or almost no food, no water. but really, you know, i'm not sure somebody either, especially in the coded, you're living like the, the men of old, but in the 21st century. i the good evening for moscow where it's just 7 pm and sundays justin tuesday, the 14th of september, you're watching out the international law from our election. h q overlooking the credit in red square. that's account down continues to millions of russian voters choosing who they want in parliament in a state duma election. that will set the political pace for the next 5 years. we're profiling the parties and outlining the issues that massive devices in 1st period of the global stores that we're tracking for you this our us lawmakers for

a secretary of state antony blank. and for his handling of the pull out from afghanistan, a crisis, he says he inherited from former president donald trump, letting me approve in self isolate softer a cobra. 1900 case in his entourage will continue carrying out its duties online shortly before having to isolate the russian leader held in other towns meeting with syrian counterpart basha that expressed fears about the foreign presence in the middle eastern states and russia had supposed this friday for the general election, all the parties, the candidates, and what's at stake in our special coverage this our, i'm throughout the week. ah, hello, i'm calling brian holidays election h q later this bulletin will take you through some of the policies and issues,

nothing mastering to russian viruses. first though. headline news testifying to congress us secretary of state antony blanca has been harshly grilled to the rush. pull out from afghanistan, and ro makers didn't meant that was with the country's top diplomat. i can summarize this in one word, the trail, 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. 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 doing what you said. i don't wish to hear your installation of intelligence. when you stare it front of the camera and you will realize of the intelligence i suffer, your lives,

all the us deadline to quit. afghan has done expired last month. bringing america the longest ever was to close the pendulum withdrew the taliban rapidly, took over, sparking chaos with thousands of afghans. find to flee the country throughout biden administration insisted things were going fine, but the white house is fine to get ever harder to maintain that narrative as all the senior correspondent, i guess the report next from cobble. it was largely a partisan spectacle with republicans attempting to shift the blame for this catastrophe, as they described it onto the biden administration. the democrats, on the other hand, as well as the administration, attempted to absorb themselves of all responsibility for what happened in cobble as american troops pulled that more importantly, the by minute administration says that this is squarely on the shoulders of trump, the former president,

because it was him who agreed to they pull out without leaving them a detailed plan as to what to do. now, the republicans saying that this is an agreement defense because barton had the better half of well half a year to make sure that americans were evacuated, that everything was done, an orderly and an orderly fashion, especially considering that the intelligence was that. but the state department and that intelligence agencies had warned that was a serious risk that the taliban would overrun the country very quickly. the biden administration nevertheless, maintains that what it did at he's made the best of a bad situation, which he, those back as long ago. a song that was killed in 2011 a decade ago. ok. this capabilities were degraded significantly. we completed one of the biggest air lists and 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 maintain . it's not of any great strategic value in terms of threatening us. many of the arguments that be heard sharing the hearing never. well, they were stretching the truth to put it lightly, for example, that are tied to, has been degraded. well, that is incorrect, that is more widespread with more followers than ever before. as for the argument that much of the equipment and weapons left behind by the united states and gather son will become inoperable. well, that is untrue as well. because even if the taliban doesn't care for, for the 20000 hum, these the, the 40000 pickup trucks, thousands of other vehicles as well as half a 1000000 farms left behind the united states. well, as will simply be able to cannibalize those, that it doesn't need to make sure that they're still functional years pat,

decades into the future. what wasn't touched upon in the hearing all that much was the, the humanitarian situation here and gather on, which is to put it again disastrous because there is, there is of the prospect of collapse and on the political front of the show. so for especially on the humanitarian front, the hunger we're talking about across the country, the you in itself has said that more than $10000000.00 afghans, a 3rd of the population, depends on humanitarian aid. and they have no assurance that tomorrow they'll be able to eat and bearing that in mind, the time about and booth the talent, but in the world food program have said that food stop positive get this done, will run out by the end of sept. unless something is done, i mean you, you take a walk down the street here and in capital duty, louis as well as teachers, professors begging for food because they haven't been paid in months because government accounts have been frozen internationally,

especially in the west and the taliban. has nothing to pay them with and bearing leave to get in mind as some of the questions we have during that hearing address the l g b t q, community and their well being. as you know, mr. secretary, the l g b t q i community afghanistan is extremely vulnerable to punitive actions from the taliban. what thank you for rightly putting the spotlight on concerns about the l g b, g q i pos, community. and i can stand in a particular threat that they may 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 bleeping idiot we have for a secretary of state. the only reason that he's not the dumbest man in d. c is his boss already has that title. it is important to bear in mind that that

