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Hello martina, this is down here. News i live from london coming up Mikhail Gorbachev. The last leader of the soviet union has died at the age of 91. Ukraine says its destroyed key russian positions in its offensive to take back the southern hassan region. Com returns to iraqs capital after supporters of shiite leader, mac tedra sutter heat is cool for them to end their dead heat. The protests thus today it is, proc use them to water or it could be your gun. Un appeals for a 160000000. 00 to help pakistan where millions of lives have been devastated by whats described as a monsoon on steroids. Im john ashwin, sports raw found the dow gets his u. S. Hyphen Campaign Underway in the next few hours. And in the premier league, chelsea of biesen for the 2nd time this season as they lose away at southampton. Ah Mikhail Gorbachev, the former soviet president and one of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century has died at the age of 91 born into a peasant family in 1931. He rose to become the leader of what was once the Worlds Largest country and oversaw a massive program of political, economic, and social liberalization. Gorbachev presided over the end of the cold war and the lifting of europes im cotton, but failed to prevent the collapse of the soviet union. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 jonah howl has more. In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became the 1st and only soviet leader born after the bolshevik revolution. And when you need to go to but youre in produced reforms to revive a crippled economy. But within 6 years, gorbachev was out swallowed up by irreversible change that spelt the end of the soviet union itself. In 1991 hard lined communist launched a coup against gorbachev and his reforms. The capital moscow became a Battle Ground between those wanting to preserve the old ussr and those who believed in a new, independent, russia. You have any other call me if you didnt quite get us. Of course, he was very, very disappointed man, because he was an hows he not only by the russian state or soviet state, but by the russians. I mean, he used to not for a popular andrew and youll be remembered more warmly abroad. Colby, as he came to be known, one the confidence of World Leaders by confronting the soviet ways of old, in their place, came restructuring perestroika and openness. Old gloves. Most out went the International Relations of the cold war. In that came the new friendly a face of an old enemy abroad. He played a crucial role in the re unification of germany. Joining east with west as the berlin wall fell for some at home though, reform came to quickly. Gorbachev survived at least 2 assassination attempts, but continued to reject calls for a return to type controls on public order. He became secretary general at the time when the soviet economy was beginning to collapse. He realized that he had to make a very serious choice in open up to the west and win over the confidence of the west after 70 k, of very hard mutual distrust this was the task was almost insurmountable as the berlin wall fell. So the ussr itself began to crumble, economy in ruins. At the end of 1991. The soviet union was formerly voted out of existence. Many regret the loss, still, the end of empire of superpower status. And they blame gorbachev for it. He was the one who presided over the collapse of the soviet union. Hes not appreciated by his own countrymen. He is despised by many forgotten by i think a lot more today. Maury, though the young, are at least kind of and build the people because they feel that he gave them freedom. What hed given them was democracy and advance that gorbachev lived to see slipping backwards with allegedly rigged elections during Vladimir Putin leadership. Hundreds of thousands of russians joined a nationwide street protest movement, and the old soviet leader wasnt afraid to speak out. Again, he made a nice new year. You can compare this selection with those of 198919191 those 2 occasions. The voting really was fair and democratic, but every election since then has been flawed. Tens of thousands of russians across the country have demonstrated for free and Fair Elections and the process of democratization has found new strengths. These a young people, this new generation is very important to me. They have not abandoned democracy and democracy will not abandon them. Or she felt as he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. And he traveled the world as an elder statesmen and philanthropist, writing books and giving lectures goofy, and his famous crimson birthmark remained in the public eye. Less consistent is his legacy valued more by some than by others. Going to carry was moscow correspondent for the irish times from 1991 to 1996. He joined his live from dublin. Thanks very much for being with us. So on to pick up on that issue. Legacy that joe hall just mentioned. How would you describe coach or legacy . I think one of the things that the west doesnt really understand a bit. Gorbachev is that he tried desperately to keep the soviet union together. This was one of the things that the United States always wanted to do was to break up the soviet union. And it was gorbachev who strived, who became friendly with that, with the west, to seen as a reformer in the west. But he did try to keep the soviet union together and he failed or not. I think his