using the calendar for that matter. german prosecutors say the killing of 9 people at 2 she should bars is being treated as a terrorist attack. on all come on peter dhabi you're watching on to 0 live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up turkey launches an offensive to push back syrian government forces in italy province. south korea confirms its 1st deaths from the corona virus outbreak the mayor of the affected city urges people to stay indoors after a spike in the number of cases. and listen to the prime minister says he'll step

down soon but it's got nothing to do with his alleged involvement in the murder of his strange wife. our top story german officials say they're treating a mass shooting in the western city of hama as terrorism 9 people were killed when a gunman went on a shooting rampage on wednesday night the german chancellor angela merkel has condemned the attack and says there are many signs the perpetrator acted out of racism dominate came reports from berlin. this is where the shooting started one of 2 she should've asked to be targeted which were known to be frequented by members of the kurdish community the 43 year old perpetrator made his way into each place and then opened fire indiscriminately on innocent people finally fleeing the scene in a car to go home and kill his own mother before then taking his own life the shock

of the local community is mirrored by that of government ministers who confirmed their primary line of inquiry it's what i just don't know i'm going to do that everything is being done to clarify up to the last detail the background of these horrific killings there are many indications at the moment that the perpetrator acted on right wing extremist rice's merge of out of high trade towards people of other origins religion or parents. this is not the 1st violent attack to be associated with far right criminals in recent times. the 27 year old man is currently on trial for the murder of 2 people outside a synagogue in the city of hallowed last autumn. and last summer the christian democrat mayor of a western german city was shot dead by a person with known links to the far right there's little doubt that far right violence is on the increase in this country and something many mainstream

politicians have been warning about now some are wondering how many more people must suffer before society takes this threat seriously dominic kane al-jazeera burleson. turkey's military has shelled syrian government positions in the northwestern city of sirte a key now the government captured that city from the rebels 2 weeks ago part of a push to retake the last rebel held area the turkish president richard type or the one as a suit and ultimatum for syrian troops to pull out or to face retaliation to her time in turkey on the syrian border and correspondent. what's the latest on this military operation. peter the campaign is still and away with intense fighting a ticket early on the outskirts of. the main city that is located on the

intersection of the 2 major highways and 4 and 5 the rebels say that they have taken full control of the town over and that they are determined to continue their advances over also set up there however. the syrian army is denying those accounts saying that the fighting is still underway and that it managed to repel an attack by the rebels backed by turkey all started early in the morning with a barrage of artillery attacks by the turkish military position in the arts post in a province that pounded many see and government troops areas particularly inside and nato but it seems that they are determined this this time to take over those areas and reverse the gains that were made by the syrian army over the last 2 weeks and this must be having an added impact on the hundreds of thousands of people who are displaced in and around that area if only because half of them were displaced

from other areas inside syria anyway. indeed peter many of those people were forced out of there that is yours for the data for example. for a mother to know a man from. and they thought that they might find a a safe haven particularly on the border with turkey or in the city of but things have dramatically changed on the ground now with this military operation which is likely to further exacerbate the humanitarian situation well at least hinder the work of the international aid agencies under growing pressure to move in as quick as possible to deliver aid to people because we're talking about hundreds of thousands of people almost my 100000 of people stranded on the border with turkey these people are asking for help they want blankets they want stove they want

equipment they want food and tense because of the harsh weather conditions to do that you need to have a cease fire implemented in those areas so far the fighting has flared up but it seems from a turkish perspective that they are determined to take over those areas because they have been accusing the syrian government to stage his its latest offensive for the salt pork purpose of driving 4000000 syrians who live on those areas to cross into turkey. thanks very much for. south korea has reported its 1st death from the coronavirus infection there's been a spike in the number of cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total to $104.00 the majority are in the city of daegu where 2 and a half 1000000 people have been by the mayor to stay indoors that outbreak has been traced to a church congregation the japanese government is defending its handling of infections on board the diamond princess cruise ship near yokohama the vessel has been in

