RT News - May 26 2021 (12:00 MSK)

Despite 10 years of devastating war that's left the country in ruins Syria's holding a presidential election today. An RT crew has been filming those who've lived through the nightmare. President Biden says sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline were counter-productive to ties with Europe. His scrapping of restrictions on the Russian gas project comes as a first presidential meeting between the Russian and American presidents is agreed. The second military overthrow in Mali in the last 12 months sees the interim president detained, as the coup leaders once again take control of the government.