a story of blackmail. and. you'll have to kill i have strangled i have a story of current catch a lot of the fear is real big. passion. and a very sincere just. a key activist in the fight against apartheid who later became of polarizing figure in south africa winnie mandela dies at the age of eighty one.

hello i'm maryanne demasi in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up israel rolls back on a controversial plan to send african asylum seekers back to african countries they'll be sent to the west instead china hits back at the u.s. by introducing retaliatory tariffs on more than one hundred products. and the nigerian city of my degree is targeted again at least thirty four people are killed in an attack believed to be carried out by boko haram. south african anti-apartheid activist when he magic asylum mandela died at the age of eighty one when he was married to south africa's first black president nelson mandela before that divorce in one thousand nine hundred sixty and she was alongside him upon his release from jail six years earlier she remained popular and was known as the mother of the nation but she was also a divisive figure through her links to violent protest.

was one of the greatest spine of the struggle. for valiantly. state and. to hold the line for the free off the country. resistance to a party. or new middle spoke asians. or you're looking at live pictures now of scenes outside winnie mandela house in soweto people have been gathering there to pay tribute prominent south african figures have also been sending in their condolences fellow human rights campaigner and former archbishop desmond tutu says winnie mandela was a defining symbol of the anti apostate struggle catherine soy has more now from johannesburg. we knew mandela died this afternoon surrounded by friends and family have family members held a press conference and said that she had been aiding for

a while in fact they see as she was frequently in and out of hospital they also paid. more than tribute saying that she really was the face of the struggle was one of the faces of the struggle for against apartheid chosen married very long to nelson mandela before he was imprisoned and you know after that she you know sort of held the fort and did it very passionately she was he's face and his voice to the outside world as she was constantly have asked by state operated and she was put under house arrest was put in solitary solitary confinement as well but she continued she forged ahead and you know what many people and what i personally remember about her is this picture when nelson mandela was released a picture of him and her hand in hand walking you know free at last they did divorce a few years later and you know she also kept out

a very you know controversial figure she was a portent figure i didn't do well with authority had a lot of run ins with the leadership of the african national congress criticizing when she could she spoke her mind and even once said that nelson mandela is a sellout some people also say she was very militant in fact in one thousand nine hundred four she was. convicted of kidnapping and accessory to assault in a muddy case involving a young archivist then yes so she was very controversial by a lot of people are saying that today they choose to remember this very significant force you played in the libor ration of south africa. israel has reached a deal with the un's refugee agency to resettle fountains of african migrants in

asylum seekers in western countries the government had wanted to send them back to africa offering them plane tickets and cash but the supremes court suspended the deportations last month most of the migrants are from eritrea and sudan stephanie decker has more from west jerusalem. human rights groups and civil society of welcome this move basically they've been actively campaigning against this plan of mass deportation where the asylum seekers have been giving two choices either be deported to an african country or face indefinite jail time while many of those that al-jazeera has been speaking to over the years would tell us they're all basically from eritrea or so dahlan saying that they would have to face jail time that's what they would choose because they didn't want to return to africa after making such a difficult journey well the plan now according to the israeli prime minister is that around sixteen thousand of them will be moved under the auspices of the u.n.h.c.r. to other countries western countries particular ones being named canada and italy

and also that the situation for those remaining inside israel israel will look at their status israel's always maintained calling them illegal infiltrators what the language used today is migrants which is an important change people are saying but again the proof is what is going to change on the ground and yes this is being welcomed as a positive step but i think you know it is early days and going to have to see how it plays out but importantly these asylum applications will now be processed as something that hasn't happened before and then certainly according to the u.n.h.c.r. which we spoke to israel can decide whether they can stay or they will still have to be sent back to their countries of origin if israel doesn't deem them to be fit to get refugee status. for more on this let's bring to u.n. h.c.l. spokesperson william spend late joins us from geneva tell us more about the deal and how difficult it was to strike this agreement will we have appreciate the good

