this is it only news live from berlin the death of an anti apartheid icon south africa's winnie mandela has died at the age of eighty one an activist and the former wife of nelson mandela for many she was the mother of the nation but her past was also littered with controversy also coming up an exclusive look inside syria's eastern hotel we follow an anti government activism residents of the rebel enclave as he prepares to flee to safety on this as rebels were quarterly agree to abandon this stronghold and coming up in business the escalating traits of between

china and the u.s. beijing imposes judi's on three billion dollars worth of u.s. imports including pork and fruits in response to president trump's punitive tariffs . on oil all right thanks very much for your company everyone. sells african anti apartheid campaign are winnie mandela has died at the age of eighty one after a long illness while the news was announced by her personal assistant when he mandela was the ex-wife of the late president's an anti-apartheid icon nelson mandela her legacy in south africa was mixed for decades she was long admired as a determined fighter against white minority rule in south africa but when mandela's reputation began to suffer and later years due to

a number of controversies while still she does remain one of south africa's most to finding figures and tributes have been pouring in for her this is what one member of the current government had to say. she was really a colossus who strolled the southern african political landscape. as the a.n.c. we keep our definition of a pan in some ludes of this great icon of struggle. serfontein is a south african journalist author and documentary filmmaker she has reported extensively on her country thank you so much mr serfontein for being here with us who was winnie mandela well she's obviously in the former wife of nelson mandela but she was a sort of a very strong figure in their own right she was a social worker who one of the street to go and study in the united states in the

nineteen fifties and married to man did. and then off to he went to prison and she became the voice. of nelson mandela because he was in prison and for twenty seven use she kept his legacy alive and i strongly believe without he would have not have been that i can he became so it's about that because she's been so tainted in the past couple of years but this is a very interesting point you think that well everyone was in prison the agency was in exile his organization he was in prison his comrades when prison and she was still there and they slept her with banning all this but she kept on breaking her book banning old is she kept on speaking up she was beautiful she was well spoken and she was not scared of anyone she was really feeling and that got into trouble in later because no one could control her not to walk to part of government the nato not to see. that she was when he was one of the most fearless people have ever

met fairless woman fearless activist you know her personally what kind of impression that should make on you well she was incredibly charming on a one to one and you know like if you would speak to her you had their full attention and she was just this sort of very charismatic person more so than when they're lively she just had this charm and would charm people but then when she was angry she was also a vicious as one is seen in the townships and that when she confronted the six. right so where did it all go wrong i mean you refer to it already shared this fierceness which couldn't couldn't be bound i think when they benish ten nine hundred seventy seven to bring forward to an area which she didn't speak the language where people would politicized and she was very very isolated and she did start to have a drinking problem and i think that broke in addition to have her earliest sort of

spells in detention which she was sort of kept without trial for eighteen months and draped in that time and that must have broken her just when the people were not treated for post-traumatic stress syndrome in those days so she was a very lonely person when she was invented and she spent about nine years. she was also been active being a social worker she started like feeding. if eating the people. organizing them getting sort of activities for the trold wron getting foreign governments to fund have projects so she was also very eco active but she was very lonely in that time and i think that broken in would she went back to see way to she was surrounded by their own people she was not a with the judge the best judge of people's character a very complex history of a complex woman what will her legacy be i think her legacy would be that at the time when everyone was in prison or in excel she kept the legacy of the

anti-apartheid struggle alive for many many years all to great extent. aren't only yourself from south african journalist talking to us about the legacy of the now late winnie mandela thank you. we're going to move now to syria where reports are coming in from that country that rebel fighters have agreed to leave their last stronghold in eastern otop syrian media showed buses that set to work that are said to be carrying militants and their families leaving the area while for regime forces say they've cut a deal with the largest rebel group the army of islam but some members of the group deny that sources also tell the news that hundreds of wounded fighters from a different group have been bused out of the area all together while now in the antigovernment activist and citizen journalist nor adam sent d.w.

news exclusive footage video diaries showing the final days of rebel control in the besieged area. they force us to be that's our goal. that's where we are. they destroy our. goal you can see this suction this job. now there are families. no longer you. know. we don't know if i did that what do you what we would do.

