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but also with the breakup of the ussr. ah, and of them, nora. kyle, this is al jazeera live from dough, also coming up column in the capital, but iraq's prime minister threatens to quit if rivalries continue and do not drink the water. i want to be clear. please do not drink the water. a water crisis in mississippi people in the us state capital a warned not to use public supplies. ah mikhail gorbachev, anita, who helped end the cold war and presided over the breakup of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. born into a poor, farming family and 1931 he rose to become the most powerful man in the communist

government. initiated a massive program of political, economic and social change. and was praised in the west as eastern europe, away from communism and soviet influence. but he was blamed, and russia for unleashing forces that led to the collapse of the soviet union in 1991, a tory jason b, looks back on his life. rattling camry. uh, let me call gorbachev, change the cool, so 20th century history. his legacy though is valued more by some than by others in the west, he is revered as a great statesman, a nobel peace prize winner, who played a decisive role in ending the cold war to many russians. he's the man who allowed the soviet empire to collapse, exposing millions to hardship and humiliation his legacy is that he allowed or the peaceful collapse of the soviet union. it did not use massive forster keep eastern europe ah, in the empire. and with that, he deserves credit,

but it is not that this was sung came in trying to undermine the system. he tried to, we formerly, as a young man, gorbachev study galore at moscow state university. he went on to forge a career and the communist party. eventually becoming its general secretary and leader of the soviet union. but the command economy gorbachev inherited was failing and there was shortages of food and consumer goods. which of try to fix things with glass? no stem perestroika reforms that were to revolutionize the soviet system. where the goal should you ladies, if we made more enterprise, more democracy, more organisation, and more discipline, then we will be able to bring perestroika up to full speed and give you impetus to developing socialism separately. his leadership also led to a revolution in relations with the west, face to face with you as president ronald reagan. gorbachev signed a treaty, eliminating an entire class of nuclear weapons curbing the nuclear arms race. it

was the beginning of the end of the cold war. soon the berlin wall fell and straw sales crew by hard line is in moscow. the soviet union itself was dissolved a gorbachev. resigned soon, clarissa, in this situation, which follows the establishment of the commonwealth of independent states, i hereby cease to act as the president of the soviet, you know, you. so you did most properties at info usa, so a would it the nobel peace prize in 1990 gorbachev remained in the public eye watching democratic progress erode relations with the west deteriorate? well, right now, the present russians are, but the more booty trying with military force to rebuild the soviet union, to reintegrate through forceful means, kind of do the gorbachev. legacy michelle gonna talk,

united nations secretary general antonio terrace says the world's most, the towering global leader russian president vladimir putin has expressed his deepest condolences. which off with his famous crimson birthmark was one of the most recognizable figures of 20th century politics. and one of its most influential let's take a closer look at mikhail gorbachev. legacy. he drove through reforms aimed at reviving the soviet union's economy. until the 18th was a time of survey economic hardship for countries in the communist bloc. perestroika, a russian word, meaning restructuring was the name given to a series of reforms that gradually decentralized many businesses but uses can now set their own prices. glass not meaning openness aim to instill a spurt of transparency, but the reforms backfired as food prices. spite for millions used to receiving government subsidies, growing instability led to the collapse of the u. s. i saw in 1991 out there as rob

reynolds has interviewed mikhail gorbachev and has tells us more about the mat. was an enormous contrast to the elderly, enfeebled man who had preceded him, whose only goal was to uphold a failing status quo. here came mikhail gorbachev, a member of a new generation and not of the old communist who had lived and worked under stalin . but of a different generation, more of a technocrat, more of a man with ideas. and he did have ideas about how to change the soviet union, how to allow it to, to develop and survive. glass nosed openness in english, perestroika that means restructuring glass knows, gave russian and other peoples living in at that time the soviet union, the opportunity to speak out are to, to, to talk about their society to talk about their leaders to examine. and this is,

i think it's very important the history of the soviet union, the horrors that the people endured under stalin under lenin. no subject was taboo anymore. but it, it was a process that you could like into sort of opening of a steam vows or something like that on a very complicated apparatus. and once that valve was opened, the whole thing became unstable and eventually just broke apart. as a family news now and the un secretary general as appealing for 160000000 dollars in emergency aid to help more than 33000000 people in pakistan, unaffected by massive floods. and then a good terrorist has held visit next week. will the 1100 people have died since the monsoon rains began in june? pakistan is the washing sufferings. the pakistani people are facing

