opens in venice later today but are what are the films exciting the critics this year? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he made it his mission to push for perestroika political and economic reforms to kickstart the russian economy and set the goal for glasnost more openness and transparency in the policies of the state and judicial system. he oversaw enormous changes, namely the break up of the soviet union in 1991, and the end of the cold war. president macron said he was a man of peace. russian president vladimir putin, who had a sharply divergent view of how things should be done, has expressed his deep sympathies . our russia editor steve rosenberg looks back at an historic life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed. in the west, he acquired almost pop star status for helping to end the cold
don t know how we are going to live without a glaciers. and the defending women s us open champion, emma raducanu, has been knocked out of this year s tournament in the first round. hello and welcome. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he made it his mission to push for perestroika political and economic reforms to kick start the russian economy, and set the goal for glasnost more openness and transparency in the policies of the state and judicial system. he oversaw enormous changes, namely the break up of the soviet union in 1991, and the end of the cold war. russian president vladimir putin who had a sharply divergent view of how things should be done has expressed his deep sympathies . our russia editor steve rosenberg looks back at an historic life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed. in the west, he acquired almost pop star status for helping to end
hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysychansk, but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures, from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies claims that russian backed fighters have encircled the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraine s military says the city of mykolaiv has been hit by ten missiles, targeting the port, and other industrial infrastructure. it s not yet clear if there are any casualities. ukrainian authorities have accused moscow of hitting civilian targets, in an effort to force them into making territorial concessions. meanwhile, two more britons, captured by russian forces in ukraine, have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state me
ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysycha nsk but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency ria novosti show drone images of battles near the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraine s military says the city of mykolaiv has been hit by ten missiles targetting the port and other industrial infrastructure. it s not yet clear if there are any casualities. ukrainian authorities have accused moscow of hitting civilian targets in an effort to force them into making territorial concessions. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. it comes after two other british men were sentenced to death last month. joe inwood reports. andrew hi