ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. well, leaders have been paying tribute to mikhail gorbachev, who has died at the age of 91, the loss leader of the former soviet union. gorbachev is credited with helping to end the cold war in his homeland russia, his legacy is mix. but in the west, he seen as a hero. also coming out a team of you and inspectors is heading towards the chaper region nuclear power

plant in ukraine. that is, it comes with spheres, grow that shelling that could spark a dangerous radiation leak or nuclear accident at the site and devastation on an unimaginable scale. the un calls pakistan floods an unprecedented climate catastrophe as the world as sleep walking straight into the next disaster. ah, i am and you could mckennon thanks so much for joining us. the soviet leader who helped the end of the cold war mikhail gorbachev has died at the age of 91. gorbachev introduced policies that encouraged openness and reform within the communist block and forged warmer ties with the west. this ultimately brought down the iron curtain that 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 complicated. the property of your machine, mikhail gorbachev. first speech as leader of the soviet union, it was clear he was a stark contrast to his predecessors. we had for you as though all right, i live in peace and freedom is the most. am your ultima basic right of action. laura, jewel, rolla, jewelry. 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 issued to

us in severe orders almost, 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 hardliners stage to cool 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. made his around the world have been paying tribute to gorbachev. and here in

germany many including chance, little of charlotte's of praise. the roll that he played in the reunification of the country zulu pursue. he is considered one of the fathers of german reunification shall go to school using the importance of michelle gorbachev. for germany emerge clearly from the words of chancellor or left shots of on mood to give a formal he was a courageous, our former and a statesman. go dead to do many things hadn't missed her guessing. we will not forget that perestroika made it possible. you must have to try to establish a fully walker scene. russia love encounter and done that to democracy and freedom became possible in the europe. fly up in the opa at germany could be united arch lapointe and the iron curtain disappeared. the eyes on the form for fullness windows were after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989. it was gorbachev who expressed the u. s. as our support for the ruin, if occasion of germany's communist east and the democratic west,

many germans fondly referred to him as gobby, east germans in particular, revere him as the man who brought them freedom. after decades of dictatorship. former chancellor angle america, who herself grew up in east germany, said gorbachev had fundamentally changed her life. that he exemplified how one single statesman can change the world for the better. on the streets of berlin, memories of gorbachev are still fond who da 7 that he agreed to rooney, vacation of media, that was the most important thing for us all at once. i didn't, i'm house luck. no m o for the fall of the wall and that he stood for something good. no, we have him to thank for our re unification. morgan for, for gone to a fit. i stood for freedom i had and for i don't, the biggest thing was freedom. i, i, i, there, i am very touched, really, very touched help to move. i am very sorry. the really,

the letter in his homeland russia views on got a bunch are far more ambivalent. he is perceived as the man who dug the soviet union's grave. but in germany, he is still regarded by many as germans favorite russian power. and our political correspondent, thomas sparrow, has more now about how germans view the former soviet leader. there's a reason why gorbachev's relation to germany until the germans is described as a special relationship. there's a reason why gorbachev's has been described here in germany as germany's most beloved russian at 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 hen 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. and 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 as thomas ferry. thank you so much. that while in the west, gorbachev is often described as a unique elder statesman who changed the course of history for the better in russia . some blame him for the demise of the soviet union and even view him as a traitor. as day broke in moscow. so to did the news of mikhail gorbachev,

death russia's news channels reported that president vladimir putin had expressed his deepest condolences. but musk invites themselves were not united in mourning. their former leader on weight 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 one that facing the consequences on you'll go up with 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. if she wore beautiful gazette that we are ready to desire love from us from not the word of those, rosalind, he introduced ballistic missile reduction, et cetera, et cetera, and move to wagner. in gorbachev's, homeland ambivalence reigns, kremlin spokesman dmitri pasco, 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. and here's the dummies, uri russia. so in reality, there was more on the next view that russians have as mikhail gorbachev. mikhail gorbachev was arguably the most courageous politician of the 20th century. he was able to change history to break apart something seemingly unbreakable as 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 pu 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, as he collapse of this, of you to noon, a collapse at that he is risk. 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 percent 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 ludovic or let 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 poa, as the 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 the soviet 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 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 had not counted on. and of course, and got much of his a symbol of the soviet union, which also means that 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 rossetto enrica thank

