i'll. give you a relief on al jazeera. al-jazeera . but i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes squeezed by sanctions iranians vote in a parliamentary election where many moderate and reformist candidates are blocked from running. a weeklong reduction of violence is said to beget in afghanistan but will it pave the way for a peace deal between the taliban and the u.s. . emergency measures in south korea as the number of grown up virus infections doubles. as prime minister heads to south africa hours before he was due to be charged in the murder of his 2nd wife. i'm going to go with the sport as the u.s.

women's soccer team called for $66000000.00 in damages in their discrimination case plus a 16 year old is india flying start to the opening match of the women's team 20 world cup against champions australia. are on and have a few hours left to vote in an election which is likely to change the shape of parliament it set to become more conservative after thousands of candidates mostly reformists and moderates were barred from running by the guardian council that is iran's constitutional watchdog those prevented from standing include dozens of members of the outgoing parliament of the us responded by imposing new sanctions on members of that council accusing them of rigging the election iran's leaders are calling for a high turnout so it is a new tactic. voting is

a religious duty which we have said in the past and the truth is that elections guarantee the national interests of iraq. anyone who believes in the national interest of this country should participate my advice is that everyone should vote with whatever opinions they have formed and to do so early do not leave this last minute but rather vote early in the day. in the central city of a song which is a conservative stronghold 1st that let's go to dorset yari who is live in tehran so what are the issues that are that are driving voters to the polls. well one of the main issues here is about the set at satis of a country's economy that is something that has seen take a huge hit as a result of the sanctions that have been imposed on iran not only from by the united states but a by the number of other countries what that has done it basically is discredits the government's policies and promises that they made after the signing of the historic nuclear deal in 2015 the fact that that deal is now very much in question

its future is in question since the united states withdrew from the deal in 2018 and imposed a series of sanctions on iran the government hasn't really been able to deliver on all that it promised when it came to reviving this country's economy we're talking about the fact that iran's inflation is currently at about 40 percent with unemployment rates nearing 20 percent this is one of the main issues here and that is why many of the people that would have traditionally voted for the reformist candidates have chosen not to come out during today's voting process what we've heard from many is that the conservative supporters are coming out to vote and that is likely to see a shift in the parliament now what that means when it comes to iran's political future and dealing with the international community i'm joined now by political analysts up us a slummy thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera what do you think today's elections will mean for iran. well i think in terms of the mystic politics in the country this is quite significant because this will mean that if the

parliament goes more conservative. pressure for a role on it ministration on one on one side different parties on france are preparing for the presidential election in the country i think the judiciary branch is conservative if the parliament goes more and so that there will be one branch there for the conservatives to gain and that will be the presidency and i think they saw that they are trying to that's pave the way for a presidency which is going to happen a year and a bit more of time so in terms of part of foreign policy i think if the parliament goes more conservative this will be this mean less chance of direct negotiations with the united states and they will also put more pressure on the honda administration in order to. have demands from the european sides in order to fulfill their commitments on that in the. this is happening in

a context which you ron has been dealing with different issues inside the home as well as abroad so i think conservatives want to have a more united voice in the political scene of the country this can be a bit much telling for the future of the country because we have elections ahead as well as the important decisions might be taken in the years to come thank you very much so that is if you hear in terms of what this election means when it comes to not only for iranians but for the future of how iran will deal with the international community for such a boring life in tehran or say thank you now to our bernard smith who is live and is behind that is a basically conservative stronghold so what's what is the turnout been like and what are the issues that are getting voters there to the polls. richelle this is an outdoor polling station in central is fond of the people we've been

speaking to here say a similar thing also a similar thing they're voting because they feel it's a pattern of duty to vote and they're doing it for their country despite all the problems and those sort of commons would be will be music to the years of the iranian government the supreme leader himself has said that voting is a patrick and a religious duty you would expect a high turnout in this part of iran as far as a is found in the provinces a conservative area of the 19 seats up for grabs in the last parliamentary election 10 of them went to conservatives and 5 of those seats are here in is for cities people have been voting since 8 o'clock this morning there's been a fairly steady line so at least from here what looks like a reasonably good turnout but the choice is mainly conservative candidates who most reformist candidates were not allowed on the list they were disqualified for various reasons so people making choices making making their choices between

