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a busy day of special coverage. russia that state do my election for 2021. i'm rory, sushi with your program today featuring election coverage, and of course our top stories as well. so for the meantime, before we get into the election coverage, let's give you some of our latest top stories from the week, especially the u. s. military admits now to killing 10. civilian fits was in a butcher. drones dry can cobble as congress wraps up, the pressure on the secretary of state over the chaotic africa withdrawal from accuse in the us and australia of lying and stopping it in the back. it's over a security deal also including the u. k. but it's also seen as one large group effort to counter china. and russia decides that make up of that parliament for the next 5 years in the final stage of a 3 day valid here on our international will be bringing you exit polls and early results. soon after the last holding stations close,

which will be 12 hours from now. i well it's clouds. it's when done rather rattling temperatures. here for these special coverage of russia. 2021. the state duma elections. thanks for joining us here on our tea into national research. it is a big day for russia with people voting and of course politicians hoping they get the nod from their constituents. it's also a huge event for international observer to have flown in from all around the world to monitor this election and make sure that it's entirely transparent. now, before we get into the election coverage for you, let's give you some of the top stories of the day and of the week here on the international of the us secretary of state and do it to day grilling in congress

this week over the last month hasty pull out from scott just on that was followed on friday by the military's admission that it had mistakenly killed 10 civilians in a drone. busy strike just before the withdrawal came to an end reporting from cobbled here thought senior correspondent. but i guess the well, this is been a week of reckoning for the biden administration with multiple congressional hearings. there are now i would like to say multiple as well. 6, just democrat lead inquiries into all the failures of the afghan war and withdraw. what americans want to know is why the evacuation was left so late by the intelligence community. and the military, with the highest funding in the world, was unable to predict that the afghan army, which outnumbered the taliban $45.00 to $1.00, folded virtually without putting up

a fight. and what they want to know is why so many americans were left behind. i don't know how it's possible if in fact the people in charge of our foreign policy did not see all these factors and concludes that there was a very real possibility of a rep, very rapid collapse. then we've got the wrong people making military and diplomacy decisions and our govern. the washington post called it a moral disaster. i think it's a moral disgrace. you nearly dislocated your shoulder though, patting yourself on the back for the great job you've done. i mean, just yesterday you stated we did the right thing by our citizens in working feverishly to get every one of them out quick, but you didn't get every one of them out. there were a lot of american lives lost during the evacuation as well, but of the deadliest attacks that american troops in years on the 26th of august. and on the 29th of august, we had the united states. oh, already panicked almost at the airport here again as we report that there was

a lot of fear among the civilian population, but also among the united states and its allies at the airport when they were evacuating. hearing more attacks that could happen could be directed at the airport by his k pass by, by someone else seeking to take advantage of the situation. we had that drew strike on the 29th of august, where the united states claimed very quickly that had targeted a potential isis, a suicide bomber that was prepared to attack the airport. we found that very quickly that what the united states said and more people were reporting on the ground, the witnesses and the body count that they didn't fit with the american narrative. the guy, the biden administration drone was he and a worker or an ices k operative. the administration is, of course, reviewing that that strike. and i'm sure that a full assessment will be,

will be for you don't know if it was in a worker or an ices k operative. i can't speak to that and i can't speak to that in the setting in any event. so you know, no or won't tell us. i don't, i don't know because we're pre reviewing. we'll see it. think you'd kinda know before you off somebody with a predator drones. and the thing is, is there is blow back to that. i mean, i don't know if it's true, but i see these pictures of these beautiful children that were killed in the attack . if that's true and not propaganda, if that's true, guess what? maybe you created hundreds or thousands of new potential terrorist from bombing the wrong people upset very nearly 2 weeks of obfuscation, diverge a diversion the united states. the pentagon came out and said the look, guess we've investigated and it must be said. they came out very quickly, especially given the, the public pressure, the pressure from journalists as well to, to admit to this that indeed, no, isis k suspect was killed. but indeed,

these were tad's really its members of one family. that were drone. just 3 kilometers away from the airport. i am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians, including up to 7 children, were tragically killed in that strike. moreover, we now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with isis, or were a direct threat to us forces. there was a mistake, and i offer my sincere apology. i don't think you should draw any conclusions about our ability to strike and ask in a stand against isis. j target's in the future based on this particular strike. ultimately, the biden administration will have a very, very tough few weeks ahead of them. the republicans are very unlikely to let up the democrats paps will try to defend him where they can. but the bottom administration so far has refused to take any real responsibility. nobody has been fired. nobody has been court martial. the new disciplinary measures have been taken. this is an