problem was that at home he was playing for shortages, which was a result of years of mismanagement of the economy on the feeling economy. So he is, is reviled today in russia because hes associated with the the breakup of the soviet union, the end of the leading role that the, the russia had in the world. Why that was the leading republican, the soviet union. But in the west, hes remembered as the person who brought about the end of the cold war as the person who introduced sophistication to russian diplomatic relations abroad. And also as the the, the defeated person in this power struggle been himself. And Boris Yeltsin and Boris Yeltsin, of course, we remembered i for a n b in the 1st leader of independent russia. And he and yes and were mortal enemies . And at the very end of the soviet union, yes. And you humiliated gorbachev. Morris tossed about, its a criminal. And since then gorbachev has been a critic of both the nelson administration. And more recently of the prisoner penetration, he did a to his credit brings a to russia, the 1st ever democratic elections. I was there. I saw those elections were free and fair to the assembly of peoples deputies, which he, which he set up. And when he did, try to bring democracy and earn western values to russia. And his legacy will be that he did do that though he failed in his attempt. And on he mentioned that you were there at a time when you met him. What what, how did he strike you . He strikes me stuck miss very urban and private. Apparently he was quite free with his tongue when he was berating his associates, he struck me as a genuine dis one. He restart to the west and away is of no russian leader ever. And he was able, because he was so or be non sophisticated to make common cause with other western leaders in trying to make the world a better place. He formed friendships with Ronald Reagan and with george bush. And these were genuine friendships. Reagan and bush would sit down with gorbachev and talk pretty about World Affairs and about how that could make the work better. And thats his legacy. Touch briefly on what he had to say about putin. What kind of things as he been saying recently about the government in russia these days, he was very careful not to criticize, puts on the to start, he wanted to give, give him a chance. What recently he has been quite vocal and and making it clear that he does not agree with the authoritarian rick, the person who brought russian don and tell me that that, that gap between the reputation at home and the reputation abroad. And did to the fact that he then continued to be on a public stage after that, make any difference or do you think that just harden peoples views depending which kind of they were and well after he left office, he set up a book which a foundation which was designed to promote democracy on western values in russia. I would say that he it, after he left office, he became an embittered mom and very, very angry about whats happening to him about the way hed been closed from office by also on. But the fact that he failed to keep the soviet union together. Kara kerry, thank you very much indeed for joining us for you with your collections and your analysis, thinking on patterns. How can, how has a russian journalist and defense on this. He joins us live from moscow. Whats your reaction to ethical . Which um well we, i knew him very well with me and we had our own scraps. In the end we kind of had the rather good relationship. And he was, of course, part the boss. He made it through the ranks of the russian. So yet come in this part, the very top which thats a very specific person. But so he was a russian czar basically. But theres russians, ours go. He was not the worst. Sure way. Tell me mom, any worse than him. Tell me about that journey that he would have had to make to get to the top. Boat. Thats the moons there he was. The roast was person. I mean, he looked rather nice, but for you as rather rosa said, because you can go through the ranks of the very top over the is so yes, come in this party, the cup assess without being ruthless and he was rude to us. But he has some ideas. Are you try to make us the so yes, is more humane. Which was, of course, a good call. But as a result, the soviet system just simply disintegrated because it was not designed to be humane. And yeah, but yes sir, interrupted in terms of opening up to the west, what was the, why do you think that he took a union in that direction . Well, he believed that this kind, their friend, the western stance, was wrong. That superficial. He believed that the soviet people would back the communist party and just simply too much oppression was too well. That was too much oppression. It was wrong. It was not wrong because without the brush and the soviet union just this integrated, he didnt plan for that. You planned for a more humane, but soviet says, soviet union that didnt work out, but he went wrong with that. He was basically a good person and go most of those still, of course, are communist leisure and right. And former russians are and tell me off a piece guess continue was talking about the fact that at home, his reputation was not good because of the events that happened after the breakup of it. This of it union, what is, what when his legacy be now, do you think and in terms of how it is perceived within what is now russia . Well, right now, the present to russians are for the him or booth in the trying