ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev is dead known for promoting openness and democracy in the communist state. gorbachev was also credited for helping to end the cold war. we looked at his legacy at home and abroad tributes of being paid around the world, including from germany's chancellor will our shots for thinking of mikhail gorbachev. and know how important he has been for the development of europe and our

country as well in recent years. also coming up a team of international inspectors heads to the shepherd region. nuclear power plant in ukraine visit comes as fears, grow over radiation league, or potential accident at the site which is occupied by russian forces. and another hits to germany is gas supply. russia has shut down deliveries along the north stream, one pipeline saying it is closed for maintenance. german leaders say they're considering new ways of putting pressure on moscow or dropping russian fuels completely. ah. dime and you could this mckennan welcome to the program. the soviet leader who helped end the cold war, mikhail. but charles has died at the age of 91. gorbachev introduced policies that

encouraged openness and reform within the communist blog and forged warmer ties with the west. this ultimately brought down the iron curtain that had divided europe since 1945 and put germany on track to re unification. that while often hailed as a hero in the west, at home, his legacy is complicated. the property of your policy, mikhail gorbachev. his 1st speech as leader of the soviet union, it was clear he was a stark contrast to his predecessors. we thought he was the old robin peace and freedom is the most. am your hope, basic right of action regional for our children. gorbachev wanted to change the soviet union to bring it closer to the people. he promoted glasnost 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, which are to us, if we are foreigners, all, unless i'm convinced that we will also have to reform our military. but he, we have far too many weapons, love, sickly. we have to seek dialogue with other superpowers and reduce our arsenals. to a reasonable extent, in the yourself as a result of that dialogue. gorbachev and you as president reagan find the 1st of many disarmament treaties in 1987. it was the beginning of the end of the cold war in october 1989 when he visited east berlin for the g d r's, 40th anniversary celebrations. gorbachev urged eric hanukkah to implement reforms.

he warned the eastern leader saying, life punishes those who come to late a month after his visit, the berlin wall fell and with it, the iron curtain that had divided europe for decades. it was gorbachev's, reformist, policies that helped unleash a peaceful revolution across eastern europe. 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 hardliner stage, a coup against gorbachev in august 1991. at the end of that year,

mikhail gorbachev announced his resignation and the soviet union was dissolved with many russians holding him responsible for its demise. ah, wild leaders have been paying tribute to mikhail gorbachev and as we just heard there in the west, he is often described as a unique elder statesman who changed the course of history for the better. but in russia, some blame him, the death of the soviet union, even calling him a traitor as day broke in moscow. so too did the news of mikhail gorbachev. death rushes, news channels reported that present in the blood. amir putin had expressed his deepest condolences. but mosquito bites themselves were not united in morning. their former leader, one waiter was kaiser with i have a negative view of michelle gorbachev's time and power. still, he did a lot of damaging things to our country. we're the ones facing the consequences on your go up was don't,

i think he wanted to show all countries and also the western europe. i would say all countries around the world that we are a peaceful country on an if she wore a miracle divert that we are ready to desire love from us when we got a lot of those rod sabrina, introduce ballistic missile reduction, et cetera, et cetera. barbara, the response from western leaders was far more unified. the, this is the same and outside the stall, we know that he died at that time when not only democracy has failed in russia. but as russia and russian president, putin has created fresh divisions in europe. settled and begun a terrible war. and because of that we are thinking of mikhail gorbachev isn't and know how important he has been for the development of europe. he tried to change the communist system from inside, which it became impossible. and he started the needle corporation with the west to stopping the global war in a statement u. s. president joe biden called gorbachev

a man of remarkable vision who helped create a safer world and greater freedom from millions or distant target than asia. eric china hailed gorbachev's diplomacy. gerber was young. mister gorbachev made positive contributions to the normalization of china, soviet relations total did even yet. while japan praised his contribution to nuclear d escalation, cargo hides its neat sandals to the cigar. he has left behind a great accomplishment as a world leader and supporting the abolition of nuclear weapons or so to steamers. but in gorbachev's homeland ambivalence reigns, kremlin spokesman dmitri pascoe of hailed him as a statesman who will go down in history, but dismissed his hopes, of a rapprochement between russia and the west. as romanticism that did not work out was in the face of what he called the bloodthirsty innes of moscow's opponents. we

