financial guy why if i was on a few. of the some of my acts in the future crocker. you would be its flaws it is fact c. programmers blog members vented their fury over huge disparities in the way jobs are being shed out. germany anglo battles party services worst 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 look at how the conflict is change the lives of its people what the future holds for the country. very good morning to you watching r.t. international thanks for joining us. the european union has admitted to failures in

this vaccine program with its commission vice president saying that the block is struggling for 5 member states it's worse than that they've written a letter venting their anger at what they call huge disparities in the way vaccines are being shared out and is raising doubts about whether the union is serving their best interests tailor explains. trapped in a never ending vaccine nightmare the bureaucrats in brussels must be thinking mon dieu promises on reality have so epically failed to match up for the european bloc that they've been left with no option 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.

as 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 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 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 that 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 e.u. solidarity. like feeding you'll self 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 coast 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 so 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 a you fatigue apparently now sizable chunks of the blocks population feel that families image has taken a big hit over the past year proving that best failed vaccine rolled out greedy stop piling on public infighting during one of the vote is it might be time for brussels to rethink its strategy and revive the good old idea of a one on one for all. germany's election year is going to a rocky start for anglo really christian democratic union has suffered its worst ever results in 2 key german states the greens and democrats maintain across the union

they've posted the worst ever historically low numbers in 2 key states in the south west of germany and book and the rhineland poll latin that now has serious talk about the vote leading to the them being pushed out of government in those 2 states once the horse trading over coalitions is finished while the christian democratic union so. big losses the big winners were the green party quite literally. but certainly in rhineland collaton it in terms of putting themselves in a position to be part of a future coalition government green party leaders say to voters is showing that they're sick and tired of the status quo that's had thrown in the arts at times 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 the basis of trust in democratic processes as a whole is being lost to

a certain extent and it will be out tough to rebuild it to require this trust through a strong election result and you heard it mentioned there but the c.d.u. on their bavarian says the party the christian social union the c s u they're embroiled in a big corruption scandal at the moment which is seen 3 members of parliament quit already over well what's being called pun demick profiteering over ties to them getting cash in making money out of deals for p.p. and masks. the really indecent behavior and shamelessness of individual m.p.'s has 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 it wasn't just unpleasant us it put a lot of strain on the election campaign well that scandal plus growing dissatisfaction over pandemic management has seen the conservative union bloc drop to 30

percent in national polling that's the lowest they've been in a year but it's not just at the polls that people have been showing their dissatisfaction this weekend just marked the one year anniversary of the 1st and tea lockdown demonstrations and yet again we saw people out on the streets of germany saying they had no. happy with the way the current coalition government has handled the pandemic these results in part an important book and rhineland poll after that though there just the very start of what's being called the voting here in germany that culminates with the big bundestag elections taking place in september when we know who we will know who will be the successor to angela merkel . it's been 10 years since the outbreak of war in syria hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the conflict millions of civilians displaced are the country's economy has been ruined according to the u.n.

half serious children don't know life without war. young syrians are paid a heavy price almost half of those aged between $18.24 surveyed by the red cross have lost someone in the conflict many suffering injuries themselves to out of 3 of them fled their homes and almost half lost their income most of the young syrians surveyed are still struggling just to meet basic needs such as food or some 1st hand accounts from people who had to leave their homes. these 10 years have been psychologically draining everything was destroyed and we had to rebuild on top of rubble you have experienced many bad things you can't raise your emotional physical damage was nothing compared to the emotional wounds. i come from

a family of artists everyone makes music and does painting and drawing and that sort of thing of them i wanted to go to universe to work in normal person and build my future but unfortunately it didn't work out for the. last 10 years have passed since the crisis 4 in syria 6 here we're now entering the 11th year it is heartbreaking but we managed to adapt. throughout the conflict our correspondent has been covering key events including from the front line and documenting people's lives in the war torn country and this special anniversary report he looks back at the syria was defining moments and forwards to where it may be headed we call it the syrian civil war but never was for years syria has been bled dry by a war that was largely 3rd and the south 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 turn into sectarian 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 was the. it wasn't 3. yards. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah the fog was late burning stronger and stronger

every day is tens of thousands of jihad this from all over the world flock to syria they said this far and then they had the gold to cool it somewhat out of the civil war which they didn't want to get involved that 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 and 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 lated days it was almost always the white helmets 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 geodes so the kurds for example wouldn't let them anywhere near their towns there 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 are these that they got up to in their free time organ trafficking stage dress cues and when the cameras are off

a little fighting on the side. they told me that while they were not affiliated to mr front despite the fact that their center was actually in a nurse or a front complex the nurse 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 last 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 are a bunch of thugs to manufacture chaos and then you say hey look chaos let's do something about that i think infamous 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 at 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 the 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. 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 keep in the url 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 did you start it's what do you start with they said it would be the good guys who'd fight

asaad 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 the original of 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. dirk's 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 or is is we're talking 4 for far from the $500000000.00 they managed to field 4 of $55.00 this 4 or 5 not entirely sure the rest they frocks who are nusra front they deserted with their shiny new guns bomb to end but in 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. but 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 police is what happens when you put a gun and someone's hands and cool them right shifts. do you do it he asked. one of his young. i've read. that and they're not alone are.

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 u.s. head of the base but after a report no measures were taken americans only ramped up the support there was never a secret jihad this hijack 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 headlights the president would condemn what's happening the pundits would call for more boardrooms the common sanctions 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 cab's the center for kids in aleppo and who are out me one little kids dying from perfectly treatable forms of cads or just because it's illegal c.

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 counsel they could have treated it but western sanctions made getting the medicine impossible and the only hospital that specialized in cancer in aleppo 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. then open daylight and no one cares not enough to do anything about it there is no hope for syria a lot like this. the course of the city was changed in september 2015 around the time islamic state was at the height of its power and when the russian

military put its weight behind the syrian government to help drive the group out of the country since then russia has become an integral part of the peace process helping broker unmonitored last year's ceasefire agreement as well as to supply humanitarian aid to the syrian people for national reports from syria about russia's role in the country. let me i mean russian air base here and fear is northern province of what track it takes up a relatively small piece of land but it helped win the whole country back how i'll show you follow me.

taking my ship let me take out the our forces for their defeats predicted it was a very important moment then russian abby ation played a very important role see what over the name changed was among the 1st pilots to come here back in 2015 with wildstorm group in 2015 things were close to the point of no return the country could have ceased to exist our forces played a crucial role in the conflict. to give you an understanding of how intensive to mission has been since the start in the 1st 24 hours with the help of russian navy ation the syrian army managed to take back. and push the enemy back 70 kilometers. to the road still

some of the. russian fighter jets can fly in any weather but sound unsound are not their best friends here thousands of miles away for. home each of them has their role. 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 a world. where you are in more. from a mean air base started with 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 will miss the bowlers in your force where you can lead to just your most loyal. to him. 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 130000 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 in southwestern syria where the 1st end to 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 alone even though i'm with ya people have to work harder to cover their expenses and support their family life has become more difficult when we are stronger and ready for any outcome we have to keep on living despite all the difficulties. taken the next iteration is there are difficult i cannot provide all children of the most basic necessities clothes not of school started i want things to see read the way they used. to but 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 territory. and supplied us with wheat and rice. remember this street in the old city of the capital damascus empty we shop 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 on locals still spend hours queuing for fuel or bread so many of them might jobless but they see police the skies evolved and now clear brief notion of the teen from damascus in syria.

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