with military force to reboot the soviet union to reintegrate through forceful me, kind of on, do the gorbachev legacy break away from the west though thats not the main purpose. The main purpose in is to rebuild the, the great, the empire. Gorbachev. Whoa, he didnt like, of course there are personal animosities with the yeltsin, Boris Yeltsin personally with buddha. Why the man pulls out of his relationships were but better. But right now, theyre there right now the, the cram of this try to redo what he allowed to crumble. That means i dont think that hes right now, a very popular figure in the crime one that i believe theres going to be an official good trade. Theres going to do, he is not seen as amended me, but though, so im not very much as an asset. Can you mentioned that hes a recent person . What sort of examples do you have of that . I dont know. My wife once had that counter with him, was he just kind of, i mean he used person people. I mean, he cant be nice kind of teddy bear and become the general secretary of the communist party of the soviet union. That simply does not work. He was a party opera chicken, the ruthless one, but not as ruthless as many others. He had the ideas that shouldnt really be a kind of well tyrant. He was not a tyrant. 5000. How thank you very much indeed for your thoughts. Thank you. Thank you. Now ukraines military says it destroyed key russian positions, weapons, and warehouses. It tries to take back the occupied Southern Region of house on most of house on which borders the black sea was seized by russia. At the thought of the invasion. 6 months ago, president bery mizzi lensky says troops a pressing on with a counter offensive. Hes urged russian soldiers to flee for their lives, but moscow says its repelled attacks and inflicted heavy losses on ukrainian troops. Matter of ukraines 2nd largest city hockey says at least 5 people were killed in russian strikes earlier. Residential buildings and the kindergarten were damaged, emergency workers of warm people to stay in doors. Hockey has been heavily bombarded throughout the conflict, but you creating forces and managed to repel efforts by Russian Troops to take the city. When creating president voted malesky has held tours with members of the International Atomic Energy Agency in keys. The Nuclear Watchdog team is on an Urgent Mission to safeguard the russian occupied parisha nuclear plant, which is europes largest atomic side ukraine and russia of accused each other a shilling around the facility, which was briefly knocked offline last week. Ukraine officials consider the dangers of radiation leak so high. Theyve begun handing out id tablets to nearby residents. The a team led by director general fire grossi hope to travel to the procedure on wednesday for a one day visit. La, it is very important for us pressing the demand for the i a and the demand supported by all World Leaders concerning immediate me translation of the plan. We asked for the removal of the Russian Military unit, and the liberation of our plan is that the upper easier nuclear plot master turned to ukrainian control the school only this way we can eliminate any risks regarding nuclear power. So in terms of both following developments from ukraines capital kings, while the 14 member delegation is already here in key, its being led by the director of the a file off the who earlier today met with president lead me to fill in the sky. Theres been lots of. 1 concerns about how theyre going to be traveling all the way to san 40 to is a long drive. Its about an 8 hour drive. And there is, theres been some accusations from the Ukrainian Government saying that shelling was ongoing around the area where the a team should be able to make it all the way to step. What do you have in that meeting with president lensky . He assured them that he was going to try to guarantee all the safety possible during that drive. He also said that he was looking forward, that to be a team would be able to convince russia to withdraw from the area to their militarize, the area in order to guarantee the safety of everyone. You know, theres been lots of concern about whats happening in that plan. The Russian Ministry of defense has been accusing Ukrainian Forces of shelling the area. Some of those shells have come very, very close to where the nuclear fuel is located and even the radioactive waste and the other side. Ukrainian government is saying that it is the russians who are doing to be attacked from the plant that was taking over by russia overall. The most important thing is to verify that level of damage that has happened to the plant to feed that the cranium technicians that are working there are doing ok that theyre not working under duress, which is what the korean government is saying. Because theyre being closely monitored by russian soldiers and also that all the faith Safety Systems are in place. Coming awful as news are from london. A ship carrying desperately needed wheat from ukraine to the drought. It horn of africa, docks, injure beauty, and is thought, well, number 2 in gulf leaves, the pga tour arrival series. Ah, iraqs Prime Minister says hell quit if the political crisis in his country continues. Mister academy addressed the nation hours after supporters of iraqs powerful she idly demo tedra sutter withdrew from baghdad heavily fortified green zone after he ordered them to end their violent protests. And these 