winnie mandela — the anti—apartheid campaigner and former wife of nelson mandela — has died at the age of 81. we bring up the white man's children. a controversialfigure, she was implicated in kidnapping, murder and fraud but made several successful political comebacks. in the midst of repression, she was a voice of defiance and resistance. in the face of exploitation, she was a champion of justice and equality. we'll be accessing her legacy and her impact on south africa. also on the programme: donald trump's trade war with china heats up, as beijing slaps tariffs onto american pork, wine and fruit. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, is to step down from her post. sun, sea and sand — but the discovery of syringes in the athletes‘ villages takes the shine off the preparations for the commonwealth games. good evening.

winnie mandela — for many years a figurehead of the anti—apartheid movement in south africa — has died at the age of 81. the former wife of nelson mandela, she's been hailed as an icon of the struggle against white minority rule. but she was also a controversial figure, accused of corruption and of condoning brutal violence against opponents. andrew harding looks back now at her life. into a new south africa. if he became a saintly icon, she was more complicated. heroic but flawed,

winnie, the mother of the nation. her world was transformed at age 23, when she met and married nelson mandela. he was a lawyer, already active in the underground struggle against racial apartheid, and soon to be sentenced to life imprisonment. my husband has been fighting for the liberation of the african people, for the working harmoniously of all the racial groups in this country. in the years that followed, she and her young daughters were ruthlessly harassed by the white minority government. she said that brutality taught her to eight. in prison, perhaps her husband had it easier. as south african townships erupted in violence, winnie mandela became a radical, fire refitted head. we bring up the white men's children. —— fiery figurehead. we could have killed them any time we wanted to. we shall liberate this country. she

endorsed the vicious practice of necklaceing, putting a burning tyre around those suspected of betraying the cause, and she and her security guards were directly implicated in the abduction and murder of a 14—year—old boy. in 1990, winnie was there with husband as he walked to freedom and guided south africa on its miraculous path to democracy, but the years of separation had taken a toll on their marriage, mandela accused her of infidelity and asked for a divorce. we have been together since 1958, and whatever is happening, there's something that causes deep trauma. in later years, still active in politics, she was convicted of fraud. at the sidelines, no place

for such a grand figure. she bounced back, sometimes cherishing, sometimes resenting her long marriage to nelson mandela. she claimed a prominent place at his funeral, then contested is well. today, the extended family is united in mourning her. the family continues to appreciate the continuous support, the support that we see here in front of us feared, in soweto. —— in front of us here. she wasn't afraid for anything. she always spoke her mind. somebody who is an inspiration, who is still an inspiration even after her passing. tonight, many in south africa, including a new president, remembering her courage and defiance. she was courageous and, in many ways, very stubborn, stubborn on behalf of our people, because she knew that, out of her stubborn

disposition, she would be able to inspire millions of south africans. winnie madikizela mandela's life mirrored south africa's own turbulent journey, its mirrored south africa's own turbulentjourney, its violence and heroism. in life, she was polarising. in death, many here seem inclined to forgive and to celebrate. winnie mandela, who's died at the age of 81. and andrew harding is at winnie mandela's house in soweto for us now. andrew, she was a hugely controversial figure, but what's been the reaction there to news of her death? well, as you can imagine, the crowd has gathered here all afternoon, well into the night, still singing struggle songs. they are celebrating a woman they see as a formidable politician in her own right, not in herformer husband's politician in her own right, not in her former husband's shadow. it isn't just the generation her former husband's shadow. it isn'tjust the generation that had

come to mark this moment. i've been speaking to three young women, who came specially. they said, because she was a feminist icon, for them, and they like her radical politics, politics which are increasingly part of the mainstream air, as south africa begins to question some of the compromises and reconciliation that nelson mandela endorsed. the crowd is beginning to thin out but i think, in the next couple of weeks, we will see her legacy we examined ahead of her state funeral across valley at orlando stadium. thank you, andrew. the trade war between the united states and china has escalated. the chinese have imposed a raft of tariffs of up to 25% on more than 120 products, including american pork, wine and fruit. the measures come into force today, and they're a direct response to president trump's tariffs on chinese steel and aluminium. 0ur washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue, reports. at the white house today, the trumps were entertaining children in the annual easter egg roll. but all the jollity couldn't mask

the fact that on trade, the president's hard line means the chickens are coming home to roost. china's retaliation was never in doubt — but on what, and how much, was the question. now we know $3 billion of us goods will face extra import duties of up to 25%, covering 128 separate items. one of the sectors that will be hardest hit by the new duties will be american pig farmers. they export more than $1 billion worth of pork to china. about 26% of all us pork production is exported. and most of the growth comes from outside us borders. so any restriction on our export markets is not a good development for us pork producers. we are focused on maintaining and expanding export opportunities. so this was not good news for us. the us wine industry is also facing big new barriers to trade with china, an area where america saw a 10%

