fares that matter to lean. down to 0. donald trump's former ally roger stone is sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to congress but the president is confident he'll be cleared. by example robin you're watching over there and i have my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes vigils are held in germany to remember victims of a mass shooting that's been treated as a terrorist attack. also after months of talks south sudan's president and opposition leader richard deal to former unity government. and the reverse in the declining death rate china reports a slight increase in new coronavirus cases for the 1st time in 3 days.

welcome to the program a longtime ally of u.s. a president donald trump has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison for lying to congress and witness tampering or just stone was facing a much longer sentence until the president tweeted about his case let's bring in john hendren not correspondent in washington d.c. who's been following what has been really a very eventful day. it has indeed president trump is preparing right now as we speak to address a rally in nevada that's where voters will pick the republican and democratic presidential nominees on saturday for that state and the president is a likely to mention roger stone just as he did earlier in the day stone is a legendary figure loyal to 2 presidents he was

a dirty tricks or his own words who did the bidding of president richard nixon and now he is loyal to president donald trump and he was convicted for lying about trump's connections and his administration's connections with russia and about leaked democratic e-mails to wiki leaks now on thursday he was sentenced to prison as expected but he didn't seem particularly worried take a look. smiling in confident roger stone looks almost triumphant as he walks out of a federal courthouse despite taunts of lock him up from the crowd. perhaps for good reason he sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison but as president donald trump hints he might not serve any of it because roger has a very good chance of exoneration in my opinion that's a reference to stone's request for a new trial based on alleged jury bias the president himself pleaded stone's case

in los vegas to a friendly audience of rehabilitated prisoners it's my strong opinion that the 4 woman of the jury the woman who was in charge of the jury is totally tainted when you take a look how can you have a person like this more tantalizing is the president's hint that he might pardon his long time friend and fixer a man so loyal to his previous boss president richard nixon that he still bears a tattoo with nixon's image on it. going to watch the process of going to watch it very closely and at some point i'll make a determination but roger stone and everybody has to be treated fairly and this has not been a fair process the sentencing phase of the case began with department of justice prosecutors saying guidelines called for a 7 to 9 years sentence then president trump tweeted that was a miscarriage of justice attorney general william barr personally intervened to

reduce the sentence recommendation but later complained the president tweets were making his job impossible in the end the judge handed down a sentence that was less than half of the original prosecutor's recommendation it was anything but a standard trial the judge and others call the intervention by the president and attorney general william barr unprecedented it is a genuine threat to the credibility of the justice department particularly want to come to these sorts of politically sensitive charges that touch on people close to the president this isn't the 1st time we've seen attorney general barr do something that raises a lot of eyebrows around cases the president cares about the question now is will president trump a conservative who has liberally used his pardoning power extend that power to him and the judge found guilty for covering up the president's own misdeeds. as vice president mike pence warms up for the president in nevada the president has attacked nearly everyone involved in prosecuting this case the prosecutors

themselves of the 4 woman of the jury and the judge and that judge today. took into account the request for leniency by the friends and family of roger stone she said you wouldn't judge stone as a person but you would leave that to a higher power that is despite the fact that stone at one point posted an instagram pic get a picture with the judge's face and crosshairs and it is if through a rifle scope the judge did criticize him for that but went on today in sentencing to say that he was not sentenced for standing up for donald trump he was sentenced for covering up for donald trump she said it was unusual for prosecutors in this case to be asking for something less than the standard sentence that was sort of an indication that the judge seemed to believe that there was some intervention here something she brought up several times asking the prosecutor why he was there well it was because the 4 previous prosecutors resigned apparently in protests stone

ended up saying i have nothing to say thank you and he did not leave in handcuffs that is because he's asked for a new trial and so after he left he went to the palm restaurant a few blocks from where i'm standing had chicken pie ahrd and then watch the president's remarks about him on his phone. i think this is a story that certainly is the it's going away for the moment thank you. but sort of the top story now and that is in europe where germany's president has called on his fellow citizens to unite to defeat racism and violence he was speaking at one of the several vigils held in all are of 9 people killed in a shooting attack in the city of her now double it came reports. on a cold day in february the german head of state expresses his symptoms in caps relating in the simple act the feelings of many his people for those who died here . this is where a 43 year old german used to legally owned

a gun to target turks and kurds he repeated his attack at this other venue where those 2 ethnic groups congregate when his killing spree there was complete he returned home and murdered his mother before shooting himself federal prosecutors are working on the basis he was a far right supporter see. that sign the goal of the investigation will be to find out whether there are or were accessories all supporters for these attacks and. we will clarify the contacts and environment of the suspected perpetrator in the country but also potential contacts overseas hit us up clear them. some of the survivors have described their ordeal. the man entered to decide and then more he came to our site he shot straight to the head of everyone he saw he laid down and then he fired at all of us i had behind the wall as i was moving