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded after unrest spread across the country. On monday, following sanders announcement that he was quitting frontline politics said as supporters stormed the president ial palace in bagdad. And by night there were fierce battles between his fighters and shiite factions, backed by iran, or tuesday said, addressed his followers from na, jeff, giving them 60 minutes to withdraw. All risk being disavowed. Moments later, they began to leave the green zone, and the army lifted a nationwide curfew, iraqs political crisis and left the country without a new government for months. War, how go when, who know . And i warned that if they want to continue to create disputes and complications or not to listen to the source of reason that i will make a moral decision. But i am proceed to leave my post in accordance to the iraqi constitution at an appropriate time. My do people, our country iraq is bleeding and has been bleeding for a long time at such a cost. He what we normally missoula, montana, and baghdad. Castanan moment after what had looked back on the days events after 2 days of violence better that the heavily fortified green zoom is empty. Of protesters, a sharp contrast to earlier scenes. Violence broke out on monday when powerful she at least looked at us other and now was that he would quit politics a day later he apologized a cold when his supporters to stand down and go home. Uh huh. Not the emilys yet. What to her. Now im one of committees, jablonka. There were some brutal militias, but the satirist shouldnt be vulgar. I still believe them, my supporters are disciplined. Thats why if you dont withdraw from the Parliament Within 60 minutes, i am not going to be the solder is Movement Leader again, a moment. I dont even want you to stage a peaceful demonstration. Ah, its not the 1st time said supporters have forced their way into the president ial compound. Theyve been demonstrating 4 months. This is a political rivalry between 2 different parties are sides of the spectrum, one side and trying to maintain the consensus agreement of the consultation of democracy, impulse 2003 iraq and the other side, which is such a small vent trying to a revamp the political system in iraq. Ha, his party won most Parliament Seat in elections in october, but failed to form a majority coalition. So that it may have told the supporters to stand down. But with such intense rivalry at the heart of the iraqi politics, there are fears that its only a matter of time before case on violence is repeated. Bound with abdougla had algebra baba was that one of your rocks missed powerful figures, commanding the loyalty of millions of iraqis and thousands of armed fighters. Much of that is down to his family, is the son of a revered shiite leader who was assassinated in 1999. For open, criticizing sadam, hussein saturn popular she rose after hussain was toppled in 2003. He founded the Soldiers Movement and lead an empty u. S. Insurgency. American military declared him wanted dead or alive. But now leads one of the rocks, most powerful political factions. How to oppose is all foreign interference, whether from the u. S. Or ron and is demanded an end to corruption. Thats made him hugely popular among poorer iraqis has been shot out of the political system. Ive seen sure he is in socio professor in middle studies at bradford university. It joins me here in the studio. Thanks for the coming into doctor. So how surprise were you that the follows are not telling us that are actually abate is called or listened to him and left the green zone in that way. Im not surprised her there at all and for so we have to go remember that since 2003, he proved that he has this incredible ability to mobilize millions of people across the sheer society in, in iraq. But over the last 3rd of con, 48 hours a day situation was really, really intense in iraq. This thing was extremely high. Some commentators were possibly thinking that maybe iraq is getting ready to enter another devastating earth civil civil war. So he was under a lot of pressure from various political factions within iraq as well as basically the regional, the Regional Power than oft, all, we can not remember, isis was born out of political instability in, in iraq. And if basically what just happened over the last couple of days could result in another civil war. Probably he would be blamed for instigating and starting another Major Political eruption or which could lead to further political instability which would not only have an impact on iraq, but also the why the region. And i mean, hit the, this, the state to say hi, and weve heard from the, from the Prime Minister saying he might stand down at the critical crisis. Continue, you had the president suggesting only elections as a way ahead. What kind of mechanisms are there to, to get out of this crisis closely the, the violence is stopped for the moment. But youre saying that there was kind of close of the situation where you could end up with another civil war. Unfortunately, we cannot analyze the existing crisis in a political vacuum. You just mentioned what kind of mechanism, what kind of political mechanics them exist, which can help us to get our to whats happening right now or interact. The simple answer for that is, we dont have that kind of effective tennyson. It seems that right now in iraq, we have a very fragmented kind of state without a nation. You documation is