i spoke with mm hm. with special mission, with the international atomic energy agency, he's basically the way that he's being shown, the sort of extensive damage that's been dealt to the fertility and the stories that shape the weak r t joins, experts from the u. n. nuclear watchdog, who's been inspecting the embattled example rose year power plant that facilitate coming under intensive attacks by ukrainian forces, according to local official the last leader of the soviet union, we kind of yield. gorbachev died this week at the age of 90. 1 most go central

hospital after a prolonged illness will be examining his historic legacy a head, a deadly scenes in iraq on monday with at least 30 people killed in clashes in baghdad as arm protesters storm. the so called green zone, where government and foreign embassy offices are located a broadcasting from moscow. i'm, you know, the lila and you're welcome to the recap of the main news headlines from the past 7 days on today to this week he saw fighting escalates near europe's largest nuclear power plant in southeastern ukraine. kia force has made several attempts to recapture the russian held up rosier, facilitate but were repelled. according to russia's defense ministry,

the m o. d say the latest that time by ukrainian troops was carried out with 8 drones that were done by russian forces. local authorities also pay camps military shell, the plans territory from across the de never river unsolved. a damaging the last remaining power lines which link the facility to the national grid. the crew operating the plan, say the nuclear reactors remain stable. all came amid a visit to the plant by b, u. n's, nuclear watchdog, the international atomic energy agency. now the team has inspected the facility with some of the experts remaining on the site with plans to stay there indefinitely. the i a, a chief admits the quote, physical integrity of the power plant has been violated adding up the current situation, leaves much room for concern. i will continue to be worried about the plan deal. 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, by deliberation. we don't have the elements to assess that, but this is a reality that we, that we have to week of nights. and this is something that cannot continue to happen. russia's military said on friday alone, more than $300.00 ukrainian soldiers were observed crossing the didn't f or river in dozens of boats close to the embattled nuclear plant. the m o d, caesar on half of those vessels were, quote, eliminated with the remaining boats retreating. the local merit claim ukrainian forces were trying to prevent the arrival of the un, experts by all means possible. to denise the sheila shelley or the donor living valley for some time now the ukrainian armed forces have been shelling residential areas and up erosion nuclear power plant, the residence of our city. a scared grain seeks to disrupt the arrival of the i. e

. a commission, that's why they detained the mission. at the checkpoint, they tried to destabilize the situation and give false information to them that the russians are fighting on their own positions. this is a standard scheme by which the ukrainian media provide information, but we have evidence to show the i a a that the opposite is true. i hope the head of the mission mr. grossey has enough understanding of the current issue, marchese garage it ala was among the very 1st journalist that the nuclear plant to reports on the visit by the u. n. team he filed list report. you around me is arguably the biggest nuclear scare that the world has seen since the caribbean missile crisis between the soviet union, the united states. this is this up a raska nuclear power plant. you can see some of the react number one and 2 nuclear reactions and in fact, it is being shelled, relentlessly. and russia has been very much concerned and has been trying to draw

the attention to this very big problem, trying to raise it to an international level. and finally, a special monitoring mission of the international atomic energy agency has paid a visit to the facility for quite a scene here at the dap ross can nuclear power plant. he's special mission with the international atomic energy agency on both. you can see him who can right beside the man in a suit here. he's basically being claimed and he's being shown the sort of extensive damage that's been dealt to the facility we were able in these few hours to put together a lot. a key things i needed to see i saw of your explanations were very great here, right here next to me, you can see an, a u, a v, basically

a combat drone that was down just days ago above these upper oscar nuclear power plant. if you very interesting details, i'm pointing to which side could have used this drone again. russia does not import any, but here, for example, you can have this little chip plate and everything that you see here is written in english like you have parachute left wing and so on. so the russians, they simply don't use english language for anything military. it is very much out of the question and here says another piece, another device, another piece of the drone. you can see that it is brand new. it is year 2022. so it is very, very new. this particular well paying this particular drone has failed to do any damage to deal any damage to the facility because it had been down. but this is not the 1st time that things like this devices like that are being used against the

facility. you can hear and see the water still gripping here because the shelling phase of them to have broken the pipes here and well, the personnel. they still haven't had time to fix them because well, the shelling hadn't stopped this place was where the 1st mortar shells landed and hailed down upon the rosco nuclear power plant from phoebe down. and you can see the aftermath broken windows and this warehouse stands abandoned. it used to be producing liquid nitrogen, which is crucial to the functionality of the whole atomic power plant. now, well, if you look rational and it is making basically the work of the whole facility, very difficult in georgia del off while amid continuing attacks on the nuclear power plant on it surroundings, the u. n. acknowledge russia's commitment to ensuring the safety of the i. 18 at the side. russian defense minister today stated that the ukrainian group of serbo

