for subscribe to the w documentary on you to ah this is the w news live from birth lead world leaders paid tribute to mikhail gorbachev, who has died at the age of 91 last leader of the former soviet union. he's credited with helping to end the cold war. they are seen as a hero and the west. the few of these native russia is mixed. also on the program, a team of un experts is on its way to ukraine's apparition nuclear power plant. applied inspection of the russian health side comes on growing fears and shelling

in the area could spark a radiation leak. take a look at the devastation in pakistan, swat valley after powerful flood swept through the region, taking lives and livelihoods with plus glitz and glamour returned to venice with 1st mask free edition of the celebrated film festival. since the pandemic figure ah i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. nicole gorbachev has died at the age of 91. the last lena of the former soviet union, he helped to end the cold war by forging warmer ties with the west and introducing policies at home, but encouraged openness and reform within the communist block. this ultimately brought down the iron curtain that had divided europe since 1945 onset germany on

a path to re unification. but while often praised in the west as a hero is domestic 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 adore you as though all right. i live in peace and freedom as the most. im hortner basic right of each individual or our kill over gorbachev wanted to change the soviet union to bring it closer to the people. he promoted glass, nest openness and perestroika reforms to words that will forever be associated with hen. 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 for as long as i am convinced that we will also have to reform our military. 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 that yourself. as a result of that dialogue gorbachev and 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 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. well here in germany, many including chancellor shoals of praised mister gorbachev,

role in the countries reunification zillow, learn to, he is considered one of the father is of german reunification. so bruises were using. the importance of michelle got a bunch of for germany, emerged clearly from the words of chancellor or left shots about and moved to go. the former he was a courageous or former and a statesman. go dead to too many things hadn't missed her guessing. we will not forget that perestroika made it possible you must hurt us to try to establish a fully walk garcia, russia love encounter and adapt to democracy. and freedom became possible in europe . fly up to no power at germany. could be united excellent point and the iron curtain disappeared. the eyes on the form for shortlist won't us after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989. it was gorbachev who expressed the u. s. as our support for the reunification 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 american, who herself grew up in east germany, said gorbachev had fundamentally changed her life. and 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. the da said that he agreed to ruin, implication of media. that was the most important thing for us. all iron i'm had, snuck, no m o r for the fall of the wall and that he stood for something good. you know, we have him to thank for a re unification number. you forgot to have him. i stood for freedom i had and for i'm the biggest thing was freedom. i am i there. i am very touched, really, very touched hope to move. i'm very sorry. that will really the letter in his

homeland russia views on got a bunch are far more ambivalent. he's 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. or speaking with the w political correspondent, thomas sparrow. i asked him if that was how mister gorbachev would be remembered here in germany as the man who allowed re unification. absolutely, that's certainly the case. there's a reason why go by troughs relationship to germany and to the germans has been described as a special relationship. there's a reason why his being described as germany's most beloved russian and that has to do with those reforms that he implemented in the soviet union, which ultimately also paved the way for the so called peaceful revolution in east and germany for people going to the streets and protesting which also then led to the fall of the berlin wall and ultimately to germany's reunification in 1990. important to stress that then chancellor helen would call wanted to have not only

the united states on board, but also the soviet union. and when call went to moscow to try and get that support, he got it from gorbachev. and it's that support that is still today referenced when people in the streets. but when people also, when politicians also refer to go back off and the legacy that he had here in germany, one legacy is what he had at home in russia. a very positive legacy is the one that he has here in germany. and i do believe that that is something that will remain that role that gorbachev played in the fall of the berlin wall and also in germany's reification in $1009.00. i thank you for that. thomas thomas sparrow. i think of the political correspondent. so here's a brief selection of tributes from international leaders. it could be thought in more school, and i remember very well this is studies day. well, let me hire which of send wind of freedom of russian society. he

tried to change the come with the system from insight gerber. with mister gorbachev made positive contributions to the normalization of china soviet relations to get cargo heights. it's neat santos who say guy he has left behind a great accomplishment as a world leader and supporting the abolition of nuclear weapons or social steamers. no, he did not room for a li a. do you man because of one of those people who change the world and unquestionably changed it for the better? so let's look at her mikhail gorbachev. legacy as viewed at ho why some play for the soviet union's collapse and even see 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 always guys 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 your go up was gone. 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 you want miracle coverage that we are ready to desire last from last week, not a lot of those routes, and he introduced ballistic missile reduction, et cetera, et cetera. 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 nurse of moscow was opponents that ukraine were. experts, me? when's nuclear watchdog are on their way to these upper regia, nuclear plants to carry out long awaited inspections ever arrived in the city of the aperture and are expected to head to the russian occupied that site on thursday for a visit that could last for several days. ukraine and russia have repeatedly tried it, accusations of shelley in the area, while the inspections that while inspectors were on their way, a russian officials again accused ukrainian troops of shelling the site in order to disrupt the mission. director general of the international atomic energy agency. rafael grossey outlined his hopes for the visit with a mission seeks to prevent a nuclear accident, and to preserve at this important, the largest, the biggest nuclear power that in europe,