evacuation in the war that left the pride of the american people, the america, american military and the american nation. deeply wounded well, in the meantime, asked gun interpreter to be now left into the u. k. they say they're not safe yet. now they're living in fear of taliban sympathizes among the refugees entering the country. now a research group called the center for information resilience says those concerns are justified. and that any afghans, especially those who work for western the special forces will have to quote, look over their shoulders one step back in the u. k. one of the former translators now in britain described to us what families are going through. every single one of them is a scared for the deadline and their families by their in hiding one of the triple 3 unit, remember,

was caught in his hiding place and was killed in front of his family. did risk his free and, and immediate we want the government to act as i say, the soldiers who put these interpreters in a black list or in some sort of restriction that either they cannot be employed, either with the british or any other foreign forces. was because of the stress and inciting anger that they were facing enough kind of time usually for both sides between the 2 parties. and that has resulted in them being in such a difficult situation that to date those interpreters and their families, auto risk for the british government says security measures are being put in place that the various quarantine hotels where the evacuation are staying. meanwhile,

dozens of africans who worked for the british armies have had the asylum requests rejected on national security grounds. not raffi believes the government could have done much more to help people like him are for us to, for the government, failed to process their documents in time. then with the evacuation process, israel to create some sort of procedures in place where to prioritize the interpreters and those partners of the you could go from into whose life for immediate risk to take them out. there was a situation and those who what even called in for the flight, but not make it inside the airport because of the crowd in the front gate. they could have dealt with this whole situation differently with the 4th and 5th city collapsing. i think the government should have come forward with some sort of plan

which they did not. and within a week, the entire country, the labs, and everybody saw that the chaos become uncontrollable for up to britain. so good to have you with us for the program today on this sunday. fraud has recalled it back to most of the us and australia for the 1st time ever. it's an a show of outrage over a new pacific security packed the orchestra deal seen as an efforts or counter china. i meant the scrapping of a multi 1000000000 euros submarine contract between cambra and paris. france. estimate a point of not criticizing the case roles saying it's merely the 3rd wheel in the new arrangement. i surely do, but it has more on the french reaction that runs things. the us relations with this deal,

we're joining together. we're partnerships are getting stronger. this is what we're about, that you are, you ricocheted right the way through the french government this year. for more because i'm good. i am very angry. and what concerns me also is the behavior over the americans. this unilateral abrupt, unpredictable decision looks a lot like what mr. trump did. we signed an agreement, strategic partnership, violating it would be the same as breaking a promise. and when it comes to the field of geopolitics and international relations, breaking promises unacceptable. so incentive problems over the loss of what was known as the deal of the century. supply fleet of submarine to a 3. it's now thinking event less. right. and then to get together with the trailer on the us have been told, relations have sunk so low for me to recall that some passages from both countries . harris has been left to be bruised while brussels felt once more had been sucker

punched. by the way, should you know, because you do believe i understand very well how disappointed the french government must be. it's a good opportunity to recall to reflect on the need to raise the issue. if you're a pin, strategical, tony, it's a new proof of the need to exist on our own visual and some now questioning if the nato alliance can bite nato isn't working as it supposed to be. it was initially supposed to be working. it is, there are alliances within the alliances, and this just proves today that there are these, there are no more, there is no more lines, i think that they have to be reviewed. and if for australia and the us and u. k can backstab, but country like from i think this should give a strong signal to parents that once again is gotten nothing to gain within is probably going to lecture, may have been many welcome law did,

but the ones open doors are closing. the us is not just infuriated wrong. think old us ally? well, i didn't have in the last few months or so, like you said, you were to countries questioning his commitment to the q receipt. then they was the you. i told decision to pull out to get this done well promise ease of for you printing negotiations with the wrong and even reviving re palestinian, please remain on the drawing board and more. so what is clear to many is that this sub deal shows at this point, briggs in the us, at least for now, is on team u. k. within the anglo saxon world, these are the real, this is the real ion and they were much closer together than they do with their other allies and his wife crap is being excluded. i think because the u. k. australia and the and the u. s. trust themselves more than they do trust countries like france or other ones immediately, or even germany. any truck has been chatted on this side of the atlantic,

but this deal could have much wider repercussions showing at the time that she was suggesting it was akin to the cold war. may all the u. s. on the street should follow the trend of the times. respect the common operations of countries in the region, discard the outdated cold war 0. so mentality and narrow minded geopolitical reception. view china's developments in a correct way and stop interfering in china's internal affairs when they don't question also being raised about whether in signing with the us afraid is even sticking nonproliferation commitment is nuclear powers, the u. s. and the u. k. are blatantly helping a non nuclear power like australia to develop military nuclear technology. this is a naked act of nuclear proliferation. such an act will have an impact on finding solutions to heart issues such as nuclear problems on the korean peninsula and in

iran was waiting for the could be a freely to ignore me. it takes some tension between the us that you trust and it should need to come in. goes pacific is web fight, didn't want to foreign policy to be focused. joiner is unlikely to take that fitting down show that people see. i'll see paris. well this is our t international on the way for you next on the program. as russians are heading to the polls for day 3 of the parliamentary valid. we're looking at more of the contenders and also that is the claims of interference. when our special coverage resumes and less than 2 minutes, the i

