the daughter of nelson mandela who's now south africa's ambassador to denmark has caused outrage with controversial tweets about color and land ownership . do you ever tide apologists your time is over you will not rule again we do not fear you finally. statements been condemned by the country's opposition and the white south african group both are calling for the mandela to be dismissed for the economic freedom fighters parties say they fully support mandela running a critics racist she defended her comments to say that she's perfectly entitled to her own pony and behind the argument is the controversial land reform bill in south africa and they explode creation of lands from white farmers the idea of is to try to restore some justice after apartheid according to the government white farmers are still supposed to play a role in establishing a new economic reality there was put a sarah go on policy fellow at the south africans to devise relations about the controversial tweets now. she is their best sitter to a significant european country which south africa's had very good relations

morning of may kevin 0 in the bruising rout of a race and land ownership in south africa nelson mandela's daughters in the spotlight for some inflammatory tweets. is trump winning can he be reelected based on his record there are many other questions as trump seeks to remain in the white house will the democrats run against trump as opposed to challenging his record in office how the democrats learned anything from the electorate since they're pressuring to beat 2016. you know world big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the bath shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. again tensions are on the rise in south dakota in the us off the state passed a new riot boosting law that was coined by state legislators to cover people that encouraged civil disobedience even if they were not of the rut themselves but acti

to be dismissed now but the economic freedom fighters party say they fully support mandela branding her critics racist she defended the comments too saying that she's entitled to her own opinion as just heard behind the argument is the controversial land reform bill in south africa and the expropriation of lands from white farmers the idea of that is to restore justice in apartheid according to the government avoid farmers are still supposed to play a role in establishing a new economic reality we spoke to sara go on policy further with the south african institute of race relations about the controversial tweets than. she is there besser to a significant european country which has had very good relations with and that her behavior is tiredly and diplomatic and it raises a very pick concern for us in so their ticket race has been used as a. political tool by various parties to either act as a stand in for not doing enough of the right thing or 2 and taken hours and tried create a split between whites and blacks the redistribution of lead isn't actually it as legislation without compe

had in the program the bruising over race the ownership in south africa nelson mandela's daughter is in the spotlight for some inflammatory. is trump winning can he be reelected based on his record there are many other questions as trump seeks to remain in the white house will the democrats run against trump as opposed to challenging his record in office how the democrats learned anything from the electorate since their pressuring defeat 2016. seemed wrong why don't we all just don't all. get to shape out just to become educated and engaged equals betrayal. when something you find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground . 16 minutes past 2 pm here in moscow you're very welcome back the daughter of nelson mandela who's not a south africa's buster to denmark has caused outrage with controversial tweets about color on landownership. epper tide apologists your time is over you will not rule again we do not fear you finally yet those statements have been condemned by the country's opposition a white south african group both are calling for is in z. mandela to be dismis

had in the program the bruising row over race and whammed ownership and so if africa nelson mandela's daughter is in the spotlight for some inflammatory tweets. is trump winning can he be reelected based on his record there are many other questions as trump seeks to remain in the white house will the democrats run against trump as opposed to challenging his record in office how the democrats learned anything from the electorate since their pressuring defeat 2016. what politicians do you should. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some want to. have to go right to the press this is what the. 3 of them would be that. interested in the. first. 60 minutes into the program welcome back don't hear of nelson mandela who's no south africa is to denmark has caused outrage with controversial tweets about color on land ownership do you ever tried apologists your time is over you will not rule again we do not hear you finally get out statements being condemned by the country's opposition and a south african trade union group both are calli

the daughter of nelson mandela who's now south africa's ambassador to denmark has caused outrage with controversial tweets about color and land ownership do you ever tried apologists your time is over you will not rule again we do not hear you finally well those statements be condemned by the country's opposition and the white south african group both are calling for cincy mandela to be dismissed but the economic freedom fighters party say they fully support branding her critics racist as for her she defended the comments saying that she's entitled to her own opinion beyond the argument is the controversial land reform bill in south africa and the expropriation of land from white farmers their idea of that is to restore justice after apartheid according to the government white farmers a still supposed to play a role in establishing a new economic reality there we spoke direct sarah go on policy fellow at the south african institute of race relations about these controversial tweets. she is the investor to a significant european country which south africa's had very good relations with

