this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm 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 3—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. it is so genius and so brilliant, i was like, how has the story not already been told? how do normal people not know about this?

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(pix —— 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 with germany's turkish and kurdish community. it was around ten o'clock when police say the attacker started shooting from outside at those inside the arena bar. by car, drove over a mile and shot inside those at the arena bar. nine people were killed, five victims were of turkish region. eyewitnesses have described the panic during the attacks i am shocked, and everybody run, who are on the right, who are on the left. i see much panic. panic, panic. that killed nine people, five of them of turkish origin. one of those wounded, muhammad, described what happened from his hospital bed. translation: he shot straight to the head of everyone he saw. and he fired at us, i hid behind the wall and as i moved, he shot me in my arm. police say the government, named as 43—year—old german national tobias r 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. 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 german police say they dismantled an extremist right—wing cell, and now this incident. angela merkel, at a summit in brussels today, poke about the poison of hatred and racism infecting german society. the local mp told me of existing tensions in the town and said extremism was an issue which she claimed could be linked to the growth in populism. you really have to put signs, 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. 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. ston‘es 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 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 following this very closely, and i want to see it play out to its fullest because roger has a very good chance of exoneration, in my opinion. let's get more on this fromjim zirin, he's an author and lawyer based in new york and has written a book about president trump and the law. it's your thesis in the book that the resident has weaponised the law, not really

a secret. he's pretty proud of it. how does it relate to this case? it relates because he has interfered with the federal prosecution, he's reached down toa prosecution, he's reached down to a specific case and tried to influence what the ultimate sentence disposition put should be. since the time of watergate oi’ be. since the time of watergate or even before, this is something that presidents have never done. he was men in this by one particularly notorious lawyer. his name was roy cohn, who died in 1986 but who seems to rule donald trump's legal strategies from the grave. it was roy cohn who introduced donald trump to roger stone and they've been allies for at least the last 20 years. stone helped trump ‘s mirror group of mohawk indian tribes who wanted

to start a casino in the catskill mountains in 2020 and spread all kinds of lies about them that they were criminals and were peddling drugs on the reservation and none of it was true and they were fined for false and misleading advertising. it's pretty extraordinary to hear a judge be so ferociously critical in hersumming up. be so ferociously critical in her summing up. particularly this posting on instagram. her summing up. particularly this posting on instagramm was certainly not a subtle threat of violence against the judge which is completely over the top and out of bounds and the top and out of bounds and thejudge called him out for it. so what do you think this case in this presidency more generally means for the judiciary? i think the judiciary? i think the judiciary and the chiefjustice himself has spoken to this. the

judiciary feels it is under attack from president trump, that its independence is being undermined or seriously questioned and in the case of the attorney general, it was the attorney general, it was the chief legal officer of the country, he feels he can't do hisjob. country, he feels he can't do his job. with country, he feels he can't do hisjob. with donald trump co nsta ntly hisjob. with donald trump constantly tweeting is to hushed conductors offers. we don't really know if william bible state imposed. he said he was considering resignation. whether that is true or not, we don't know but enough senators have called on donald trump to back off and not interfere with the work of the justice department. 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.

our correspondent shaimaa khalil was in court. a very, very emotional day in court here. you heard grace millane's mother, gillian, speak there, address the killer quite directly. she said that he had shot a hole in her heart, that her heart will always be broken because he took away her daughter's future and they no longer have a chance to make memories together. her brother declan also spoke, and he said the killer didn't just take grace's life but a part of his own life as well, and that he has struggled with his own mental health after his little sister's death, who he thought he could protect but he felt helpless. really, most of the people were there and it was noticeable that many young women were in the public gallery, choosing to attend that sentencing. everybody was so emotional, at some point the killer himself, who had showed no emotion up until this point, bowed down and looked