to hide he shot me in the arm laden somebody somebody laid on me and somebody else laid on him we became a pile. the sense of shock in this community is pretty clear already floral tributes have begun to be laid outside one of the venues where so many people were shot dead on wednesday night. political reaction has been swift all parties condemning the murders and ministers making a frank assessment of the danger of far right violence. and this is the 3rd right wing assassination in germany with. the terrible this is a terrible realisation because these means their right wing extremism has become a threat for germany again it's a threat for everyone who lives here as i know schrecklich can't miss. that is a reference to moments like this last autumn 2 people were shot dead outside

a synagogue in the eastern city of hallet the 27 year old man is in custody in relation to the killings and earlier last year the christian democrat marable western german city was shot dead by a person with known links to the far right. ministers have stressed they are investing more time and resources into the fight against far right violence but some people are wondering who else must suffer before society takes the threat more seriously dominic kane al-jazeera hanau. well there's been a breakthrough in south sudan president salva kiir and his rival write the show her announced a deal to form a coalition government that's after 2 previous failed attempts care set and the outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days the 2 sides signed a deal in 2018 to end the devastating conflict which has engulfed the nation since independence 9 years ago. meanwhile the united nations is accuse government and

opposition forces of war crimes including deliberately starving their citizens are diplomatic editor james bays in geneva he says the timing of the report from the u.n. human rights commission has is worrying. the latest report by the commission on human rights in south sudan makes extremely grim reading it says that the violence has continued as have sexual attacks gang rapes mutilation the report also says that there are persistent cases of starvation being used as a weapon this crime of starvation which involves destroying essential elements for the survival of the civilian population has been used by both sides in the conflict as a way of getting people to be to displace as well as a way of intimidating the civilian population and it is a deliberate tactic it can involve blocking humanitarian assistance but also the destruction of crops and livestock and even seeds and waterholes the timing of this

latest report is very worrying for the international community because the armies that are carrying out these abuses are led by 2 men who are supposed to together provide the leadership to a new unity government privately key figures will tell you that these 2 men probably should be in the hague on trial instead the international community is once again putting their trust in them to try and save south sudan. montara is a south sudan political analyst he says the un's findings can only be addressed when a stable government is in place. definitely both sides have committed to shoot atrocities against the civilian population of the population is not part of this part of struggle what they need is not their country had become independent since 2001000 a level and everybody was looking for development for this new country to take off after many 'd many years 2 decades of war against the north and then this happened

and they themselves became the target of the armies of the 2 men so this is a serious issue we are glad that the un is flagging it up there is a hard call made off so adamant so sausage in east. legal experts but the majority are bigger especially going to come as they are going to come from elsewhere in the world so i do hoping that a soon as this peace has been established down the line within a few months or a few years this this court will take action and hopefully the people who have committed his atrocities would have to face justice. well still ahead here on al-jazeera a fresh push by turkish backed forces in the battle for syria's italy profits but the human cost continues to mount the murder case that's brought in a suit to prime minister the body will face charges for alleged involvement in the killing of his 2nd wife.

had a lousy dry weather across the part of china recently we call it increasing cloud now spilling him across western policy you will see some cloud and rain coming through for friday and that west the weather will gradually not its way up towards the northeast this band of wetter weather this disturbance will just drive its way across north korea and it continues to drive its way further eastward turning increasingly wet through the 2nd half of the weekend was a good part of japan with some snow as well over the high ground sheltered by the mountains tokay doesn't that say badly highs here of around 18 degrees and meanwhile we see some pleasant sunshine across the philippines the charts of want to choose shallow as usual scattering of showers across much of malaysia the heaviest downpours of course into indonesia will see some lively shower was just

east of the whites for here as you go on through the next day as i do the northeasterly winds so we will still catch a few showers into the philippines and certainly they'll drive their way down towards the middle a peninsula and beyond we got a few showers also pushing toward you can see these little puffs of clout there just pushing towards sri lanka will see some showers there to the eastern side of the country as we go through friday and further north would be some useful right coming into northern areas of india in new delhi. an estimated 100000. and lives cruelly ended over a century ago. a distant past not to the descendants of the slaughtered. a tale of colonialism and racial supremacy unravels and the quest for justice and recognition of the sacrifices of tribal people in the middle. skulls of my people

a witness documentary on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera the soul romney a reminder of our top stories the u.s. president's long time advisor roger stone has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison but he was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering in obstructing the investigation into russian meddling during the 2016 presidential election. a vigil has been held in the german city of our tory suspected far right attack left 9 people dead authorities say they're treating wednesday's shootings of 2 she should pass as terrorism. and south sudan's

