the what's driving the if you could be able to make it to corporate, me the the us secretary of state anthony blinking comes under intense scrutiny from congress over biden's disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan. i can summarize this in one word, the trail worse for affairs, disaster in american history, american families have never been a greater risk of attack at home than today. are to look at the lasting impact of the us led war on terror. we hear from afghans forced to leave their home. it's following 2 decades of failed american public trends. gender fighter, who before transitioning, served in the us special forces destroys

a female opponents, leaving feminists and sports experts. the gas that what they call a clearly unfair fight and russia had for the polls on friday for the general election. all the parties, the candidates, and what's at stake in our special coverage this hour and throughout the week. ah, broadcasting live from the russian capital, this is our t international. my name is donald quarter. welcome to the program. you are a secretary of state antony blinking has been testifying to congress about the recent events in afghan, a stand and faithful decisions by the biden administration. america's leadership has come under scathing criticism over the afghan stand debacle as at least $100.00 us citizens remain stranded in the war torn country now controlled by the chat with

them. with more details here's our corresponded caleb bump and anthony blank in the us. secretary of state is testifying before the congressional committee and they are giving him quite a grilling people have looked on at the u. s. pull out of afghanistan, and the chaos that has followed with quite a bit of disapproval. now interestingly, representative gregory, who was the chair of the committee. when he spoke, he began by saying the united states should have withdrawn from afghanistan and 19 years ago, but remained in the country due to quote hubris and a desire to remake afghanistan. now needless to say, when we've got a situation where the taliban is in power and there's approximately 100 americans still stuck in afghanistan and there were some tough questions that were asked of the secretary of state. here's some of what we heard people, the situation we find ourselves in is far worse. in my judgement. as a former chairman of homeland security committee,

far worse than pre 9 or whatever. so make matters worse. we bandon americans behind enemy lines. i can summarize this in one word, the trail. this administration's bungle pull out from afghanistan just may be the worst foreign affairs disaster in american history. and american history. american families have never been a greater risk of attack at home than today. as the global war on terrorism is not over, it has been moved from abroad to american home. now we also heard from democrats who stepped up to defend antony blinking. and they stepped in and they accused their colleagues in the republican party of taking sheep shots at the new administration while overlooking some of the very big errors of previous presidents and previous administrations when it came to africa. ghana, stan, now it's also interesting to note that when anton blanket was creaking,

who did try to present the chaotic events we witnessed over the past few weeks as if they were somehow a success. echoing his boss, the president joe biden, which of those objectives long ago, a song when one was killed in 2011 a decade ago. ok, this capabilities were degraded significantly. we completed one of the biggest err lives in history. much of the equipment that was left behind, including in the hands of the afghan forces that then fell to the taliban. much of it, based on what i understand from my colleagues at b, o. d is an operable or soon will become an operable because it has to be maintained . it's not of any great strategic value in terms of threatening us. now when it came to questions about whether or not the united states would recognize the taliban, antony blinking said that the taliban has failed to live up to the expectations of the international community. and the before the united states would confer recognition on the taliban government. it would need to allow more freedom for its

population, most especially the freedom of movement, allowing people who want to leave the country to leave. now it's important to note that we also heard blink and talk about how the taliban government should be as inclusive as possible. saying that he fears that the telegraph van didn't represent certain ethnic cities if there wasn't certain individuals. and it was not an inclusive government. the result could be the breakdown of afghanistan as a country into several different countries and the fracturing of the country in the aftermath of the united states withdrawing and the rule of the taliban. but with all that's going on in afghan of san, in the last few weeks and all the questions and outrage, that's been a girl that the biden administration. things certainly did get a little heated in the halls of congress. here are some of the more interesting moments of what took place today during blinking testimony on capitol hill. on august 16th, mister secretary, president biden said that the administration had considered every contingency and

was executing the evacuation. according to your plan was a part of your plan to rely on the taliban to ensure the safety of americans trying to flee the country. because that's what happened. we were not relying on the taliban as you know, what happened was the african security forces in the government collapse in the space of 11 days. we certainly relied upon it at the airport. it didn't work out. so mister secretary, president biden has delayed the blame for the evacuation debacle canister on, on others rather than on himself where it really belongs. he blamed person to trump, as we've discussed already, to some degree here, basically claiming that he was just following trump's policy. but he hasn't hesitated to disregard every other major trump policy or southern border the keystone pipeline, the parasite climate accord, the iran deal, mexico city policy,

