fighting intensifies around the ukrainian city of kherson, as kyiv steps up the counter offensive, trying to recapture the southern city from russian forces. 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, mikhail gorbachev bec
hello, welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are are olivia utley, who s assistant comment editor at the daily telegraph, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. a warm welcome to you both once again. thanks very much for being with us. a glimpse of the front pages. and we begin with the times and that breaking news of mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. the telegraph follows the story, saying gorbachev s reforms set in train a series of events that led to the collapse of soviet communism, and helped to end the cold war. the metro s front page the world mourns a true man of peace the world mourns a true man of peace. back here in the uk, the i newspaper carries a plea from small businesses to whoever becomes prime minister save us from 400% energy hikes, is its headline. as the summer season turns to autumn, the mirror says households back an urgent freeze in energy bills. the ft focu
the russian invasion. the vessel was chartered by the world food programme, to supply countries at risk from starvation. to ukraine now, where the army says it has destroyed command posts and ammunition depots on the second day of its counterattack against the russians in the south. the military says ukrainian forces are targeting bridges which provide russia s army with a lifeline to its troops around kherson. let s get more now from our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. these counteract offensives by ukraine on and around the city of kherson are significant for ukraine, but there are some caveats. we are still talking about a sizeable chunk of territory, and ukraine aborts counterattacks in almost a daily basis. however, it is clear that after weeks of using these long range missile systems to take down important bridges, to strafe the russian supply lines, the target command centres as they claim it is clear the ukrainians have the confidence to push forward, which
this is bbc news, the headlines: mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, who brought the cold war to a peaceful end, has died aged 91. world leaders have been paying tribute a kremlin spokesman said president putin had expressed his deepest condolences, and borisjohnson said that he always admired mr gorbachev s courage and integrity . pakistan is facing a monsoon on steroids , the un s secretary general has warned, after floods submerged a third of the country. antonio guterres urged the world to come to pakistan s aid as he launched an emergency appeal to help the tens of millions affected in the disaster. a shipment of grain from ukraine has arrived in port in djibouti. it s the first such cargo to be sent to the horn of africa region since