nearby is a black-and-white portrait with the highest state awards of mikhail gorbachev. of course, here in the columns of the hall of the house of unions. many of those who knew mikhail sergeevich personally came today. one of the first to arrive was the singer alla pugacheva, also here among those who came to say goodbye were also the director general of the international news agency. russia today and the leading signal of russia alone dmitry kiselev is also the leader of the apple party grigory yavinsky and, of course, the closest associates and associates of mikhail gorbachev are his press secretary ignatenko and his personal translator, who accompanied mikhail sergeevich on many trips abroad, and they have been for 6 years finding power was a lot just with reagan as well. started dating a few times. and then with george bush senior with british prime minister margaret thatcher and that's how those who surrounded mikhail sergeevich all the years today remember his role in many world events. one of the most open politicians in the world. perhaps the most open policy, an

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

this reality was made possible to a large degree by a soviet leader named mikhail gorbachev. he knew when to wield power and also when not to, it made possible the end of the cold war and the end of a divided germany. it also triggered the implosion of the soviet union. mikhail gorbachev died yesterday in the west many or mourning the loss of a statesman who they also considered a friend inside russia. many are reminded of the leader who was in charge when everything fell apart. i'm begotten berlin. this is the day, ah and moved to get the former. he wasn't courageous or format and a statesman who dead to too many things. and they figured he did a lot of damaging things to our country. we're the ones facing the consequences. well, let me, i had a little, much of a sand, leaned freedom that russian society you'll go off with don, i think he wanted to show all countries and also the west, the, you know, i would say all countries around the world that we are a peaceful country that we are ready to disarm the left from ask them because gorbachev is one of those people who change

well, of course, if in our country everyone remembers the reign of mikhail gorbachev, just for these y concepts of perestroika and glasnost, then on the world stage. mikhail sergeevich, of course, will be remembered as a landmark politician who went down in world history soviet politician who, uh, put an end to the arms race ended the cold war between the soviet union and the ussr, namely, under him, the soviet contingent was withdrawn from afghanistan in the same 89 year of paul the berlin wall, which separated west and east germany, of course, activity. e mikhail gorbachev, who even won the nobel peace prize for his political detente in our country, received many conflicting assessments, which may not be heard today and here during the farewell ceremony. it must also be said that many european leaders expressed their condolences on the death of mikhail gorbachev however, none of them will be here in moscow, but foreign countries. confine ourselves to the presence of the heads of their depressions, in particular france and the united states, it is expected that after these countries

we begin the day remembering the life and legacy of mikhail gorbachev. the soviet leader who helped and the cold war gorbachev reportedly passed away yesterday at the age of 91. in the late 19 eighties. gorbachev introduced policies that encouraged openness and reform inside the u. s. s. r. and he also forged wumer ties with the west, which ultimately brought down the iron curtain ending the division of europe. and it also put germany on track to re unification as a political leader. gorbachev wielded unprecedented powers that set into motion forces inside of his country, which he would soon no longer be able to control. or he is often held as a hero. here in the west, at home, his name is associated with the collapse of a mighty nation. his legacy is at best, a complicated one. we have this report that did give me a mikhail gorbachev for a speech as leader of the soviet union. it was clear he was a stark contrast to his predecessors. we would use the water right. i live in peace and freedom is the most important basic right to viet shinla, joe, for our k

he on mikhail gorbachev for the chaos that followed?— that followed?t followed? he was a central figure and _ that followed? he was a central figure and that _ that followed? he was a central figure and that aspect _ that followed? he was a central figure and that aspect of- that followed? he was a central figure and that aspect of his - that followed? he was a centralj figure and that aspect of his red legacy is least praised. back in 1990 when he received the nobel peace prize, peoplejoke, if only he could receive a peace prize in economics. of course, gorbachev admitted he does know a thing in economics. he was trained in law, he was trained in other things but not economics. he came from a rather agricultural region of the soviet union. that was a conundrum and people often compare what happened to the soviet union to what happened in china and i'm sure debate will go on about what happened, gorbachev wanted to keep the soviet economy socialist, that is in the hands of, what he called, workers. workers collectives. at the same time, he decentralise

