can plan in such a situation. it's remarkable. it's about the, the, the, the, the, i can summarize this in one word, the trail. this administration's bungle pull out per map gamma stand just maybe the worst foreign affairs disaster in american history. the top stories in our to us lawmakers, bryce, secretary state anthony, blinking over his handling the polite from africa stand a crisis. he says, so he inherited from former president donald trump, also to come drop the politics off the thinking. cobit with the subordinate the vaccine. the tiny status summary? no, just be you to open its borders. for those who have the job, we hear from the health minister there is some jubilee nicole

admissions. i believe it to be an opportunity that european union cannot miss. both has come feminists and both experts are up in outrage over what they call an unfair contest for transgender mixed martial arts fighter, who before transitioning, served in the us special forces defeats the female opponent. we speak to denila madrid, if after his surprising victory in the us open, the russian tennis claimed his 1st grandson by defeating world number one. novak joke of h and then did a dream of winning all 4 majors. interesting things, and i good morning, just go 9 o'clock here in moscow. you watching asi international. now, in his testimony before congress, us state secretary, anton, blinking,

has been harshly grilled for the hasty, polite from afghanistan. and all makers didn't mean their words with the country's top diplomat. i can summarize this in one word, but trail mr. blink and assuming it's not classified, can you tell us where you are today? yes, i'm at the state farm. i couldn't, couldn't be bothered to come down here and see congress or right. that's great. this administration's bungle pull out from afghanistan just may be the worst foreign affairs disaster in american history. and that's a failure on you either to plan or you had a horrible plan. simply put, i do not wish you. i'm not simply, you know what you i don't hear your installation or tele when you serious front of the camera and not list your regularly, or lives of the stuff or your lives all will offer a poor performance there. billing can get then returned to the biden administration,

manager of blaming donald trump for a crisis. the democrats inherited, however, it does appear that apart from the hundreds of us citizens, left stranded in africa, understand the state sec. freeze focus remains on the lack of include city in the water country. as you know, mr. secretary, the l g b t q community in afghanistan is extremely vulnerable to punitive actions from the taliban. well, thank you for very rightly putting the spotlight on concerns about the l g b u i pos, community. and i can stand that particular threat that they, they find themselves under. this is something that we are focused on. i'm glad that cleared up. i'll be sleeping so much better tonight. thank god. luckily we have no issues in our country that are more important than the l g. b t q. crisis in afghanistan. what a complete absolute believe in aided we have for a secretary of state. the only reason he's not the dumbest man in dcs. his boss already has the title. well, the last us slight left off going to stand on august. the 30th brings were closed.

america's longest 4 in the 2 weeks between the taliban. rapid advance and the deadline for the u. s. withdrawal the world witness. chaotic images, a sizes of desperate afghans sought away at, during all of this, however, the bite administration has continued to put on a brave face is killing me off in ice reports, 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 breakfast long ago, a song london was killed in 2011 a decade ago. ok, this capabilities were degraded significantly. we completed one of the biggest air 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, b o. d is an operable out 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. 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 in the fracturing of the country. in the aftermath of the united states withdraw and the rules of taliban, we spoke more about this with a retired us air force less 10 and colonel used to work for the n. s a and also the

pentagon. and she says that biden miscalculated or blink. and of course he is culpable in many ways, but the department of defense is the, is the big player here. and the tone of the questioning today is really political theater. and you can, you can kind of watch it on both sides. it's more entertaining than it is revealing . we blame trump for everything. we don't see signs so that i assessed the situation 8 months ago, let's say in january, let's say at the end of january when he took power. it didn't seem like he was really assessing what he had been left by the previous administration. and that's the duty of all presidents as they tread for power. so you can blame trump. i don't think it's, it's really valid in this case. summary is urging you to open its borders to those no later than the sputnik free job, as most of the country has received the russian vaccine. but ease medicines watched

. oak is still hesitant about whether to actually prove it. some marino's top diplomat says there's no pace for politics when it comes to vaccines. they look at, there should be no politicization about the use of a vaccine. scientists should speak about the research, and we were glad to see that we were right to use boutique v, because it has indeed helped us reduce infections. i would say even reduce them to 0. we did not have any issues in the summer months and we do not have any today even though new virus strains have emerged. we can see that the situation is very calm in our republic. largely, thanks to the use of the russian vaccine will almost $20000.00 people that's 2 thirds of sam marino's population have been an aki lighted with sputnik fee. but their inability to move freely is especially problematic. as the landlord nations entirely surrounded by italy. any member, state and citizens, you've had the russian job and i was unable to obtain a code with 19 passport summary notes. health chief says joe politics has

