RT News - July 08, 2019 (17:00 MSK)

The UK government orders an investigation after an embarrassing leak of diplomatic cables, which describe Donald Trump's administration as 'inept', 'clumsy' and 'dysfunctional'. Deeply insulting remarks made by a Georgian TV-show host about Russia's President Putin draw condemnation and outrage in both nations. The US launches a new strategy to counter what it calls the Kremlin's 'malign influence', drawing a sharp response from Moscow which has branded the initiative 'anti-Russian propaganda'. A six-year-old boy in the US state of Texas is caught up in a bitter custody battle between his divorced parents, who can't agree on which gender their child should be identified as. We hear from the father.