And the story is not enough. Neither is the money. The family of 10 afghan civilians killed via us strike demanding justice. Washington says no one will be punished for the death. No one can compensate. If you give us all the money in the world, it will not be enough. Its not possible. We need assurance that next time they will not kill innocent people and children in other countries. The culprits must be convicted. An inquiry has opened into e. U a chief vandelay and who says she has no record of attached to the head of pfizer during talked over buying vaccine. I now 2 thirds of the vote, happy and counted in the russian general election with the ruling party united, russia enjoying a strong lead. So far will bring you all the results as they come in. Ah, it is just a very quick hello from our special Rooftop Election Studio high above the in capital. Its a big Day Today after 3 days of ballot costing for the State Duma. Now its a very large case of tallying all the votes from the vast 11 times zones of russia. However, before we get into those stubs, lets hand it over to my colleague and the farmer for some of todays top stories. Thanks to rory, braving the Adam And Sir for a stand there and read square will be back with us in a few minutes time. But lets give you more details now. Not story from afghanistan, because sorry, is not enough. Thats how the families vasquez victims have reacted to the admission of guilt by the us in that deadly drone strike by the pentagon in kabul, which killed 10 civilians are also reports that us intelligence did warn about the possible presence of civilians, including children in the strike area, but only a few seconds before the miss, ill hate senior Correspondent Note against the f. Brought of this report from cooper while the, the apology to given the unprecedented international and Media Pressure on the united States Government to admit that the strike went very wrong very quickly. Well, they, they didnt do. So for weeks we heard only mumbling and obfuscation that they tried to change the topic, tried to defend themselves, assure the international community to get the afghans as well. They did everything by the book. There were no mistakes made on the intelligence. Half that they, they tracked this vehicle from an ice as compound they saw him with, with containers which looked suspicious. D like david with explosives, which were the course which were containers of water. And he had that very early put, believe this, this new version that was later introduce that. The a, a warning because we heard from the pentagon, the, this intelligence that this car was an imminent threat came from all manner of agencies that it was all but confirmed. And then we have the story about the saying, oh wait, there are, there are a kid that the she had to get very difficult to imagine the military which had drones villa, scott, the todd. And i can assure you we were here. We heard that there were drones and just you guys of a couple. It is very difficult to imagine that they would launch a miss up at the, at the car, heated and that they wouldnt have seen all the kids playing playing in the area. So it easy, you know, and that is an argument that the family of the victims on by either that than us or no one can compensate us. If you give us all the money in the world, it will not be enough. Its not possible. They cant compensate for the murder of a child, and there is no remedy for this loss. After they confess that it was a mistake. We wondered why they didnt check before talking us. Why did they find conclusive intelligence . They should have made sure by carrying out a thorough investigation before accusing and attacking us. We have lost 10 relatives and it is such a painful and terrible incident. We are grieving, heart broken, our family was innocent. We knew that we didnt do anything wrong with. And the, the show, you know, the assurances that they will be compensated in the United States are very so well that is, that is falling on deaf ears. What they want is an investigation. They want a proper inquiry to how such a lapse in the chain of command and an Intelligence Oversight was allowed to happen. How this strike was allowed to go ahead, despite the fact that it happened 3 kilometers away from capital airport. So so this, this message that the, the attack was imminent and hes dubious at best because they could obstruct the vehicle. If indeed it had tried to get to the airport somewhere along the way, rather than hitting it to the densely packed residential area, which is, which is exactly where the strike happened. But most or more, but we want justice according to american law. And the person who pulled the trigger and those who gave the Fire Command should stun before a court of law. We need assurance that next time they will not kill innocent people and children in other countries. The culprits must be convicted. Nobody formerly met with those nor contacted a toll on behalf of the american governments. We want an official investigation and the corporate must be convicted in a court of law in the u. S. Then we will accept reparations, according to american law, just 3 people from the telephone came here. They search the crime scene and left without saying anything. On the whole as strike casualties, civilian casualties have been loomed over the last 6 years or so as united side the United States and its allies wound down the ground present. So withdrew troops from Ghana Stud they relied more and more on nash tribes. Now, according to all manner of services, the tracks the track, the number of civilian casualties have got to start. Those casualties have exploded. For example, according to relief, web 40 percent of the casualties caused civilian casualties caused by as strikes in have got us on over the last 5 years since 2016 have been children and 1600 children that have been killed as a result of ash drives, which include drones, drugs. There was also a big scandal in the early days of the above a presidency about the collateral caused by caused by drone strikes. And