can speak now to our political correspondent, thomas sparrow, his air in berlin. hi thomas. now the germans. gorbachev is revered for his role in the reification of east and west germany. isn't he? there's a reason why go by chose, relation to germany unto the germans is described as a special relationship as a reason why gorbachev's has been described here in germany, as germany is most beloved russian. the reforms that he put in place in the soviet union were absolutely significant, not only for the fall of the berlin wall for the whole process around that, for those peaceful demonstration in eastern german cities. the so called peaceful revolution, but also to germany's reunification. after that, it's important to remember that when german chancellor hadn't would call was planning and discussing the possibility of german reunification. he not only sought the approval of the united states. he also sought the approval of the soviet union as a very memorable meeting in february of 1990 when he visited moscow. and he said that

gorbachev was basically in favor of german reunification. and this clearly explains why gorbachev's until to day remains an incredibly important figure. not only for the fall of the berlin wall, but also for german reunification. and that's something that, by the way, you see most of the statements that have come out to day responding to mr. gorbachev's death. he w thomas barrow. thank you so much. now earlier i spoke to our correspondent erie rochette so in rieger lapierre, and i asked him to explain why russians have em all mixed fear of mikhail gorbachev . mikhail gorbachev was arguably the most courageous politician of the 20th century. he was able to change history to break apart something similar to the unbreakable of the soviet union. mister garbage was also responsible for her

possible for a period of very difficult political reforms before the collapse of the soviet union. and i, it took russia a long time to overcome the economic crisis and poverty of the early, early ninety's. so many people in that poor russia came to feel that gorbachev reforms glasnost and perestroika were not enough to provide them with a dignified life. so mikhail gorbachev, st legacy after the collapse of the soviet union, a collapse that his personal associated with a is a difficult one. and nowadays, more than a quarter century after the fall of the iron curtain, many people in russia say they feel betrayed by gorbachev. and more generally that they feel betrayed by the west. can you tell us a little bit about the relationship between gorbachev and vladimir putin it was a very difficult relationship, and gorbachev supported like they put in many, many times. ah, he agreed with his policy ukraine, but he didn't agree reportedly with let

a bit of that him put his war in ukraine. and what about in former soviet countries like me away? you are. how is a gorbachev regarded there? when when mikhail gorbachev came to power, as a soviet union was an agent country, a con, economy was in shambles. the war ethnic conflicts cooking up in parks of the country . a bunch of new this of yet union needed reforms are glosson at perestroika openness and restructuring. was the instruments used to try and save the country, but with their newly one freedom of expression, especially of the baltic states were pushing for independence. ah, yeah. gorbachev created the atmosphere for independence to blossom in the baltics. and i think many people here appreciate that. on the other hand, he did try and suppress protests. in lithuania, a foot 14 people were killed and at least $700.00 people were injured. lithuanians

put up as strong resistance that gorbachev i had not counted on. and of course, and got much of as a symbol of the soviet union, which also means to the time of the soviet occupation as this time is called here. so to summarize, i think the view people have on gorbachev here is very, very mixed. it up is your 8 rosetta enrica thank came to ukraine now where the government is accusing russian forces a firing on a town close to the jeff regent nuclear power plant. moscow has also accused kiva shelling the site, which was captured, captured by russia back in march. and the attack comes as experts from the you and make their way to the plant. before leaving they said they hoped to assess and stabilize the situation. their fears have been growing that the fighting could spark a nuclear accident or lead to a dangerous radiation leak. 6 months and many ukrainians have been fleeing the area

close to the nuclear aunt. and one of those who fled was a technical worker from the facility. he says he's concerned about it. safety and fears. russia may try to conceal the reality of the situation from the un inspectors. dw mathias bellinger has this report. some have spent hours some days waiting for this moment. here ends up. what is your refugees arrive from the occupied territories in the south? some awfully in the fighting some life and occupation. and recently, new worries have emerged about north of you, which i will live about 40 kilometers from and at, or dod. officially, we're not in the danger zone. what are you more, but it's not far what i do, nor murphy team on with when they shoot, we can hear it. so we decided to pack our things and leave it. is it of always this

person read them or no? is up with these? yeah, the refugees are registered and get food and assistance. buses are waiting for those who want to travel long. in the past few days, many have arrived from the embattled city of in our honda we have spoken to a few people who have just left an at her door and the nuclear power station there . they're talking about constance shelling. they're saying they are afraid of what might happen to the nuclear power station and that they want to move as far as possible from there. none of them agreed to speak on camera out of concern for relatives, they've left behind. but we managed to reach or you could opiates by video call. he passed through here a few days ago and he was an engineer at the plant was on shifts until last week. he thinks the risk at the plant grows. as more colleagues leave, mother was

