A Coalition Government. Would begin in the United States where president Donald Trumps longtime advisor roger stone has been sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison stone was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 president ial election prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of up to 9 years in jail that was later reversed by the Justice Department after trump complained publicly. Thats going on that our White House CorrespondentKimberly Halkett kimberly the length of the sentence was just one of the controversial elements in a case this cause ructions at the Justice Department a standoff between the president and the attorney general. Thats right in fact. The judge Berman Jackson in her sentencing took into account she said both recommendations by the Justice Department the initial one of up to 9 years 7 to 9 years and the downgrade recommendation by the department of justice prosecutors and as you pointed out that downgrading of the recommendation came after the u. S. President weighed in on twitter calling the recommendations a miscarriage of justice in the end the judge said that she took a look at both recommendations and felt that this should be proportional but at the same time noted that there were very few precedents for such a case involving the very close ally of the u. S. President roger stone in the end she did say that she took into account the requests for levy and see by his friends and family as she also said that she did not in any way pass judgment on roger stone as a person she said she believed that up to a Higher Authority pretty remarkable given the fact that stone himself took aim at this judge quite literally even posting early on when he had been charged a picture of the judge should be cavalier handling the case next to her image in a rifle crosshairs so this is been a remarkable case from start to finish as you point out the sentence now in some 40 months as well as a half the 20000. 00 fine but certainly a downgraded sentence from what was initially proposed and as you say sugar circumstances around her the judge could have put it more plainly when she said that stern was prosecuted for covering up for the president. Thats right and she was very clear that she felt his intervention in the efforts by the House Intelligence Committee among other committees to try and get information in the broader probe into whether or not there was collusion between Donald Trumps president ial campaign and russia where roger stone was in fact an advisor on that campaign she was very clear that he brought this interview upon himself her exact quote roger stone inserted himself in the smack in the middle of the most incendiary issue of the day and on the count of witness tampering well he testified that he had no conduct or contact with a particular witness in fact the judge noting there were documents of 1500 texts and emails so she was very clear that as we often say in washington the cover up worse than the crime that this was the direct result her sentencing coming down against roger stone for his own actions she also took issue with the fact that he had posted a threatening image on instagram saying to ignore that would it be intolerable to the administration of justice so a very harsh sentence coming down but again falling short of the sentencing recommendations can now get thank you very much indeed. Authorities in germany say theyre treating a shooting in the western city of how now as terrorism 9 people were killed by a gunman in whats believed to be a far right attack the shooter opened fire inside 2 shisha pause on wednesday night before fleeing the scene and killing himself from that came reports from burning. This is where the shooting started one of 2 shisha to be targeted which were known to be frequented by members of the Kurdish Community the 43 year old perpetrator made his way into each place and then opened fire indiscriminately on innocent people finally fleeing the scene in a car to go home and kill his own mother before then taking his own life the shock of the local community is mirrored by that of government ministers who confirmed their primary line of inquiry its what i listen to norm to be in the going to do that everything is being done to clarify up to the last detail the background of these horrific killings there are many indications at the moment that the perpetrator acted on right wing extremist rice has marja us out of high tread towards people of other origins religion or parents. This is not the 1st violent attack to be associated with far right criminals in recent times. The 27 year old man is currently on trial for the murder of 2 people outside a synagogue in the city of hallowed last autumn. And lost some of the christian democrat mare of a western german city was shot dead by a person with known links to the far right dominic cain joins us now from one hour a vigil for the victims has taken place dominic how is the government dealing with far right balance. Theres no question that the political will is there to help the police to investigate far right violence and those who have a propensity a tendency towards far right violence the federal interior minister if there is a hole for some considerable time ago said that his plan was to have 600 new offices in place specifically to try to deal with the threats that this particular movement poses and yet instances as was heard in my report instances such as the do keep happening certainly there is a feeling that not enough is being done and indeed mr hoffa thats the interior minister his colleague high court mass the foreign minister has said that he believes that germany has to come to terms with the fact that far the far right violent tendency is back in German Society and they have to come to terms with that and try to deal with it and what is the Wider Society perception of the far right in germany. Well its important at this juncture to say that there is no suggestion whether overtly or covertly that the sorts of things that the perpetrator here and indeed those perpetrators in my report who are just hearing have anything to do with the political far right there is no suggestion of that so far at least but theres no question also that the vast majority of society really dont dont view of the political far right as they view it as a threat i spoke to several analysts of the course of the last couple of years about how active the violent far right movements are in germany and they suggest something but in the order of between 1220000 people at any one point in this country have an organized tendency to wish to commit. Acts of violence thats not necessary to say that theyre all plotting or planning to carry out fatal attacks but certainly have that propensity that urge to carry out Violent Attacks its worth also saying that you should recall that just last week it was last friday the earth already has arrested 12 people who handle being as the or thora these alleged in the initial stages of plotting some form of violent attack so clearly you have 2 sides of the coin you have the government saying this issue is there to stay and it needs to be prioritized to deal with it but also you have this sense that in society there are many thousands of people who do harbor some violent tendency from the far right john mccain thank you very much. Turkey says 2 of its soldiers have been killed and 5 injured in air strikes near syrias province its military been shelling Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of sara came the government captured the city for rebels 