again, as strikes the fact that the United States would count all military age men. So from 18 up to 60 as enemy combatants automatically, they wouldnt bother investigating where these people were fighters. Just the fact that they were men between 18 and 60 meant that they were automatically written down as enemy sizes. And these sort of Record Record Keeping and reckless approach. The collateral casualties has enraged afghans for many is cor, well mark alone. We cant say revenge or fight back. We are a poor family and only trusted god. He is the one who has the power to punish them accordingly. We cant forgive them. Why would we do that . I have heard that the americans have killed so many innocent people in june attacks. I would say that these cases must be investigated to stop these killings in other countries like afghanistan. I have lost my daughter, my brother, and his children. These drone strikes needs to be stopped altogether. After the attack on our family. We asked for justice. Now i call him those who have lost people to join a text over the years to stand up and demand justice. Again, this acknowledgement from the United States that indeed this was a tragic mistake, a terrible tragedy, and that they would compensate the victims of this strike. While it is almost a precedent in terms of how quickly they, they came to make this acknowledgment because usually these types of things, these, these apologies, they take years if they ever do come. If the families of the victims ever receive any sort of compensation or whether thats even offered to them and again that these s likes are always used as propaganda. By those who have something to benefit from them. Be the taliban. Be its eyes this they, you, they will remember that this was the americas last as try kill, kill 10 civilians. They will use it as a propaganda to because all of these victims be they children or adults, the civilian casualties of every aspect. They have families, they have them published usually families who are, you know, given the right push, well, theyll be all too eager to get revenge more, i guess the of their incapable. Now a u. S. Company has mounted a legal challenge to the age 2019 decision to classify one of its chemicals as a substance of very high concern. As after Test Show Gen x was dangerous for the environment and human health. The company can or which spun off from dupont in 2015 though denies the claims. The decision is not rounded in solid scientific evidence. Little levels of Gen X do not pose a human health risk, and it has also been shown to rapidly eliminate from the human body. This is a class of completely manmade toxins that are now contaminating our entire planet. They were manufactured by companies. By maam, they dont exist on the planets other than these few companies that decided to make them and pump them out into our world. Knowing that these chemicals would stay in our environment virtually forever, which is why you hear them referred to now as forever chemicals. And that they would get into us and accumulate and stay there and result and toxic effects in simply knocking a couple of carbons off of a chemical like p, f, away and calling it something new. A Gen X really is not satisfying to regulators and scientists who are looking at it and watching the data as it comes in. While the dispute, the substance is used as a replacement for an older class of chemicals called P F l. A say were band globally in 2019 due to their effect on the environment. I also believe to cause serious illnesses including cancer. European co rule Gen X may present many of the same issues i saw of sorry, were the subjects of the film, dark waters based on the legal battle with the time in west virginia, polluted by the chemicals, chemicals, documents, i dont understand. Theyre hiding something that chemical, but if youre drinking drinking, its like saying i swallowed a tire. Well, the movie there was actually based on the story of lawyer, robert below who we spoke to. He far below suits against the poems on behalf of the small time the suffered from the dumping of the chemicals, he told us he hoped to raise public awareness on the issue. You know, im encouraged to see that the story in what happened with P F. Away is giving out to the public through things like the movie, dark waters that people are becoming aware of that this is happened that you know, and hopefully adults dont know that theres a long history here. When we 1st started digging into P F away, back in 1999. That chemical was completely unregulated and what we were hearing back then 20 years ago about P F away is the same thing were hearing about jet acts. Now that theres inadequate studies and testing to show that theres harmful effects. So its incredibly important to take proactive steps to try to address the chemical. We shouldnt wait to see what kinds of cancer is actually develop. The people who are drinking it are being exposed. An official inquiry has been launched into the European Commission president ursula on the lie, and he says she has no record of her text messages. But the chief executive of pfizer, the messages were exchanged during talk some buying vaccines from the pharmaceutical, joined Peter Oliver as the story. It comes down to the question of communication or more accurately a question of communications. Basically whats being offered by e. U officials, when they do deals with others. And what was promised to who, particularly its in relation to the text messages that went between the Commission President for the line and the ceo of the pharmaceutical giant pfizer. Now the e u ombudsman. Shes very keen to take a look into this further and find out exactly what was said. The message coming from the E U Commission was they dont keep any record of what they call short lived communications. The decision to record a certain piece of information in the Administrations Document Management system should, according to law, not be dependent on the medium b at a Letter And Email a text or instant message. But on its content will at the time the deal was done. It was said to have been very much down to the personal diplomacy of a you Commission President pers lafond the line at secuity whopping 1800000000 doses of their cove at 19 vaccine. And it was absolutely essential because it took up the slack that had been left after the collapse of the deal with Vaccine Manufacture Astrazeneca to provide jobs to the European Union. For a month, miss Vaughan De Line had been exchanging texts and calls with albert buller, the chief executive of pfizer. Another vaccine supplies the block. And as they spoke to things became clear. 