RT News - March 15 2021 (17:00 MSK)

More European countries eye Russia's Sputnik V vaccine as the fund behind the jab reveals it's signed production deals with companies in Italy, Spain, France and Germany, conditional on the EU approving the drug. Meanwhile the bloc admits flaws in its vaccine program as countries vent their fury over "huge disparities" in the way jabs are being shared out. In Germany Angela Merkel's party suffers its worst-ever losses in two key states as the starting pistol is fired on the country's general elections. After ten years of war in Syria we look at how the conflict has changed the lives of its people and what the future holds for the country.