conflict to find reconciliation and pace. and then to address in development with humanitarian support that can help to address the root causes of force displacement, so that people don't feel compelled to flee to countries and to try to move to safety and other countries. mattie saw much, thank you. thank you. that's it for the show will be back on wednesday. 13 years of the day lehman brothers filed the largest bankruptcy filing in us history, marking a turning point in the 28 western economic crisis until then. keep in touch with us, my social media, and let us know if using nato nations to do more when it comes to hosting refugees from what they started. ah, life from moscow they faced all the international welcome, where special studio, looking over the city skyline, and the heart of the russian capital. as the nation gets up to the state tuber elections this week,

they will define the country's political course for the next 5 years. the people, the party, and the reason it masses be on the board. but 1st, let's take you through some of the other global headline stories that we're across for. you, this out. britain's doctors, you blast the government for a rising coby case, isn't that often the listing of lockdown frustration fee, the lasting impact of the us led war on terror, that i will hear from those supposed to leave afghan following 2 decades to fail. american involvement, a transgender fighter who before transition served in the us special forces destroys a female opponent, leaving feminist sports expert, the gulf of what they call a clearly unfair vice and russia, head to the polls from friday for the general election. all the parties, the candidates walked it off the special coverage for out this week.

ah hi there. i'm colleen bray from rooftop studio overlooking the kremlin, as we opened rushes, a special coverage of special coverage of russia parliamentary elections throughout this week. at these times. first though, this our ignorance and bad preparation by forest johnson's government to blame for a rising cobra fatalities. as according to the british medical association, but eating doctors unions, that's the co related deaths in cases have been on the up since the knocked down with scrap to the end of july 42000 people have been admitted to hospital with cove it and 5000 have died. many of these infections could undoubtedly have been prevented to simple mandatory measures and would not effect reopening society one jot. absolutely. dr. try and knock for very, he's the chair of the b. m. a council. the british medical association,

really scathing, not just on government ministers, but also of an h. s. england. and the general medical council, which regulates talk to taking aim at all of them for the handling of the pandemic over the past 18 or so months and saying that doctors and nurses and other frontline and h s work has been sacrificing really with poor working conditions. and poor pay, and also a mediocre offers of pay, rises all throughout pandemic. many of them losing their lives in the process, and only to be treated with at disrespect by those aforementioned organizations and ministries. and also saying that the doctors that he represents and other professionals will refuse to accept the status quo once. and if we get through this pandemic, we will not accept a return to the old pre pandemic days of an

n h s. in perpetual crisis. the n h s cannot afford to lose a single doctor where nearly 50000 doctors short compared to e, u averages. and any further reduction in workforce will be catastrophic for the nation's health. now what we've been seeing is a lot of tension in the u. k. in particular, people with huge backlogs and delays to getting the other medical treatments seen to unrelated to covert and of course, as well tensions to do with how the government have handled locked out measures. and we've seen again clashes between protesters and police and security forces. when it comes to the question of things like locked down and of, well what bows? protest is anyway, would see as threats to civil liberties. the

now over the weekend, we've seen the government announcing usa and yet another one people would argue that now scrapping plans for the introduction of vaccine passports in the u. k. or at least in england anyway. now, some of the protest, as we've seen clash with police, would welcome the scrapping of those on civil liberties drives. but we've seen in the past the government making you turns on how it's handled cove it when it comes to things like the opening and the listing of all restrictions and delays and perhaps justifying. some of the criticisms we've heard from the b may check today, but as far as the government concerned, they've reached this decision off the careful consideration of all the facts. we've looked at it properly and once we should keep it in reserve as a potential option. i'm pleased to say that we will not be going ahead with plans for vaccine passports. these extraordinary times required necessary but intrusive

measures, but i'm determined to get rid of any powers we no longer need because of our vaccine defenses. now, one of the main pressure ports on the government, what their own m. p 's back bench conservative m p 's deeply opposed to many of these locked down measures throughout the pandemic. and also deeply opposed to the introduction of these vaccine passport. it's thought of that really strong and strenuous protestations to the government was one of the factors which led to this utah well elsewhere. the tiny european micro state of san marino has cobit struggles of a different kind. the countries foreign ministers urge the you to let anyone who's had the sputnik beach at the rocks mentions agency, the e. m a is dragging its feet as you probably know. want to proving that vaccine, despite most of the european microstates population already having got that rushing shot was settled and split the 3 d to delays in the supply of m. i approve back

