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also coming up to link his former president, his back home less than 2 months after he fled. during an economic crisis, hundreds of thousands rarely in argentina in support of democracy. after an assassination attempt on the vice president plus tennis star, serena williams loses in the 3rd round of the us open and what's expected to be the last match of her career. ah, russians have begun pang their respects to the soviet union's last leader ahead of his burial and moscow. mikhail gorbachev will be laid to rest in the coming hours. the kremlin says president vladimir putin will not attend or some live pictures. now, from moscow of mourners queuing up to file past his body before the funeral in

a few hours time. western leaders have praised gorbachev as a towering statesman who helped in the cold war. but his legacy has received a cooler response in russia. he died at the age of 91 in moscow hospital after 2 years of serious illness. andrew summons looks back on the life of the last soviet leader factoid. can we do that at 54 years old mikhail gorbachev became the youngest leave, rue, the soviet union, and he was to be the last few would doubt that he changed the course of 20th century history. although he is revered and respected, more in the west than in modern russia, one of his biggest achievements was signing a disarmament treaty with you as president ronald reagan that took out a whole class of nuclear weapons. it earned him a nobel peace prize. joe biden cited this achievement in his tribute describing gorbachev as a man of remarkable vision. he said the result was

a safer world and greater freedom from millions of people. vladimir putin said gorbachev had a huge impact on the course of world history. he deeply understood reforms were necessary and strove to offer solutions. antonio guitarist the un secretary general, said the world has lost a towering global leader, committed multi naturalists and tireless advocate for peace. the commission president ursula on the lion said gorbachev, played a crucial role to end the cold war and bring down the iron curtain. it opened the way for a free, your many russians see him as the man who stood by is the soviet union disintegrated. his legacy is dead, he allowed, or the peaceful collapse of the soviet union. it did not use massive force for 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 reform and gorbachev used perestroika or restructuring to reform, a stagnant economy that had seen people shorter food and consumer goods. and he used glass knolls, openness and freedom of speech that led to parts of the eastern bloc wising up against communism. it was the beginning of the end of the cold war, one state after the other broke away anglo merkel, former german chancellor spoke in her tribute of the fear in east germany with expectation the tanks would roll in, but quite the contrary. wasn't long before the berlin wall came down, yet now 30 is on with rushes. invasion of ukraine comes the danger of further east west conflict, sullen a horse lunt, unstable to president putin. russia and it's president of digging new trenches in europe and have started

a horrible war and ukraine. it's now we think in mikhail gorbachev and realized what he did for our country and all of your vision. gorbachev held as a man of peace has died. it's only when his country is heavily engaged in war. andrew simmons, how does it? let's bring in a cru sharva. she's a professor of international affairs at the new school in new york, and the grand daughter of the soviet leader, nikita khrushchev. she joins us from moscow. thank you very much for being on the program. i understand you're attending the funeral to day and with the kremlin has stopped short of giving him a full state funeral. why exactly do you think that is and how will it be different? well, i think that the kremlin has given him at this time more than in fact i expected because i didn't wooten you showed that picture. he brought flowers. he kneeled sort of a boat in front of us in front of the in front of gorbachev's body. he's laying in

state and at a very prestigious important place. in moscow. you showed those pictures. i'm going to join those people in half an hour, approximately a the weight gorbachev. and also you alluded it in your piece of the way. gorbachev has been perceived as that because of him. because of his appeasement to the west because of his friendships. because he tried to make russia a global country or part of the global community, the west actually undermined the soviet union ban. the soviet union collapsed. and so we were respected. we as the soviets or the russians, and now we are not. so it's a very conflicting a conflicted legacy here. and i think the kremlin has been so far, quite respectful off of lee issues because garbage was not received

