in seventeen of course when the regional government here in catalonia held that unilateral referendum on independence followed by a declaration of independence deemed illegal by the government in madrid and sparking a constitutional crisis since then twelve pro independence leaders have been on trial very publicly in madrid on charges of sedition and rebellion and this issue of independence over the past eighteen months has been central to the national political debate and impacted heavily on the face of politics here in spain the socialist government of sanchez with his partners on the left perhaps more sympathetic that they're predisposed to the cause held out against the possibility of negotiation but paid a very heavy price for that labeled traitors by the right and catalyzing really the growth of this far right fox party with its explicit promise now to stamp out separatism to revoke regional toll tanami and reimpose direct rule in that issue as vox you seem to be doing so well in the polls is of real concern here turnout expected to be high in catalonia many voters doing what they can to try and

counteract the possibility of a government of the right including vox giving the far right handed power what is the hope that of independent supporters there in catalonia now as you say that they are going to turn out in great numbers today. yes well look remember this is a cause that is supported by well fewer than fifty percent of voters in catalonia forty eight percent the latest poll but they're the biggest voting bloc no doubt and there is a subtle shift in the politics of. the parties here a sort of recognition of what recognition that direct action hasn't worked that the better course now is a more pragmatic and sensible one involving. will know that there is no hope of dialogue on the right so the best hope here i think is to return as many m.p.'s as possible by the sponsors to the national parliament and try to influence all support a new socialist government with perhaps

a reasonable chance at least of some kind of engage some kind of negotiation. lives in boston for a weather update. and i'll be reporting on. country. life displaced visits to refugees in india who feel they've got no choice but to adapt to a different culture. hello again and welcome back to international weather forecast well here across another part of asia we're seeing plenty of rain making its way toward china for parts of korea as well as into japan over the next few days now some of the showers could be very heavy we could be seeing some localized flooding as well as we go towards

tuesday the rain continues making its way across osaka vehicle islands and then towards tokyo where we could be seeing the rain shower by the time we get towards tuesday evening temperatures into the teens across much of japan but for the korean peninsula we are looking at mid twenty's in seoul about twenty four degrees for you there well here across southern china we have been seeing some very heavy rain over the last few days actually and one sure we have seen some very heavy rain leading to localized flooding in the city you can see here on the video a lot of the roads causing delays as many commuters made their way home but also at the airport where we saw over one hundred sixteen delays or cancellations thou as we go towards monday things look a lot better but we are going to be seeing some very heavy rain by the time we get to tuesday that's going to make its way up here towards the northeast and for shanghai it is going to be a chilly day for you at nineteen with rain in the forecast and here across parts of the philippines we're going to be seeing many clouds across much of the area and for manila about thirty five degrees for the air rising to about thirty six degrees by the time we get to tuesday.

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hello again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour a breakthrough has been made in sudan after weeks of deadlock between protesters and the true leaders opposition groups and the army have agreed to form a joint council to discuss a transition to civilian rule. and polls open in spain in the country's third national election in four years the socialists are seeking another term but no policy is predicted to win an outright majority. a government has killed an elderly woman at a synagogue in the united states three other people including a rabbi wounded a nineteen year old man with suspected far right fuse is on the arrest in california rob reynolds reports. almost one hundred people had gathered at the home community center in synagogue in poll a north of san diego to celebrate the last day of passover in the jewish holiday a white one thousand year old male identified by police as jonathan ernest entered

the synagogue and began firing a semiautomatic rifle bullets struck four people killing an elderly woman and wounding a young girl a man and the rabbi presiding over the service obviously look right now based on my last. conversation looks like a hate crime hard to believe as the gunman fled an armed off duty border patrol agent employed to provide security at the synagogue chased him shooting at his vehicle shortly afterward the gunman contacted police and was taken into custody without incident police believe his weapon jammed soon after he began shooting there was a border patrol officer off duty. at the at the synagogue and as the. church was leaving the facility he obtained a weapon and engaged in gunfire and shot at ernest did not hit him but there was