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well 2 is such as of nelson mandela university in some a strand that's who and look what happened. when the beds dive down below the waves of stony points out africa 1st they swim down 30 metres deep. to find the anchovies the love to eat and then they head the fish shows towards the surface so they don't have to dive so far down the next scientists believe the bats again work as a team driving the fish towards the light that makes it easier for everyone to catch up. that's all we have time for on d.w. news africa check out our website facebook page for more stories and you can see the details there on the screen thanks for the time goodbye on to see you so. how about taking a few friends who could even take a chance on love. don't expect happy endings. literature looks. for state school in the jungle. or 1st climbing lesson. doors grandma with arrives. joining a regular on her journey back to freedom. you know work interior good documentary jewelry an orangutan returns home on the w. don't come to tanks.

a senior advisor to rohani tweeting that sarif is in the process of becoming iran's nelson mandela.hat's some comparison. >>> kellyanne conway will not be showing up to a hearing on wednesday to discuss her alleged violations of the hatch act. they can decline the house oversight committee's invitation. elijah cummings plans to summon her on wednesday. they plan to hold her in contempt if she doesn't show up. they ordered she be violated for violating the hatch act. >>> president trump has signed an executive order to make health care prices more trans patients. calls for an estimate. hospitals, insurers can fight this. >>> mitch mcconnell is set to meet with 9/11 first responders today. he'll be discussing an extension for the 9/11 victim's compensation fund. the current funding expires in 2020. there's not enough money to pay off all of the claims. last week jon stewart criticized the majority leader for holding up legislation and schal lenged him to sits down with first responders. the new bill does not call for a specific amount of money, just whatever sums are necessary through

to researchers at nelson mandela university in summer strand that's who i look what happened. when the beds dive down below the waves of stony points out africa fest they swim down 30 meters deep. to find the answer beast they love to eat and then they had the fish shows towards the surface so they don't have to dive so far down the next scientists believe the bats again work as a teen driving the fish towards the light that makes it easier for everyone to catch up. that's all we have time for on d.w. news africa check out our website on the facebook page for more stories you can see the details there on the screen thanks for your time good bye on to see you soon. in the thick of it agriculture is in crisis. climate change land speculation and harmful pesticides are threatening the livelihoods of countless farmers more genetic engineering more organic farming or even moved on. what's the future of agriculture made in germany next d.w. . more dream go international talk show for journalists discuss the topic of the week well the pundits are saying that the end is not only for g

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well 2 recesses of nelson mandela university in some a strand that's who and look what happened. when the beds dive down below the ways of stony points out africa 1st they swim down 30 metres deep. to find the one should be still love to eat and then they head the fish shows towards the surface so they don't have to dive so far down the next day scientists believe the beds even work as a team driving the fish towards the light that makes it easier for everyone to catch up. that's all we have time for in d.w. news africa check out our website on the facebook page for more stories you can see the details there on the screen thanks for your time good bye see you soon. hello welcome to the world of art sun culture british singer died i was back with a new album and is going on tour again for the 1st time in 15 years also coming up a new documentary about a boat that rescues refugees in the mediterranean against all the all star. and a photographer who visits museums to match up visitors with the pictures. is what dreams are made of 20 years ago dido releases her 1st album which sells

the others use conventional farming methods in mandela's biologists at the university are researching alternatives to chemical pesticides cuttings are prone to fungal infection a plan to use the bacteria to fight that problem. we would like to improve biological control so that few our cultural toxins are deployed they have huge consequences for the amazon basin ecosystem. the aim of the research is to produce a bio pesticide. crystal only is also interested in their experiments even though his original real little pudgy plant strain is more pest resistant. but there is a downside you see what i like you are not plants that grow from these cuttings produce $400.00 kilos per hectare nearly without woodland quite another yield is only around 252300 kilos our organic products cost more as a result of the lower yields. the green farmers. want to set up a cooperative so they can export their products and they're fighting to have amazon what are now recognised as a protected brand. that's all from global 3000 this week. what are your thoughts about the show as always we'd love to hear your

