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montera johnston, this is al jazeera will lie from doubt also coming up with the last leader of the former soviet union, mikhail gorbachev is laid to rest in moscow, politicians in argentina's, lower house of congress, hold a special session to condemn the assassination attempt against vice president, christina, fernandez to coach snell and daughter went away and a new life in the world destroyed pakistan's devastating floods forced pregnant women and girls to give birth in shelters. ah, nasa has postponed the launch of its artemus one moon mission, just hours before it was expected to blast off from the kennedy space center in florida. well, these are the latest pictures of the nasty rock. it's on its launch pad. a launch

was cancel last week due to engine problems. will be head over. nasa said the decision to stop the launch was the right one. will go when it's ready or we don't tie go until then and especially now on a test fly because we're gonna stress this and test it ah, and test that he'd, she'll ha, and make sure dr. before we put for humans upon the top of it. well, alan fisher joins us live from cape canaveral in florida. so what, what more can you tell us about this a bought in a while? no, they're, they're looking at the, the data that they've gathered to see whether or not this is going to be an operation which can perhaps go ahead to on monday or tuesday when there are whether windows for a launch to take place. or whether they will have to will the whole rock it back

essentially into the workshop and take a look at it then retool what needs to be retooled and look again at the launch in september or october. so that decision could be made in the next 24 hours or so it could be made in the next hour or so if they get good answers from the details. but clearly the engineers and the really smart people that nasa will have to go through this information. they started the clock ticking towards their that the cone don't as they be expected. know the started to fuel the rocket to do that. you've got to put in liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen. there was a problem with the fueling of the liquid hydrogen tank. there was a leak on the outside. they tried several, a ways to try and fix it. that simply didn't work. so 3 hours from launch. they went to the, the launch director and said, look, this, this isn't going to work. we're probably gonna have to scrub to day. the launch director took a look at all the the data and within about 1015 minutes absolutely concurred and

decided that this wasn't happening on saturday. it will be a disappointment to the thousands who gathered to see many people came here just to watch the launch. many people came in to florida just for the launch itself, and now all they've got is a sunny day on the beach to enjoy. and alan, what has the reaction been there behind you and beyond well, i think bill nelson, who's the nasa administrator, probably some the best up from, from nasa's point of view that they go when they're ready and not before everyone's aware that artemus is taken longer than expected, there were more delays with covered with not getting the re, equipment that they wanted with the budget have blocked going over the initial estimates. but that becomes irrelevant when you look at nasa's big picture, which is to launch a series of 3 rockets. first of all, that will carry out the initial arc, thomas mission, which is to go into

a lunar orbit than the 2nd one, which is to send people back into space. and then the 3rd one which is to send people. and when i say people, i mean a women and a person of color on to the lunar surface and start the work to create a base there to go to mars and beyond. for the tourist that came and many of them are disappointed. we spoke to someone just yesterday who only came into town because it was a saturday. it was the day he was off work. he thought it a chance to see a launch to the moon, which you better really get the chance to see in your lifetime. and that simply wasn't going to happen. so he will leave disappointed. as many people will to day. summer saying they'll come back if it's announced that it's going to be wednesday or tuesday or wednesday, or even monday or tuesday rather. but that is a call that nasa will have to meet when they've analyzed all the data that they can process from today's abandoned launch. and fisher at her cape canaveral for us to thank you. we're gonna stay with this now and bring in that greg altree, he's a clinical professor of space leadership policy and business at arizona state

university is also a former nasa whitehouse liaison during the obama administration when he joins us from lake arrowhead in california. welcome to the program. so despite today's disappointment, is this still very much a new space raced? you say? yeah, and i want to be clear. it's not a disappointment for the insiders. we expect this is a system where nasa hasn't flown. i government built rockets since the shuttle retired in 2012 need a lot of practice here. i don't think anybody's surprised that they got things to work out and this is a rocket that can't fail. as far as the space for is concerned, the others too important space is happening. one is the geo political international space raised primarily between the u. s. and china and to some extent between the u . s. russia. and the other is, i think more important the kind of raise between government built systems and the increasing capabilities the commercial sector to deliver several launch services.

