thousands of royal mail workers in the uk stage a second day of strike action in a row over pay, disrupting deliveries of packages and letters. a new study shows the impact of climate change on the shrinking glaciers of switzerland. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, or around the world. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war. he was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute. the un chief antonio guterres said he changed the course of history . president biden described him as a man of remarkable vision , who created a safer world . however, in a stamement this morning the kremlin said his romanticism about better relations with the west had been misplaced. our moscow editor, steve rosenberg, looks back at his life. he was the kind of russian leader the world had never seen. mikhail gorb
back together bits of the soviet empire that gorbachev lost her saying that business relationship between russia and germany put under real stress because russia has now shutdown gas supplies from a major pipeline to europe for the next three days. moscow has already significantly reduced the amount of gas it supplies through nord stream one, which comes into the continent via germany. a kremlin spokesman blamed western sanctions against russia which he claimed prevented normal repair work. european leaders fear the kremlin could extend the suspension to try to drive up energy prices, which have soared since the invasion of ukraine. i spoke to our berlin correspondent damien mcguiness about germany s reaction. over the last few months, germany has done a lot to fill up its gas reserves. so until quite recently, things were looking quite bad here when it came to getting through the winter because of course, germany relies a lot on gas. before the full invasion
power much more quicker than had we not those investments. do you have to shutdown gas lines before you restore power? this is a dangerous operation for the workers who are doing this job. well, what we have to do where and there are times some of our customers will actually be taken out of service, so we can restore service to them. as a matter of fact, we estimate about 5 million customer interruptions. that means some customers have had one, two, or three interruptions or will have that kind of pattern. and then to restore our customers we have to do that to your point to make sure it s restored safely. florida power and light, you have operations in much of the state bought not all the state. you don t operate in the keys, for example. but based on what your latest estimates are, how many customers that you serve are without power right now?