5 might have more doses, it could offer the block many more. And the European Union would be thrilled to have them. This isnt the 1st time though. The Earth Lafond Line has been asked to show text messages that she sent in an official capacity. And its turned out that theyve not been available back in 2019. There was a parliamentary inquiry here in germany into deals that had been doing contracts that had been handed out with the german defense ministry. Now before becoming the Commission President , those live on the line was the Fence Minister here in berlin. Now some of those contracts were there will occupations that theyd been given out to people without the correct oversight being in place that personal connections had played a role personal connections. Of course, not that far from personal diplomacy in some peoples eyes. Well, when it came to the german boon, the stag, the parliament here in berlin, asking to see these text messages while they had been wiped, we could not find the official papers or other documents revealing why the Ministry Hide external consultants to the assumption is that a lot happen by text messages. We have to assume that officials have destroyed evidence. Such behavior may have criminal implications. Well, if you test your mind back to 2019, this was quite a big scandal here in germany, in relation to how these defense contracts had been handed out. Ultimately, of course, it was massively overshadowed by the coven 19 pandemic. But now what were seeing is questions being asked over how on the line carries our business and so far, well, the answers havent been forthcoming from the European Commission. The well high in the sky above a central downtown moscow. It might be a case of gun with a wind today. We have with more of a special Election Coverage here. What are you into national, what a 3 days its been a valid counting for russias general elections in full swing. And the results are continuing to come in with more than 2 thirds of the votes now counted. Heres how it all currently looks. United russia has 49 percent of the communists, perennially and 2nd place. Have 20 percent, the liberal democrats now just to under 8 and adjust russia, which has merged with 2 smaller parties, is next on a 7 and a half percent. Though a new party and this election called new people has just above the 5 percent threshold. That is required to have a presence in parliament. Now these results are not final, of course, and only count for half of the 450 contested seats, as youre sure also votes for individual candidates as well as parties. I know it sounds a bit confusing it a bit difficult to grasp on, but how about this here is an explain for you. Ah, [000 00 00;00] the news i went, i joined with Pavel Andre off of russia, central Election Commission, joining us here on rooftop studio. Thank you. So much for coming to talk to us today here on our international a great pleasure to have you here on a very good morning. Very chilly morning, but the weather will not dial phosphorus today. Its been 3 big days of voting. So now all the cost, theyre all being tallied now, all the votes being counted, but its interesting because this time around, people were able to vote using their smart phones as i understand now. Has it worked out okay . And is that a safe method to be voting with using your smartphone . Or has been not only smartphones, but basically an electronic gadgets, like the desktop computer, a note book, whatever it has, it has been the 1st time the russians were able to use the digital electronic Voting System. The, the, the 1st, the 1st come was moscow. And the time, it was also other regions of the Russian Federation of the use, the federal voting. And there are 2 Voting System, one for moscow. And the other one, developed by Russ Hillock on football for other regions at the central load which Election Committee we last night. We put together the keys to draw out the results for the federal system. It went very smooth. It was very, quite quiet quick to do basically an hour, an hour and a Half Hold of the whole process, completely transparent under the cameras. Under the observer, the supervision of the observer had the results farther than in moscow. It took a bit longer, but that the 4th explained by the sheer numbers on one hand, because on the federal system, on the federal boating system, there were about 600000 voters who chose that method. And there were almost 2000000 people who chose to vote here electronically here in moscow. And then there was also another feature which was tested in the, in the Moscow System which allowed for both to, to review their vote. So they had a challenge once the cost of the Balance Bill Funding by the had a chance to think over, come back and review the data because of the, the technology of the block chain. Its all have to trace that old back. And thats to some, some time for you as you say. So people were able, this time to vote online using, as you said, a mix of different electronic gadgets. It works out quite well. This time, do you think this could be the future for elections in russia . And could this actually make pay for Balance Redundant in the future the to, to waste on so that the official, the official line and how it is foreseen as the central Election Community is that it is not to substitute the balance in the box as long as there is a demand, as long as there are people more comfortable to go to a Polling Station and vote that will remain an