RT News - June 30 2021 (11:00 MSK)

An hour to go until Vladimir Putin's annual live Q&A marathon with the Russian public where Covid is expected to feature high among people's concerns though the event never goes by, without its fair share of humor. A spate of suspected arson attacks see four Catholic churches burn down in Canada amid mounting anger over the role of religious schools, in forcibly assimilating indigenous people. Rage spills over into street violence in Lebanon where fuel price hikes have aggravated the country's economic crisis, and led to long tailbacks at the pump. Spain seeks to make it easier for teenagers to change their gender by no longer requiring a medical diagnosis or hormone therapy. We debate the controversial draft law.