welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories — president ramaphosa of south africa leads tributes to winnie mandela — the anti—apartheid campaigner and former wife of nelson mandela, who's died aged 81. in the midst of repression, she was the voice of defiance. nerves run raw on wall street and in tokyo as beijing slaps duties on us pork, wine and fruit, in response to the latest american tariffs. after at least 16 palestinians are killed by israeli soldiers on friday, we hearfrom one family mourning the loss of their son in gaza. france prepares to grind to a halt as unions strike over president macron‘s labour reforms. and after 3 decades away from acting, britain's glenda jackson returns from politics to centre stage on broadway. south africa's president has

led tributes to winnie madikizela—mandela for many years a figurehead of the anti—apartheid movement, who has died. she was 81. the former wife of nelson mandela was at the centre of the struggle against white minority rule. but she was also a controversial figure, accused of corruption and of condoning violence against opponents. andrew harding looks back at her life. into a new south africa. if he became a saintly icon, she was something 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 hate. in prison, perhaps her husband had it easier. as south africa's townships erupted in violence, winnie became an increasingly radical, fiery figurehead. we bring up the white men's children. 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 her later years, still active in politics, she was convicted of fraud. but 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 his will. 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 here, our home in soweto. 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 here in south africa, including a new president, are 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 violence and heroism. in life, she was a polarising figure. in death, many here seem inclined to forgive and to celebrate.

and andrew spoke to us from outside winnie mandela's house in soweto a little bit earlier. as you can imagine, the crowd that has gathered here all afternoon and well into the night, still singing struggle songs. they are here to celebrate a woman they see as a formidable politician in her own right, not in her former husband's shadow. it's interesting, it's not just her generation that have come to mark this moment. i have just been speaking to three young women who came in specially, funeraljust across the valley here at orlando stadium. —— i havejust been speaking to three young women who came in 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 here as south africa begins to question some of the compromises and reconciliation that nelson mandela of course endorsed. the crowd here is beginning to thin out but i think in the next couple of weeks, we will see her legacy re—examined ahead of her state funeraljust across the valley here at orlando stadium. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has accused western countries of playing what he called ‘children‘s games‘ over the poisoning of a former spy in britain. twenty—nine nations have now expelled russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack on sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. at least seven people are reported killed in india, in demonstrations by tens of thousands from the dalit community. they were protesting at a ruling from the supreme court that people accused of discriminating against india's lowest caste should not face immediate arrest. the indian government has asked the court to reconsider. zimbabwe's president emmerson mnangagwa has arrived in beijing for a 4—day state visit. zimbabwean state media says he expects to sign a memorandum of understanding, to help his government's plans for economic revival.

nerves are running raw on wall street, as china and the us lock horns over trade. the dow dropped more than a50 points on monday in response to beijing's imposition of duties on 128 american—made products. those duties are in retaliation for the trump administration's new tariffs on chinese steel and aluminium. the white house has now accused china of "distorting global markets." this from the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue. 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 that he 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 o'donoghue, bbc news, at the white house. live to singapore now and to monica miller from our business staff. wright how is it looking from there? japan is losing the most this morning. the nikkei opened, down 1.596 morning. the nikkei opened, down 1.5% and it has gained a little bit so 1.5% and it has gained a little bit so far. this is all coming after a heavily —— heavy sell—off of stocks

on wall street and is escalating trade war that seems to be brewing between the us and china. in australia, they are finishing a four—day holiday due to the easter break and so far this morning, it has been about 0.5% down. the hang seng has also been on a holiday for four days. we will see how they perform a bit later this morning. over to south korea, they are also seeing declines, about era .8%. it is all coming from overnight on wall street. particularly amazon, facebook, intel, these are ones that are particularly strong usually. we will keep a nigh on what happens on the mainland, china and hong kong, later. —— keeping an eye. several thousand palestinians remained in tented encampments along gaza's border with israel on monday. they have been continuing their protests after at least 16 demonstrators were killed by israeli troops last week. the family of one of those who died has said their son was running away

