ah, a special look at a special country. iran from above. start september 16th on d, w. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. russia bid farewell to former leader mikhail gorbachev. crowds lined up in moscow to see the last leader of the soviet union laid to rest. but there was no full state funeral for the man. some russians reject as a traitor. also coming up gas prom shuts down gas supplies to germany indefinitely

. the russian energy giant says the north stream one pipeline will stay offline blaming. maintenance. europe says that's a farce. and ukraine offers to send europe more electricity and the tears flow as $23.00 time grand slam tennis champion. serena williams bows out of the u. s. open and possibly her career as she loses to australia's island. tom janet ah, nic spicer, welcome to the program. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has been laid to rest in moscow. gorbachev died on tuesday at the age of 91. after a long illness, crowds lined up in moscow to see the former president lying in stated moscow's hall of columns. gorbachev's coffin was then taken to the nova javert,

she cemetery. he was buried next to his wife reisa. gorbachev was not given a full state funeral of the type, usually held for former leaders. russian president vladimir potent did not attend siding a full schedule. most western leaders also stayed away because of prudence invasion of ukraine. we heard more on the funeral and gorbachev's legacy from our political correspondence, simon young and d. w correspondent, yours rossetto. i asked you re how russians were saying good bye to last soviet leader while many who came to the downtown of moscow to say good bye to mister gorbachev. many there thought very highly of him, like a young woman victoria. our reporter has talked to. she said the w that had, she praised this 6 years under gorbachev as the best 6 years of her life. those were the expectations of freedom and the best that could happen. she said, unfortunately, russians could take advantage of all that any more. everything was taken away from

there from them, victoria said, ah, but in not every one appreciate gorbachev in russia. opinions like not everything was bad under him, are common among the moskowitz, even as the ceremony today. and precisely, these words express some things that many russians feel about gorbachev. it's true that he gave russians freedoms as they could only dream on beef off before him. but the price was too high. they say 9 out of 10 moscow bites. we talked to emphasized that it was got a bunch of who caused the collapse of their beautiful country of the soviet union as they say. and you're talking to us from riga yuri, as most western media outlets have, had to leave moscow because of the situation. how is gorbachev remembered not just in russia, but also the former countries of the soviet union, such as latvia were, you are well, while many russians see the disintegration of the usaa as

a catastrophe and criticized gorbachev for it, people in the former soviet republics hold him responsible for exactly the opposite for the fact that got a bunch of didn't to go on to the u. s. a sound to fall apart and to didn't want to, for example, the baltic states and other subjects to become a dependent memories of street protests in the early ninety's in georgia. and in the baltic states come to mind today, especially in neighboring lithuania, where they are war 14 dead, and hundreds injured on the so called bloody sunday of videos. 30 years ago when soviet special forces tried to suppress the uprising. remembering these events, and gabriella is lance burgess, lithuania as foreign minister to be to that lithuanians wouldn't forget how gorbachev's army murdered civilians to prolong the occupation office alia he sold. yes, he wrote, fired on an unarmed protesters and crushed them under his tanks. that's what's

remembering how he are in lot van lithuania. you're going to ask just to hold on to save, stand by force as i turned to simon young, who's our political corresponded here with me in the studio in britain. the legacy uri describe, contrast, starkly with the memory of gorbachev here in germany, doesn't it? absolutely. i mean, here in germany we shall go. which of these, remember the above all is well the key architects of german reunification. that's why we've got flags lowered on the right stock parliament building here in berlin today. that's where we've got politicians from across the political spectrum. calling for some kind of official state memorial event to be held in gorbachev's honor because in 1989, he came to east berlin. he met the east german leader, and he told him in effect, the parties over here on your own. now, because he did say those exact words, but it was clear then that that was beginning of the end of the iron curtain. just a month later,

the berlin wall fell. so i think that will always be the sense of gratitude to go. which of here is the man who brought freedom to central and eastern europe at that time? of course he didn't always for see the, the consequences of his actions. well, let me get to that. i mean, do we know how gorbachev saw reunification at the time? it probably happened much more quickly than anybody was anticipating. well, i think that's definitely true and, and also for go which of himself in 1989. originally he did not think in terms of german reunification. i think his focus was on reducing the costs of the soviet military present right in east germany. and he wanted to send the message to the communist regime. as i mentioned, you know, we're no longer the guarantor, moscow will no longer be the arbiter and guarantor of communist power in these satellite countries. you have to do it yourself. now, at that time, he criticized for instance helmet coles. 10 point plan. we sent out

a pathway to german reunification but by the beginning of 990, i think he already seen the writing was on the wall. he agreed to talk between the 4 allies, u. s. u. k. france and the soviet union. but also with the to germany and agreed the principal, they would be able to sort of determine their pathway if that lead to reunification and either a lot happened. or if there's controversy. i just like to mention about whether promises were made at those talks that subsequently unfold folded about, you know, whether nato should expand to the east, not an inch to the east was the right that was used. gorbachev had different things to say about whether he agreed to, you know, the plans for expansion. let me, let me turn to your, cuz you're setting off because that nato action is one of the reasons latimer pollution used to justify his warren ukraine's. i want to come back to you uri and,