cooperation in the. israeli authorities on finding solutions for this large group of people mostly from tria and so on who were stuck in this for in some cases for years because they could not go back to the countries of origin would be. good were afraid of the security. they were presented with this stark choice of going to other countries or of ac imprisonment is for now the oversea asked been suspended and we don't we're working on finding a solution for for this people this solution might be all for some of them resettlement of family reunification of concludes something might have family members in. other countries so we'll try to find ways for them to reunite with their families or to be resettled to all the countries but most of them will stay the israel and we will work closely with authorities in this so try to find ways

for them to eat the great for instance one of the programs that we are working on is to provide book ational training to some of this asylum seekers so that they can find a program in areas such as solar energy mr spenlow can i ask you just to pick up on a point that you made you said that most of the asylum seekers will stay in israel but the the positive thing for them is that this starts the process of making an application so their applications for asylum will now be processed but that doesn't necessarily translate to permanent residency does it. well first of all as part of this agreement that will oversee. it will be able to stay in israel. with a legal status and got this very important to all the thing is that yes it will be able to apply for asylum if they are in fear of persecution in the countries of

origin that cases would need to be assessed but what we must remember is that in the case of transference very high proportion of them are great masses refugees in let's say in europe over ninety percent of asylum seekers from eritrea in the case of sudanese the proportion is also very high so we think that most of this asylum seekers will qualify for refugee status thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on that deal with us william spender from u.n. h.c.r. china is impose tariffs of up to twenty five percent on more than one hundred twenty american products affecting three billion dollars worth of imports and in response to the u.s. raising judi's on foreign steel an alum many m last month adrian brown reports from beijing. list of u.s. goods targeted by china is in line with what officials here proposed last month that's when president donald trump applied new levies on chinese on

a million and steel and it's the latest measures would affect around three billion dollars of u.s. imports but that's less than two percent of the value of u.s. trade with china from monday the chinese government began imposing additional judi's on one hundred twenty eight kinds of products the highest tariff of twenty five percent will be on u.s. pork a fifteen percent duty will apply to fruit nuts and wine but not soybean imports worth around fourteen billion dollars annually to the u.s. analysts say china's response appears measured i think the key here is targeted what they have done is a package i mean one hundred twenty eight or a rather small items but you'll notice that apart from the scrap aluminum they're mostly agricultural in areas that will that voted for trump i think china is trying to send a very measured response last month the trumpet ministration announced a second round of trade sanctions against china

a twenty five percent levy on more than fifty billion dollars of chinese annual imports the white house has not yet specified which products will be affected but targets will likely include sectors like robotics artificial intelligence and electric cars industries at the heart of the new made in china strategy chinese leaders say they don't want to trade war with the united states but won't sit back if the economy here is hurt for now though they appear to be trying to prevent tensions rising still further if it came to a trade war china would have more to lose as it exports far more to the united states than the other way around some chinese shoppers we spoke to though did not appear concerned what datable might harm the player if the u.s. . wants to fight a trade war i will never buy their products no foreign products japanese korean american we have our own products. i think we should give up buying american

products i'm chinese a muslim quarter our only products it is not a trade war yet but the coming few weeks could determine whether one really will happen adrian brown al jazeera asia. protests is over again for with security forces an indian administered kashmir after the lifting of restrictions designed to calm tensions. authorities have closed schools and blocked the internet after a weekend of violent protests and gun battles left twenty people dead doctors on monday said they treated a number of people with eye injuries from being hit by pellet gun fire protests as a demanding an end to indian control of cash man. at least seven people have died in india during angry protests of a cost discrimination members of the dalek quips a supreme court judgment last month weakens that protections the ruling made it harder to prosecute officials accused of discriminating against

a group as pizza shop reports was. the protests began in several major cities across central india a stylesheets of delhi members of india's lowest cost cutting railway lines and roads and attacked buses and government offices. was that they are enraged by a court order that they say dilutes legal safeguards protecting ones already a marginalized community hell i'd send money to people every shuttle cost federal member of the country is protest against atrocities being inflicted on us across india there was resentment and anger time and that was visible across the state supreme job tariana and it was a pradesh i'm seeing security forces reacting quickly i'm. was discrimination is out of my remains widespread was as does the anger