a monsoon on steroids, the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding. the climate catastrophe, a skilled more the 1000 people with many more injured. let us all step up in solidarity and support to the people of pakistan in their howard of needs. let stop sleep walking towards the destruction of our planet by climate change to they. it is pakistan to morrow, it could be your country. while hider has more from now share a where 2 major rivers meet and have flooded. i'm at a place called hen abad, which is also the confluence point between 2 major pug, sunny rivers. behind me you have the river cobble coming from the west, and toward that end, the river in dust, which comes from the north. now both are said to be in high flood and although the

situation up noted now improving where the water is receding, there is a grave tread. this large water body is heading out toward the province of sin and is going to hate southern punjab that is focused on cotton growing bell. and cotton is of course progress on cash crop. but it will also devastate populations that situated close to the river bank. august on has seen massive deforestation, which of course has come bounding the problem that is worrying and the river beds. and of course are now high population density along the water body. the country now has to think very seriously, if it wants to mitigate the crisis and deal with future flood right now, the grave threat is bold to area richard and upon job and the province of sin and head in the k p. k. province. people are now cleaning up and returning to their

homes. my dad is, of course, going to be the grave threat of waterborne diseases from the stagnant water. that remains a, a team from the united nations nuclear watchdog has settled for the separate nuclear power plant in ukraine, a delegation left key the short while ago. automating president vladimir zalinski on tuesday. mclean and russia have accused each other of shelling around the facility. fighting as course international concern about a potential radiation disaster. the i. e. a team is being given access to inspect the russian controlled site. this will be a part of that. that's, you know, we have a very, very important task there to perform, to assess the situation there to help study license

recreation as much as we can. and i am really conscious of the relevance of this moment. but we are ready to use rate. so we will be reporting, but after after the mission we're going to be spending a few days there. trego has more from keith. there's been lots of concerns about how they're going to be traveling all the way to somebody to it's a long drive. it's about an 8 hour drive, and there is, there's been some accusations from the ukrainian government saying that shelling was ongoing around the area where the a team should be able to make it all the way to what do you fit in that meeting with president lensky? he assured them that he was going to try to guarantee all the safety possible during that drive. he also said that he was looking forward, that to be

a team would be able to convince russia to withdraw from the area to the militarized the area in order to guarantee the safety of everyone. you know, there's been lots of concern about what's happening in that plan. the russian ministry of defense has been accusing ukrainian forces of shelling the area. some of those shells have come very, very close to where the nuclear fuel is located and even the radioactive waste and the other side. ukrainian government is saying that it is the russians who are doing the attacks from the plant that was taking over by russia over all the most important thing is to verify that a level of damage that has happened to the plant to feed that the cranium technicians, that are working there are doing okay that they're not working under duress, which is what be bringing government is saying because they're being closely monitored by russian soldiers. and also that all the faith safety systems are in place. united nations says

a ship carrying wheat from ukraine to the drought stricken horn of africa has docked and djibouti shit was transporting 23000 tons of grain as the 1st vessel to make the journey to the region. since russia invaded ukraine, 6 months ago, shipment will be transported to ethiopia. expert say it's enough to feed $1500000.00 people for a month, but that's nowhere near enough. un estimates 82000000 people need food aid across eastern africa because of extreme weather surging food prices and conflict. iraq's prime minister says he'll resign if the political crisis and his country continues. mustafah al, caddy me address the nation after supporters of shiite leader mcdonald, santa withdrew from bag does heavily fortified green zone. and the 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded in unrest on monday, following saturday announcements that he was quitting politics or had the men who know. and i would say that if they want to continue to create disputes and

complications or not to listen to the source of reason that they will make a moral decision. but i'm proceed to leave my post in accordance to the iraqi constitution. that's an appropriate time. why do people or country iraq is bleeding and has been bleeding for a long time at such a cost? iraq's president barham seller has warned the principal crisis is not yet over as an early election could guarantee stability is mackwood abdul head was what with more the present have been in his speech have covered a few significant and crucial points on top of them. he started by commending the move by mocked at a sudden it was drawing from the green zone. he says that it's a brave step that serving the public interest. meanwhile, his is calling on the rival factions, including the solder himself and his rivals. the iranian backed political factions

to come back to the negotiating table. as a way out of this political deadlock, he reiterated that early elections and forming a government are a key steps to get out of this political lead crisis. he also reiterated that the, the iraqi people have been suffering for 2 decades now, and it's now time for them to get their wishes fulfilled. he also highlighted the fact that in his was that iraq should not be a soil for other foreign and regional powers to settle scores. so the present was very clear also calling their evil factions to come back to the negotiating table to work on holding early elections and to form a new government to run the coming transitional period. as a way out of this political crisis, still had hair on al jazeera laugh because president faces tough questions and

