you admit its flaws in its vaccine program his blog members vent their fury over huge disparities in the way jumps are being shared down. germany angler battles party. losses in 2 key states is the starting pistol is fired on the country's general elections. and after 10 years of war in syria we take a look at how the conflict has changed the lives of its people and what the future holds in store for the country. very good morning to you thanks for joining us here on r.t. international. the u.

has admitted that its vaccine program is struggling with member states now also complaining of huge disparities in distribution. taylor explains. trapped in a never ending vaccine nightmare the bureaucrats in brussels must be thinking mon dieu promises and reality have so epically failed to much for the european block that they've been left with no one but to apologize it is true that mistakes were made when ordering the vaccines in brussels as well as in the member states the main issue has been delivery to laze of the astra zeneca job the initial deal of 18000000 doses was slashed to just 31000000 with the recent warning promising another months long hold up all this leaves the e.u. is target of 70 percent of adults vaccinated by late summer looking like a pipe dream but it's not just getting vaccines off the production line that's the

problem no it seems the problem is far closer to home because despite all its pledges to defeat covert 1000 with coordinated responses and united fronts some feel the e.u. is not living up to its core values as a tight knit family is there is said to have been a bazaar where additional contracts between member states and pharmaceutical companies are said to have existed what kind of bizarre as well the austrian chancellor is convinced that not everyone is being transparent and that certain member states are doing separate deals with pharmaceutical companies on the sly he's also annoyed that some countries like germany are picking up fact seen so far unclaimed by others and he's not the only $15.00 e.u. countries that's almost a 5th of the entire blog have the same complaint accusing brussels of not fairly dividing up the facts in pie if the system were to carry on it would continue

creating an exacerbating huge disparities among member states by this summer whereby some will be able to reach herd immunity in a few weeks while others would like far behind nothing says he. you solidarity like feeding yourself whilst your brothers and sisters go hungry according to this uneven system multo would get more fight scenes them bald area which has a population almost 14 times launched an equation even cuts in code scratching their heads and feeling like they've been cheated cheated out of the shot they say is our only shot at a return to normal life that we can leave behind soaring unemployment and so that people don't feel pushed to the brink and onto the streets.

but it's not just knocked down fatigue it's easy you fitty apparently now sizable chunks of the blocks population field up families image has taken a big hit over the past year proving the best failed vaccine rolled out greedy stop piling on public infighting don't when i vote it might be time for brussels to rethink its strategy and revive the good old idea of who for one and one for all. germany's election year is scared of to a rocky start for the ruling christian democratic union is at its worst ever results in 2 key german states with the greens and democrats maintaining the lead. correspondent in its role of a good morning to you peter not the best start then to the election year for anglo americans party. it's

a big year for everybody involved in german politics in voters in the states of budhan vote and board and the rhineland pullout native delivered a stiff jab to c.d.u. party the christian democratic union historic losses in both states or historically low numbers in both states the big winners have been the greens quite literally in budden vote and book put really in terms of how it positions them in terms of getting into a coalition in rhineland nate their leaders say that it shows that people are sick of the status quo. but. time to trust in the politics of democratic decisions is crumbling the reason for this is the mismanagement of the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic and especially the corruption scandals of the c.d.u. as a result of the basis of trust in democratic processes as a whole is being lost to a certain extent and it will be our task to rebuild it to require this trust

through a strong election results are obvious line where both the c.d.u. and their bavarian sister party the christie in social union the c.s.u. of being shaken by corruption scandal of late which is seen 3 m.p.'s quit the party's altogether this is after they were accused of pandemic profiteering for taking payments in exchange for oil at least making money out of p.p. and mask contracts at the beginning of the pandemic. that's. the really indecent behavior in shamelessness of individual m.p.'s as ensured that especially now in the last phase of the election campaign there really is a harsh wind blowing in the face of the campaigners that wasn't just unpleasant us it put a lot of strain on the election campaign. well that scandal plus criticism over pandemic management has seen the conservative union slip to around 30 percent