and on and on. yet, this was the one policy that he had to follow. do you understand why this is pretty hard to fathom? for a lot of people? i think what's the perhaps caution hard to fathom, or people just don't understand is that the agreement reached by the previous administration required all us forces to be out of afghanistan by may 1st. mr. blink and assuming it's not classified, can you tell us where you are? today, yes, i'm at the state farm. it could couldn't be bothered to come down here and see congress are right. that's great. art. he looks into the stories of those who have suffered during the us led war on terror in a special investigative project on heard voices. in our latest report, we talked to those, forced to leave afghanistan after the disastrous pentagon pull out the we'll use all tools at our disposal, killed our children to united states. we're bringing people to watch us. it was a pointless exercise. now we hear from both and afghan journalist who

fled with his young family and a teenager forced across through a treacherous mountain pass to safety. after the taliban started making frequent visit 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 never thought about coming to turkey. ah, the travel became extremely restricted. cobble became very dangerous, with 2 sided tasks, 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 honest i became very hard broken. it was very little good news that i could tell the world. it was often about violence, hard. busy h instruction you. ready know targeted assassinations and i think that

over the years really destroyed me from when i had many dreams. 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 have afghanistan, have been left in misery. ah ah, to be honest with you, it was, it was a journey between hope in fear over the last 20 years. and a lot of shit, a lot of sacrifice is a lot of killings. and then result is an epic failure for the international community for the west, for the one on 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, me, ah, in turkey has no due to responsibility. obligation to be europe refugee 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 families 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 looks 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 nightmares me, you know, because a lot of political bickering, everyone saw the piece process making. it was a lot of selfishness are against those too much pride. and as a 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 literally everyone from the americans to natal country to the africa national security forces into the african government and it's all about have declared themselves as victory, victories me in . 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, of being peaceful. i had no intention of leaving a find because i have been to the west. i have been all over the world. i studied in the u. s, 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. we'll use all tools at our disposal and killed our children to united states was bringing people to watch a site. it was a pointless exercise. the brutal victory of

a transgender mixed martial arts fighter and former us special forces sergeant over a female opponent has split. critics, with some applauding it as a key step to equality, while others are appalled by what they call it dangerous mit mismatch between a female and biological nail. kevin and sat down with ortiz, alex or chef key to get the details. the atlanta mclaughlin 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 opponent. and that ended in a 2nd round with a rear naked choke, which is quite a brutal way too. and a mixed martial arts about that caused a lot of controversy among pundits and experts. who said that this was an unfair advantage. primarily because atlanta was born, ryan mclaughlin 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 very renown 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. listen, alonda mclaughlin transition 5 years ago, which means that she lived 33 years of her life as a man tonight mclaughlin fought in b to buy a logical 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 sports. 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 tuck it up or chop it 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 and all the kind of christ is coming her way is just me trying to full be. that's what she described it. but i have to say, this is not the 1st case of, of the some transgender isn't 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 may. there was a fighter of 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 combat sport who undergo a gender transition to compete against others who have done the same every sport, every division, whether it's high school collegiate li, internationally view lympics. we're all dealing with this right now because it's increasing in its philosophy and the participation of biological boys and men in our women sports is increasing. even though it's hard to see someone get beat up and to be forced to compete against the biological male. it stories like this that you're covering, that is the will only help our issue moving forward. i would absolutely be supportive in helping to provide opportunities for an entirely new category. and that would be of those who have transitioned from one biological sex to the other. if they did not want to compete in on the side of their biological sex,

because again, let's remember that none of them are being kept from competing on the side of their biological sex. we're literally talking something that seems more demented and completely unfair when we put a biologic biological girl and a biological male in the ring together to fight it. we're not, we're not playing on ethan grounds right now. meanwhile, the european micro state san marino has a different sort of covert struggle. the country's foreign minister has urged the e you to let in anyone who's had the sport and the jap and the blocks. medicines watch dog has dragging its feet on approval. despite most of san marino's population, already having got the russian shot with subtlety, sputnik v due to delays from the supply of n, mae approved vac 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, dakota 19,