one of his closest friends, however, said he believed tis the war, had greatly disappointed mikhail gorbachev. and it's been 3 days. it's uri's since gorbachev resigned, and the cold war ended. what would you say is the legacy that he left behind? well, it all depends, i would say on who you are, who you talk to people in western europe, especially in germany, but also russians 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. at the same time, people in the baltic states reacted quite differently to gorbachev. i for many here he was a symbol of the soviet occupation and gorbachev didn't want the baltic states to become independent. when all that, especially in neighboring lithuania, there is a negative attitude towards gorbachev or so any was at the 1st of the baltic states that declared independence. what followed to war, bloody protest with many deaths when soviets special forces, tried to suppress the these protest. anthony, as president compared garbage of even with the prison warden, or who onl

good to have you with us. germany pays tribute to day to the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev. a minute silence will be observed in the parliament and the bonus talks president will deliver a speech in his honor. gorbachev died last week at the age of 90. 1 is reform policy is led to the end of the cold war and want him a nobel peace prize. he is also considered a major player in the re unification of germany. he was buried the weekend in moscow next to his wife. and as we, as we wait for the collaboration event in the german parliament to get under way, we bring in dw political correspond it, nina has. if you know how unusual is it, i'm told we have, we have a live feed now from the bonus tag, speeches about to get underway. let's cost stayed over to that. he built the world and made it a better player. awesome rubbish. he made jojo possible on doing brushing things that seemed inconceivable for decades and wanted to find a peaceful end to the cold war and to overcome the division of our country and our continent. we drove as germans for done oh, michel, ga, batch of much big

the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev is being laid to rest at a ceremony in moscow. gorbachev died on tuesday at the age of 91 after a long illness crowds lining up in moscow to see the former president lying in state at moscow's hold of columns. but he's not been given a full state funeral, usually helpful for leaders. russian president vladimir putin will not attend, citing a full schedule. most western leaders are also staying away because of hooton's invasion of ukraine. gary and prime minister beetle albany is expected to be in moscow to pay his respects. he's often been critical of western sanctions against russia. i asked that corresponded to reschedule. how russia is being treated farewell to its last soviet leader. well after the ceremony that is now taking place mikhail gorbachev will to bury it in his her early afternoon at an of a david she cemetery next to his wife for a 2nd batch over. it's not unusual band in russia that the dead are buried to within 3 days. so we shouldn't be surprised why gorbachev is buried so quickly. although the impression could

margaret thatcher, she said, "mikhail gorbachev is a man i can do business with."ationship between putin and obama. look at what putin said the other day when he said that the us unilaterally declared itself the winner of the cold war, it never tried to establish a new balance of power, it's only interested imposing a unilateral diktat which can only lead to conflict and chaos. putin and his attitude to the united states appears to have a completely different approach from your own. very specifically, do you support putin's annexation of crimea, the fact that russian troops are still reported to be in east ukraine and russia has recognised the recent elections in eastern ukraine, which the rest of the world has described as completely illegitimate? do you support putin's positions there? when you picked up the nobel peace prize in 1991, you said, "you know what? i am always an optimist." i wonder if there is much room for optimism today. when you see the crisis in relations between the western powers and vladimir putin, when you see conflict, again, on the eastern

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the last leader, 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 coffin was then taken to the nova debit . she cemetery was buried next to his wife reisa, or which i was not given a full state funeral. the type, usually held for former leaders, russian president vladimir putin did not attend to setting a full schedule. most western leaders also stayed away because of futons invasion of ukraine. we heard more of the funeral and gorbachev's legacy from our political correspondent, simon young, and d. w correspondent juris shuttle. i asked yury how russians were saying good bye to the last soviet leader. well, 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 report has talked to, she said that a w that had she praised to the 6 years under gorbachev as the best 6 years of her life. those was expectati