for saving is that was why i was fighting this conflict has been a big deal. i was arrested for twenty of the century and. it's gone down there i should and the u.n. and of course we are we know we've. got three countries t. of the power of all the war going to the fight here and russia. as. my missis if. i did you. instead of. yes if i write the speech. by the. way. i've been lost like more than

twenty five or twenty six right. right now. i don't think it's going to be. for nothing i risked my life to sponsor the taliban for simply. and to sit. and tell it that it's going for nothing. more atoms video diary there from isa military want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. israel says it has agreed a deal with the united nations on resettling thousands of african asylum seekers israel faced criticism for previous plasters on the margins back to africa and mass deportations while some sixteen thousand asylum seekers are now due to be sent to western countries instead including germany. militants of the boko haram extremist group have killed at least eighteen people after they attacked

a military base and two villages near the nigerian city of my degree dozens of people were one didn't official said the militants fired mortars at troops on the base and suicide bombers detonated explosives in the villages if the o.p.'s parliament has sworn in the abbey ahmed as the country's new prime minister ahmed is the first ethnic or a mo to be given the post by the ruling coalition is expected to implement democratic reforms aimed at the fusing tensions with ethnic over most following years of anti-government protests by this marginalized group. as if i'm president i have a photo has c.c. has won a second term in office egypt's election authority says as you see just over ninety seven percent of the votes in last week's ballot however turnout was lower at around forty one percent than in the previous presidential election critics also argue as sisi just one opponent

a token candidate to give the election the appearance of a genuine cup genuine contest opposition groups have called for a boycott of the vote. while a with voters handing a second term to president to his sisi what does this mean for the arab world's most populous nation going forward ruth michelson is a correspondent based in cairo and she will be able to provide us with some contacts was this a vote by egyptians for a sisi or for stability in the country. well government and c.c. himself bill this vote as a vote as a vote for civility a vote for the country a kind of vote for egyptian patriotism as a whole but of course high turnout will turn out of any kind benefits he says will he wanted a strong mandate going into his second term in office to be able to push through further reforms constitutional reforms we saw that there was forty why i'm just i'm

forty one percent turnout which is about a four percent dip from cc's last victory in twenty forty but he got roughly the same amount of votes ninety six point nine percent in twenty fourteen and this time around ninety seven point zero eight percent of the vote so roughly the same between twenty forty and now though of course we have no way of knowing if these figures are correct all right now let's talk a little bit about what is ahead of him now egypt's economy is in dire straits inflation is pretty bad ordinary people are in area gyptian are suffering many many hardships what has he promised to do to turn the economy around for his people. well we've seen that season at some very unpopular economic reforms following. egypt's acceptance of a twelve billion dollars loan from the international monetary fund the m twenty six

and this led to the cutting of subsidies. petrol subsidy there are. widespread contemplation that he's going to cut subsidies including natural gas when we see a new budget. but there's no clear confirmation of that yet and c.c. is also frequently lent on the mega projects that egypt has enacted over the past couple of years and new capital city a second series cannot have a saying that these are going to bring prosperity to the country but that hasn't necessarily been the case just yet and there are a lot of people who are worse the whole society who say they're not seeing the benefits any of these reforms just feeling the pinch. michael some reporting up from cairo thank you. thank you and now some surfing australian surfing great mick fanning is in fine form in this final event before

retiring the thirty six year old who famously fought off a shark while competing back in two thousand and fifteen progress to the fourth round of the world surf league vent at bell's beach in australia while the three times world champion produced a near flawless performance in front of his home crowd you will hope to secure a farewell victory later this week. that does locally we wish him the best of luck ok don't forget you can always get to do reviews on the go just download are out from google play or from the apple store will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as pressure defecation for any breaking news you can also use that you know we opt to send us your photos and videos. you're watching every day as we still have a lot more to tell you about including china kids back after the u.s. hikes a living is on metal imports china announces punitive tariffs on almost only one

hundred and thirty u.s. products including pork wine and fruits and there is more trouble brewing. and a very own refusal and how's that story and all the rest of this business news coming up in just a few and i'll see you again at the top of the hour. on freedom and the whole. world i come from the region is rich in history style and talents much more poor in education opportunity and freedom this makes it especially difficult for independent judges i see many of the younger and promising german who are now making names for themselves all over the world. some by the way some might follow some with continued.