RT News - December 29 2021 (17:00 MSK)

America's big budget priorities put the Pentagon before the pandemic. As President Biden signs-off on a massive 700-billion-dollar defense plan, while Washington's global vaccination campaign keeps running out of funds. German politicians call to ban the popular messaging app Telegram over hosting hate speech and Covid-19 conspiracy theorists. However, Moscow says that's 'double standards' after the German media rounded on Russia for trying to do the same a few years ago. A Maori leader slams Australia's policy of deporting convicts to New Zealand, saying it's causing a surge in gang-related crimes, and demands that Australia stops treating his country like a "dumping ground."