after all, we will remember mikhail gorbachev for his perestroika and glasnost in our country. irst of all, come into the detente, which he carried out. this direct gorbachev was officially over, the cold war. the berlin wall was invited to the nuclear arms race, troops were withdrawn from afghanistan for everything. it was gorbachev later worthy of the peace prize and now for these minutes there is a farewell ceremony at the novodevichy cemetery in the capital, where the politician will be buried next to his wife raisa maximova in the way that mikhail gorbachev actually bequeathed dmitry thank you boris ivanin. he was in touch with us from the columned hall of the house of the unions, where today they said goodbye to the last soviet leader, the first and only president of the ussr, mikhail gorbachev. now, to other events in the german city of kassel , during protests against sending weapons to ukraine, there was a clash between demonstrators and the police several hundred people blocked the passage to the local arms factory as police officers who tried to unblock the road flew

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mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife, raisa.ore. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. i'm joined now by the former moscow correspondent for the times, michael binyon, who has met and interviewed mr gorbachev. thanks very much forjoining us. no state funeralfor the man thanks very much forjoining us. no state funeral for the man who won the nobel peace prize for his role in ending the cold war, what do you make of that? it is in ending the cold war, what do you make of that?— make of that? it is sad but inevitable, _ make of that? it is sad but inevitable, there _ make of that? it is sad but inevitable, there would - make of that? it is sad but i inevitable, there would have make of that? it is sad but - inevitable, there would have been such an obvious contrast between what mr gorbachev stood for and what russians think is now the new atmosphere, in other words, a return to pre—gorbachev repression and the lack of freedom and the fact that young russians don't now look forward to the kind of openness that gorbachev brought into th

mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife, raisa.ore. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let us take a look at what is happening in pennsylvania right now. it is ten parr state on the us east coast, and former us president donald trump is holding a rally. mr trump was scathing about president biden after his speech in which he called maga republicans and their election a threat to democracy. their election a threat to democracy-— their election a threat to democracy. their election a threat to democra . , ., , ., democracy. there is only one -a democracy. there is only one party that _ democracy. there is only one party that is _ democracy. there is only one party that is waging - democracy. there is only one party that is waging war - democracy. there is only one party that is waging war on i party that is waging war on american democracy by waging war on free speech, criminalising descent, disarming law—abiding citizens, issuing lawless mandates and unconstitutional orders, imprisoning political processes, that is what they are doi

in moscow, they said goodbye to mikhail gorbachev. ukraine made a new attempt to land troops in the area of ​​the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant of the face of victory, all the personal belongings that we keep dad, as we created a project dedicated to the second world war. in moscow , hundreds of people were forgiven with mikhail gorbachev, including well-known politicians and ordinary people. we came today to pay tribute to the memory of the man who once gave hope that soon the country will live better, and the world will become more harmonious and saw the collapse of these hopes alexei prokinah said goodbye. according to moscow time, thousands of people walked in a silent stream at the coffin of the daughter irina, father, and fell ill in the central clinical hospital, where he died on august 30 at the ninety- second year of his life, the first soviet leader after lenin, who, inadvertently, showed by his example, how the proclaimed by him should work glasnost, according to it or not, russian laws do not spell out a clear procedure

mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife, raisa.ore. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. earlier, i spoke to the former moscow correspondent for the times, michael binyon, and asked what he thought of mr gorbachev not receiving a state funeral. it is sad but inevitable, there would have been such an obvious contrast between what mr gorbachev stood for and what russians think is now the new atmosphere, in other words, a return to pre—gorbachev repression and the lack of freedom and the fact that young russians don't now look forward to the kind of openness that gorbachev brought into the system. it is complicated, though, what individual russians feel about mr gorbachev, isn't it? as steve rosenberg was reflecting on a place, a lot of them very angry with him for the reforms he brought in and what the implications of them were, what it ushered in. in terms of how his legacy, how is he in general viewed by russian people? well, i think a lot of people who were young in mr gorbachev�*s heady early days will remember him with enormous af

mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife, raisa.ek, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket — part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off this evening — but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. our science editor rebecca morelle is at the kennedy space center in florida. rebecca. yes, there is a real sense of disappointment but really the problem started early on. the rocket was being fuelled and a hydrogen leak was spotted and that is not a good thing. the team had several attempts to try to work around this but none of their troubleshooting worked so the launch attempt was called off. what is interesting about this is that the problem that stopped today's launch are different to the problem that stopped monday's launch, that was an issue with the engine. so the team are pouring over the data to try to figure out what has gone wrong. if it is an easy fix then the next launch attempt could be in a couple of days, as

her late 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 and 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 and when they were in a death which of the import. oh, well, despite what we're certainly host of controversies, mikhail gorbachev is considered one of the brightest and most significant politicians. one with the biggest legacy as well of his time. we heard from paval polish jenko, who at work closely with the soviet leader as his chief english language interpreter. he says, mister gorbachev was known for his ability to listen even to those with opposing opini

without all made mikhail gorbachev, one of the biggest figures of the previous entry. we heard from pavel polish jenko who work closely with the soviet leader as 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, this is personal wall and choose being snow percentage over all these years. k, 2 more world news now under germany we're flushes have a roughly between police acti

the last leader, the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, is being laid to rest in moscow. gorbachev died on tuesday at the age of 91. after a long illness. gorbachev's coffin is now with the knowledge of it. she's cemetery where he will be buried next to his wife rice. gorbachev's. earlier crowds lined up in moscow to see the former president lying in state in an open casket at moscow's hall of columns. gorbachev is not being a given a full state funeral of the type, usually held for former leaders. russian president vladimir putin is not attending, citing a full schedule. most western leaders also stayed away because of putin's invasion of ukraine. and for more on this, i'm joined from reger by our correspondent uria reset. so and here in the who's lived in russia for the past 7 years and our political correspondent, simon youngest with me here in the studio in berlin year. let me turn to you of the russians are saying goodbye to their last soviet leader. how are they doing so well, many who came to the downtown of moscow to say good bye to mister gorbachev. many there thought very high

the last leader, the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has been laid to rest in moscow. gorbachev died on tuesday at the age of $91.00 after a long illness. in the past few minutes, gorbachev was buried at mosque was the whichever she cemetery next to his wife reisa earlier crowds lined up in moscow to see the former president lying in state in moscow's hall of columns. gorbachev has not been given a full states funeral of the type, usually held for former leaders. russian foot president vladimir putin is not attending, citing a full schedule. most western leaders also stayed away because of putin's invasion of an 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 yury how russians were saying good bye to the last. so his leader, well, 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 to the 6 years under gorbachev as the best

today, vladimir putin sent a telegram to mikhail gorbachev�*s family expressing his condolences. open up his country, give people more freedom, freedom of speech, freedom to criticise the authorities. under vladimir putin, critical voices are being silenced. i don't know when... but how much do russians care? some of mr gorbachev�*s closest allies are starting to wonder. all of us perhaps overestimated the attractiveness of democratic ideas and the attractiveness of the ideas of human rights and rule of law to quite a few people in russia. apparently there are many people in this country for whom these values are irrelevant. as for gorbachev�*s legacy, that is being destroyed by the invasion of ukraine, renewed east—west tension and by the kremlin's crackdown on its opponents. some here believe that today's problems are gorbachev�*s fault. "he failed to stop the fall of the ussr, victor says, "that was a huge mistake." but marina says, "i respected him. to me, he was hope and freedom." his supporters hope that one day russians will come to see that mikhail gorbachev was a force f

unions in mourning decoration soft music subdued light in a black-and-white portrait of mikhail sergeyevich gorbachevy flowers and wreaths of the mozart river replace the melodies of russian romances . they say that mikhail sergeevich loved them very much and even often performed them with his family at the head of the honorary corolla, the first and only president of the ussr was escorted with slavic honors on the red pillows state awards among them and the highest order of russia apostle andrew the first-called next to the coffin. the closest. gorbachev left a daughter, irina, and two granddaughters, the younger anastasia all the time held her mother’s hand, not solemn words, not pathetic speeches. people, silently, passed by the coffin, if they lingered, then for a second, to bow at the pillared hall of the house. union in people began to gather long before the start of the farewell ceremony. in this queue are representatives of different generations, here are older people who remember the time well, when gorbachev and a lot of young people were in power. moreover, many came here to moscow from di

mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife, raisa.ce in the us state of mississippi have charged a man with grand larceny and making terrorist threats, after he threatened to crash a twin—engine aeroplane into a branch of the discount store, walmart. the police chief of tupelo explains what happened. at 5:08am this morning, cory wayne patterson stole a beechcraft king air c90a twin engine aircraft and took off from the tupelo airport today. we do know patterson has some flight instruction. we do not believe he is a licensed pilot, that is still ongoing to discover that. he is an employee of tupelo aviation and has been 14 years, so he has access to these aircraft. at approximately 5:23am, patterson, from the aircraft, called lee county 911 to tell them that he is going to crash this aircraft into the west main walmart in tupelo, mississippi. soon thereafter, tupelo police department and fire department evacuated west main walmart in tupelo and all the surrounding areas. negotiators from tupelo police department made contact with the p

mourners pay their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who is now being buried in moscow. moscow blames maintenance problems for failing to resume the main pipeline that transports gas from russia to europe after a three day closure. it is going to be harder to fill up gas storage, it is going to raise the risks of energy shortages this winter, and it really sharpens the dilemma for european politicians as they plan for what could be a very difficult situation over the next few months. more than half of manufacturers in the uk say they may have to cut production or close down completely because of rocketing energy bills. a £2 cap on bus fares across england for three months from january is announced by ministers in the hope it will help people cope with the rising cost of living. it will help with millions ofjourneys through the toughest months, the winter when we know things are going to be tough, and i think it will help attract people to the bus, particularly at a time when costs are so high. ready for lift—off...again. nasa prepares to make a second attempt lat

today they say goodbye to the former president of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev . well-known politicians, journalists, actors, came on their last journey to bury gorbachev at the novodevichy cemetery next to his wife raisa maksimovna. today in the regions of russia abroad they write dictation, pobeda the international action is dedicated to the military pages of the history of our country in the primorsky territory. this year, more than 200 sites were opened for the dictation, and more than 20,000 residents of the region, including representatives of law enforcement agencies of the ministry of defense, the russian guard of the ministry of internal affairs and the ministry of emergencies, denis mantorov, minister of industry and trade, arrived in magadan. he visited a plant that provides repair and maintenance of heavy equipment. we agreed to create our own foundry. also minister i visited a production facility under construction. the omega-3 venture will be up and running before the end of the year. residents of zaporozhye began to return to their homes from the te

mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife raisa. more. the medical charity, medecins sans frontieres, says a shortage of clean drinking water in pakistan is causing an increase in water—borne diseases in areas hit by the country's worst ever floods. 33 million people have been affected by the disaster. officials in the southern province of sindh say another quarter of a million people are at risk of more floods, as water levels rose sharply again. andrew macleod served as chief of operations of the united nations emergency coordination centre in the international response to the 2005 kashmir earthquake in pakistan. thank you for coming on the programme. what is your assessment, right now, as pakistan's infrastructure and ability to respond to this? the pakistan military has — respond to this? the pakistan military has a _ respond to this? the pakistan military has a great _ respond to this? the pakistan military has a great capacity l respond to this? the pakistan | military has a great capacity to respond, they learnt a lot from th

sara murray, cnn, washington. >>> moscow bids farewell to mikhail gorbachev. the former soviet president who played a leading role in bringing the cold war to a peaceful end. and we're looking at live pictures here. gorbachev died tuesday after a long illness. a public service is being held in the hall of columns at moscow's historic house of the unions ambassador to russia john sullivan is attending, but russian president vladimir putin isn't. gorbachev will be buried next to his wife raisa at another historic location in moscow. again, we're looking at live pictures of the service there at the hall of columns in moscow. and joining us now to talk about it is annie applebaum. she is a staff writer with the "atlantic" and author of the book "twilight of democracy" and comes to us live from london. thank you so much for being here with us. so first on what we're seeing now. what do you make of the way gorbachev is being mourned there? he is not getting a state funeral, and putin, while he was paying respects, isn't attending the funeral. >> it's not very surpris