a strong leader and fujen wants to an appears to be and, and, and betrays himself as a strong leader. and he had been quite respectful and even the critics in the crown been of gorbachev have been saying that his legacy is important because he understood the problems, he collapsed plan economy and so on and so forth. how significant do you think it is that he's not being buried? like how many of the soviet leaders within the kremlin walls? what can be written to that? oh, he wouldn't have been. i mean that's actually nothing to be ran into this. i have to say when you get a cruise ship, of course, ah, up to his retirement and then when he died was buried at another day, the chief cemetery said of this, a very prestigious cemetery, but a lot, the crumbling wall. ah, he was buried. berra bodies, yeltsin, who was retired and also died after some years out of power is buried there. and so we have garbage, of course, would be buried in the never damage

a cemetery because he has not been president of a country that has not existed for 31 years. so that's, that's wonderful. in fact, i think that that's me, the less of the crumbling becomes the kind of pantheon than my so liam of old is dead bodies of soviet or whatever other leader is and actually have normal place in burial. along with other is, is it is a wonderful thing. so this is this, i think as it is, that is great. and i also also think that it's wonderful for us, for those who are going to attend the funeral. that to that, to put in is not going to be there because otherwise it would be all blocked probably would be 5 minutes for normal people to get there. and so in some ways, i am quite pleased the way the kremlin has handled it. and also of course, this time for those of us, critical of the war, critical of the kremlin, that so all so and quite momentous. amen to stand. i am because gorbachev opened

the world. he gave peace, he was at noble piece price. and now all of this sort of basically his staff is the last nail into the coffin where we, the russians, um, the system buried those promises of freedom and glass missed and paste troika, oh you officer, we know a prison person isn't attending because of his work schedule to think that significant, and i guess how was that being seen by russians? well, as i said, i think what they're doing. i personally expected less. so i, i thing good for him don't go because that would actually make it more human and normal for those of us who want to say good my to, to gorbachev. and also i think that in some ways put in couldn't have because if he would attend the funeral, then the question would be, how do you continue to bomb in that country where you paid

tribute to a man who actually wanted to end all wars hated all wars and whatnot. so in some ways they are kind of more consistent with their legacy wiggling except except what gore which of did. but we disagree with a lot of things he did and therefore it's going to be a half measure. of course, a vessel are happening in the shadow of the war and you crime. do you know what gorbachev stance of the invasion was? i think he was devastated. he was devastated by the, you know, the ending of the relationship with ukraine, which essentially ended up to 2014, after russia's annexation of crimea. up. he thought that, you know, in, in addition to the feeling that he had that, you know, for us, nobel peace prize don't bomb another country. ah, that you know, really the brotherly nation would, would now forever or for a long, long,

long time that we are not going to witness. if, if the change happens for a long, long time is going to be a nation of anatomy and that's, that's a horrible thing for him. i mean, he really despised mile and cindy. he despised war, but also the curtailing of freedoms that he allowed. i mean, i, myself, you know, brought in to princeton and in the united states the university because what, which i've said it's a free country do whatever you want to do. and now, so i'm an expert, i'm not an immigrant. and now futons policies, futons restrictions on, not only on the world, but also in civil society. i, in, in russia now is creating the whole new generation of immigrants. so it's exactly the opposite. what gorbachev was doing. so he was and i know that i spoke to him not in the last 2 years but, but before he was devastated and it's horrible that now the symbol of perestroika, the symbol of rushes, openness and now is von and basically went back to where one. thank you so much for

your time and your inside. that's nina crush over for us in moscow. was sure lank, his former president, his back home at less than 2 months after he fled from unprecedented protests quoted by a roger pox. it was blamed for pushing the nation towards financial disaster. his government ran out of foreign cash reserves and was unable to pay for import, leading to widespread shortages. budget pucks are returned early on saturday, flying in from bangkok. omen elfin in his joins us now from colombo. what's the reaction been like to his return home? have we seen any more protests so far, the reaction is somewhat muted. the return of gotta be roger fox, a happened so fast. i think that the protests is in general and the country as

