ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. german law makers pay tribute to mikhail gorbachev. the commemorative speech and a minute silence at the bonus, talk for the last leader of the soviet union. the man credited with bringing down the iron curtain and allowing east and west germany to become one. also on the program,

playing with 5 un security council was born that if shelling around ukraine's operation, nuclear facility does not end something catastrophic could occur. and authorities in pakistan make a difficult choice. as the country's largest fresh water lake threatens to burst its banks. rural residents are left dealing with a decision to flood their villages in hopes of saving more populated areas. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with a german lawmakers paid tribute to the last leader of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev. today, the buddhist dogs, president babble bus delivered a speech in his honor and the parliament observed a minute's silence for gorbachev who was buried in moscow last week. gorbachev reform policies lead to the end of the cold war, and he's considered

a major player in the reunification of germany. bubble bus reflected on cobra chops legacy for many germans. president gorbachev for monday, president. gorbachev was a man of peace from beth. he changed the world for the better him after moodily he made possible what had seemed unthinkable for decades in height, a peaceful end to the cold war, and to the division of our country and our continent of of we jeremy his arts have much to thank mikhail gorbachev for you to, for done and with me, the studio is our political correspondent, nina huzzah, who together with me were, has been following those events in the parliament. i, nina, this was a remarkable event in the german parliament in many ways. an unusual step for the parliament to take it all. that is extremely correct. i mean, terry, you and i dug deep in our own memories and also in the bonus tag archives and we

haven't been able to identify a single day where the bonus tag, the german parliament, would have commemorated a foreign nita like this. and this is extremely, extremely unusual to pay tribute to a foreign leader. and it's not just that the bonus. i wanted to thank god for his role that he did play in bringing in paving the path, essentially for german reunification barabbas dress that several times that all germans are grateful for is role for essentially allowing the soviet union small states that were within the soviet union to take their own path and to move towards democracy and that then led to the collapse of the soviet union and to german unification. but that was not the only message that came out of the bonus act. today. this was also very much a clear signal to the kremlin. if you're not honoring your former leader, then we will exactly at one point bubble bus. the president of the german going to

sock. she said that the gorbachev died alone in his own country. a rather sad image that she was using there. there was a very hard edge to her speech politically, diplomatically, it must be said drawing a contrast between gorbachev and the current leadership in russia. absolutely. topical speech absolutely. referring to today's events in the kremlin in moscow, babbar said putin has turned his back on everything that we have got a bunch of stood full so to that path towards democracy, towards openness. yeah, bab abbas kept stressing that gotcha was a man who am have believed in foreign leaders, capability of coming together and finding compromises. she stressed also that garbage has a very close relationship with, then chancellor hammer and mccord he trusted, which was why all those peaceful events of changing the structure of

essentially the central europe that was possible. and so to send a signal to vladimir putin in the kremlin today that you have destroyed everything that this great man stood for that was probably recognized in the kremlin, although i doubt that it will change much strong message there. indeed, nina, how's our political correspond? thank you very much. now moving on to other news, the united nations secretary general antonio terrace says russia and ukraine must cease military activity near this operation nuclear plant and agree on a security zone. he warned that any damage could quote, spell catastrophe for the region and beyond. his words echoed those of the head of the un nuclear watched all reporting to the un security council. it's raphael grossey is 3rd time speaking to the security council, but his 1st time reporting on what he seen with his own eyes at the separation

nuclear plant. you're playing with fire and something very, very catastrophic could take place. this is why in our report, we are proposing the establishing the establishment story of a nuclear safety and security protection zone. because he says it's not possible to work normally and safely at the plant. it's short staffed, the staff, it does have overworked and communication with the outside world is difficult and he says military vehicles are getting in the way. our concrete recommendation these regard is that the military vehicles on equipment that are currently present in buildings inside nuclear, big things on this side be removed from the russian ambassador accused of shelling the plant and said there could be serious consequences of this missouri,

the silica responsibility lie solely with key f, it's western support as an all those in the security council who don't have the courage to call things by their name and stop the reckless actions against this power plant with lewis, despite russia song and dance here today, to avoid acknowledging responsibility for its actions, russia has no right to expose the world to unnecessary risk. and the possibility of nuclear catastrophe. nothing new at the security can't. so russia and western nations at loggerheads once again with no end to the conflict in sight. spring and sean bernie, here he's a senior nuclear specialist with greenpeace, and joins us from scotland. thanks for being with us. so you and inspectors have now reported on what has happened at this operation nuclear plant. what's your assessment? how dangerous is the situation there now? well, there's important information in the i e report, and it's perhaps me the 1st time that the i e really explained the scale of the