also far to sectarian, far too fragmented for, to divide it. And that frankly, makes it extremely attractive for the regional players like like iran to interfere in the, in the country. The problem is that most of the institutions which recreate at after 2003, despite the fact that you know, at times they have some democratic mandate. But they dont have to necessarily icon of ability and capacity to kind of control the situation. It seems that the power is divided between a far too many fractions in the, in the country. And that creates a perfect environment, a perfect Political Landscape for regional political players like Islamic Republic of iran to interfere in the, in the political system. Thats why there is no easy, con of solution or to what, what you see at the moment in, you know, you mentioned iran and there was fighting between shout factions yesterday, some iran backed and others of loyalties, a toyota. How much influence actually does iran have in, in all this . I mean, what, what is, how would you, how much, you know, iranian iranian influence, since 2003, until today has gone through so many different phases. Obviously, iran is not as influential as what it used to be even 4 or 5 years ago, even at the time. But awesome ursula, monique was a, was the life iranian influence is diminishing. But we cannot argue that iran doesnt have any influence or what so whatsoever door, a lot of extremely powerful militias in iraq that are directly or indirectly connected, connected to iran. But that is something that we need to remind ourselves that generally if we want to look at kind of iraqi history over the last 20 years, any time there has been crisis. Anytime there has been political turmoil that automatically meant good news for the Islamic Republic of iran, in my opinion, whats happening at the moment, the political crisis and the political instability that we see in the, in iran doesnt automatically mean that it will pave the way for exclusion of uranium a kind of influence in iraqi Political Landscape. Ashley nash, i thank you very much indeed for your analysis. Thank you for doing just else more still to come this hour, including sunken hopes the search for answers in lebanons worst migrant tragedy in recent years. A man who held on her Favorite Bank is acute in the government of holding his money hostage. And his school will hear from Serena Williams as she holds off retirement, but least another match. Ah hi there. Thank you for joining him. Weve got a line of storm stretching, well call it from the south of france rate through to romania and in this so we could see some severe outbreaks of thunderstorms packing, some hail as well. But i dont think as bad as it has been over the last few days, and thats because weve lost one of the main ingredients, high temperatures to fuel some, that instability, this is white doubt that heat so big drop in the temperatures here on a show, the forecast for is stumble. Weve had some more downpours to be expected here just a short time ago, or we saw the flooding in the city as a result of some those thunder downpours. Lets talk. Temperatures will paint the colors on dark of the red. The higher the temperature through the levant syria into jordan, weve got high temperatures. This is an extended period of heat, so were into september 1st on thursday. The record for the month is 40 and weve got you in for 38. 00 on friday. Other side of the mediterranean right now, some showers around the pair, knees, weve got his son, cloud combo for the rest of iberia. And look at the Baltic States in western russia. Much cooler air in play here after those storms. And i think some big problems across western africa with these downpours and then we got big winds across quite zulu natal in south africa on wednesday that sher update. Ah, in the year 1270 a young battalion legend set out on an extraordinary journey. Carrying letters from the pope for the great coupla cock, marco polo traveled through wardrobe, legions, following dangerous roads from the holy land and beyond. Today, from the shadow professors showers traveled from china to venice with surging questions of how the relationship between east and west has changed. 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Other have withdrawn from baghdad heavily fortified green zone after he ordered them to end their violent protests. At least 30 people were killed and hundreds wounded. Warner about the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev. Donald jensen as the russian director of the us institute for peace, is also a former us diplomat in moscow and the former soviet weapons inspector jones, his life from washington. Thanks very much indeed for being with us. So tell me what would you say Mikhail Gorbachev . Legacy is well after thanks, robert might be off. Ah, i became a us diplomat just weeks before he became head of the communist party. So for 6 long years, we focused on him what he meant, what he wanted to do, and whether his efforts at reforming the communist system would be successful. And thats exactly what he was trying to do. He was not a democrat, he was not a ha, the angel at some people on the west who lionized and thought that he was undoubtedly a why, a central figure and the end of the 20th century. And we need to think about his complex legacy. And as a, as you said, helping in the cold war, but be also failing in trying to reform the u. S. S. R. And i would