and ask you about vladimir putin, the current russian president and the departed mikhail gorbachev and how they got along and beyond that the, the nato expansion or what was the relationship like i want to describe the attitude of the man gorbachev towards boot in his policy as a dramatic development and actually initially got a bunch of supported put ins policy towards ukraine and crimea. ah, michelle got a bunch of sad to the annexation was justified and a restoration of historical truth. ah gorbachev never commented directly on the so called a russian special military operation, ukraine recent months. but it is a long time english translator interpreter who worked with gorbachev for almost 40 years sad. he spoke to him on phone just a few weeks ago, and he said he had been struck by how traumatized, shocked, and bewildered to call

a bunch of wars by what was happening in ukraine. okay, thanks so much. you're ever shanker, uri rossetto, in riga and simon young talking about the passing of the last leader, the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, and his burial today. thanks so much to bother you. russia estate owned energy supplier gas from has indefinitely halted the flow of gas through a key pipeline to germany. the company says it discovered leaks in a turbine. it was expected to restart deliveries today after a short break for maintenance. instead, it announced a complete suspension without giving a time frame that is still sending gas to europe through other pipelines. european leaders reject gas prawns, reasoning to halt nord stream one. they see this as an extension of rushes war and ukraine. siemens, the german company, the supplied gas problem with the turban, says there's no reason the pipeline couldn't keep operating. and earlier we spoke

to an so fee combo and expert on gas at the center on global energy policy. at columbia university. she said the situation was dire for europe. we need to eat, use old and then because what i'm afraid about is that the situation is going to go . ringback on for the right, can we machine, how our industry sector in your book is going to survive for 3 years in the us? either shortage of energy because they're going to be just good of the asked to leave. we pretty crazy prices compared to anybody else in the world out in this week, just going to be on competitive. we are at war, we are, it could be war week workshop. i mean, people need to be as that and we need to think as that we should be thinking in terms of an economic war, not try to see maybe the fiscal year. maybe we can when you said we can be no, i mean this is extremely serious. situation that we are operators of

these operations, nuclear power station in ukraine say they've restarted a reactor, which had been halted due to concerns about nearby military activity. but concerns remain about the safety of the russian occupied plant. experts from the international atomic energy agency have described seeing building damage and impact tools during an inspection, russia and ukraine. blame each other for the attacks on europe's largest nuclear facility, the i. e. a plans to release a full report on its findings next week. here's the head of the mission. hi, fail grossi speaking to reporters about his preliminary findings. i worry, i worried, i worry, and i will continue to be worried about the gland, that i'm thinking 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, that we have to recognize. and this is something that cannot continue to happen. let's take a look at some other stores making headlines. in pakistan, the humanitarian crisis caused by weeks of monsoon, rain, and flooding as worsening areas in the south or under threat as water surges from major rivers in the north or than 1200 people have been killed in large parts of pakistan remain under water. india has shown off its 1st locally built aircraft carrier. the vic grant is going into service as one of the biggest naval vessels in the world. after 17 years of construction and tests, india is trying to reduce its dependence on foreign weapons and counter chinese to survey assertiveness. nasa is trying again to launch it's new. our team is moon mission from the launch pad in florida. today, the original launch was halted on monday after

a fuel leak was detected. nasa says the problems have been fixed, the 30 story rocket is carrying an unmanned craft which will circle the moon. return to the us open our hopes of a fairy tale farewell for serena williams have been dashed. the american went down fighting but couldn't stave off a defeat. that she says will likely be her last i li, a tongue yangovic advances to the 4th round. but in new york when loser, draw this was always going to be about serena reader. she entered the arena like a prize fighter and it wouldn't take long for her to realize that a fight was exactly what she was going to get. ah, i let homeland which was clearly not interested in fairy tales. she took the 1st hit with a heavy blow and forced williams to do what she had done so often fight back.

the 2nd seat was vintage williams. as the american conjured a moment to savor, as she said about leveling the match, all the qualities that made her 23 time grand slam champion were on display. there was the power that determination. and eventually, the precision she brought a most brokers crowd to its feet, but it was to be one last stand. the 40 year old had been bracing her body to equal the grand slam record of 24 titles. but in the 3rd set and the 3rd hour of the match, it soon became clear that time had finally caught up. it takes a lot of work to get here. clearly i'm still capable, but it also,

it takes a lot more than that. i'm really like be a mom and explore different version of serena. ah, and technically in the world i'm still super young, so i want to like have a little bit of a life. i'm still walking. history says she has the 2nd best grand slam record behind margaret court, but many in new york and all around the world will argue she is simply the best. oh this is did of you news unexposed her thanks for watching. ah, ah, devastated houses after our weekend william austin cars. kerry. i funny effect of climate change. i mean felt worldwide deforestation in the rain forest continued carbon dioxide emissions have risen again.