today, vladimir putin sent a telegram to mikhail gorbachev�*s family expressing his condolences.rbachev was someone who tried to open up his country, give people more freedom, freedom of speech, freedom to criticise the authorities. under vladimir putin, critical voices are being silenced. i don't know when... but how much do russians care? some of mr gorbachev�*s closest allies are starting to wonder. all of us perhaps overestimated the attractiveness of democratic ideas and the attractiveness of the ideas of human rights and rule of law to quite a few people in russia. apparently there are many people in this country for whom these values are irrelevant. as for gorbachev�*s legacy, that is being destroyed by the invasion of ukraine, renewed east—west tension and by the kremlin�*s crackdown on its opponents. some here believe that today's problems are gorbachev�*s fault. "he failed to stop the fall of the ussr, victor says, "that was a huge mistake." marina says, "i respected him. to me, he was hope and freedom." his supporters hope that one day russians will come to see that mi

mourners have paid their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who was buried in moscowthis afternoon. manchester's mayor andy burnham warns train operator avanti west coast is in the "last chance saloon" after its managing director quits over timetable cuts and coming up — at 7.30 a full round up of the day's action in sportsday for the second time in a week, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket — part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off this evening but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. nasa has postponed the launch of its new artemis moon rocket for the second time in a week. here's nasa administrator bill nelson explaining what happened. we'll go when it's ready. we don't go until then and especially now on a test flight, because we're going to stress this and test it and test that heat shield and make sure it's right before we put four humans up on the top of it. so this is part of the space business. i've told you before, you know, it's it

we saw the death this week of mikhail gorbachev.point of view, stephanie, has significant a figure was he, given the whole debate about german reunification, people like margaret thatcher was dead set against? she was very critical - of german reunification, but mikhail gorbachev was crucial. _ i was a teenager in those days, but i do remember the 40 yearj parades and festivities - in east berlin in october 1989, and he was there and did - speeches and then allegedly set the sentence off, who decides, it will be punished by life. - not quite what he said but he basically camel there until the regime i in east berlin, you have to change or people will make | you change and you will not be long here any more. in 1989, there was the fear if tanks would roll in, - but they didn't. because they had in prague and in hungary as well. it was a long time ago, - but there was a bit of security to note that mikhail gorbachev will not turn aggressive to us, | because he said the opposite. so that was pivotal- to the whole developer. that is to

the last leader of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev died this week at the age of 91. then each are politicians from around the world express their condolences. here in our t, we've been taking a look at the legacy of the man who ended the core the 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 their respects, including the hungarian prime minister, victor, or bon former russian president. dimitri made bed of busters from a number of e u countries. many russians also lined the streets to say their goodbyes in a sort of money that lasted more than 3 hours. when mike l. gorbachev. legacy, it's a multi faceted one. he overhauled the soviet union's foreign policy by introducing the new political thinking doctrine, which thought relations with the west and brought about the end of the closely cold war. let's go through that. gorbachev called for the world to be seen as united and interdependent. instead of divided into commu

it's now we think and mikhail gorbachev and realized what he did for our country and all of europe. ah, gorbachev died at the age of 91 in moscow hospital after 2 years of serious illness . and while he was hailed as a man of peace, he is left at a time of war. leah harding al jazeera ah the death toll from pakistan's, catastrophic floods has continue to rise. another 57 deaths have now been confirmed 25 of them children. augustine is grappling with an unprecedented relief and rescue operation with more than a 3rd of the country under water. 33000000 people are affected. at least a 1265 people have been confirmed dead this after weeks of record monsoon reigns and melting glass ears in northern mountains will than 440 of the dead children are high level bodies are up to coordinate the relief effort has met for the 1st time chaired by prime minister chabarise sharif. 8 has been flowing in from a number of countries, but the head of pakistan's largest charity says millions of people have yet to be reached. our warnings of famine because of destroy crops and livestock. now or shade ball