the nationwide deployment of the military last week as 2 months of protests gathered pace and as mandela grappler reports from sampedro ceuta demonstrations in the city and demanding an immediate improvement in public services. this illam entry school was once considered among the best in the city of some pivotal sula today the classrooms are literally falling apart teachers are on strike and say the hunger and government has abandoned its commitment to public education where as you can see the wood is rotten it's been eaten by semites that's why the roof caved in some 90 percent of public schools in the country are facing a similar infrastructure crisis. last april the hunter and government announced plans for funding cuts to public schools and hospitals. since then educators and medical professionals have been organizing nationwide demonstrations and the unrest has been growing. the 100 president has called for peace but has also deployed military police which are now present at all major public demonstrations protests like these are taking place almost every day across much of hondura

dugan al jazeera mandela. day when anyone with just a basic knowledge of creative convincing get a silly fake video of someone committing a crime or putting a world leader in a compromising situation well. already arrived reynolds reports how win is a master of technological shapeshifting he just transformed me into a north korean leader kim jong. with the click of one button we can turn you into any person readily available technology can be used to create what are called deep thinks me and bernie and schumer this looks like democratic presidential candidate senator elizabeth warren making a speech but it's not it's an actress on a popular american comedy show who's been transformed using deep fake technology only an expert can tell the difference how lynn says the implications for politics are disturbing you can actually create very realistic videos of someone saying things that that person never said and in times where you have elections this becomes very very dangerous recently a video of democratic congre

do see us as the partner, as the spokesperson, but if you study any movement, had you asked nelson mandelat. even gandhi when he was fighting for independence of india, you look at east timor or northern ireland. often these things happen. eventually, things change and as far as tibet is concerned, things will change for the better. that much we are very shy. you represent a very small group. you are voted for 58% for a second time by an electorate which is what, 60,000? yes. is a very, very small mandate you have and greg bruneau from tibetan affairs says many tibetan refugees arejust affairs says many tibetan refugees are just pushed away by 10—— by time, they arejust are just pushed away by 10—— by time, they are just moving are just pushed away by 10—— by time, they arejust moving on. are just pushed away by 10—— by time, they are just moving on. not at all. tibetans throughout the world a re at all. tibetans throughout the world are getting better education, better exposure. they will be final talented and better leaders in many yea rs talented and better leaders in many years to conv

or nelson mandela or eleanor roosevelt. but of all the speeches he stole, ashton kutcher?e 2013 "teens choice awards?" ( laughter ) like, now it makes me wonder if he does this every year? maybe he only steals from awards shows. maybe last year he was like, students i'm going to let you finish but bey once had the greatest video of all time." that's it for the headlines. let's move on to our top story. ( cheers and applause ) today was day two of president trump's visit to the u.k. and last night, the world's cutest white walker, her majesty, the queen, hosted an official state dinner in honor of trump's favorite thing: himself. >> the president's first day ending in grand fashion with a dinner at buckingham palace, surrounded by royalty, the very best china, crystal, and guild silver on display for the president and 170 rs guests, the president praising the queen: >> a great, great woman. >> but possibly breaking with protocol when appearing to touch her back as she stood up. >> when he put his hand on the back of her majesty queen's-- you just don't touch the queen! >> t

apartheid south africa back of then western countries supported apartheid south africa nelson mandela and a and c. were considered as terrorists and terrorist organization terrorist organization well we'd welcome the israeli ambassador to london really he hasn't answered any of our invitations so far will finally the b.b.c. is called what happened to 2 oil tankers a b.b.c. journalist here mark urban and parent ex escalation of undeclared conflict between gulf states and iran media here all reporting that japan the japanese cargo aboard which i think was damaged as i understand it was while the japanese prime minister shinzo it was in terror that iran is the suspect for the 2 oil tankers exploding in the persian gulf yes it is quite odd because on the one hand this attack takes place at a time when the japanese prime minister has arrived in tehran after 41 years it's literally an hour before his meeting with the iranian leader ayatollah harmony begins and then 2 tankers off the coast of iran are attacked it's obvious that the iranians wouldn't be involved in any such thing but just say