like he was wiping a tear as grace's mother spoke. then it was the prosecution and the defence making the argument about the sentenceing, and then the judge finally passed the sentence, a life in prison with 17 years without parole. with that sentence, ended the case that really gripped and shocked new zealand but also devastated grace's family. there was a very poignant moment in grace's mother's speech, towards the end, where she said, no life sentence that you receive will match my life sentence without grace. since december, fighting in syria has caused a million people to flee their homes from

idlib. the olive groves of idlib. the olive groves of idlib have turned to battlegrounds. in north—western syria, the conflict is escalating. here, syrian rebel fighters backed by turkey target government positions. turkish artillery provides covering fire. more and more turkish troops are on the ground here. a nato nation pushing deep into syria's multilayered conflict. it looks like present the president is already waging war. he has threatened and offensive to stop this last rebel on clave falling to the regime. and to

stop another flood of refugees across its border. but that's putting his tanks on a collision course with moscow which backs president aside and has so far refused to stop his advance. turkey's losses are growing. two more soldiers killed today in this airstrike blamed on syrian forces. in the shadow of war hangs over many innocent civilians. like little salwa, who is three years old. herfather salwa, who is three years old. her father abdulla mohammed could not spare her the sound of bombings so he invented a game and it went viral.

they have already had to flee once and may have to do it again. for salwa, war is child's play. but how long until salwa is old enough to understand what bombing really means and what dangers her future may bombing really means and what dangers herfuture may hold? stay with us on bbc news, still to come: 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.

this is bbc world 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 forty 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 that many people manage that, but what makes their story even more unusual, is that one of them was a prison guard, who escaped with one of his detainees. the pair spoke to hyung eun kim, of bbc korean, 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. others 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. 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 prime minister of the southern african nation of lusotho is to resign — amid charges that he murdered his estranged wife. the case has shocked the continent. thomas tha bane, who is 80 years old, has said he will step down but has refused to comment on the case. the bbc‘s rich preston has this report. lipolelo thabane was shot dead in 2017, gunned down on a dirt road on the outskirts of the capital, maseru. at the time, thomas thabane described her killing as senseless. his current wife,

maesaiah thabane, has been charged with murder. she's already appeared in court, though hasn't yet entered a plea. now police believe the prime minister was involved too. even though he's not the one who pulled the trigger, but he played part to facilitate those people who ultimately killed his wife. actually, he made everything successful. 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 lady. a battle lipolelo thabane won. the murder happened just two days before mr thabane took office. mr tha bane's new wife joined 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 wish to reiterate my

announcement to retire from office. i might still have the necessary favour to continue serving my people and country, but the truth is at my age i've lost most of my energy. i'm not as energetic as i used to be a few years ago. the case has shocked the tiny landlocked country... today i wish to reiterate my announcement. . . ..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. 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 in the modern urban landscape.

an environmentally friendly form of transport or a potential menace on the roads? electric or e—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 respect it? 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's had second thoughts about e—scooters. in paris, they've seen a number of accidents, although a recent report suggested the scooters might make cities safer. another complaint — people weren't wearing protective headgear or were simply abandoning them in the street. in the odd case they might not be parked correctly. our team's going to go out and make sure that they're put in the right place. montreal is going to keep its shared bicycle scheme, including e—bikes, but for this part of canada, at least, e—scooters will be no more.

an experiment in urban transportation disappearing into the distance. tim allman, bbc news. a new film, escape from pretoria, tells the true story of two political prisoners who managed to break out of a notorious south africanjail in 1979. tim jenkin and stephen lee were jailed for distributing pamphlets for banned organisations. 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 a 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 ther 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 choses to use, and the way he uses music, and the wya he choses 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? no, no, no. what responsibility is it to get tim's story right? a very energetic crowd at the nintendo competition to win a trip to a nintendo theme park. the winner was randomly

selected from the participants. more at 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—110 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—14 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. coalition talks are deadlocked. his party, fine gael, finished third in the elections earlier this month, behind the centrists fianna fail and the left—wing sinn fein.