it's now we think of mikhail gorbachev and realize what he did for our country and all of europe. porter: gorbachev, hailed as a man of peace, has died at a time when his country is heavily engaged in war. andrew simmons, al jazeera. ♪ hashem: let's bring in our guests. in moscow, pavel felgenhauer, a defense and military analyst. maria lipmann, russian editor and political analyst based in moscow until the russian invasion of ukraine. she's now in munich, germany, and in washington, d.c. donald jensen is the director of russia and strategic stability at the u.s. institute of peace, and a former u.s. diplomat in moscow. welcome to the program. pavel, quite interesting the way people are divided over the legacy of gorbachev now we do understand that president putin won't be attending the funeral. , there will be no official state funeral. is this because of the prevailing sentiment in the establishment and among many russians that this is someone who was very naive in dealing with the west? guest: gorbachev was not naive. i mean, i knew the man. we had quite a number of meetings and

mikhail gorbachev, a leader who will be remembered figures from across the world have been paying tributesenormous changes. mr gorbachev took power in 1985. he introduced political and economic reforms to kickstart the country's economy and he helped to end the cold war. to the west, he was a hero. he charmed on the international stage. here, meeting the then—prime minister margaret thatcher, on his first visit to the uk in 1984, before he became leader. he also opened up the soviet union to the world, but he was not able to prevent its slow collapse. many russians blamed him for the years of turmoil which followed. in his last years, mr gorbachev had been in poor health. more recently, he was said to have been unhappy with president putin's decision to invade ukraine. he was shocked, bewildered by what was happening. for all kinds of reasons, of course. he believed in, notjust in the closeness of the russian and ukrainian people, he believed that those two nations are kind of intermingled. earlier this week, president putin expressed his deepest condolences but the russian leader will not

mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife, raisa. but he loved her more. gorbachev was not perfect and he could be indecisive and he made mistakes, plenty of them, but he was sincere in wanting to make the lives of his people better and watching his coffee being lowered into the grave today, it felt as if this extraordinary period of russian history, this period of perestroika and glasnost, openness, and closer cooperation with the west, it felt as if this has now been buried for good —— watching his coffin being lowered. good -- watching his coffin being lowered. ,, ., ., ., lowered. steve, thanks for “oining us. president putin has been accused by the eu of using energy supplies to blackmail europe, as the war in ukraine continues. a key gas pipeline which runs from russia into europe remains closed — nordstreami had been due to reopen today, after what russia claimed was three days of maintenance work. our correspondent, jessica parker, joins us from brussels. the eu is insisting it can cope, but how much anxiety is there? every d

decoration, they are loud music is muffled the light in the black-and-white portrait of mikhail sergeyevich gorbachev and the many flowers and wreaths of the mozart river replace the melodies of russian romances. they say that mikhail sergeevich loved them very much and even often performed them with his family at the head of the honor guard of the first and only president. the ussr is escorted with military honors on red cushions, state awards, including the highest order of russia, the apostle andrew the first-called, next to the coffin, the closest. gorbachev left a daughter, irina, and two granddaughters, the youngest anastasia, all the time holding her mother’s hand, not solemn words, not pathetic speeches. people, silently, passed by the coffin, if they lingered, then for a second, to bow at the pillared hall of the house of unions. people began to gather long before the farewell ceremony began. in this queue representatives of different generations, here are older people, whom i remember well the time when gorbachev was in power and there were many young people. and many have come here. moscow

mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife, raisa. more. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the international atomic energy agency says ukraine's zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has again lost connection to its last remaining external power line. the head of the agency has said that military activity has violated the physical integrity of the plant several times. zaporizhzhia in southern ukraine is europe's largest nuclear plant. it was occupied by russia soon after it invaded ukraine in february. there's been heavy fighting close by and the plant has been rocked by shelling. six members of the iaea team remain at the plant and have carried out a second day of inspections. our security correspondent frank gardner is in zaporizhzhia and told us more about the comment by the iaea that the plant's physical intergity has been violated several times. well, what it means is that it's taken incoming shell and mortar and artillery fire. nobody knows exactly for certain by whom. the russians say it wasn't them, it was the ukrainians. the ukrainians