welcome to bbc news, my name's mike embley. our top stories: tens of thousands of germans attend vigils for the 9 people murdered by a far—right extremist. donald trump's former adviser gets a three year sentence for lying to congress, but the president is already talking about a pardon. an exclusive report, how a prisoner and her guard fled north korea. they tell us about their remarkable escape. and we speak to the actor daniel radcliffe about his new film, based on a true story of political prisoners in apartheid south africa.

tens of thousands of germans have attended vigils for the 9 people murdered by a far—right extremist on wednesday. authorities are treating the shootings in the western town of hanau as a terror attack. many of those who died were members of the city's turkish community, who were at two local smoking cafes. one was romanian. it's believed the gunman then killed his mother, before taking his own life. our europe correspondent gavin lee is in hanau. the aftermath of what now looks to have been a premeditated racist attack in the quiet german town of hanau, filmed by those watching on in flats above. the suspected gunman‘s target, to shisha bars, cafes for smoking scented tobacco and popular germany's turkish and kurdish community. nine people were killed, five victims were of turkish origin.

eyewitnesses have described the panic during the attacks iam i am shocked, people run on the right, on the left. i see much panic. police say the government, named as 43—year—old german national returned to his home, killed his mother and himself. forensic teams have been searching his property and car. investigators are also scrutinising his website which contained a written manifesto reporting to espouse deeply xenophobic views and painting a picture of a man with deep mental health issues. he talks of the state trying to get into his brain. there are big questions now how german authorities can stop right—wing extremism and the rise in the number of attacks. in the past year there has been an assassination of a german

politician and an attack on a synagogue in the east of the country and three days ago authority say they dismantled an extremist right—wing cell, and now this incident. angela merkel spoke of the poison of hatred and racism in german society. the local mp told me of existing tensions here in the town and said that extremism is an issue that could be linked to the growth in populism. we really need to put stop signs there and really set red lines. and be far more strict on hate speech. this evening, some of the ethnic minority families living here have told me they are too afraid to go out tonight, worried that a threat may still exist but many people of hanau are gathering, laying flowers and tributes to those who have lost their lives. gavin lee, bbc news, hanau. let's get some of the day's other news. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing at london central mosque. an elderly man in his seventies has been taken to hospital. it's thought his injuries are not life—threatening. scotland yard is not treating

the incident as terror—related. the portuguese parliament has taken the first step towards legalising euthanasia for terminally ill people. protests were staged outside parliament as the deputies voted. the roman catholic church and pro—life groups are demanding any changes to the law be put to a referendum. the irish prime minister leo varadkar has resigned. but he is staying on as interim leader of fine gael while the 3 main parties battle through deadlocked coalition talks. after an inconclusive election, attempts in the irish parliament to elect a new prime minister have ended without agreement. around seventy british people stranded on a cruise ship injapan will be evacuated later on friday. a growing number of passengers on the diamond princess have tested positive for coronavirus and only people showing no signs of illnes will be allowed to return home. once here, they will be quarantined in hospital. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from yoka hama, where the ship is moored.

there is no mistaking who it is getting off the diamond princess in this video. australians, elated to be back on dry land and heading home. evenif on dry land and heading home. even if it is another quarantine camp. their relation to elation is tempered by the news today that two elderly japanese passengers ta ken news today that two elderly japanese passengers taken off the ship last week have died in hospital. for the britons still waiting for their release, finally some good news. the british government has arranged an evacuation flight. sometime tomorrow evening, their charter flight tomorrow evening, their charter flight from the uk will land here at this airport and the 50 oi’ here at this airport and the 50 or $0 here at this airport and the 50 or so britons who are still down in yokohama will be brought here on buses and loaded onto the aircraft. they will then take off and play 12 hours to wilts where they will land sometime on saturday

morning and then they will start another 14 days of quarantine. on—board the ship, alan sanford was thinking less about home today, and more about home today, and more about those left behind. we are very pleased, but we are thinking obviously of the reported deaths today of two of the passengers, and also those who won't be going home with us, and their relatives or partners who are actually still in hospital and recovering from the illness. among those are david and sally able. posted these pictures of themselves in hospital and this statement. tomorrow, the big test commence. we are both in the best place, they do know what they are doing. by saturday, or remaining passengers should be off the ship. with over 600 infections now recorded, the outbreak aboard the diamond princess has shown how ill—prepared the world is to

