how men are still dominating the argument. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. 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 of 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
very foundations of our republic. an urgent international appeal is launched to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. look at all this water, it s like being in the middle of the ocean, except those people s houses, and the water levels here are rising. and divers seal the vents on a tanker leaking fuel off the coast of gibraltar. marine crews are trying to scoop up the oil that s escaped. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. inspectors from the united nations have finally arrived at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, which has been occupied by russian forces since march. shelling around the plant has led to fears of a catastrophic nuclear accident. ukrainian troops are pressing ahead with a counter offensive in the nearby region of kherson, to retake areas seized by russia. our correspondent quentin sommerville filed this exclusive report from the frontline, in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. and a war
all along this pathway. an urgent international appeal is launched to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. just look at all this water. it s like being in the middle of the ocean, except those are people s houses, and the water levels here are rising. and japan declares war on retro technology after discovering almost 2,000 government processes are still carried out using minidiscs, floppy disks and cds. president biden has made an impassioned speech in defence of american democracy. he warned that donald trump and what he termed maga republicans represent a form of extremism that threaten the us way of life. he urged all americans to come together to defend american democracy regardless of their ideology. donald trump and the maga republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic. i want to be very clear. applause. very clear up front. not every republican, not even the majority of republicans are maga repub
to the establishment and the shipping and china and uncontrolled immigration but talking about the positive side what is populism for? the final one, pro- america might say that is a platitude you cannot be april america. in my book came out in 2018 and made my case to say the establishment a beat has surrendered america s sovereignty to unaccountable organizations from trade to climate change and defense. in the four years since the problem is much worse anti- americanism has moved from just being the default setting of certain policy of to build the mindset of many millions of americans by deliberate and insidious anti- american agenda culture. that s i want to focus on this h weekend. in the past we may have disagreed but we all agree on the core ideas that made america the greatest country in the history of the world. that decentralize decentralization of power free enterprise capitalism and american exceptionalism that today s left is trying to actively undermine every s
to the establishment and the shipping and china and uncontrolled immigration but talking about the positive side what is populism for? the final one, pro- america might say that is a platitude you cannot be april america. in my book came out in 2018 and made my case to say the establishment a beat has surrendered america s sovereignty to unaccountable organizations from trade to climate change and defense. in the four years since the problem is much worse anti- americanism has moved from just being the default setting of certain policy of to build the mindset of many millions of americans by deliberate and insidious anti- american agenda culture. that s i want to focus on this h weekend. in the past we may have disagreed but we all agree on the core ideas that made america the greatest country in the history of the world. that decentralize decentralization of power free enterprise capitalism and american exceptionalism that today s left is trying to actively undermine every s