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royal mail apologises to customers as a one day strike by postal workers halts deliveries. powering over a million homes. the world s largest offshore wind farm goes into operation near the yorkshire coast. and big disappointment for emma raducanu as the defending champion is beaten in the first round of the us open. and coming up on the bbc news channel. with one day to go until the transfer window deadline, five teams are playing in the premier league tonight, with liverpool and manchester city both in action. good afternoon. mikhail gorbachev was one of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century, and now preparations are being made for his funeral. the last leader of the soviet union died yesterday at the age of 91. but thoughts on his death vary wildly. many russians including vladimir putin blame him for what they believe was russia s loss of prestige and respect after the fall of the iron curtain. yet in the west, he s lauded for ending the repression of c ....
was smuggled into syria by an intelligence agent working for canada. royal mail apologises to customers, as a one day strike by postal workers halts deliveries. good afternoon. the jury in the trial of ryan giggs has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts on any of the three counts he faced during the four week domestic violence case at manchester crown court. matt graveling is at manchester crown court. hejoins me from manchester. so, explain what has happened and what it means. , ., ., ., ., ., it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as ou it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as you say. it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as you say. this it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as you say, this trial it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as you say, this trial has it means. yes, well, good afternoon. as you say, this trial has been - as you say, this trial has been going on for three and half weeks, but after more than 22 hours of deliberation, a jury here ....
good afternoon. mikhail gorbachev was one of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century and now preparations are being made for his funeral. the last leader of the soviet union died yesterday at the age of 91. many russians, including vladimir putin, blame mikhail gorbachev for what they believe was russia s loss of prestige and respect after the fall of the iron curtain. but in the west, he s lauded for ending the repression of communist rule with us president biden calling him a man of remarkable vision who created a safer world, and borisjohnson saying that his courage and integrity remain an example to all at a time of russian aggression in ukraine. with his assessment of a remarkable life, here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. the world had never seen anyone quite like mikhail gorbachev a soviet leader who actually smiled. and who achieved almost pop star status in the west for ending the cold war. before he came along, soviet leaders didn t tend to ....
Soviet leaders didn t tend to stick around long. with kremlin old timers coming and going in quick succession, the usr was looking more like asymmetry than a superpower. but in 1985, the youthful gorbachev took charge and tried to reinvigorate the soviet union with perestroika. there were western style walkabouts at home. abroad, he charmed an iron lady and a us president. together, gorbachev and reagan slashed their nuclear arsenals. with a reformer in the kremlin, eastern europe saw a chance to break free from moscow. in kremlin, eastern europe saw a chance to breakfree from moscow. in 1989, the berlin wall came crashing down. crucially, gorbachev refused to intervene to prop up the iron curtain. ....