translation: with all honesty, it is not a catastrophe. you can change your pope. it is not a problem. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. more than 100 people have been injured during protests by supporters of the powerful iraqi cleric moqtada sadra in baghdad. the protesters stormed the iraqi parliament for the second time in three days and are now staging a sit in inside the parliament building. they oppose the nomination of a pro iran rival candidate for prime minister. richard galpin reports. twice now this week, protests here in the iraqi capital baghdad leading to parliament being broken into and occupied supporters of the powerful iraqi cleric moqtada al sadr venting their anger about the possibility of a pro iran candidate becoming prime minister. concrete barriers pulled down so they could enter the high security green zone. more than 100 people have been injured. iraq s current prime minister, mustafa al kadhimi, has called for c
pope francis says health problems are likely to force him to travel less frequently and he may even have to retire. with all honesty, it s not a catastrophe for that you can change or pulp, it s not a problem. pope. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. more than 120 people have been injured during protests by supporters of the powerful iraqi cleric moqtada sadra in baghdad. the protesters stormed the iraqi parliament for the second time in three days and are now staging a sit in inside the parliament building. they oppose the nomination of a pro iran rival candidate for prime minister. richard galpin reports. twice now this week, protests here in the iraqi capital baghdad leading to parliament being broken into and occupied supporters of the powerful iraqi cleric moqtada al sadr venting their anger about the possibility of a pro iran candidate becoming prime minister. concrete barriers pulled down so they could enter the high security green
and england stand on the brink of women s football history as they take on germany in the european championship final at wembley. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the us state of kentucky has been hit by its worst floods for decades killing at least 25 people. hundreds of homes and businesses had been flooded in the east of the state and president biden has declared it a major disaster. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports flowing water, powerful enough to sweep away entire homes. torrential rain has wreaked havoc. some areas received more than 20 cm in a 24 hour period. swollen streams and mudslides have torn through several communities with devastating results. everything s gone. like, everything is gone. my whole life is gone. there s no words. it sjust hard to imagine. there s nothing, really, that you can do, but we re are just glad that we got out. some areas are difficult for rescuers to reach because local roads h
dominating the argument. welcome to bbc news. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he oversaw economic reforms known as perestroika, and political ones known as glasnost or openness, which led to the break up of the soviet union in 1991, and the end of the cold war. russian president vladimir putin has expressed deep sympathies . our russia editor steve rosenberg looks back at a 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 dictator josef stalin, gorbachev became a committed communist, rising fast through the ranks of the soviet communist party to the ruling politburo. gorbachev stood out he was young, energetic, unlike his colleagues. as kremlin old timers died in quick succession, the ussr was looking more like a cemet
shipment of grain to africa since the ukraine conflict began has arrived in the republic of djibouti. and meghan markle tells a us magazine that she upset the dynamics of britain s royal hierarchy, just by existing. 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 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