fight this new virus. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. chinese president xijinping has reaffirmed his country's willingness to strengthen cooperation with south korea in a phone conversation with south korean president moon jae—in. it came before south korea's defence ministry ordered a lock down for all personnel starting from saturday after another soldier was confirmed as having coronavirus. all leave has also been cancelled. president trump's friend and ally, roger stone, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison, for impeding a congressional investigation into links between the trump campaign and russia. stone's case has played out amid upheaval at the justice department, after prosecutors recommended he spend nine years in prison, only for the attorney general to disagree. handing down the sentence, judge amy berman jackson was scathing about mr stone's conduct. "the truth still matters," she said. "roger stone's insistence that it doesn't, his belligerence, his pride in his own lies, are a threat to our most fundamental

institutions, to the very foundation of our democracy." but the president spoke out in defense of his friend. he has become a big part of the news over the last little while, and i am wallowing this very closely and i want to see they are to its fullest because roger has a very good chance of exoneration, in my opinion. let's get more on this from christine spadafor, a lawyer and management consultant, joins us now from washington. what do you make of roger stone and his relationship with president? roger stone has been an adviser to president trump for decades. he is a self—proclaimed dirty trickster, and he has been an operative for a number of republican politicians over the yea rs, republican politicians over the years, including richard nixon and he proudly displays a tattoo of richard nixon's face on his back. and what do you make of this sentence, the

shenanigans leading up to the sentence and the chance of even the sentence staying in place. ajury found the sentence staying in place. ajuryfound mr the sentence staying in place. a jury found mr stone guilty of seven count, interrupting a congressional investigation, witness tampering, and five cou nts witness tampering, and five counts of lying. he was found guilty on all seven. the prosecutor recommended 7— nine yea rs, prosecutor recommended 7— nine years, and then judge prosecutor recommended 7— nine years, and thenjudge amy jackson berman believed that the recommended sentence was a little harsh. she suggested a0 months, and she said he deserves jail time because the crimes he committed were so deliberate and expensive. it's a powerful and unusual statement. and his behaviour towards her has been pretty unusual. the social media attacks, his publication of a

gun's crosshairs close to her head and one post. yes, she excoriated him today and caught. the incident that you mentioned about the social media prompted her to ban him from all social media. some people have asked is it a surprise that he did that with thejudge. 0ne surprise that he did that with the judge. one of surprise that he did that with thejudge. one of his approaches is attack, attack, attack, so i don't think it is surprising that he had those social media postings about the judge, and it is very much in character with the environment around a whole trump orbit. from what the president is saying it sounds pretty certain this has not ended here at. he looks likely to put the attorney general into quite a difficult position. the attorney general said that he would hope that the president would hope that the president would halt or stop the tweets

that he interpreted as interfering with thejustice department. some question whether that is really true, because since barr has taken over as attorney general, the general sense is that he has beenin general sense is that he has been in place to do the president's heading. four prosecutors resigned over the president's interference. 0ne actually left the department of justice, and 2000 former prosecutors have signed a petition for attorney general barr's removal from office. christine, very interesting to talk to you, thank you very much. the man found guilty of the murder of the british backpacker, grace millane in new zealand, has been sentenced to life in prison. her mother gillian told the court she'd considered taking her own life after her daughter's death. she appeared at the hearing at auckland's high court via videolink and addressed the defendant directly, this isjust some of what she said.

you walked into our lives and destroyed grace in the pursuit of your own sexual gratification. now my family will never be the same. so many other innocent people, including your own family, have had their world destroyed. i want you to know i don't think of you, because if i did, that means i care about you and i simply don't. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil was in court and shejoins me now. i know there are things you can't say because of legal restrictions, but this was a moving occasion?

it was a very emotional day in court. gillian, her mother, addressed the killer directly in that video link and told him "you had shot a hole in my heart". she also said "i'm absolutely heartbroken that you have taken away my daughter's future and robbed us of any chances of creating memories with grace". her brother declan also spoke and said he took a part of his own life as well and he has struggled with his mental health after his little sister's death, who he thought he could protect but he felt helpless. most of the people we re helpless. most of the people were there and it was quite noticeable that many young women were in the public gallery, choosing to attend that sentencing. everybody was so that sentencing. everybody was so emotional. at one point, keller himself who had shown no emotion up until this point, bowed down and looked like he was wiping a tear as grace's

mother spoke. that was the prosecution and defence making the argument about the sentencing and then the judge finally passed the sentence. a life in prison with 17 years without parole. he ended the case that gripped and shocked new zealand but also devastated grace's family. there was a very poignant moment in grace's mother's speech where she said no life sentence that you receive will match my life sentence without grace, ending her very emotional statement. thank you very much for that. stay with us if you can on bbc news. the prime minister of lesotho announces his resignation after being charged with murdering his estranged wife. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home.

