[000:00:00;00] ah ah this is d w newsletter from burly world news pay tribute mikhail gorbachev who's died of the age of 91. the last date of the former soviet union, he's credited with helping to and the cold war. both seen as a hero in the west,

the view of the state of russia is more mixed. also on the program, a team, if you, an expert, is on its way to ukraine's appreciate nuclear power plant. the plant, inspection of the russian health side comes and been growing fear that shoving in the area could spark of radiation leak. we take a look at the devastation. in fact, these times swap volley after powerful flood swept through the region, taking lives and livelihoods with them. and glitz and glamour return to venice for the 1st mask, free edition of his son, a breakthrough film festival. since the pandemic began. ah, i'm so gale. welcome to the program to due to being paid to mikhail gorbachev who has died at the age of $91.00. the last leader of the former soviet union. he helped end the cold war by forging warmer ties with the west and introducing

policies at home that encourage openness and reform with him the communist block. this ultimately brought down the iron curtain that had divided europe since 1945 and set germany on a path to reunification. that while often praised in the west as a hero, his legacy amongst his fellow russians is complicated. dorothea imaquele gorbachev's 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 right. right. every piece and freedom is the most important basic right of each individual for our kilogram. gorbachev wanted to change the soviet union to bring it closer to the people. he promoted glass, must 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 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 law safely. 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. we'll hear in germany money including chancellor shoals of praised mister gorbachev. role in the countries reunification zulu presume he is considered one of the fathers of german reunification shall group. we're using the importance of michelle gorbachev for germany, emerged clearly from the words of chancellor or left shots of an mood to go. the former. 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 hurt us to try to establish a faulty walk. garcia, russia love encounter and done down to democracy and freedom became possible in europe. fly up in the old paw and germany could be united excellent point. and the iron curtain disappeared. the eyes on the form for fullness one does what 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 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. doesn't that he agreed to rooney vacation over with you. that was the most important thing for us all at once. i didn't, i'm had luck. no and lower for the fall of the wall and that he stood for something good. you know, we have him to thank for a re unification. home bargains too far. gone to

a fit. i stood for freedom i had and for i'd own the biggest thing was freedom i i, i, i am very touched, really, very touched hillcrest to move. i'm very sorry that will really though it is in his homeland russia news and 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. was speaking a little earlier with the ws political correspondent, thomas barrow. i asked him if i was hard. mister gorbachev would be remembered here in germany as the man who allowed reunification. absolutely, that's certainly the case. there's a reason why go by troughs relationship to germany into 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 at support. he got it from gorbachev and it's that support that is still to day referenced when people in the street. but when people also, when politicians also refer to gorbachev and the legacy that he had here in germany, one legacy is what he had at home in russia. a very positive legacy, 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 reunification in 19 night. thank you for that. thomas, thomas sparrow at the w political correspondent. so let's look at mikhail gorbachev

. legacy as viewed at ho why some blame him for the soviet union's collapse and even see him as a traitor. as day broke in moscow saw to did the news of mikhail gorbachev. death. russia's news channels reported that president vladimir putin had expressed his deepest condolences. but mosquito bites themselves were not united in mourning their former leader. one way the wise guys of 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's facing the consequences on your go up was don't i think he wanted to show all countries and also the western european, i would say all countries around the world that we are a peaceful country. and if she wore yearbook or that that we are ready to this, are you last from us from we've got a lot of those rats of when he introduced ballistic missile reduction, et cetera, et cetera, and move in like manner. 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. that ukraine were experts from the ones nuclear watchdog on their way to zap regia and then nuclear plant there to carry out long awaited inspections that arrived in the city of the apparition and are expected to head to the russian occupied plant on thursday. revisit the could last several days. ukraine and russia have repeatedly traded accusations of shelling in the area while the inspectors were on their way. russian officials again accused ukrainian troops of sharing the site in order to disrupt the mission. director general ave international atomic energy agency. rafael grossey, outlined his hopes for the visit is a mission that seeks to prevent a nuclear. i didn't preserve as this important, the largest,

the biggest power plant. can you repeat the whole of your, not only in ukraine, so this is what we are concentrating, c, d, w corresponding which is putting or is in the city of japanese your. i asked him if the experts can get to the nuclear a plant. and given the reports of shelling in the area, 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 dark, and that also to have the 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 checkpoint, that they would have to queue up like everybody else. and this, all,