a list of conservative candidates who fell 3 and a half 1000000 in this. province able to vote about 170000 of those are 1st time voters show ok. look at what's happening there mr harnett outdoor polling thank you ron. the deal that's supposed to be a step towards peace in afghanistan is due to begin in a few hours the taliban in the u.s. will began what they're calling a reduction of violence starting at midnight if this 7 day deal proves to be a success both sides will begin an accord at the end of the month paving the way for peace talks between the taliban and other afghan groups the new york times has published an opinion piece by the deputy leader of the taliban titled what we the taliban want conny says that would draw all of foreign forces is the 1st and foremost demands of the armed group he goes on to say a liberated afghanistan will have an islamic system where all afghans have equal rights and that includes the rights of women granted by islam to access work and

education despite 18 months of talks in qatar conny insists washington does not trust the group completely and the feeling is mutual he also says the taliban will be committed to all international conventions as long as they are compatible with islamic principles of the war because a security analyst in the founding member of transparency afghanistan that's a non-governmental organization focusing on corruption in afghanistan he joins us live from kabul so 1st of all this this op ed in the new york times in english what type what message is the taliban trying to send with that. well for us the phone the african government the international community the united states of america tried its best over the past 15 years to fragment the taliban into various groups and then there was this criticism and lack of trust where it is said that the political wing of taliban in qatar and its military wing and quit to and of

understand are not on the same page when it comes to the peace process that was published by new york times written by the taliban's dipping son of a commie the strong words of argentina conny lead indication what he wanted to convey was basically that the military wing of the taleban and its political wing on the same page when it comes to the peace agreement so if they talk about the. is that messaging talk is that meant that actually true are they on the same page or is that just a message he wants to send well one thing we have been saying get over and over again is that condi network was just a military wing of the taliban movement and it was not and dependent organization we have been saying this for the biased many years and the oprah dot was published yesterday new york times was

a glad indication that this is what it is the military wing of the taliban and the put it together when on the same page it was proven 2 years ago when there was a 3 days ceasefire announced by the taliban and the afghan government where you had no violence recorded in a one a son by the taliban but yet again you had skepticism in the international community and the african government and this opened. and conveyed that i had message that we are on the same page ok so the somme attempt at a 7 day ceasefire do you think it will happen. when we have had 3 days 2 years ago and we are just about a few hours short of the deduction in violence fees which is about which is in about of a few hours which is about a week long one thing is for sure dad is a united front when it comes to the taliban i think the. d.

taliban and its commandos are not working there so what does this reduction in violence means yes it's quite vague it's rigged for the afghan government it's way forward for the coalition forces but haves because the doctrine and violence does not necessitate translates into a complete full fledged cease fire the. reduction in violence will happen because for the past 2 years all sides have been trying to pressurize each other on the negotiating tables on the military front trying to have leverage. they want and finally they have agreed on something and just before if they were to sign it on the february of 29th this one week window is very important for the sake of confidence but i think trust is very human emotion there's a lot of trust deficit and this is very very vital for the feb 29th.

communication settlement and where the leaders of the taliban in the international community and the united states will sign that paper so really crucial time period they were in entering here had a board thank you so much for your insight from kabul appreciate it millions of people have been urged to stay indoors in south korea becomes the country with the highest number of corona virus infections outside of china health authorities have announced one death and 204 cases nationwide rob mcbride reports in the southern city of daegu one of the worst affected areas. the city of daegu is at the center of an outbreak of the corona virus that has the whole of south korea worried with nearly all of the new cases of infection linked to this church a branch of the shin changi church of jesus it's believed people attending services here became infected some of whom then travel to other towns and cities in south korea infecting more people daegu and the neighboring city and now the focus of a national effort to contain the outbreak children hooked into the government will

take special measures by designating. areas and special care zones as a sudden hike in numbers of the confirmed cases have been reported from there it's thought many of the new cases of infection were due to one woman member of the church who also travelled widely around daegu city before finally being diagnosed the man has ordered everyone to remain at home bringing the city of 2 and a half 1000000 to a virtual standstill special medical centers have been set up to treat the expected increase in new cases in the capital seoul preventive measures are being taken while other branches of the shin chunky church of jesus have been closed. and large scale rallies that usually take place at the weekends have been banned. with the spread of the virus we plan to take momentous measures in order to protect the elderly who are vulnerable to this contagious disease so will ban the use of public

