and it was important to leon gorbachev to be buried next to her a gorbachev uh was seen as so much more in the west. ah, his legacy in the folk former soviet states is quite mixed. so let's have a quick look back at his political life liberal 30th yearbook in mikhail gorbachev . his 1st speech as leader of the soviet union. it was clear he was a stark contrast to his predecessors one year we had for you as the war to write. i live in peace and freedom as the most am hoffman basic right of each individual for our kilobit. gorbachev wanted to change the soviet union to bring it closer to the people. he promoted glass, nest openness and perestroika reforms to words that will forever be associated with hen. his new outlook was popular with many his policies also applied to the military. despite the resistance of soviet generals issued to us. here we are, voters, all, unless i'm convinced that we will also have to reform our military. we have far too many weapons, love, sickly. we have to seek dialogue with other superpowers and reduce our arsenals to a reasonable extent, yourself. as a resu

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

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 wanted . for example, the baltic states and other salvage publics 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 is foreign minister to be to that lithuanians wouldn't forget how gorbachev's army murdered civilians to prolong the occupation. awfully selina

amy: that is gorbachev in 2019 and 2011. katrina vanden heuvel, if you can talk about his changing view right through to the russian invasion of ukraine? >> so mikhail gorbachev was a deep democrat, social democrat out of the communist party. he introduced the fairest and freest imprimatur elections to russia. he also -- the missing figure is yelton who presided over the creation of an oligarchy which continues to elude russia. so in that, he saw putin coming in, appointed by yelton come to kind of save the institution of the state, the nuclear institutions and installations as well from chaos, breaking down. he respected putin as the alternative to yeltsin, but he saw how putin acquired more and more power. the process of democratization began under yeltsin but has continued vigorously under putin and he began to see that. the man, a leader who withdrew a country from afghanistan -- and that was that easy. there are transcripts showing the fights. did not admire someone who was waging war in chechnya, following yeltsin's pa

gorbachev's courage. however, his courage is something that wasn't, can give us optimism in these dark hours ever to tackle the questions facing us. he was a humanist and they believed and in human beings and what they were capable of achieving the 20 we can, if we wanted. he said again and again, even under very difficult lawyers situations, he always said we can find new solutions in the interest of the international community. we must not. you said mister bye and his life was the best example of this evading. miss ne, live with the will, does not have to stay the way it is, i believe, in what, not even after this brutal war, and least by russia and ukraine. more to morrow can be a better day by day, week. the day after tomorrow can be better than that, but it's going to take a long time to get there and it's going to be a rocky road there. we need courageous people fighting for the peaceful lying world based on of justice who are prepared to leave the beat and track noise and look for new ways of actin

you make gorbachev. he set into motion forces that he would later not be able to steer or control at all. i mean, we, after remember he was a communist leader. he wanted reform, but there was no guide book for him to turn a command economy into something that resembled a market economy. i'm wondering if, if you think, did he push forward with these reforms somewhat blindly and with a considerable degree of naivete. well, i would say yes, he was naive and even utopian and of sense that he tried to do what turned out to be impossible. you can make a pretty good case that his whole project was doomed from the start by russia. what it was, by its own history, by the forces who remained from the soviet totalitarianism, who were allied, arrayed against him. um, but nonetheless, he tried. and in that sense, you know, one has to respect him, admire him, and almost wish for more leaders in other countries who would dare to try. and professors didn't. gorbachev of course, was not that he wasn't a simple man and he

is seen as gorbachev made. gorbachev presided over the collapse of the soviet union. putin is trying to build it back by blood and steel. so, it is not that there is nothing strange that the present kremlin and gorbachev had lukewarm relationships. he was not announced officially by the kremlin, though some forces to denounce him as a traitor, and so on. but he is also no hero. and gorbachev would be a much more private affair. again, maybe his family also did not want her to be a state funeral, too -- did not want it to be a state funeral too. that is not clear right now. hashem: ok. maria, the 2021 poll that you spoke about which qualified gorbachev as the worst political leader in russia in the 20th century, is it mainly because of the perception that his policies introduced the collapse of the soviet union, which was described by putin as the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. or is it just because people think that he failed in delivering on political and economic reforms? guest: well, in re