argue the 1st that was the 1st step toward ah, the pollutant. We have to day his hit by relaxing control. He, he, i released a pandoras box of influences from good many, not so good as we see today. And thats really his legacy to and for that reason. He still detested in the ussr, was the offer of the, and of, of soviet empire and soviet greatness. And putting russia in a bad password has yet obviously to extracts to pay it herself. And so when you, when you had dealings with him or his entourage, i mean, how did he negotiate that the kind of the relationship with in a, with the west and the kind of the relationships built up with with other leaders . Sure, its an excellent question. And he was very, very charismatic. He was one of those Young Leaders who am drop off brought in, who thought the soviet union needed to change, needed to be less aggressive in Foreign Policy and unused our resources to build off on economic ah capabilities to disagree. Remember, this was the beginning of a high tech, a revolution and russia realize at the time the ussr that they could not compete with the west. And gorbachev knew that. And he knew that the only way youd be able to reorient versus our west to build relationships with leaders like reagan, life, thatcher. And thats indeed what he did tell me. And he said he failed to reform the ussr. What do you think the biggest failing was his failing was i think to think that the ussr could be reformed. You arent recall that yeltsin was a, his successor was the leader of the russia democratic forces. But there were other people active as well. He thought he could control that. He thought that the changes the fortress for change, that his reform so unlaced, could lead to a more more effective empire if you want all of that. A more effective you ssr it did not because he underestimated that the, the forces that building up in the society that were frustrated with what was going on and thus really pushed much further than he ever intended and supported to realize at the end of his is to his tenure, 199091. 00. It was not he who led the force of change and has had been the case 5 years before it was bore. She awesome who a, who led the forces of change and i would have to add back to west to london, washington and elsewhere. We were very slow to pick up on what was going on. Because we had that many of our eggs in the basket of gorbachev, thats when he often essentially out reform. Gorbachev. We were for a long time, we were good stop caught flat footed and, and they are dealing with the transition from you ssr to 15 independent countries and made it more complicated because at bottom, when you misunderstood, i think what was going on for tom. One of our earlier guests by the without and how he said he was a we faced person, was that your experience of him . Yeah, he was a ruthless person, but that system was, it was covered in a lot of curricula softness in a way. But he was very with was he was very tactically astute. What happened, of course, was that the forces on and right, the conservative forces, who opposed him, eventually became so powerful in reaction to his policies. That thats when the code was triggered. You remember in 1991, gorbachev west was isolated and for us his policies had to trigger the opposition to may want to pose him. And that was really the end of his rule because he could no longer out maneuver with his tact, the skill, the various forces that were challenging his rule. Not only that on their, on the ultra patriotic friends, but you also himself who then became the leader of a, a russian federation. A very few months afterward. Donald jensen, rush, director of the you assist you for please. Thank you very much indeed to for your thoughts and your thank you. Thank you. A Russian Energy john gas problem says it will again shut down the north stream. One gas pipeline to germany on wednesday for 3 days and maintenance. It was one came just before european commission, president of stuff on the line accused russia of trying to manipulate European Energy markets. She was speaking in the Baltic Sea Energy security so much in copenhagen. She says they, you is reacting to moscows moves to cut flows to europe drastically. 7, baltic see countries of announced an increase in offshore wind production by 2030 to help free the region. Its dependent on russian gas, electricity market is not no more functioning market, because as one actor 14 was systematically trying to destroy it and to manipulate it. So we really have to react to that. And thats why were addressing now the composition of electricity market. United nations as a ship carrying weight from ukraine to the drought stricken horn of africa as dropped in djibouti. The ship was transporting 23000 tons of grain as the 1st vessel to make the journey to the region. Since russia invaded ukraine, 6 months ago, a shipment will be transported to ethiopia. Experts say its enough to feed 1500000. 