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 assess, assess the damage that it 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 reactors 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 place that should ensure that the cooling continues. if for example, the power plant is cut off the electricity grid or in other cases. so this is 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 where the work is there, run these, this plant on shift, or 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, although the command 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. it is pulling a n zapper asia, no european union. foreign ministers have a greater suspend, a visa agreement with russia that made it easier for russian citizens to obtain visas for a new countries. the most compromise between the member states who called for a total ban on issuing a russian tourist visas and countries like germany and france who argue that such abandoned be counterproductive. the suspension of the court makes it harder and more expensive for russians to enter. the news received a mixed reception amongst musket whites. my doesn't you should be friends with everyone travel here and there literally what shouldn't. why should normal people suffer? they let them punish those in power. not even a doesn't make a difference. there are many other countries for 2 of them august. the cadets here . while the deal doesn't ban russian taurus from traveling to europe, some country seat is a big with d. w 's jack paris has more now, well,

there's not been an agreement completely been all russian taurus from entering the european union as the baltic countries, for instance, had been pressing for they are celebrating the wording in the statement that come out of this meeting as something of a win, what it says is that national countries can make their own decisions on preventing russian visas from folk from being granted. actually, that's already a national competence, but what they say is that the agreement today in this meeting is something of a green light for them to take affirmative action as countries which border russia . and to that end actually, they're not any going to do it themselves. they're going to coordinate the 3 baltic countries, latvia, lithuania, and estonia along with finland and poland. they are already on friday, going to have meetings of interior am foreign ministers to discuss exactly how they will do it to coordinate. now this means that they will increase the times for checks for russians with e visa already in their passports, coming into the we already know that there are 10000000 of them in circulation. and

also they will make it much more stringent to get a tourist or a student or a work visa in a russian passport. however, that person applies to do it. as i say they, this is something that they're calling for. they see this is a green light, it is not that those countries are main entry points into the european union for russian citizens. and the pressing ahead with this as quickly as they can check paris or take a look at the most doors making headlines now. monitor marking the 25th anniversary of the death of princess diana tributes were placed in front of her former london home of fans also pay their respects in paris where she died. the princess of wales was killed in a car crash along with her boyfriend and driver. he was 36 years old. iraq's president barham sala has called for early elections to settle a political crisis that is triggered some of the deadliest islands for 30 years. at least 30 people had been killed since classes between rival she i faction broke out

on monday, influential shiite cleric looked at the al serra has called on his support. and their protests. taliban have been celebrating the 1st anniversary of the withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan. u. s. president joe biden faced a heavy criticism when his forces withdrew, suddenly allowing the taliban to regain control of the walk toward country. israel supreme court has rejected a petition to release a palestinian prisoner who's been on hunger strike for 6 months a while day is accused of belonging to a militant group and has been held without charged since december. his lawyer says he's on the brink of death. germany has reached a compensation deal with relatives of israelis killed in the attack of the munich olympics in 972. german media reporting that berlin will pay $28000000.00 euros to victim's families and opened a research commission into the attack. 11 israelis and the west german police

officers were killed in palestinian militants, broke into the olympic village and took hostages. most of the victims died during a botched rescue attempt by german authorities. my political correspondent to benjamin alvarez gruber has more. welcome, ben. let's start with what we know about the steel. the german government has not yet confirmed this 28000000 year as a german media. that's ether to title is reporting, but what they have confirmed would do just told us is that we'll have this new research a commission by german and also based rarely, historians to find out what actually happened there. we as several falls, is still a classified. so for them to work on that, and they are also talks of additional compensations, both by the government and also by the state of bavaria where this happened to $9072.00. so the could be additional a compensations for the family members. it by the current government here in berlin,