stores tried to capture the station in order to use the mission as a human shield. we are glad that the russian federation did what he needed to do to keep the keep our, the inspectors are safe. russia has now requested a meeting of the un security council so that the world powers are obliged to hear the conclusions of the a mission. independent war correspondent, thomas rooper believes the shelling purportedly by ukrainian forces shows that key f didn't want the un experts to see what was happening at the nuclear facility. the interesting thing is they shelled enigma dara and the region in the morning when the when the team didn't arrive, this also looks like you have tried to stop this in the last minute, but it didn't work as soon as the team arrived at the place at the spot, there was no shelling anymore reported. so we have to see how key if we have,

they are not really rational. they are not military experts. so they don't have to really clue about about weapons artillery and all this stuff. they are nuclear exports, so their job is to check whether the station, the problem is, is an order whether they are working well, whether there's danger from a technical side. that's why i'm not expecting very much information from them about the shelling because it's not their job and they don't have the ability for these these nuclear experts, not military experts. the last leader of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev died this week at the age of 91, many top politicians from around the world express their condolences here on our team. we've been taking a look at the legacy of the man who ended the cold war. the who's who's

the former soviet leader passed away on tuesday in moscow. central hospital after a prolonged illness. his funeral took place in the russian capital yesterday. a host of political figures came to pay the respects, including the hungarian prime minister, victor, or bon, former russian president, main treatment busters from a number of countries. many russians also lined the streets to say their goodbyes. and the ceremony not lasted more than 3 hours. when mikhail gorbachev legacy is a multifaceted one, he overhaul the soviet union. foreign policy by introducing the new political thinking doctrine, which thought relations with the west and brought by the end of the course, the cold war. gorbachev calls for the world to be seen as united, an interdependent, instead of divided into communist and capitalist countries. he saw the balance of

interest of different nations as a way of solving international problems. universal values had to be recognised above all others, whether they be religious or national. the 1st and only soviet president also wanted to see the world free from all nuclear weapons by the start of the 21st century. well domestically mikhail gorbachev implemented the spread of social, political, and economic reforms. the news were hailed in the west, including by his american counterpart reagan, but hastened a collapse in industry in dire shortages of consumer goods at home. he's also blamed by many and post soviet countries for the violent conflicts that erupted following the chaotic break up of the u. s. s. are the scores of which remain today, as well as expressing his condolences cremeans spokesperson dmitri pest, golf said gorbachev was naive in expecting the country's political sacrifices to lead to more equitable world. certainly sir polite,

mikhail gorbachev is a statesman who will forever remain in the history of our country. many argue about the role he played, but the fact that he was an extraordinary person, a unique person, is unequivocal. he is known, remembered and will be remembered all over the world. gorbachev gave impetus to the end of the world war. and he sincerely wanted to believe that that would end in there would be an internal romantic period between the new soviet union and the collective west. this romanticism was not justified. the romantic honeymoon century did not walk out of the bloodthirsty this of our opponents showed itself with miranda, which full all that we went through their maids, mikhail gorbachev. really one of the biggest figures of the previous centuries, the most prominent perhaps we heard from pavel polish jenko who work closely with the soviet leader has his chief english language interpreter. he says mister gorbachev was known for his ability to listen particularly to those with opposing opinions. well, she is a very authentic person. the way she looked and acted publicly was exactly the way

she was. there was no difference between the public persona and the individual that i was really close to, i must say for so many years she was open, she was warm, she knew how to talk to people, she understood dignity. i always respected people with different views and she was always ready to listen to listen to people who were sometimes very different from both ideologically in other ways, but at the same time preserved his own intensity. his conviction, his views. and i said, in addition to that, of course, it's

a personal move and to be it's no authentic or what, who is use turning attention to germany, where classes are up to on sunday, between police and activists, protesting against continued weapon supplies to bring police dispersed the demonstrators using pepper spray and patterns in the city of castle, with germany being the 5th biggest arms expert in the world. hundreds of people call for the country to stop the production on delivery of weapons, including military support to keep those rallying also attempted to block the entrance to an arms factory, an uptick and violence in iraq. again, at least 30 people were killed and more than 700 entered this week during the violent classes and backed up with a struggle for political power spelling onto the street. demonstrators,

storm the supposedly secure green zone, where a government office is on foreign embassies are located. ah, incredible seems really and political tensions between rival, she affections hub paralyzed the formation of a new government from. c the announcement by leading terry looked out also dear that he was quitting politics truth to this deal. it really led to this anger at, from his supporters against security forces. another she had groupings on al said deal himself. he became a symbol of resistance to the us led invasion in 2003, and helped form a militia to fight american troops. he's also wanted dead or alive by the u. s. government over his alleged role in the killing of a washington back. she arrival in the same year. well,

