in the coven, living like the semen of own, but in the 21st century. ah ah! ah! the good evening for moscow where it's just to 9 pm on tuesday, the 14th of september, and some perfectly time fireworks there in the moonlit sky above moscow. you're watching all t international life from election h q, overlooking the credit in red square. the countdown continues to millions of russians, voters choosing who they want in parliament in a state duma election that will set the political patients for the next 5 years. we're providing the policies and outlining the issues that supposes 1st the other

global storage that we're tracking for you. this out us lawmakers break the secretary of state to anthony blank and for his handling of the pull out from afghanistan, a crisis, he says he inherited from sober president donald trump. himself isolates after a cove in 1900 case and his entourage and will continue carrying out his duties online shortly before having to isolate the russian liter holds and on and i was meeting with syrian counterpart basha side where he expressed fears about the foreign presence in the middle east and states and russia had to the polls this coming friday for the general election. all the parties, the candidates and watson state, and our special coverage base our and right through the week. ah,

i'm calling bright welcome to our season. i can studio in the house in moscow later, we'll get you up to speed on the campaign trail. hearing more of the candidates hoping for a seat in the lower house of parliament and why this election is a big deal here in russia 1st or other stories though and testifying to congress, us secretary of state antony blink and has been harshly grilled for the rush to pull out from afghanistan and all makers didn't minutes 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 and couldn't 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 you know what you i don't wish to hear your

installation or tele when you serious front of the camera and not list your regularly your lives of the intelligence i suffer your lives, all the us deadline to quit. afghan is down expired last month, bringing america the longest have a war to close. last the pentagon withdrew the taliban rapidly, took over, sparking chaos with thousands of afghans trying to flee the country. throughout the biden administration insisted things were going fine. but the white house is finding it harder to maintain that narrative. as our senior correspondent, mariah garcia proposed next from cobbled. it was largely a partisan spectacle, but the 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 absolve themselves of all responsibility for what happened in cobble

as american troops pulled that more importantly, the bite minister 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 agree just defense, because barton had the better half of well half a year to make sure that americans were evacuated, that everything was done and orderly in an orderly fashion, especially considering that the intelligence was that. but the state department and that intelligence agencies had warned that there was a serious risk that the taliban overrun the country very quickly. the biden administration, nevertheless, maintains what it did at he's made the best of a bad situation, which he, those back as long ago. a song was killed in 2011

a decade ago. ok. this capabilities were degraded, significantly 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, a, 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. many of the arguments that be hi, jared, the hearing never. well, there was stretching the truth to put it lightly. for example, that outside has been degraded. oh, 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 get this done well, become inoperable. well, that is untrue as well. because even if the taliban doesn't care for, for the 20000 how these the, the 40000 pickup trucks, thousands of other vehicles as well as half

a 1000000 firearms left behind the united states. well, it will simply be able to cannibalize those that doesn't need to make sure that they're still functional years past decades into the future. what wasn't touched upon in the hearing all that much was the, the humanitarian situation here. and i've got this done, 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 front, at the, specially on the humanitarian front, the hunger, we're talking about across the country. the you in itself has said that more than 10000000 afghans, a 3rd of the population, depends on humanitarian and they have no assurance that tomorrow they'll be able to eat. and bearing that in mind, the tide about and booth the tide about in the world food program have said that he stop positive galveston will ride out by the end of september. 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 foes and internationally, especially in the west. and the taliban has nothing to pay them with and bearing lisa 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, mister secretary, the l g b t q i community in afghanistan is extremely vulnerable to punitive actions from the taliban. what thank you for very rightly putting the spotlight on concerns about the l g b u i pos community. and i can stand in the 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 he's not the dumbest man in d. c is his boss already has that title. it is important to bear in mind that the people are saying the l g, b, q, community, the lives that their rights, that they don't might have the point these. they're making that the l g b t q community was prosecuted under the previous us back regime. the government here where homosexuality was an offense, and it was punishable by even debt a sherri, a lot more remote communities. and for them now to be tried 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 is piece honest to put it to put it lightly. i'm a retired us air force left hand colonel who also works in the national security agency . says biden's miscalculated the whole situation. blink. and of course,