squares where many citizens gather back in daegu people anxiously wait to see if this outbreak has been contained or if this is the start of something bigger usually on a friday evening this downtown shopping going to entertainment district would be packed with people on this evening it's nearly deserted as most tuesdays stay away and wait to see what happens next bride al-jazeera daegu south korea. and in china several health and communist party officials have been fired after more than 200 people were infected by corona virus inside prisons cases were reported in 2 jails and the chandon engine jame provinces and mates and prison guards make up most of the $258.00 new cases reported outside of the epicenter on thursday the government says preventative measures were poorly carried out and iran is reporting 2 more coronavirus deaths bringing its total to 4 israel has confirmed its 1st case a passenger who returned home from the quarantine cruise ship near tokyo and europe

italy is supporting 6 infections and ukraine fears over the spread of the coronavirus turned into violent confrontations with police on thursday or testers threw rocks at buses carrying evacuees who were returning from china the president reassured locals with a dude up pose any danger. plenty more ahead in the news hour including united against hate tens of thousands of people attend vigils for victims of a far right attack in germany. trouble is far from over in the u.k. were more than 100 flood warnings remain in place. i don't bother reading records smashed by an athlete for nike is controversial issues joe will have bad news for. constitutional court has dissolved a prominent opposition party and banned its leaders from politics for 10 years or

ruled the future forward party violated election finance laws the party says it wants to mock racine and the removal of the army from politics in business it finished in 3rd place last year in the 1st election since the 2014 military coup from bangkok wayne hay explains the road ahead for the future forward party. many supporters had gathered to watch the live stream of this verdict being read out by the constitutional court judges and ultimately the verdict was guilty that the party is dissolved only around 2 years after it was formed about a year after it performed so well in the 2019 election and the leaders of the party the judges announced will be banned from politics for 10 years this was all about money that was given from the charismatic leader of this party thomas on june room ruling kid amounting to just over $6000000.00 now the party said that this was a loan they've already started paying the loan back so therefore it didn't come under the usual political party laws governing donations from individuals the

judges thought otherwise they said this was a gift it was a donation cannot be classified as a loan so therefore they had no choice but to dissolve the policy this of course will be seen by the leaders of this party by most of the more than $6000000.00 ties that voted for this party in the election last year as politically motivated that this party simply became too popular and yet again we see another political party in thailand dissolved by the courts well such as prime minister has failed to show up to court where he was expected to be charged in connection with the murder of his 2nd wife thomas 20 secretary says he sent south africa attending a doctor's appointment as a strange wife was shot dead near her home in 2017 the prime minister's 3rd wife mrs to bonnie has been charged with ordering to pillows murder she has denied any involvement in a miller joins us live now from the citrus capital the say russo from

a to he's not there has he indicated at all when he will be there. well at this point the president the prime minister thomas to bonnie's lawyer has said that he has submitted a medical certificate to the court because until now there was intense speculation as to whether or not the prime minister would appear in court it seems that he might have been facing a lot of pressure to do so given the gravity of the charges that he is facing so those charges haven't been formally laid by the courts that will happen when he is in court and that could happen in the coming days perhaps sometime next week if of course that's medical leave is not extended they are many who've interpreted the departure of the prime minister as an attempt to flee justice but his spokesperson

says that's not the case the prime minister had to be taken to. a medical checkup. and also taking into consideration. that. when it comes. to the street here. and there will be one too. well many do expect this case to be drawn out given the prominence of the people involved we do know that thomas to bonnie's wife is due back in court in march but i think it will be a long time before the people in the suit took it on says around just what happened

the night bonnie was killed and who is responsible now tom to bonnie is under pressure to resign he did say a day ago that he would do that by the end of july but he also indicated that it could be early if necessary and if the transition process is in place the media miller with the latest there thank you germany's interior minister says the threat from far right groups is very high following wednesday's far right extremist attack the police are patrolling mosques train stations and airports across the country 9 people were killed when a gunman opened fire at 2 hours in the western city of and now it's being treated as an act of terrorism after a manifesto by the shooter was found online vigils have been held in several cities . look sergeant i want to say and repeat clearly once again far right extremism anti semitism and racism are poisons that confuse people's

minds and causes evil to emerge so that's what we need to acknowledge after the far right actions in hama therefore we must oppose racism in society and politicians must work shoulder to shoulder to combat the consequences. i mean again it's outside a mosque and when our people are gathering for friday prayers so obviously there is grief dominick on. the fact that there are public leaders that are speaking out against this and offering more protection is that resonating with any people you talk to. it's an interesting question certainly there is the sense of shock at what happened here you can see the flags in this turkish islamic center or at the center of half mast or half staff a mark of respect to those who died several of the victims were people who worshipped at their small earlier i spoke to some of the people coming inside coming to pray and one of them said to me that they did not feel reassured they