in national polling so one year low it's not just the corruption scandals that have been concerning people though it's not just at the polls that people have been showing that dissatisfaction this weekend just mark the one year anniversary of anti lock down demonstrations here in germany people yet again out on the streets across the country showing their dissatisfaction what we are seeing no what they should be for the christian democratic union in particular is a wake up call we've seen we're now seeing people seriously talking about them being put out of government in both of these states in button and rhineland nate through the coalition horsetrading and a lot of people looking at whether that could translate at the same thing happening on the national level when the bundestag elections take place in september. the latest there from birdland thank you. 10

years since the outbreak of war in syria hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict millions of civilians have been displaced or the country's economy's been ruined according to the un half of syria's children don't know life without war. young syrians of paid a particularly heavy toll almost half of those aged between $18.24 a surveyed by the red cross have lost someone in the conflict with many suffering injuries themselves 2 out of 3 fled homes and almost half of lost their income most of the young syrians surveyed are still struggling to meet basic needs such as food it was some firsthand accounts from people who have had to leave their homes. i was in grade when the problem started everything was relatively normal until the 26th

of november 20th 11 the next day things escalated in our village and the schools were closed start was the last day open the book in these 10 years have been psychologically draining everything was destroyed and we had to rebuild on top of rubble i've experienced many bad things you can't raise your emotions the physical damage was nothing compared to the emotional wounds. i come from a family of 4 everyone makes music and dance painting drawing and that sort of thing i wanted to go to university or work in normal person and build my future but unfortunately it didn't work out for. a lot of things like if i want this to. sound there's. this wall i think the fact one of the brothers.

has a problem. 10 years have passed is the crisis for in syria 6 here we're now entering the 11th year it is heartbreaking but we managed to adapt. throughout the conflict our correspondent run against is been covering the key events including from the front line and documenting people's lives in the war torn country in this special anniversary report he looks back at the syria was defining moments and forwards to where things may be headed we call it the syrian civil war but it never was for years syria has been bled dry by a war that was largely 3rd and from abroad we know that now courtesy of hillary clinton's leaked diplomatic cables. making the point repeatedly that the regime wants this to look like turning to sick terror and violence and the very

least that can be broadcast back into syria in various ways that will encourage protest as the united states we knew funded and ran propaganda campaigns against assad millions and millions of dollars since bush was in office they got what they wanted the u. very action. c was yasuaki. the womb ah. the fog was late burning stronger and stronger every day as tens of thousands of jihad this from all over the world flock to syria they said this far and then

they had the goal to cool it somewhat out of the civil war which they didn't want to get involved in i have resisted calls for military action because we cannot resolve someone else's civil war through force particularly after a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan the situation profoundly changed though on august 21st when assad's government gassed to death over a 1000 people including hundreds of children the images from this massacre are sickening. men women children lying in rows killed by poison gas. yes the gas one of the absolute lose of the war hundreds died in the biggest such attack in damascus suburbs in 2013 both sides the government and the rebels blamed each other and then again and again and again

and later days it was almost always the white helmet 1st on the scene a rebel propaganda and rescue group funded by the same people who put guns and missiles in militants have just so we're clear whose side the white helmets well on they operate only in territory controlled by joggers so the kurds for example wouldn't let them anywhere near their towns with the syrian government or the syrian democratic forces for good reason this group is by all reports poison we heard at the un panel what do these that they got up to in their free time organ trafficking staged rescues and when the cameras are off a little fighting on the side. they told me that while they were not affiliated to us for a front despite the fact that their center was actually in

a no sort of front complex the notes for front headquarters were directly next door to the white house center that i visited they told us that while they had an era for the ation to us for a front it was very likely that every other white holik group in syria did have a variation in a store front were led by a nurse or a front militants and then the other situation this would be a scam a racket if you were a bunch of thugs to manufacture chaos and then you say hey look chaos let's do something about it like the infamous duma chemical attack of 2018 when they accused asaad of dropping gas on a random house after he'd won the battle for no reason that makes sense shock horror and the great reason to let loose dozens of cruise missiles at syria except you know bad production. we were in the basement my mother told me that we

