RT News - July 11 2021 (12:00 MSK)

As the Taliban makes sweeping gains in Afghanistan, Joe Biden admits the group is at its strongest in decades. But the US president is still pulling most American boots out of the country by the end of next month. France refuses to reveal the locations of radioactive waste dumps in Algeria, six decades after conducting nuclear tests there, when it was one of its colonies. The US is granted the right to appeal against Britain's refusal to extradite Julian Assange. However one of the whistleblower's oldest friends believes Washington's attempts will ultimately fail.