quarantine since earlier this month and that time the number of confirmed cases on board rose to more than 602 elderly passengers died after being taken to hospital and china has changed how it's reporting cases of the virus that's led to a significant drop in the reported number of new infections there were 394 on whedon's day down from almost 1900 the day before adrian brown's in hong kong he says south korean officials are taking this of infections very seriously. we have now a huge increase today in south korea 53 new cases which means we now have more than 100 confirmed cases in south korea northeast asia it seems japan and south korea now very much in the front line of this particular virus now the focus on thursday has been on the city of daegu in southeast korea that is where the bulk of these new infections have occurred and the focus has been very much on

a religious group there because it seems that a 61 year old woman who was a worshipper with this group became infected a week ago that was confirmed but she had also been in contact with more than 166 other people and of course now there is a an urgent attempt being made to find all those people the chief been in contact with the mare of daegu sent out a real desperate plea earlier on thursday evening saying that he was very worried that local hospitals would not be able to cope if this indeed turned out to be a widespread outbreak so he's appealing to the central get to the main government in seoul to provide as much medical aid as they can and quickly so the focus in daegu is going to be containment there's also concern that it spread to surrounding areas of this city with a population of about 2 and

a half 1000000. in japan there's been a mixed reaction to how the authorities there have dealt with the core unseen cruise ship which has the highest concentration of coronavirus cases outside mainland china bride has that aspect of our coverage from the port city of your comma. there quarantine behind them passengers from the diamond princess have been disembarking in the hundreds. many of them taken by bus to the middle of yokohama with mixed emotions about their shared ordeal cardew mother every day i would worry that i was going to test positive on the political i'm open when the number of people getting infected spiked we knew they were sick in your infections so i was afraid to leave my cabin and then. the crew members did very well so i was grateful to them then. the passengers were then allowed to continue their journeys home sharing public transport with fellow japanese who have mixed emotions of their own so was your girl i feel so sorry for them it's

a good idea to release them they were going to get sick that would be what would happen if foreign countries say they're quarantine the people for a certain time so i want to pan to do the same. the confirmed deaths of 2 elderly passengers have raised concerns for those still on board and for foreign governments who are still arranging to fly home their citizens but insisting they undergo further quarantine still japan is standing by its decision to end the quarantine of the cruise ship you were in to you. the ship is not compared to a hospital we are working there with temporary measures we have a basic standard with various issues there that pointed out every day we keep correcting these issues on a daily basis with cases being reported across japan this outbreak is causing increased disruption public events have been scaled back or canceled including an annual birthday celebration for the emperor and there are growing fears if they ski

. as on about the possible impact on the upcoming summer olympics in tokyo. a passing cruise liner sounds its horn in a show of support for the diamond princess for japan finally resolving this crisis is a priority and it knows the world is watching robot bride al-jazeera yokohama japan police solicitors prime minister will be charged with the murder of his estranged wife after the announcement thomas to bonnie told the media there he'll resign at the end of july but said old age was the reason the polluter bonnie was shot near her home in 2017 bonnie's current wife my cea is also facing charges related to the killing but she has denied i mean that miller is in johannesburg with more on the political fallout in the suit to. this really is unprecedented in that a sitting prime minister will face these charges we also expect that once he appears in court he may also appear in parliament if he's given bail to confirm his

resignation at the end of july now what is also quite interesting is in the address given over state radio in a suit to the prime minister said that it would be old age that's the reason for his retirement he hasn't so much focused on it being a resignation due to the pressure that he's faced and at no point did he mention the charges he will be facing as well as the charges that have been laid against his wife and just what a scandal this is all a suitor he's also urged that the be a process in the country that allows for transition who ever takes his place to be responsible and take into consideration the unity of the country prior to these charges the a.b.c. party had also said that they had stripped him of his political power has not been able to make political decisions unilaterally instead that's now gone to the the most important committee within that party because they just don't trust the prime

minister they also say that they believe that his wife my seattle bonnie who also faces charges that she's been controlling the prime minister so they don't believe that he's been capable of running the country and for him that's just maybe the nail in the coffin. still to come here on al-jazeera the international monetary fund's efforts to help lebanon tackle its deepening economic crisis. michael bloomberg under attack as the former mayor of new york makes his 1st appearance in the democratic presidential debates. hello and welcome back time to start our weather forecast in northeastern parts of asia the weather across much of japan is generally looking fine on friday but we have got a weather system which is going to be developing and that's going to be pushing in