felt threatened their community is threatened they said one specifically saying the child said to them this morning daddy i am too frightened to go outside i'm worried might something happen to me as well so the question for them is is the sort of thing that you were saying there what mr 0 percent more police a more clear presence is that going to reassure them on the face of it people here saying no they want more to be done the question for the politicians would be what more can they do but certainly as i say the sentiment here this mosque at this turkish center is more needs to be done all right i mean it came at the latest right outside a mosque and now germany thank you. and emily presents cancer research or an advisory board member to the prosecution project and research lab setting political violence violence from far right groups becoming more some politicians need to act by shutting the his down what we see is that there's

a lot of historical parallels in the current types of violence that we're seeing today with other acts so far right violence in the past specially in germany so i think that when we look at the source. the hatred the rhetoric the conspiracy theories that are. there are almost universally coming. i think that there is undercurrent of racism and hatred driven by data phobia and islamophobia. in sort of the greater. culture war that is making certain people feel as if they are not entitled to the society that they were brought up believing that they are entitled to ringback it and i think that this level of hatred can manifest in many cases into extreme violence i think that our leaders our political leaders need to take a stand. in

a way that is more than just words in a way that they can use their political power to deny the agenda of people who hate but i also think that we are not seeing enough from other leaders in our community business leaders and other types. of like figures who have the opportunity to speak out strongly in vocally again and i hope that we can see more of that in a meaningful way. time for weather with rob and it's rain in the forecast for us and we're heading now to australia rather than your current flood zone but now a story has been the host of flies and then more recently floods and of course it's also cycling season so if you watch the will of thunderstorms around the gulf of carpentaria you might get a clue of what i'm about to say give you a forecast for the next 2 or 3 days and you'll see i suspect we'll be naming a cycle this is circulation to you that's the winds that the blues and they are in

the depths of thunderstorms circular here around through to monday night by which time it will probably make landfall bear in mind this is a fork and should be accurate but the fact that the 2 arms of the gulf of carpentaria cup decide to develop of the warm waters. happens every year there's always a nice one landfall so that's going to be a lot of rain and wind but did you notice. some of the development about the same time in the forecast in queens and this time i'm going to mess with this is not. but this is now where the rain is focused if you remember we saw in new south wales have most of us put out by pretty damaging floods to be honest but hopefully welcome well now it's the turn of queens and and again in the same sort of period of the next 2 or 3 days are going to see a collection of rain almost in place equivalent to this if it's orange it's $400.00 millimeters or more of rain that's definite flooding. still ahead on al-jazeera.

after the war and eventually comes to an end the danger from bombs buried across the land could remain for decades to come. as the race for president. continues and moves on to the state of. the democratic party is trying to avoid the embarrassing chaos took place in iowa and frustrations for ferrari on the final day of has to. have that. whether online like probably recovery being one of the worst routes to bring your review about. or if you join us on sad there is a difference in diversity and inclusion and overseas sometimes isn't always sincere based is a dialogue sanctions on the ways in which they were applied to iran are an act of warfare everyone has a voice we as a society that is so quick to get to blame need to just sit down and listen join the global conversation on al-jazeera. examining the impact of today's

headlines you use the misinformation used by setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussions how unique a load is this in terms of modern american history when it comes to racism you have the makings of a nail fascist moment international filmmakers and world class journalists bringing programs to inspire you. on al-jazeera. you're. watching officer let's take a look at the top stories we're following for you voting is under way in iran's

parliamentary elections thousands of candidates most of reformists and moderates have been barred from running iran's leaders are calling for a high turnout as a deal that's supposed to be a step towards peace in afghanistan is due to began in a few hours the taliban and the u.s. all began what they're calling it rejection of violence starting at midnight and south korea has announced another spike in front of virus infections bringing the national told to 204 that's now the worst affected country outside china the government is imposing of emergency measures. many factories still closed in china due to the crown a virus outbreak its trading partners are feeling the impact and pakistan many businesses are running out of chinese products causing a sharp increase in prices reports. to flounce prayer mats electronics you name it and you'll probably find it at this markets in the swat valley in northern pakistan and just in case consumers who are wondering where the products come from well the short names are

