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lo and marianne was in watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. ah, russians of all ages bid farewell to the law. soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. but to president putin stays away saying he's too busy. the death toll from pakistan's floods rises to at least $1265.00, at least a 3rd of the victims. the children and a few lead forces nasa to call off the launch of it are to miss mission to the moon 1st 2nd time. ah well, come to the program. we begin in ukraine. we're tensions is still running high around those apparition nuclear power plant international atomic energy agency is saying

the russian control facility is again lost connection to the last remaining main external power line amid the ongoing shelling there. but it continues to supply electricity to ukraine's national grid through a reserve line. a 3 all the power lines were lost earlier in the conflict. on saturday, rushing back, official said the plan was knocked off line by shelling on thursday. the head of the you endotomic watched the one that the physical integrity of europe's largest nuclear power plant has been violated. after a team of experts traveled there for an inspection. ukraine and russia of both accused each other of attacking the plant and risking nuclear catastrophe. i'll do series. gopro. alexander has been reporting on the story, joins me now from keith. what information do you have about developments around in parisha?

well the security and the safety situation are both very tenuous down in the separation nuclear power plant at this very hour, precisely because there was this main power source on the plan, the last remaining permanent power source there. as you mentioned, the 3 others had already been knocked out during the war. this one went down. that's the bad news. the somewhat good news is that there's backup power system was able to kick in. and that is what is providing power to the nuclear facility at this hour. but that is not the ideal situation. this is essentially running on backup generators, if you will, to put it in sort of simple terms and you never want to be doing that at a nuclear power plant such as this, especially one is large as this is the largest in europe and provides over half the energy to all of ukraine. so this happened now also at a very critical juncture,

was just about 48 hours ago that raphael grossi the director general of the international atomic energy agency, visited the power plant. he's left in a reporter in speaking to the media 24 hours ago so that he was very concerned about the situation. and there are still several i. e, a staff members professionals that are there at the plant and they are the ones that reported the current situation. so they're monitoring it very closely with their ukrainian colleagues. but let's also remember that this plant is controlled by the russian military right now and by russian. so it's a very delicate situation and power to a nuclear facility is so key to keep the facility cooled and for other very critical safety mechanisms to work properly. so what then does the i e, a plan to do well, they're in

a tough spot because they're experts in nuclear energy of course. but the key of having them there right now is one thing and really one thing only. and that's information. they are able to get information from the source and immediately transmit that information to the i a headquarters in vienna, who then can immediately alert the global community if you will, like they did on saturday evening. so beyond that though, they have no capacity or no mandate to really determine who is doing any of the fighting, who is doing any of the shelling in or around the area. and they also can't have, they don't have the ability to enforce any sort of demilitarized zone should that come up in the future. that's not the case right now. so they're in a very tough spot. but i will tell you that when i feel grossi the director general, in a statement on saturday evening,

said that he was very pleased that these experts from i remain at the plant. because in his words, it's like a night and day difference in terms of getting key information and really information is very critical at this point given how dangerous the situation is there right now. thank you very much. the latest from keith gabriel is on the meanwhile, russia stay energy company gas problem says siemens energy is ready to carry out repairs on the north stream. one gas pipeline to germany. but there's no way available to carry out work. gas from announced on friday that it will not resume gas delivery through the pipeline pipeline off to a 3 day shut down saying oil leak was detected and the repairs are required. but you are being commission says that this move is on the erroneous pretences and it shows moscow is an unreliable supply of the last heater. as the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has been lay to rest to moscow cemetery next to his wife,

reisa. thousands of russians. young and old file passed his open casket to pay their respects ahead of his burial. but present, let him a person stayed away from the ceremony. blaming his busy schedule. leah harding now ports 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 indian. 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 lee issues because garbage was not received. the strong leader and fujen wants to and appears to be and, and, and betrays himself as a strong leader. ah, got a bunch of gorbachev was often respected and revered. more in the west than at home

