Welcome to the program a longtime ally of u. S. A President Donald Trump has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison for lying to congress and witness tampering or just stone was facing a much longer sentence until the president tweeted about his case lets bring in john hendren not correspondent in washington d. C. Whos been following what has been really a very eventful day. It has indeed President Trump is preparing right now as we speak to address a rally in nevada thats where voters will pick the republican and democratic president ial nominees on saturday for that state and the president is a likely to mention roger stone just as he did earlier in the day stone is a legendary figure loyal to 2 president s he was a dirty tricks or his own words who did the bidding of president Richard Nixon and now he is loyal to President Donald Trump and he was convicted for lying about trumps connections and his administrations connections with russia and about leaked democratic emails to wiki leaks now on thursday he was sentenced to prison as expected but he didnt seem particularly worried take a look. Smiling in confident roger stone looks almost triumphant as he walks out of a federal courthouse despite taunts of lock him up from the crowd. Perhaps for good reason he sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison but as President Donald Trump hints he might not serve any of it because roger has a very good chance of exoneration in my opinion thats a reference to stones request for a new trial based on alleged jury bias the president himself pleaded stones case in los vegas to a friendly audience of rehabilitated prisoners its my strong opinion that the 4 woman of the jury the woman who was in charge of the jury is totally tainted when you take a look how can you have a person like this more tantalizing is the president s hint that he might pardon his long time friend and fixer a man so loyal to his previous boss president Richard Nixon that he still bears a tattoo with nixons image on it. Going to watch the process of going to watch it very closely and at some point ill 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 prosecutors 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 isnt the 1st time weve seen attorney general barr do something that raises a lot of eyebrows around cases the president cares about the question now is will President Trump a conservative who has liberally used his pardoning power extend that power to him and the judge found guilty for covering up the president s own misdeeds. As Vice President mike pence warms up for the president in nevada the president has attacked nearly everyone involved in prosecuting this case the prosecutors themselves of the 4 woman of the jury and the judge and that judge today. Took into account the request for leniency by the friends and family of roger stone she said you wouldnt judge stone as a person but you would leave that to a higher power that is despite the fact that stone at one point posted an instagram pic get a picture with the judges face and crosshairs and it is if through a rifle scope the judge did criticize him for that but went on today in sentencing to say that he was not sentenced for standing up for donald trump he was sentenced for covering up for donald trump she said it was unusual for prosecutors in this case to be asking for something less than the standard sentence that was sort of an indication that the judge seemed to believe that there was some intervention here something she brought up several times asking the prosecutor why he was there well it was because the 4 previous prosecutors resigned apparently in protests stone ended up saying i have nothing to say thank you and he did not leave in handcuffs that is because hes asked for a new trial and so after he left he went to the palm restaurant a few blocks from where im standing had chicken pie ahrd and then watch the president s remarks about him on his phone. I think this is a story that certainly is the its going away for the moment thank you. But sort of the top story now and that is in europe where germanys president has called on his fellow citizens to unite to defeat racism and violence he was speaking at one of the several vigils held in all are of 9 People Killed in a shooting attack in the city of her now double it came reports. On a cold day in february the german head of state expresses his symptoms in caps relating in the simple act the feelings of many his people for those who died here. This is where a 43 year old german used to legally owned a gun to target turks and kurds he repeated his attack at this other venue where those 2 ethnic groups congregate when his killing spree there was complete he returned home and murdered his mother before shooting himself federal prosecutors are working on the basis he was a far right supporter see. That sign the goal of the investigation will be to find out whether there are or were accessories all supporters for these attacks and. We will clarify the contacts and environment of the suspected perpetrator in the country but also potential contacts overseas hit us up clear them. Some of the survivors have described their ordeal. The man entered to decide and then more he came to our site he shot straight to the head of everyone he saw he laid down and then he fired at all of us i had