people are saying the l g b q, community, the lives that their rights, that they don't matter, the point these, they're making that the l g b t q community was persecuted under the previous us back regime. the government here where he'll know sexuality was an offense and it was punishable by even debt sherry a lot more remote communities. and for them now to be trying to turn people, turn people's attention away from the crisis. he's gripping of genocide and to focus on the l. g. b t q. community. well that he's dishonest. to put it to put it lightly. i retired us air force left tenant colonel who also worked for the national security agency. says biden's miscalculated the whole situation. blink, and of course he has culpable in many ways, but the, 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 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 he can blame trump. i don't think it's, it's really valid. in this case. the russian presidents and self vice relation right now, after a coven, in case was detected among his entourage. it has been confirmed, the liddy method himself is tested negative for the virus who will continue with his work schedule, whole pay it online. the russian leader had 2 shots of the splitting v vaccine. and yet this year, shortly, before isolating, put in hosted syrian head of state bachelor alice sat on an unannounced visits to

the russian capital. monday's meeting was 1st since put in visiting damascus last year. now, paul, from discussing the situation in afghanistan, distressed, the need to restore political dialogue in syria with a country course still trance in a decade, plus long civil war. 2 to reassure, to satisfy some support for the country, but raised alarm at the foreign presence on exploit. glove, probably when the main issue in my opinion is that foreign armed forces are present and certain certain territories without any un mandates. and without your authorization. which clearly contradicts international law and prevent you taking maximum efforts to consolidate the country. move along the path of its restoration at a rate that would be possible if the entire territory was controlled by a legitimate government. you get to us. britain's former amboy syria said the pentagon presence, that is absurd. i think it was probably very timely in view of the

recent american withdrawal from afghanistan. now logically, you might think the president biden would follow up withdrawal from ending the forever war in afghanistan, with a similar withdrawal in syria. after all, the purpose of the american troops in the northeast syria, supposedly to keep control over. i fish is a transparent nonsense. the real purpose has been to put pressure on a sad to set down, and it is very unlikely to happen. the french government spin, struggling to explain its handling as the covey crisis of the former health minister is officially pro pandemic policy and endangering the lives of french people. challenge you bad sky has the story as a manual mat corner look, think a 2nd term with the hell move from serious questions of being all about the way his

administration felt. would the covey 19 pandemic 1st to be something for the full might help them in the stuff on your own? on january 24th 2020 as it was being confirmed that the virus had reached. she had made this statement to history. the risk of invitation from hon is moderate . it is now practically 0. since the city, you know, is isolated the risks of side the facts around and imported case and 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 paid to become the mayor of parish moved on was telling a very different story. when i left the ministry, i was crying because i knew that nami way 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, may not be here in front of those who held high office during the pandemic. do you to be question to that? please? edward phillips, the current health minister olivia around the court over jeff also has the site set on the director general of health and public health from the pressure is on the court of jeff. this is wading through thousands and thousands of complaint

against government ministers all over allegations of ms handling the pandemic. even president cohen has admitted that france was prepared and 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 a point says that he is president, enjoys immunity from prosecution. now, since that was a missions from has run its rules, mosques remain mandatory in shops and on public transport health passes, showing your door vaccinations, faces are obligatory in many cultural and ledger spaces as well as in most

restaurant fonts and cafes rule that triggered the news those who end up in court over the state handling of cove, it will have the opportunity to speak that defense losing 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 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. apple designed to prevent virus from entering and she lied about the masks. it seems only now politicians have finally discovered that serving the public interest comes with responsibility. the, the don't of the robot says here has russians been using them in combat, alongside humans. and it's that bad 2021 military bit drills taken the the me, this is our to 100 percent human

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i use what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy plantation let it be an arms race is often very dramatic. development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successful, a very critical time. time to sit down and talk the the house of moscow and darcy, special election, h q, overlooking the kremlin, and red square, whole setup to bring you the very best coverage of the election voting itself.

the actual business takes place every 3 days from friday right through to the end of sunday. and throughout this week, we're going to be introducing you to the policies in that race and give you more of an insight into rushes politics. just clarify how the election works. first of all, there are going to be $450.00 employees, one. so this is done from 225 electoral districts chosen to the state duma. they get a 5 year term, half of them. it's 1st past the post it's majority voting and single mandate constituencies on the basis of one m. p per constituency. another 225 that selected by the parties. but any, the parties that have more than 5 percent representation inside the next parliament . after the issues at hand, well, rush is not immune from what many worldwide perceived as the mishandling of the pandemic by right leaning governments. donald quarter asks whether that could boost leftist group things at the ballot box later this week. super profits for some

abject poverty. for others, the pandemic striven. a sharp wedge between the world's rich and poor, sending millions of people to the bread line. while the lead, skyrocketing profit margins carry them into space. i also want to think every amazon employee and every amazon customer, because you guys paid for all this ah way to make space more accessible to all welcome dawn avenue space age ah . in the u. s. a poll of 18 to 34 year olds found only 49 percent of respondents had a positive view of capitalism. that's down from 58 percent when the same question

was asked 2 years ago. and the shift can be seen through the 10000 new people who have joined the democratic socialists of america since march. people are really starting to just look around and say, man, capitalism isn't working. if the market's captive and produce hand sanitizer the toilet paper masks during the plague, what good as the system? a steep majority of young brits also on socialism, according to a new poll by the institute of economic affairs, almost 70 percent. in fact, at the same time in spain, the socialist workers party has retained its firm, hold on power. throughout the pandemic, for people growing up in the economy far less forgiving than the one in which their parents spent their best years. radical solutions look like the only viable ones. defeating a disease. like this is an activity for which a society must be prepared and for which a society must mobilize its resources to confront this disease.