a give away china. customers come here to stock up on cheap and affordable everyday products. but the effects the corona virus outbreak started in china are being felt here packs on import over $14000000000.00 worth of goods from china every year to ending supplies has led to an inflation of prices for chinese products shopkeepers stand idle waiting for customers to show up not many do oh no i haven't to do the coronavirus is damaging the chinese economy even a bomb wouldn't destroy it as much as this but it's having a knock down effect on our businesses in pakistan the prices have gone up and people can't afford to buy. rearranges his products to keep himself busy but he like many small business owners is worried i mean when you monitor these markets once brimming with customers but the quarantine issue in china is affecting the supply of chinese goods in pakistan people can buy expensive products especially as

they're already under stress because of inflation here chinese ambassador to pakistan yeah washing says the corona virus outbreak will have no impact on the implementation timelines of projects under the $62000000000.00 china pakistan economic chorizo all the belts and road initiative by the extended closure of factories in the world's 2nd largest economy china has disrupted the global supply chain and. every morning i come to my shop in the hope that they'll be some business activity but now it's just a dream as markets are deserted. shop owners here are worried they say they're not sure if they'll be able to afford the rent of their shops they along with the rest of the world can only wait and see what the long term impacts of corona virus outbreak will have. al-jazeera. the u.n. is again calling for a halt in the violence in northern syria saying it could degenerate into a bloodbath there's been intense shelling between opposition and syrian government

forces who are making their push for the last trouble held area to turkish troops were killed in an earth strike on thursday turkey's president says he will not withdraw from the region or a typo on and russia's vladimir putin are due to discuss the conflict in a phone call later on friday or in libya is expected to continue to claim lives even after the conflict is over unexploded bombs and rockets can remain hidden for years and that puts civilians at risk. for ports. explosives experts to recover all that landed in this on the outskirts of tripoli he didn't also exclude but. he says still in shock. of course i was sitting inside at night when i heard a huge blow i thought windows shattered i rushed out to check everywhere i found a hole in the farm and dust scattered all over the grass this farm is in the war leader i had neighborhood of tripoli about 15 kilometers from the frontline the

internationally recognized the government accuses forces loyal to warlords really for have to of targeting a residential areas since have began his oftens of on the capital in april explosives experts have been receiving that many calls about the knicks applauded ordinance more than his colleagues know the dangers but also that the job they do can save lives if the rocket is not found and made safe then it called explode later and kill civilians they finally managed to dig it out. but the. it didn't explode because it hit fragile soil if it hit the house would have sent shrapnel within a wide range we only have primitive tools to recover such ordnance we contacted many institutions but had no response so far. officials here say nearly 6 tons

of unexploded devices have been collected in tripoli since april some have been destroyed and some have been temporarily stored in the headquarters of the national safety agency. because. we have a special store in salaheddine area but we can't currently reach it because it's now in the middle of the frontline international efforts to in the conflict have so far failed and a cease fire brokered by russia until last month did not last for long the bomb disposal team has recently launched a campaign to raise people's awareness of unexploded munitions the weapons you see . you to be ditching the to the to some wood in the desert it's everyone is hoping the war will end soon but for these experts it does not mean the end of the war they say some of the unexploded ordinance will remain hidden and likely pose

a threat for years to come. to fully. of hit the city of yoshua carda in indonesia just south of the capital jakarta sixteen's were killed and 5 others are missing or than $200.00 students were on a field trip in the area officials have launched a search and rescue operation and also in the philippines are protesting attempts to stop them from discussing the potential closure of the country's largest television network the government's top lawyer solicitor general to ask the supreme court for a gag order on tuesday the governor wants to cancel the franchise of the a.b.s. network and spend it 1st critic of president margaret go to tara today the leaders of uganda and rwanda are due to hold a new round of talks aimed at easing cross border tensions a trade like a opposed by rwanda continues to have a major impact on people and both countries economists in uganda say the country's

lost $75000000.00 in revenues since the crossing was shut a year ago catherine so are reports from new ground in border town. on an ordinary day this road heading to uganda's blood oath one would be battling queues of trucks and thousands of people crossing the beautiful business school and other reasons. but this are not ordinary times when they impose a trade blockade traders likely now call franco a suffering because of it has run his shop at the border town of a tuna for 30 years and say their konami situation is a what he's seen is in the thick of my business has been badly affected i cannot make ends meet i used to make a profit of about $1000.00 a month lucky if i make even hopeful but with no viable business many have moved away all these shops had been rented out but traders have had to close up because

