and try our services. oh, be our guest at frankfurt airport city managed by from bought. ah ah ah, this is the w news life from berlin. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev is dead with a policy of openness and reforms. gorbachev was widely credited for his role in helping to end the cold war. we'd look at his legacy at home and abroad at a team of international inspectors heads through the separation nuclear power plant

in ukraine. and trip comes as fears grow over a radiation leak or potential accident at the site, which is occupied by russian forces. ah, i've been fas all and welcome the soviet leader who helped end the cold war. michelle gorbachev has died at the age of $91.00 after a long illness encouraging more openness and reform within the communist block. gorbachev forged a new dialogue with the west. it ultimately brought down the iron curtain that had divided europe since 1945 and put germany on track to re unification. but while often hailed as a hero in the west at home, his legacy is more complicated. ah mikhail gorbachev arrived and freedom followed. when he visited east berlin for the ged 40th anniversary

celebrations, gorbachev urged a shaneka to implement reforms. he warned the east german leader saying, life punishes those who come too late. a month after his visit, the berlin fell, and with the iron curtain that had divided europe for decades. it was gorbachev's reformers, policies that helped unleash a peaceful revolution across eastern europe. douglas, as yet, he laid out his agenda and his 1st speech as leader of the soviet union. okay, so a stark contrast to what had gone before. we're also, she is vanya. we as for you as though all right, right. every piece and freedom is the most important basic right of action vigil for our kilobit. gorbachev wanted to change the soviet union to bring it closer to the people. he promoted glass, massed openness,

and perestroika reforms to words that will forever be associated with him. his new outlook was popular with many his policies also applied to the military. despite the resistance of soviet generals issued to us, here we are voters honest. i'm convinced that we will also have to reform our military . but last, we have far too many weapons, law, stately, we have to seek dialogue with other superpowers and reduce our arsenals to a reasonable extent in the gift shop. as a result of that dialogue gorbachev, an u. s. president reagan signed the 1st of many disarmament treaties in 1987. it was the beginning of the end of the cold war. in 1990 gorbachev

was awarded the nobel peace prize for his key role in bringing about a new peaceful world order. internationally, he was highly regarded but at home he was increasingly under pressure. the economic situation was dire. the soviet union on the verge of falling apart, communist hardliners stage, a coup against gorbachev in 1091 and put the soviet leader under house arrest and his holiday retreat and crimea. one man stopped the boris yeltsin, the russian president gorbachev was allowed to return to moscow, but politically, he was ruined. he else in band the communist party and publicly humiliated gorbachev. yes. oh yeah. you're sure you should always. shortly afterwards, the soviet union was dissolved in december 1991 mikhail gorbachev announced his

resignation. his attempts to regain political ground in the new russia failed. many russians held him responsible for the demise of the soviet union. but while his own country turned its back on him, gorbachev was hailed around the world. is the man who helped tear down the iron curtain and bring about a peaceful revolution. there have been tributes from leaders around the world. in russia, a spokesman for vladimir putin said the president expressed his deepest condolences to go which offs family un chief antonio quoterush said he was deeply saddened by gorbachev's passing and described him as a one of a kind statesman who changed the course of history. european commission president also lafond alliance said gorbachev's crucial role in bringing down the iron curtain opened the way for a free europe. and the foundation of then you west president ronald reagan tweeted

this. gorbachev was a man who was once a political adversary, but who ended up becoming a friend. the w's russian affairs analyst, constantine aga, joins us from vilios lithuania, constantine, you met him many times over the years. how was gorbachev regarded in russia in recent decades? well, it depends on who you talk to a minority, all russian liberal intelligentsia of that of reformist minded people were, was grateful to him, still are grateful to him for opening up the pos to liberalization in the soviet union. and basically, to the hopes of new russia, which still have to be realised. but uh, the majority of people in the country which in the saw the days was very heavily dependent on heavy industry and military industry. a lot of them revived him for ah,

basically breaking up the country. they worked for end herb destroying their sense of imperial, dried. and this is exactly this sense of imperial pride and a post soviet complex's that love it allowed them to put in constantine to we know what he thought about vladimir putin and the war in ukraine . we've lost konstantin there. unfortunately, let's move on from there and concentrate on ukraine. now, united nations nuclear experts of the parted ukraine's capital for the occupied nuclear power station near separation. the 14 strong team will assess the condition of the facility, and any danger that fighting in the surrounding area could pose for europe's largest nuclear power station. lead investigator grossi told journalists, the un experts are in ukraine to help stabilize the situation. the facility has