a whole are, are taking stock or they want to know, you know what, this means what his intentions are. he's currently in the building that you see behind me. this is a government, a bungalow that has been allocated to him as a former head of state. that's his right. obviously a heavy amount of security or there is a firm in this is a main street. in the city of colombo, there's no sort of barricade preventing people, but there obviously is a, a significant presence. we see inside. there are guards on the balconies and things like that. keeping a close watch. there's obviously a number of intelligence operatives sweeping this area. and in terms of his intentions, the a minister of public security who i spoke to earlier in the day did said's way too early to tell as to what a go, toby, roger pox a plan should do. he will take stock. his been literally on the move for almost 2 months. he fled shanker for the maldives on

a military aircraft. and then he had to keep moving to singapore and then to bangkok from where he returned. there was no real, a sort of permanency he had to keep moving, looking at his options. and ultimately when he ran out of them, he's chosen to come back home. some people say that he might try to make it to the us where his son is based or other people say he might sort of continue in retirement, but the roger pucks of themselves, we probably haven't heard the last of them. the youngest brother bustle roger boxer did meet the party organizers taking stock of what had happened. 4 looking at the way forward, so i don't think we've heard the last of them yet, but for the protest as they say that they're taking stock to see where it goes, depending on what his intentions are. you know fernandez. thank you very much. with you as state department has approved a potential on sale to taiwan with $1100000000.00. the package includes anti ship

missiles and radar systems. tension has been high since u. s. house because nancy pelosi visited the island last month fronting china qu, to conduct military trills around taiwan. china claims the island as part of its territory. the u. s. deal will still have to be approved by congress. patrick for cares more from beijing. while the ones have come as much as of rise, that beijing reacted angry to this of elements of the chinese embassy in washington said that it would severely harm china, us relations and peace and stability in the taiwan straits and said that it would take legitimate and necessary counter measures the u. s. dance on taiwan is meant to be one of the strategic ambiguity, but this will have sent a very clear signal once again to beijing that washington is prepared to back the island. and the timing is significant. despite the fact, the present biden said that the package had been under consideration for some time with it being announced. so close to this period of height intentions in the wake

of nancy pelosi visit. it does demonstrate to china that so the u. s. won't be cowed by it's acts of military aggression or attempts to change the status quo. it is worth noting that since august 3rd, they've been an average of 10 chinese military aircraft crossing the median line every single day. and an, let's say that this is an attempt to shrink the buffer zone as part of its cognitive warfare, but also to give time one less time to react in the events of a chinese attack. but all of this really goes to say that the stakes are getting increasingly higher. hundreds of thousands of people have marched in argentina in defense of democracy. after the vice president, christina fernandez, the kitchener de survived an assassination attempt. a man pointed a pistol at her at point blank range on thursday night, but the gun did not go off. the president declared friday a national holiday dish and to show solidarity with him. when the k. yeah,

give reports from bonus. it is, ah, crowds marching to the beat of drums in the center of when a site is old and young, defending argentina's democracy in condemning thursday's assassination attempt against vice president. christina said none this the kiersten it no doubt gibson. when we'd ave, what happened on thursday was very serious. all democratic rules were broken. we cannot accept political violence. that's where there's so many people here is that there will be of no, this government has been under a series of attacks from strong economic lobbies opposition parties and also the judiciary system, which is working for them because of what i mean. i am here to defend democracy and the vice president tuckahoe video shows the moment the vice president was being confronted by her assailant, while reading supporters outside her home on thursday night 35 year old fit and, and on that, as a bagman kid pointed a loaded gun to her face,

but apparently it was jammed and she escaped unharmed. christina, bitter moneisha. camida. christina is alive because of some technical reason. we have yet to confirm. the gun with 5 bullets was not fired or although the trigger was pulled by obese, have out of you had the aggressor, a brazilian born man, living in argentina since 1993 is in prison, his house was rated and $100.00 bullets were found. he had already been arrested in 2001 for carrying a knife. argentine authorities are investigating the reasons behind the attempt. the president, alberto said, and then this being the hate speech and argentina, and decreed a national holiday on friday. so argentines could take to the streets and unite against violence. were leaders condemn the attack, including right wing brazilian president, j will. so nato, who was stabbed during his 2018 campaign and is now running for reelection. while