growth last year under donald trump. he is right in certain areas, of targeting different aspect of this dispute. but the broad, sweeping tariffs we have seen have not maybe achieved the goals we might want to see in the long run. doing something about the substantial trade deficit with china was a key part of donald trump's election success. but it comes with risks, both economic and political. these are just the opening skirmishes in what threatens to become a full—blown trade war. the us is already planning restrictions on a further $60 billion worth of chinese imports, and china in return could hit those midwest farming states hard. in a congressional election year, that could pose the president some serious political problems. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news, at the white house. in syria, state media says the evacuation has begun of fighters from the last rebel—held town in eastern ghouta. it's thought an agreement had been

reached for the jaysh al—islam faction to leave the town of douma, although the rebels themselves have not confirmed the deal. eastern ghouta has endured weeks of fierce bombardment by president assad's forces and his allies. the final results from egypt's presidential election has given the incumbent, abdel fattah el—sisi, 97% of the vote. that's the same percentage he won by four years ago. but the turnout was down at 41%. the director of public prosecutions for england and wales is to step down from the post later this year. alison saunders will leave at the end of a five—year contract, which has been marked by a series of controversies. she's described criticism of her performance as an insult to her staff. clive coleman reports. alison saunders, the head of the crown prosecution service, announced her departure, defiantly facing down criticism of her record.

0ur performance across the last five years has been as good as, if not improving, despite the cuts that we have taken over that period. and we have prosecutors up and down the country, who come to work every day who make really important decisions about people's lives, who do so professionally and well. dealt a tough hand, she inherited swingeing cuts, losing hundreds of prosecutors and other staff. but her time has been dogged by controversies. her decision that his dementia meant that it wasn't in the public interest to prosecute the late labour peer lord janner over allegations of sexual abuse, was overturned. he was to face a limited trial of the facts before his death. well, sadly, she's been a very disappointing dpp. it's notjust my opinion, it's the opinion of the profession as a whole. and it stems from this central policy that all complainants are to be believed. they need to be sifted,

they need to be considered. otherwise it will lead to the injustices that my family suffered. it was the collapse of a series of high—profile rape cases, like that of liam allen, because of failures by police and prosecutors to disclose critical evidence to the defence, that led to the most recent criticism. it prompted an urgent review of all rape and serious sexual assault cases. disclosure is a foundation of ourfair trial system. under it, prosecutors have to pass to the defence any evidence gathered by the police that either assists the defence case or undermines the prosecution's. for years, on alison saunders' watch, defence lawyers have been saying that that's failed far too often. afterfive years heading up what some call the nation's law firm, alison saunders will leave the crown prosecution service when it's under intense scrutiny. clive coleman, bbc news. now, with all the sport, here's james pearce at the bbc sport centre...

the commonwealth games begin in australia's gold coast on wednesday. it's the largest international event to be staged in australia for more than a decade. but already there's been an investigation into the discovery of syringes at the athletes‘ village, as our correspondent hywel griffith reports. there may be two days to go, but already at the athletes‘ village the games has had its first scandal, after syringes were found there by a cleaner. it is not known yet what they contained. but it has threatened to take the shine off this city‘s moment in the sun. the gold coast wants the games to sell the allure of its endless sand and surf. more than £1 billion is being spent to do that. but much of it on upgrades and rebuilds rather than brand—new stadiums. the question we had, do we need an 80,000 seat stadium? we will never need one on the coast. so we‘ve taken an existing australian football stadium, with 25,000 seats, horseshoe,

filled in that end, got 40,000. that‘s all we need. instead of a new venue for squash, they‘ve built a brand—new film studio instead. after the games, the court will be packed up, leaving the biggest sound stage in the southern hemisphere. the approach seems to have kept local people onside. money well spent? 0h, absolutely. yes, without a doubt. first regional city to ever host the commonwealth games, so hopefully the world will see what a great place it is and that we do a good job. the image the gold coast wants the world to see in these games is a sun—kissed, laid—back sort of city, ripe for investment. but underpinning all of this is a massive security operation for the biggest event on australian soil in a decade. the 1.5 million spectators are all going to be under the surveillance of a cctv system that uses facial recognition technology, looking out for anyone known to be on a terror watchlist.

