RT News - October 08, 2018 (12:00 MSK)

A wake-up call for the German chancellor Angela Merkel as polls predict that her main coalition partner, the CSU, will put in its worst performance in decades, in Bavaria's upcoming elections. Italy threatens to close its airports if Germany goes ahead with rumored plans to send migrants back there - reigniting the row over how fairly to distribute asylum seekers across the EU. MMA scandal: Russian mixed martial arts fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov could face disciplinary action after his title-fight victory over Irish superstar Connor McGregor which ended in a mass brawl.