3 years that will change the world forever. my jillions journey around the world. start september 7th on d, w. and ah, ah, this is the w news life from berlin. russia bids farewell to former leader mikhail gorbachev. crowds lineup in moscow to see the last leader of the soviet union late to rest. there'll be no full state funeral for the man. some russians reject as a traitor. experts boys concerns about the safety of your biggest nuclear power

plant, the u. n. stop nuclear inspector describes the damage from shelling ukraine separation . how plant rational, if you find facility restarts one of its reactors, despite a by 5 and 23 time grand slam tennis champion. serena williams bows out of the us open and possibly her career. she loses to i live on the out of it, the look back on her incredible time on the court. ah. i've been fizzle and welcome. the last leader of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev is being laid to rest at a ceremony in moscow. he died on tuesday at the age of 91 after a long illness crowds lining up to see gorbachev lying in state at moscow's hole of

columns. building traditionally used for the funerals of high officials, but he is not being given a full se funeral, usually helpful for leaders and rationally to vladimir putin will not attend, saying his schedule is full. most western leaders are also staying away due to perkins invasion of you crime. a correspondent jury rossetto lived in russia the past 7 years. he joins us now from reger. uri, how will russia say good bye to the law soviet? later while mikhail gorbachev will bury it to day in the early afternoon at nova david, she cemetery next to his wife or i isa got a batch over before that the funeral ceremony is taking place as a pillar, whole of the house of unions. and me as the rats could be, as you mentioned and to yes, it's not a state funeral, bought a funeral ceremony with elements of a state funeral at the kremlin says, one gets the impression that the kremlin would like to get it over with gorbachev.

funeral quickly because he represents the opposite of prudence, vision of russia, that gorbachev is not being buried in the kremlin wall, like all his soviet predecessors. that was reportedly his last will, he was often seen at the grave of his wife, raisa. his wife died of cancer in 1999, and it was important to michelle gorbachev to be buried next to her once again to day afternoon. okay, we're looking there, live pictures of some of them born as lighting up to pay their respects on that as you mentioned, a much lower key aah! events than a $1.00 would expect. but you do have to remember the mixed legacy that i go, which i've left in the former soviet states. let's have a little look back at his political life local associates in mikhail gorbachev. his 1st 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 as the most am you hold my basic right of it. and laura, jewel, robert julia. 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, which it last year severe for his honest, 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, communist hardliners 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. so abroad gorbachev represented peace and prosperity. why did that prosperity know trickle down to regular russians the well, it all depends on who you are, who on who you ask, then people who are coming to moscow's house of unions to day to pay their last respects to got a bunch of these people,

certainly think very highly of him for them. he is an icon, a man who changed their lives for the better. and perhaps one could also see in it a kind of protest attitude to work to the current gramlin ruler, put in who has taken back many freedoms and got a bachelor once gave to the russians. but i wouldn't over estimate that because there are only a couple of 1000 coming to the ceremony today. and there are 145000000 people living in russia. i give her looking at live pictures again of mourners there. ah, paying their respects. and we can see at the casket there and her others gathering to say farewell to gorbachev. and tell me, how did the kremlin in russia's president vladimir putin react to his death while the reaction was very young, very briefly present, putin praised him as a statesman. but as i mentioned,

there is an nor am not m as in state ceremony and not a sterile state as ceremony as a pillar house, or there is a loss. a lot of nostalgia for the good old days are among russians. and of course, a lot of frustration about the forest, yes. after the collapse of the soviet union, which were very difficult to difficult. so that's why the, the majority of the russians, i would say, have a rather negative attitude to mikhail gorbachev. it's been 3 decades since gorbachev resigned. the cold war ended. what is the legacy that he leaves behind? well, is once again, it depends on who you ask. been people in the baltic states, for example, here. and i'm a lot of here right now in riga people he are reacting quite differently to got a bunch of then people in weston hero grade special in germany are for people here in a lot there. lithuanian to stonier. he was a symbol of the yes of yet union,