a good may station needs constant maintenance. now this work is not being done at a power plant. everything should go like clockwork. from the beginning of the mason's job until the end let, there should be a strict shadow. everything needs to be done at certain hours, certain days on certain shifts in now the clock is broken. it's still ticking. i just, but it doesn't work anymore. i think you guys don't get all my he doesn't believe the mission of the international atomic energy authority will have any impact. he doubts, they will get the full picture based on the visit of a russian t. v. crew to the plant. was anymore cuz i'll in that and they showed the crew that they were removing military equipment from the plant and that everything was working well just after the journalists left and they brought everything back in. they've learned how to make propaganda. we can kind of see what they know how to prepare pictures for when the i a a comes, they will show them

a nice picture. when the i alias, everything will be the same as before, a pretty the drinks. those who have made it out. i relieved nobody knows for how long the roads will be open. up more analysis, enjoying now by antony frog. he's a senior research fellow and energy policy consultant at the chatham house think tank in london. welcome to the w antony. now international inspectors are on their way to their jeffery asia nuclear plant. can you tell us what their and destination is likely to focus on? yes, good afternoon, and thanks very much for having me. yeah, i mean, i think the 3 areas, i mean we heard very eloquently from a former employee of, of the part of the problems faced in terms of the need for equipment, the need for regular maintenance, etc. so very clearly from a safety perspective that needs to be an understanding of the status of the not

only the operating to operating your department reactors. but the for the to close down a particular concern is, is the access to external power. because even if the reactors are closed, they need to be cool, and therefore you need an external power supply. so that will be something that is a particular interest. so firstly, in terms of equipment. i think secondly, again, as we heard very eloquently the question of the, the status of the staff. it's 6 months since the problem was taken over by the russian. so how many stuff is still there? what is that, that state of mind? how, how long are the shifts, et cetera, under normal circumstances. this is an important issue, but in a war zone is absolutely crucial. so i very much hope that they does managed to get a picture of the status of the operating stuff. and finally, the question about the, the security. so the job of the international atomic energy agency and other regulatory bodies is to ensure that materials are not diverted from civilian to

military purposes. so there will be looking very carefully at those issues. you mentioned the former technical work at the facility he spoke to d, w and who you know was saying how concerned he was that russia will try to conceal the reality of the situation. do you think the inspectors are really going to get the full picture of what's going on there? i'm sure will have a better picture when they've left them than before they got there. i mean, it's taken 6 months of, of trying for the i a to, to be able to go. i think there's 2 questions. obviously one is the extent to which they do have access and how control that is. and clearly we won't know until they've come back and even then it may be difficult to ascertain, but also maybe the extent to how long they're actually there. if they're only allowed a couple of hours and clearly the opportunity for them to get a full picture is, is much more limited so we'll have to see. yeah. is it hours? is it days that enables them to do a more thorough analysis?

now the jeffery here plant was built between the eighty's and ninety's. it's still quite modern. how well would you say, would it be able to withstand damage from shelling on that is yeah, absolutely. fundamental question. um, as you mentioned, it is a light will to react to it. it's a more modern reactor. i'm it, i wouldn't say it is the most modern you a raft is the a built around the well do have a stronger system to with strand external events. so around the direct to vessel is what's known as the secondary containment or concrete shell that is designed to withstand external impacts and internal explosions. but as i mentioned, it's not the only part of the, the reactors that is critical. absolutely fundamental is the external power supply to ensure that actually takes place even where the reactors are, are closed down,

and other facilities will have radioactivity in it. so it's not just the reactor vessel. and that sort of main area of the facility that needs to be looked after. all right, and see from it from chatham. how, thanks so much for that. thank you very much. now the flow of energy to europe, since russia's invasion of ukraine, has changed considerably with both russia and the, you threatening to cut all energy ties. now russia is saying it is the spending gas deliveries to germany through a major pipeline. russian energy firm gas problem says the north stream one pipeline will be stopped for 3 days for necessary maintenance work. russia had already reduced in order to stream one flows to just 20 percent of their normal capacity. so i think technical reasons. germany says the kremlin is weaponized and gas supplies in retaliation for western sanctions. joan government leaders a currently holding a 2nd day of talks to discuss their response. and we can get more from our