the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect on the morale of the people. i am terrified of the repercussions on the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at any time. the russians heralded their new—generation space station with a spectacular night launch. they called it mir, the russian for peace.

welcome back. very glad to have you with us on bbc news. the latest headlines: tens of thousands of people in germany have attended vigils for nine immigrants murdered by a far—right extremist in the western town of hanau. president trump has said he'd love to see his long—time friend and former advisor roger stone exonerated after he was sentenced to a0 months in prison for lying to congress. the bbc has spoken to two north korean defectors who managed to escape from prison and flee the country. not prison and flee the country. many people manage ' what makes their story more unusual is that one of them was a prison guard, who escaped with one of his detainees. the pair spoke to bbc korean‘s hyung eun kim, about life inside the country they once called home. rare pictures smuggled out of north korea. footage kim jong—un‘s government doesn't want you to see. troops tend to cornfields, trying to feed the population.

more soldiers browse government approved dvds. 0thers patrol the border with china. it's here where most of those who want to escape make the desperate dash for safety. now two people who made it out want to tell their story. we're on our way to a safe house, where the defectors are being kept. everything about their movements has to be kept secret for their safety. this man was a prison guard at a detention centre near the chinese border. kim, whose name we have changed, was in prison for arranging phone calls between north korea and the outside world.

kim was eventually caught and brought to the man's prison. they drew closer and talked of a potential life outside north korea. then, one night, they decided to make a break. they say they ran about 200 metres from the prison to the tumen river, which marks the border with china. they began to swim across in total darkness. but they finally reached the other side — their first steps outside their homeland.

the manner of their escape has put the north korean authorities on high alert. how do you feel about being one of north korea's most wanted men? their hope is that by speaking out more north koreans will be encouraged to defect, but the control of information is still so tight that only a few will be able to hear their story. hyung eun kim, bbc news. officials in montreal have announced a ban on the use of so—called e—scooters. a pilot scheme saw hundreds of the vehicles being used across the city, but the authorities say too many people had been breaking the rules. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. they had become an increasingly familiar sight they had become an increasingly familiarsight in they had become an increasingly familiar sight in the modern urban landscape. an environmentally friendly form

of transport or a potential menace on the roads? electric oi’ ease menace on the roads? electric or ease scooters can be seen in cities around the world. but one city has had enough. the respect of the bylaw is the key for a good success of the project pilot. can you respected? he said yes, can you ta ke respected? he said yes, can you take responsibility for respecting the bylaw? he said yes. the data shows it didn't work. montreal isn't the only place that had second thoughts about ease scooters. in paris, they've seen a number of accidents, although a recent report suggested the scooters might make cities safer. another complaint to— people weren't wearing protective headgear or were simply abandoning them in the street. they might not be parked correctly. 0ur they might not be parked correctly. our team will make sure they are put in the right place. montreal is going to keep its shared bicycle scheme, including a bikes, but for this pa rt including a bikes, but for this part of canada, at least, is scooters will be no more. an experiment in urban

transportation disappearing into the distance. the prime minister of the southern african nation of lesotho is to resign amid charges that he murdered his estranged wife, in a case which has shocked africa. 80—year—old thomas thabane has said he will step down but has refused to comment on the case. the bbc‘s rich preston has this report. she was shot dead in 2017, gunned down on a dirt road on the outskirts of the capital. at the time, thomas thabane described her killing as senseless. his current wife, maesaiah, has been charged with murder. she is already appeared in court though hasn't yet entered a plea. now police believe the prime minister was involved to. even though he is not the trigger, but he played

parts, was one of those people who ultimately killed his wife. actually, he made everything success. i'd at the time of the killing, lipolelo tha bane success. i'd at the time of the killing, lipolelo thabane was going through bitter divorce proceedings with her husband. there had been a legal battle over the right to be called first lipolelo lady. a battle thabane one. first lipolelo lady. a battle tha bane one. the first lipolelo lady. a battle thabane one. the murder happened just two days before thabane mr took office. his new wife joined thabane mr took office. his new wifejoined him at his inauguration ceremony. two months later they were married. the prime minister's announcement to step—down made no reference to the killing. today i was to reiterate my announcement to retire from office. i might still have the necessary favour to continue serving my people and my country, but the truth is at my age they have lost most of my energy. i'm not as energetic as are used to be a few years ago.