in russia renewal. this one, did you just kind of stuff that a warner oh that highlighted in this television advert from the 1990? i don't about you all out. unfortunately. what about you did not make russia about on 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. would us president ronald reagan removing a host of nuclear weapons? joe biden sided this achievement in his tribute saying 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. later came a failed qu by hard liners in moscow. the soviet union itself was dissolved,

and gorbachev resigned and can. yet now, more than 30 years later, with rushes invasion of ukraine comes the danger of a new cold war. colon awful slant, and devil to ship president putin, russia, hundreds president, digging new trenches in europe and hostile to the horrible war in ukraine. it's now we think and mikhail gorbachev and realized 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 ah the death toll from pakistan's, catastrophic floods has continue to rise. another 57 deaths have now been confirmed

25 of them children. augustine is grappling with an unprecedented relief and rescue operation with more than a 3rd of the country under water. 33000000 people are affected. at least a 1265 people have been confirmed dead this after weeks of record monsoon reigns and melting glass ears in northern mountains will than 440 of the dead children are high level bodies are up to coordinate the relief effort has met for the 1st time chaired by prime minister chabarise sharif. 8 has been flowing in from a number of countries, but the head of pakistan's largest charity says millions of people have yet to be reached. our warnings of famine because of destroy crops and livestock. now or shade ball as general secretary of the allied mat foundation, one of pakistan's largest and jose, which is helping people affected by floods, joins us live via skype from the horn. of course,

it's very easy to say that these floods are unprecedented in scale and scope. but what does that mean? what have you encountered in terms of the effect? it's hard on people's lives. yes, like you have said in your report that it is unprecedented and the scope is quite wide. but the challenge is that at this time i affected areas that is the bronze of the notice and send them by the doctor in. and it is very difficult to reach to the people that are in the flood water. so that's the difficulty, that's the challenge that has been faced by the authorities and by the end yours. so although there is no new rains or new flood water, but the flood water is tell them and we are trying hard to reach to the inaccessibility us and to help the population that we have access. what are the most urgent needs right now?

currently a one thing is that my most important is that we have to fact the people like there is no homes for them. the shelters are a little bit ria. so the government and, and use of providing shelter and then giving them food. and the major challenge that is coming out is if there is an outbreak of any water burn diseases, then it will be a challenge. so all the teams then use and a government sector as why it's on the dos to reach to the people and to give them medical end as well. because we see images of cities and towns that have been completely inundated by water. people that make shift shelters that we just completely washed away with these plants. how those people surviving.

currently, they have no option. or you can say that the only thing is that, uh, we can reach there in a week or so time because you know, more than 2 or 3 weeks i've been boston, most of the areas that are in florida. so we need to make an effort. i can be more body needed more more food, so that we can reach the people. and that will be the only chance of survival. do you fear that the death toll will probably rise because of the slow pace of the rascan relief operation? you are saying that obviously you climb money and resources, things like tents, very important, but also important for these efforts to be coordinated sale getting to the right place. yes, we feel that because it is a new estimate about a house is

a fully damaged or actually damage has sort to 1400000. it means that idea maybe god forbid. and there may be a more day as a, or maybe an increase in debts or wish you all the best with the work that you are carrying out. and thank you for taking the time to speak to us when i'm a very, very busy from the i had not found a lot. hi. you all watching al jazeera ally from not the most. still to bring you on the program. shoreline has asked, it hasn't got to mileage impacts of faces calling fraser. rest, authorized late night, returned to the country. he fled. ah, serena williams is not count of the usaa than expected to leave the last match 27 years. ah