i'm a senior government minister appealed for restraint. i'm a review petition has been filed in the supreme court i will only appeal to all political parties and groups and not incite an act of violence and i hope everyone cooperates with this. but the effects of this day of confrontation quickly spread shops and businesses were reported to have shut down those protests has cut roads into the capital new delhi and other industrial cities this was not about a missed nationwide shutdown has a great impact on businesses bus and chinese services have been shut it has had a huge effect and there be no customers either monday's demonstrations were called by several groups representing. the daleks once known as the untouchables that make up two hundred million of india's one point two five billion population that despite anti discrimination legislation going back seventy years still remain at

the very bottom of the car skyrocket. beauty shop al-jazeera still to come overwhelmed and under supplied hospitals in gaza are struggling to treat palestinians shot by israeli security forces. i'm carl leg at a special research center in cutter with scientists are testing a new technology that will help doctors diagnose children suffering from autism in minute rather than month. hello there we're still got a lot of cloud over parts of the middle east at the moment if we look at the satellite picture we can see this area of cloud working its way out of saudi arabia into iran and then more cloud ahead of it stretching all the way up towards cabot stan so that area of cloud a sport has a fair amount of wet weather a fair amount of rain and some snow as well but it is clearing

a squids on choose day i think that will be more in the way of sunshine around tashkent which should get to around twenty three degrees further west more clouds working its way in here say for some of us it could be rather great the area of rain that was a long way further north over parts of turkey the stretching all the way up into parts of russia that's gradually edging its way eastwards as we head through wednesday turkey day should be fine for wednesday seventeen as a maximum in ankara before the towards the south we've had a lot of cloud around the arabian peninsula recently here's the latest batch of cloud looks like it's trying to educate towards the east but it will be replaced by more cloud as we head through the next few days so this is a chance of seeing a few more showers around riyadh as we head through tuesday and for wednesday too and on wednesday looks like that. area of rain might just stretch a little bit further towards the north further south largely fine and dry for us down towards the southern parts of africa still plenty of showers here most of them in the northern parts of.

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welcome back a quick look at the top stories now tributes are being paid to winnie magic a sailor mandela and has died aged eighty one south africa's president has called the anti-apartheid activist of voice of defiance against white minority rule israel has reached a deal with the un refugee agency to resettle more than sixteen thousand eritrean in sudanese migrants in europe and north america last month the supremes court suspended deportations of migrants back to africa and china has imposed towers of up to twenty five percent on more than one hundred twenty american products and a growing trade war between the world's two biggest economies. now and other stories we're following french railway workers have started what set to be the first of a series of strikes in protest at the reforms of president emanuel macron workers say they're taking industrial action every two days out of five other public sector workers that you to walk out as well. is in paris at one of the city's main railway stations. and so what is the aim of the strike.

well merriam just to put it into context the strike on tuesday and wednesday by drivers for the s.n.c.f. the french national railway is part of as you were saying three months of a rolling strike but it's also in the context of other industrial action that's happening starting from this week to now on the railways on tuesday and wednesday we're expecting only twelve percent for example of the into city t.g.v. the high speed trains to be running eight out of ten drivers are on strike and this is obviously going to be going on until the end of june it's going to have a big impact on the public but at the same time there are solidarity actions by for example student unions then we've got air france where they're pushing for a six percent pay rise we've got the unions in the energy sector who are going out on strike this week they're trying to push for renationalisation and garbage

collection as well the unions in that sector are also carrying out industrial action they want a public service for their sector too so it's a week of lots of different strikes but the longest perhaps will be the s.n.c.f. strike going on as i say into the summer it's happened before back in one thousand nine hundred eight there were three weeks virtually which shut down the transport network and stop the government from reforming the sector this time the government's a lot more determined. so what impact is it expected to have. well obviously it's going to home it's going to hit trouble as a lot of people have been saying that they brought forward their journeys to today the last public holiday before people go back to work because of the destruction on tuesday and wednesday interestingly fifty three percent in the latest poll said that they didn't think the strike was justified and three quarters said they thought the reforms would go through those reforms taking away the special status