00 people for a month. The u. N says 82000000 people need food 8 across Eastern Africa because of extreme weather. Surging food prices and conflict. Weve already seen a reduction of 15 percent in weak prices globally. Since the blacks, the initiative commence. What we want to see is more food flowing. We need from w peace perspective. Millions of tons in this region in ethiopia, alone, 3 quarters of everything that we use to distribute originated from ukraine and russia. A c o p rebels in the northern dry region say theyre trying to advance further into neighboring areas. But its still open to peace talks. Fighting in the higher region, south of rebel held to cry erupted last week, ending a 5 month truce. The government of Prime Minister avia head and the dry Peoples Liberation front and blamed each other for unleashing renewed hostilities. Access to norman a few years severely restricted and its not possible to verify claims by the warring sides. Fighting is hampered International Efforts to try to end the near 20 to month conflict integration. Pakistans Prime Minister says his country is facing the toughest moment in its history. After reco breaking floods, the government and the un of issued an appeal for 160000000. 00 to help it cope. 2 months of heavy rain of left a 3rd of the country under water, affecting the 33000000 people. Thats 15 percent of the population or the 1100 people have died including 380 children. And many homes and roads have been washed away. Un chief antonio terrace is expected to travel to pakistan next week. To see the devastation 1st hand is warned that other countries could soon face similar disasters. Pakistan is or washing suffering. The pakistani people are facing them on soon on steroids. The relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding. The climate catastrophe, a skilled more will 1000 people with many more injured. Let us all step up in solidarity and supports to the people of pakistan in their howard of needs. Let stop sleep walking towards this faction of our planet by glamour trains to they. It is pakistan to warn or it could be your country. Earlier i spoke to him when he had at run the pakistan ambassador to the u. N. He says pakistan is suffering because of other countries. Inaction over Climate Change. This is a, i think the most vivid illustration are of the impacts of Climate Change on a country which has contributed were truly nothing to global warming. Ah. So certainly we are in a geographical location and with certain other cars circumstances with the largest number of glaciers. Ah, that feed into our rivers. Ah, this is a of a disaster, or of epic proportions. And it has been obviously called a caused by Climate Change. You know, the human toll and the cost it has been here. Can you give us an idea at the moment of the scale of, of, of the flooding also that of the, of the rescue . Oppressions of her that are required. Right, so oh, we estimate that 33. 00. Our 1000000 people have been effective. Weve lost oh, over 1500 lives thousands more, have been injured or one 3rd of the country is under water. And i think one 3rd of pakistan would be the size of a large number of the Member States would un and be almost grateful. Also for the response from the international community. Our, our friends have all rallied ah and have have started relief efforts. And we are most grateful to all of them. And in particular, where i sit here after you and i am grateful to the un secretary general, opposed to all for mobilizing the you and flash appeal which was launched earlier today. And secondly, for deciding to go to pakistan. Our next are on the, on the 9th of september, he will be in pakistan in order to visit the, a sites of, of suffering himself, and to mobilize support for pakistan within the international community. You mentioned the appeals from the, the u. N. How much more thats so for immediate relief, isnt it mostly what, what, how much more is, i guess im going to need for the broader reconstruction effort in a long time. Well, you know, the estimates are due are being made as we speak our, our initial estimate saw that the damage to the economy itself could range over 5000000000. 00 into 10000000000. 00 of damage from, for on to infrastructure to livelihood still crops took productive facilities. I saw it, it would be, it would be a huge cost in terms of rebuilding for pakistan. One issue that has been mentioned in the past with, with pakistan is corruption and, and perhaps when money has come in after previous floods, its not necessarily been spent in the right way. How much do you think that chem, construction in flood prone areas or deforestation . And some of the corruption problems are a part of this. And what is pakistan going to do about those . Well, you know, i cannot comment on, on corruption because im not on the ground. But the fact of the matter is that the pakistani people are themselves responding generously and directly to the disaster. There is an effort on the part of the government to respond. The private people are responding and i think that that corruption is not on the top of our minds at the top of our minds is how to save up people. Rural parts of the southern sin province have been hardest hit by the flood disaster. Some children were killed when the homes, they were sheltering and collapsed around them, saying mas ravi spoke to heartbreak, residence in a chicago district until the monsoon rains came last week barcode ollies was the newest house in the village was never but okay, that a big man it started raining and my neighbors, cynthia went to my house as well because my place was new. It was said, there was no piano. Suddenly at 2 in the morning, they wasnt allowed credit. And the entire reason came down on no, no. 16 women and children were asleep inside at the time, but elise wife, young, son, and 3 other children, were crushed to death. He feels helpless. He says, his household