. well right out of the gate, it's been an active, starts and meter all logical autumn across the islands of ireland and britain. so a number of weather makers crashing into both islands here here. so forecasts on sunday, bit of a breather before that next round, moves in and clips western areas. let's look at the forecast on monday. there we go . western areas, once again, getting the bulk of that activity off to central europe and we do have activity around the alpine region that western side of italy same goes for western areas of the balkans where i do think we could power up some thunderstorms here really across turkeys, black sea coast, we've got some shower activity, particularly heavy for that northeast black sea coast and western areas of russia. so that rain, we were talking about both for iler, ireland, and britain. it stepping down plaguing the northwest of spain as well. so we can expect some bursts of rain there, and a line of cells really stretching from the north west of gonna pushing right into

senegal. we'll see some downpours there and across south africa's northern and western cape province is along the coastline there. we'll see those winds whip up potentially to 90 kilometers per hour. it will be a soggy day in cape town with a high of 16 degrees, but looking good in vint, hook your up to 27. that's a snapshot of your weather will soon take care. ah, new voice is heating up the airway. lot of chinese listeners with kimberly here where they really think in their own country shifting power basis, the rise of citizen journalism has changed everything. how do you happen to have happened on social media and the undeniable impact of the mainstream narrative australians went to the polls with those images front of mine who's award very much been port out in the media as well as on the battlefield. they're listening post.

dissect the media on al jazeera lou. ah ah, welcome back. okay, main stories we're following now. the international atomic energy agency says the russian control facility of zappa risha has again lost connection to the last remaining main external power line because of ongoing shelling. but it does continue to supply electricity, ukraine's national grid through a reserve line. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has been laid to rest in moscow cemetery next to his wife, reisa and thousands of russians filed past his open casket to pay their respects out of his burial. but present my theme of pollution said he was too busy to attend

. and another 57 deaths have been confirmed in pakistan's catastrophic floods 25 of them children had of the country's largest charity says millions of people have yet to be reached. protest as in shoreline recording for accountability after the former president got by roger pox, a returned to the country. he fled unprecedented demonstrations in july of 2 countries. spoil it his worst economic crisis since independence. larger poxy was taken to a government bungalow under heavy security after landing around midnight on friday night. when l fernandez has more now from colombo, he sled as president of sri lanka, but returned on friday with no where to go got of a raj. bazzi 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. there was 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, he is responsible for the crime crime lot of times as well as are regarding putting up this country to the situation that we are in right now. so 1st here, there has 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 to the, to the movement. who the good a new campaign,

2 years into his term, protest is blamed him and his government for mismanagement bad decisions and corruption that joel for longer 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 from japan? loyalist 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 president seems to have run out of options. having swept to par with unprecedented popularity, gotta be roger boxes found out the hard way. that being a wartime leader doesn't always guarantee success. in peacetime,

we know fernandez audra 0, colombo or nasa has again had to postpone the launch of it are to miss one moon mission hours before was due to blast off from the kennedy space central trip sprang another fuel league is, is the 2nd time in a week through our space agency has been forced to cancel the launch of its giant rockett utah technical issues. no day has been given for the next attempt, the unmanned journey, which could pave the way for humans to return to the moon. for the 1st time in 50 years, the head of nasa sat, the decision to stop, the launch was a right one. we'll go when it's ready or we don't go until then and especially now on a test fly, because we're gonna stress this and test it. ah, and to assert heat shield law and make sure dr. before we put for humans upon the top of it, alice as she joins us now from cape canaveral florida. landed on tristram to take

place and dash the 2nd anticlimax in a week. yeah, disappointing. i think everyone was hoping that once the kind don't started that the launch would go ahead. but of course, as they were fueling, they realized the newest, famous ones. they had a problem. now to launch a rocky, you've got to mix the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen liquid oxygen, but no problem at all filled the tank. but there was a leak on the line. with filling the liquid hydrogen tank, they tried to fix it. they tried plenty plan b and plan c, and then at that point, they realized this wasn't going to happen. so they went to the launch director and said look, we think we have to scrub this port to day. i. and then after analyzing the data and talking to a few people, the launch director concluded. and that meant as we said, disappointment for the thousands of people that had gathered here and other places along florida space coast. hoping to see that lunar launch. and some of those

people were really upset that they missed out on what could be a once in a lifetime opportunity. ah, i mean, i drag, i drag my wife, danny, we got we got here yesterday at 7 am. so we've been here quite awhile. we slept on the grass last night just to make sure we had a good supplies. and cuz i can, i was expecting be a saturday will be a lot more people. busy there are a lot of people i thought there would be even more so it's kind of overwhelming. that is the big, scrubbed it a good script. we were here on monday for about 48 hours. also describe that. so i'm going to come back on tuesday. i mean each think they'd be a bit cautious about committing tiller and other launched a alan what, what might be the plan now? well the good to look at the data to see what the problem was and whether or not it

