legislation injapan but why are men still dominating the argument? 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 breakup of the soviet union in 1991, and the end of the cold war. president biden said he was a man of remarkable vision. 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 war. but at home, it was a different story. born in the days of dictat
this is bbc news, the headlines. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, who brought the cold war to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. world leaders have been paying tribute a kremlin spokesman said president putin had expressed his deepest condolences and borisjohnson said that he always admired mr gorbachev s courage and integrity . pakistan is facing a monsoon on steroids , the un s secretary general has warned, after floods submerged a third of the country. antonio guterres urged the world to come to pakistan s aid as he launched an emergency appeal to help the tens of millions affected in the disaster. and the defending women s us open champion emma raducanu has been knocked out of this years tournament in the first round. the teenager lost in straight
was made president of the republic of russia, he insisted on a popular election. that gave yeltsin a kind of electoral legitimacy, which gorbachev didn t have. but that kind of mistake i don t think was fundamental in his downfall. i think the basic thing he was up against was the fact that russia was not ready yet for a revolution. of becoming a democracy, a capitalist country, a member in full standing of western civilisation. full standing of western civilisation. ., ., ., civilisation. great to have you on the programme civilisation. great to have you on the programme to - civilisation. great to have you on the programme to discuss| civilisation. great to have you . on the programme to discuss the life of mikhail gorbachev, who has died at 91. thank you so much forjoining us.- much for “oining us. you are ve much forjoining us. you are very welcome. to the flooding in pakistan now, and the united nations has launched an emergency appeal, to help victims of what the un secret
radical democrats, who wanted to go much faster than he did. i remember conversations where he talked about how it wasn t clear whether he had moved too fast or too slowly. i think toward the end, we came back to that subject and he said he had moved too fast. too fast for a country that wasn t ready for everything he wanted to offer it. ~ everything he wanted to offer it. ~ . ,, ., it. unlike the current russian president. it. unlike the current russian president, much it. unlike the current russian president, much more - it. unlike the current russian president, much more of- it. unlike the current russian president, much more of an l it. unlike the current russian - president, much more of an open book, talking about his family, his wife you a lot, wasn t he? yes, gorbachev really loved his wife. he was a rare politician, especially a rare russian politician, who was devoted to his wife. many of them are woman noises, of various sorts, but he was devoted to her, and