this is deja vu news live from bergland bail has been paid and catalonia separatist leader could soon walk free from a german jail judges in germany ordered the immediate release of carlist pushed him off the court refusing to actually write him to spain for rebellion but could still hand him over to madrid on a lesser charge also coming up

a stiff punishment for south korea's former president carter good day is sentenced to twenty four years in prison for corruption the dramatic fall from grace has gripped the nation for months. and russia and britain face off at the u.n. the war of words intensifies over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program catalan separatist leader carlos pushed him on is expected to walk out of a german jail at any moment to push him on as paid bell and the public prosecutor has ordered his immediate release original court in germany has ruled it will not extradite pushed him on on charges of rebellion but the court is considering a lesser charge of misusing funds for which he could still face extradition madrid

has sought his arrest for leaving an authorized independence vote in catalonia last year. well let's bring in political correspondent simon young who is following this news for us so simon it seems as if push him out is free but not entirely right well that's right so german prosecutors say that ordered his immediate release that was a bout two hours ago off to twelve days that he spent in this jail in northern germany and he's posted the seventy five thousand euro bail that they've aust of him and there are a number of other conditions the outside as far as well but he's free to go but as you said the court is still looking at this charge of misappropriation of public funds that could lead to his extradition and that process is still ongoing he this how all happened a few hours ago right he's still presumably in the jail house why is that what is he perhaps for parent for here you know what we can only speculate but it looks

like he's probably you know he probably has to have some discussions with his lawyers about exactly where he's going to be the court says that. mr bustamante has provided you with ortiz with an address where he's going to stay in germany and that's the requirement he has to stay within the territory of germany pending this decision on the extradition case but the location has not been made public at this moment the media are awaiting there outside the courthouse and there's a lot of international interest in this not just from spain of course so it's quite possible in fact i think it rather likely that mr pidgen what's going to seize the chichi you know stand in the limelight all through today is a victory for him this court ruling a little bit unexpected and it's definitely going in his yacht and that's actually that's one of the live pictures that we're looking at there you see a picture of the cattle and flag perhaps our team can bring that back up and we can just describe to our viewers what exactly we're looking at there because basically

the media is setting up at the moment. in another shot that that that we also have you know there's a number of microphones that are already. set up at the various media outlets so tell us simon do we know where he might go next because he has to say in germany right yeah that's right well the court knows because as i said they been given an address which they've insisted on presumably somewhere where he can get to the court a relatively quickly as i mentioned he had to post a bio of seventy five thousand euros he also has to report regularly to police and also be available to come to the court if the extradition proceedings require him to be there so obviously logistically you may say that he want to be somewhere in the north of germany but that location has not been made public so far and as we stand by now for him to potentially make a statement we are getting some clues that about what he might say he's already been pretty vocal on twitter as well yeah he's tweeting. within the last couple of

hours. i can just read it out for you the full the future must be looked after with hope and optimism we have the right for a future not to be stolen we have to keep the position and not go back so in a defiant tone never think we're used to from callers to moan with this battle that's been going on for several months who see leads his campaign for catalan independence off the hook that we shouldn't forget that that's what this is really all about and the decision on that historic question of course does not belong in a local course in germany but there's jubilation among mr pitts to supporters for sure and they said they've always had confidence in the german justice process and they're very pleased of course because what the decision means is that even if he does go back to spain he can no longer be tried on this charge of rebellion which could have seen him put in jail for decades now it's only about the question of

misappropriation of public funds because under european law you know you can't be extradited and then charged on something else on another charge simon what has all . all of this done to relations between germany and spain well i think it's put a little bit of strain on them of course berlin so far has been backing madrid the governments in madrid and you know just generally being supportive of the idea that you know spain's procedures must be followed and mr push to more should face justice in the way that the madrid government has been calling for i have to say that i think probably what's happened here a little bit takes the heat out of it from the perspective of the german government they don't really in the end want to get substantially involved in this question of should catalonia become independent or not and what we've seen here is a german court merely reviewing the question of whether there's compatibility between spanish and german law and say ok rebellion it doesn't exist in german law

we can extradite him on that so you know if you like a sort of. legal decision and to some extent that takes the heat out of this controversy and perhaps having our political correspondent reporting on this news just to remind our viewers catalonia separatist leader carlist pushed him on could soon walk free from a german jail the court refusing to extradite him back to spain for a billion at least for now simon thank you so much for your reporting. well let's get a quick check now on some other stories that have been making news around the world the trial of former south african president jacob zuma has been adjourned until june zuma facing charges of corruption relating to a two point five billion dollar arms steal the former leader was met by supporters as he left the german court house where proceedings were being held a brazilian judge has issued an arrest warrant for former president luis inacio lula da silva the order gives twenty four hours to surrender to police and start