a piers that did make. did put some bullet holes in the car that arch was driving law enforcement officers say the alleged gunman was under investigation for attempting to set fire to a mosque in a nearby community hate crimes against jews and other minorities in the u.s. have increased in recent years the california attack happened six months to the day after eleven people were killed in a synagogue in pittsburgh one of the worst instances of anti semitic violence in modern u.s. history in the past few weeks three churches where african-americans worship were set alight in louisiana president trump has faced criticism that his record. rick has encouraged white supremacists he denies the accusations on friday the president drew criticism for once again saying there were quote fine people among those taking part in the unite the wright rally in charlottesville virginia in two

thousand and seventeen which was billed as a racist anti-semitic gathering president trump says there were some there milledge to defend the statue of the confederate pro-slavery general i was talking about feel this way because they felt very strongly about the monument to robert e. lee a great general would like. it was one of the great general the alleged gunman apparently posted a hate filled anti-semitic screen online on a website popular with the far right just a few moments before the shooting began that document will now be scrutinized by investigators who are also looking for other elements to his motive and the shooting is likely to add to a growing political debate in the weeks ahead robert oulds al-jazeera poway california roman catholic worship us in sri lanka have taken the unprecedented step of celebrating sunday mass by watching

a televised service mobile services in church suspended indefinitely following last sunday's east to bomb attacks on syria's powerful and as reports from colombo. down on. man on the the community in mourning praying from the safety of home with some disservices counselled indefinitely through sri lanka the archbishop of colombo had mosques from his residence let it be broadcast nationwide television you. disagreed why did he not happen sending sound to humanity. in an attempt to unify the country she loved as president and prime minister stood side by side. the political rivals have been plagued with failing to prevent the attacks despite warnings. at an empty shrine bells rang at eight forty five to mark the time the church was attacked a week ago worshippers prayed outside the empty church to honor the victims.

the warnings of more bombings extra security now surround sights of worship. security forces are on the hunt looking for anyone connected to the attacks explosives and bomb making materials was seized from a safe house on friday where fifteen people were killed in a gun battle between soldiers and suspects. and then lot of how the libyan and even the security forces are here roaming the area things have changed we're living in here and it's nothing like it used to be the president has banned two muslim groups accused of being behind the attacks but the government wants more sympathizers with access to explosives remain on the loose. a week since the bombings. and disbelief a day to remember the victims as sri lanka attempts to recover its sense of

security eleven and al-jazeera colomba. thousands of to backing refugees call india's capital home despite not having access to basic social services many a recent arrivals who fled chinese oppression in tibet in the second part of our series a life displaced. meets some of those tibetans in new delhi have had to adapt to life away from home. to baton culture and dance drives here every day every home life and every step every smile has a meaning generations of tibetans young and old continue to embrace and maintain their cultural heritage it's a reminder of who they are. and where they're from. this is a suburb of the indian capital new delhi tibetans have the refugees here since one nine hundred sixty four with kerry at that time this was open ground there was nothing here there were no street lights not even at all when we came here we lived

in tents and our understanding and that of the i was there but then one or two years we were going to go back to a bit indians help the with food and clothes and as the photographs show the homes were flimsy protecting them from harsh winters and blistering summers were simple brick and wood structures or tents. the community of a few hundred has turned into a few thousand this maze of alleyways is a part of a much larger community on the banks of the river you would not. the display of symbols flags and bunting defined it as tibet and the area also attracts tourists to see tibetans at work and understand their issues. have been defined as migrants are not refugees because india hasn't signed up to the one nine hundred fifty one un convention on refugees so tibetans here have been able to access the indian welfare system so they become self-sufficient setting up their own businesses and looking for work independently but for some it's not enough. under the

watchful eye of tibet's spiritual leader the dalai lama students such as tens of beauty are grateful for the educational opportunities offered the young tibetans like me the aspiration to. own country and so they. don't want. someone. to settle here. it's an aspiration many of the tibetan community have but is going away as the years pass by or tibetans around the world wherever they are they feel that they are staying somewhere but their real sense of home is their culture and identity and and most importantly driven by our hope that one day i will go to tibet which is my home. for the moment new delhi is a home away from home for successive generations of tibetans it will continue to be so until they feel they can safely return to tibet so robin al-jazeera you delhi.