there's no business though still here are residents of this border town they tell us life has become incredibly difficult. and i tells us her husband both too he was killed last year by random security forces as he tried to smuggle tobacco to the neighboring country using an illegal route several traders who have attempted to use smuggling routes also say to have been killed or harassed. that morning he was very happy as usual he left for rwanda with his bicycle and goods i was called in the evening that my husband is dead and he was shot in rwanda . the situation across the border is equally dire rundowns have been restricted from traveling to uganda for their own safety both countries have accused each other of harboring dissidents using spies and arresting innocent civilians several meetings between the 2 sides have failed to deescalate the

situation. feel free to go to. their wrist and so. does. ugandan government official say talks to resolve the dispute are going well and the border will soon be open some economists say the country has already made huge losses on ai abara told us her husband died because he was desperate to do anything to on money for his family now they've lost their sole provider and he doesn't know what to do next catherine soy al jazeera of the uganda rwanda boda. the next stage of the u.s. presidential election process began on saturday when voters in nevada choose their preferred democrat to oppose president donald trump nevada caucuses follow what is widely considered to be a disastrous failure and the iowa caucuses earlier this month about answer came to

avoid those mistakes robert all supports from las vegas. at an early voting location in las vegas people waited in line for over an hour to cast their ballots . for me 1st volunteers help the voters enter their names and addresses into tablets next voters fill out their preferences for the democratic nomination on a paper form finally the secret paper ballot is checked then dropped into a ballot box results will be tabulated on computers spreadsheets and sent by wife i linked to party precincts and state headquarters for most voters the process went smoothly it was relatively easy to understand i mean just a kind of a pain to come out here and you know do it but i think it's something that's necessary a flawed smartphone app and a failed communication system led to the spectacular breakdown of the iowa caucuses

something nevada is anxious not to repeat the nevada democratic party did the app but election experts say the caucuses will use some new technologies without providing adequate training what we hear from leaks coming out of this train sessions is that it's fairly chaotic the technology solution should have been fully baked and finished at least a couple of months ago volunteer and community organizer huey new in says the system is working well so far we are tracking and ship or checking to make sure that the data are the same on paper and on a tablet caucus volunteers and experts here say the decision to have early voting was key. taking off much of the pressure to count all the votes at once and help avoid an iowa style caucus meltdown would question is can they integrate the early voting into the precinct voting that's going to happen on saturday and do that

seamlessly i'm not saying there would not be an issue but it won't hold up the entire world that's good because the world wants to know how new that will shape the democratic race and ultimately the election in november and it wants to know fast rob reynolds al-jazeera las vegas donald trump's longtime ally roger stone has been sentenced to 40 months and prison he's been convicted of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election john hendren of course from washington. 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 was 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. it's 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 tad to 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 a man the judge found guilty for covering up the president's own misdeeds john hendren al-jazeera washington. former president has been disqualified from running

for a senate seat in the general election the court says he does not meet the requirement to be a candidate for his party candidates are supposed to be a blip in residence but morale is his living in exile in argentina he tweeted about the decision calling it a blow to democracy. international monetary fund has warned argentina that its debt is unsustainable a country is battling to avoid another day fault raising fears among ordinary argentinians of a full blown economic crisis writes about reports on venice. i was hoping his pension would be readjusted this year. argentina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world and he was disappointed when he found out that despite being paid on $240.00 a month he would not benefit from the latest government incentive because of a lack of money when i see my wife owns a minimum pension and she got

a small increase but somehow i'm considered to be rich with this out of make and we can barely survive i were rich i wouldn't be in this clinic i'd be somewhere with a decent if i had to come to the hospital. his source is not the only pensioner who's struggling the stace argentinos coping with recession inflation growing poverty a millions of dollars in debt. for many here it brings back memories of 2001 economic collapse when argentina was isolated from the international markets after it failed to page debt relief the administration of president out of the financial this and the i.m.f. seem to agree on one issue that debt payments are unsustainable argentina's new government says that it needs to restructure debt would be i m f m private phone coders in order to focus on growth to get out of the current economic crisis negotiations are well underway but it's not clear yet whether this country will be

able to prevent the hold on a sovereign debt once again. since taking office president families has increased taxes and strengthened currency controls in an attempt to prevent the loss of much needed u.s. dollars i think but this one discovers a minute i'm not sure if it's going to achieve it but i think what they're thinking even though they're not saying it the ending at some sort of competent change that helps and keep the external accounts and balance get the debt restructuring with howard stern at least from the financial point of view reduced interest burden for the next year or 2 and with this try to spread the message. argentina has had a long history with the i.m.f. and foreign creditors and there are many especially my governing coalition who say payments should be suspended and of the government of former president. argentina took on iran $100000000000.00 in foreign debt that people like. the debt should