since for more than 2 months, despite resigned agreements. and we believe that europe in institutions obliged to recognize the freedom of movement, of anyone who has antibodies to cobit 19, regardless of the type of shot on a 20000 people, which is 2 thirds of sam marino's population have been in ocoee lated with sputnik vate, but there were an ability to move freely as particularly problematic because the landlord nation is entirely surrounded by the you member, italy. what a news conference. russia, in summary, and soft diplomat railed against the politicization of the jap, messed with russia has delivered the sputnik, the vaccine to san marino for the vaccination of the population. this collaboration is really help to improve the epidemiological situation in some marina see. and then you apply to these, this should be no place variation. scientists should speak about the research as we are talking about the use of a vaccine. the coming that summary

of health chief says geo politics have no place when it comes to inoculation. we have some problem to, to. ready movement in italy, there is no doubt that to fight coby. it is necessary to dispose of as many vaccines and treatments as possible. the $94.00 percentage of people in ages will be has the antibodies, i think, and the bodies is sam tv. the reason because we empty the possibly to move our sales and i will not enter geopolitical issues even today. i cannot deny that

they did not play a role in is a fat cadet for you more from our special series that we've been running in the past few days. unheard voices and stories of those who suffered often unjustly, during the war on terror. now, in our latest installment we took to those, forced to leave afghanistan after the disaster, hispanic implement. the will use all tools at our disposal. killed actually directly. united states was bringing people to this torture side. it was a pointless exercise. well next we hear from both an african journalist who fled with his young family and also a teenager forced to get through a treacherous mountain path to reach safety. after the taliban started making frequent visits, my office in my home. busy and i was forced to leave cobble when i was in afghanistan, things got worse and worse every day. i've never thought about coming to turkey.

the me ah, father became extremely respected cobble, became very dangerous, with 2 sided with the roadside bombs, with sticky bombs. i go to korea and working as an african journalist and as i continued telling the world about, i'm honest, i became very hard broken. there was very little good news that i could tell the world. it was often about violence. harden. busy age instruction, you know, targeted a fascination and i think that over the years really destroyed me from when i had many dreams and not even one of them could have come true and afghan to stand with the economic problems. the lack of jobs and opportunities are leaders, are politicians, are all traitors and thieves. all of them fled and live in other countries. while the poor people of afghanistan have been left in misery.

the. i to be honest with you, it was always a journey between hope and fear over the last 20 years and a lot of a lot of sacrifices a lot of killings. and then result is an epic failure for the international community for the west, for the one the americans came and we believed in them. everyone saw another life. but in the end everything happened so fast and we were left all alone. we were abandoned. everyone was trying to survive. i . turkey has no duty responsibility, obligation to be your refuge warehouse. there were problems everywhere on the way

to iran. our car flipped over, we crossed into turkey through the mountains. people di trying to pass through the mountains. i was really scared when we tried to cross the border. soldiers were following us. i came alone. i wanted to bring my family, but i didn't have enough money. i'm here now and my family is in afghanistan. i really worry about dana sans future. i saw someone who fell into the valley. soldiers were pursuing us at that moment. nobody looked out for one another. i saw him fall, but i kept going. i got injured to, i still have bruises on my feet. we had to go on without him. otherwise they would catch us. i still see that day and my nightmares, ah, what you know, that they just committed because a lot of political bickering, everyone saw the piece process, the milking cow. it was a lot of selfishness are against those too much pride and other result. what you

have the taliban who are top load in a matter of weeks by the united states in 2001 literally came back with tory is defeating liberal and from the americans, the nato countries to the african national security forces into the african government. and the thought about have declared themselves as victor, victor, me, i would want peace jobs, opportunities, and education, a peaceful country. i would like simply to live calmly with my family without a war. i wish there wasn't any slavery in our country now that the taliban is empower. i don't even wanna think about going back. our future is uncertain. i always dreamed of being peaceful, had no intention of leaving

a fine. because i have been to the west. i have been all over the world i studied in the us, and i came back with a sense of commitment to be living in cobble hoping that my daughter in my family could live the normal life that everyone else is living on will use all tools at our disposal killed our children to united states. we bring people to watch us. it was a pointless exercise the brutal victory of a transgender mixed martial arts fighter and former pentagon special forces sergeant over a female opponent to split critics. some are applauding it as a key step towards equality, but others are a poll bible. they call a dangerous mismatch between a female and the biological male. earlier cabot i've been discussed with lexi irish people details. the atlanta mac laughlin from south carolina is only the 2nd