been occupied by russian troops in march and has repeatedly become the target of shelling both moscow and keep playing each other for the attacks. the w corresponded mateus, bowling is standing by for us in separation. what do we know about the inspection? what? what will these experts actually be looking for? ah, well, they are on their way now. they will possibly arrive tonight or tomorrow morning on the site and they will be looking for the damage done to the facility. there has been shelling in our dog for now some weeks that some of it has hit closely to the plant or 2 electric lines and other important structures near the plan, so they will assess the damage. that's the 1st thing it will assess how the security systems are working. every power plant has a range of systems that either need to be activated in cases of security or that

protect the power plant and that will ensure the cooling keeps on. so there can no be no nuclear meltdown. so this is the 2nd thing they want to do. and the 3rd thing is that they want to talk to the stuff, the ukranian stuff in this power plant and see what they're working conditions are like. and whether this is still sustainable, will that go ahead? will they make these ukrainian workers? the plant is still under russian control. yeah. so the plan is under russian control. the management has been brought in from russia. they are specialists from the russian atomic energy authority at this stuff is still the stuff from the ukranian, atomic energy organization. and that's, of course, it poses

a problem whether they will be able to talk to them whether there has been some pressure on them. what to say when they arrive, we don't know that for sure, but there is the aim or the demand that they can speak really to them. mathias, how would you describe the fighting that's still going on in the area? ah, there are different kinds of fighting. so on the one hand, the shelling that has been going on in that hotel where both sides accused each other. i've spoken to a few residents and now i dont have left the site have left the city. they were convinced that it was wrestling because the time between when the cell was fired and when it hid was too short to cross the river between it's more than a rebates, a water reservoir, between the ukrainian side and the russian side. but we don't have any proof and the confirmation for that both sides are refusing each other. russia is accusing

ukraine, a firing on the power plant. so that's one part of the fighting. and then in recent days, may be also due to a counter offensive that ukraine has started a little further from there and in the one direction. we have seen increased shelling of ukrainian cities including here including apple regia, where rockets have hit the outskirts in the past. few days, the ts filica many thanks for that update form separation. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines. iraqi president barham sally has called for early elections to settle a political crisis which has triggered some of the deadliest violence in years. at least 30 people have been killed since clashes between rival, she eyed factions broke out monday. influential she, i, cleric, mac tulsa, as called on his borders to end their project. java had on it most ahead of november's mid term elections in the united states. president joe biden has

traveled to the key battleground state of pennsylvania. i played all say he demanded action or gun violence, and called for a ban on assault weapons. while to rule former president, donald trump is expected to hold rally in the same city on saturday. war by part, hundreds of people have taken to the streets of haiti to protest against crime and soaring consumer prices. haiti, central banks is inflation. is that a 10 year high and fuel stocks are running low as in boy has struggled to be paid subsidies that keep prices low. pakistan is struggling to care for the millions displaced by flooding. united nations chief antonio who terror says the world is at the mercy of the climate and must act together. millions of pact is of farmland, have been submerged, ruining needed crops and millions. and now homeless un is calling for a 160000000 in emergency 8 as the reins finally,

ease the scale of the catastrophe becomes clear. the worst flooding in pakistan's history has left more than one 3rd of the country under water. satellite images revealed the sheer extent of the damage which pakistan's foreign minister has blamed on climate change. i want to emphasize here that the scale and magnitude of the current floods is unprecedented, whereby the country received rainfall equivalent to 3 times the national ah, national 30 year average. this is a grave manifestation of climate change induced disaster. the devastating floods have forced more than half a 1000000 people to flee to dry ground. many now shelter in makeshift camps where supplies of food, medicine and clean water are running dangerously low. the un secretary

general appealed to the international community for help. warning that the climate induced crisis poses a global challenge. pakistan is a washing suffering. the pakistani people are facing them on soon on steroids. the relentless impact of ethical levels of rain and flooding. 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. the u. n. has cold for a $160000000.00 in international aid to help those most in need. but the pakistani government says it will need more than $10000000000.00 to recover and with more rain predicted in the coming weeks. that number is likely to rise. reminded out of the top story we're following for you. tributes of flowing in full

full a soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev. who has died at the age of 91 with policies that promoted free speech and reform within the communist book. which on forged a new dialogue with the west that ultimately brought down the iron curtain. and brought about german reunification business is up next to stay with us for that. i've been for so and thanks for watching. i'll see you next out by, by ah, [000:00:00;00] with every day for us and for our planet with global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we