in the next life displaced series we look at the thousands of bengali and wrote injure refugees who live in pakistan you can see that throughout the day on monday on al-jazeera. the leader of hamas is calling on palestinians to unite against president donald trump's peace plan a spot in the air says the deal doesn't include plans for a palestinian state and the u.s. president is favoring israel and he is calling for the formation of a peace plan committee that includes national regional and international players the details of trump's middle east peace plan a still unknown. egypt will not accept an infringement of its sovereignty and we as palestinians will not agree to anybody else having sovereignty over our land we also reject being moved to an alternative homeland in jordan the government of mozambique is urging people to seek higher ground as threat of flooding increases two days after

a major cycle and it's the second one in six weeks to lash the southern african coast drenching rain is already flooded some areas meanwhile aid workers are trying to bring in supplies. these villages have been entirely wiped out they look like they've been run over by a bulldozer and the people are asking for shelter then they need water purification and they need food so we are going to work closely with the government we are here in support of i n g c who are coordinating this response to mobilize the supplies needed to get these people assistance as quickly as possible the weather is still bad it is still raining but thankfully the winds have died down so we will be doing everything we can in the next twenty four hours to get people the supplies that they need and to continue to move out to assess areas and make sure that we know the full situation on the ground versus in bernina going to the polls but have a limited choice over who to elect no opposition for a new electoral law was passed eighty three m.p.'s are on the ballot from only two

parties both a loyal to president patrice tal on al-jazeera has the latest from the commercial capital. this keep it group meets regularly. and when they're finished they like to exercise their minds and this election has given them plenty to think about. is retired he says he'll be making time on sunday to vote despite the fact that the choice is limited only candidates from two parties both linked to the president. what they explained to us on t.v. is that one hundred fifty smaller parties came together to make up two parties and we have seen that to be the case i'm not a politician but what we want to speak is whether it's oppositional pro-government parties i don't care i only want peace. jack is about is a traitor and is unlikely to give up his time to visit a polling station he's disappointed with the current situation.

we're already in the election period yet in the city it doesn't feel like there's a real campaign going on there's no competition because two parties are fighting for the same cause. so ultimately there is no election because there is no competition. coming to go and new electoral code was agreed in the national assembly aimed at reducing the number of political parties five years ago twenty parties field of candidates but eighty three positions this time only two newly formed parties met all the requirements they're both loyal to president parties tunnel who came to power in twenty sixteen as an independent there are around five million registered voters and any if everyone should know how many will find out because. the political private overshadowed any faith around real issues making this election more about symbolism and substance. despite protests from opposition parties many been in these just want to get on with their lives julian kenya has

been selling fabrics in the market for forty years underwood a government can come and help people for another government gun gun and it's said to. have never seen the situation before but we must accept it then he is proud of its democratic tradition since the transition to multi-party politics in one thousand nine hundred ninety but this election appears to be challenging that with the opposition arguing sunday's vote is not taking place on a level playing field i'm a fighting al-jazeera. it is kids have you with us hello adrian finnegan hit the headlines on al-jazeera a breakthrough has been made in sudan after weeks of deadlock between protesters and military leaders opposition groups and the army have agreed to form

a joint council to discuss a transition to civilian rule. polls open in spain the country's national election in four years the socialist seeking another term but no party is predicted to win an outright majority a special mass for the victims of the easter sunday attacks has been held in sri lanka's capital colombo with the catholic church is closed across the country due to fears of further attacks it's estimated that two hundred sixty people died in the bombings the country's president has banned two muslim groups accused of being behind the attacks the security situation there is still tense an elderly woman has been shot dead and three people including a rabbi i have been injured in a gun attack at a synagogue in california a nineteen year old man with suspected far right views has been arrested the leader of hamas is calling on palestinians to unite against president donald trump's peace plan if well honey says that the deal doesn't include a plan for a palestinian state in the u.s.