athlete in the history of mixed martial arts to compete being an open transgender. she want her fight last friday against a female opponents. and that ended in a 2nd round with a rear naked choke, which is quite a brutal way to and, and mixed martial arts about that caused a lot of control. the see among pundits an expert who said that this was an unfair advantage. primarily because alanna was born ryan mac laughlin spend 6 years in the us special forces before starting her transition in 2010. and before that transition, as we can see, ryan was quite a muscular man. so that's why many of the pundits in m. m a and very renowned pundits as well said that this was unfair, irrespective of how one treats the rights of transgender people, they all said they supported the rights of transgender people. but from a sporting perspective, this was unjust. lend, listen, alonda mclaughlin. in transition 5 years ago, which means that she lived 33 years of her life as a man tonight,

mclaughlin fat and be the biological woman. what a shock this is nonsense. this is a lot of mclaughlin, that female through one or 1st m. m a fight against someone born a women. i think people can identify with whatever they like, but i don't think this has a place in combat support. you all think this is okay and empowering to trans genders. interestingly enough, not only am i may bundis were outraged with such fight taking place, but also feminists. a couple of prominent feminist accounts tweeted out that this looks like basically a woman's abuse from a biological male. let's listen to that as well. male violence against women as a public sport. no, thank you. whether you took it up or chopped off, take estrogen pills and or die your hair pink. the mail will always be a male and cannot change into a female. this is so hideous. how can anyone bear to watch or even think that this is normal or acceptable? a lot of herself said that she didn't buy any of this criticism, stating,

1st of all, that she was batted for 2 rounds being fought against by a very equal opponent. and also the fact that everything, all the kind of credit is coming her way is just me trying to full be that's what she described. but i have to say this is not the 1st case of abuse transgendered and more. let's go back to the tokyo olympics. in 2020, where for transgender athletes made their debut for the 1st time in the history of lympics. and it's also the 2nd time in m. m. a. there was a fight, fox fall, and retiring into 2014, also a transgender. but as we can see, this issue is still very divisive, especially when it comes to convert sport without c after the break. the reason we're here, our special coverage of the russian se tumor elections to stay with the driven by adrian shaped control. those with me

in me i think we dare to ask me when i was wrong when. oh, just don't hold the world yet to shape out the thing because the african and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves, well, the part we choose to look for common ground

the the news ah, the again, it's monday night in moscow coming up to 20 past 10 here. welcome back to the heart of the city and our special studio all set to bring you the very best coverage of the election, to the say to the russians, lower house. all of them later this week. voting is going to be held over 3 days. will start friday and we'll finish late on sunday. throughout this week we're going to institution i'd also give you a deeper insight into russian politics 1st. so these constants in rush cub explains why the elections are so special. this time around more duties, more responsibility, more power. the upcoming election marks

a new chapter in the history of the state duma. russia's lower house of parliament . the 2020 constitution referendum gave russian legislators new authority hands. whoever grabs these seats now will have greater political weight than their predecessors. the doom is now responsible for approving the countries prime minister, deputy prime ministers and most of the cabinet. what remains intact, however, is the duma structure and there are $400.00 tpc for grabs, which will this time be contested him on the 14th political party, the president can still appoint minister, is responsible for national security and foreign policy without parliament's approval. but even with that loss, the newly elected m. p. 's will gain more influence and play a bigger role, same domestic economic affairs. and this is just a fraction of their newfound authority. the 2020 amendments have also solidified the so called parliamentary control, a range of legal action. the duma can take the over hold different aspects of the

countries governance finances, for instance. and peace can now summon russia. central bank chairman who now must report both to the president and the parliament with new powers come new responsibilities. there would be in peace, no faith. how for scrutiny to be allowed to run. no foreign citizenship and new money are acids in banks outside of russia. the pandemic has pushed authorities to increase the online balloting 1st tested during the 2020 constitutional referendum . 7 russian regents will provide this option for those who can't or don't want to go to a polling station. in addition, the vote is going to be held for 3 straight days to avoid lines and unnecessary commotion ad ballad boxes. the increased role of the country's main legislative body along with organizational challenges make this election, one of the rushes most significant vote of the last decade. oh, those are the technical. what about the 14 parties? a constantino just mentioned that we're going to take you through some of them.

