almost no food, no water. but really, i'm not sure. somebody, either species. in the coven, you're living like a theme in a home. but in the 21st century, i the anything for moscow? where is just 10? 10 pm. on tuesday, the 14th of september, you're watching out the international law for my reaction h q. overlooking the credit and red square of the countdown continues to millions of russian voters choosing to grave one in parliament in a state duma election. that will set the political pace for the next 5 years, where profiling the policies and outlining the issues that massive voters. first, let's take you through some of the other global headline storage that we're tracking for you. this. our us lawmakers break secretary of state and to leave

lincoln for his handling of the pull out from afghanistan. a crisis he says would inherited from former president donald trump pose in south isolate south or a cobra, 1900 case and his entourage will continue carrying out his duties online. shortly before having to isolate the russian leda hold, held an unannounced meeting with the syrian count about alice sat, where he expressed fears about the foreign presence in the middle east and russia heads for the poles on friday for the general election. all the parties, the candidates and what state are in our special coverage later this our right throughout the week. ah, i'm calling bray. welcome to the selection studio and the house is most go makes it will get you up to speed on the campaign trail. just a couple of days left,

we're going to hear more from the candidates hoping for a seat in the lower house of parliament. and why this election is a big deal in russia or other stories 1st though and testifying to congress, us secretary of state antony blinking has been harshly grills for the rush to pull out from afghanistan. and little makers didn't mention the words either with the countries 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. 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 not let you

know your lives of the intelligence yourself or your life, all the us deadline to quit afghan us down, expired last month, bringing america the longest. that war to close, the pentagon withdrew the taliban rapidly, took over, sparking chaos with thousands of afghans trying to flee the country. a throughout the biden administration insisted that things were going fine, but the white house, it's fine to get a harder to maintain that narrative about the senior correspondent morale guys. b, i propose, next from cobble 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 up. more importantly, the bergman's 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 agreed defence because barton had the better half of well half a year to make sure that americans were evacuated, that everything was done and had orderly in an orderly fashion, especially considering that the intelligence was that. but the state department and the intelligence agencies had warned that that was a serious risk, that the taliban would overrun the country very quickly. the biden administration nevertheless maintains that what it did is made the best of a bad situation. which of those brecht has long ago, a sound when one was killed in 2011 a decade ago. ok, this capabilities were degraded significantly. we completed one of the biggest air lifts 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 heard, jared, the hearing never while they were stretching the truth to put it lightly. for example, at al qaeda has been degraded. oh, well, that is incorrect, that he's 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 have got to start well, 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 firearms left behind the united states. well, at will simply be able to cannibalize those that it doesn't need to make sure that

they're still functional years that 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 to stop, which is to put it again disastrous because there is, there is of the prospect of collapse and on the political front of the social, for especially on the humanitarian front, the. 3 hunger, we're talking about across the country. the you in itself has said that more than 10000000 afghans, the 3rd of the population, depends on by the terry and 8th. and they have no assurance that tomorrow they'll be able to eat. and bearing that in mind, the time about and booth the tide about in the world food program have said that food stock, positive catalyst on will run 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 lawyers 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 lisa get in mind as some of the questions we had 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 afghan stands extremely vulnerable to punitive actions from the taliban. what thank you for rightly putting the spotlight on concerns about the l g, b, g, u, i post community. and i can't stand in a 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 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 t 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 death . 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 is dishonest. to put it to put it lightly. retired us air force left hand and colonel who also worked for the national security agency. says biden's miscalculated the whole situation. blink and of course he is called people in many ways, but the department of defense is the,

is a big player here. and a 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 blamed 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. here the russian president is in south by solution right now after a coven in cases detected among his onto raj has been confirmed though that lady nathan himself is tested negative to the virus and we'll continue his work schedule obeyed online. russian leader had 2 shops of the splitting v vaccine earlier this year. shortly before isolating putin hosted syrian head of states basha,

alice sat on the other night to visit him to the russian capital. monday's meeting was at 1st since put in visiting damascus. that was last year. now apart from discussing the situation, then i've got to stop the lead of stressed, the need to restore political dialogue and syria over the country. still trapped in a decade long civil war. and also reassured outside of his support for the country . but raised alarm at the foreign present phonics, loyal globe. no, probably when the main issue in my opinion is that foreign armed forces are present and certain syrian 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. you get a lack of that. somewhat britton's former envoy to syria said the pentagon presence there is absurd if 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, it's 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. the french government's been struggling to explain its handling as the cobra crisis is to form a health ministers officially pro, for her pandemic policy, and endangering the lives of french people shall advance. he has the story. as a manual, my corner looks to seek

a 2nd term at the helm of france. serious questions of being all about the way his administration felt with the covey 19 pandemic? first to be someone who was the for my help him in the stuff on the blue don't. on january 24th 2020. as it was being confirmed that the vars had reached france. she had made this statement in the disco, the risk of invitation from hun is moderate. it is now practically 0 since the city, you know, is isolated the risks of thought, the facts around and imported case and 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 paid 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 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 diluted president macro and and then prime minister edward felipe about the potential dangers of the virus in january 2020 losing 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, movie may not be alone here in front of those who held high office during the pandemic. do you to be string to that includes edward philly, and the current health minister livia around the court of justice also has its site set on the director general of health and public health france. the pressure