be investigating. the i.m.f. billions of dollars to much cream because don't you trump his full support knowing the argentina couldn't pay it they did it so might create would be reelected it didn't happen the i.m.f. violated its own regulations and now they want to tell us what we should do. for amanda says his priority is to help society's most vulnerable as he struggles with foreign creditors but his policies are not reaching everyone in the same way many fear another default could make the situation even worse. and the u.k. more than 100 flood warnings remain in place after some areas report of the highest water levels of 40 years to storms caused heavy damage to a number of communities of england and wales earlier this week and at least 3 people have died the day. live in iron bridge and central england so how bad how

badly have people there been affected by a storm dennis. well right here we're at the river 7 that was one of the rivers one of 6 rivers on a severe warning earlier this week which means there is danger to life there are now 2 severe warnings in the u.k. here the river level has gone down in the last couple of days people living in this area were very worried that the river would actually flood the town of bridge historic town bay have got flood defenses put up there people hit those residents have had some properties damage as well as businesses here beyond the term people are looking towards the weekend where there could be more rainfall and more generally people are looking to the future and asking themselves what's going to happen next time there's a flood because a lot of people now are accepting that in their opinion climate change means that

there will be more severe flooding in the future so what is being done to prepare for future floods i mean as you're saying people are concerned they're worried. well right now the central government is saying that for people who have been affected. in the immediate aftermath there is around $600.00 u.s. dollars for people to start to rebuild their lives beyond that so the central government says that they are making available around $3000000000.00 in flood defenses around the country now that's something that's being debated how much you can actually put in flood defenses. for places which are not. unpredictable when they're going to be flooded. and whether it's worth putting your money into that or what some people are saying is you must develop housing projects

which are not in flood plains because according to one new report there are 70000 homes built in the last 10 years or so in areas at highest risk of flooding so this is a big debate as to where this country goes in terms of the future they can look at projects from countries which are which deal with floods well like the netherlands talking about amphibious housing and so on but for people who live in in historic areas like this the question is really where the money will come from to rebuild where there's been damage but also to put up defenses without without destroying the nature of their property and their historic attraction of places like this ok at the latest there i am branch thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera are there will be no more face offs for these 2 heavyweight fighters that support our.

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make this work you'll find a bright spot. a little. press for this job michelle thank you plays on the u.s. women's national soccer team for more than 66000000 dollars in damages part of the gender discrimination case the players who are the world cup champions is suing the u.s. soccer federation alleging institutionalized discrimination that includes unequal pay between the men's and women's teams the damages requested and papers filed in a los angeles court on thursday at a trial the scheduled to start of my the 5th. one of the biggest clubs in africa appeared to be unstoppable just 6 days ago egyptian club's amalek lifted the calf

super cup with a win over esperance now they've clinched their 2nd trophy in a week the moloch were up against their better kyra rivals are actually in the egyptian super cup and actually a top of the domestic league in refused to give an inch in regulation time so went to penalties iraqis fluffed his kick from the spot opening the door for a dollar to seal the trophy for the maalik which he did for 3 on penalties is a 4th gyptian super cup for the maalik they still have the calf champions league quarter finals look forward to next week. in these groups is a shot defending champions australia in the opening game of the women's t 20 world cup 16 year old shefali vermeer was the visitors top scorer she hit this 6 before scoring 16 runs in one over of the world's top bowler meghan shirt australia had something of a lucky break when their wicketkeeper got

a run out without really trying. india making $132.00 for 4 in reply australia's alissa healy scored a half century is out soon after that and india finished off the hosts with another run out winning by 17 s. cricket fans in pakistan are celebrating their turn home of their top domestic t 20 tournament the pakistan super league is being held entirely on home soil for the 1st time in 4 years security concerns a previously stopped foreign cricketers from playing in the early forcing organizers to stage the event in the u.a.e. this year's month long torment features $36.00 foreign players defending champions quitter gladiators beat islamabad united by 3 wickets in the opening game in front of a packed national stadium in kharaj. another running world record has fallen to an athlete wearing a controversial set of trainers ethiopia's a bubble yes shanna smashed the women's hearts marathon marked by 20 seconds in the