wiped away. Traditional structures in rural sin, affordable for the poor, usually suited to the terrain, are being overwhelmed by the effect of Climate Change. The weather has become so extreme. So suddenly people said the building techniques, their fathers and grandfathers used to make houses just arent Strong Enough anymore. Focus on producers, less than one percent of Global Carbon emissions, but suffers some of its worst effects go home with the same last 2 daughters and the sun when the roof collapsed. A message to the world from a grieving father. Nursing me and help me, ive got my friends go to my for the lego. The rain was not like this before. I just want to tell the world, prepare yourselves, go somewhere safe. My advice is dont sleep under roof. My god, keep your safe. I wouldnt wish what happened to us on any one of his wife was in the house at the time to get to me. But she now clings to the children she has let us still in shock. She hasnt said much since it happened. They put their children to bed where they thought it would be dry, where they thought it would be safe. Men slept out in the open to give women and children more room. The best of intentions met with the worst of fitness. In basra b o 0 should car poor since province pucker spun. The search team that found the wreckage of a migrant boat off the coast of lebanon, says its not able to bring the vessel to the surface. The divers also havent managed to recover any bodies from inside the sunken boat families of the victims. They were left with questions. Saint hodder reports from tripoli in northern lebanon. For months on survivors are reliving the pain of losing family members at sea. They were hoping to make it to europe, but their boat was intercepted by the army off the coast of northern lebanon, and circumstances disputed till to day. No mckenna had of our goal is to know who is responsible for sinking the boats. We still dont know. There have been contradictory statements. The army said the boat wasnt hit. If the captain of the submarine said it was hit from the front. A few days ago, a privately funded search team located the wreckage more than 450 meters beneath the surface. The army says it was overloaded and collided with the navy vessel while trying to get away. Survivors say otherwise, not alone is sharlena the army vessel hit the front of our boat water started to come in, and at 1st we didnt realize the boat of sinking. I saw a sailor twice telling them to hit the front of our boat. The captain of the submarine reported signs of damage at the front of the boat, but says his team didnt have the capabilities to retrieve the vessel which is partly buried under silt. On the sea bed, mac and bottom han or they were killed in cold blood. We want a transparent investigation and if they were serious about the truth, they would bring the boat up. Relatives of the more than 30 people missing or not only asking for justice. What, what they killed my daughter, at least give me her bones. This is all i want now, so i can pray at her grave. The search team says it found somebodys near and inside the shipwreck, but they were badly decayed. The tragedy in april wasnt the 1st for lebanon in september, 2020 a migrant boat drifted at sea for days without food or water before it was found, 4 people died including a child. Then like now families of the victims blamed the authorities saying they havent even been told if any of the remains were recovered. And these are my children. I one thing, its not up to the authorities. What happens . These are my children not days, but the search team has ended its mission, providing no closure to grieving families. And how theyre al shahida tripoli, north lebanon. Dozens of people in lebanon have been protesting against draft legislation. They say would make it even harder to get savings out of their bank accounts. First, 2019 lebanese banks have imposed straight limits on the withdrawal of foreign currency. Economy has spiraled over the last 3 years in one of the worlds worst financial crises. Experts here, the capital control bill will be ineffective unless the government also brings in a wide ranging economic recovery plan. But my shake hussain was at the protest. 2 weeks ago, he took people hostage in a bank at gunpoint to demand funds from his own locked savings account. He says the system needs to change. Another law had the we came to protest to get back the money, but the thieves in there stole from us. I call on all the revolutionaries to come to the street in large numbers, so we dont lose the money. They want to steal. Every one needs to be on the streets to day. We will have to stop this draft law by force and we will have to return all the money by force. All has to be done by force below his gemma with spot. Thank you are and theyve already played 5 games, isnt a premier league season, and already chelsea have lost twice. The latest defeats coming against south hampton. Shall see. Went ahead to 3. Right in sterling, whos got his 3rd go into games. But the lead didnt last long. South hampton, at our level 5 minutes later, as we were great strike from 18 year old romeo lover. That was his 1st senior go. Im the, im side. It made it c one, just for half times adam armstrong, shots deflecting into when it for south hampton. Never was there looking delighted at chelsea have now lost 2 of their last 3 games. 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