jury stuff they say things will change that should be a bright day in tokyo highs of 14 but on saturday that weather system begins to develop pushing rain into the western side of japan thing to see i think turning up in northern areas that could well be snow for a time certainly harl of ations and some heavy snow across the eastern side of russia coming further towards the west it sat looking largely fine across much of southern china we could see one or 2 showers affecting taiwan at times down into southeastern parts of asia lots of thunderstorms all for parts of indonesia and those showers extending up through into the night potentially as we head on through into saturday but should be fine at times temperatures here temperatures here expected reach 32 degrees into south asia and here we've got some heavy showers affecting northern parts of india with a definite risk of some storms affect in delhi at times much of india pakistan dry and fine but we've also got some heavy rain down towards sri lanka and i think for colombo it could be wet at times or should be some shelter here 34.

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i am. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from doha my name's peter dhabi these are your headlining stories to germany where officials there say they are treating the shooting in the western city as terrorism a gunman believed to be motivated by far right been shot dead 10 people and several sites 43 year old suspect was later found dead at his home. south korea has reported its 1st deaths from the coronavirus being well japan's government is defending its handling of the outbreak on the diamond princess cruise ship 2 passengers have died police say listen to his prime minister will be charged over the 2017 murder of his strange wife after the announcement almost of army told the media there you resign at the end of july so old age was the recent. the united nations has accused south sudan's warring parties of deliberately starving its citizens a new report says politicians have been oblivious to the suffering of millions of civilians the country's slid into civil war after the president salva kiir accused

his former deputy riek machar of attempting a coup the report comes as kieran and still form a transitional government with machar on saturday and that's after 2 failed attempts before the president says any outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days both parties agreed to end the conflict when they signed a peace deal back in 2018. sudar the army has closed off several roads in the capital khartoum to stop protesters from getting close to his headquarters demonstrators are angry over the military's decision to dismiss a number of soldiers those sacked include officers who protected civilians during a crackdown last year when several people were killed they've been placed on an early retirement scheme. a team from the international monetary fund is in lebanon to help tackle the country's deepening economic crisis the government has yet to decide whether it will be folds on its loan payments a move that could lead to unpopular austerity measures xina holder has more now

from beirut. this abandoned building or what is known as the egg is now where the lebanese debate and plot the future of their country since oct anti-establishment protesters have occupied this bullet ridden structure in central beirut which was damaged during the 15 year civil war that began in 1975 decades later lebanon is facing difficult days 13 months are not going to come off the top of the citizens who. are getting office hours before there are some almost 50000 people out of a. week with this state is close to bankruptcy its foreign exchange reserves are running out the economy is not growing and commercial banks have imposed capital controls preventing people from accessing their life savings many are concerned their deposits will be used if the authorities decide to pay the

public debt it would pay out $1200000000.00 now that would not have any fuel. so the people will automatically be in the street the new government is facing a difficult decision lebanon is a heavily indebted nation in a financial crisis it needs to repay 1200000000. dollar's worth of jews known as euro bond next month defaulting with further damage investor confidence but it seems there is little choice levanon spends more than it earns and its biggest expense has been paying public debt prime minister has says his government's priority is to preserve foreign reserves needed to import basic goods like fuel and medicines a delegation from the international monetary fund is in beirut to give technical advice on how to save the economy restructuring the debt will need the i.m.f. stamp of approval to prevent international creditors from filing lawsuits but that

will require what officials have called painful and unpopular measures one of the conditions of space again raising taxation this would have serious consequences on the country and also on the public sentiment towards the. public opinion suggests people want to reschedule loan repayments officials seem to be leaning towards that opinion too but there is a difference people don't want to pay the price for such a decision they want the authorities to make sure stolen public money is returned lebanon has never defaulted on its debt in its history but these are unprecedented times. beirut. business groups in canada demanding the government president to protest the paralyzed the railway network over the past 2 weeks now they estimate the disruption is costing the economy billions of dollars the demonstrators oppose the building of a gas pipeline that passes through the land of indigenous people ellen fisher

