ah, 3 years that would change the world for ever let jones journey around the world start september 7th on d w. ah. ah. ah, this is the w news live from berlin tonight. world leaders are paying tribute to mikhail gorbachev. who has died at the age of 91, the last leader of the former soviet union, he's credited with helping to end the cold war. the west saw him as a hero,

but inside russia, the opinions are mixed. we'll get reactions to his passage. also coming up tonight, a team of you and expert is on its way to ukraine's zachary t. a nuclear power plant. the head of the mission says that they plan to stay there and prevent a nuclear accident. and the u. s. has approved, updated coven 19 vaccines that target the latest strains of the only cranberry, the tweaked booster shots could be available in a matter of days. and we will take a look at the devastation in pakistan's swat valve after powerful floods swept through the region, taking light and livelihoods with awe . i'm bri. gov to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome tribute,

are being paid to mikhail gorbachev, who yesterday died at the age of $91.00. the last leader of the soviet union, he helped in the cold war by for forging better ties with the west to day. germany's chance are all shalt said that gorbachev had been a courageous reformer who dared to do many things. russian president vladimir putin to day held him as an extraordinary global statesman. but the kremlin said that gorbachev had been badly wrong about the prospect of friendly ties with thee. and i'm quoting here, the blood thirsty west. deborah did give her a mikhail gorbachev. first 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. i live in peace and freedom is the most important basic right of each individual for our killer yet, harper chaff wanted to change the soviet union to bring it closer to the people.

he promot at 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 it last year, we had photos on this. i'm convinced that we will also have to reform our military, but he, we have far too many weapons law. certainly 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 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, communists hardliner 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. horst till she was one of the closest advisors of former german chancellor helmut kohl. he sat at the table when the late chancellor negotiated germany's re unification with mikhail gorbachev. earlier this evening, i had the chance to ask him what it was, why to witness a turning point in real time in european history. well, it was an exciting moment. you see, i was no taker during this meeting between chancellor mccall and secretary to go over charles early

february of 1990 in moscow. when i go watch off, suddenly said it's, it's the job of both german government to decide whether they wanted. they want to be united, how they want to be united, and how forced. and that moment over there, i am witnessing history, real history in europe and writing down the wording of journal 2nd, which are the chancellor. ty, hard to which who will the has to repeat the sentence. and

in order to avoid any mistake in the writing down the exact wording and go, which of this was a great moment, a great moment indeed. and, and was it clear to everyone, particularly you as a german, that you had the leader of the soviet union sitting there who had the power to block any attempt at reunification. but who was choosing not to wield that power, who was choosing to wet germans decide for themselves. what was that reality? was that clear to you at that moment? well at that moment i know it was her clear announcement where the gilbert show foot be strong enough to manage it was a different question. and so when i tell you i heard

later on me to apply that meeting this foreign secretary. sure. but not, it was just, it just left his office when i met him in moscow. because we have had a difficult time in january 1990 because the chancellor, him a call was urgently interested in the meeting the school which of the personal meetings and 1st one after the wall had came come down and saturday we had to learn by the media that global choice had cancelled all meetings for those in january 19th. and i asked her, she was not too late on what was going on in moscow in january because we are

waiting for a meeting this go. but he said to me, mr. tell chic, at that time we had that discussion in the leadership in moscow. whether we should militarily intervene in the g r one, not. you must. i remind you that about 380000 soviet troops there at that time posted in the t. r. was it would have been an easy effort for them to stop and vacation and then closing the wall again. it's very true. i mean we, we all remember that on the tapes they did not roll out and, and that is when history was made, mister horst, celtic advisor to the late helmet call. we appreciate you taking the time to share your memories and your insights to night. thank you. we're now we want to take

a look at mikhail gorbachev, legacy of seeing through the eyes of his fellow russians. some blame him for the soviet union's collapse. some even see him as a trader. 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, one widow was guys. of course he laid the foundation for democracy that existed in the late ninety's and early 2 thousands was much in where he was a remarkable politician from the only and last president of our country who did good and bad things. also that as i, you'll see that the country foreigner pods and now my relatives live in a different country that i'm the ex soviet republics aren't together any more. that's bad sociable we lost her home country and i restoring it. now. it was a big one. now it's a small one, whining, and gorbachev 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. t w's russian affairs analyst konstantin exit. he joined be earlier from vilnius in lithuania, that i asked him why president putin and mikhail gorbachev. why they avoided criticizing each other publicly despite their very different perspectives on the soviet union's final days? well, i think because both for their own reasons in a disliked boris yeltsin period, 99 his in russia's history. and gorbachev saw yeltsin, evidently as some one who took away not only his chair and the kremlin, but his country. the soviet union, which she tried to reform and put in of hers hated yeltsin for pro western policies for all. trying to curtail the parasol the k to be and essentially by basically