a part to play in the issue. we have some problem to, to. ready movement in, in italy, there is some jupiter legal issues. there is no doubt that to fight coby. it is necessary to dispose of as many vaccines treatment as possible. 94 percent of people actually need to be has the antibodies infection to do tv, amber under control. we are talking about a positive people to date and we have have not death since a prison and our city these years are currently 3 in the meals. i believe it will be an opportunity that european union the cannot miss julia because i

think me is due to an effect the miss seen. well, summary now is the only site that has found the russian cable shot to be effective and you study for margins. tina published by the rene medical journal, lance, it shows a single dose of sputnik they is better at protecting the elderly, again, serious, coded 19 infections, and the champ, he can read more about this. it party dot com. ah. meanwhile, the french government has been struggling to explain its handling of the cave crises of the countries. former health minister has officially come under investigation for her pandemic policy and endangering the lives of french people. on been sky reports the manual mat corner look to seek a 2nd term. the hell move from serious questions of being all about the way his administration felt with the code with 19 pandemic. to be something for the, for my help him in the stuff on the blue don't on january 24th 2020. as it was

being confirmed that the virus had reached brought she had made the statement. that is a risk of importation from hand is moderate. it is now practically 0 since the city, you know, is isolated the risks of side effects around and imported case a very weak and the risks of spreading the virus in the population a very low. however, a few months later, often leaving the health ministry and launching a failed bid to become the mayor of parish moves on was telling a very different story. when i left the ministry, i was crying because i knew the soon army wave was in front of us from the start. i only thought of one thing. the corona virus. we should have stopped everything. it was a masquerade. she also related to told the parliamentary investigation that she diluted president micron and then prime minister edward felipe about the potential dangers

of the virus. in january 2020. susan is now under investigation by a special court for endangering the lives of others. this is one of the very 1st cases worldwide we're leading, public figure is being held accountable for how the crisis was handled. however, you may not be alone here in front of those who held high office during the pandemic. do you to be question to that includes? would phillipe and the current health minister livia around the court of justice also has its site set on the direct agenda of health and public health fraud. the pressure is on the court of justice is wading through thousands and thousands of complaints against government ministers, all over allegations of ms handling the pandemic. even president cohen has

admitted that francois you prepared i mistakes were made. let's be honest. the moment has revealed flaws, shortcomings, like all the countries of the world. we have lack gowns, gloves, hydro alcoholic gels. we were not able to distribute as many mosques as we would have liked for our caregivers, for staff carrying for our seniors, for nurses and home helpers. however, the difference between mister mccolan, those that he appoints is that he is president, enjoys immunity from prosecution. now, since that was a missions from has run stuff, it's couldn't be rules, mosques remain mandatory in shops and on public transport. health passes showing you do vaccination thing or obligatory in many cultural and leisure spaces as well as in most restaurant fonts and cafes. rule that triggered

the way the ah me i. 6 those who end up being cool over the state handling of cove, it will have the opportunity to speak that defense moving has already said that she won't let the action of the government be discredited, much was done to prepare for the global crisis. whether or not that was the case is now in the hands of the french judicial system. from the very beginning, there were apparently lies understatement. so many failures not health policy. justice should come into play to understand what really happened to health management, which was a disaster. remember, it was agnes boost and who stated that the virus would not spread in front,

but also hung posters at paris, therefore, designed to prevent virus from entering. and she lied about the mask. it seems only now politicians finally discovered that serving the public interest comes with responsibility. the brutal victory of a transgender woman, her former us special forces sergeant over a female opponent and a mixed martial arts fighters split critics. some are reporting it as a key step to quality, while others are pulled at what they call a dangerous mismatch between a female and a biological male. have been own, sat down with archie to lecture shasky, to get more details. delana mclaughlin from south carolina is only the 2nd athlete in the history of mixed martial arts to compete being an open transgender. she won 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,

and mixed martial arts about that caused a lot of control to see among pundits in experts who said that this was an unfair advantage. primarily because atlanta was born ryan mac laughlin spend 6 years in the us special forces before starting her transition in 2010. that's why many of the pundits in m a may 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 transient people. but from a sporting perspective, this was unjust. let's listen atlanta mclaughlin transition 5 years ago, which means that she lived 33 years of her life as a man tonight mclaughlin thought and be to buy a logical woman. what a shock this is nonsense. this is alonda mclaughlin, the female, who won her 1st and may fight against someone born a woman. i think people can identify with whatever they like, but i don't think this has a place in conference sports. your think this is okay and empowering to trans genders. interestingly enough, not only am i my abundance,

what 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 for a child, put off, take estrogen pills, sore or die. your hair, pink and mail will always be a male and can not 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 back there for 2 rounds being fought against by a very equal opponent. and also the fact that everything and all the kind of credit is coming her way is just me a transfer be that's what she described it. but i have to say, this is not the 1st case of obese and 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. with a high state representative barbara a heart believes it would only be fair for athletes who undergo agenda 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 effects. 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. watching r t and i still ahead for you this i russia is preparing to go to the poll. was this weekend for parliamentary elections. would have more on this in our special coverage that begins just off the break. ah, i