reports now from toronto. as the protests move into a 3rd week politicians are scrambling to find a solution a demonstration sprang up across the country after police moved in to remove a blockade of construction sites for a new gas pipeline across canada part of it goes over land owned by indigenous communities and some hereditary chiefs oppose the project when the camps were moved copycat protests began near vital reliance now a coalition of canadian businesses is warning of the long term economic impact rail as the way about half of all goods move in canada and so every day that we're not moving the materials and parts greedy and either to consumers but more importantly to him our point of view from manufacturers we're starting to come kind of will start to slow down food supplies are being blocked because trains aren't running there's a shortage of propane gas essential in a bitter canadian winter people haven't felt the impact yet but they're about to

it's estimated that the real crisis of course the canadian economy somewhere in the region of $5000000000.00 there's talk of a portal settlement by the weekend but at the moment that's more hope than expectation many native communities support the pipeline for the economic benefits it will bring there's also a widespread public support for the protests one energy expert says he's worried the concerns of some in the native communities have been hijacked attacking this particular pipeline makes absolutely no sense by any objective measure and for those who are using this as a means to achieve other other political agenda i think we should leave that for whether they already more than a 1000 workers have been told they're going to be laid off mainly in the real industry but if there's no solution that might start to spread the protesters haven't said much in the past few days but their message is echoing across canada alan fischer al-jazeera their own too. the u.s. dropped more bombs on afghanistan last year than any other year in the past decade

and the hope that a deal with the taliban will put an end to the violence it could be too late for some families who've been caught up in the crossfire zain bus ravi as more you. know b. says his home in across the province was destroyed by one of the more than 7400 bombs the u.s. air force dropped on of coniston last year. u.s. government data suggests it is the highest total of airstrikes in of coniston in 10 years his family's home in the village of her son became a u.s. target during a battle between the taliban and government forces on the us and it was 1230 at night when the airplane bombed our house it was the day at district and a lot of fighting was going on my brother was killed along with 3 of his daughters one was 4 years old one was 2 years old and the 3rd one was 6 months old fighting came as close as 50 metres to his house after what he describes as a drone strike nobody moved surviving members of his family to gosney the capital

of the province they returned last month after repairs to their mud house points to where the bomb struck he says he found his brother muhammad absolved and 3 of his brother's children in pieces it's not that there was a drone bombed our house i lost my husband and 3 children i don't know where the taliban came from and started fighting that an airplane came and hit our house we're in trouble and i'm psychologically traumatized my children get scared my nieces and nephews get scared our whole family is scared. now when they hear loud noises the children say the drones have come back. one of those daughters survived the attack when asked where her father is just she says in the airplane and that her uncle takes care of her for now her answer suggests she still doesn't fully comprehend what happened. an airstrike in both peace province in the north of

the country earlier this month meant for the taleban locals say killed only civilians. last night 3 bodies came to hospital 2 children and one woman they were all dead the more children died on the spot and the local villagers buried them there the latest report from u.s. monitors says last year american and afghan forces killed more civilians than the. taliban for the 1st time since the conflict began and u.s. officials monitoring reconstruction efforts also found the taliban and other armed groups carried out more attacks in the last quarter of 2019 than at any time in the previous decade. fighting during this time of year usually moves from snow covered mountain terrain to warmer urban centers but this time there's been more violence in rural communities and relative quiet in major cities that is attributed to peace talks with the taliban u.s. diplomats are hoping an agreement described as a reduction in violence will help bring american troops home winding down the war

in afghanistan is something donald trump knows could help israel lection campaign but fighting has continued outside major cities the number of people being killed in provincial districts has continued to rise if the latest round of taliban talks fail off guns worry that the next fighting season due to start in the spring a matter of months could be more violent than ever. a former advisor to the u.s. president trump is set to be sentenced in the coming hours roger stone was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into whether mr truong is campaign colluded with russia prosecutors initially recommended a prison sentence of up to 90 years which trump criticized that was reduced by 5 years after the attorney general william ball intervened the former mayor of new york michael bloomberg has come under attack from democratic rivals in the debate just days ahead of the caucus in nevada as a late entrance in the rights to take on donald trump the n.b.c. news debate was bloomberg 1st appearance watched it. mike bloomberg came under fire