behind the wall as i was moving to hide he shot me in the arm laden somebody somebody laid on me and somebody else laid on him we became a pile. The sense of shock in this community is pretty clear already floral tributes have begun to be laid outside one of the venues where so many people were shot dead on wednesday night. Political reaction has been swift all parties condemning the murders and ministers making a frank assessment of the danger of far right violence. And this is the 3rd right wing assassination in germany with. The terrible this is a terrible realisation because these means their right wing extremism has become a threat for germany again its a threat for everyone who lives here as i know schrecklich cant miss. That is a reference to moments like this last autumn 2 people were shot dead outside a synagogue in the eastern city of hallet the 27 year old man is in custody in relation to the killings and earlier last year the christian democrat marable western german city was shot dead by a person with known links to the far right. Ministers have stressed they are investing more time and resources into the fight against far right violence but some people are wondering who else must suffer before society takes the threat more seriously dominic kane aljazeera hanau. Well theres been a breakthrough in south sudan president salva kiir and his rival write the show her announced a deal to form a Coalition Government thats after 2 previous failed attempts care set and the outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days the 2 sides signed a deal in 2018 to end the devastating conflict which has engulfed the nation since independence 9 years ago. Meanwhile the United Nations is accuse government and Opposition Forces of war crimes including deliberately starving their citizens are diplomatic editor james bays in geneva he says the timing of the report from the u. N. Human Rights Commission has is worrying. The latest report by the commission on human rights in south sudan makes extremely grim reading it says that the violence has continued as have sexual attacks gang rapes mutilation the report also says that there are persistent cases of starvation being used as a weapon this crime of starvation which involves destroying essential elements for the survival of the civilian population has been used by both sides in the conflict as a way of getting people to be to displace as well as a way of intimidating the civilian population and it is a deliberate tactic it can involve blocking humanitarian assistance but also the destruction of crops and livestock and even seeds and waterholes the timing of this latest report is very worrying for the International Community because the armies that are carrying out these abuses are led by 2 men who are supposed to together provide the leadership to a new unity government privately key figures will tell you that these 2 men probably should be in the hague on trial instead the International Community is once again putting their trust in them to try and save south sudan. Montara is a south Sudan Political analyst he says the uns findings can only be addressed when a stable government is in place. Definitely both sides have committed to shoot atrocities against the civilian population of the population is not part of this part of struggle what they need is not their country had become independent since 2001000 a level and everybody was looking for development for this new country to take off after many d many years 2 decades of war against the north and then this happened and they themselves became the target of the armies of the 2 men so this is a serious issue we are glad that the un is flagging it up there is a hard call made off so adamant so sausage in east. Legal experts but the majority are bigger especially going to come as they are going to come from elsewhere in the world so i do hoping that a soon as this peace has been established down the line within a few months or a few years this this court will take action and hopefully the people who have committed his atrocities would have to face justice. Well still ahead here on aljazeera a fresh push by Turkish Backed forces in the battle for syrias italy profits but the human cost continues to mount the murder case thats brought in a suit to Prime Minister the body will face charges for alleged involvement in the killing of his 2nd wife. Had a lousy dry weather across the part of china recently we call it increasing cloud now spilling him across western policy you will see some cloud and rain coming through for friday and that west the weather will gradually not its way up towards the northeast this band of wetter weather this disturbance will just drive its way across north korea and it continues to drive its way further eastward turning increasingly wet through the 2nd half of the weekend was a good part of japan with some snow as well over the high ground sheltered by the mountains tokay doesnt that say badly highs here of around 18 degrees and meanwhile we see some pleasant sunshine across the philippines the charts of want to choose shallow as usual scattering of showers across much of malaysia the heaviest downpours of course into indonesia will see some lively shower was just east of the whites for here as you go on through the next day as i do the northeasterly winds so we will still catch a