read the risk to the plant, the, using the words catastrophic to describe nuclear plants and safety is unusual for the international atomic energy agency, the normally promote nuclear power, but isn't, there's important evidence in here. i think we're concerned that there is not enough explanation about what the russian government and the nuclear industry of russia rose. atom are actually doing it the plant, which is effect li, planning in these coming days. to reconnect the plant to the russian grit, effectively stealing a nuclear plant. the idea is unfortunately silent on that stealing a nuclear plant, that's quite a prospect. the u. n. has spelled out conditions needed to secure the nuclear facility. are you confident that the necessary steps will be taken to make the plant safe? well, unfortunately, only clippers plants have real risks. this is a unique situation with a nuclear power plant in

a full scale war. the russian ambassador shortly after the presentation security council last night, said that it's not serious to consider a demilitarized zone that effectively is only one step towards the safety of this nuclear plant, which is demilitarization un 2nd general called explicitly for that. the director general of the i. e. mr. cruces, referred to a nuclear safety and security zone. as far as the perimeter fence that won't stop the damage that's being done by russian shelling to the grid system to the transmission lines that are essential for keeping the plant safe. now you're a nuclear expert, you deal with these sorts of things. the safety issues tell us if something horrible does happen at the plant, what would be the consequences? well, the range of consequences would be from limited to extreme. and that really depends upon the, the sequence of events and the scale of radiological release. unfortunately,

this apparition plant there 6 nuclear reactors, but there are over 800 tons of highly radioactive spent fuel in the cooling pools. these are pools of water inside the reactor containment, that must be kept cool. otherwise, the water boils off and you start getting releases of radio activity inside the containment, but it also can escape for the react to cores themselves. again, an enormous amount of redo activity in the, in the fuel corps. the worst case scenario is that you end up with a nuclear meltdown similar to what you had in fukushima. there are 6 reactors on the separation site. only one is currently operating at low power, but that in itself is hazardous because it's not stable. that reactors is operating to power the turbines and supply up just to the plant because the, the site is cut off from the ukraine grid at the moment. so it's a inc. streamline dangerous situation. the consequences would be potentially very

large contamination of southern ukraine, but also beyond ukraine into europe. sean burney, nuclear specialist with green pace, thank you very much for talking with us. thank you. get you up to speed on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today. i'm russian. president newton has told an economic form in vladivostok that the developing world had been cheated by a landmark grained deal struck by the united nations, ukraine and russia. he said, exports were not going to the poorest countries as was the goal. he also called for more operation with asian countries. he really, china has been hit by a major earthquake and his southwestern province, such one earlier this week. the 6.8 magnitude quake triggered landslides and shook buildings in the provinces. capital jang, through which has a population of 21000000, at least 74 people have been reported killed california authorities say 2 people

have died in a wildfire southeast of los angeles. that's in addition to other deaths from dozens of blazes in the us state over the labor day holiday weekend. more than 4000 fire fighters are battling the 14 largest lasers, a mid a brutal heat wave. pakistani authorities are struggling to prevent the country's largest fresh water lake from overflowing and adding to the misery of millions affected by flooding. workers have breached a dyke of lake. munch are to try to control the overflow, but that means nearby villages have been inundated, while more densely populated areas have been spared. for now. pakistan's largest fresh water lake keeps getting bigger. said by months of rain, lake man char, in southern pakistan is close to overflowing, putting hundreds of thousands of people in the area at risk. if we tucker over here,

so wholesale entity, it, it will be dawn. so this edition is stuff we had trying to convey and had been fighting since last. what year dark engineers made it difficult decision to cut into an embankment to direct the flood away from the most populated areas and flood dozens of nearby villages instead. authority say the emergency breach has already displaced a 100000 people. but local reporting suggest the number could be much higher. many who fled say they haven't received any help from the government. dominant, debbie bung. when the water breached the lake, we got scared and left our village and belongings gone for yes, we took our children and ran and came here that i'll get blanket. we arrived at 2 in the morning one and it's been 3 days and nobody's come to help us in that way. most of us are staying under the open sky only on the s, hey bitten on their own and in harm's way. and no one knows for how long