in the wake of the american invasion and occupation looked out at all, sir deer was a vocal critic of the u. s. and in particular, former president george w bush. bush reportedly said that his picture will be hung in every iraqi house. no, sir, no. my dear, your picture is now under iraqi. feel the popularity the united states is diminishing day by day. if not every 2nd. we reject the presence of the american army by y'all and even the bombings by the us forces we reject them. we view this as an act of occupation. no political and security analyst from baghdad told us else at the it has enormous support and iraq. but the chaos being seen is really done to some small extremist groups loosely linked to the cleric. he has so many this amount of, among his followers and the last elections be about a $160000.00 bowls altogether for his

political part. so that basically is the base for his power. that's an old iraq in baghdad to particular he has a number. what is large numbers? what does, but there is no issue with this problem with the militias here, ironically called his goal, which is the militia connected to mr. i sent that in vegas, theresa wagner. and we had a very hard day and long nights on bombing by a ship attack to many large government posts and engine a lot of people had even targeted civilians. pakistan's climate change minister is demanding that quote,

rich polluting countries pay their dues to this lum about because they break their own commitments to cutting emissions. and thus lead pakistan. she said into a climate disaster. the reparations are long overdue. in any case, say sherry rockman, we have contributed less than one percent to greenhouse gas emissions. we all know that the pledge is made and multi lateral forums have not been fulfilled. there must be some level of climate equation said that the brunt of the irresponsible carbon consumption is not being laid on nations near the equator, which are obviously unable to create resilient infrastructures on their own. well, the remarks colors pakistan has been calling for immense humanitarian support from to 33000000 people after the recent floods which ravaged the country. according to initial government estimates, the devastation has caused $10000000000.00 worth of damage. the death toll stand just under 1300 people aircraft with relief goods from various countries, including turkey,

the u. v. china and france. i've been landing in pakistan. a local journalist sent us this report from one of the most effective if sod last 10 days. then you can see the flood water is still in this residential area. there are many houses damaged water. they still that life is not normal. these people say that they have, they don't have food. they don't have clean drinking water. they don't have ready. so they are forced flight diseases in this area. they said that there is no chance of this water to be pulled out from this area. so the normal life can begin to modify money that most of the furniture is still there and the water can't move inside because the water is too deep that i don't have a boat or some other means to leave. i keep standing had day and night, completely helpless. one is of exile, driver. his name is a power law, invited me to his house. everything is in the courtyard and you can see the

children. they have our kitchen, utensils and items. everything is outside. so to dry it in the sunlight, they have a fan and you can see everything is that lead there as much insight damages. they cannot live inside this room. they have to clean it before you go say the mock up the water level after that have to line fits the driver has to manage has to have anything again, has to build everything again. my finish, i do. i got married only a month before the floods since my childhood. i had been saving every penny for my wedding. i built us home, but now it has gone with the floods. also,

my sister is not, well, she has had a high fever since the flooding, but we don't have money for any medicine. i appeal to the government to help us rebuild everything. i cannot do this alone. each house, each family is facing a situation like that. they dont have cleaned drinking water, they don't have food, they don't have shelter. and the children are affected by the post flood diseases. so this is a situation and my son has a p and i mean the law on our tv no set up. i just found an incestuous relationship to us. attorneys general have described the ties between the white house and big tech. the louisiana and missouri officials released a series of most demonstrating what more than 40 employees of the current administration as well as some us agencies of don to pressure social media platforms in order to censure content. we have already received

a number of documents that clearly prove that the federal government has an incestuous relationship with social media companies and clearly coordinates to censor freedom of speech. the department of justice is cowering behind executive privilege and as refuse to turnover communications between the highest ranking biden administration officials and social media companies. they're referencing what they say are a series of documents. and now they're saying that this document show conversations between top social media platforms and around 45 federal officials. specifically when it comes to content loaner ration and those good old words of misinformation and dis, information that we have heard so much about lately. now specifically, when it comes to facebook, that's a big one that's mentioned here. and in one of the conversations at facebook, official actually talks about meetings directly with the white house. i know our teams met today to better understand the scope of what the white house expects from

facebook on misinformation going forward. in our previous conversations, i've appreciated the way you and your team have approached our engagement, and we have worked hard to meet the moment. we've dedicated enormous time and resources to fighting this pandemic, and consider ourselves to be partners in fighting the same battle. now speaking of this information and there is then this conversation where he at another facebook official talks about reaching out to the cdc directly and asking for help with their policy. we have been talking about in addition to our weekly meetings, doing a monthly missing fo debunking meeting with maybe claim topics communicated a few days prior. so that the c d. c can bring and matching experts and chat casually for 30 minutes or so. yes, we would love to do that. now that line of conversation and curious, jo gone both ways here. there are also emails that were sent by the white house cove in 19 response team in which they were reaching out to facebook actually asked