president is favoring israel he's calling for the formation of a peace plan committee that includes national regional and international players details of trump's middle east peace plan still. mozambique's government is urging people to seek higher ground as the threat of flooding increases two days of to another major cycle of the second one in six weeks to lash the southern african coast to regional rain has already flooded some areas meanwhile aid workers are trying to bring in supplies. a people have been in a voting for a new parliament but without any opposition candidates on the ballot voters will choose eighty three m.p.'s from two posties little booth allies to president patrice tunnel afghanistan is marking the anniversary of the overthrow of its soviet backed government in one thousand nine hundred two after occupation by the soviet union in the one nine hundred eighty s. what's called liberation day signifies the end of russian involvement in afghanistan those are the headlines the news continues here on inside story next.

it's twenty five years since the end of apartheid in south africa the end of segregation of white minority rule so how different is the country a quarter of a century on how much is the racial divide still an issue in the rainbow nation this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan it was in one thousand nine

hundred ninety four that forty six years of apostates came to an end and south africans voted for a new future with a new president nelson mandela during his five years in power he boosted spending on health and education trying to bridge the huge gap between black and white communities but today his african national congress party is accused of not doing enough and south africans head to the polls next month in a general election so one of the issues for voters now i'll just hear is how to tussle reports from johannesburg. motm uneasy remembers a feeling of euphoria in one thousand nine hundred four when apartheid ended and nelson mandela became south africa's first black president she believed ending a white minority rule would mean a better life for the poor black majority decades of oppression since then she's been waiting for the government to provide her with a decent home and she hasn't managed to find work in years. and open up

my cupboards and see i have nothing no food i have to go outside and house in order to eat something before going to bed so why should i take my id book and go out there to vote when i'm suffering. in soweto township we meet. he was a member of the football club founded in the one nine hundred eighty s. by nelson mandela's wife winnie a group that was politically active during apartheid twenty five years after the end of racial segregation he says he's angry and disappointed with the african national congress led government. jobs. we are hungary is because of those guys not the. easy. thing for the people to protest over poverty poor public services and unemployment happen almost daily these are general election on may eighth and the a.n.c. is facing mounting public anger over its failure to improve the lives of millions of black people we have not looked at either no real knowledge we have while the

success is not just of challenges. and all over the road to accuse us. but everything must be done within the law the legacy of apartheid where black people were considered inferior to whites and not given the same opportunities is partly why africa remains one of the most equal societies in the world since one thousand nine hundred ninety four more people do have access to clean running water education and healthcare even though many say those services are poor these are some of the houses the bills by the government for the poor are provided for free others are subsidised millions of been built since one thousand nine hundred ninety four but there are still housing shortages blamed many on corruption and millions of south africans continue to live in abject poverty they won the right to vote twenty five years ago today the struggle is with economic freedom which many say still feels

a long way off. al-jazeera. the president says the day apartheid ended is one that won't be forgotten. why started a place with great deliberation. south africans of different races on opposite and off the scale of human endeavor and development. all over. the grid trying to heal from front to it was a deep division in sold off on size. well before we bring in today's guests let's take a quick look at how we got here apartheid began in south africa in one nine hundred forty eight when the whites minority national party took power and introduced a system of segregation and discrimination against black south africans in one nine hundred sixty in the township of shop till police opened fire on protesters who

were demonstrating against a law that required black people to carry identification passes sixty nine people were killed sparking riots across the country four years later the leader of the a.n.c. elson mandela was given a life sentence and spent twenty seven years in jail before being freed in one nine hundred ninety in one thousand nine hundred four mandela was elected president of the party eight was ended the president then set up the truth and reconciliation commission chaired by archbishop desmond tutu which began holding hearings on human rights crimes. so let's bring in our guests for today joining me from johannesburg is a human rights activist with a special focus on african governments and development from london joseph chain a commentator on south african affairs and former columnist at new africa magazine and from cape town via skype solutia who's a researcher at the institute for global dialogue a south african think tank welcome to you all let's start with you ayesha have