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in the battle against it people here say they feel they're on the front line jim duggan al jazeera mandela just a short break coming up and then a sport with andrey who will take you to france where the usa have set up a huge question a quarter finals of the women's world cup. leaders of the world's biggest economies are gathering in all soccer for the g. 20 summit with ongoing trade global security and tension in the middle east with the hopes of free trade and reduction of disparities seem to mind all of us on al-jazeera for coverage and in-depth analysis. some interesting characters in the wall behind if not i imagine a day when someone with basic computer software could create a convincing but fake video of someone maybe committing a crime or putting a world leader in a compromising situation well as robin is now reports that day's already arrived how lin is a master of technological shape shifting he just transformed me into north korean leader kim jong un. with the click of one button we can turn you into any person readily available technology can be used to create what are called d

disasters similar to the ones that have devastated the country in the past jim duggan al jazeera mandela john fossil record al-jazeera when we come back it's been called a crime against humanity but prosecutors are dropping criminal charges in the lead poisoning is down in flint michigan. looking for a safe place off a 1000000 congolese all for something the homes do to ethnic fighting or not stay with us. the weather sponsored by cattle and. hello again it's good to have you back well we did see some very heavy rain across the northern part of turkey that rain is now making its way towards the caspian edge against the right there so baku we could be seeing some rain in your forecast as well in the coming days with attempt a few of about 26 degrees but very heavy rain just towards your west to the south though very hot here in kuwait city anywhere between $47.00 degrees and some locations around the city could even see about $49.00 degrees there by the time we get to monday maybe a little bit of a break but tehran you could be seeing some showers by monday evening with a temperature of 3

marking the 10th anniversary of a coup against democratically elected president mandela's elia his ousting sent the country into a period of political unrest that persists today manner of how to reports from the honduran capital. on june 28th 2009 the military coup d'etat on tourist sent shock waves across latin america. in the early morning 100 soldiers stormed the presidential palace and it was and captured president moments. he was put on an airplane and sent to neighboring effectively relieving him of his command as head of state. was there when saliva supporters took to the streets to denounce the coup and security forces were deployed to shut down nationwide protests that lasted for weeks. 10 years later we return to the hunter and capital if you like and that is what you were sent to splode as a taxi driver of 20 years says the lives of many hundreds were marred by the time before and after the coup that. before the coup we lived bitta you wouldn't see as many protests. over the last decade economic conditions in honduras have declined sharply the ruling political party under the le

. >> unit is nelson mandela. sometimes you have to negotiate print. >> let's turn to another issue.iden there has not been a much attention to the democratic attacks on donald trump and the debates this week. take a look at this. >> the american people understand. trump is a phony, a pathological liar and a racist and he lied to the american people during his campaign. how strong do you think, this gives back to the issue is discussing with larry kudlow. for all the presidents talk about the strong economy that it is really working a lot better for the wealthy, the top 1% that it is for all the working people donald trump said he is going to protect. >> either democrats talking to democrats, there is no doubt they could go to the ends of the earth earth and they will continue to do that. but they're very ineffective. i think after the two nights of the debate the president is stronger politically than he has ever been before. hit a great time and north korea at the summit. in the economy is doing well, they can try to draw all the stats, but larry kudlow will come back with other st