parliament ever corruption scandal involving his farm and another nation devise in my the try of a former president brings thousands on to the streets on argentina. ah, journey has begun. the fee for world camp is on its way for cathy group your travel to that time now for your weather update across the middle east and africa. thank you so much for joining in plenty of hot sunshine to go round here. still those bursts of rain across western areas of yemen as was in the forecast to continue to linger right up until the end of the month. and here we are last, stay before september, much more. com pictures we look toward. i've gone on and pockets on maybe a few showers and toward the north, up against the foothills of the himalayas. still high temperatures across the areas

of the van will pay the colors on dark, the red hard, the temperature of mine at $38.00 degrees. let's take a look at the 32 forecasts right now. this is going to be an extended period of heat going rate through into next week. your september average is 31. the record for september is 40 and we got you in for 38. so getting pretty close there. central africa get instruct with some pretty solid bands of rain around bungie with a high 30 degrees in our usual storms, around lake victoria to the south for south africa, its entire coastline from the northern cape province. stretching over to quasi luna towel, we've got blessed 3 winds in the forecast here. think gus anywhere about 60 to 65 kilometers per hour. and same goes for that coast and moves in beacon that may spread some showers for north central areas on wednesdays. here later, airway official airline of the journey, debating the issues of the day produce as always in criminalized around the

boundaries of right the number there people are families and our friends and our community member on an online job voice. military don't believe in dialogue, the political crisis must be off with the political climate change progress. is there some people who are in places that they're just going to have to? there's no recognition about what we're ready the things the stream on now just 0. 0 oh hello again. watching al jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this our mikhail gorbachev. the last 8 of the soviet union has died at the age of 91. which of presided over the end of the cold war and the lifting of eastern europe. i am cotton but failed to prevent the collapse of

the ussr inspection general appealing for 160000000 dollars and emergency aid to help more than 33000000 people in pakistan affected by massive floods until you good terrorist says he will visit next week and to watch prime minister says he'll quit if the political crisis and his country continues stuff. alchemy address the nation of supports of powerful she'll need and will, tulsa withdrew from baghdad. green so the solomon islands has temporarily band u. s. navy ships from entering as ports as vision comes off the pacific island nation signed a security agreement with china. in april. western governments are concerned the solomon islands could provide china with a military foothold in the region. the moratorium will apply to all navy ships. cynthia watson is an independent asia pacific unless and she says the relationship between the u. s. and china may explain the decision,

but the may also be other factors. i don't think that it's something that should be interpreted unless we want to make it into something. as a grandiose move on the part of aging, to force the solomon's to do something with it. that may in fact be what happened. but there are other plausible explanations as well that have a lot to do with internal politics within the solomons. and we are forgetting that as the idea of great power competition makes everything into a 0 sum equation. china has tremendous issues right now. not the least of which is that they've announced as of today when the party congress will occur in october, which will become the primary focus of what happens within china for the next couple of months. c, u. s. has made that accurate is accusation at the same time trying to regularly accuses the united states of things. and we don't accept that as gospel either. my

point is simply that if every thing in the world happens as if it were solely driven by great power competition, that leaves out a lot of possible explanations. south african presence around the pays us as he's not trying to avoid accountability for a scandal involving his farm. and those a phase questions from members of parliament on tuesday. he's accused of covering up the theft of a large sum of foreign currency at the farm. in february 2020 please. i had refused to comment on the matter, citing ju process. so i stand here and soon i'm a person not being unwilling to be accountable one to be fully accountable. and i'm saying once again that and mike and it's important and even those who are dealing with this metas,

i've said it's important got to make human space and time to deal with all the aspects of this meta global i as and gina's bag with law on what the president said during questioning, he may not necessarily be under any additional pressure compared to the last couple of months arm following the scandal being exposed to be know that parliamentarians have asked him similar questions before these questions have also been put to him on public platforms and via the media and he's maintained that line is remain tight . lips saying that they should follow who he will followed you process. he's willing to cooperate and that he's willing to deal with the necessary authorities on this matter. so not much as change from a poor, so at least the stance that he's taken. despite these questions coming up again and this time in a parliamentary session. where parliamentarians asked a number of questions around the pertinent issues in south africa,

including the scandal. now what has begun is a parliamentary process to potentially investigate what happens at the president's private game farm. and if potentially there would be reasons to impeach the president. that would be up to parliamentarians, a committee or commission that they would form to further investigate this particular issue. aside from that, there are also authorities who are busy with the investigation as well. so it may be some time before we have any other answers from the president, he maintains that he had done nothing wrong and he has got receipts. he's got a documentation to account for the money that was at his residence. and so not much less developed in terms of south africans learning anything more about what exactly happened. and many people i suppose, waiting for that due process to be completed. argentina's, vice president, christina hernandez, the kushner is on trial accused of corruption. verdict is due later this year,