the assassination attempt has raised all sorts of questions about the lack of security surrounding politicians in argentina, political experts say the timing will likely benefit the vice president. the out pouring of support and sympathy has given for none. this a boost at a time when she needs it most. the former president is being accused of fraudulently awarding public works contracts while she governed argentina between 20072015. prosecutors have asked for a 12 year prison sentence in a lifetime band from politics, but that is unlikely to happen. christina fed amended the kitchen. it is also the president of the senate and has parliamentary immunity. she could only be convicted if she loses her seat. in the 2023 elections, monica, and i give al jazeera when a scientist g 7 nations have agreed to say the price cap on russian oil. and if

it's to weaken moscow's ability to fund the war and ukraine, finance ministers from the world's richest democracies, also hope, a cap on crude oil and petroleum products will help reduce global energy prices. russia has responded saying it will stop selling oil to countries that agree to a price limit. light, her rushes scarce prom announced it will not resume gas delivery through the gnawed stream one pipeline to germany. after a 3 day shut down. the company says an oil leak was detected and repairs and needed, but the european commission says the move is under a fallacious pretenses and shows russia is an unreliable supplier. who hundreds of thousands of home buyers in india have been waiting for years to move into their apartments. the suburbs of new delhi have a huge concentration of unfinished residential towers. there i allegations of corruption and some property developers have filed for bankruptcy. poverty metal

has been an order in northern india to find out why reduced to rubble in just 12 seconds. the combination of a long legal battle to have these apartment blocks declared illegal in gas supreme court ordered the demolition. it also found that authorities colluded with the developer, but i feel like this is the way it was really important because this sure that got option should be it ordained agnes mailing was the living example of corruption. so it had to go in junior say it would take 3 months to clear the $80000.00 tons of debris. the court has ordered the developer to refund the owners with interest. this case has put the spotlight on hundreds of thousands of bias. caught up in long legal battles. one property consult an estimate. there are about a quarter of a 1000000 incomplete homes. what more than $20000000000.00 in and around new delhi,

most of them are in the suburb. no doubt. this development was planned for more than 60000 residents. to video the book ash group that invested in a property for his retirement. it, he has on construction has barely begun. so i bought this property in 2014 thinking that i will get the position by 1617, to the max. and this will add on to my existing income. so then this will add under my exiting and go whatever launch i have begun for my house and all so i can set them off the government pass laws to protect buyers in 2016. but enforcement remains a week before that there was pretty little regulation on the way they functioned. so they industry is actually habituated to functioning in a certain way in which they can ignore almost everything or their can circumvent almost every long. it's not the death of law that are enough world simulations. c

the developer has refunded most buyers. it says it has lost more than $60000000.00 and has filed for bankruptcy. many hope this case will deter developers and authorities from breaking the law bathroom at that al jazeera no ada. india, the you in says more than half a 1000000 pregnant women and girls and pakistan don't have access to maternal facilities, 73000 as you to give birth in the next month. the same best ravi mit, some of them taking refuge in a vacant government building in the city of soccer and send province. a woman poised to bring new life into a world stricken by calamity. families weighed down by poverty so extreme. it is a burden carried from birth. i don't have anything, no money, no access to a doctor, nothing. i don't have any support. i could die. my baby could die. i don't have any money or a doctor. i don't have anything, nothing. no food or drink. no medicine,

not even a pill for the pain, and has been suffering for days. twin brothers are and must have now 10 days old came with the last wave of monsoon rains. their mother fled baluchistan province with them in her belly. but the floods followed their father is still their roads cut off and they have no way home among them in their head. i have big hopes for them in my house, but look at these kids, what conditions therein sitting here hungry? no bed lying here in the heat. oh, she needs help. she says her children need help. ah, displaced by floods and seeking shelter. survivors occupied this government apartment complex in the city of succor. in every room, a story of survival and suffering. the city doesn't want them there and turned off

