RT News - December 25 2021 (12:00 MSK)

Huge queues at dwindling US testing centers - as Omicron sweeps across the nation - with the daily infection rate increasing 7-fold in some states. Millions of people across the world face travel chaos this Christmas as a huge Covid surge sees airlines cancel flights, leaving people stranded at airports. Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk takes a swipe at CNN - by saying he's not "perverted enough" to appear on the channel - which has been hit by a slew of sexual scandals. We speak with award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica about media freedom, and Germany's decision to block our sister channel RT DE.