. and then to take down an instagram parity account of doctor anthony found, she facebook's response was to say, yep, on it. so there was no push back there when we had that back and forth between those 2. when it came to content, moderation was extraordinary. really, isn't it a comes right after confirmation by meta c o. mark zuckerberg, that the f b. i interfered in the 2020 presidential election by pressuring his company to center ledge, russian misinformation and the hunter biden laptop story to. that's right. you may remember back in october 2020 facebook and twitter took really unprecedented and moves to censor this story about hunter biden's lock top. that was published by the new york post. now facebook didn't go quite as far as twitter did. however, a mark sucker bird did speak out about that this week. he admitted the f b. i reached out to him. now it's interesting here is he said that the f b, i was warning him to be prepared for some sort of quote unquote,

russian disinformation that facebook needed to be on high alert. and so he said that their decision to censor that story was part of them being on high alert. however, does, of course raise the question of how often this happens, how many times has the, by an administration reached out to those social media tech giants and asked them to make certain decisions. and how often have they complied as these emails appear to show them? in some cases they were even asking for more and more direction. do the revelations come as a surprise at all? well, with this administration, they become almost more and more expected, especially when you have someone like president biden, who gave a speech earlier in which you referred to republicans as extremists. there's a lot of building concern about what his administration has done and what it's continuing to do when it comes to those members of the public that they don't agree with. and it's even drawing some comparisons to a police state like this one. take a list. so that laptop was not censored because it was propaganda. whatever that

means, it was censored because it might hurt joe biden. that is the definition of police state behavior. so certainly a lot of stay care and a lot of concerns, especially as we get closer and closer to that mid term election with the top social media. diane's like facebook, twitter are ready saying that they plan to act against when they see as misinformation. rachel evans breaking out on for a surlier, will us legal specialist and media unless lionel asks why washington has apparently been targeting opinions on social media that attend to anyway, challenge the mainstream narrative. what i don't understand is why don't we talk about section 230, had the communications decency act. now the whole idea is that this is the immunity . this is the, this is the life blood of social media platforms where they said the only way that we can survive is if you guarantee that you cannot sue us for libel and slander. because after all, we're not publishers. we don't do anything to censure. what is or is it being said?

so please provide us with this immunity. well, that's not true. they said, sure all the time. and what i find even more interesting is, are these, these politicians who do nothing but every 6 months or a year, they'll bring in the usual suspects, drag him into congress, and then all is forgotten. weird. the only ones talking about this when the people who could really do something, namely the congress of the senate, and by the way, government all over the world. dear deerish sleep to switch. you're not doing anything. they're just saying this is terrible. the inevitable lionel. okay, time for a weekend visit to the world's apart studios next, then today's alex ana is talking nukes. it's right ahead. ah

a ah ah. with the welcome to worlds apart for all the similarities between the crime upheaval,

previous border divorce, one thing is absolutely unprecedented. never before has an operational nuclear power station been in the midst of the not to bore zone. will change hands as a result of it. never before has a distinction between civil and military use of nuclear technology. it's been a functioning nuclear reactor and a ticking time bomb been so blurred when the spectra of a nuclear apocalypse is an incentive. is it too late to ponder a contingency plan? well, to discuss that i'm now joined by the mitre, so love deputy director of the center for comprehensive european and international studies at the higher school of economics in moscow meetings. good to see you again . thank you very much for being available. hello. it sounds like you're my now the is up originally nuclear plant has been in the headlines a lot in both russian and western media. although in diametrically opposing framing the russians and says that it is the ukrainians who are shelling the station and

are essentially engaging in nuclear terrorism, the ukrainians and their western beckers and says that as they had their way around . but regardless of the culpability, don't you think that in all this bickering about who is doing that, don't you think that the world has lost sight of what is actually happening? that we have a functioning nuclear facility being targeted by artillery and how it may affect all regardless of who is doing that. precisely. i think you're absolutely right. i'm in the old of the base war about blaming the other side of shelling of the same kinds of threat of nuclear disaster, which would be worse than the one of chernobyl. let alone for c, r a was downplayed. i am there war a baron collins in the western press as well as and if the, even if uh the nuclear reactor is shell directly.