reducing russia's growth, standing as a great power in the world. so both had their attitudes to yelton, but putin being a politician understood that she cannot avoid declaring national mourning for yeltsin because that's just the protocol. we know that mikhail gorbachev supported the 2014 annexation of crimea. but what happened afterwards? it's not so clear me, do we have an idea of what gorbachev thought about vladimir putin in the invasion of ukraine? you know, brent, i think that's my impression. gorbachev was always very careful to keep his bill to himself. and although he had some hints that he was disappointed with what happened from the 24th of every over this 8 years since put in invaded crane 2014. she never said any word of direct criticism. he supported, as he said, the annexation, he supposed to put his policies that his official,

what he thought maybe will know eventually, but not now. his public record remains as such. constant innagot is always with excellent insight. russia and the passing of mikhail gorbachev. constantine, thank you. experts from the u. n's nuclear watchdog are on their way to these operates in nuclear power plant in ukraine to carry out long awaited inspections. now to get there. they have to cross the front line between the city of separates which are still under ukrainian control and the russian occupied nuclear power plant. the mission follows weeks of growing concern about fighting near the reactors. arriving to conduct what the head of mission calls a very complex task un inspectors are preparing to visit, visit parisha power plants from thursday for now the team remains in ukrainian

controls territory. but the head of the un mission was clear that they are heading to a walls own, insisting his team house one job to prevent a nuclear accident. you know, we don't carry the met me. his difficulty with is a mission that seeks to prevent a nuclear accident, and to preserve, as is important to largely the biggest gap hours and in you are be the whole of your, not only in ukraine. so this is what we are concentrating. ukraine and russia had accused each other of shelling areas near to the facility last week. damage to a transmission line, not the plans, off line heightening fears of a radiation leak, or even a react to meltdown. ukraine's energy minister said the visit by the un should drive home the dangers posed by zakiria. the most important that this wizard should

i underlying the importance of nuclear security and that the russians should understand that they cannot play with this. any games. as combat continues on ukraine's eastern front, all eyes runs up parisha hoping to prevent a disaster that could reach far beyond the country's boulders. would either be his correspondent, but he is brilliant. he is in the city of the upper reads, yet he told us what he's learned about the un nuclear inspectors chances of crossing into russian hill territory. we are hearing conflicting signals. russian officials have announced that they will arrive to morrow morning, indicating that it will be a speedy process either. on the other hand, the occupational authorities have said that they will not be handed a pass through the checkpoints and that they will have to queue up like everybody else,

potentially delaying their arrival. it will be very important for them to reach the site and to figure out what's really happening. they are shelling a has occurred today. again, i'm, are, we really don't know how safe the situation is at the moment, but the original plan is that they will travel there to morrow and that they will get access to the plant that was maintained sperling, a reporting there from ukraine. let's take a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines this, our mourners are marking the 25th anniversary of the death of princess diana tributes were placed in front of her former london home fans also paid their respects in paris where she died the princess of wales was killed in a car crash along with her boyfriend in driver. she was 36 years old when she died . the world health organization says more than $50000.00 cases of monkey pox have been reported globally this year. the health agency has recorded 16 deaths. the

majority of infections are in the united states. w h o has declared the viral disease, a global health emergency germany has reached a compensation deal with relatives at his re lease killed in the attack at the munich olympics. in 1972 german media reporting that the families will receive 28000000 euros, 11 israelis and a west german police officer were killed when palestinian militants broke into the olympic village and took hostages. well, these are images from the town of bahrain in pakistan's, northern swat valley, where hotels forms bridges wrote, had been swept away by unprecedented flooded flooding. that the un is describing as a climate catastrophe, is what valley normally a popular tourist destination this time of year is now a scene of utter 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. let us up around 30 to 35 big and small hotels were washed away in the recent flooding. aka, suddenly today, the 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 of 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 clerk, we were badly affected by the 2010 floods on board and we rebuilt our houses with