but caused by the prosecution to jail. her provoked anger responses from her supporters. donors, formula reports from one as far as the former president and current vice president of argentina. christina fernandez, the kitchener is on trial cases, dividing the nation. the prosecution say she led one of the biggest corruption syndicates in the country's history. she calls it a political witch hunt impedes that it was going to fix you on this trail. started with this fiction that was recounted by the prosecutors over 5 days. during those 5 days, i listened to those accusation that were not accusations. there were a fiction, a script, a very bad one, besides being false. is it about this or is he got sick on daily? the prosecution is cooling for a 12 year prison sentence, and the lifetime ban on the vice president holding public office, one opposition politician, even demanded her execution. in response to supporters took to the streets outside

her apartment, him when a fire is please controlled by the opposition lead. city government responded aggressively provoking strong criticism from the national government, including the president, alberto fernandez. the supporters now keep with the vigil outside the home on the 3rd of april, read i, when i left visible and when you put one of our main political leaders on trial, in such a weak case, you undermine democracy and a lot of blood and spilt to win our democracy for them. okay. i mean, she did so much the schools, the city metro gave foot to the poor, equip see universities and gave her wage to housewives. christina fernandez, the kitchen that divides opinion like no other, but this trial is about much more than whether she's guilty or not guilty. it's about how many argent time see the future of their trouble country. so he may be battling a former president, the wife of a former president. and now argentina's vice president. if,

if kitchener has been around for long enough to have made plenty of friends and a lot of enemies for opponents. you the former president, the symbolic of the corruption, this blighted argentina for generations. they want to prevent her standing again for president, in lex, he is elections. a sunday, i thought he got a lot of hinting it will be historic for argentina. it's the 1st summer female president convicted for a fully proven corruption crime that it serve as an example for all of you all. now if we don't find it, it gives us hope that we still have justice and margin tina, and this has only just begun the verdict on christina kitchener and the 12 other accused is expected late to this year. whatever the outcome i should keep would be divided by an increasingly bitter conflict. and so on the al jazeera, what osiris kanyes supreme court is holding a pre trial hearing at this month's a leg on this as

a spence election comes under scrutiny. the court will outline the process for the legal challenge to the poll results. william rito was declared the winner, but for the 7 commissions refused to endorse the outcome. his rival riley dangerous . as the commission system was hacked. he wants a recount and says it will prove he won. i'll come web is in nairobi and has more what is the next chapter in the struggle for power here and can even started the supreme court over the next 6 days. judges and lawyers representing the various parties will go through the evidence that has been submitted vilerette being and his lawyers alleged that there was elect to fraud his main opponent, william router, the deputy president denies it. the allegations against the electoral commission 5 years ago, we were in a similar position. riley with the leading the opposition challenged the results. and in an unprecedented move, the supreme court overturned the election in order to re run it in 6 days from now

that we're expected to get a judgement and we'll find out if the supreme court upholds the election result. as it was announced, dorothy called for a recount, or re run of those polls. if that happens, it has to take place. within 60 days, according to the constitution, mississippi's governor has declared his state of emergency in the us state capital jackson. my residents have no drinking water. as after the water treatment plant failed, jackson, the aging pipes of left the city in crisis for years. now the national guard has been called in to help distribute clean water on 100 reports. the water in mississippi's largest city is undrinkable. do not drink the water. i want to be clear. please do not drink the water. a 150000 residence of jackson, the state capital cannot drink. water cannot reliably shower flush the toilet or battle their cities fires. governor tate reeves on tuesday declared

a state of emergency one with no end in sight. i can't give you a timeframe as to when we will be pushing out of safe drinking water. days of torrential rains have swollen the pearl river, mixing sewage and drinking water and overwhelming the city's main water treatment plant, causing it to fail with the city. unable to afford the rip, there's the state is offering emergency funding. this gets into quite possibly billions of dollars. and so that is far beyond the city of jackson's reach to be able to accomplish that. on our longtime jackson resident bernard smith saw it coming and stopped up. i will try to stop go on war to supplant because there's stuff that don't bowl in any instances when you know you and i don't where this happens. you don't just, all of a sudden you add to your supply, they always tell me. i came by to give you the jackson's population is

largely black of quarter live in poverty. it's one of many us city, suffering water supply problems. and until it can restore its water treatment plant and fill it, aging pipes residence will have to make do with boiled water, bottled water, and plenty of patients. john henderson, al jazeera, the last known member of an isolated tribe, and brazil. the amazon rain forest has died from what's believe to be natural causes. a man had lifted a isolation for more than 20 years after the rest of his community was killed by a legal logos miners and farmers was found dead and a hammock inside his heart. by officials had been tracking his movements for years ah, this is al jazeera, these are our top story.