gorbachev. crowds line up in moscow to see the blast leader of the soviet union lay to rest. there'll be no full state funeral for the man. some russians reject as a traitor. experts voice concerns about the safety of your biggest nuclear power plant. you, when you see inspectors describe the damage from shelling it ukraine separation power plant russian occupied facility restarts one of its reactors, despite me by fighting and a t as low as 20 free time grant sam taylor's champion, serrita williams bows out of the us open and possibly her career. she loses to australia is either not of it. ah, i'm been puzzled and woke up. 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

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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

ah, will mikhail gorbachev? they remembered the late soviet leaders seen as someone who changed the world in the 20th century. but how has that changed shape the world? this is inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm hash barbara the death of mikhail gorbachev is widely being warned as the loss of a champion of freedom who help and the cold war. but the legacy of the last leader, the soviet union, is very different at home. when benny view him as the man responsible for its collapse, his passing received a cool response in russia. many people there began the war in ukraine as necessary to regain some of the power. the former u. s. s. r. last, when it fell, go back have died at the age of 91 in moscow hospital. after 2 years of illness. under summits reports. i got 54 years old mikhail gorbachev became the youngest leader of the soviet union. and he was to be the last few would doubt that he changed the course of 20th century history, although he is revered and respected more in the west than in mo

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 attend mr gorbachev�*s funeral today. the kre

to what 5 him said about gorbachev in put in to put in a gorbachev is almost a traitor. ah, because he gave up on the gain, stary torino and political odd that were made by his, for the services by giving in and giving up control over eastern europe and then presiding over the collapse of the soviet union, our cell. but best foot into 2 people, i think it's more about how he put in the end of that period that is see him to day, almost se golden era in the soviet history done on the fact that he managed, along with ronald reagan to scrub the entire class of nuclear weapons in houston, europe, could that be seen as his biggest political contribution? well, i might have why said that, as you know, that i was an inspector on treating myself personally but, but it really is no longer in existence. so it was a, a major contribution at the time that lasted for several decades. there were innovations and that's really not most notably on site inspections that now was under a cloud given the, the, the drift and dismiss, increasing distrust between the 2 countries and other geopol

well, i would say a gorbachev. oh, him be celebrated for good intentions and for his belief in freedom and for the fact that he actually r a got away from centuries long tradition of the overwhelming control of the state . but he had wrong ideas about so many things, including the economy. and he thought that somehow soviet socialist economy would be preserved, but reformed wrong on here. he totally underestimated the nationalist dr. ah, he underestimated. i think many things about foreign policy as well. not realizing that sylvia retreat would meet with me in the advance of the west, a needle. ah, but economically it was something that was held immediately because people were people in the soviet union, this puzzle said were overwhelmingly supportive to begin with. log what gorbachev was saying, but when the reforms began in things were falling apart. so many people grow disappointed and i think later on they resented themselves with being so naive than believing that change was possible if only of entrusted their

what gorbachev was doing. so he was and i know that i spoke to him not in the last 2 years but, but before he was devastated and it's horrible that now the symbol of perestroika, the symbol of rushes, openness and now is von and basically went back to where one. thank you so much for your time and your inside. that's nina crush over for us in moscow. was sure lank, his former president, his back home at less than 2 months after he fled from unprecedented protests quoted by a roger pox. it was blamed for pushing the nation towards financial disaster. his government ran out of foreign cash reserves and was unable to pay for import, leading to widespread shortages. budget pucks are returned early on saturday, flying in from bangkok. omen elfin in his joins us now from colombo. what's the reaction been like to his return home? have we seen any more protests so far, the reaction is somewhat muted. the return of gotta be roger fox, a happened so fast. i think that the protests is in general and the country as a whol