most here are keen to keep their focus on the sport. for decathlete john lane, it will be a home games. he represents england, but grew up on the gold coast. and sees it as a natural host city. they love their sport. the whole lifestyle is different. you get 70, 80—year—old grandmothers and grandads running up and down the beach every morning. where else can you do that? austro leavers inherent love of every sport has been tested up later by its cricketers. —— australia‘s inherent love. here‘s hoping they can find some new heroes. in a couple of hours, a special games court will sit and decide what sanctions will be handed out to the tea m sanctions will be handed out to the team that broke the ban on needles. we understand there is no trace of a doping agent on them, but the case has been a timely reminder that once again the spectre of doping hangs over elite sport. james.

west bromich albion have parted company with manager alan pardew after eight successive premier league defeats. he was appointed four months ago and won just once in 18 league games. west brom are seven points adrift at the bottom of the table. there‘s just over an hour now until play gets underway in christchurch on the final day of the test match, and england will need to take all ten new zealand wickets if they‘re to avoid a series defeat. the home side came close to losing a wicket on day four, but tom latham was dropped by james vince. new zealand will start the final day on 42 without loss, chasing 382 to win. finally, golf, and sweden‘s pernilla lindberg has won the first major of her career — the ana inspiration in california. this was the birdie putt that gave her victory in a play off against south korea‘s inbee park, and it led to quite a celebration. she followed her caddie into the pond. it meant that when she emerged a few minutes later she was presented with the trophy wearing a dressing gown.

a day she will never forget. that‘s all the sport for now. the pope is to visit ireland later this year. the last papal visit was in 1979, and the country has changed significantly since then. 0ur religion editor, martin bashir, reports from dublin. phoenix park, dublin, in 1979. the largest gathering of irish people in history. 1.25 million attended pope john paul‘s mass. young people of ireland, i love you. among the soloists, 22—year—old michael mclaughlin. at the time, 87% of irish catholics went to mass. but, following an avalanche of clerical sex abuse scandals, attendance is now at a0%, and michael mclaughlin has abandoned the faith. these were people who were in positions of incredible trust,

and they betrayed that trust. not only the acts that were perpetrated on children, but there was the widespread covering up of it by the hierarchy in the church as well. the horrors endured in the magdalene laundries compounded the church‘s recent shame. catholic—run workhouses incarcerated 10,000 so—called "fallen women" who were forced to atone for their pregnancies by working in punitive conditions without pay. samantha long‘s birth mother lived at this laundry from her second birthday until she died aged 51. the visit this time would be a great opportunity for the pope to try to atone for some of the sins that were committed against children and men and women in this country. when pope francis arrives here in august, he will find a church whose size, power and moral authority

is diminishing. is diminished. a0 years ago, divorce, contraception and abortion were against the law. soon, all three could be legal. costumed campaigners urge citizens to vote in a referendum on ireland‘s constitutional ban on abortion, the eighth amendment. it will take place next month, before the pope arrives. but this won‘t be his first visit to ireland. as father bergoglio, his name is shown in the records at this seminary where he stayed in 1980. i think it‘s great that he‘s coming in one way, and there will be a lot of people who will be very uplifted by him coming here. but i also have some worries about it, because the catholic church now in ireland is in a difficult place, you could say. almost a0 years after that first papal visit, the second is likely to be a more sober affair. martin bashir, bbc news, dublin. that‘s it from me.

now on bbc one, it‘s time for the news where you are. goodbye. move this is bbc news — i‘m lukwesa burak. more on our top story tonight — the news that winnie mandela, the former wife of nelson mandela, has died. she was 81. she played a significant role in the anti—apartheid movement in south africa during the years when her husband was in prison, but was often at the centre of controversy. she trained as a social worker, and met herfuture husband in the 1950s. they were married for a total of 38 years, although for almost three decades of that time they were separated due to mr mandela‘s imprisonment. they separated two years after his release, and divorced in 1996. she kept his surname and maintained ties with him. a spokesman for her family said she died "after a long illness, for which she had been in and out of hospital since the start of the year".

earlier, the president of south africa, cyril ramaphosa, spoke outside mrs mandela‘s home in johannesburg. he called her "the mother of the nation". today south africa is in mourning. we are mourning the death of mrs winnie matta zika mandela. the mother of our nation, who departed this afternoon. there has been an outpouring of grief and sadness. this news is spreading around the country. many of our people just cannot believe that she has departed. there were still glowing in her continued presence and life, particularly after she seems to have gotten particularly after she seems to have

gotte n over particularly after she seems to have gotten over the health challenges that she was going through. now she is gone. and in a funny sort of way, the nation was ill—prepared for an early departure, and people are grieving very, very deeply. the death of willie madoc is a get mandela is a great loss. she has been one of the strongest women in oui’ been one of the strongest women in our struggle. she suffered immensely under the apartheid regime, who was imprisoned, who was banished, who was treated very badly, separated not only from her husband, but from her children as well and her people. but notwithstanding all this, she remained strong. she remained determined. she was courageous.

