ah ah ah, this is dw news, the wiper from berlin, a mission to prevent a nuclear catastrophe. a team of un experts is on its way to the russian occupied operational plant in ukraine to safeguard it from fighting raging around the site. also coming up on the show, world leaders pay tribute to me. hell gerbert gorbachev. the last leader of the

soviet union will look at his device of legacy in russia. boss, the u. s. a proves up dated at cooper, 19 vaccines that target the latest strength of the omicron variant. the new booster shots could be going into arms in a matter of days. ah . hello, i'm clear. richardson, thanks so much for joining us. inspectors from the u. when's nuclear watchdog are making their way on a dangerous journey to europe's biggest nuclear plant? here, the front line of fighting between russia and ukraine? the long awaited mission to this operation plant is aimed at safeguarding it against catastrophe. amid fighting in the areas around the sites ah, arriving to conduct what the head of mission calls him very complex task. un

inspectors are preparing to visit bizarre parisha power plant on thursday. for now, the team remains in ukrainian controlled 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 demi hinton thickly with is a mission that seeks to prevent a nuclear accident. and to preserve as it's important, the largest, the biggest threat, bowers and in europe, the whole of europe, 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 plant 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, ah, underlying the importance of nuclear security and that the russians should understand that they cannot play with this. any gifts, 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. boulders, did other correspondence matters. bollinger is in the city of zapper asia, and he told us what he's learned about the when nuclear inspectors chances of reaching the plant in russian. how territory we are urine 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 by the way, 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 on reserve. 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. marty's bullying reporting there on tributes are being paid and mikhail gorbachev. the last leader of the soviet union who died on tuesday at the age of 91. many western leaders are praising gorbachev for his role in ending the cold war. russian president vladimir putin held him as an extraordinary global statesman. but the general reaction in russia has been muted. many there blamed gorbachev for the country's last saturday as a global superpower. and that is reflected in the uncertainty over gorbachev's

funeral arrangements. the former president is expected to be laid to rest in a ceremony on saturday. but it's unclear whether he will be awarded the honor of a state funeral and whether president putin will be in attendance. here is more on how it gorbachev's fellow russians view his legacy. russia's news channels reported the present in the blood. a mere putin had expressed his deepest condolences, but musk invites themselves were not united in morning their former leader. one waiter was kaiser wilhelm, the foundation fraud democracy that existed in the late ninety's and early 2 thousands was much more. he was a remarkable politician when the only and last president of our country who did good and bad things. also, that was our, you'll see that the country fall apart. and now my relatives live in a different country that the ex soviet republics aren't together anymore to that's bad ocean blue for a little. we lost our home country and are restoring it. now. it was a big one. now it's a small one. wiling. 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. so let's take a closer look now at some other stories making world news headlines. russia and china have begun a series of military drills and rushes far east. the 1st since 2018 moscow says the week long exercises will involve over 50000 troops from multiple countries. asians, as its involvement is unrelated to tensions over taiwan and the war in ukraine. united nation says china's detention of wiggers and other muslim minority groups in ash and john region may constitute crimes against humanity. the long delayed report cited what it called credible allegations of torture and other rights violations.

beijing, oppose the release of the report and has it denied accusations. and 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. the w h o has declared the viral disease, a global emergency and u. s. help officials have approved updates to cove 19 vaccines. the target, the latest strains of the omar kron variant between booster shots made by montana and pfizer biotech could be available in a matter of days. it will only be administered to people who have already received their primary vaccinations. william schaffner is a professor of preventative medicine at vanderbilt university, and i asked him about the level of protection that these boosters will provide. well, we certainly hope that this new booster will provide substantial additional protection

against serious disease disease, serious enough to require hospitalization. we also hope it provides song, but we know it won't be complete protection against infection. those mild infections will continue. but if we keep people out of the hospital, we will have achieved our goal. that these updated boosters aiming to provide cross protection against several variants. are only for people who have already had the original vaccine shots. why is that? well, that's correct. at the moment these new vaccines have not been tested as original vaccines. they're only there as an updated booster. and so you have to get vaccinated with the original vaccine before you qualify for one of these updated vaccines. ok, so you need to do the full course and then get this new booster vaccine with covered here to stay. do you think that these boosters are going to become

a yearly thing? akins, the flu shot. that's everyone's favorite question. we don't know the answer to that yet. it hasn't been decided, but i will say it is likely. so as with influenza where we create a new vaccine each year and get vaccinated. so to i think with co good will be doing something similar going into the future. because coven itself, the virus, is not going to disappear. what about the prospect of even having a 2 in one that covers both flu and cov 19? 0, that's wonderful. not this year. we won't have a combined influenza and coven vaccine, but scientists are already working on that for next year. ok. now in the united states though, we know that many people are still skeptical about rolling up their sleeves. just half of vaccinated americans got their 1st booster dose. according to the cdc,

i'm do you think that we're going to see that number dropping further for this one? i think we will have to sell this car as it were. we are going to have to really promote this vaccine because there's a lot of vaccine that see and in addition, this fall, we will be asking people to roll up both their sleeves. one side for influenza, the other side for covet. that will not be universally well received. so we're really going to have to be very persuasive. william schaffner, professor of preventative medicine at vanderbilt. and i thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us on date of the unit. the officials in pakistan are warning about the spread of water born diseases as millions of people struggle to cope with unprecedented monsoon flooding. the death toll has passed 1100 people and officials expected to climb as waters receipt. the swat valley and the north is normally a popular tourist destination at this time of year. now it's

a scene of 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. it ought to suddenly today, up to 6 days in flooding started. but you can still see 20 to 25 feet of water inside the hotels by name or do be aware. this is the situation here in our town. people here have seen similar devastation before during the last major floods to hit the region in 2011 local resident says much of the rebuilding done since then

has now been lost from god 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 under the village. i come from that around 40 to 45 houses at the good 140 to 40. they've been completely destroyed over about holbert 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. changing gears and the world's oldest film of all the venice, film festival has kicked off after taking place under covert restrictions for the past 2 years. it's the 1st time the event is happening without masks since 2019 with an all star lineup of celebrities and films. it's also hoping to mark a return to the glitz and glamour of festivals past.

ah, 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 and focus on the lido gibbons actress on a day a mosque 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 jafar: upon a, he won't be in venice. the distant director was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment

by the arabian 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, he did well. yeah. love him eyes and in the queue. moving on to him was really lou porter day. i'm off that in analyzing our house, fans will 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 cinemas. and fans of britain's princess diana have been marking the 25th anniversary of her death tributes were placed in front of her former london home. people also paid their respects in paris, where she died. the princess of wales was killed in a car crash along with her boyfriend and drive her. she was 36 years old, dubbed by the press as the queen of hearts, diana still remains one of the most popular royals in british history. and before

we go, a quick reminder of our top story at this hour. un nuclear experts are on their way to the russian occupied operation. nuclear power station team will assess the condition of the site and the potential danger nearby fighting could pose for europe's largest nuclear plants and to his update at this hour. stay tuned to poor doc film coming up next. and of course, there's always more news an analysis on our website at at d w dot com. i'm clear, richardson in berlin. thank you so much for watching music. 50 years ago, the international gathering of peace and cooperation becomes the scene of a horrible tragedy. arab terrors, armed with sub machine guns, went to the headquarters of the israeli team and immediately killed one man. there

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