so the more you say, i mean, this isn't to be an unmanned mission. how important is it for nasa? how vital to get humans back up to the well, it's important to go to the moon because there are a huge economic and eventually huge environmental benefits to, to the earth from exploiting back resources that are on the mountain. because of that potential between the great powers to, to get there and start to map, it's got to be done. that said, again, they're going to take their time and they'd be cautious and get this right. they cannot afford to failure on this be a do the space mission, still galvanize galvanized i should say populations back on us. that's perhaps the early apollo missions did all those years ago. yes, absolutely. i mean, i was out there on sunday for the 1st launch champ, i and it was a full house. the roads were packed lots. people had a really good time and you know, even though they didn't launch, there was this amazing sense of commonality and best enthusiasm for the project. i

internationally, i did a moon day event in london, imperial college london, where i also teach up in july grady to see as of there i was recently and now in saudi arabia. ready great enthusiasm. ready everywhere i go a so i think there's a palpable sense of returning to space. that's what we shared. there are and always will be critics of course, who don't see the bigger picture and are only concerned about the short term cost. let's talk of nasa using the moon as a kind of launch pad to mas is that's actually possible. sure. you know if, if you were gonna take a really big voyage and let's say that you're leaving from, from the u. k. to circumnavigate the glove you, you might want to take your, your boat out on a little right. the canary islands 1st, you know, be before you headed for cape horn. and i think that nasa sees that the ability to get humans to deep space again and put them sustainably on the moon for a long period of time. the apollo missions were great. we were only there for hours

and a couple uses 2 days on the surface of the man, i'm going to mars you have to be there. you have to be there for months, and the journey itself is miles each direction. so you're talking a multi year journey, we're not ready to do that tomorrow, gives us the chance to perfect a lot of skills, technologies, and capabilities. we need to, to make that sort of thing work. you mentioned the cost, i mean, my space exploration. so important then some might say we have enough problems. how not to solve? yes, absolutely. that's the short term thinkers. you can always see what's in front of them. if you just think about what's already been achieved, what are the best technologies today that, that we have for instance, to address that greenhouse gas emissions? i would say solar photovoltaic hours a big one. guess what? entirely driven by the space industry as a customer before that global positioning system makes every form of transportation on earth, 1015 percent, or more efficient in its fuel years. probably the biggest reduction and fuel

emissions of any technology. guess what? c u. s. military space program. so we've got to see those possibilities and getting to the men moving our extract resources, wiring ice, melting and heavy industries off of the planet, can allow us to keep the plan at the way it should be as a a prestige and perhaps to some extent of national parks or the space where, where people live and enjoy instead of exploring what i got for you. read very much appreciate your time. thanks very much. frontier. good. not at austin. neither of the format. so that union has been buried in moscow called gorbachev. died on t there the age of 19 he was incurred to the ceremony, held that the number to the summit next to his late wife placement. let him in hooting, did not know what to say was at the haughty, how's the story? thousands have lined the streets of moscow to bid farewell to the last leader of the soviet union. mikhail gorbachev was credited with changing the course of the

20th century by indians. the cold war president vladimir putin has paid his respects, but is not attending the funeral. other western leaders are not attending either. the kremlin has been so far, quite respectful of, of li issues because garbage was not received it strongly to an fujen wants to and appears to be and, and, and betrays himself as a strong leader. ah, forgot to much off. gorbachev was often respected and revered more in the west than at home in russia. renewal this, when did you just turn your stuff? is that a mona one more that highlighted in this television advert from the 1990? i got about you all out. unfortunately, what about you did not make rush a bottom of the west because the west didn't want that to happen. war, but you're certainly wanted it to happen. he went on to win

a nobel peace prize after signing a disarmament treaty with us president ronald reagan, removing a host of nuclear weapons. joe biden cited this achievement in his tribute, seen the result was a safer world and greater freedom for millions of people. the treaty was the beginning of the end of the cold war, one state after another broke away from the soviet union. and it wasn't long before the berlin wall fell cool against it. later came a failed qu by hardliners. in moscow, the soviet union itself was dissolved, and gorbachev resigned. hm. and can yet now, more than 30 years later, with russia's invasion of ukraine, comes the danger of a new cold war. son on a horse london stem ship president, put in russia. hundreds president, digging new trenches in europe and has started a horrible war on ukraine. it's now we think mikhail gorbachev and realize what he

did for our country and all of europe. ah, gorbachev died at the age of 91 in moscow hospital after 2 years of serious illness . and while he was hailed as a man of peace, he is left at a time of war. leah harding al jazeera, the, the international atomic energy agency. it says is that there is a nuclear power plant in ukraine has been disconnected from the network for the 2nd time in a day. and one of the reactors has stopped. it said that one reactor continues to operate. early on saturday russian backs official said the plant was knocked off 9 by shining gabriel at his under reports from keith. the safety of that plant is very tenuous, quite frankly. the good news is that there are i. e, a inspectors that are still there right now, and they plan to stay there permanently,