when he was shot. israel says militants were trying to breach the borderfence. our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports from gaza. the days of mourning have continued in gaza, this family is remembering abdul fattah abdul nabi, the 18—year—old died on friday close to the perimeter fence. his mother says he was shot as he ran away from israeli troops. translation: they killed him. they shot him in the head. he was just trying to rescue somebody, to help somebody. he'd spent half an hour at home and then he told me i am going to the protest, like the other people. videos purporting to show the incident have been circulated widely, they appear to show him taking a tyre from another man. a shot can be heard before he falls to the ground. israel said he was active in the military wing of hamas, the militant group which controls

gaza, his family deny this, saying he was not involved in political factions. palestinians accuse israel of using indiscriminate force last friday, at one point in the afternoon, men ducked as they appear to help injured people. but israel's military said hamas planned to storm the fence and march tojerusalem, when asked about the case of abdul nabi, it was suggested he may have earlier thrown firebombs and have said hamas is known to have fabricated videos. gaza's hospitals continue treat the injured, the health ministry said on monday another palestinian died from his wounds. israel has repeatedly defended its actions of last week, saying today it behaved as any other sovereign country would have done. but that is unlikely to quell the calls for enquiry, without more detail of accounts of exactly what happened

on the border. tom bateman, bbc news, gaza. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has put on hold an agreement with the united nations under which thousands of african migrants currently living in israel were to be resettled abroad. mr netanyahu wrote on facebook that he had listened to the views of israelis, particularly residents of southern tel aviv, where thousands of africans are living. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: after three decades away from acting, britain's glenda jackson returns from politics to centre stage on broadway. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worse, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but they didn't work quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations

from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs or restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. a hundred years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. south africa's president has led tributes to winnie mandela, the anti—apartheid campaigner and former wife of nelson mandela,

who has died aged 81. us and japanese stock markets have fallen sharply, fuelled partly by fears of an american trade war with china. the dow jones ended just under 2% lower. it is a confrontation that has been brewing since emmanuel macron became the president of france. he has promised to change employment laws to make it easier for companies to hire and fire. trade unions are firmly opposed, and have launched a series of strikes that will stretch into late spring. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. things looked fairly sedate at paris's gard du nord in the final hours before the strike got under way, but appearances can be deceptive, passengers keen to travel while they still can. translation: i won't know paris. i have to travel

up won't know paris. i have to travel up north and i wonder whether i can come back. that is that. translation: it is annoying. at first i really didn't dwell on it. i ke pt first i really didn't dwell on it. i kept telling myself there would be alternatives, but now it is starting to get annoying. i was looking but the trains have been cancelled. to get annoying. i was looking but the trains have been cancelledm is being called the gap black tuesday, the beginning of months of rolling industrial action. high—speed rail will only be running one in eight of its normal services, and four fifths of regional trains have been cancelled. even eurostar will be affected, only managing three quarters of its usual schedule. and this is only the beginning. look at this timetable for the next three months. every day thin red is a strike day. union is planning to walk out two days out of every five until the end ofjune —— every five until the end ofjune —— every day marked in red. they are not alone, pilots at air france also striking in a dispute over pay and

they will be joined by rescue workers, students, and part of another sector. emmanuel macron campaigned on an agenda of economic reform, shaping up economic laws in an attempt to revitalise and modernise the frenchjob market. but he is facing fierce opposition from the country's trade unions, who say the country's trade unions, who say the president is trying to break them. either way, it the president is trying to break them. eitherway, it seems the president is trying to break them. either way, it seems french commuters can expect more strikes and more are people in the weeks to come. this is only the beginning. final results from egypt's presidential election have, as expected, restored abdel fattah el—sisi to power with 97% of the vote. that is the same percentage he won by four years ago. but turnout was down by 6%, and 7% of ballots were spoiled. many saw the outcome as a foregone conclusion, with egypt under increasingly authoritarian rule, and mr sisi's only opponent a little—known figure who had previously supported his re—election. tens of thousands of american teachers walked out of the classroom and onto the streets of oklahoma