few showers into the philippines and certainly theyll drive their way down towards the middle a peninsula and beyond we got a few showers also pushing toward you can see these little puffs of clout there just pushing towards sri lanka will see some showers there to the eastern side of the country as we go through friday and further north would be some useful right coming into Northern Areas of india in new delhi. An estimated 100000. And lives cruelly ended over a century ago. A distant past not to the descendants of the slaughtered. A tale of colonialism and racial supremacy unravels and the quest for justice and recognition of the sacrifices of tribal people in the middle. Skulls of my people a witness documentary on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera the soul romney a reminder of our top stories the u. S. President s long time advisor roger stone has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison but he was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering in obstructing the investigation into russian meddling during the 2016 president ial election. A vigil has been held in the german city of our tory suspected far right attack left 9 people dead Authorities Say theyre treating wednesdays shootings of 2 she should pass as terrorism. And south sudans president salva kiir and his rival rife with shar have announced a deal to form a Coalition Government thats up to 2 previous failed attempts here so the outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days. Theres been a slight increase in the number of coronavirus deaths in chinas hoop a province thats the epicenter of the outbreak just a short while ago the government confirmed 115 people died on thursday 6 more than the day before meanwhile south korea has declared they city as a special management zone following an explosion in new virus infections a true brown possible. South korea is a new frontline in the corona Virus Outbreak the focus on thursday the southeastern city of daegu and its surrounding areas people are being warned not to go outside the mayors appealing for medical help fearing hospitals may struggle to cope the spike in cases confirmed by south koreas ministry of health and welfare or just an acquittal since last night 31. 00 people have additionally been infected with covered 19 the total tally is now 82 people the bulk of the new cluster has been traced to a religious Group Officials from south koreas centers for Disease Control and prevention say a female member. Of the group diagnosed with the virus last week but had contact with more than 160 followers. We are promptly investigating all people who came into contact with the confirmed patient and we are planning to conduct effective measures like investigating all devoted to detect those with symptoms in the early stages in china where the corona virus began government officials continue to insist their containment measures are working and have reported the biggest drop in new infections in nearly a month 394 with 114 deaths but the way people are being diagnosed has changed again a week after the testing criteria was widened at a gathering of asian Foreign Ministers in laos chinas top diplomat said those stringent measures and other virus control methods were bringing results. Not only protecting its own people but also the rest of the world this is going precious time for the Global Response to the virus that upbeat message is reflected in state t. V. News bulletins with uplifting stories of patients whove recovered from the virus leaving hospital more than 1600 so far. In macau the worlds biggest casino hub venues closed 15 days ago are reopening but the gaming regulator has imposed strict rules for casinos including temperature checks mask protection and health decorations for staff and guests the chinese territory makes over 80 percent of its revenues from casinos the Tourist Visits of all but dried up. Well workers in many other industries across Mainland China are being encouraged to return to work virus experts are warning that could lead to secondary infections here in hong kong there have been 2 more confirmed infections taking the total to 63 and that figure could rise now that hong kong citizens who are on board the quarantine cruise line of japan are beginning to return on chartered flights theyll have to spend the next 14 days in quarantine adrian brown aljazeera hong kong will stay on the same subject iraq has closed its border with iran and stop flights there after 2 people also died of the virus quatre ways as also suspended flights of warned of serious losses due to the corona Virus OutbreakEuropean Airline group or from the scale and said it could wipe out to 215000000. 00 from its earnings by april on australias qantas is estimating a 100000000 dollar loss in this financial year. Turkey says 2 of its soldiers have been killed and 5 injured in air strikes near syrias province the Turkish Military has been shelling Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of some of keep Bashar Al Assads forces free took the city as part of its offensive in the last rebel held area. Reports stuff. Opposition Syrian NationalArmy Fighters moved under cover of heavy artillery shelling by turkish troops their vans to was neda the town was a rebel stronghold until 2 weeks ago when along with the city. It fell into the hands of Syrian Government troops the u. N. Says the offensive by the syrian army has resulted in the largest displacement of civilians since the start of the conflict 9 years ago we remain very alarmed about the safety and protection of over 3000000. 