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around from 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. this is bbc news — our latest headlines... winnie mandela — the south african anti—apartheid campaigner and former wife of nelson mandela — has died at the age of 81. the south african president, cyril ramaphosa paid tribute . she was not only an inspiration, but
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she also touched the lives of many millions of south africans during the dark days of apartheid. donald trump's trade war with china heats up as beijing slaps tariffs onto american pork, wine and hundreds of other products. the british medical association, is warning that the nhs could be under as much pressure this summer as it was during the winter crisis. the director of public prosecutions, alison saunders, will stand down in october when her contract expires after a series of recent controversies. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry zeffman, political correspondent at the times and jessica elgot, political correspondent at the guardian.
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we will look through those front pages in a moment. the guardian says thousands of nhs ambulances are unable to attend 999 calls because they are delayed at hospital a&e units. the metro leads on an increase in violence against teachers in the classroom. britain's largest teaching union says children as young as four are attacking staff. the ft says the electric car manufacturer tesla is facing pressure from investors, following an admission that a fatal crash in los angeles last month involved one of it's auto—pilot systems. the independent has a picture of winnie mandela, who died today at the age of 81. and finally, crime lords of the rings is the headline in the sun. the papers says thousands of phones, stolen by moped gangs on british streets are being sold in nigeria for hundreds of pounds.
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so, let's begin... jessica and henry, we are going to start off with the financial times. before we turn to that, just in general, what was your understanding of winnie mandela and the fight against apartheid? well, obviously she has a tremendous legacy in the struggle against apartheid. the picture that the ft has on the front is of her with her then husband, nelson mandela, that he was released from jail 28 years ago. also, a complicated legacy, the story references that she was convicted of kidnapping and assault, the year after nelson mandela was released from jail. they were divorced a few yea rs later from jail. they were divorced a few years later and she was later convicted of fraud and accused of running crime rings in soweto, which
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she always denied. clearly, as we saw from president ramaphosa's response, she holds an iconic place in the story of south africa's liberation from apartheid and that is what will live longest in the memory. i think a few of the obituaries contrast that, as henry was saying, the negative image that is in some of the media reports, more from the international media, of her, compared to what her legacy is in south africa, where people very much described her as the mother of the nation, people call hermamma winnie, mother of the nation, people call her mamma winnie, that is how she is referred to on this front page. clearly, somebody that had a very significant legacy. south africa and the world fell out of love with her,
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certainly the break point came with the separation and divorce. it appears that in later years she was brought back into the fold, her presence was very much very public, particularly with nelson mandela and following his death, when she was at the front with his then wife. is that how she is going to be remembered, the latter years, or will she always have this burden attached to her legacy? it is clear from the response of most major south african figures, and also political leaders in africa and around the world that the dominant pa rt around the world that the dominant part of remembering her will be her role in the anti—apartheid struggle. one really interesting thing is that it comes at quite a crucial turning point for south africa. jacob zuma was forced out of office earlier this year, he is going on trialfor fraud later this year. a lot of south africans asking whether south africa can regain some of the oft is that followed nelson mandela's release from jail. you know, her
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death comes in a context of whether south africa can change and renew again. jessica, let's turn to the guardian. this is winnie mandela again. there was a lot of anger, a lot of bitterness. perhaps this is what tainted her and really moulded what tainted her and really moulded what she became following her treatment during the imprisonment of her husband, nelson. not a surprise, really, that she could come out of that trauma unscathed 7 really, that she could come out of that trauma unscathed? she was one of the people championing him and keeping his legacy alive during that period. the guardian obituary, written by our southern africa correspondent, saying that one of the reasons why this will be so poignant is that she is one of the la st of poignant is that she is one of the last of that generation who were the real pioneers. one apartheid came to an end. so, i think that is a sense
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of loss, not just an end. so, i think that is a sense of loss, notjust for an end. so, i think that is a sense of loss, not just for her but also because this generation is passing on. like you say, there aren't many apartheid struggle icons left. very closely tied to the mandela is, there is one in zambia. let's turn to the sun. crime lords of the rings. what is this about? slightly ha rd rings. what is this about? slightly hard to tell from the few paragraphs on the front page. it seems strawberry. anybody that lives in london and other major cities will be aware of the spate of moped related crimes. it accelerated in the last few months. the sun says the last few months. the sun says the moped thugs, as they call them, taking phones from unsuspecting pedestrians, on the streets of our cities, they are in fact then shipping them 4500 miles to nigeria, to fund what they say the country's