and kentucky on monday, pushing for more government funding for schools. oklahoma is among the bottom three states in teachers' salaries, and until last week, they hadn't seen a state raise in a decade. but protesters say this is about more than just pay. james cook has more. how are you? it is sam how are you? it is 5am in the morning, but the reason banks is already teaching. when you do good today, you are going to get a gold star, or write? a student is halfway across the world, in china. she makes it a money teaching him than she does in the classroom here, in the richest nation on earth. you get the richest nation on earth. you get the star! you get a star!|j the richest nation on earth. you get the star! you get a star! i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states... only the furniture in this room is provided by the state. everything else is paid for by the teacher herself. mrs danks says she

is angry, disgusted and embarrassed. she has even resorted to begging for money for supplies on a street corner. our education system has failed, at least in the state of oklahoma, and it is failing in a lot of places across the united states. it is failing our children. we are begging for our voices to be heard as teachers, we are begging for change, we are begging for a pay raise, we are begging for the state of oklahoma to put education as a priority, for the future of our state and this nation. a pay raise has now been approved, but teachers walked out today anyway, marching on the state capital. they say the increase of about 15% is a drop in the bucket after a decade of deep and damaging tax cuts.|j the bucket after a decade of deep and damaging tax cuts. i will see you next week... they are feeling those cuts at this elementary school, which is now openjust four days a week, to save money on buses, electricity and support staff. it

isn't enough, though.|j electricity and support staff. it isn't enough, though. i think our kids are missing the art class we used to have. we used to have a really good at programme but we don't have the funding for it any more. we used to have quiet, all sorts of music. we used to have banned. i would love a school nurse, i would love a full—time counsellor... —— choir. i would love a full—time counsellor... -- choir. modest tax rises on oil and gas production, fuel and cigarettes are now in the pipeline, but critics say it is too little, too late. oil—rich oklahoma is not the first state to implement deep tax cuts. neighbouring kansas tried it as well and also ran into trouble. but now, even some republicans here say it is time to admit that this experiment has failed. we travelled out into the heartland to meet one of them. gary jones is running for governor of oklahoma, the only candidate in favour of raising taxes. it seems like everything we do in oklahoma lately is a crisis. it is part of a

republican creed to believe in smaller government and lower taxes, but is it you're feeling that you can go too far with that?” but is it you're feeling that you can go too far with that? i think so, and it has got to be a balance. while we believe smaller, more efficient... division also means that you deliver those core services that you deliver those core services that government is expected and required to do. some republicans here worry that president trump is repeating their mistake, with deep, national tax cuts. if so, say his critics, the us faces not optimism and renewal but decay and despair. in syria, state media says the evacuation has begun of fighters from the last rebel—held town in eastern ghouta. it is thought an agreement had been reached for the jaish—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 acting legend and former british politician glenda jackson has made her return to broadway. she is 81, a two—time oscar winner, who abandoned acting 30 years ago

to serve in parliament. tom brook caught up with her in new york. a big event on broadway — glenda jackson returning to the new york stage. they all think they can treat me like us. starring in edward allbee's three tall women, rehearsing for her role as an elderly woman looking back at her life, jackson is part of an all female cast of three. the opportunity to work with two other actresses is really quite rare. i mean, women are still not regarded, in the main, by contemporary dramatists as being the driving dramatic engine. and so it's just one woman's part, and you've got it, then you don't have any other actresses to work with. so it's such a treat to have, you know, the three of us on the stage.

glenda jackson is widely regarded as one of britain's greatest actresses. she won oscars for her work in two movies, women in love, in1971, and a touch of class, three years later. she has been working professionally onstage since 1957. do you find the process of acting is getting easier as you get older? are you kidding me? probably my easiest performance was the first one i ever gave, because i was blessed with total ignorance. every performance, now, is a life—and—death situation, and that doesn't get any easier. it's like standing on top of a very, very high diving board, and you don't know if there is any water in the pool. and you do that every night. glenda jackson abandoned acting to run for parliament in 1992, winning a labour seat. left—wing in her views, she had long been driven by a fierce animus towards margaret thatcher and her conservative policies. we were told that everything i have been taught to regard as a vice, and i still regard them as vices, under thatcherism,