these people came to gorbachev to say... ..to thank him, to say, "thank you, mr gorbachev. "you gave us a chance, and we lost this chance." the end of an era. we hear that phrase so often, its meaning has almost been diluted. but the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history, a rare period when russia was opening up to the world, when people here were being given freedoms, and when east and west pledged to live together in peace. as mr gorbachev�*s coffin was carried from the building, a final round of applause... ..before his finaljourney. most soviet leaders were buried in red square, but for the last leader of the soviet union, his final resting place is this moscow cemetery. mikhail gorbachev�*s wish was to be buried beside his wife, raisa. he loved power but he loved her more. 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 o

and the la tributes are being paid to hell. gorbachev. the last leader of the soviet union who died on tuesday at the age of 91. many western leaders are praising gorbachev for his role in ending the cold war. russian president vladimir putin held him as an extraordinary global statesman. but the general reaction in russia has been muted. many their blame. gorbachev for the country's loss status as a global superpower. in here in germany many including chancellor, all our sholtes have praised gorbachev for helping topple the berlin wall and re unified the country. cielo lazarus, who he is considered one of the fathers of german reunification, shall go to the store using the importance of michelle gorbachev for germany emerged clearly from the words of chancellor or left shots and moved to go the former. he was a courageous, our former and a statesman. go dead to do many things and mister guessing we will not forget that perestroika made it possible you must hurt us to try to establish a fully walk glossy in russia. the encounter and adapt

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 for good for their country and for the world. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. donald trump has reacted angrily to accusations by the usjustice department that his advisers "likely concealed" classified documents, found in an fbi search of his home in florida this mo

gorbachev refused to intervene. for many germans, it was mr. gorbachev that paved the way. >> he was a courageous reformer and a statesman who dared to do many things. an attempt to establish democracy in russia. germany could be united in the iron curtain disappeared. the democracy movement also benefited from the fact he was in charge of russia. not only has democracy in russia failed, there is no other way to describe the current situation there. anchor: reaction has been mixed. there were ethnic conflicts and economic chaos and even an attempted coup by communist hardline. vladimir putin is one of them. he described the breakup of the soviet union as the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. >> he was an extraordinary person. a unique person. believing the cold war would end between the soviet union and the world. that romanticism was not justifd. there was no romantic time. anchor: for more on how the russian media is covering this, i spoke a little earlier. >> we have tributes pouringnto many countries outside of russia and it

gorbachev, and the point is that putin— gorbachev, and the point is that putin despised... well, there are suggestions that he despised gorbachev because he actually thought — gorbachev because he actually thought that was the moment in which the huge _ thought that was the moment in which the huge ussr became the smaller country— the huge ussr became the smaller country and there was no love lost between _ country and there was no love lost between them because gorbachev was increasingly critical of what putin was doing. in fact, talking about peace _ was doing. in fact, talking about peace negotiations in ukraine, so nothing _ peace negotiations in ukraine, so nothing more precious in the world and human— nothing more precious in the world and human lives. i think it's very difficult — and human lives. i think it's very difficult because there will be so many— difficult because there will be so many people standing on the side of ukraine _ many people standing on the side of ukraine. just imagining how it would feel if— ukraine. just imagining how it would fee

and the law seater 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 to see him lying in state. he was not given the kind of funeral, usually held for former leaders. ah, saying good bye to one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century. the man who bought the cold war to an end was not given a stay funeral. in fact, the ceremony was more notable for its absences. president vladimir putin, too busy to attend on western leaders, didn't travel to russia as moscow's invasion of ukraine has solid relations. the law. so the leader was given an honory god. his daughter and grandchildren looked on as a relatively modest funeral, went ahead moscow's nova, to each he cemetery a place where many prominent russians lie buried earlier thousands of ordinary musk of i, it's queued up to pay their last respects at the pillar hole, where gorbachev open casket was put on display the whole normally serves as a venue for state funerals, hungarian prime minister victor alba, and also attended