of s.n.c.f. drivers things like retiring at fifty five now the government said that it might have to push through its changes by special decree not giving a vote to parliament last year they did the same for a law which made it easier to hire and fire workers that was despite street protests so even if there is this concerted industrial action the government it seems is willing to do what it takes to get what it promised to do what it was elected thank you in paris. the u.n. has condemned an attack in northeastern nigeria that killed at least thirty four people and injured dozens more suspected book around fighters detonated and opened fire on residents of two communities on the outskirts of my degree city might interest reports. another violent day in the nine year old battle between nigerian security forces and boko haram. a familiar picture for people in the

country's northeast what this is sci fi just struck the communities of germany and bali shorey with bombs and guns under the cover of darkness in the. uni heard gunshots we went out to salt boko haram with their bombs people were running into each other and the bomb killed them. emergency workers were deployed to the scene hours later and started the grim task of recovery as who saved them by came to bali sure. sheep to people. we came to but only killed three people there. dozens of the enjoyed ended up here. there are fears that some may succumb to the severe injuries this sustained during the attack. the army issued a statement saying it killed thirteen attackers and that it lost one soldier

although the government says boko haram has been defeated its citizens continue to live in fear and pain. the government offered amnesty to the fighters bits not certain if they were taking a similar for in the past failed to work and it's even difficult now book or army splintered and continue start getting isolated vulnerable villagers. as people in this region mourn their dead they also wonder if and when the fighters will strike again hama did release al-jazeera freetown sierra leone. palestinians injured during protests on friday say they'll march to the gaza israel border again to demonstrate against israeli land confiscation seventeen people have now died after being shot during the landay protests and hundreds more were injured leaving hospital struggling to cope doctors are appealing for more medicine and supplies to treat patients on the abdel-hamid has more from gaza.

she had it to the protests with her best friend wanting to vent her frustration of growing up under siege and armed with that reckless courage of a teenager mariam defiantly walked towards the fence aware the israeli army was warning against it by a lot of men i wanted to show the world that we're still here we're not that i didn't expect such a reaction from i kept on walking towards the boats carrying a flag the boys followed us the soldiers could see me the snipers were pointing my weapons i had a backpack i took it off so they didn't think i was carrying something suspicious i threw some stones hit and then started walking i turned to look for my friend and then i fell excruciating pain in my leg. two beds furder said brain is recovering from a bullet in her arm another in the foot and shrapnel in the stomach at. only nineteen real lack of hope is painful to hear. before going out i told my mother i wasn't planning to come back home i told her i wanted to become

a martyr i even said my last prayer i was standing next to two boys one of them got shot i got angry they weren't doing it they were just chatting together the boy was carried away and cibrian walked up a little closer to the border fence despite the tear gas being fired in her direction and then. like mariam she fell to the ground it was the bloodiest day in gaza since the war in two thousand and fourteen with israel firing live ammunition at crowds of stone throwers hundreds were admitted to hospital doctors say most for gunshot wounds the hospital is overwhelmed by the amount of injured that arrived here in one day but doctors also say they don't have enough equipment or medicine to give the wounded the proper treatment. most of the injuries are in the lower part of the body but doctors were shocked at the extent of the many patients had large gaping exit wounds doctors say they hadn't seen this

before because of the type of explosive bullets which in. the one one or two. out around fifteen centimeters. so here can be. of the tissue of the nerves and of the arteries you think and the bone. the great march of return is a planned six weeks demonstration calling for refugees and their descendants to go back to their family homes in what is now israel lurch close aides pictet to return to the border on friday to commemorate did that in order to do it everyone aware that it could only revel in the same way that many in gaza say they have nothing to loose hold up at home in gaza. egypt's president abdel fatah sisi has been reelected for a second term in office after winning ninety seven percent of the vote it's the