senior advisor saying the foreign leader being sanked means he's slowly being turned into a nelson mandelathat for a comparison. fred pleitgen in tehran. thank you, sir. >>> let's discuss all of this with washington post congressional reporter. good to see you. >> good morning. >> so the sanctions, will they have any impact? and what is the trump administration's central goal in iran? is it repackaging the jcpoa in some sort of usmca type of manner? it is stiffening, there was a chance last year to strengthen the jcpla. given the fact 245 there were frustrations around the jcpla in the first place, whatever they're going o settle on is going to have to be a lot more stringent and punishing on iran. they set the standard of never being able to get a nuclear weapon. being able to control the future is very hard to do in a world where nuclear power is going around. it's a much more difficult equation after the trump administration began. they get everything they want with that, much more punishing approach because they say the obama administration was too light handed. >> we're hearing this m

and one thing i'm excited about, last year when chuck came to south africa with us for mandela 100, hestage and awarded the first-ever global citizen youth leadership prize to a young activist fighting to tackle hunger in kenya. cisco awarded her a $250,000 grant that's now scaled up her program from feeding initially 300 children to now 10,000 children across kenya. and she has a vision to feed a million kids across kenya over the coming years. this is an example of the sort of initiative that cisco and global citizen a building together. >> wow. wow, and that's just one. and it's a three-year partnership. >> absolutely. >> it will run way beyond three years, hugh. >> way beyond three years. it sounds like chuck just made a commitment. i'll let these two guys talk offline, because hugh probably has some documents for chuck to sign. chuck, thank you so much. hugh, great partnership, great work, fantastic. we're going to leave it there. coming up, negotiations with mexican representatives over the president's tariff threat have just ruesumed after we learned earlier that a deadline for

disasters similar to the ones that have devastated the country in the past jim duggan al jazeera mandela. the headlines for you on al-jazeera the summit of the world's biggest economies is ended with china and the united states agreeing to restart talks to end their trade war president donald trump said he would not be imposing a tariff on beijing for now we had a great meeting and we will be continuing to negotiate and i promise that for. at least the time being we're not going to be lifting tariffs on china we won't be adding an additional. you know tremendous amount of where we have i guess $350000000000.00 left which could be taxed or could be tariffs and we're not doing that where we're going to work with china on where we left off to see if we can make a deal. president trump has since traveled on to south korea for talks with president hu in is also invited the north korean leader kim jong un to meet him at the demilitarized zone to revive their talks on denuclearization north korea's foreign minister described the invitation as an interesting suggestion but no should there had be

[begin video clip] >> if nelson mandela had not been mistreated, had not been ostracized, he would notthe passion to do what he does. if oprah winfrey had not gone through what she has gone through, she would not be so committed to making sure everybody finds the purpose and dream they have. i am telling you the pain you think is working against you is actually working for you. [end video clip] brian: pain. kate: td jakes is probably the most famous african-american prosperity teacher. so much of what he does as long similar lines about talking about self-esteem. a franchise he developed in the 1990's around healing sexual abuse of women in the church, it really brings that message out where your pain becomes your purpose. the worst thing can be the best thing. it is these constant spiritual inversions that promise that within the course of human life, you really can have everything you hoped for. brian: is oprah religious or not? kate: i think so. yeah, sure. brian: does she fit into the religious world you are talking about? kate: the author of that book "secret" that was so popular,

south africa and we know a lot about the more recent history, obviously with the apartheid and nelson mandela. in this really happens before. i knew there would be interest in in it and we have tons of an maps so i try to take them and through and explain the history and i hope i can carry the readers with me so they understand what is happening and before we actually get to the real action. and you are mr. lamb: when winston churchill went to this part of the world, how old was he? ms. millard: 24 years old. this is his fourth war on three different continents. he has already written three and is day books and has already -- books and has already run for parliament and lost. he was a little ambitious. mr. lamb: how was he able to be a correspondent and a military man at the same time? ms. millard: he left the military so he could run for parliament. the reason he had gone into the military was it was the only job he had ever had, the only job he had been trained for but he called at the glittering gateway into distinction, so he thought, and he threw himself into an incredibly, incredibly da