had run out of food and wouldn't have anything to eat till tomorrow i heard noise outside somebody was shouting but we had to go to the hospital so we were there when i came in some people grabbed me and started pouring water over my head after almost 6 months of investigations i can prove without a doubt that the duma hospital scene was staged no fatalities occurred in the hospital all the white helmets activists and people i spoke to are either in the loop or euphrates shield areas only one person was in damascus. for all his many many scenes former president told trump had one thing doing for him he would sometimes tell the truth uncharacteristic of presidents yes but with trump it was it was shameless the hell with international law customs or even simple decency or oil is all and that is what america is in syria for we're

keeping we have the oil the early secure we left troops behind only for the oil i like the oil we get big deal it's a remarkable situation one of the world's richest countries occupying the oil fields of one of the poorest countries in the world syria year after year i reported from syria and many of you may have followed the war but take my word for it until you see this with your own eyes you have no idea how bad things really are. district cities demolished will find use like this in aleppo. here in homs in damascus the question isn't where you start it's what do you start with they said it would be the good guys who'd fight as sad the freedom fighters but it wasn't it wasn't the democrats it wasn't the

liberals it wasn't the freedom fighters it was the radicals the extremists the jihad ists who rose to power and more moderate opposition there was was crushed and cata belies original the argument was we don't know them very well when we got to know them but it was they don't have very good backgrounds the pentagon thought it could change that it pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into training. doris rebels they hoped they would raise an army of $5000.00 fighters what they got is one of the most embarrassing testaments in the history of congress can you tell us what the total number of trained fighters remains. it's a small number and. the ones that are in the fight is just

is we're talking for 4 far from the $500000000.00 they managed to field 4 or $55.00 this 4 or 5 not entirely sure the rest they frocks who are nusra front they deserted with their shiny new guns bombed and burned their way across towns and cities hosting the black flag of jihad i saw that i was that it wasn't the moderates who took it it wasn't the moderates who besieged aleppo and the rebels are pushing into aleppo again. the free group according to community. intercept. people to get back get back girls. what

i saw in syria will always stay with me it's shocking when you see a father cradling a baby killed by a bullet well when you hear the cry of a mother who's just found out that her boys been torn apart by rebel shell these is what war looks like lee says what happens when you put a gun and someone's hands and cool them right shifts. are you doing. what he's done. we. are not alone are we. there were moderates moderates less ideologically and religiously inclined and more

commercially minded and tripper nerds who saw the shiny guns that were being handed out by the pentagon lot as a tool to fight oppression but is a commodity to be sold for profit when we learned that our unit's leader was selling arms to isolate terrorists we reported it to the us head of the base but after a report no measures were taken americans only ramped up the support for him was never a secret that jarvis hijacked the revolution in syria what it was was an open secret everyone knew about it but you just didn't say it out loud otherwise you would legitimize acid's claim that he was fighting monsters terrorists quickly became upset a spectacle in a blood soaked circus they kept saying the same thing that it was all for the good of the syrian people the united states opposes the use of violence against peaceful

protesters in syria and we support the universal rights of the syrian people for the sake of the syrian people the time has come for president assad to step aside for 10 years syria has and literally been in the headlines the president would condemn what's happening the pundits would call for more borns the common sections would be field with war more than is calling for blood here's a test a basic test they do know that selling american or european medicine to syria to this day could lead to. in jail ass these are called sanctions and they were strict almost all trade with syria i once reported from a cancer center for kids in aleppo and who are out me little kids dying from perfectly treatable forms of cads or just because it's illegal si to sell them medicine when's the last time you heard anything about these sun c.n.n. or b.b.c.