a twelve year prison sentence for corruption on thursday the country's defamed court refused to bed by looks remained free until all appeals against the sentence were exhausted. malaysia's prime minister has dissolved parliament ahead of elections expected to be held next month the polls are a major test of and battled prime minister najib razak who has been tainted by your multi-billion dollar corruption scandal. a dramatic fall from grace for south korea's ousted president park geun hye she has been sentenced to twenty four years in prison for corruption charges including coercion bribery and abuse of power in a verdict broadcast live on south korean television the court ruled part colluded with friends to receive tens of millions of dollars and kickbacks from companies and state agencies park was impeached and arrested on march twenty seventeen supporters of park demonstrated outside of the courthouse pietschmann has divided

south korea. have now joined by he on park news reporter from our iran news in seoul south korea welcome to you we know that there were several charges that the former president was found guilty of walk us through them. the skulls angeles to x. president have been in order is intense and i know more than sixty million u.s. dollars now the point that i'm sure you don't you know sixteen out of eighteen counts related to bribery is a power and secret things that kept soliciting million dollars in bribes. to tax time song and. foundation and he's. very close confidant so is your not receiving rice you had of this time some group or government. how are the people of south korea likely to receive this i mean do we have some initial reaction do they feel that this sentence is appropriate. well

these sentencing is a little bit under the prosecution to just thirty eight years of time yet a fine of over one hundred ten million u.s. dollars for years more than what. you don't know how that is nitrate and stuff the sentencing. impeached president tells juries of candlelight vigil so you have a heavy sentencing that's. what message does this send to the country's future leaders because i mean there were already as shoes of corruption there were already tough sentences handed down before the case of parker. no charges. and not you know those allegations of charges at all and this is a nation that south korea and snow and the list of you have a case and not just how else to fulfill her responsibilities as presidents also means that the longer you let go of these incidents these cute slightly and no

longer able to leaders of the future. in such cases a very important day for his to those terms well i thank you very much for putting it into context for us he didn't bark from our news. the war of words over the poisoning of acts by sergei scribal and his daughter is escalating i do united nations security council meeting the russian and the british ambassadors to the un faced off last night in a fiery exchange over the alleged nerve agent attack london is sticking to its accusation that moscow is the chief suspect russia denies any wrongdoing surrogate and you. for weeks the british government has accused russia of trying to kill them now the kremlin is using the u.n. to go on the offensive we're going to do is we're going to we're told our british colleagues you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry i don't think the british

investigators are grateful to the british government for their hasty and unequivocal statements and conclusions. in alone and to place during the speech moscow's envoy reached for alice in wonderland to argue that it was russia who were the victims of the sloppy rushed and dishonest blame game but you know most of the korean samples first verdict afterwards britain's envoy dismissed him firing back with a passage of her own. that's not a very good quote from alice in wonderland this is sometimes i've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast so i think that's the quote suits my russian colleague best. it is the latest in a diplomatic war of words this information claims and counterclaims that is showing no sign of letting up. early a russian broadcast to add what it said was

a tell a friend chat between you. cousin in it she said she and her father would both recovering well. this was followed by news from salisbury where this international poisoning scandal began police guarding the hospital beds of the former russian spy and his daughter issued just statement in her name my strength is growing daily the entire episode is somewhat disorientating and i hope that you will respect my privacy he is not only a victim she is also a witness and her full recovery may yet prove vital in the search for the truth some gulf news to bring you now and jordan speak tops the masters leaderboard after day one the american took control with five consecutive birdies to complete the first round with a score of six under par compatriots tony for now and matt to try are two shots

back in second speech if says that his round bodes well for the rest of the tournament this golf course is a lot easier to play if you feel like you can just at the center greens and move there and wait for your chances as easy to say that you should you know you can i want to take that approach starting out but if you start well it's easier to stick to that game plan. so the real story of the tournament though meanwhile was that on opening day it really belonged to the reigning champion sergio garcia for all the wrong reasons he took thirteen shots on par five tying the worst ever score for a hole at the augusta showpiece the horror show included garcia finding the water five times he lags fifteen shots behind leader jordan speed. well new york police have charged u.f.c. star conor mcgregor after a backstage melee ahead of the organization's biggest event of the year the

irishman is being held on charges of assault and criminal mischief he allegedly smashed the window of a bus containing other mixed martial arts fighters from greg who was stripped of his u.f.c. light weight belt earlier this week due to inactivity a court hearing is set for friday. you're watching news still to come on the program u.s. president donald trump doubles down on a possible trade war with china beijing has a clear answer they will fight the measures at all cost and to the very end. c.d.c. . they make a commitment. they find a solution. and stronger.