exact percentage that brought the former military commander into power four years ago says he was virtually guaranteed victory after all syria's opposition candidates pulled out of the contest earlier this year the election commission says voter turnout has been forty one percent lower than the last election saudi led coalition airstrikes have killed at least fourteen civilians and western yemen ten others were injured in the raids which has accounted for internally displaced people in the city of data medical sources say six children and three women are among the dead and afghan as strike in kunduz province has killed at least thirty four people there are conflicting reports about where the strike hit afghan authorities say they attacked taliban fighters who were preparing an operation but local residents say the strike has a religious school and that a number of civilians were killed several children have been treated for their injuries. now monday marks world autism awareness day the condition affects an

estimated sixty seven million people and now technology is being tested in cattle are to help doctors diagnose it in minutes it's hoped an eye tracking device will help pick up the condition as early as possible car leg reports from doha. we do want a little. face appears to live the life of an average happy eleven year old boy but to his mom it's a life she never thought possible he was diagnosed as having autism spectrum disorder or a.s.d. when he was three back in the day it felt like ok what do i go where do i go now you know it's like what happens for either travel to the states to try to get a proper diagnosis which i got eight years later there's no need to fly halfway around the world because cutter's become a leader in autism research in the middle east researchers at cutter's by a medical center attesting new technology the diagnosis autism in infancy as young

as six months old by simply tracking their eye movement and this simple device picks up i gave abnormalities linked to autism by monitoring i'm movement as children look at faces on a screen doctors able to give a diagnosis in minutes when it used to take a lot longer. the research team leader says an early diagnosis makes all the difference but the longer will try with some goals without. the harder intervention becomes therefore early intervention is the key for autism scientists have also conducted a prevalence study looking at the rate in qatar the field study is the first of its kind in the region it's hoped the findings will pinpoint genetic factors that may influence autism and prove useful when it comes to treatment any family will follow any problem have kids can get an easy access to such

a diagnostic methods without the long waiting lists which used to be done not only here it's everywhere in the world the new technology will ensure that a.s.d. sufferers in future won't have to wait as long as face still for that crucial diagnosis and doctors hope it'll take the medical world one step closer to finding the cause and maybe even a cure for a condition that poses more questions than provides answers curry leg al-jazeera dog. at the top stories now tributes are being paid to a south african and here party activist twenty matic a seller mandela who has died at the age of eighty one when he was married to south africa's first black president nelson mandela before their divorce in one thousand nine hundred six and was alongside him upon his release from jail six years earlier

she herself went through months in jail and years of house arrest for her leading role a protest against white minority rule south africa's president has hailed winnie as the voice of defiance but her legacy is controversial as catherine saw explains. she was a portent figure it didn't do well with the four e.t. had a lot of run ins with the. of their african national congress criticizing when she could she spoke her mind and even once said that nelson mandela is a sellout some people also say she was very militant in fact in one thousand nine hundred four she was. convicted of kidnapping and accessory to assault in a muddy case involving our young activist then yes so she was very controversial a lot of people are saying that to day they choose to remember this very significant role she played in the libor ration of south africa israel has reached

a deal with the un's refugee agency to resettle more than sixteen thousand african migrants in asylum seekers in western countries the government had wanted to send them back to africa offering them plane tickets and cash but the supremes court suspended the deportations last month. china has impose tariffs of up to twenty five percent on more than one hundred twenty american products and a growing trade war between the world's two biggest economies three billion dollars worth of american imports have been affected but that's less than two percent of the value of u.s. trade with china measures are in response to u.s. president donald trump raising duties on foreign steel and out of many i'm last month and violence between security forces and protesters as erupted again in indian administered kashmir of the restrictions were lifted authorities of closed schools and blocked the internet after violent protests and gun battles over the weekend left twenty people dead i'll have more on that story and everything else in

the news hour in twenty five minutes time that's after inside story which starts now. it's weald autism day and a point autism on the brain disorder over a sixty seven million people around the wells so why is autism still so poorly understood this is inside story.