this is 3 year old what she had i can see they could have treated it but western sanctions made getting the medicine impossible and the only hospital that specialized in cancer in a level in the hospital was taken by rebels and destroyed in fighting they had to amputate her but she's fine now she lives many other kids. almost over children who died of cancer have done so because of european sanctions we asked the european union and humanitarian agencies to lift the sanctions and let cancer manson in because children are suffering the truth these few even know what's going on anymore one of the 1st things that biden did when he came to power was launch more strikes in syria so what people have stopped being told about syria and suffering a recent poll in britain found that only

a little over half of respondents even know that the syrian war is still a thing this tragic commemoration of 10 years of this brutal conflict is being compounded by the fact that in the u.k. and throughout the west the suffering of the syrian people is being forgotten and ignored seems to be little hope for syria there is a new belief that tomorrow is going to be a better day the war has crushed any faith that people had this is a country that was beaten burned and broken and is now being robbed and open daylight and no one care is not enough to do anything about it there is no hope for syria a lot like this. well the course of the syrian war changed since september 25th even the russian military was sent in by request of the syrian government to help it regain control over the country since then russia has become an integral

part of the peace process helping broker a monitor last year's ceasefire agreement as well as supplying humanitarian aid to syrian people and he's very for national tells us more about russia's role in the country. this may mean russian air base here in syria's northern province of track it takes up a relatively small piece of land help when the whole country how i'll show you follow me. here. taking. our forces further defeats predicted it was a very important moment in russian abbey ation played

a very important role. we would know the name changed was among the 1st to come here back in 2015. but i. also. leave. to give you an understanding of how intensive to mission has been since the start in the 1st 24 hours with the help of. the syrian army managed to take. and push the enemy back 70 kilometers. the.

russian fighter jets can fly in any weather but the sun and sun are not their best friends here thousands of miles away from home each of them has their own abode to protect from climate and from spine eyes. the air bases here in syria to keep the peace but it may become a target itself and requires protection and this is just one of many components of the bases solid security umbrella but it's all the owner or yellow balls are but you are a morse. was almost as if you were in that i didn't have it or your ball but it's you know from a mean air base that it was several tense in the middle of nowhere headed grew to

a real town with streets and boulevards a church and a dream cafes and restaurants bakeries and beauty saloon it is a symbol of peace for syria and the reason a sense of real kong here. when you know when you post we will miss the bowlers in your force way in committee just your most loyal. supporters to him as you are throwing a ball scores to a bowling is a car. but ending the war is just the 1st step in bringing live in syria back to normal had a decade of crisis has left too many scars and russian support goes far beyond military victories in the last 5 years russia has helped 2000000 syrian refugees return home main roads were finally cleared and reopened russian medics have also treated around 130. 1000 syrian citizens the defense ministry says nearly 3000

humanitarian operations delivered tons of food water medicine and basic supplies for series civilian population. the latest here in that hour in southwestern syria where the 1st anti government protests erupted 10 years ago. it's going slowly but life is beginning to fill the streets of series cities once again. i have spent half of my life and war we've been through a lot we have become patient i feel old even though i look young people have to work harder to cover their expenses and support their families life has become more difficult when we are stronger and ready for any outcome we have to keep on living despite all the difficulties. they cannot mix equation is there are difficult we cannot provide our children with the most basic necessities. i want things to see

read the way they used. the war has affected everything life has gotten worse the russians played the biggest role in the crisis they helped us greatly made our lives easier during the economic blockade has helped liberate territories and supplied us with wheat and rice. i remember this street in the old city of the capital damascus empty we show up some galleries shut down and fear in the air that it could be shelled at any moment and it was the same gloomy mood basically all over the country 10 years own locals still spend hours queuing for fuel of bread so many of them might jobless but they say please the skies evolved and now clear memory from the ocean on our team from damascus in syria. this is join me this morning in a boat with updates on our top stories in 30 minutes. slow

and welcome across town where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle using the media the biking ministration as many clear it may launch cyber attacks on russia this is a colossal mistake we tell you why and who exactly is running the us government is biden really in charge.