from the start elizabeth warren blasted the former new york mayor over his past the such a mystic comments a billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse taste lesbians and no i'm not talking about donald trump i'm talking about mayor bloomberg warren also compared bloomberg to president donald trump democrats take a huge risk if we just substitute one arrogant billionaire for another bloomberg defended himself as the candidate best able to defeat trump i'm a new yorker i know how to take on an arrogant con man like donald trump said neither front runner bernie sanders nor bloomberg could beat trump most americans don't see where they fit if they've got to choose between a socialist who thinks that capitalism is the root of all evil and a billionaire who thinks that money ought to be the root of all power sanders and

joe biden attacked bloomberg controversy open leasing policy as new york mayor which many believe unfairly targeted young men of color mr bloomberg had policies in new york city of stop and frisk which went after african-american and latino people in an outrageous way the policy was a port bloomberg defended stop and frisk it got out of control and when we discovered i discovered that we were doing many many too many stop and frisks we cut 95 percent of it. and i've sat down with a bunch of african-american clergy and business people to talk about this bloomberg was questioned about widely quoted massaging his dick and sexist remarks he made as a businessman he should have been prepared for the question but he deflected it i am very proud of the fact that about 2 weeks ago we were awarded we were voted the most fat that the best place to work 2nd best play. in america we

are not going to be donald trump with a man who has who knows how many nondisclosure agreements and the drip drip drip of stories of women saying they have been harassed and discriminated. stuff but bloomberg wasn't the only one under attack amy club of charcot rattled when booted judge chided her for being unable to state the name of the president of mexico in an interview with let tina reporters are you trying to say that i'm dumb are you mocking me here pete i'm saying these are trivial i made an error people sometimes forget names bloomberg tried to use his business experience to his advantage perhaps not the best strategy for appealing to democrats i'm the only one here and i think the 7 start of the business is that fair you know along with what's in you made all that money maybe your work has played some role in that as

well it was the hardest punching debate by far bloomberg took a beating sanders did nothing to hurt his position as front runner while biden continued to fade warren had a strong showing but close with shar lost her cool under questioning from buddhist gedge now the race will continue with a caucus here in nevada on saturday rob reynolds al-jazeera las vegas. this is al jazeera these are the top stories german officials say they are treating a shooting in the western city of terrorism a gunman believed to be motivated by far right beliefs shot dead 10 people at several sites the 43 year old suspect was later found dead at his own home the german chancellor angela merkel condemned the attack and said there were indications the suspect acted out of racist motives. the turkish military has

shelled syrian government positions in the northwestern city of suffocate the government capture the city from rebels 2 weeks ago part of a push to retake the last rebel held area the turkish president wretch up diverted one issued an ultimatum for syrian troops to pull out or face retaliation so korea has reported its 1st death from the coronavirus there's been a spike in the number of cases there that brings the total so far to $104.00 meanwhile the government in japan is defending its handling of the outbreak onboard the diamond princess cruise ship 2 passengers have died the police say listen to his prime minister will be charged with the murder of his estranged wife after the announcement thomas to bonnie told the media their hill resigned at the end of july anyway but he said old age was the reason to bonnie was shot near her home in 2017 to bonnie his current wife is also facing charges related to the killing which she

has denied the united nations has accused south sudan's warring parties of deliberately starving its people a new report says politicians have been oblivious to the suffering of millions of civilians the country slid into a civil war after the president salva kiir accused his former deputy rick machar of attempting a coup. well and the army has closed off several roads in the capital khartoum to stop protests from getting close to its headquarters demonstrators angry over the military's decision to dismiss a number of soldiers those sites include officers who protected civilians. several people were killed up next it's the stream from 50 g.b. i will see you very soon. joy tragedy and violence but it doesn't matter where you are you'll have to be able to relate to the human. way.

because unlike and it's my job to shed light on why. filling in for me ok and you are in the story after 17 years of war what are the prospects for peace in darfur we'll look at the ongoing sudanese peace talks you can join this conversation live in our youtube chat. darfur is all but disappeared from international headlines but for the past 17 years the conflict in western sudan has waged on since the overthrow of sudan's former president omar al bashir 200-1000.