power and water. it is hot and miserable. some tell us it feels like a prison. instead of receiving help, they say they've been accused of occupying this place illegally and are being forced back onto the street. we've been speaking to the families in, there's about 5000 people living in this block of government flat has been displaced from their homes by the flood. they come from all over the province as well as bullets son, province. and they're telling us is they don't want to stay here. they want to go back home, but they don't have any homes to go back to. this is no place for children, but more are on the way. roxanna is 9 months pregnant. soon there will be another mouth to feed. when i ask her if she is worried, she smiles never here. i'm happy to be sad. we hope conditions approve not every days the same, but her smile fades. when her son asks for cold water

is in basra, the old d 0 sucker since focused on final preparations are underway. for the launch of the optimist. one mission to the moon's orbit will be the live pictures of the rocket at cape canaveral, which will be refueled in a few hours ahead of the launch later on saturday. the 1st attempt failed because of engine problems. earlier this week, helen fisher has more from near the launch site and florida inspired by the wards of john kennedy then the president of the united states. america started this space race the intention to put the 1st man on the moon. there were many apollo missions and finally in 1969, neil armstrong became the 1st astronaut cassette foot on the lunar surface. there were many, many more astronauts after him, all of them touching the very edges of the heavens. and now the plan is for america to go back to the moon, but not just for the moon sake itself,

this time to establish a base and had to mars and beyond. we were in the space race, we fully thought that the russians were going to go to the moon and had they gone to the main 1st, who knew what could have happened in so that with that space race ignited our passion to get till apollo. and i, but at the same time it ignited all the science that was discovered from just that that one mission, basically apollo 11, where we walked on the moon. and here is optimist, one on the launch pad, the count don't underway. the intention is it will blast off from kennedy space center here in florida on saturday afternoon. now they already had to abandon one launch. that was because they discovered a faulty gauge. they think they've sorted out the problem. so now everything is on schedule for that launch. artemus one should take off on it's $42.00 day mission, including a lunar orbit. and there will be numerous tests as well to see if this really will

take people back to the moon for the 1st time in more than 50 years. tennis legend, serena williams has been knocked out of the us open and what's expected to be the final match of her 27 year career. she was eliminated to 6 to one by australian. i le, tom yen of it. she was 2 years old when williams 10 professional in 1995 williams has won a records 23 grand slam titles. will her share athleticism powerful serve and strategic sense on the tennis court? have in serena williams, a place in the pantheon of sports history, and as a figure in popular culture. now she appears to be retiring from tennis, but as rob reynolds reports, williams is not about to fight away and avoiding his report contains flash photography. serena williams dominated women's tennis winning 23 singles, grand slam. the 1st, when she was just 17, along the way,

she and her sister venus inspired a generation of young players, especially women of color. i grew up watching her imag vassar reason why play tennis and you know, tennis finger predominantly white square. it definitely helped a lot because i saw somebody looked like me in her decades in the spotlight williams became much more than an athlete. she was and is a cultural phenomenon which put herself out much more broadly as a celebrity personality than your typical athlete is able to do that begins with her dominant place and sport since 2011 williams has been a goodwill ambassador for the un children's agency. unicef, visiting developing countries to promote education and sports, part of her commitment may come from her own family's financial struggles when she was a child. this gritty south l i neighbourhood is where the williams sisters got their start playing on those tennis courts right over there. now that she's leaving

professional tennis, serena williams will have a future full of ventures in philanthropy fashion. and holly williams reportedly is in discussions with a film studio to executive produced, a biographical series about her and her sister. she did not want to be defined solely by her tennis brand, so she reached out and, and placed herself in fashion and clothing lives. she also had a child, and so she promoted health and wellness for mothers, in addition to athletic wear and wellness products. williams has dozens of lucrative endorsement deals from promoting gatorade to fronting for a fancy swiss watch company. all part of a carefully cultivated public image williams may be leaving the court on them, but she will be part of popular culture and commerce for years to come. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles ah.