let's start with a just russia patriot. for truth along title for a party. i know it comes off to adjust. russia recently merged with 2 smaller poppies. it's a socialist leading party at 16.2 percent in the previous election. that meant it did pass that 5 percent threshold that all important threshold needed to get some seats in parliament, hollywood stuff stevens ago. he's now called russian citizenship. he's a member of this coffee. the chairman of the party told us what they offer and what they expect was a new socialism. we say that private property is necessary. entrepreneurship to redistribution of wealth is mandatory, as well as they control, health care, education, science and culture. should all be the burden of the state business. it shouldn't finance any of that. why is it in so many countries around 80 percent of government revenue comes from small, medium businesses. but in russia it's less than 10 percent. export to the oil and

gas contribute the lion's share. of course, there should be a different taxation system. this they do my election results would be highly influential. but unfortunately people don't get it. they can't say that went off the repeated promises that the retirement age wouldn't be increased. it still happened. that was a decision made by the state duma deputies the people voted for some of them. at least some stayed home 5 years ago and didn't vote through the people in the duma voted for reforms to trash collection, health care and increase in the retirement age. people need to understand the law of depend on those who will be in the state duma. after these upcoming elections. the social health will be affected. this safety when they seek justice in the country or not, but people aren't able to connect the dots and see this pretty much ok, that's just russia patriots the truth. i'm sure they'll come up with a nasty acronym at some point. other parties to tell you about green alternative

that's got an interesting participant to keep watch on in the race for the 2. but this week, until last year it was only a social movement. it was standing for providence environmental agenda in russian politics. it also backs the youth climate movement, which is called fridays future. it, i've heard about that a lot before the pandemic and organized campaigns and petitions. it's the campaign that inspired by aggressive to burg correspondent katrinka profiles the party in central moscow. very new, very young, but very ambitious. the average age of the members of the party is just above 30. now the question on everyone's mind is, how is the green alternative, different from the traditional greens here in russia? well, here's how the parties leader answered that question. and he's saying it's all about the generation gap where shapes, 1st of all, we have different views. we pursue international goals, prioritize 17 sustainable development goals set up by the united nation. the other

green party, unfortunately, doesn't see their idea of further than community work. this is an example of a generation gap. this is what makes us different, because we look at the world and the green agenda globally. and through a broader lens. we look not only on the scale of russia, but the whole world war, because russia is a big geopolitical player, including on the issue of the green agenda. the green alternative isn't a red party. they're not supported by any big businesses or corporations. they're saying that they don't want to receive cash from those who are causing harm to the environment. now i can tell you that when they were asked about whether they're ready to build some kind of aligns with other political movements, the answer from them was no. because they don't see this possible given their goals . and given what vase down for in terms of ideology, we are of course close to parties on the left. but in general, ideology,

in reality, i don't think compromises with the other parties are possible because it's again going to face a generation gap. once again, we're the youngest party, we're the voice of the generation that is not being heard. officials start carrying about young people only before their retirement, their understanding of how to work with young people comes from their childhood and lags 40 years behind. well, on the one hand, these words that they represent the younger generation, the fact that this is the youngest party, this is something that could give them an advantage during this election. but the experts are saying that for now, for this alternative green party, the chances of securing some seats in the duma are quite slim. green alternative and just one of the parties that's hoping there's going to be a coal quotient of the electorate. that's going to see them over the 5 percent line and get them at least 2 seats in the state duma. just a few 100 things over to my left,

right. that's all from our electron studio for there. so much more to come in. the next couple of days as we explain the big issues facing voters of the people buying to win the ballad this weekend. for now though, say moscow monday evening springs into life. that is it for me colleague bright. i'll stay dooper election coverage continues in around half an hour life from moscow. this is auntie international. the the join me every 1st day on the alex summon show and i'll be speaking to guess on the world, the politics sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then me the pacific leg around the world expedition.

5000 miles round the clock exhibit the dead calm as every country close by like the crew cabins for food and water and food to check those for also the blue link on the little thing is got everybody locked down or almost no food and no water but really, i'm not sure somebody, especially if you're still in the coven, you're living like to see men of home. but in the 21st century,

ah ah, ah ah, ah! hello and welcome to cross top, where all things considered i'm peter labelle. in the wake of biden's humiliating exit from afghanistan, there are those in the u gen creek class, again, revisiting the possibility of a pan. you army, what's happening to all that nato unity we are constantly reminded out also why does washington stay in syria after being defeated in afghanistan? the, the

discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guess, george m u l e. in budapest, he's a pod, castro, the gabble which can be found on youtube and locals. and here in moscow were joined by dmitri babich. he is a political analyst and editor at, you know, it's me internet media project. right. gentleman, cross talk rules and effects. that means you can jump anytime you want, and i always appreciate it. okay, it's going to georgia in budapest. i guess none of us are surprised george that we here talk of a e u army in the wake of the exit humiliating exit from our anason. but this isn't something that we've, we've heard for the 1st time. this has been popping up, left and right. and there are though, if it's make the claim which i think has created this, is this brussels looking for another power grab at the expense of others, particularly the united states. but then you have the atlanta system, it will have even more power to push back. i mean, i'm not really sure if it's

a meaningful conversation, but we're talking about a b.