 2021 (12:00 MSK)

Smoke could be seen near Kabul airport this morning after an American air defense system reportedly intercepted five rockets targeting the site. An RT crew is in the country's capital and following the very latest developments. US president Joe Biden ducks out of answering Afghanistan-related questions as the bodies of the fallen US troops killed in last week's airport bomb attack in Kabul return home. Distraught veterans are demanding answers. In the latest in our special investigation series we continue to explore issues around transgender inmates being placed in women' prisons, sometimes with dire consequences. We'll be hearing of the trauma one female convict went through.