to ukraine now where the government is accusing russian forces of firing on a town close to these upper region nuclear power plant. and moscow has all said, he accused keith of shelling the site which was captured by russia back in march. the attack comes as experts from the you and make their way to the plant. they have now reached the city of chaper asia and will continue from back to the nuclear plant size. before leaving they said they had to assess and stabilize the situation . fairs have been growing but the fighting could spark a nuclear accident or lead to a dangerous radiation leak. t w correspond mathias bellinger is in jeopardy j. and he told us earlier what the un inspectors are likely to focus on during their visit. there has been selling in our gar for now some weeks back. some of it has it closely to the plant or to electric lines and other important structures near the plant, so they will as,

as the damage. that's the 1st thing there will assess how the security systems are working. every power plan has a range of systems that are either need to be activated in cases of security or that protect the power plant about will ensure the cooling thieves on so there cannot 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 start from this power plant and see what they're working conditions are like, and whether this is do sustainable, attain spelling a sh. now, e u foreign ministers have agreed to suspend an agreement with moscow that made it easier for some russians to get visas for the european union. the deal is a compromise between member states who are calling for a total ban on russian tourist visas and other countries like germany and france

who argued a blanket ban would be counter productive. some you states have already restricted and treat for russians and from all we can speak now to d, w 's jack parrot, who is in prague. hi jack, can you tell us more about what the you foreign ministers have decided? well essentially what they've done is ended the 2007 agreement, which makes it easy and preferential for russian citizens to get taurus visas into the european union. but actually that was never particularly controversial. and the thing that's been extremely difficult and has shown some pretty big divisions between, between e u. member states is this cool, especially from the baltic countries, them from finland, specifically to end the issuing of all russian tourist visas for russian citizens entering the use for it bought a free shang, an area knife, france and germany have been totally opposed to this. they say that, for instance, sanctions that were already imposed on the oligarchy. the rationale gods mean that

there are there on sort of wealthy russians traveling to the french riviera, the french and the germans released a statement beforehand saying that they were broadly opposed to this. that it was shut off the window of the russians into the west to see why the, those sort of western style and the west and politics are something that should be looked up to, especially obviously in light of rushes invasion in ukraine. but the both countries are saying that there shouldn't be any possibility for people to enjoy the privileges of the european union while puting continues to wage his war. now there have been big divisions as i say, it doesn't look like this is going to be signed off. the meetings here in prague rationally, what's known as informal, and that means the, the, the ministers are under no obligation to release any statements come to any conclusions. so they've just had a discussion essentially about this. the meetings are now wrapping up. it looks like the, those both countries and fin, frances, they are going to move nationally and potentially collectively to start banning

visas even to revoke these is that already in passports. we know that around 10000000 russians have a visa into the european union. but as i say, it looks like any sort of unified, complete action in the european union isn't going to be possible because it requires all 27, e u member states to agree to that. and that is a challenge. daily is jap harric. thanks for the update. okay, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. while the iraqi president bonham salah, has called for early elections to settle a political crisis, which has triggered some of the deadliest violence in years. and he's 30 people have been killed since clashes between rival shiite factions broke house on monday, the influential shiite cleric, todd alphretta, has called on his supportive to end that protests was yorba. the taliban have been celebrating the 1st anniversary of the withdrawal of u. s. troops from afghanistan,

you as president biden faced, heavy criticism when his forces withdrew, allowing the taliban to regain control of the war torn country. and a truck as plowed into a bust off in jakarta, killing 10 people, most of them elementary school children, truckle. so down the telephone pole which then crashed into motor bikes and a pickup truck. the driver has been detained by local police. now the u. n. has called the floods in pakistan, an unprecedented climate catastrophe. secretary general antonio tara said the world was sleep walking into the destruction of the planet near urged leaders to prevent what he called the next disaster. millions of acres of farmland in pakistan have been submerged more than a 1000. people have been killed. millions more have lost the homes as the reins. finally, these, 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 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 suffolk. the pakistani people are facing them on soon on steroids. the relentless impact of epochal 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. earlier we spoke to was seen of mud the c o islamic relief, and he gave us an insight into what he's witnessed in the worst hit parts of northwest and pakistan. the friction everywhere where i'm standing this morning. we