all of your not only in you. so this is what we are concentrating. what he w a correspond matuse, bullying her is in the city of separation. i asked him if the experts can get to the nuclear plant safety given the reports of shelling in the area. ah, we've seen them passing by today, urines operations, the ukranian authorities. i need, are you concerned about their safety? there is a police escort for people who are trying to take pictures are prevented from doing so. the problem is, of course that shelling has occurred again to day in an hour dot, and that also they have mixed signals from the rush inside. the, a representative of the occupational authorities there has said that they would not get be given a pass through the checkpoints that they would have to queue up like everybody else . and this, or this does not point to a very friendly

a welcome. but on the other hand, of course, russia has said that it had good guarantees in place to ensure their safety and their access to the site. at the moment. it's a word that russia has given we will see probably tomorrow, whether this is going to happen or not. okay, and if it does happen, what do we expect them to do that at zapper asia, what they want to do is they want to excess, assess the damage that has been happening to this plan you throughout the shelling it's through the past few weeks. so there is a physical damage to electricity lines and, and 2 buildings on the premises of this, of this plant. if not to the react his themselves, they want to assess the functioning of the security systems. a nuclear power plant needs to be cooled throughout all the times. if the cooling stops, we have a big problem. we probably have a nuclear disaster. so there are several mechanisms in that should ensure that the

cooling continues, if for example, or something they accessed the ukrainians, have said that they have given them specific details about the plans of the, of the plant and where to look for these of the systems and how to assess them. and the 3rd thing they want to do is to assess the conditions for the workers there to work as they're run these. this plant on shift that the workers who used to work there before the war, they are ukrainians. they are employed by the ukrainian atomic energy authority, but the plant is run by or, or the, the command is, is, is run by the russian atomic energy authority. so can these are people do their job? are they under pressure, is their safety risk from that as well? this is the 3 things they want to do. and briefly ambitious people are going to wonder how truthful

a picture inspectors will be able to get given that russia now is in control of the plant. that depends a lot on how long they will be spending. there they are. there are talks about them leaving a few, inspect his behind. of course, you can hide a lot of things very well for one day or 2, but the longer this takes them more difficult, it becomes to hide it. so this is 111 thing days of course, suspicion i've talked to an engineer from her, from the plan to has fled to ukraine. and he says basically that he does not think that they will get the full picture. and we also don't know whether the employees that they hope to speak to have been put under pressure. no, we've heard information that it might be so, but or this isn't possible to verify or thank you for that mathias mathias or bullying in japanese. you would take a look at some of the stories making headlines. now. a mourners are marking the 25th anniversary of the death of princess that a tribute replaced in front of

a former home in london and also pay their respects in paris where she died. princess of wales was killed in a car crash alongside her boyfriend and driver. he was 36 years old. iraq's president, abraham salah, has called for early elections to settlement political crisis. that triggered to some of the deadliest violence with 34 years. at least 30 people have been killed since clashes between bibles g. i. factions, broke out on monday influential shiite cleric walked outside, has called on support and still in their protest. a truck is plugged into a bus stop in jakarta, killing 10 people, most of them. elementary school children, the truck, also down to telephone pole, which then crashed into motor bikes and the pickup truck. driver's been detained by police. germany's government has reached a compensation deal with the relatives of israelis killed in the attack at the munich olympics. in 1072. german media reporting the burden will pay 28000000 euros

to victims, families and open research commission into the attack. 11 israelis and the west german police officer were killed when palestinian militants broke into the olympic village and took hostages. most of the victims died during the botch to rescue attempts by german authorities. the w political correspondent benjamin alvaros, grew warehouse more welcome back. let's start with what we know about this deal. the german government has not yet confirmed the number this 28000000 years. it will be paid to the family members of these really athletes that were killed during the olympic games of $972.00. but as you just mentioned, there will be a new research commission, both with germany, with israeli historians. there will be files that will still be released and there are talks of additional compensations by the federal government, by the state of bavaria and also by the city of munich with this happened. so this happened 50 years ago. why is it taken so long to reach an agreement?