political correspondent, nina hartley, who joins us just outside berlin, where the government has just finished those talks. hi nina. now there is, of course, the concern that moscow will extend this pipeline outage for longer than 3 days. how prepared is germany for that? well, we've seen a cautiously optimistic chancellor here at this cabinet retreat in misa back outside of berlin. and i would say for the very 1st time i've saw it has shown himself cautiously optimistic that germany is prepared for this winter. and possibly even the next, he said that the government started very early on to prepare such a scenario where russia would reduce or even caught his gas supplies to germany, even before russia invaded ukraine in february by the way. and so the laws are in place to launch all sorts of emergency measures. they've also sped up the approval processes for infrastructure projects. so l and g terminals are being built in

northern germany right now, where the 1st gas can flow from other countries into germany. coal power plants will run longer than planned and possibly also nuclear power plants will run longer . so there is a variety of measures which is why gemini feels that it is prepared in terms of energy security. and yet many people here in germany, a really genuinely concerned about a huge increase and gas prices. this winter was the government's plan to, to help people who are worried about their heating bills. well, that's of course a major concern. and again, all i showed said that the government acted, even before many other people saw that there was a problem on the horizon. and they launched 2 big financial relief packages in the course of the summer worth. $30000000000.00 euros and work is currently underway for a 3rd such package and finance minister can lintner said he wouldn't give the details yet, but he said that it will probably be a similar amount,

a 2 digit figure when it comes to billions of euros that are going to be spent next year and possibly also a single digit figure in the course of this year. but this is definitely something where germany is trying to help people like students, families, but also pensioners cope with those soaring energy prices. all of choice has now repeatedly said to germans, you'll never walk alone. and interestingly, he said it in english several times and so he knows full well that he is going to be measured by these words one day. it only is nina has a thank you so much. ok, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. a truck has plowed into a bus stop in jakarta, killing 10 people, most of them elementary school children. the truck also down a telephone pole which crashed into motor bikes and a pickup truck. the driver has been detained by local police. in pakistan, the death toll from catastrophic monsoon flooding continues to rise. authority say

more than 1100 people have died since mid june. 8 efforts are underway to reach millions of people who've been left stranded and homeless in the united nations is appealing for 160000000 euros in emergency funding. and the iraqi president bomb sala 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 shiite factions broke out on monday, influential shiite cleric, mac todd al sada, has called on his supporters to end thy protest sod. now the venice film festival, the world's oldest kicks off to day and after 2 years of covet restrictions, venice will be masked, free this year with an all star lineup of celebrities and films expected. it's also hoping to mark a return to the glitz and glamour of festivals past. oh,

when it comes to old world movie magic, no one does it better than the venice film festival. for this year, the goal is clear to get film fans excited about going back to the movies. venice marks the unofficial start to awards season, and everyone on the lido is looking to see which film here can go all the way to the oscars with record for films in competition. netflix is hoping this venice will be the one that launches a film that gives it its 1st ever oscar for best picture. in female figures or in focus on the lido cuban actress on a day a mos please. marilyn monroe and blog showing the darker side of the hall would icon ah, the buzz around cape blankets, performance as

a driven conductor in tar already as people talking about the oscars. oh. ready ready ready jeff are upon a, he won't be in venice. the distant director was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment by the iranian government. his new film, which was shot in secret, explores the struggle of a band artist to live and work in iran. as for the od within, it will yeah, love them eyes and as long as they can move in on them was a little bit damaged. and the last our house fans will have plenty to watch in venice this year. the big question is whether the world's oldest film festival can get them off the couch and back into cinema's. in watching d w news, as a reminder of the top story will follow and flee tributes of being made around the world to former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. his died of the age of $91.00 with

policies that promoted free speech and reform within the communist bloc. gorbachev forged a new dialogue with the west, the ultimate 8th, brought down the iron curtain and rose about jamming re edification. and with that you are up to date to our show made is coming out next monday can mckinnon. i'll be back at the top of the hour with international headlines. thanks for watching. ah ah, with

ah ah, with ah, it's generating a lot of high the metaphor is working in virtual world shopping in our digital doppelganger is the avatars are having fun. but is our data safe? and how do companies benefit we put on our goggles and dive into the members

made in germany and next to blue small acts can inspire big changes, meet the people making a possible, go africa. joined them as they set out to save the environment. learn from one another and, and work together for a better future. many thoughts do you all for tuning in africa. in 60 minutes on d, w. o. into the no. to day this means flying to a foreign planet. in the 16th century, it meant being a captain and setting sail to discover a route

a race linked to military interests. a race linked to political and military proceed, but also linked to my financial trucks and had been full of hardships and death magellan journey around the world. sports september 7, d, w. ah, ah, ah, no mad averse is yours to enter. go to concerts without the claustrophobia of a physical crowd travel without worrying about lost luggage and date without the embarrassment.