living in makeshift camps on higher ground. the displaced face a range of health risks, such as water born and skin diseases, say experts that bad but the children missed the hind because there's no replacement the ohio. there is no peace. there are lots of mosquitoes and it's very hot. we've asked for an electric fan, but that's impossible. the children's education has been stuck to getting food is also very difficult. we can't even cut because visible to everywhere. the decision to divert the flood waters has spared the larger cities near lake mancha, for now, but at great human cost elsewhere. but with more rain expected to fall this month, pakistan's disastrous summer might not be over yet. on rush la gary is with united nations children's fund unicef. he joined us earlier from

pakistan's, southeastern, thinned province and told us more about what he's seen there. i have been in 3 districts out of the many infected in this province right now, which is the most effective province of the country. why i have seen hundreds and thousands of people, thousands of people on the road sides. i'm very where i go where township i visit its water on both sides of the road and its just people sitting on the road side waiting for help. there is, of course, certain there are certain camps that have been set up their accounts, but there are still, there are no, no more capacity in that in those camps. more camps are still being set up. a lot of work is being done, but there is still so much more to be done. and i see hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of children without food, without, without seen water. there is this, this, the stagnant war, flood water lakes, as i've been calling them around the, around the province and somewhere there are 6 feet deep somewhere. there are 5 feet

and cities where you just where i just mentioned the months or late this, the city surrounding the month, legs i can try and so many other cities are entirely drowned and there is, there is danger looming. so what we see now is just women and children who are waiting for whatever they can get food, nutrition, health related services. pregnant ladies are up and women are still waiting for any services. and there are men and families and communities who are in the camps on the road side, whatever's coming their way. they're just, you know, your organization specializes in helping children in these situations. they're among the most vulnerable. are they getting the help they need for the most part? well, the people, i mean we are the organizations or whoever on ground they're trying their best units of is also trying our best we have brought in just just by just suited to go to metric tons of aids which are fly. that is now handed over to the government is

going to the people we are trying more to get more aid and more supplies. it's more about supplies right now so that we can also get other supplies into the people who are most in need. but as i said, it's just, i mean the effort is, is gradually reaching as many people as it can reach. and there are so many people out there still still is still on the move, still stranded in the flooded areas and they're still hard to read. so we need more help. now officials say a 3rd of the country has been flooded over 1300 people are confirmed dead millions of homes destroyed. you think pakistan will ever be the same it's going to be a difficult, difficult journey for this country. it's going to take years to come back to at least even the point where we were before this flood and even that was not an entirely ideal point. of course the system in terms of so many things, challenges for children, women,

i can speak for it's just that. i mean it's definitely not going to be the same for this country, but we, this is the country for the people. the volunteer effort has been great and the support that, that the global community for i think is good right now, but more as needed. but yes, absolutely. it is going to be a difficult time to undress rigari with unicef and sin province, pakistan. thank you so much now, to somalia, where the united nation says that in the 1st half of this year, more than 700 children have died in emergency nutrition centers. the country is now on the brink of famine, almost 8000000 people. that's about half the population are facing crisis hunger levels. the worst hit area is the by region in the south, even says, barring a massive influx of assistance, that region is likely to see full scale famine in the coming months. southern

somalia, this is what the worst drought in decades looks like. people displaced by climate change and conflict. their only source of water is this distribution center in a displaced persons camp. the united nations humanitarian agency has been sounding the alarm for some time. i've been shocked to my call these past few days by the level of pain and suffering. we see so many somalis enduring famine is out the door on today we are receiving a final warning. it's been for failed raimie seasons in a row. and now the u. n says a 5th one is on the way, but the problems in somalia run even deeper decades of civil conflict, mass displacement, and one of the lowest standards of living in the world. what's happening in the

horn of africa is a threat to a way of life, which is sustained families and communities for generations. it's not just a lack of rain for full seasons, for many families, but it's an end to the way they've lived. a search and food prices worldwide, and a grain shortage triggered by the war and ukraine have made the situation worse. this entire region is on the brink of extreme hunger, waiting in vain for the drought to and now to west africa, we're gonna stepping up security in its border region, amid growing concerns of jehovah violence. that's due partly to an insurgency led by groups linked to al qaeda and the so called islamic state that insurgency has spread from molly to neighboring burkina faso. the crisis has displaced more than 2000000 people in bertino faso. with many of them now fleeing south into gala as