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tech staff to middle classes. i know that moped crime is worrying no matter where the proceeds go to. we have heard a lot about the moped thugs. they were associated with the acid attacks as well. there is a lot of concern, isn't there? yes, i think there is. if you walk down the major high roads in london you sometimes see warning signs from the police, posters saying that you need to be aware, walking down the street, talking on your phone, a lot of us are guilty of that, waiting at a bus stop on somebody will snatch your phone out of your hand. it's quite an interesting thing that they say they are being shipped to nigeria's attack starved deliberate abashed technology starved middle classes. i am not sure that is the most delicate way of putting it. i am sure there are plenty of apple stores in lagos. that is a strange
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way of phrasing it. moped crime is something that a lot of people here are worried about. the top of the front page, alison saunders has been spoken about quite a lot, the top of the page. were you surprised? she did say she has come to the end of her tenure. not the best way to step down? alison saunders has been plagued by a lot of controversy during her tenure at the head of the cps. whether she is leaving because of that, that is a really different question. she has come to the end of her term. pretty much no director of public prosecutions extends beyond the end of their term, it has been several decades since that was the case, and when it has been it was just for a year. no surprise she is going, but maybe not the best atmosphere to go with several controversial cases hanging over. very protective of her team? certainly, that is what she was
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saying this morning, anybody criticising the work that she has done over five years is criticising the work of prosecutors all around the work of prosecutors all around the country. as jess the work of prosecutors all around the country. asjess says, this is her completing a contract. any director of public prosecutions is defined by the cases erupting on their watch. a lot of people say with six abuse and phone hacking she has not handled the cases very well. the metro, teachers facing abuse from children aged just four. you hear more and more shocking stories from the classroom, don't you? some of the stuff that kelly watkins, who has been talking to the teachers conference has been talking to the teachers co nfe re nce over has been talking to the teachers conference over the weekend, it is absolutely appalling. she says she has been spat at, bitten and pinched, and she said that people have threatened to gouge out her eyes. these are really young children, and you wonder what it is thatis children, and you wonder what it is that is prompting them to say these
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things, where they have learned things, where they have learned things like that. do you think there isa things like that. do you think there is a lack of discipline? we have taken a lot of power from teachers. in my schooldays, in the good old days, maybe the bad old days for some experiences, but there was a lot of reliance on teachers when it came to discipline, now, maybe we are being too politically correct, there is too much cotton wool?” suppose there is a question about what kelly watkins can actually do in this case. suppose she asks for the pupils to be suspended or thrown out of the school, asjess the pupils to be suspended or thrown out of the school, as jess says, there is a question about where they have learned those sorts of behaviour. if the effect of kicking these kids out of her classes to send them back into homes were perhaps they are going to develop even worse behaviour, it is not clear what the effect that will have. clearly, something needs to be done to ensure this does not happen to teach us all around the country, it sounds awful. we almost assuming that teachers are becoming social workers, they are having to deal
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with issues, lots of issues taking place at home as well, aren't they, as well as their workload at school? this is something that the guardian covered yesterday, a report looking at the way... how much the burden of children's poverty children were having to take on, stories of teachers having to wash children's clothes or bring in extra food. that is not really the teacher's job, they are not there to wash their clothes, they are there to teach them things. if they have to take them things. if they have to take the burden on themselves, lucky after a child's welfare and education, it is a huge extra stress to put on teachers. well, they had a meeting, a conference this weekend gone. let's finish off by going back to the ft. it has low —— a bus
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through the car, concerning a fatal crash? —— a tesla car. through the car, concerning a fatal crash? -- a tesla car. took place in california, this is one of the self driving cars. it looks like it is coming back to bite them. the share price has crashed over the last few days. the reason is that the american authorities have said they are pinning the blame, essentially, or tesla's technology. tesla says that the driver was warned to take control of the wheel from the autopilot. but this is only going to revive the debate about whether it is safe to give driverless cars to drivers that might learn to just sit back and relax by the steering wheel, as nice as it which sound. if it malfunctions, people might die. would you get into a driverless car? i think they are probably inevitable, but i think... so
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probably i will get into a driverless car. any time an incident like this happens, it pushes back the inevitable that he. the story makes an interesting point, that tesla has been really dependent on investors' willingness to keep funding the development of their ca rs funding the development of their cars without actually getting any profit, just the assumption that they would be getting profit, that they would be getting profit, that they will come as driverless cars become ubiquitous. it is a question of how long that kind of confidence gained can go on with a company like tesla. any time something like this happens, you wonder how long it'll be prolonged. when you look at the development of technology, it is just one of the steps forward on that road. it is very sad that it does, but elon musk, he was at stephen hawkins's funeral, but the paper says he had a lot of frustration with wall street and he has taken it out on twitter. there
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isa has taken it out on twitter. there is a lot of expectation from this man? a really interesting time for tech companies. elon musk

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