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. ah. the news. welcome back to our 2021. do my election headquarters located right above red square and the kremlin it is day 3 today that is the final day of valid costing and counting? well, we appreciate you joining us for our continued coverage of a historic election here on our t into national. i am rory, sushi nationwide to turn out has so far reached almost 32 percent off the 2 days of voting now for the still plenty of time for people to have that se 7 regions, including moscow,

are allowing people to cast that pilots on line. and if officials now staying up to 80 percent of those who registered on the electronic voting platform have now taken part and the election isn't confined to just planet earth. russian crew members on the international space station have made their choices for the state duma, the o. like in the sky, he voted on line of course, while the p duper of voted through his nominated person back at home. now just for a moment here, let's take a brief overview of the way the whole parliamentary election works here in russia. it's a case of 450 lawmakers from 225 electoral districts. they're all the chosen to the state duma. that is for a 5 year term now, how far elected by a majority voting based on one m, p po, constituent feet. the remaining 225. a made up by the parties that passed the 5 percent thresholds in order to get through. but most goes election. authorities

have already reported a 100 attacks on the elections servers and partially already blaming people, perhaps from the west. now this comes to you, parliament passed a resolution saying that it will not recognize the state duma if russia selection is deemed fraudulent. let's learn a bit more on that right now here on fi with corresponding cause i've seen but off . what is this, if not foreign interference? not a single vote has yet been counted and brushes election, and yet the european parliament is talking about not recognizing the result and pass. the motion is saying the block will ignore the outcome. if a deems the vote was enough to european standards, of course not all the lawmakers back to move with some incense that their colleagues over the veiled threat. we surround russia with nathan basis, and we call them the aggressor. we support opposition groups and we accuse them a foreign interference. the european project is not been undermined and divided by

russia by, by the rank hypocrisy that is characterized in this report. it tells me that it is time to embark on a positive dialogue with the russian federation is time to stop listening to the american in europe in continental europe. as of right to make a choice in flavor of good relations with russia, alaska. moscow was not exactly impressed with the move either, but his cause that it was stressed that the russian side has concrete evidence of violations of russian law by the u. s. internet platforms in the context of preparing and conducting the duma elections. it was stated that interference in the internal affairs of our country was categorically and admissible. we had also passed the relevant information through our embassy in washington to the u. s. department of state. go, well, it's not the 1st time rush has been crying foul over outside interference in the selection. russia has irrefutable pre said us tag giant broke russian law relating to the preparation and holding of the russian state tumor election. interference in

countries internal affairs is entirely unacceptable. first, let's talk about so called smart voting scheme, that russian opposition activist alex in nevada. and then his team came up with to try to take away votes from united russia, a long standing ruling party that supports the kremlin. smart voting suggests you mark your ballot for a rival candidate who's most likely to be the candidate of the united russia in particular, constituency. russian authorities don't say that the tactic is something bad per se, but they claim there is a link between smart voting and development, anti corruption fund, which was labeled and extremist organisation for inciting unauthorized demonstrations and defines of rushes cobra rules. but that was just a part of it. according to russia's foreign ministry, certain smartphone apps facilitating smart voting, were designed by employees of a firm run by people who have close ties with the pentagon, in the eyes of russian diplomats. this is a clear case of for an interview,

errands in the countries election. plenty of materials have already been distributed through the communications watchdog and law enforcement agencies. ip addresses have been identified. it has been established that service and technical support for that smart voting up, mainly come from the u. s. russian officials have shown no intention of letting this one slide and brought the issue during a meeting with the u. s. tech joins with the us ambassador in moscow as well as handing over each row of documents regarding the large and interference to the state department. the main message is, keep out of our election. it's related to the refusal of some online platforms to remove prohibited content. specific facts were handed over to the american ambassador. he promised to check this information while saying they don't have any intelligence that someone could be breaking russian law. as a result, we've already seen apple and google came into the pressure and take down the values app dedicated to smart voting. however, in many other cases, america's tech giants are failing to comply with russian laws by not removing

