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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 gut...

By russia, by putin, and we're paying," josef tells us. this country was heavily reliant on russian energy. its government has scrambled to secure supplies for the winter. now, it must ensure its citizens can afford them. so the government will pay one month's gas bill in december, for households and small businesses. from january, germany will cap gas and electricity prices. ministers have increased benefits, and most people here have had a one—off payment of 300 euros. it's all costing this country around 300 billion euros. translation: the gas bill hasn't arrived yet, l so let's see how i...

Damian, throughout the day, of course, we're looking back on the life of mikhail gorbachev. when he took power in 1985, there was west germany and there was east germany and a few years later, at the end of the cold war, germany reunited. i wonder how germans see his role in their country in history? with a great deal of gratitude, actually, james, i think a lot of people here feel that if he hadn't been leader at that time, if it had been someone else, you possibly might not have ended up with a united germany today. german chancellor 0lav schulz put it succinctly this morning, he said that h...