You know that the truck. Was a population in the wild one step back of the tours northwesterly work on that story coming up. And on people stream it with your school Roger Federer announces he will not play at the french open thats after the 20 time grand slam champion reveals he has undergone need surgery. But 1st a former advisor to the u. S. President donald trump has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison roger stone was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into whether Trumps Campaign with russia is also feed and urges to pay a fine of 20000. 00 lets go live to our White House Correspondent kimberly whole kits for more on this kimberly that sentence has been handed down much shorter than the suggested sentence why is this. Well its certainly notable and judge amy Burton Jackson did say that she took both the initial recommendation of 7 to 9 years as well as the revised recommendation from department of justice prose
A new front line in the corona Virus Outbreak dozens of people are infected in one of south koreas largest cities. Hello welcome to the news hour President Donald Trump says his long time advisor roger stone has a very good chance of exoneration after he was sentenced to 40 months in prison stoned was convicted of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into possible rushing to ferrets in the 26th in the president ial election prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of up to 9 years in jail but the Justice Department like to reverse that after the president publicly complained our correspondent john hendren joins me now live from washington d. C. Its been a very busy day there just sort of summarize exactly what seems to happen throughout the day. Well so the judge said there was little precedent for what was going on in this particular case she said she wouldnt judge roger stone as a person she would leave that to a higher power but she went on to s
Federer announces he wont play at the french open thats after the 20 time grand slam champion reveals he has undergone surgery. Is President Donald Trump says his longtime adviser roger stone has a very good chance of exoneration after he was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison story was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into russian interference in the 26000 president ial election prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of up to 9 years in jail that was later reversed by the Justice Department after the president publicly he complained the president has responded to a sentencing accusing the jury foreman of being anti trump and tainting the case this is a woman who was in person totally now i dont know if this is a fact but she had a horrible social media account the things she said on the account were unbelievable she didnt reveal that when she was chosen. And shes i guess from what i hear a very strong woman a
The first victim of the London Bridge terror attack to be named is jack merritt, killed while running a prisoner rehabilitation conference to which his assailant was invited. His father paid tribute to the 25 year Old Cambridge graduate, calling him a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. His attacker, usman khan, was released from prison last year after serving eight years for islamist terrorism. Previously he told the bbc he was not an extremist. All the Community Knows me, and they will know, if you ask them, they will know, like, these labels they are putting on me, terrorist, this, that, they will know im no terrorist. Tonight, there are questions about why khan was released and how closely he was being monitored. Also on the programme rail passengers face another rise in fares as parts of the network prepare for weeks of strike action. And england and wales find out who theyll face in the euro 2020 football championships. Good evening. One of the victims of y
The citys chief minister says the air has become unbearable. Lewis hamilton will start the us formula one grand prix in fifth position on the grid, but is still poised to win the world drivers championship. And click checks out what made in taiwan means now in the 21st century. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he wont be a candidate at next months general election. Mr farage, who has tried to become an mp seven times, says hell focus instead on touring the country to support his pa rtys candidates. The announcement comes after he offered an Electoral Alliance with the conservative party, an offer which was quickly rejected by the Prime Minister borisjohnson. Heres our political correspondentjessica parker. Walking into this election, nigel farage says that borisjohnsons deal is a gigantic con and that the brexit party is ready to field hundreds of candidates but he wont be one of them. Do you think is a