but also by the state of bavaria and the city of munich with his terror attacks happened to 9072. it's 50 years since this happened. why has it taken so long to reach a deal? there are several reasons for that. on one side is not still clear. it never detail . what happened on the 5th of september when this a palestinian terrorist group, black september, went to the olympic village, took hostages. and what happened afterwards at this abbeys with this botch rescue attempts by german police. it was not prepared, not an rescue, and not on as hostage a situation like that. so they still have to find out exactly what happened there in the have been other compensations. office by the gym and government to this family, members of the israeli is in sports a women and sportsmen that were killed there. but the family members are saying that it's a joke that it's not enough enough, ron. so the half been in office boy, the german government,

but family members have been saying that it's not up to international a similar situations and that they should get a higher em money. not, not as a financial us but, but also by saying, apologizing for what happened. a, with their decisions that they took, not only from police but also from authorities. victims families had previously said they would boycott the official commemoration. are they now expected to attend israeli medias reporting that they will attend. indeed. they said that they would boycotts at the ceremony that will take place on monday in munich. if their compensation, if the offer by the german government was not higher and their asked is railey president has to do the same. now they found disagreement only a few days before these railey president is expected here in berlin. he also said that he welcomed the agreement, that was fine between family members and with the german government. he released a joint statement with its german counterpart, franklin dashed. i admit that he will meet as well saying that it will not heal the

wounds, but it will help overcome the stock chapter between both countries. thank you for that of benjamin alvo's group. the officials in pakistan a warning about the spread of water born diseases as millions of people struggled 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 at this time of year. now it's a scene of flood hit 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 sub. around 30 to 35 big and small hotels were washed away in the recent flooding. object suddenly to dale to 6 days in flooding started. but you can still see 20 to 25 feet of water inside the hotels by name had to be aware. this is the 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. thought 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 sweat at the village. i come from at around 40 to 45 houses at 144. 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. i was same a mad as c e o of islamic relief. he told the w he'd seen in the worst hed parts of north west pakistan. destruction everywhere where i'm standing this morning. we arrived in the shallow. hey lady of the stigma, shad i'm k programs. the 200 house is just washed away by the flood 3 days ago. we are trying to reach to this area, but there was, 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 needed relief supplies, such as food items, shelter, gates and i didn't give 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 are white?

these are in the fight them 2 over 200 families on the walls, the oldest film festival, the venice film festival begins today. after 2 years of coverage restrictions, the event will be mask 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 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. female figures are and focus on the lido. cuban actress on a day a mosque plays marilyn monroe and blond, showing the darker side of the hollywood icon. ah, the buzz around cate blanchett 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 odd with him here for yeah, love mars as long and nicky moving out on them was you a little bit of the damage that handles aren't house fans will have play to watch and 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. was caught rocks profile that report on. he certainly won cinema fan, basking in the return of an unmasked,

vanished festival. yeah, no it's, it's been quite amazing. i mean, i was here last 2 years when we had grown restrictions, when there were social distance saying, unmasking, 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 right 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 will 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. it's got rocks for at the venice. film festival was his date of lead years life from berlin. his reminder of our top story, tribute sobbing, paid to around the world to the former soviet leda mikhail. gorbachev was died at

the age of $91.00 with policies that promoted free speech and reform within the communist block. he forged a new dialogue with the west that ultimately broke down the question, news agencies report that a funeral will be held on saturday of next on d w. d. w. news reporting on the urgency that pakistan's catastrophic of flooding and the china drugs have brought to the g 20 climate conference in bonnie. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news, and of course, all the latest news and information around the clock. in the d. w act at d, w dot com. good.

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d w. music 50 years ago. the international gathering of peace and cooperation becomes the scene of a horrible tragedy. arab terrorists, armed with sub machine guns, went to the headquarters of the israeli team, and immediately killed one man. and that this will be the last time i saw him in life. our worst fears realized tonight. they're all gone. how i witnesses experienced the terrible events and this the world shouldn't forget the long shuttle. the 1972 olympic massacre start september 3rd on d. w. with it up in years. a share coming up today is south asia in the midst of a climate emergency focused on is facing catastrophic flooding. that's taken lives and damaged infrastructure just months on. yeah,