president salva kiir and his rival rife with shar have announced a deal to form a coalition government that's up to 2 previous failed attempts here so the outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days. there's been a slight increase in the number of coronavirus deaths in china's hoop a province that's the epicenter of the outbreak just a short while ago the government confirmed 115 people died on thursday 6 more than the day before meanwhile south korea has declared they city as a special management zone following an explosion in new virus infections a true brown possible. south korea is a new frontline in the corona virus outbreak the focus on thursday the southeastern city of daegu and its surrounding areas people are being warned not to go outside the mayor's appealing for medical help fearing hospitals may struggle to cope the

spike in cases confirmed by south korea's ministry of health and welfare or just an acquittal since last night $31.00 people have additionally been infected with covered 19 the total tally is now 82 people the bulk of the new cluster has been traced to a religious group officials from south korea's centers for disease control and prevention say a female member. of the group diagnosed with the virus last week but had contact with more than 160 followers. we are promptly investigating all people who came into contact with the confirmed patient and we are planning to conduct effective measures like investigating all devoted to detect those with symptoms in the early stages in china where the corona virus began government officials continue to insist their containment measures are working and have reported the biggest drop in new infections in nearly a month 394 with 114 deaths but the way people are being

diagnosed has changed again a week after the testing criteria was widened at a gathering of asian foreign ministers in laos china's top diplomat said those stringent measures and other virus control methods were bringing results. not only protecting its own people but also the rest of the world this is going precious time for the global response to the virus that upbeat message is reflected in state t.v. news bulletins with uplifting stories of patients who've recovered from the virus leaving hospital more than 1600 so far. in macau the world's biggest casino hub venue's closed 15 days ago are reopening but the gaming regulator has imposed strict rules for casinos including temperature checks mask protection and health decorations for staff and guests the chinese territory makes over 80 percent

of its revenues from casinos the tourist visits of all but dried up. well workers in many other industries across mainland china are being encouraged to return to work virus experts are warning that could lead to secondary infections here in hong kong there have been 2 more confirmed infections taking the total to 63 and that figure could rise now that hong kong citizens who are on board the quarantine cruise line of japan are beginning to return on chartered flights they'll have to spend the next 14 days in quarantine adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong will stay on the same subject iraq has closed its border with iran and stop flights there after 2 people also died of the virus quatre ways as also suspended flights of warned of serious losses due to the corona virus outbreak european airline group or from the scale and said it could wipe out to $215000000.00 from its earnings by april on australia's qantas is estimating

a 100000000 dollar loss in this financial year. turkey says 2 of its soldiers have been killed and 5 injured in air strikes near syria's province the turkish military has been shelling syrian government positions in the northwestern city of some of keep bashar al assad's forces free took the city as part of its offensive in the last rebel held area. reports stuff. opposition syrian national army fighters moved under cover of heavy artillery shelling by turkish troops their vans to was neda the town was a rebel stronghold until 2 weeks ago when along with the city. it fell into the hands of syrian government troops the u.n. says the offensive by the syrian army has resulted in the largest displacement of civilians since the start of the conflict 9 years ago we remain very alarmed about the safety and protection of over $3000000.00 civilians in italy and its

surrounding areas in the northwestern. part of syria as reports of airstrikes and shelling continue to take a heavy toll on the civilian population and in retaliation for the death of 2 of its soldiers in an attack blamed on the syrian army the turkish defense ministry said dozens of syrian soldiers were killed and military vehicles destroyed turkish officials warned of an imminent military offensive if syrian troops don't pull out of the demilitarized zone. turkey is a sovereign and independent state it takes its own decisions will make necessary decisions and soldiers will act accordingly we will establish the ceasefire even if we have to use force with the fighting showing no signs of abating thousands of internally displaced continue to converge in it live city of the house in order. that i hope the turkish backed operations will alleviate all sufferings because

that's the only way we can return to our homes and our villages. the international community keep talking about peace but we know we will only go back to our villages if the turks launch an offensive. turkey has expanded its military presence in it live following the death of 13 of its soldiers in the earlier this month of fischel is here insist that troops were deployed to establish peace and provide humanitarian assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people who fled government military campaign it's too early to determine at this stage whether the offensive by the turkish backed rebels in a native and part of a major campaign to take territory lost over the last few months or just a limited operation but since turkey and russia have not agreed on how to implement a cease fire and push the syrian army behind the demilitarized zone fighting is likely to continue. well earlier we spoke to the un see military and she's

looked local but he says aid agencies are struggling to keep up with the scale of the crisis in the northwestern syria there are 3000000 people in northwestern syria who are right under this high randomness own slaw that is going 090-0000 moved in the last few weeks they are camped out in fields in the open mean unfinished buildings on plastic sheets they are freezing and cold and terrify the u.n. every day is bringing dozens of trucks into northwest syria into it lip through crossings agreed by the united nations security council from turkey where bringing food medicines shelter. all sorts of other supplies warm clothes stoves fuel and so on and that is providing a little bit of help to people but the the aid operation is overwhelmed by the