gorbachev, i hope that when putin invaded ukraine, gorbachev might have been beyond understanding. he might have been so sick and so frail that even if they told him what had happened, he wouldn't have been able to understand. that would have been a comfort. that would have spared him the news that would otherwise have been disastrous news as he understands things. >> thank you so much for your expertise and for sharing all that with us. we sure do appreciate it. >> thanks. my pleasure. >>> did the tennis world just witness the great serena williams' final performance? last night's defeat at the u.s. open may have been her last match. we'll have a live report from new york. that's next. and so much more. like netflix on usus! and benefits that add up to more than $225 in value eachch month. welcome to my digestive system. it's pretty calm in here with align probiotic. you see... your gut has good and badacteria. and when you get off balance, you mafeel it. the bloating, the gas - but align helps me trust my gut again. plus, its recommended by doctors nearly 2x more than any other p

there are people who came to gorbachev to thank him, to say, "thank you, mr gorbachev. you gave us a chance, and we lost this chance." the end of an era. we hear that phrase so often, don't we? its meaning has almost been diluted. but the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history, a rare period when russia was opening up to the world, when people here where being given freedoms and when east and west pledged to live together, in peace. mikhail gorbachev had played a key role in ending the cold war, working with america to slash nuclear arsenals. but under vladimir putin the east west confrontation is back. president putin did not attend the funeral today. "he was too busy," said the kremlin. and there were few foreign dignitaries. hungary's leader, viktor orban, the only western leader here —a sign of russia's international isolation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. joining me now to discuss how young russians feel about the former soviet leader is 21 year—old anya yeshina who is originally from moscow but currently li

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some of mitch to gorbachev -- of mr. gorbachev's closest allies are starting to wonder. >> some of us overestimated the attractiveness of the ideas of democratic institutions and rule of law in russia. apparently there are many people in this country for who these values are irrelevant. correspondent: as for gorbachev's legacy, that is being destroyed by the invasion of ukraine, renewed east-tension, and the kremlin's crackdown on its opponents. some believe that today's problems are gorbachev's fault. >> he failed to stop the fall of the ussr, one man says. that was a huge mistake. but one woman says, i respected him. to me, he was hope and freedom. his supporters hope that one day russians will come to see mikael gorbachev was a force for good, for their country and the world. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. laura: a late night court filing by the u.s. justice department on tuesday offered the clearest picture yet of exactly why the fbi wanted a search warrant for donald trump's florida home. filing revealed investi

. gorbachev held as a man of peace has died. it's only when his country is heavily engaged in war. andrew simmons, how let's bring in to me trip of each. he is a political analyst at receiver dinner. he joins us via skype from moscow. thank you very much for being on the program with her that the kremlin has stopped short of giving him a full state funeral. why do you think that is will because sir, the leg is your what a bunch of his very contradictory nevertheless. so president bush in the kima to bay the last tribute to war. much of yesterday when there were a few of people he did not participate in their facial ceremony by the general journalist trying to break her the bad soviet tradition. when every you leader heaped her criticism and the scorn on the previously the accusing him of all the problems. so bridget wants to break that tradition. he's respectful to was going on just like he was respectful towards johansson. however, it is obvious that war mucho's sir, legacies contradictory. look, none of these western leaders w

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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 mikhail gorbachev was a force for good for their country and for the world. in a break with tradition, queen elizabeth will officially appoint the new british prime minister at the balmoral estate in scotland, where she's been taking her summer break. boris johnson's successor will be announced on mond

and, and, and culture, or at least how putin viewed gorbachev. gorbachev was a critic of the ukraine wall. he supported the annexation of crimea. it's reported that the 2 hadn't spoken in, in many, many years. i mean, how did putin view gorbachev that up let since 2006, i understand a person probably viewed. gorbachev was somebody who presided over the breaker. so a union, he called it the grids geopolitical disaster of the 20th century. and i think that his view of overture would be, or someone who pose certain dangerous to him because of the policies of freedom and democracy that he ended up aspiring. so i'm pretty sure that he had only contempt for gorbachev and that he is doing the minimum possible to day to pay tribute to someone who has been seen as a great one figure car has been really great. talk to you many thanks. indeed for being with us co cleary there in dublin rushes energy giant gas prom says that it will not resume gas deliveries through the north stream. one pipeline to germany. after a 3 day shut down, the company says that an oil leak was detected and that repairs