electronic Voting System is an option. Just another choice for both to, to, to, to could, to cut the balance. But personally, i, i say that of course, in the span of like a couple of decades. Well well, well all move electronically there will be electronic passes introduced to moscow next year. And so on. There are 80000000 russians currently registered at the faith electronic platform for services. And thats 8000000 out of 108000000 both. So thats a significant number. Those are incredible numbers really. When you think about how many people actually got involved this time around and got involved online as well. It does seem to be setting a bit of a new president when it comes to the elections for the future of not just russia, perhaps, but also in, in European Countries as well. You know, will they adopt more of a method that russia has adopted for this State Denver Election . It, itll, itll be interesting to see, but i wanted to ask you, youre from the electoral commission. Whats the most difficult thing for you for the commission at this point in the election . Is it counting ballots, or is there more to it . The thing is that the, the central Election Commission commission, each of us has a brief, a brief is overseeing, im overseeing, for example, the international monitors im overseeing voting abroad. Im over Thing Information before the, the Information Center we have operating the central eX Commission. So apart from that, we also have a number of bunch of regions where over so basically thats, thats what we are currently doing. Well, being in touch with, with the regions, see how its going, how goes there . If, if the, if all the protocols have been uploaded, and were also very quite technological in the sense of uploading some protocols, they are all Cure Coded. So once, once we print out the protocol, we have a Cure Code and that goes in quickly goes into the states again, electronic system, elect the elections. Its called gus, everybody. And thats how its all counted. They will already reports all for an interference digitally when it comes to this election with a State Duma here in russia. Some sort of online foreign interference accusations have been made if you have any problems with your systems, did you have any hoc attacks . We had reports that there were cyber attacks. We had reports of wired to severe and multiple attempts to do to disrupt the all our systems. But they, they with the food. And as far as far as were at the moment we havent had any infringement on the results. So the thing do you think you think i didnt use a changing among among that of the russian vote here . Because in recent years to turn out, it wasnt so good for this kind of election, but this year its been a really big turn. A people getting more involved. Do you think . Is there a reason for that . I think that people get more and more trusted again, more and more trust in the system because of all the transparency the central X Commission has introduced the see the Video Surveillance System which is completely unparalleled anywhere in the world. We had 96 percent of the of the constituencies of the falling stations covered with video surveillance, either online or video recorded. So that the, the, the see the way the central Election Commission is, is operating completely in an open manner. We were sitting together with a journalist with the observers international observers waiting for the results over seeing how the digital electronic Voting System has been put together to, to, to produce results. I mean, they, they gain trust. They see also a lot of competition. I think you, judging by the results, you might think no, theyre all of the same. Well, maybe there is another 50 to 40 getting into the in, in the parliament. But at the same time, we are inside saw why the fierce competition devoted. So, considering even the consider independent mach 7, considering the quantitative limitations on the public meetings, the campaign was quite interesting, quite intense. There were a lot of innovation in terms of the over the of the, of the Advertising Blitz for the timing, getting, getting to getting to reach out to, to the vote. And i think they saw it and they went to vote. Right. Puzzle. Andre, from russia essential Election Commission joining us live here on the international a real pleasure. And congratulations, by the way, we understand the, the observers with all of them, from all around the world, the transparency just briefly before you go, would you say transparency wise . Its been a success. I tell you, you would say yes. Yes. And that was from what i heard from the international observers that were really interested. There were 245 international observers accredited in the central Election Commission. There were 55 diplomats based here in the moscow were also get got the accreditation. There were hundreds of far understand experts who are visiting there were a lot of interest into in the, in the, in the way the elections are organized in russia. And the organizes of the elections from other from other countries. Weve invited the really, really keen to pick up a lot of technological stuff, a lot of stuff which, which contributes to the transparency of the process and bring it out to their country. Andrea from russia with central commission action commission. Thank you very much for joining us. We appreciate thank you and i thank you. Thank you for joining us. Well continue to cover it showing all the international, although i should say just for now. However, that does wrap it uP For me, but only for this our, our special coverage does continue throughout the morning from our special studio here on the rooftop overlooking the kremlin and red square. We have lots of guest, uncommon trees filled to come here on the program. So i hope you can join us next hour here for the continuation of russia. 2021. Stay do my election with live coverage when the international the me ah, me one. No, no borders and, and my number is emerge. We dont have a therapy. 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