RT News - December 08 2021 (12:00 MSK)

Joe Biden is accused by Republicans of surrendering to Vladimir Putin - by dropping Russia punishments from a defense bill while Democrats are drafting what they are touting as "the mother of all sanctions" targeting Moscow. It all comes after the presidents of Russia and the US held crisis talks - triggered by tensions over Ukraine. We speak to an Afghan family that found a lost toddler during August's chaotic US withdrawal - when desperate parents were handing their children to Western soldiers in a bid to get them out of Afghanistan. Germany bans the unvaccinated from public places from Wednesday including bars, public transport and sport events meaning a second less-than-merry Christmas in a row for many in the country.