south african president cyril ramaphosa speaking earlier outside of winnie mandela‘s home in soweto. earlier, i spoke to the journalist john carlin, who interviewed winnie mandela two weeks before nelson mandela‘s release from prison in 1990. he described her as one of the commanding figures of the apartheid movement. like everybody else, i was very surprised. unlike her ex—husband nelson mandela, whose death we knew was coming, this was out of the blue. so she was 81 years old, so perhaps not such a surprise. her death makes me reflect about someone i got to know quite well, personally as well as writing about her as a journalist. and although a lot of what i wrote about her was about the dark, ugly side of winnie mandela, my prevailing sentiment now, today,

isa my prevailing sentiment now, today, is a sense of what a magnificent, heroic and epic personality she was. what has brought about that reflection than? the thing about winnie mandela, for a start she was absolutely nelson mandela‘s match as absolutely nelson mandela‘s match as a personality. not as a personality 01’ a personality. not as a personality or political leader. and sam ‘s other presents. she had extraordinary charisma. two colossal figures that bestrode the stage in south africa. i think there is one fascinating story that hasn‘t been told, really. it deserves a book, or a film, told, really. it deserves a book, or afilm, 0re told, really. it deserves a book, or a film, 0re play, or all of them. it isa a film, 0re play, or all of them. it is a tremendously powerful, up and down love story, full ofjoy but

also terrible sorrow, terrible terrible disappointment. winnie mandela releases stained nelson mandela releases stained nelson mandela emotionally. her image, the recollection of their love and the hope of their renewed love sustained him during his time in prison. and yet the tremendous disappointment he endured when he came out and he saw herfor endured when he came out and he saw her for what endured when he came out and he saw herfor what she had become endured when he came out and he saw her for what she had become and their relationship for what it had become. i‘m reluctant today of all days to dwell on that. butjust to give you a hint, someone eu mandela exceedingly well, i cannot say who it was, told me in exceedingly well, i cannot say who it was, told me “119911, exceedingly well, i cannot say who it was, told me in 1994, a couple of months after he became president, he looked at me and said, "nelson has forgiven everybody, but he cannot forgiven everybody, but he cannot forgive her." because there was such a depth of love and an enormity of

disappointment. would be fair to say that for any human being to have gone through what they both did, but certainly she did alone at the time of his imprisonment, to come out that unscathed is virtually impossible? and i suppose it would have led to what some people see as the dark years? i think amoo -- winnie mandela now and i think of this tremendous force of personality, this charisma. i can see her right this minute in 1989, before mandela was released, had a huge demonstration, a violent confrontation between black militants and security police, riot police, with live bullets, with tear gas, with dogs, people screaming, shouting, panicking, running. ican see winnie mandela in mind‘s i keeping strong and calm and facing

up keeping strong and calm and facing up to south african police colonel, looming over him, almost intimidating him with a force of personality. she might have been black and she might have been a woman in apartheid south africa, but she was the commanding figure in that environment, as she was so often in every environment. that was giancarlo remembering winnie mandela. ——john winnie mandela. —— john carlin. tomasz has the weather. another dose of winter for some of us another dose of winter for some of us today. troublesome weather on the roads, particularly in the north. snow and rain. any snow that has fallen has been clumpy and wet. tonight in the northern part of the country we will continue to see the snow falling. this is the low pressure that broke the bad weather in the south. rain in the south. then it moved further north and bumped into the cold air. that is why we saw snow in yorkshire. this is around midnight. it is mostly

rain in northern ireland. the lake district, also rain. turning to rein in the south and south—west of scotland. across the southern uplands and the lowlands, a period of snow to come. the cold air will keep sitting here tonight and tomorrow. here, there is a wind bringing milder weather. tomorrow. here, there is a wind bringing milderweather. earlier tomorrow. here, there is a wind bringing milder weather. earlier on tuesday morning the temperatures will not drop much across the south. nine or ten. just above freezing, for example, in scotland. let‘s look at the weather map for tuesday. still very much under the influence of low pressure. a blob of white across scotland. further wintry weather to come in the morning and the first part of the afternoon. this is tuesday. by this stage we are looking at the snow turning to sleet. most of it will have melted.

not a pleasant picture but still a lot of cloud and rain around from northern ireland into scotland. for the bulk of england and wales, a bright and pleasant day. some showers. not a completely dry day. it would be a lot better. then towards the second half of the week, wednesday would bring lots of showers, possibly halen thunder. a big change on the way on thursday. a much brighter day for many. lighter winds, more sunshine. a little cool because it will start off fairly chilly. towards the end of the week the thinking is that the air will be coming from the south. that means some southern and eastern parts of the country could be in for a very mild friday.