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going hyper pigmentation and that's going to filter up to some bigger countries is going to go global and we're all living to something that is absolutely remarkable . ah, welcome back. now after winning his 1st habit grand slam, the new madrid of has been speaking to us here at our age brushes top tennis play. defeated world number one, know about joke of h to lift the u. s. open title and stop the search from claiming or full majors in a single season, where you can watch the interview in full on youtube channel, but have a taste of what he said. oh yeah, her soul, i didn't live a lot less like 3 hours and definitely a lot of emotions going through my body and through my head. but force just really happy and a lot of relief. because finally choose something i was dreaming for

a long time. yeah, i think i think it helped me when i say this, i'm talking only from my side because i knew he's going to have this pressure at the same time. it's not like when he has pressure, he becomes a better player normally. so i knew that from the start of the match, i need to turn this pressure on him and not let him be stronger because of this pressure and feet from it. because that was just super important point of the match . and i'm really they had to manage to, to follow my plan. yeah, well it was not easy, especially if with kinetic, we didn't have phones for some time. the things that they supported me through all it all the week i lot and there was. busy no love hate relationship this year and i think they just, it was not against me. they really wanted knowledge to when there was a lot of cerebral phones in the stands. it definitely was not an easy moment,

but that's what makes it even sweeter. the doing a robot says, hey, it seems because russia has been placing combat robots alongside humans, and it's the pad 2021 military trails. robots named or, and 9 and nectar were put through that paces this monday would 9 utilizing an anti tank missile system to destroy manpower, a military equipment at a 3 to 5 kilometer radius. while the rector provides cover fire for human unit drill, c, take place every 4 years across central and southern russia. now finally, russia had to pose later this week for parliamentary elections times. we begin our special coverage. today we look at the parties, the candidates, and what suspect 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 reporting on the election for the state to do about the russians. loa house for voting itself takes place over 3 days from friday to to the end of sunday. this week we're going to introduce you to the parties involved in the right and also give you a deeper insight into russian politics and why it matters. beyond the lesson for the 1st level, constantine raj cove 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 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 like 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 m. p 's, now face tao for scrutiny to be allowed to run. no foreign citizenship and new

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 at 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, both 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 policies that constantly mentioned that green alternative. that's quite an interesting participant to keep watch on in the race for the 2 for 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 mover, which is called fridays future. get ahead about that a lot before the pandemic. it organizes campaigns and petitions. it's the campaign

that inspired by aggressive simberg correspondent, patricia profiles the poppy and central mosque. 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 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 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 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 the 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 our reaction studio for this hour. but our coverage is really only just beginning plenty more for you in the coming days here on the international. cuz we explained the big issues facing russian versus people trying to win that ballot this weekend. the ah, driven by a dreamer shaped by those in

me dares thing. we dare to ask me. ah, the united states has withdrawn their mental defense system from parts of saudi arabia signaling the us is not as committed to the golf country as it used to be. this is georgia tech are part of a saudi arabia's are starting to s, place of all your horses and equipment might be scaling back in one region. predictably, it did not take long for us military equipment left behind. i can stand shop in iran, bringing the fuel full report,

and that means the us abandoning their commitment to some middle east allies, realigning with others. back in the united states. democrats are ready to make good on their campaign promise to attack the wealthy, and the preparations to help pay for expanded social services and to tackle climate change. we will give you the 30 view of whether this is just campaign talk, and why republican se individuals are the one will be left to paying the bill. and american football season is in full swing and a controversy has become as much part of the tradition as tailgating and not just this year. the national anthem is in the spotlight again as a one high school over the 911 weekend, refuse to let their students wear red, white, and blue thing. it was racially insensitive. meanwhile, the nfl, it's allowing the black national anthem 3 played alongside the star spangled banner . we will have a sphere to debate on the merits of this as well as the this weekend. the latest winter of the m. m a women fight. we just happen to be a former.