00 civilians in italy and its surrounding areas in the northwestern. Part of syria as reports of airstrikes and shelling continue to take a heavy toll on the civilian population and in retaliation for the death of 2 of its soldiers in an attack blamed on the syrian army the Turkish DefenseMinistry Said dozens of syrian soldiers were killed and military vehicles destroyed turkish officials warned of an imminent military offensive if syrian troops dont pull out of the Demilitarized Zone. Turkey is a sovereign and independent state it takes its own decisions will make necessary decisions and soldiers will act accordingly we will establish the ceasefire even if we have to use force with the fighting showing no signs of abating thousands of internally displaced continue to converge in it live city of the house in order. That i hope the Turkish Backed operations will alleviate all sufferings because thats the only way we can return to our homes and our villages. The International Community keep talking about peace but we know we will only go back to our villages if the turks launch an offensive. Turkey has expanded its military presence in it live following the death of 13 of its soldiers in the earlier this month of fischel is here insist that troops were deployed to establish peace and provide humanitarian assistance to the hundreds of thousands of people who fled Government Military campaign its too early to determine at this stage whether the offensive by the Turkish Backed rebels in a native and part of a Major Campaign to take territory lost over the last few months or just a limited operation but since turkey and russia have not agreed on how to implement a cease fire and push the syrian army behind the Demilitarized Zone fighting is likely to continue. Well earlier we spoke to the un see military and shes looked local but he says aid agencies are struggling to keep up with the scale of the crisis in the northwestern syria there are 3000000 people in northwestern syria who are right under this high randomness own slaw that is going 0900000 moved in the last few weeks they are camped out in fields in the open mean unfinished buildings on plastic sheets they are freezing and cold and terrify the u. N. Every day is bringing dozens of trucks into northwest syria into it lip through crossings agreed by the United NationsSecurity Council from turkey where bringing food medicines shelter. All sorts of other supplies warm clothes stoves fuel and so on and that is providing a little bit of help to people but the the aid operation is overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the movement of people and their vulnerability and the thing that really needs to happen as i say above all is for the palming to stop it is. Contrary to International Humanitarian law to attack civilians and civilian objects one of the things to understand about the situation now in it late is that there is this is a very densely populated place now and with a population density bigger than many of the well the Capital Cities and there are hundreds and hundreds of places where people are camped out in groups of a few 100 or a few 1000 or more than 5000 and theres no way that safe. The breaking news just coming out of the Arabian Peninsula the saudis state news agency is telling us that Defense Systems there have intercepted and destroyed several Ballistic Missiles they say that were fired from yemens capital sanaa towards. Saudi arabia well try and bring more. We get it and just to repeat there that the Saudi News Agency is saying that several missiles or Ballistic Missiles fired from yemens territory and possibly from santa towards saudi arabia have been intercepted by the saudi king there will bring you more on that as we get it. Police in the city so Prime Minister thomas the body will be charged with the murder of his a strange wife after the announcement in bali told a local Radio Station that he will resign at the end of july but said that was due to old age. The bunny who was shot near a home in 2017 the bodies current wife and mesa is also facing charges relating to the killing shes denied any involvement for me to miller more from johannesburg. This really is unprecedented in that a sitting Prime Minister will face these charges we also expect that once he appears in court he may also appear in parliament if hes given bail to confirm his resignation at the end of july now what is also quite interesting is in the address given over state radio in a suit to the Prime Minister said that it would be old age thats the reason for his retirement he hasnt so much focused on it being a resignation due to the pressure that hes faced and at no point did he mention the charges he will be facing as well as the charges that have been laid against his wife and just what a scandal this is all a suitor hes also urged that the be a process in the country that allows for a transition urging whoever takes his place to be responsible and take into consideration the unity of the country prior to these charges the a. B. C. Party had also said that they had stripped him of his political power hes not