at least 2 of them that we're told. so we're going to have to see in the coming hours, days and weeks how this all transpires, you know, of, but we believe that, you know, this is very much on the front lines. and so, and the safety of the power plant is paramount. and it's not so much the fact of could a shell hit the power plant can release nuclear reaction. the power plants are pretty well fortified. of course, that could happen, but they are very well fortified. the bigger issue, according to what i fail grossi, the head of the i. e. a that just visited the plant 48 hours ago. he says he's worried about power cuts at the plant because without power, they're not able continue to cool the reactors. and if you don't cool, keep those reactors cooled and at a certain temperature, that's what could lead to a catastrophic failure. so there's

a whole host of issues there. but as one person said, you know, nuclear power plants were not made to be on the front lines of a war. that's a worst case scenario, but they are exactly in that position right now. rushes energy john gas from says it will not resume a gas delivery through the northern stream. one pipeline to germany. after a 3 day shut down, the company says an oil equals detected and repairs are needed. your pin commission says the move is under fallacious pretenses and shows that russia is an unreliable supply. gas problem says it will now ship natural gas to you through ukraine. gas pros, decision came hours after g 7 nations agreed to set a price cap on russian oil in an effort to hurt moscow's war efforts in ukraine. russia has responded saying you will stop selling oil to countries that agree to approximate for dinner fat out past. so they couldn't, is taking another step towards cutting supplies let's it would be

a violation of the contracts. every one hopes that will not happen. if it happens, it is clear that there will be consequences. but it is also clear that we've been preparing for months with as risky, so we must not underestimate it, but certainly we are not going to be intimidated. so the head hair on al jazeera should anchors that former president got to buy about a pack, so returns of the he fled protests triggered on economic analysis. ah hello the weather set fair as usual across a good part of the the middle east. lot so dry and hot weather still wanted to shout was just around the southern end of the red sea, but otherwise not too much to speak of timber to still well up around the levant sir, 41 celsius. therefore damascus. not quite as hot as we go through monday, but still plenty hot enough that heat tending to transfer

a little further east with some showers. there just aren't per hour. the caucasus there, we'll see some wet weather for some, some parts of back. see also seeing shower or 2 over the next day or so. not too many showers cross northern parts of africa. plenty of showers through central parts of africa towards the golden guinea. i southern areas of nigeria, single wet weather, although we'll see some past still sing some lavish hours over the next hours. have been no when there was intensely, have been in recent days. plenty of showers to over to was that western side of africa. now the western side of south africa seeing some live the shower, some blustery conditions, strong winds, winds wanting in force across the western cape through where the weekend this system does brush the southern cape as we go on 3 monday. notice how the temperature falls away. caped out, just 14 degrees celsius of wanted to touch as we go one into tuesday. brightest guys coming through for the north one or 2 showers to for tanzania. ah

frank assessments, how much support is that? that st. protests that we've seen in cartoon across the rest of the country. the street has been, has been very good. that's happening into the co consent people across the country, informed opinions. we will say more of these events. what is happening is that climate change it to making them work in depth analysis of the days global headlines draw. he is credited by some way where they were storing italy's credibility. this critics would say he couldn't play the part of a politician. what do you think went wrong inside story on al jazeera lou ah, watching al jazeera reminder of our top stores now this nasa has scrubbed the

launch of its ottoman moon rocket for a 2nd time just to hours before it was expected to blast off from the kennedy space center in florida has been postponed due to a hydrogen. so that unions lastly that mikhail gorbachev has been buried in a ceremony over the beach she cemetery next to his late wife, president putin did not attend the international atomic energy agency says this upper region, nuclear power plant crane has been disconnected from the network for the 2nd time in a day, and one of the react stopped. singled reactor is still operation. argentina's congress has held a special session to condemn the attack on argentina's vice president. christina fernandez, dakota? well, she survived an assassination attempt outside her home in bonus iris on thursday. a man was arrested off the pointing of loaded gun in her face, which failed to fire mclean. ocoee of joins us live from. what is ours?

so monica route. what was the main purpose of this congress meeting? yes, will. the house of representatives are wanted to show unity. there were all political parties. the session was held in the presence of former ambassadors and to show a united front against political violence and hate speech and argentina. this is a very polarized country. it's facing an economic crisis. inflation yearly inflation is over 70 percent. the president's popularity has been dropping. ah, and this happens the attempt against vice president, could he seen of it? and then there's the kiddish net happened at a moment where she was facing ah charges corruption charges. she is allegedly, ah, committed fraud during her when she was president of argentina between 20072015