a legal content like messages publicly calling on people to take part in and authorize demonstrations. and this is likely to remain a point of tension between moscow, washington and the with big tech as the duma election plays out. while i am now joined life by the director of the international form of municipalities of the bricks, countries and the re k domingo. now joining us here live on the program, welcome to a special election coverage platform here overlooking red square. i'm sorry about the way that we just can't fix it today and okay, but we appreciate you coming. no, thank you very much for the invitation. i'm very glad to be here and tell him the weather is not so bad. if not now it's going to be worse than a couple of weeks. i assure you, i wanted to ask you to the parliament. it's already passed a resolution regarding the russian duma election saying that it will not recognize the state duma if russia selection is deemed fraudulent. how likely is that outcome do you think? i mean, it seems that with this resolution being present,

perhaps some have already made up their mind. yes. maybe i don't know why they keep talking and stuff like that because i had the opportunity to be at the voting polls and not only me, but several internationalist experts were there. and what we see was a very well organized collections. we could be able to see people going to vote commonly be fully and no sign of fraud at all in these elections. of course, we just see how people are voting on the polls, but majorly, if comparing to another countries that i've been already, it's quite fine process will certainly moscow's going through some pretty unprecedented steps during this duma election to really show transparency with all these online voting all the screen's showing what's, you know, live cameras and hundreds of falling stations all across the country. so, pretty much anyone can wanna monitor the selections and really see that it's a democracy. yes, this is a democracy and this is how people act in a democratic election. here. any peas though, the in europe. i mean, he's,

according for a new use strategy to promote a democracy in europe. how do you think that's going to work? and i guess, does russia really need european democracy? no, i don't think so because i, and i don't know why can cities from the west alignment keep trying to promote democracy in other countries. russia has a very solid system of democracy as far as we can see, as in other countries. but russia has to work on his own way to democracy on its own way to democracy, not it shall not copy any other way of democracy isn't the same as united states keep trying to make in our country. they keep trying to teach us how to make our market. it's our democracy. it happened backing, but as you and when did they try to do that, they just promote the fraud on our own electro system. so it makes no sense when another country that i will bring gord beach,

one country to make their own shift and how it must works. what's very important to let the people at the well know how it goes here in russia, how the democracy works here in the biggest country on the planet here. for example, there are certain press agencies belonging to various governments that never say anything good about russia, that i'd say anything good about putin. i mean, honestly, think about the last time you heard anything positive about russia or putin in the western press. it just doesn't happen. so here, here in moscow, putin is making a real point now that most officials are making a real point to show transparency, to show them. this is a democratic election and let the world know that it's not bad as walking down the street drinking vodka. the sun does actually shine in moscow not today. i'll be, but it does actually shine. and the, because i want to ask you one more question before we go here. how important do you think is this election for russia in the eyes of the global community? well, it's very important because once more russia showing,

even though it's difficult to see good news about russia, the news all around and they did it, even with the themes in people's lives, was in danger due to the damage they used of a scene as a way to make propaganda against russia in west countries on another countries where the western media is stronger than the rest of the media, for example. but it's very important because with international experts here, we are able to, to make our analysts about the election process and to spread the news he spread that russia is actually working through democracy as well as any western democracy works as far as we can see from our international experience point of view as for rain or point of view. so it's very important not only these elections, but the, the seminal electoral process that happened russia. we heard quite often only about

russian elections. indeed, it is another sign that this democracy is happening here in this country, while the director of the international form of municipalities of the rich countries and the v. k. as joining us here life stay with us for a moment. we really appreciate you joining us. thank you very much for that. thank you very much. well, a total of 14 par. he's running for seats in the state duma. and throughout the week we've been profiling each one and basically exactly what we all stand for. so for now, here on the program, let's take you through a couple more of the 1st content stuff over the new people party. it was found that a year ago and is considered to be center, right. some of it's key pledges are to cut down on your rocker, see, and modernize rushes political institutions. the party also wants to boost the high tech sector and that of scientific research. now, another contender in this election is the liberal, conservative civic platform. it was founded by 1000000000

a recall of profit off before an internal bus stop saw him quit. the party said that support small and medium sized businesses and wants to see strong good domestic production instead of imports. a civic platform has one seat in the car and parliament and one almost one percent of the vote in 2016. now, the communists of russia not to be confused with a better known communist party of the russian federation. it promotes a marxist linen, if the idea ology and wants to see a massive read nationalization campaign, the party gone at a little more than 2 percent of the vote at the last election, but has no representatives in the state duma. well, i guess phony if and that's about it from ortiz election headquarters here with this. our with me will receive a thanks for joining us so far. it is day 3, meaning it's the final day of the valid costing and counting. so here we're not to international, we're keeping very close tabs on the process as dozens of election observers from all. busy around the.