was in fact a virtue. greed, selfishness, no care for the weaker. new york theatre—goers aren't that interested injackson‘s political views. theyjust want to see her on stage. they haven't been disappointed with her performance. they have been smitten. she was amazing. she really was, wasn't she? she was astonishing, just — like, the way that she... her presence, and everything, was so powerful. oh, you're hurting me! you're hurting me! will you ever retire? well, i don't know. i mean, if no—one asks me to do anything, i will be retired. imean, one of the ironies i found, when i ceased to be an mp, one of the girls in my office, oh, how wonderful, iwould be

irresponsible, i will have no responsibility, and then of course, the minute you stop work, you're responsible as the increases in spades, because who is going to get you out of bed if you don't. so, so much do i know. well, it's working out very well, isn't it? i've been very, very fortunate. superb, monumental, electrifying, are some of the words used by theatre critics to describe glenda jackson's performance. a return to broadway could not have gone better. a reminder of our top story: south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa, has said winnie mandela, who died on monday at the age of 81, inspired millions of south africans when she resisted terrible torture from the apartheid regime. winnie mandela became an international symbol of the fight against white—minority rule when her husband, nelson, was sentenced to life imprisonment. but her reputation was damaged when she endorsed the killing of alleged informers. much more on all the news any time

on the bbc website. thank you for watching. hello there. well, it's certainly been a fairly unsettled easter break, and for some parts of the country, quite a wintry one too. we've still got some snow lingering, across parts of scotland in particular. here was the scene on easter monday in colchester, in essex. so cloudy conditions, we've had outbreaks of showery rain around too. now, through the next few days, things are turning much milder across southern parts of the country. still chilly and wintry in the north, and that unsettled theme continues with sunshine and showers. but what we are seeing is this milder air, the yellow colours, pushing north across the country. still holding onto the colder air across parts of scotland in particular. so for tuesday morning, your morning commute back to work, it will be snowing still across northern scotland, north of the central belt. towards the southern uplands, it will be turning back to rain through the course of the morning, but that snow in central scotland still causing problems. it will ease away through the morning. further south, those showers moving in across england, wales and northern ireland,

followed by more sunshine, and actually, in the sunny spells across the afternoon, temperatures 01:14 and 15 degrees. it will look much colder under the snowfall across parts of scotland. that snowfall will invigorate once again, so further heavy snow as we head through tuesday night into the early hours of wednesday. but further south it's another fairly mild night to come, with further bursts of showery rain across england, wales and northern ireland. eventually that snow across the north of scotland will ease away, later on on wednesday, turning back to rain, particularly at lower levels further south. heavy rain, showers and thunderstorms rolling in across england and wales, though, although in the brightest spells we'll see temperatures up to around 13 degrees or so. it still will be colder in the north. looking through from the midweek onwards, we'll be seeing low pressure just starting to drift away towards the east, and a ridge of higher pressure building. so, as we look further ahead, into thursday, it will probably be the best day of the week in terms of lots of dry and bright weather,

with some sunshine on offer, and a lot less cold than it has been recently. so temperatures between around about seven to nine in the north, still fairly cool here. around 13 further south, it will feel quite nice. during thursday evening and overnight into friday, another area of milder air moves in. you can also see some fairly strong winds here. so heading on into friday, we are likely to see a little bit of rain heading on into the west, with the brisk winds around, as well. further east across the country, though, we keep the drier and the brighter spell in the weather, as well. so, with the southerly winds in the sunshine, we could well see 16 degrees also on friday. that milder theme continues on into the weekend, so by saturday, one or two areas at about 17, possibly 18 degrees. still a few showers on the cards. bye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines — president ramaphosa of south africa has led tributes to winnie mandela who's died aged 81. she became an international symbol of the fight against white minority rule when her husband nelson was sentenced to life in prison. but her reputation was damaged when she endorsed the killing

of alleged informers, and was accused of fraud. the united states has criticised china for imposing new tariffs on american goods, in retaliation for the trump administration's new duties on chinese steel and aluminium. the dow dropped more than a50 points on monday and tokyo stocks opened sharply lower. train drivers and other workers in france have begun several months of strike action as trade unions battle against president macron‘s labour reforms. it's expected to be the biggest wave of industrial unrest since mr macron‘s election last may. now on bbc news, it's time for hardtalk.