2 weeks ago as part of its push to retake the last rebel held area turkish president richard has issued an ultimatum for syrian troops to pull out or face retaliation matter i have a has been following the situation from had to he knew the syrian border. Syrian National Army which is the Rebel Alliance backed by turkey said a while ago that it took control full control of the town of nato and continued its advance into soccer but this was denied by the Syrian Government which says that its still in control of. Also much of the town of nato but its been an extraordinary day with this sudden offensive into those areas taken over by the syrian army about 2 weeks ago the turkey has said that 2 of its soldiers were killed but that it retaliated killing 50 syrian soldiers destroying many vehicles and the situation remains quite particular following the statement yesterday by a president as a player that his warning to the Syrian Government was the final warning that if they dont push back from those areas behind the Turkish Military outpost then turkey with further intensify its military involvement in syria. Israels Prime Minister has approved more than 2000 new settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem and netanyahu says he also intends to approve a further 4000. 00 residential units in another settlement in the same area a spokesperson for the palestinian president has condemned the decision calling netanyahu is move a systematic destruction of plans for a 2 state solution the settlements are built in violation of International Law south korea has reported its 1st deaths from the corona Virus Outbreak as the number of cases globally reaches 75000 theres been a downward trend in the number of new cases but the World Health Organization says now is not the time for complacency china insists its containment measures are working or that many people are worried about returning to public areas adrian brown has more now from hong kong. 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 since last night 31. 00 people have additionally been infected with covered 19 the total tally is now 82. 00 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 cheong nooyi 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 coronavirus 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 impose 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 while 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. 00 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. Or 2 elderly passengers have become the 1st people from aboard that cruise ship in japan to die of the train a virus the 2 japanese victims who are both in their eightys died in hospital hundreds more passengers have now disembarked from the diamond princess after 2 weeks stuck in your home a port japans government is defending its decision to quarantine the ship which some have called 3 perfect incubator. Still to come on aljazeera we speak to the families whose lives were destroyed by u. S. Drone strikes in afghanistan. Do you know why dont you go to that did you know that. British Prime Minister and the wound im stepping back are often uproar in northwestern with more of that story coming up. But. We have more weather warnings in force across northern parts of the u. K. With even more cloud of right spilling in from the atlantic the next batch of wet weather thats sliding its way through tightly packed very strong winds blustery conditions to speak oh on through the next competition so thats fridays pitch while rain coming into and sliding across parts of england Northern Areas of wales to pushing up into a good possible scotland and that will drive its way through on towards scandinavia know why saying that rain really turning to snow then to the southeast we got rain and snow there for a good parts of turkey pushing over towards that eastern side of the mediterranean as well as we go on into saturday things quieten down here and i read a quote down too much across northern parts if you have more blustery showers rattling through not looking along the spells of rain for the time being but as we go on into the 2nd half of the weekend yet theres more wet weather which will tumble its way in from the atlantic the south its generally dry ice not too bad across southern parts if you watch yourself and your 900 s. And bit with some pleasant sunshine it will see some of the temperatures across northern parts of africa and here it does remain lousy drive thats a little cooler than for Northern Areas of libya will see high in karo of 21. But. Banks love to make loans to sufferance because behind solving a millions of taxpayers because us taxpayers never go away is a new one bone every single day a 19 it is an Urgent National necessity to get it we have officially requested the accusation of the support mechanism we created together because i happen to live in creeks somehow i am a sinner im a bad person. Thats machine on aljazeera. And a reminder of the top stories here now jazeera the u. S. President long time advisor 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 during the 2016 election. A vigil has been held in the german city of how now entre suspected far right attack left 9 people dead say theyre treating wednesdays shooting at to as terrorism. And turkey says 2 of its soldiers have been killed and 5 injured airstrikes near syrias province military has been shelling Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of sarky. At least 19 people have died after a truck collided with a bus on a highway in Southern India 9 others have been taken to hospital the accident in the town of i mean took place after the truck and to the wrong lane they say more than 110000 People Killed every year in road accidents across india. U. S. Dropped more bombs on afghanistan last year than any other year in the past decade well theres hope that a deal with the taliban will put an end to the violence could be too late for some families whove been caught up in the crossfire so. You. Know be says his home and province was destroyed by one of the more than 7400. 00 bombs the u. S. Air force dropped on of coniston last year u. S. Government data suggests it is the highest total of airstrikes in of harnessed on in 10 years his familys home in the village of song became a u. S. Target during a battle between the taliban and Government Forces on our very 1st and it was 1230 at night when the airplane bombed our house it was the day our district and a lot of fighting was going on my brother was killed along with 3 of his daughters one was 4 years old one was 2 years old and the 3rd one was 6 months old fighting came as close as 50 metres to his house after what he describes as a drone strike nobody moved surviving members of his family to gaza knee the capital of the province they returned last month after repairs to their mud house points to where the bomb struck he says he found his brother muhammad absolved and 3 of his brothers children in pieces its not that there was a drone bombed our house i lost my husband and 3 children i dont know where the taliban came from and started fighting that an airplane came and hit our house were in trouble and im psychologically traumatized my children get scared my nieces and nephews get scared our whole family is scared. Now when they hear loud noises the children say the drones have come back. One of those daughters survived the attack when asked where her father is just she says in the airplane and that her uncle takes care of her for now her answer suggest she still doesnt fully comprehend what happened. An airstrike i