attacks continue the w maxwell soup visited a camp hosting refugees close to the border sophia, so our do go arrived indies comp in ghana. early august. the poor she is cooking will be had only mew to day, but least she feels safe here. she escaped, which had children in booking of her. so when she had his eye talks, i intensifying, sophia, save her life, he send a trait buck, whom we as abra. the terrace came to attack our community and burkina faso. they killed our husbands and burnt our houses. so we ran through the bushes to the neighboring towns where we got buses to go. now a beetle was he bid, think eliza, i didn't border we book enough also make ships come slide use one eye becoming common. authorities estimate that around 2000 people were moved to in the past year . with new arrivals almost weekly. to day their fees are waiting for water to be

delivered. it is hard for officials to provide all the necessary e as in numbers, keep rising the way they run and keep even the occluded or what they had on them was the only plan that they had even towards them. very difficult. the children in sleep is very difficult, so there was the need for us to intervene. and that is why we keep ahead of the district. i'm a tell you 2 weeks relentlessly to find basic support units of and a red cross. i provide intense medication time or to tries to count in local community as somehow uncomfortable who they are. a figure is settling here. mary. catherine, everybody in this community is worried because we don't know exactly where they are and where they come from. who knows where the terrorist will come from one place, i'd be more gunner has increased the security presence in this region. as jihad is continued to expand, the activities is porous. borders remain a subject of consent,

not only for residents. their biggest threats rather is chrome, but those are pretending to be civilians flee in the clutches, coming into ghana and preparing the gross that they can do so fled also. she had a conflict with steve over the border to feed her children. sophia goose the by d. looking for wick from surrounding farms, would you hope that ghana will remain a peaceful refuge about a little there is not enough food for us, are enough clean water and shelter. these are all problems to us. we need support on the any man. while it is generally see for the refugees in discounts, sophia is looking forward to retaining to clean up a school with a children to leave. in other

news, hundreds of student protesters class with police of the presidential palace in santiago, chile, the protesters are demanding more resources for education. just days ago, voters and chalet rejected new progressive constitution in a referendum that would have included education reforms. us has started a massive roll out of new coven, 19 back scenes, designed for both the original strain of the corona virus, and only kron variance government advisors said that in addition to the new boosters, it was likely that annual vaccination shots for cobit would become the norm, similar to regular flu, vaccinations, and nasa has released new pictures of the tarantula enabler, are captured by the james web space telescope. these images show young stars of distant background galaxies as well as detailed structure and composition of the nebulous gas and dust. the nebular lies in the large mud gelani's

cloud, galaxy some 161000 years away. in the u. k. a newly appointed prime minister list trust gets to work today when she sits down for an inaugural cabinet meeting and later faces questions in parliament . in her per speech as prime minister, she promised to tackle a host of challenges including the cost of living crisis, public sector, and rest and soaring energy prices walking into a multi pronged crisis. but the you case, 4th prime minister in 6 years is undeterred. we will transform britain into an aspiration nation with high paying jobs, say street, and where everyone everywhere has the opportunities they deserve. i will take action this day and action every day to make it happen as prime. and despite her

optimism, trust, acknowledged, urgent measures are needed to deal with soaring costs that are fueling a cost of living crisis and base business. labor unrest will also be high on the agenda. i will dr. referral, i will take action this week to deal with energy bills and to secure all future energy supply. but it's not just the economy. earlier in the day trust traveled north, where she was formerly appointed as prime minister by the queen at her residence in scotland. the nation within the united kingdom that has been pushing for a 2nd independence referendum. trusts will also have to deal with britons ongoing tensions with the you over the brags it agreement, which in particular affects northern ireland, a complex list of issues for trust and her new cabinet.

just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on the w news. the german parliament has been remembering mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union and the man credited with bringing the cold war to a peaceful conclusion. lawmakers pay tribute to his contribution in opening up the soviet union and implementing reforms that ultimately led to german reunification. you're watching dw news from berlin up next to our environment magazine, pico india for me and all of us at the team. thanks for watching. ah. with with

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