can be easily fixed. if it can, then the intention is to go possibly monday, maybe tuesday. there are whether windows and whether windows that allow them to get the launch to go ahead. but there is also the possibility that this might not be an easy fix, that they might actually have to take there, okay? essentially will it back in to the factory? take a look at a look at the bit that wasn't working and then see how they fix that. that would then delay everything until middle of september, or possibly even early october. those are the options that would be open to them. but as far as nice as concerned, 1st of all, nothing, top safety, they've got to make sure that this is a safe and successful launch. and the 2nd thing is with the big picture, they're looking at 20232425 beyond because they want this rocket to launch successfully than they want. activists to, to take people into a lunar orbit and then optimist 3 to eventually aligned to on the moon and set up

a base which would act as the firing point for humans to go. perhaps as far as mars and even beyond. so as far as nice as concerned, this is the setback, but in the grand scheme of things, they're looking at exploring new frontiers of space. so they're willing to take a little tight. all right, thank you very much. and cape canaveral, florida, alam fisher, a pilot has threatened to crashes aircraft into a war master in the usa and mississippi landed in the field. the small pines cycled above the town for several hours. the pilot contacted emergency services to make a threat, which prompted the evacuation of the store and the surrounding area. police, the plane was stolen and the pilot didn't have a license and managing custody and his facing grand larceny and terrorist threat charges. no one was injured in the incident. it follow 8 am this morning, cory,

wind, patterson stole a beechcraft king air c 90 twin engine aircraft and took off from the to blow airport. today we do know, patterson has some flight instruction. we do not believe he is, i license followed that is still ongoing to discover that he is an employee of tupelo aviation and has been for 10 years. so he has access to these aircraft oh, genteel, congress has held a special session to condemn the attack on the country's vice president. christina fernandez to coach sna. could kutner survived an assassination attempt outside on the when his irish on thursday a man was arrested off to pointing a loaded gun in her face, which fail to fire. extraordinary session in congress comes off the argentine is present, declared, find a national holiday in defense of democracy. now, serena williams has said that she wants to be remembered as a fighter after bringing the cutting down had 27 year tennis career at u. s. open

tennis icon was knocked out in the 3rd round, the new york ending hopes for a 24th grand slam title. far as small as mall. after more than a 1000 single matches during a career spanning close to 3 decades. serena williams is hanging up her rack her defeat in the 3rd round at the us open to ayla tom, lana bitch breeze to an end 27 years on courts. i saw so many years. i got a letter with everything. so i'm really 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 watching fans in new york. we're also unwilling to accept this. really watch the and i see that the height of her career. i have 40 years old. so one of the world, greatest matthews with her i. oh, all right, so tell me your name again. 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 along with basketball star lebron james. you're a girl. i mean what, you go for the sport of tennis, which you've del, for women. and would you go for just the category of sport piri? um is unprecedented. serina is 40

now but one her 1st major at the age of 17, was open in 1999. she went on to win $23.00 grand slams in total. a record in the open era, along with 4 olympic gold medals. 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 the 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 is smile. al jazeera is energy prices. mike, across europe and outdoor cinema in poland, has turned to pedal power for electricity. the eco friendly initiative uses bicycles plugged into generators to power their films. the scheme allows people to

exercise was providing other 50 percent of the electricity required to show the movie. around 3800000 people in poland rely on coal for heating and face shortages and price hikes through the winter percent. it will true mission of a good, sharper cliff. i actually have a bike trainer at home. i was thinking about how i could rebuild it to charge my phone this winter. so go to the mom that a lot of the more we are learning how to function in a new world that changes so fast. it's important to find new ways of helping our planet with us more and everything we're covering, al jazeera dot com for analysis that takes you behind the headlines, but also plenty of video on demand there. my correspondence around the world, ah.