a lot of effort and difficulty with glut and sweat at the village. i come from at around 40 to 45 houses that we want you to port live been completely destroyed, the over bud, obey local media, se sum 200000 people remain stranded in the swat valley and the worst may not be over with more rain expected in the coming days, us health officials have approved updates to cobit 19 vaccines that target the latest strains of the omicron barrier. the tweaked booster shots, which are made by madonna and finds her by contact, could be available in just a matter of days. they will only be administered to people who have already received their primary vaccinations. we have more now on y covet vaccines, needed an update, and how that's been done. to help fight off coven 19 vaccines induced defensive measures in the body. among them are the production of protective antibodies that

can recognise and latch on to the surface of the corona virus. especially it's spike protein that can stop the virus from docking on to cells to infect them and flag it up for destruction by other immune system defenders. but if the structure of the spike protein changes due to mutation, it can have consequences. the immune system might no longer quickly recognize the invader. army chron has over time adapted to become all the more efficient for infecting humans cells. there are a number of parameters and characteristics that make it a really difficult virus to deal with. one of which is because it has changed some of its surface structure by a mutation. and the spike has a number of changes m r n. a vaccines use snippets of genetic code to make the body

produced to spike protein to stimulate an immune response to sars covey. to re writing the code is a pretty fast and straightforward process, and changing it changes the vaccines associated spike protein. so why have amazon specific vaccines taken so long to arrive? this has a lot to do with 2 factors. factor one, we're not sure that better adapting and refining the vaccine is genuinely going to afford a market improvements in protecting against future infections. and then, of course, at the level of the manufacturer, decisions have to be made. when do we bite the bullet and actually now produce a new vaccine. experts hope messenger r n a vaccine technology will help us keep pace with new variance of stars covey

too. as the virus continues to evolve. earlier we asked eric final d. he's an epidemiologist and co founder of the world health network about the success of such a catch up with the mutating virus. well, i think if we stay ahead of the game with the most current variance adapted back scene, i think we can stay ahead because right now be a 5 is the dominant strain worldwide in this new booster is for the b 5. so it's perfectly tailored for the virus at the current moment. just like over a year ago, the 1.0 of back seen was tailored for the vaccine for the virus at that time. but we have to stay ahead of it. and this is for the same reason we have flu vaccine updates every year as well. but again,

we cannot just let the virus spread. it's good to reduce both hospitalization and infection because it's infections of massive number of people though only breed more of areas and, and i understand that point eric, but this virus, as shown, is that it can change, it can mutate quickly. how do we know that once we begin the roll out with this tweaked vaccine, that 4 weeks later we're not going to be dealing with lots of new cases of yet a new very yeah, that's true. and this is why we need the vaccines plus strategy, not vaccine. only strategy in many countries seem very curly lazy on the other mitigation. they only just wanna have the vaccines and be done with it. and i want to emphasize getting the booster. this one is very critical, it's the one i really looking forward to. but you also have to have other mitigation, such as ventilation air just infection in 95 mass, especially in doors,

especially as winter approaches. and you need them together in synergy cancer at the same time because only together at the same time can you stop transmission infection and therefore new variance to go. and that's why countries and neglect all 3 pillars and in a way, the vaccines plus the $95.00 mass plus the air disinfection ventilation will be in a world of hurt. once the winter comes, you need all 3 and at the same time. but let me just ask you before we run out of time, what about where you are in the united states? you know, it has been a problem convincing everyone that they should get vaccinated. now we're talking about not only boosters, we're talking about tweet boosters. moving into the, the old and how confident are you that enough people are going to get this booster? yeah, that is of course the uptake is

a big question and i think in many ways there's a little more eagerness for this to serve because it's an updated you know, the new software update as opposed to your buying or version that 2 years out of date. i think there will be some take off for that, but at the same time we have to remember the other pillars. and if you don't want to mask, this is why it's really important we put in these air infection, air quality guidelines as well, which let's be honest, is not political or social, logical behavioral in any way. we'd all them together. but this is absolutely critical to stay up to date in b software updated against the new virus currently. that's true. i mean if you do it with your i phone, you should do it with your immune system as well. eric fargo doing as always, we appreciate your time and your insights. thank you for the world's oldest film festival. the venice film festival begins today after 2 years of covered restrictions. the event this year will be masked,

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