when cold is 19 came in the late winter of 2020, the united states was unprepared and the united states has been on able to cope the country. this system as a whole has broken down. and that is a clear way in which the experience of the pandemic has made the witnesses of capitalism and the growing interest in socialism much stronger than it was already before that russia also has not been immune to the rise in global wealth inequality. the countries rich have added $40000000000.00 to their collective net worth since the beginning of this year. so the russian communist party says it's going to tackle the financial gap. it's program titled 10 steps towards people. power promises fixes through policies like nationalization of key

industries and banks, as well as an overhaul of industrial investment. although some have criticized the k p r ups own relationship to russia's millionaires since the party nominated over 100 of them for its ticket to the state, duma general secretary cannot use gone of though claims that there is nothing contradictory about that. is it possible for a millionaire to be a communist? i believe it's completely possible for us all to be millionaires. if the $10000.00 mines in this country has created work for every person, there would be plenty of millionaires. but they've been stolen by 15 scoundrels who don't even want to pay normal taxes if what was inherited from our forefathers and from god worked for every person. then the situation would change dramatically. it's times like these when capitalism is not exactly doing much good for many people. that 1000000 struggling to get by start to look for alternatives. well the

socialists be able to step up to the parliamentary play. when it's done mentioned the socialist party's opening to benefit from widespread disappointments at the handling of the pandemic. russian voters have a choice, but it could perhaps be a bit confusing. the communists of russia not to be confused with a better known communist party marxist lead. and his id ology that calling for people power and for building social justice, that party won a little more than 2 percent in the previous election. so it's not currently represented in the state duma, that chad told us why they didn't have a chance. lucia themes to use or she uses for the large enterprises in russia that were built by the soviet union are now in private hands. this is the result of predatory privatization whereby all state enterprises were simply handed over to specially pointed individuals. and today, these individuals reap the profits from these large enterprises, which were not built by them, not funded by them. if russia returns to

a socialist economy, that we provide huge revenues for the national budget, we want to preserve private initiative in various branches of the economy like china, his breathing accomplished. and we can utilize the successful social aspects of the soviet union. okay, back on party profile, j. c. r t constantine raj cove in central moscow. some unraveling to do here. concert said i was a party different from the better known communist faction calling well, this is a good question. one should not mix up a communist of russia and the communist party of the russian federation, which has the 2nd largest faction in parliament. those who founded communists of russia back in 2009, initially were members of the cpr ass. but then at some point, they decided that their comrades had become to bourgeois and to soft on the kremlin when it comes to preserving social justice. now the c p r f has been at odds where

the communist russia all the long claim there is stealing a vote of the country's main left wing political force. yet communist of russia say that they have their own unique way of winning hearts and minds of russians. over gifts resorted to, was full movement for us to do. people need, 1st and foremost, free health care. i often travel to different countries and everyone says that social countries have the best health care. this is true even in cuba, which is under restrict embargo, where the united states, people from all over the world go there to receive medical care. second, we need to be plaintive housing that the state can give to people for free. for the 3rd, we must provide free high quality education. if not, social will degrade that there are great sciences in today's russia is the legacy of the soviet government. well, there are a lot of similarities between the 2 parties and programs. they both want to nationalize key sectors of the economy. they wanted call off the recent pension

reform that saw russia is retirement age increase the want to provide free housing for those low low incomes and regulate food prices. yet communists of russia present themselves as real hard liars and true successors of a light in and marks. well, now it's up to a laugh leading voters of which are plenty in russia to decide if they are indeed true communist as they claim they are. and that's me discussing on yesterday's program, nostalgia is very much in right now. any more policies to profile for now that constantly roach, coping central, moscow. thank you. okay, that's all for a mouthy selection. h q for this. our thanks for watching. got plenty more to count in the next few hours and also throughout the week, right through to the end of polling and beyond. to bring you the fullest picture of why the state duma, and actually the one to watch the issues which method of russians and the hopefully

buying for the vote over 3 days a valid thing coming weekend for now. the night approach it here in moscow. that's it. for me and bright, very much appreciate you checking in with us as we try and bring you the fullest coverage and the best reporting of rushes election. i'll have you next update right here in just over half an hour life for moscow, you're without the international. ah, driven adrian shaped banks control center. those vision in ah, who dares thing?

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