u.a.e. she was wearing 9th vapor fly shoes which are featured in several road and track records recently the shoes have been banned by world athletics but tighter regulations around running shoes were introduced just last month. number one rory mcilroy beats the w g c event in mexico going into round to the northern irishman shot a brilliant 6 in the past 65 to 62 strokes i heard of 2 other former major champions justin thomas and bubba watson mccoy's finish no worse than 5th in his last 5 p.g.a. tour event. trey young as scored a career high 50 points to help the atlanta hawks beat the miami heat the 21 year old signed more than half of his 153 point attempts and made 18 and 19 free throws the heat were leading late in the game that allowed atlantis for the last 10 points to steal the narrow win holt's remain 2nd to last in the eastern conference for miami have now lost 5 of its 6 matches. and the sacramento kings have survived

a late scared to beat the memphis grizzlies harrison bonds with a hard time buzzer beater on his way to top scoring with 32 points the kings sweep the 1st place and the clippers in their next western conference game as they look to make it back to back victories. heavyweight boxes tyson fury and dante a world away in late on friday head of their much anticipated w.b.c. title rematch in las vegas but there won't be a repeat of scenes like these from thursday's media conference promoters of announce they will keep the fighters apart at the weigh in as they look to avoid the teams clashing again and to reduce the chance that while the all 3 could be caught forcing a delay to the event journalist gareth a debut is in las vegas of the fight and says there's a lot more stake this time around. now writing a lot more money for it's taken all the time it should all of it's own it may come down on saturday night so who has handled the bigger case should all week

they neither of them has been in a promotion this big before supposed to be if it does the paper of you know it was probably close to grossing $200000000.00 us dollars it's got very very big legs now it's a bit more as a promotion but it wouldn't surprise me at all to see one man down or even both men down in this fight. tyson fury probably well ahead after 6 or 7 rounds and also watching the one trick whether he can last only and well while the comes after him and they're both a little bit happier for this fight i don't think you want a while to can win on points i think the concerns are that tyson fury gets cuts again as he was in his last fight in september against autopilot. and the concern is that fury goes to gun ho and goes for the knockout game while the witches while this game but i think it's more of a smokescreen i think tyson too is going to look to put a little bit more pressure on dion say wilds of this time to time him as they say

in the exchanges and try and still try to out walks him but you know what do you want a wild equalizes in the rights and left hands you can finish your fights anybody on credible so despite its going to be exciting as long as it lasts and who knows it may go another 12 rounds. battles for arias suffered engine troubles during the 3rd day of formula one testing in boss lona vettel was forced to stop his car on the side of the track in the team say the cause of power unit failure will be investigated when they get back to mount another a friary had been fastest down the straits before it stopped a pal terry brought us in his mercedes recorded the fastest lap time so far over the last 3 days. all right that is all useful for now peace will have more later michelle joe thank you very much thank you for joining us for the news hour here on al-jazeera bit keep it here on how much one is for you on the other side of the break.

frank assessments the one thing about these bush fires usage really wipe them out the. climate change informed opinion the economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those 2 school board lawyers on 'd a bogus argument is astonishingly partridge times an in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of the iraq of the new conscious and aware views about struggle against an ethnic sectarian culture the inside story on al-jazeera. across the united states indigenous families are searching for their loved ones for relatives of people who go missing finding closure is often impossible people are meeting here to raise money for the search efforts of the young woman advocates and family members have started to raise awareness about the high rates of violence they disproportionately impact indigenous communities tribal police departments are

understaffed and under-resourced another factor is that tribes don't have jurisdiction over non-native americans for all crimes there but a lot of concerns that the federal agencies don't respond that they don't take these crimes seriously a lack of evidence is the main reason federal officials are declining to. secure crimes on reservations that shouldn't be the end of the discussion. there should be then a ok let's see what went wrong in this case why the is no evidence or why the evidence isn't good enough and make sure that doesn't happen again. the quick outgrows of togo. defenseless against the winds have been indifferent to international marketplace. and political activist on a mission to establish a co-operative to make can sell chocolate on their own terms. even

a power. a taste of independents on al-jazeera. they call reduction in violence is set to began in afghanistan the u.s. and taliban say it could pave the way or at least deal. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up squeezed by sanctions iranians vote in a parliamentary election where many moderate and reformist candidates are blocked from running. millions told to stay home in a south korean city with years of run a virus outbreak air out of control else it is prime minister heads to south africa hours before he was due to be charged in the murder of his 2nd wife.