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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 ....
the scariest thing that you will ever go through. my whole world crumbled. cara was the kind of teacher students just love. she was a rock star at her school. with the same man for 20 years, enjoying life together by the beach. the balcony was like our second living room, you can hear the waves on the shore. but she was all alone that night when, according to her, an intruder burst into her bedroom. i was scared to death. i didn t have any other choice. you shot him? i shot him. she said the man attacked her. he told me he was going to kill me. she d been assaulted. she defended herself. so why did others call it murder? my very first words were, she set him up. cara s account kept changing. it hit me just how different all of these stories were and how unbelievable they were. lies. it s all lies. what really made cara pull that trigger? the rug was pulled out from underneath her. she was shocked. and she was angry? yes. a jury ....
been damaged, cutting off entire communities. now on bbc news, click. the back of a driverless cab. take a seat in the back and close the doors. buckle up and get ready to ride. i m just glad that was james, not me. meanwhile, spencer s been sniffing out the secrets of a shipwreck. ooh, stale beer. he laughs. is that you or me? definitely not me! and on the subject of smells. so this is the first ever bbc click perfume. this is not nice. right. let s go for a ride. they ve been a long time coming, but in the last few years we ve watched self driving cars get closer and closer. we ve just pulled out in front of quite a fast moving car there. we made it. i call that quite a human manoeuvre. not that it s always been a smooth ride, mind you. i m holding on tight. oh, that s quite weird. but whatever the experience, one thing has been constant. whenever we ve been in autonomous vehicles, we haven t been alone. there s always been someone with us to take over in the case of ....
news that our economy had zero percent inflation in the month of julyy, zero percent. okay, we ll have more on that a little bit later in the show, i promise. but first, there never been a more important day for the permanent washington time than inauguration day for joe biden. january 20th last year it was moment democrats and their voters in the federal bureaucracy have been waiting for for four years. none of it had to do with joe biden or possibilities his presidency could bring to them.t the best part about joe biden taking office was donald trump was leaving office, although it was made possible because somehow voters during a pandemicus had accomplished what, four years off witch hunts, pausing to investigate the full force of surveillance state could not removing donald trump from the white house despite getting seventy four million votes. but it quickly becameus clear removing donald trump was not the end goal. believe it or not, almost immediately joe biden an ....
good morning from birmingham, where the marathons will be finishing here in victoria square this morning at the commonwealth games after an opening day when all the home nations won medals, including golds for england and scotland. and it s a fairly muddy start to the weekend, but there is some rain around as well. i will have your full forecast details here on breakfast. it s saturday 30 july. our top story: rail passengers face more disruption later as train drivers from seven operators go on strike in a dispute over pay. the industrial action coincides with the commonwealth games and the first day of the english football league season. here is our transport correspondent katy austin. it s the latest strike to hit the railway this summer. it involves train drivers working seven operators. some routes will have no services at all, others only a very limited number. heathrow express and london northwestern are also affected, even though they are not directly part of the dispu ....