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 surprising given that putin has described the end of the soviet union, which gorbachev presided over, as the greatest political catastrophe of the 20th century, meaning presumably greater th

when mchale 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 about the end of the costly cold war. gorbachev called for the world to be seen as united an interdependence instead of divided into communists than capitalist countries. he saw the balance of interests of different nations as a way of solving international problems. universal bodies to be recognised above all others, whether they be religious or national. the 1st and only saw the president also wanted to see the world free from all nuclear weapons. by the start of the 21st century of domestically mikhail gorbachev implemented the spread of social, political, and economic reforms. the moves were hailed in the west thanksgiving by his american counterpart, ronald reagan, but hastened to collapse in industry and dire shortages of consumer goods at home. he's also gained by many and post soviet countries for the violent conflicts that erupted f

the law leader of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev, died this week at the age of 191 central hospital after a prolonged, in the examining his historic legacy. a deadly themes in our rank. on monday with at least 30 people killed in clashes in bagdad as arm protesters storm, the so called green zone, where government offices on foreign embassies are located. email is released by u. s. attorneys general claim to show the biden administration in a quote, incestuous relationship with big tech ames censuring a life for moscow. i mean a lot. you're welcome to the recap of the main use headlines from the past 7 days today to this week. saw fighting escalate near europe largest nuclear power plant in south eastern ukraine. kiev forces made several attempts to recapture the russian held zappa rosier facility, but were repelled according to russia's defense ministry. the m o. d. c is the latest the time by ukrainian troops was carried out with 8 drones that were done by russian forces. local authorities also claim key military shell, the plums territory, from across that the net river on saturd

. gorbachev held as a man of peace has died. it's only when his country is every engaged in war and ru simmons. how joseph? earlier i spoke to nina crush over the grand daughter of the soviet leader, nikita khrushchev. i started by asking her what she thought of the kremlin reaction to mikhail gorbachev. death. the way gorbachev is being perceived as that because of him, ah, because of his appeasement to the west because of his friendships. because he tried to make russia a global country or part of the global community. the west actually undermine the soviet union. been the soviet union collapsed and so we were respected. we as the soviets or the russians, and now we are not. so it's a very conflicting a conflicted legacy here. and i think the kremlin has been so far, quite respectful of, of li issues because garbage was not received a strong leader and fujen wants to and appears to be and, and, and betrays himself as a strong leader. how significant do you think it is that he's not being buried like how many of the soviet lead

and then gorbachev certainly did. i think indeed, the russian president, nowadays vladimir putin has, has essentially come out and said that it's very difficult to trust our professional partners in the west when so many a potential agreements have as he has said, been cost to the side. i guess when you look at a, in the, in the lead up to the military conflict in ukraine for, for months. so moscow sent a official declarations of concern to, to western partners, saying we're concerned about the expansion of nato. we're concerned about what's happening in ukraine as putin said, those concerns what was simply ignored. now if you speak to the average russian, you get a really mixed response. when you talk about the legacy of mikhail gorbachev, some say he was great, but many others say that wasn't great. and something even sold out the soviet union to the west. also there are some say that gorbachev is to blame for enabling nato's eastwood expansion. is there any accuracy in those allegations? do you think? you know, i t

also in the program, russia bids farewell to mikhail gorbachev. crowds crowds queued for hours in moscow to see the lost leader of the soviet union laid to rest. and brian munich, i held to another ponderously, got draw this time by a new one in goals and more ahead later in our sports news. ah, i'm, we'll also go, thanks for being with us. nasa has cancelled off a 2nd moon rocket launch and another setback, setback for the high profile space program. technicians were unable to fix a fuel leak. crowds gathered to watch the scheduled lift off at kennedy space center in florida. now says that most powerful rockets is the flagship of the ottoman program, which aims to return humans to the moon. officials say the fuel leak is too complex for a quick fix. a 3rd attempt is delayed until late september. at the earliest d w spoke to german astronaut alex, i'm the guest. he says he's not worried about the setbacks of the last few days. i don't know if how quickly they can fix it. that says something they will be determined the next day, sir. bye, nasa. i'm not concerned about this, of course. if