RT News - December 8 2025 (17:00 MSK)

Tensions along the Cambodia-Thailand border escalate as both nations exchange accusations over breaches of the Trump-brokered ceasefire. Nigeria deploys air and ground forces in neighbouring Benin - to help foil the coup attempt against the country's government. That's as the president reassures the situation is now under control, with the plotters already rounded up. People in Damascus mark their first year under the rule of Ahmed al-Sharaa with military parades. That's as ethnic minorities say the new government hasn't done enough to protect them.