which was clearly see in here as an occupying power for more than 40 years. and gorbachev didn't want the ussr to fall apart. he didn't wanted the baltic states to become independent, at least not for him at 1st are in 9090 neighboring lithuania, for example, was as the 1st of the baltic states that the declared independence. what followed was bloody protest with 14 deaths and hundreds of injured to when soviet special forces tried to suppress that. the uprising i'm to this day lithuanians hold gorbachev responsible for these deaths. lithuania, as president compared. even gorbachev with the prison warden who only decided to reform the prison, partially, to repaint the facade, to allow prisoners to read newspapers. and so one by the prisoners wanted to get out. and so they did, but against gorbachev. sybil anti swain ins for a minister landsberg is, has to beat it. lithuanians will not glorify gorbachev. ah,

they will never forget the simple fact that his army murder to civilians, to prolong his regimes occupation of his country. his holiness fired and on arm to protest, horace and crushed them under his tanks. that is how lithuanian will remember mikhail gorbachev says, i thank you very much. and once again, we're just looking at these life pictures coming in of the funeral of the last soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. people paying respects some lane flowers and an open coffin funeral. as you can see there, one not attended by russian president vladimir putin who says that he's too busy to come along to day to pay his respects. he did privately lay flowers. gorbachev scoffing at a musket hospital on thursday where it died. we will be bringing you more on that day without life coverage. thank you very much, yuri,

concerts remain about the safety of the separation nuclear power station and ukraine. experts from the international atomic energy agency remain on site after carrying out an inspection on thursday. inspectors from the un agency of describe seeing building damage and impact holes following shelling of the site. you kind of brush or blame each other for the attacks on europe's largest nuclear power plant. inspectors plan to release a full report on their findings next week. is the head of the i a, a mission. rafa grossey speaking to reporters about his preliminary findings. i worry, i worried. i worry, i will continue to be worried about the plans until we have a situation which is more stable, which is more predictable. it is obvious that the plant and the physical integrity of the plant has been violated several times by chance. by deliberation. we don't have the elements to assess that, but this is a reality that we would,

that we have to recognize. and this is something that cannot continue to happen. a quick look at some of the stories making headlines. officials in sri lanka, say the former president, go to buy a roger pasha has returned 7 weeks after leaving the island. he was forced out of office after months of mass protests over an economic and humanitarian crisis. for his arrest and investigation into corruption. a dust storm has engulfed the town in the us state of arizona. the cloud covered highways and streets in chandler in the late afternoon. officials say there were more than 11000 power outages as the storm pass through the town. in pakistan, the humanitarian crisis caused by weeks of monsoon. rain and flooding is worsening . areas in the south or under threat as water surges from major rivers in the north . more than 1200 people have been killed and large parts of pakistan remain under water. tennis,

serena williams has bowed out of the us open after losing to either on the on of it the result could mock the end of it. incredible korea. the 23 time singles champion who won the us open 6 times is expected to retire soon. is a look back at williams life on the court. even at the age of 11, serena williams just knew she was destined for greatness. you attended? well like other people to be like me, i know how other players wish they could be like her in her 27 years. is it pro williams and math? $23.00 grand from singles, titles falling just one short of margaret courts records. she also spend to total of $319.00 weeks as well. number one, she won for then pick gold medals. 3 of them coming with sister venus in devils.

and she was sports illustrated for person of the year in 2015. it was the stuff, the hollywood movie to tell me your name in. i'm venus, i'm sorry. and her family's incredible story brought to life in the oscar winning film. king rich, it can just be represent you will be represent every little black girl 1st. and while her sister venus all say one multiple grand slams, it was serena who transcended to tennis at beacon for others. she changed the sport so much. she's introduced people that have never heard of tennis into the sport. and i think i'm a product of what she's done. i wouldn't be here without serena venus, you know, her whole family writing invoke in early august, william said quote, an evolving away from tennis toward other things that are important to me,

the word retirement apparently too much for her to bear because yes, she will miss this sport, i love playing. no it's, it's like it's amazing, but you know, it's like, i can't do this forever. williams will now focus on being a mom and a business woman. her decades long career is an athlete appears to be over. but her legacy goes far beyond the caught up next margarita cabrera talks about the line between life and death and the risks of bull riding and sports life. sometimes a seed is all you need to allow big ideas to grow. we're bringing environmental conservation to life with learning packs like global ideas. we will show you how.