been able to make political decisions unilaterally instead thats now gone to the the most Important Committee within that party because they just dont trust the Prime Minister they also say that they believe that his wife my Seattle Bonnie who also faces charges that shes been controlling the Prime Minister so they dont believe that hes been capable of running the country and for him thats just maybe the nail in the coffin a problem has been freed from prison the true judge overturned a conviction for harassing of the president online i mean actually not actually. Was sentenced to 18 months. After using vulgar language to criticize yarima serving in facebook posts so she was greeted by supporters outside the court in kampala but fainted shortly after her release Prison Guards try to stop her from leaving saying she hadnt been officially just charged and fired several shots. Police in london the rest of the murders as mission of attempted murder after a stabbing at the capitals largest mosque the victim in his seventys was leading prayers at a London Central mosque when he was attacked and seriously injured the incident is not being treated as terrorism related to roy chalons has more from london. Just after the beginning of of afternoon prayers when about 200 people were in attendance. With a knife try to. The mosque. In the middle who didnt. Manage to stab the mourners in the man who for 25 to 30 years here calls the faithful to prayer now the victim. Was taken to hospital and his condition as we understand is not thought to be life threatening. The. Suspected of doing this was pinned to the floor by other members of the congregation the Police Arrived they took him away. Obviously in the aftermath of whats happened in germany people who are very worried that this might be some kind of copycats event or ideologically linked in some way the man who the police took away at 29 year old was white but what the police are saying is they do not think that this is a terrorist incident and the reason we believe why theyre saying that is because from what ive been gathering here that people. Think did this has been attending prayers here for some 6 months and they view this as something of a regular perhaps someone who has Mental Health issues or was otherwise a very. Prime minister has resigned. Chosen by representatives to name his replacement was inconclusive of the 3 largest parties one enough seats in elections earlier this is to secure a majority right because center right. Behind left wing nationalist and old rivals scene of oil. Georgiades there with me is the whole robin a reminder of our top stories the u. S. President s long time adviser roger stone has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison he was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into russian meddling enjoying the 2016 election trump has responded to the sentencing accusing the jury forward of tainting the case this is a woman who. Was an air de trop person totally now i dont know if this is a fact but she had a horrible social media get the things she said on the account were unbelievable she didnt reveal that when she was chosen and she is i guess from what i hear a very strong woman a very dominant person so she can get people to do whatever she wants Saudi Arabia State News Agency says its air defenses of intercepted undestroyed several Ballistic Missiles fired from sun are in the yemen towards the kingdom it says the missiles were fired by iranian backed rebels targeting cities and civilians a vigil has been held in the german city of an hour after a suspected far right attack left 9 people dead germanys president called on citizens to unite defeat racism and violence or 40 say theyre treating wednesday shootings in. Terrorism south sudans president salva kiir and his rival write wishart announced a deal to fall because a little government has after 2 previous failed attempts here said any outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days. Police in london have arrested battled suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing at the capitals largest mosque where the victim in his seventys was leading present London Central lost when he was attacked and seriously injured worshippers how they say let down until Police Arrived these student is not being treated as terror related. South korea has raised the alert levels all southeast and city of day give a street explosion it coronavirus cases at least 81 of the factions have been concerned the Prime Minister says medical resources will be bolstered to stop the virus from spreading to the rest of the country those were the headlines will be back with more news in half an hour here all of which is there next its inside story to stay with us. Europes digital ambitions the e. U. Has just revealed its vision for the continents tech future hearing competition from abroad it wants to grow its own sector but there are concerns over just how it will protect privacy is a story. Hello there and welcome to the program on the. Now there is a global race for Technology Leadership with the United States and china out front europe now says it wants to catch up and reinforce its position on the digital scene its leaders are concerned about the reliance on foreign owned Tech Companies including microsoft apple and way they say they want to develop europes own