sheer scale of the movement of people and their vulnerability and the thing that really needs to happen as i say above all is for the palming to stop it is. contrary to international humanitarian law to attack civilians and civilian objects one of the things to understand about the situation now in it late is that there is this is a very densely populated place now and with a population density bigger than many of the well the capital cities and there are hundreds and hundreds of places where people are camped out in groups of a few 100 or a few 1000 or more than 5000 and there's no way that safe. the breaking news just coming out of the arabian peninsula the saudi's state news agency is telling us that defense systems there have intercepted and destroyed several ballistic missiles they say that were fired from yemen's capital sanaa towards. saudi arabia we'll try and bring more. we get it and just to repeat

there that the saudi news agency is saying that several missiles or ballistic missiles fired from yemen's territory and possibly from santa towards saudi arabia have been intercepted by the saudi king there will bring you more on that as we get it. police in the city so prime minister thomas the body will be charged with the murder of his a strange wife after the announcement in bali told a local radio station that he will resign at the end of july but said that was due to old age. the bunny who was shot near a home in 2017 the bodies current wife and mesa is also facing charges relating to the killing she's denied any involvement for me to miller more from johannesburg. 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 a transition urging whoever 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 he's 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 a problem has been freed from prison the true judge overturned a conviction for harassing of the president online i mean actually not actually. was sentenced to 18 months. after using vulgar language to criticize yarima serving in facebook posts so she was greeted by supporters outside the court in kampala but fainted shortly after her release prison guards try to stop her from leaving saying she hadn't been officially just charged and fired several shots. police in london the rest of the murders as mission of attempted murder after a stabbing at the capital's largest mosque the victim in his seventy's was leading

prayers at a london central mosque when he was attacked and seriously injured the incident is not being treated as terrorism related to roy chalons has more from london. just after the beginning of of afternoon prayers when about 200 people were in attendance. with a knife try to. the mosque. in the middle who didn't. manage to stab the mourners in the man who for 25 to 30 years here calls the faithful to prayer now the victim. was taken to hospital and his condition as we understand is not thought to be life threatening. the. suspected of doing this was pinned to the floor by other members of the congregation the police arrived they took him

away. obviously in the aftermath of what's happened in germany people who are very worried that this might be some kind of copycats event or ideologically linked in some way the man who the police took away at 29 year old was white but what the police are saying is they do not think that this is a terrorist incident and the reason we believe why they're saying that is because from what i've been gathering here that people. think did this has been attending prayers here for some 6 months and they view this as something of a regular perhaps someone who has mental health issues or was otherwise a very. prime minister has resigned. chosen by representatives to name his replacement was inconclusive of the 3

largest parties one enough seats in elections earlier this is to secure a majority right because center right. behind left wing nationalist and old rivals scene of oil. georgiades there with me is the whole robin a reminder of our top stories the u.s. president's long time adviser roger stone has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison he was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into russian meddling enjoying the 2016 election trump has responded to the sentencing accusing the jury forward of tainting the case this is a woman who. was an air de trop person totally now i don't know if this is a fact but she had a horrible social media get the things she said on the account were unbelievable

she didn't reveal that when she was chosen and she is i guess from what i hear a very strong woman a very dominant person so she can get people to do whatever she wants saudi arabia state news agency says it's air defenses of intercepted undestroyed several ballistic missiles fired from sun are in the yemen towards the kingdom it says the missiles were fired by iranian backed rebels targeting cities and civilians a vigil has been held in the german city of an hour after a suspected far right attack left 9 people dead germany's president called on citizens to unite defeat racism and violence or 40 say they're treating wednesday shootings in. terrorism south sudan's president salva kiir and his rival write wishart announced a deal to fall because a little government has after 2 previous failed attempts here said any outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days. police in london have arrested battled

suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing at the capital's largest mosque where the victim in his seventy's was leading present london central lost when he was attacked and seriously injured worshippers how they say let down until police arrived these student is not being treated as terror related. south korea has raised the alert levels all southeast and city of day give a street explosion it coronavirus cases at least 81 of the factions have been concerned the prime minister says medical resources will be bolstered to stop the virus from spreading to the rest of the country those were the headlines will be back with more news in half an hour here all of which is there next it's inside story to stay with us.

europe's digital ambitions the e.u. has just revealed its vision for the continent's tech future hearing competition from abroad it wants to grow its own sector but there are concerns over just how it will protect privacy is a story. hello there and welcome to the program on the. now there is a global race for technology leadership with the united states and china out front europe now says it wants to catch up and reinforce its position on the digital scene its leaders are concerned about the reliance on foreign owned tech companies including microsoft apple and way they say they want to develop europe's own.