notes and mandela's dreams of a rainbow nation where everyone is equal where people are able to access their basic human economic and social rights and those dreams been realized over the last twenty five years. not as a rule there has been some movement in terms of the enrichment of a small number of black middle class and. elites in the economy but really you find that. this is still a very very divided society socially culturally politically and economically and that dream of a rainbow nation has largely become a nightmare of a ghetto wise society where the poor are becoming poorer and the rich are becoming richer essentially where broad and deep levels of corruption have become endemic both within the public sector and the private sector and you have

a population that has become very very disenchanted with its government and with the promises of a better life that were made twenty five years ago joseph do you agree with that to what extent are race based inequality racism and racial resentment still rife in south africa. i think it's total the only thing i would add is the. president for there was saying earlier that the tragedy of up a tide is the rush of discrimination but actually for me out now on the twenty five years later it is actually. economic injustice which is not at the center bomb large i think. progress has been made a huge amount of it and twenty five years on all of us must celebrate that father care is free and democratic but also celebrate the fact that perhaps the guys who are actually making the decisions of the end of it are people who are mandated by

the vast majority of south africans without buying lives that are a hindrance but that having been said i think there's a huge amount of lost opportunities one when mandela was still alive and then to the early part of the liberation struggles where other already suggested we did not really radically sufficiently inject the resources in the direction that we this the south africa necessarily needed i think that probably needed to have big relief from tony blair not particularly popular these days when they came to power in one thousand nine hundred seven in in the u.k. the proposed and indeed implemented it windfall tax i suggested some of these things to my friends in south africa probably ten or so years ago and many of them probably thought it was something rather too radical the idea was that actually to show how to shift the privilege the privileges in the economy privileges of africa which is in the hands steal a lot of eighty percent eighty percent privileged eighty percent of the economy in

the hands of a very few wise and even much fewer blocs into the hands of the vast majority of other control the white and black but particularly black and that language that i don't particularly like colored. solution why do you have just saying that progress has been made we should celebrate that but there have been lost opportunities do you agree with that how much responsibility for south africa's current situation does the a.n.c. have to bear i think part of what joseph is saying is accurate there were lost opportunities but i think we've also got to bear in mind that it wasn't a go she added settlement and it is in those negotiations there were compromises that were made with the article being a party group team around certain. kind of issues particularly the sunset clause which essentially guaranteed some kind of protection of the civil service under the be a parted regime guaranteeing such exists except now here's where the structural

issues come in because what when you allow those kinds of compromises to take place in the negotiated settlement you've got to be able to understand what the structural implications are for your your policy implementation the kind of inequality that your heritage both structurally as well as in terms of the inequality that pointed out into the what currently underpinning the south african landscape and one potently with the other not you for so twenty five years later i think we can we can we have certain elements of the democratic process that we need to recognise and commence particularly the constitution but there are different difficulties that have set in particularly in terms of the unemployment problem and rick or the way the spatial inequality of our cities has not been. addressed in a in a pragmatic way or for that matter the fact of the issues around leadership you asked

you know is this the south africa that a mandela would have left behind i think one of the challenges we have in this country is assuming that everybody coming after mandela. behave like mandela and so we have a constitution that tends to not necessarily provide fail safe mechanisms checks and balances accountability in terms of holding the president and what some of the the government in power the leadership that emerges all. in terms of their accountability and transparency and culpability in but we are now seeing in terms of capture corruption except for and the frustrations we see in amongst a generation on the board freeze and so forth all right and they are becoming frustrated i see you smiling that why does the inequality between rich and poor black and whites in south africa continue is it down to the constitution no i think

i think solutions right in that we do have a very good constitution unfortunately quite often the constitution and the supporting legislation are actually not upheld in practice that's one issue i also disagree with the new. you know whereas yes we had a negotiated settlement and sunset clauses etc twenty five years on the bureaucracy is fairly well transformed throughout government across all levels at national provincial and local government levels you find that there's you know there's a level of transformation that has occurred in the public service i don't think that's been a structural issue at least for the last ten years what have been issues i think are three major ones firstly there's been in sufficient economic transformation what people here young people here tend to call radical economic transformation so what we're left with is a very very small.