meet jasiri, manny, jasmina, 0lmoti and mandela.os have endured a 6000 kilometrejourney from the czech republic to their new home in africa. the journey took more than 30 hours and during the flight, the fab five were kept in custom—made crates and were fed and watered. these endangered creatures, three females and two meals, ranging in age from two to nine. they were all born and raised in european zoos and will now be released into the wild in rwanda's national park. the black rhino population is severely threatened by poaching. there are fewer than 5000 left in the wild and only 1000 eastern black rhinos remaining in africa. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story: president trump has imposed new sanctions on iran, targeting the country's supreme leader, ayatollah khamenei. let's turn to some of the main stories from bbc world service. a greek—cypriot army officer has been given life sentences for the murder of five foreign women and two of their children. he killed the women and girls in cyprus over thr

amid a colombia where we're staying now in latin america because the honduran opposition leader mandela's elia says the country is facing its biggest crisis since the coup that depends him 10 years ago this week military police and fire on students who were demanding the government step down but president juan orlando and is is refusing to go man multiple reports. on june 20th 2009 mil tary coup de tong on to recent shock waves across latin america. in the early morning 100 soldiers stormed the presidential palace and they were and captured president moments. he was put on an airplane and sent to neighboring effectively relieving him of his command as head of state. was there when saliva supporters took to the streets to denounce the coup and security forces were deployed to shut down nationwide protests that lasted for weeks. 10 years later we returned to the hunter in capital to take out what you were sent a taxi driver 20 years says the lives of many hundreds are marked by the time before and after the coup that. before it a coup we lived better you would see as many protests. over the

memoir and sweep of a history book from the anti-immigrant know-nothing party of the 1850s to nelson mandela'spt at reconciliation. because i wrote that on the back of her book. the man who sold america delivers a compelling account of how we got to trumpism and what will happen next. and joining us now is joy reid. msnbc national correspondent, host of "a.m. joy" on msnbc and author of "the man who sold ameri americ america" "trump and the unraveling of the american story." the trump story that's unraveling tonight because there's always a trump story unracu unraveling at all times. >> oh, yeah. >> we have the, i just discovered some people would get injured if i have a missile strike at iran. that unravelled, that lie. he now says tonight about e. jean carroll who you met and interr interviewed, i interviewed friday night, he said the rape accusations cannot be true, this is the first thing he says, these are his words, "it's not my type." >> it is shocking. it's not shocking coming from h im. the thing about donald trump that is consistent is that he's in politics because he's just being wh

in the battle against it people here say they feel they're on the front line jim duggan al jazeera mandela. part of a quick check of the headlines here on the al-jazeera turkey's opposition party has one istanbul's my own race it's the 1st time in 25 years that president party has lost control of the economic capital. i'm ready to work with the turkish president in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all the residents of istanbul once a legal process is completed after receiving the mandate and assuming the office i would like to visit a soon as possible to present a road map and opinions and listen to his views ethiopia's government says it's back in control of the northeastern state of the horror after a failed rebellion the country's military chief and the leader of the horror were among 4 people killed. iran is warning that once it withdraws some parts of the 2050 nuclear deal is no going back unless european signatories intervene against u.s. sanctions tear as accused european powers of not shelling it from u.s. economic pressure. protests against a contro

arch bishop tutu calls him america's nelson mandela. he has saved dozens from the death penalty.ichael b. jordan plays him in a movie next year. he is the subject of a hbo documentary called true justice out the end of june. i could go on and on. he is my mentor, friend, hero, please welcome to the van jones show brian stephenson. oh, man. it's just an honor to have you on the show. >> thank you. >> you know, let's just talk really briefly about that 1994 crime bill. how bad was it? what was the impact. >> yeah, well it was bad. there is no question about it that it subds subdiezed problems we have. but as you know crime justice policy is mostly controlled by states not congress. only 10% of the prison are in federal prisons. what the crime bill did though was actually export federal dollars to states to do some bad things. our prison population went from 300,000 in the early 1970s to over 2 million because the crime bill subdiezed the construction of prisons. we were spending $6 billion in 19807. $807 billion last year. that change the landscape. because now we built the prisons