he is culpable in many ways, but the department of defense is the, is a big player here for 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 transfer power. so he can blame trump. i don't think it's, it's really valid in this case here the russian president is in self isolation right now after kobe 19 case was detected among these onto raj has been consigned by the demon who to himself is tested negative for the virus will continue with his work schedule, obey it online. the russian leader had 2 shots of

a splitting v vaccine earlier this year. shortly before isolating hosted syria and head of state bash on either side on an unannounced that is to the russian capital . monday's meeting with the 1st disputing visited damascus last year. i thought from discussing the situation that enough ghana stem, the liter stressed, the need to restore political dialogue and syria with the country. of course, still trapped in that decade long civil war to make sure the sound of his support for the country, but raised alarm at the forum presence on the globe move. probably when the main issue, in my opinion, is that the foreign armed forces are present in certain serious territories without any un mandates. and without your authorization, which clearly contradicts international law and prevent you taking maximum efforts to consolidate the country and move along the path of its restoration at a rate that would be possible if the entire territory was controlled by a legitimate government. while coming some of those thoughts,

britton's former invoice of syria said the pentagon, the presence there is absurd. i think it was probably very timely into 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 for the american troops in ne, 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. french governments been struggling to explain its handling of the code. the crisis as the former health ministers officially pro,

for her pandemic policy, and endangering the lives of french people shall davinsky has the story. as a manual mat corner look to seek a 2nd term at the helm of france. serious questions of being all about the way his administration dealt with the code with 19 pandemic. first to be someone who was the full might help him in this stuff on your own. on january 24th 2020. as it was being confirmed that the vars had reached prompt, she had made this statement open. the disco risk of invitation from hon is moderate . it is now practically 0 since the city, you know, is isolated the risks of thought. the facts around and imported case of very weak and the risks of spread and virus in the population of very low. however, a few months later, often leaving the health ministry and launching a failed bid to become the mayor of parish lose all was telling a very different story. when i left the ministry,

i was crying because i knew that's not the 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'd alerts in president macro and and then prime minister edward felipe about the potential dangers of the virus in january 2020. loosen 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, we may not be alone here in front of those who held high office during the pandemic. d to be question to that includes edgewood felipe and the current health minister livia around the court of jeff. this also has the site set on the director

general of health and public health from the pressure is on the court of justice is wading through thousands and thousands of complaints against government ministers all over allegations of handling the pandemic. even president cohen has admitted that francois was 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 mr. mccall and those that she a point is that she is president, enjoys immunity from prosecution. now since the missions from has run up, its couldn't be rules,

mosques remain mandatory in shops and on public transport health passes showing you the door vaccination faces are obligatory in many cultural and leisure spaces as well as in most restaurant farms and cafes rule that triggered approach the with those who end up being caught over the state handling of cobra, it will have the opportunity to speak that defense losing has already said that she won't let the action of the government being discredited and much was done to prepare for the global crisis. whether or not 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 fuson who stated that the virus would not spread in front, but also hung post was a power sample designed to prevent the virus from entering. and she lied about the mass. it seems only now politicians of finally discovered serving the public interest comes with responsibility. how the dawn of the robot says here, russia has been using them in combat, alongside humans, and it's 2021 military drills gonna

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h q overlooking the red square. it's really good to have the weather go ahead to bring you the very best coverage of the election as to the state russians lower house of parliament. now they're just a couple of days of campaigning left to go before 3 days of voting kicks off on friday. and throughout the week, we are going to be here introducing you to the parties in that race, the priorities on voters minds and also a bit more insight into rushes politics. just to clarify for you how the election works while they're fighting for there will be 450 m b from 225 and actual districts chosen to the state do much. they get a 5 year term, half of them. first off, the post it's majority vote again, single mandate constituencies on the basis of one m. p. per constituency. the other 225, sent in by the parties, but i need the parties, the money to secure, more than 5 percent representation and parliament that'll be known. come monday, no doubt, for the issues that are on voters minds. well, russia, of course,