. so the attempt that happened on thursday, i'm, which she luckily came out of it unharmed, just swayed to the public opinion in another direction, argentines took to the streets to show unity to defend their democracy. and to show sympathy for, to kick for christina, because they say that you cannot have violence in, in a country because of political reasons. a monica. what more do we know about the assailant? you so into is a, had a troubled childhood. he was born in brazil of an argentine mother and a chilean father. ah, his former girlfriend ah, spoke to the press as did one of his friends. they said he sold cotton candy ah, on the streets. ah. but nobody, they didn't know, at least what he was up to. nobody expected this to happen so far. he did not want

to testify. he's being held in jail right now, but he did not. he kept his silence. and i, and that's basically it. we're, we're still waiting to understand the reasons behind this attempt. ah, ammunition was found in his apartment around 100, a bullets were found in his apartment when the police raided it on thursday night. marvin boners are as with their talk time, 1 o'clock here. thank you. shall anchor's former president got to borrow a pack sir has returned to the country of the 2 months and self imposed exile and l . fernandez. reports from columbia. he slid as president of sri lanka was returned on friday with nowhere to go. goes up a raj not so flew back nearly 2 months after he fled. angry protested who blamed him for pushing the country towards economic collapse. he resigned while he was abroad. dozens of m. p. 's from his governing s o p. p party were at the airport to

welcome him. those involved in the protest that led to raj boxes exit like manual a summer. second a say he has the right as a citizen to return, but we strongly believe that he oh, he's responsible for the crime. crime lot of times as well as. 2 are regarding putting up this country to the situation that we are in right now. so 1st here there's to be a fast track, our investigation into other issues that he has created. and he has to come out to the legal system. it, he has to face the legal system. the former president has moved into this government residence. senior security sources have told al jazeera, his wish to move back to his private residence in columbus above was denied because of security concerns. oh, goodness. in the game, the target of movement, whole, the good a good campaign,

2 years into his term protest as blamed him and his government for mismanagement bad decisions and corruption that draw felucca to its worst economic crisis in memory. it's incumbent therefore, upon the government to ensure that there is accountability in place with regard to got arbitrage boxer. and apart from that, he can live a normal life, i presume. although of course, you know, can he get about, can he be seen around in public is a question that he left the chart raj fox, a lawyer. let's see. it's too early to indicate what the former president will do now that he's back in the country. after nearly 2 months of trying to find a place to settle, the former presidency have run out of options. having slept to power with unprecedented popularity. gotta be a roger boxes found out the hard way. that being a wartime leader doesn't always guarantee success. in peacetime manner, fernandez,

audra, 0, colombo, millions of people have been displaced by the worst to floods in pakistan's history . among them are thousands of pregnant women with no access to maternal facilities . same was raphi has met some of them taking refuge in a vacant government building in the city of soccer. in sin 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 when yeah, i don't have anything. no money, no axis 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. her me the is do any time now and has been suffering for days . twin brothers amar and marcia, now, 10 days old,

came with the last wave of monsoon raids. their mother fled baluchistan province with them in her belly. but the floods followed their father is still there. roads cut off, and they have no way home. i'm on the line, but i have big hopes for them in my house. but look at these kids, what conditions they ruined sitting here hungry. no bed lying here in the hate. 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 supper. 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 district. we've been speaking to the families in, there's about 5000 people living in this block of government class have been displaced from their homes by the flood. they come from all over the province as well as bullets. and they're telling us if 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 live here alone. why would i be sad? she says children are a happiness, a blessing. she is optimistic, not every day will be the same and conditions will improve. but her smile fades when her son asks for cold water is in basra, the old d 0 sucker sin focused on now serena williams has played what

looks set to be the final match of her career when a tennis is all time great, spying out at home grand slam in new york for a smell is more after more than a 1000 single matches during a career spanning close to 3 decades. serena williams is hanging up her racket her defeat in the 3rd round at the us open to islet homeland bitch breeze to an end 27 years on quartz i saw so many years ago. my daughter lou, doug, i thought it was my and they deserve everything. so i'm really my goal here still admit the tears. she left the door slightly open for a potential return for any chance or reconsider. i don't think so,

but you never know. i don't know watching fans in new york. we're also unwilling to accept this. really watch the and i see that the height of her career and she's you know, at 40 years old. so one of the world's greatest matthews with her dad. i wasn't really or the told me her name, graham, i'm venus, i'm serena, serena and her sister venus trans santana's. their life story was turned into a movie. former 1st lady, michelle obama is among those who have tweeted her. congratulations. basketball star le bron change. you're a go. i mean what you go for the sport of tennis. what you've done for women and what you've dealt with just the category of sport period. some precedent.

serina is 40 now but one her 1st major at the age of 17 was open in 1999. she went on to when $23.00 grand slams in total, a record in the open era, along with 4 olympic gold medals. or when she in venus arrived, they actually changed the way the game was played. anne who play the game today. you had coco gall playing madison keys to black women and race was not the big deal . it was that it was 2 americans and one of them was going home. it wasn't for hollywood, ending many had hoped for serena leaves with her head held high a player and a personality. her sport will miss like no other far as smile al jazeera ah.