is on the court of justice is wading through thousands and thousands of complaints against government ministers, all over allegations of miss 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 a t a point says 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 classes 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 way with the, with those who end up in court over the states handling of koby will have the opportunity to state that defense losing has already said that she won't let the action of the government be discredited. that 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. apple designed to prevent bars from entering and she lied about the mask. it seems only now politicians are finally discovered serving the public interest comes with responsibility. this says on the way we launched back into our russian parliamentary election, special coverage that the rates hold up for those seats in the state. do about that 902nd the the

ah me. i think it will solve it, or we're going to say something remarkable going to senior economy take on the gdp, salvador is about to explode higher and that whole raisins about to go fully bit going, hyper pointed ation, 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. the the me ah,

the back to the heart of moscow and our season action h q overlooking red square to bring in the very best company could be a house or just a couple of days of campaigning glasses for 3 days of voting. kicks off on friday and throughout this week were introducing you to the policies they raised the priorities on voters minds and also giving you more of an insights into russians, politics and how it works here. in fact, let's clarify how the election is gonna work. well, they're all fighting for 450 unpaid from 225 electoral districts chosen the state, duma, w. m for a 5 year term, half of them. first part of the post, a majority voting in single mandate constituencies on the basis of a one m. p constituency. another 225 that sent in by the parties on party lists.

but only those parties that have got more than 5 percent rep representation in the next parliament. as for the issues being false over a course rush is not a medium from what many worldwide to save as the mishandling of the pandemic by right leaning government. quarter offs whether that could boost left this groupings at the russian by the box. 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 here to make space more accessible. all welcome to the dawn of a new space

h 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 sanitizers 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 is deciding must be prepared and pro rich's 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. 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's millionaires since the party nominated over 100 of them for its ticket to the state, duma general secretary did not use the gun of though claims that there is nothing contradictory about that most 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 even sullen 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 was mentioned that socialist policies are hoping to benefit from widespread disappointments at the handling of the pandemic vote. to say, i have a choice to might be a bit confusing though. the communists of russia ought to be confused with the better no communist party have a marxist dentist. i ology and call it the people power and for building social justice. that's for their standing, the policy one a little more than 2 percent in the previous election. it's not currently got any representation in the state duma that chad told us why they just chums we should aim to use that. i see the news of 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 socialist economy, that we provide huge revenues for the national budget, we want to preserve private initiative in various branches of the economies like china has breed only accomplished and we can utilize the successful social aspects of the soviet union. why should not mix up communists 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 cpr aft has been at odds where the communist russia all the law and claiming that there are stealing of votes of the countries main left wing political force. yet communist russia say that they have their own unique way of winning hearts and minds of russians over resorted with the movement of the people. first 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 want to call off the recent pension reform that saw russia is retirement age increase the want to provide free housing for those below the 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. all the solution convincing that let's go live now to rubber griffith, who's general secretary of the communist party of breton. rob, welcome to see the 2 big topics on most people's minds. let's be honest. it's going to be the pandemic, and perhaps the poverty that's raised as a result of it. what would the communist same russia do you think, actually offer as a realistic whole turnitin in terms of the pandemic?

anything old and well, looking back over our shoulder. well, i think the communist pony of the russian federation is absolutely right to identify the complete lack of preparation and readiness of developed capitalist society as in russia for a comm demik such as the coal had 19 pandemic. the to ation is very, very similar here in britain as it is in many other develop capitalists, countries people's health. the health of the mass of the people is simply not a high priority for a capitalist economy. and here in britain, we have experienced the years of under financing of national health services. profiteering by the drugs companies, privatization of health and medical services. many of the same kinds of problems that afflict the health service in russia. and in other capitalist countries around

the reply has got to be that we have a system of steeply progressive taxation that the rich and big business should be forced to pay the proper share of taxes to fund the national health service and other public services that we have health services that is in public ownership and under democratic public control. and we put an end to the privatization and the ram can profiteering that takes place in health care. so many of the policies of the coroner's palm here, the russian federation portfolio, very similar to ours because we face the same base we face the same problems it's, it's difficult to put a lot of those through and a lot of western countries, obviously without driving the wealth i was, whereas in russia i suppose there is a lot more public ownership. so what would you say the major differences between

the left in russia on the west? well, i think the fundamental difference really is that the predominant force on the left by far in russia is the communist party of the russian federation, the communists left. unfortunately, in many western countries, the predominant force on the left, if you can call it the left, even the so democratic parties who of course, have a long history of supporting the big business capitalist system. and disappointing those millions of people who vote them into office every now and again. so i think the left in russia because of the position of the, the communist party of the russian federation is undoubtedly in a stronger position. here in britain. our party, for example, has good links with many on the left in the labor party and in the trade union

movement. as well as campaign and independently. we place a high priority on influencing those who are genuinely on the left in the labor party and the trade unions. from time to time, we see some results. for example, a trade union congress. this week has thrown its weight behind the calls for the wealth tax on the super rich. this is a long standing policy of the communist party in britain under which left allies in the working class movement. and we're seeing that kind of policy now beginning to make real headway still being resisted by the leadership of the labor party. but we've won, i think a fairly significant victory this week already. okay . and as a credit fail here on the left, i'm sure it'll be watching come this weekend for the results i'd be watching it with us on. i'll take another robber, griffin, general secretary of.