regardless of the type of shot, almost 20000 people. that's 2 thirds of san marino's population have been inoculated with sputnik v. but their inability to move freely is especially problematic as the landlocked nations entirely surrounded by italy, a european union member state. at a news conference, russia and san marino's top diplomats railed against the shots politicization. russia has delivered the spot and vaccine to submarine 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 should be no place validation. scientists should speak about the research we are talking about the use of a vaccine. joanie's marino's health chief says geo politics have no place when it comes to inoculation. we have some problem to, to. ready the moment in italy,

there is some jupiter legal issues. there is no doubt that to fight coby is necessary to dispose of as many vaccines and treatment as possible. did 94 percent of people actually did that with the big b has antibodies infection have to do tv and the, the control we are talking about 58 positive people to date and we have had not death since april and our managers are currently extremely ignorance and bad preparation by boris johnson's government are to blame for a rise and coven fatalities. that's according to the british medical association, the doctor's union added that covert related deaths and cases have been on the rise since the lockdown was scrapped at the end of july. 42000 people have been admitted

to the hospital with covert 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 of really scathing, not just of government ministers, but also of n 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 a chest work because i've been sacrificing really with poor working conditions and poor pay, and also 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 in 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. that 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 and related to covert. and of course, as well tensions to do with how the government have handled locked down 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 what those protest is anyway, would see as threats to civil liberties. the me know, 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, clustered with police would welcome the scrapping of those on civil liberties guys . but we've seen in the past the government making you turns on how it's handled, coded when it comes to things like the opening and the lifting 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 require 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 points on the government, what their own nps, back bench conservative m. p 's deeply opposed to many of these looked are measures throughout the pandemic. and also deeply opposed to the introduction of these vaccine. paul sport. it's for that really strong and strenuous protestations to the government was one of the factors which led to this usa. and now we're going to return to ortiz, special coverage of russia parliamentary elections,

which are about to take place this weekend. the welcome back to the heart of moscow fees. a special studio will set up here throughout the week to bring you the very best coverage and recall thing on the election to the state to do about russia. loa house for voting itself takes place over 3 days from friday to, to the end of sunday. throughout this week, we're going to introduce you to the parties involved in the right. unfortunately, with deeper insight into russian politics. why? beyond the lesson for the 1st constantine rush of 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 minister, that 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 law, the newly elected m. p 's will gain more influence and play a bigger role, same domestic economic affairs. and this is just the fraction of their new found authority. the 2020 amendments have also solidified the so called parliamentary control, a range of legal action. the duma can take to overhaul different aspects of the countries governance like finances. for instance, m p 's can now summon russia central bank chairman. he now must report both to the

president and the parliament, with new powers come new responsibilities. there would be m. p 's, now phase. how for scrutiny to be allowed to run, no foreign citizenship, and no money or assets 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 countries main legislative body along with organizational challenges make this election. one of the rushes most significant vote of the last decade, k or i, that's the technicality of it. all about expecting later this week, let's get cracking and talking about those 14 parties that are constantly mentioned that green alternative. that's quite an interesting participant to keep watch on in the race for the 2 minute wait until last year. it was only a social movement,

even standing for provenance environmental agenda in russian politics. it also backs the youth climate movement, which is called friday's future. it ahead about that last before the pandemic, it organizes campaigns and petitions. it's the campaign that inspired by aggressive simberg correspondent, patricia profiles the party and 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 shapes. first of all, we have different view. 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 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 agenda globally. and through a broader lens. we look not only on the scale of russia, but the whole world, because russia is a big geopolitical player, including on the issue of the green agenda. the green alternative isn't a rich 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 as 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 where 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 legs 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 experts are saying that for now, for this alternative green party, the chances of securing some seats in the duma are quite slim. all right, that's all from reduction studio for this out. but our coverage is really only just beginning plenty more for you in the coming days here on the international because we explained the big issues facing russian versus people trying to win that balance this weekend the

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