RT News - July 29 2020 (16:00 MSK)

The US city pleading with the president for a ceasefire. Leaders in Portland turn on Trump for threatening to send in more federal troops to clamp down on anti-racism protests. Lawmakers within Washington are also in disagreement. The French Interior Minister dismisses claims of 'police brutality', saying officers use 'legitimate violence' despite a wave of protests accusing police of excessive force. Italy plans to send the military into Sicily, after scores of migrants there escape quarantine at a holding centre - the second incident of its kind. And nearly seven million more children risk life-threatening hunger as Covid ravages economies, and aid dries up.