case has shocked the tiny landlocked country. and the wider african continent. lesotho has a delicate economy and fragile politics. there are worries the prime minister's resignation and potential criminal charges could bring turmoil and trouble. rich preston, bbc news. staying in southern africa, and a new film called escape from pretoria tells the true story of two political prisoners who managed to break out of a notorious south african jail in 1979. timjenkin and stephen lee had been imprisoned on charges of producing and distributing pamphlets on behalf of banned organisations, including the african national congress. the role of tim jenkin is played by daniel radcliffe, who's been speaking to the bbc‘s kasia madera. defendant number one and chief bomb maker, timothy jenkin, you are sentenced to imprisonment for a total of 12 years. as soon as i read the story and found out about the escape and the nature of the escape, ijust thought it is so genius and so brilliant, i was like, how has this story not already been told, like, how do normal

people not know about this? laying out the most pernicious aspects of this anc ideology, that all races are equal, and all this sort of thing... in the run—up to this film, i read tim's book and actually that was really interesting in terms what apartheid was but also what the day—to—day life was of people who were resisting apartheid. and it is a fascinating part of the story which is they would probably not have been able to do this escape had they been black because, even down to the way black and white prisoners were searched going into prison, there was still sort of more dignity afforded to the white prisoners in terms of how they were searched. this is an extremely tense film — you are literally gripping the edge of your seat when you watch it — how do you convey that across? i have to say a huge amount of that is down to director francis hannah. you felt the sense of tension

in the script but then there was always a part of me that was going, well, when you watch it you willjust be watching me make a key. so much of that tension is dependent on the shots he chooses to use, and the way he uses music, and the way he uses editing. we do not get to see what they do not see until they see it but we do get to hear it, so sound was an important element. so i think these sort of techniques meant that you were really with them, over their shoulder, the whole time and trying to keep the camera in their perspective was one way to make sure that you felt now they are here, now they are there. will they make it, won't they? there is much more on all the news any time on the bbc website. thank you for

watching. hello there. the weather is staying unsettled to end the week and indeed into the weekend we have got more rain at times, also some strong winds, thanks to an active jetstream bringing areas of low pressure in. for friday, it's going to be a very windy day, and most of the rain would be across western hills, across the northern half of the country. here it is on the pressure charts. you can see lots of isobars across the country, so it will be windy and these weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain to parts of northern ireland, particularly western northern ireland, into western scotland, north—west england and, at times, into northern and western wales. further south and east, it should be drier and brighter but a very blustery day for all. those winds gusting 30—a0 miles an hourfor many. parts of south—east scotland, east of the pennines, could see gusts around 60 miles a hour so these, in their own right, could cause

some transport issues. temperature wise, though, milder than what it was on thursday. temperatures 10—12 degrees. now, as we head through friday night, it stays wet across western hills in the north, but it looks like some of that rain will start to push a little bit further southwards, so affecting parts of south—west england and in towards wales. of course, anymore rainfall here is extremely unwelcome. lots of showers piling into scotland. temperatures falling here so they'll be wintry on the hills. but it will be milder across the south. that weather front pushes its way southwards and eastwards into saturday, bringing an unwelcome band of rain there, but further north, it stays very windy indeed. a real squeeze in the isobars there and there will be lots of showers. these piling into much of scotland, some heavy with hail, thunder, and also settling snow on the hills and maybe some blizzard conditions as well with the strength of the winds. further south, rather cloudy, outbreaks of rain, mainly towards the west but it will be another mild day in the south — 11—1a degrees, but colder further north. and then as we move through saturday night, this next feature runs into england and wales

which could bring a spell of unwelcome rain once again. further north, it will be quite windy with further showers but at least the good news is, through sunday, that rain should clear away quite quickly and then skies brighten up quite nicely, with plenty of sunshine around, so a welcome day of drier and brighter weather but it will feel a bit colder. that settled spell of weather, thanks to this ridge of high pressure, will be short—lived because, across the atlantic, we will see the next very deep area of low pressure moving in on monday. pushing towards the north of the uk to bring a spell of severe gales and further rain at times. so with more rain in the forecast for the next few days, flooding could be a further issue so just head on line to the bbc weather website to check out the weather and flood warnings.

this is bbc news.

the headlines: in germany, tens of thousands have attended vigils for the nine people shot dead by a far—right extremist in the western town of hanau. many were immigrants from turkey, one was romanian. the president has called on germans to unite against hatred, racism and violence. police are investigating whether the gunman had accomplices. president trump has said he'd love to see his former advisor roger stone exonerated, he's been sentenced to forty months in prison for witness tampering and lying to congress about russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, has resigned after the first session of the new parliament. he'll remain acting prime minister until a new government is formed. mr varadkar‘s fine gael party finished third in elections earlier this month, behind the centrists fianna fail and the left—wing sinn fein.