i think the several reasons for that. on one side it's still needs to be clarified . what happened exactly. on the 5th of november when this terrorist grew black september broke into the olympic village, taking hostages, killing him. the athletes that were there in attending this olympic games. and also all the mistakes that were made during this botched air rescue attempt by police police that was not prepared for this kind of situations, neither for rescue nor for this hostage take his so it needs to be seen 1st. what exactly happened there? there have been over the past years, several air, different compensations that were offered by the german government to the family members. but what they are saying is that this is not enough. they're saying that this is a joke. this is an a for all saying that germany should pay more as with international standards when it comes to this type of a situation. so the half been talks by the german government, the german government has repeatedly said that it wants it to keep this talks. but

many of the family members say that germany is not doing enough and not taking the responsibility for the action and also compensating the family members for this attack. no victims families had previously said they would boycott the official commemoration. are they now expected to attend? exactly, they said that they would not attend this commemoration. that will take place next monday in munich and told israeli president is accounts to do that as well. it's rarely media is now reporting that they will do that. and that's important that they are giving the signals only a few days before israel's president will in meet his german counterpart fund by the shy mar. both of them also gave a joint statement saying that this is a 1st step. it will not be possible to heal the wounds, but it's important to stay in communication to see what else can be done. also to kind of close this chapter, one of the darkest chapters between both countries after the holocaust. so israel's

president will be here in germany, the family members are expected to attend this commemoration. there will be 2 commemorations on monday. one on the abbeys were there, hostages were killed and also a german police officer and in the olympic village where the tragedy started to unfold almost 50 years. thank you for that friend benjamin alvarez group. now to pakistan, where officials are warning about the spread of water born disease asked millions of people struggle to cope with unprecedented monsoon flooding. the death toll has passed 1100 and officials expected to climb as waters recede. the swat valley in the north is normally a popular tourist destination. this time of year and now it's a scene of flood had devastation. the overflow from pakistan, swat river, now churns through these city streets. when the flood waters arrived here,

they came with unexpected force washing away roads and damaging bridges beyond repair. many of the hotels in this popular tourist region have been destroyed by the south around 30 to 35 big and small hotels were washed away in the recent flooding. august suddenly, today on the 6th day since i flooding started, but you can still see 20 to 25 feet of water inside the hotels by name to be aware . this is a situation here in our town. people here have seen similar devastation before. during the last meter floods to hit the region in 2010. when local resident says much of the rebuilding done since then has now been lost. from that biscuit we were badly affected by the 2010 floods on board. and we rebuilt our houses with a lot of effort and difficulty with gloves and swear to the village i come from had

around $40.00 to $45.00 houses, $144.00. they've been completely destroyed over about over local media, say some 200000 people remain stranded in the swat valley. and the worst may not be over with more rain expected in the coming days of the world's oldest film festival. but venice film festive against the day after 2 years of coven restrictions, events will be masked, free, with an all star lineup of celebrities and films expected. it's also hoping to mark a return to the glitz and glamour of festival fast. 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. in female figures are in focus on the lido cuban actress and a day

a mass plays marilyn monroe and blog showing the darker side of the hollywood icon . ah ah, the buzz around cape blankets performance as a driven conductor in tar already has people talking about the oscars. oh. ready 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 law was in here for yeah, love mars. and as long as we keep moving on to them was a little bit damaged. and the last our

house fans will have play 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 . only lawyer i spoke to scott roxborough who filed that report. yet? no it's, it's been quite amazing. i mean, i was he, the last 2 years when we had growing restrictions, when there were social test and saying and masking and so forth. that's all gone now and you really feel it here on the streets in venice. i was just walking past the red carpet and people are already camped out there waiting to see the stars of this night's opening night a film i'm and i think given some of the stars that we'll be seeing over the next a few days, including harry styles and timothy shalumi, i think we're going to see are really hundreds, maybe thousands of streaming, maybe even a few fainting fans, which is great to see because even though cinemas are open again, i've really missed this sort of real celebration of sentiments, of the fan frenzy that you only get at

a festival like venice will do your best to keep it together. and netflix us for films in the running on the leader as a streaming giant not find me at one over cinema lummus i think so. yeah, i mean, venice was the 1st festival, the ever a show on netflix thompson. they've been netflix films here for the last 67 years. i'm but having 4 films, he'll really makes a statement. i think a statement that is really important for netflix at the moment. given the problems that they're having in their business with the subscriber number slipping and with talks of cost cutting this or having 4 big films here at one of the biggest film festivals in the world is really a sign from netflix that they want to be here. at the top of the cinema world, playing with the big guys i'm and that they'd know have no intention to leave a quick word about the, the standout films that well, we looked at a saw some of them in, in, in my piece. tar, starring cate blanchett, a blonde, a marilyn my ro biopic,

people talk a lot about that. i'm personally really excited to see the whale, which is a stars brendan frazier. a really interesting actor who i don't think has got a chance to have a real breakout, oscar nominated style movie, and this could be the one. so that's my tip for vanessa this year is the way i'll starring brennan frasier. thank you for that. scott. scott rooks brought up in venice film festival. this is dw news is a reminder of our top story of this out tribute to being paid around the world to a former soviet deleda mikhail gorbachev has died at the age of 90. 1 with policies that promotion free speech and reform within the communist bloc. he forced a new dialogue with the west, but ultimately brought down the iron curtain and brought about german reunification . i sent you up today. will world news at the top of the hour of next year on w. made a jumpy asking if we're ready for an autonomous and digital future. if you get all the lights, you can use the information around the clock on our website, d,

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