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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 this 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 sanitizers with 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 has decided must be prepared. and which is society must mobilize its resources to confront this disease. when coven 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. the 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, its 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, millionaires since the party nominated over 100 of them for its ticket to the state . duma general secretary did not use the one of the claims that there is nothing contradictory about that isn't possible for a millionaire to be a communist. i believe it's completely possible for us all to be millionaires if the 10000 minds that this country has created worked for every person. there would be plenty of millionaires, but even 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 towards the other end of the spectrum is the liberal, conservative civic platform that was founded by someone else with deep pockets 1000000000. a metal proffer of, for an internal bust up made him quit. that is, the policy stands in support of the small or mid sized businesses and promote boosting domestic production to substitute import. it's chairs also civic platforms only pay in the current parliament with a policy winning less than one percent last time round. in the 2016 poll constantine rosco takes a closer look. civic platform is one of the minor par parties, which has only one representative in the state duma currently. and of course, their political weight is relatively small, especially compared to heavy weights like the ruling united,

russia or the communist party. yet the seek to again support him a one particular group of vote, voters small and mid sized entrepreneurs. and in a campaign at the head of the party already hutcher, who dina shots in the head of bunker sam with a domestically made sling shot which reflects civic platforms, main message that russia needs a strong economy 1st and foremost in order to thrive on the global stage she would infinity, the stronger will be the stronger the sanctions will be, because we'll be taking back those markets that we lost during the dissolution of the soviet union. look out difficult, it's been to distribute our vaccine, how difficult has been to complete node stream to it's like a military operation. the 5 for resources for money, and we're being pressured from all sides and such circumstances. the main task is maintain our sovereignty to strengthen it. what do we need to do for that?

we need a foreign policy that does not surrounded with military events, revolutions, etc. and domestically, we need to develop our markets. we spend 16 trillion on import medicine, health care, equipment, machines, electronics. we need to restore at least half of what this country sovereign at security and the health of its citizens depends upon. the platform was founded in 2011 by russian tycoon. and back them, the party was more west, leaning liberal, leaning, and more critical of a crumbling 2nd ami policies bought the 2014 re unification with the crimea. put a dent in the party's unity. some of the party members publicly back the government and even house rallies in support of the re, re unification with the peninsula, but then make a proper for some of his allies, dissented and quit. or the foster who did. he took over then has chosen a last critical approach towards the kremlin and focused more on winning hearts and

minds of business owners. the policies main task is to support employment nationwide. individuals who are self reliant, who want to earn money, a lot of money to spend and invest in that country. they are prepared for success in the competitive environment to generate their own wealth, as well as national wealth, great methanol country that we need to bring back a plan, the economy, a socialist economy. another message that we should liberalize all the market's doing so would benefit everyone. we've been chasing economic growth, cutting back funding for hospitals for wages and haven't been paying attention to the people themselves. we need to return to a multi structural economy and where it should be planned. we do that and why we need market small businesses entrepreneurs that we need to completely liberalize those areas. all 50 proposals that council has made for supporting small and mid sized businesses have been approved by the government, including tax holidays and concessional, lending to keep up employment for forwarding to the post. chances are low that to

the platform will hit 5 percent threshold and make it into the new dumas, but they can still compete for several seats in the national parliament through constituency elections because the party is represented in the local parliament of 8 regions in russia. just one of the party is hoping that they will be able to see on the thoughts of one particular section of the electorate in order to boost that chances the rates are seated out of the state. we're profiling all of them between now, and that's all from our election. h. q for this. our angles and correspondents. right. the way through the remaining campaign days and those all report results. come monday morning for now though. that's it for me calling bray. thanks for watching, i'll have your next a global updates and state duma election special in around half an hour from now live from moscow. you're without the international the

i me and i make no, you know, board is under my number t's emerge . we don't have authority, we go to the back seen the whole world leads to take action and be ready. people judge. 2 governors crisis we can do better, we should be better. everyone is contributing each in their own way, but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever. the challenge is to response has been massive. so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel

very proud that we need together in oh, when i would show the wrong one, i'll just don't the girls. yes. to seek out the thing because after an engagement equal betrayal, when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look for common ground in the united states has withdrawn their metal 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, our part.