arrived in the shallow. hey lady of the stigma, shad i'm 50 k programs. the 200 house is just washed away by the flood 3 days ago. we're trying to reach to this area, but they were, it's the water and the house is behind me, all was covered in water. and this is the destruction that the monsoon season and the flooding is doing all the cost. unfortunately, getting this much made it really supplies such as food items, shelter kids, and hygiene. kids is challenging. we are trying for last 2 days to get to the stadium. what do you manage this morning to get to a wider dryer ground where we manage to really for white these relief items to over 200 families. and that was was the math my, the ceo of islamic relief in pakistan. now the venice film festival, the well, the oldest kicks off today and after 2 years of cause it restrictions, venice will be most free this time with an old star line off of celebrities and

films expected. it's also hoping to mark a return to the glitz and glamour the festival past. ah, when it comes to old world movie magic, no one does it better than the venice film festival. to this year, the goal is clear to get film fans excited about going back to the movies. female figures are in focus on the lido cuban actress on a day, a mass please. marilyn monroe and blond, showing the darker side of the hall with icon. ah, the buzz around cate blanchett performance as a driven conductor in tar already as people talking about the oscars. oh. ready 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 odd was in here for yeah, love mars. and as long as they keep moving on to him was a little bit porter day. i'm off that he handles our house fans will play to watch in venice. the sheer, the big question is whether the world's oldest film festival can get them off the couch and back into cinema's. and d w. scott rooks. bra is in venice and he told us the festival goers are excited about a return to pre corona traditions. oh yeah, i did you, as you could imagine,

i mean, i was here the last 2 years where they were under corona restrictions, but it was very, very small audience. obviously, up and not that many of film fans were allowed to attend, but just a few minutes ago i passed by the red carpet and there are already people camped out there a waiting for a tonight's opening night phillips hours and hours away. but there are already a stack 2 or 3 a deep, and i can only imagine what it's going to be like a going forward. i mean, we've got films with a heart throbs, timothy shamae and a hairy styles coming. so i imagine we're going to have hundreds of streaming fans, and i have to say, i've really missed that. i've really missed that incredible excitement around movies that we haven't had for for so so long. i that i bet now netflix has full films in the running on the leader has the streaming giant, perhaps finally one of the cinema lovers. yeah, i think so. i mean, venice was the absolute 1st to jump on the netflix bandwagon. they had their 1st netflix films, grenier and competition. i think 7 years ago, the vin netflix films here ever since on but having 4 films here, i think really

a get is of is a really strong sign for netflix, particularly a given the sort of bad news that we've heard from the company in the last few months with the a subscriber numbers falling off talks, cost cuts. i think having 4 big films here in venice is assigned from netflix to say we belong here. we've longer at the top of the cinema world and we have no plans to go. now, venice is of course, often seen as a bell. whether said the oscars, can you tell us what films are particularly standing out? 3rd, e yeah, i think this looks like a year of incredible performances are here in venice. i mentioned the piece or a cate blanchett in entire which plays a classical composer. a composer of that film is already getting our oscar buzz of next week. we're going to see um under a mas or plate. marilyn monroe in the netflix dome, blonde. everybody's talking about that as a huge amount of buzz around that film. and i'm particularly really excited to see

a brendan frasier of who's going to be here with a film called whale, a playing a 500 pound man. it looks like it could be a comeback performance ah, for frazier. a who's really one of my favorite actors. but really hasn't had that breakout or role to, to put them in sort of the oscar contenders. and maybe this will be the film to do it. but it wouldn't be venice if uh there were a lot of surprises to come in the next 10 days. sounds fantastic. scott, have a great time and thank you so much here. forcing from venice. and finally, a 200 year old giant brought down by the force of mother nature saguaro cactuses like this one that was growing in an arizona state park are a symbol of the american southwest. they can grow up to 10 meters high and weigh 2 tons. when full with water, but the cactus that we're showing you is name after it was ripped from its trunk by heavy rains. you're watching d. w. news coming up next in

d. w. news, asia. ongoing extreme weather events in south asia or adding urgency to a g 20 environmental conference in indonesia plus how chinese reco drought is affected people and the countries energy choices around. and she will have those stories for you coming up next on d, w. news, asia. i'm and you can mckinnon. thanks so much the big with, with

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