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 very dominant person so she can get people to do whatever she wants and she got on then she became the 4 person 4 woman on the jury and i assume they asked her a question you have any bias javelin she didnt say that so is that a defrauding of the court john hendren joins us live from washington d. C. John thats just the latest intervention in this trial by the president walk us through whats happened. Well roger stone faces 3 years 4 months 2 years unsupervised release and a 20000. 00 fine and its entirely possible he might not serve any of that 1st of all he has asked for a retrial based on juror bias you just heard the president explaining why that might be the case today that the president was in las vegas and he said roger has a very good chance of exoneration in my opinion but the president also went further and he suggested that he might just hint stone 1st of all he had retreated in the past 24 hours a fox news host who suggested that trump could end all of this with a pardon for stone but trump today said hes not going to do that right now he went on to say im going to watch the process im going to watch it very closely and at some point im going to make a determination but roger stone needs to be treated fairly and this has not been a fair process so the original sentence recommendation by the prosecutors was 7 to 9 years and thats just based on adding up statutory guidelines for how much time a person should get for each of these crimes President Trump then tweeted that that was a miscarriage of justice bill bart the attorney general then reversed that sentence recommendation will that upset those prosecutors all 4 of the prosecutors in that case quit and then the new prosecutor came in and said actually for this 3 to 4 years is more common now stone is requesting a retrial on jury bias and the president is hinting that he might go ahead and pardon him but not yet lorne and what the judge have to say about the sentencing and what was right just as response. Well theres been a pretty tough judge and she came out and said that this was a very unusual case with the attorney general personally intervening with the president s comments she said she took into account the request for leniency by stones friends and family. I would not judge joan as a person she would leave that to a higher power the judge said that stone was sentence not for standing up for the president but for covering up for him and stone went on after after all of this happened stone simply stood up and said thank you very much i have nothing to say so this case goes on hes obviously keeping quiet as he hopes to get this retrial but that judge seems shes been pretty tough all along shes been very critical of the prosecution in one case she looked at the new prosecutor today and said you may know less about his case than anybody else here and went on to ask him why he was there he said that there was some miscommunication within the just to put Justice Department and he apologized for the confusion 100 thank you very much indeed Scott Thompson is a fellow in government studies at the Brookings Institution he joins us live from washington d. C. Thanks very much for being with us so this is an extraordinary case in many ways isnt it trump was it indirectly criticized by the attorney general for intervening in the case but then he carried on doing that hes done it again since the sentencing what you make of the latest intervention. You know its very hard to tell because really the impact of these things depends on how the actors are receiving them judge action certainly said i didnt take the president s tweeting into account in determining my sentence and we can take or i think at face value on that we hope we dont really know same with the attorney general he said i reached the conclusion that the initial recommendation regarding roger stone was too harsh before the president s tweets but again we have no way to know whether thats true or not maybe there are some records he could produce to verify that but it seems very unlikely hell choose to do so instead it all really comes down to the credibility of these Different Actors but i do think attorney general bars core point remains true which is that certainly gives people more reason to question his credibility his autonomy the degree to which hes respecting the rule of law when you have the president tweeting these things that are clearly trying to direct the way these decisions are happening for reasons that have nothing to do with the law and how damaging do you think will this through or surrounding the cases for the reputation of the Justice System in the u. S. I think its problematic in a number of different cards but at the same time is kind of constrained to these sorts of sets of cases i think its highly problematic for attorney general barr and some of the political in the Justice Department whose decisions have come under scrutiny rightfully because of the way theyve approached cases that have a clear political relationship with the president recommending a lower sense for roger stone framing the moeller report in a way that was really not consistent with its findings during the press release before it was publicly released these different steps really bring into question their autonomy one comes to matters relating to the president now thats not all matters the Justice Department does the Justice Department has a lot of professional prosecutors who work hard to approach their jobs in a rifle way and its not clear that the president s machinations have impacted that in your run of the mill cases but certainly when it comes to the Justice Departments ability to fairly investigate and approach people who are in tension with the Trump Administration this brings it into question or certainly it brings into question at the point where you see these in your political leaders intervening on the president s behalf and to what about the possibility of a pardon. How likely is that. Judge jackson has put the president in a difficult position what comes to the pardon question if he had given stone a sentence more along with the government originally asked for 7 to 9 years perhaps President Trump could have said thats been agreed just abuse of discretion that is way too high a sentence im going to pardon him or commute his sentence alternatively instead she has gone well below those guidelines well below what even the revised Justice Department position was clearly devising yet still given a substantial sentence of 3 months 3 years 4 months in prison that puts the present a difficult position he doesnt have a clean narrative to say that roger stone wasnt treated fairly because clearly judge jackson did take his arguments and the various factors he raised in his counsel raise into account in reaching this judgment nonetheless the president has raised various ways that t. Thinks the proceedings against own were unfair or that the outcome should change and while thats not really what pardons are supposed to be used for it may very well be the route that he ultimately pursues to say i dont buy that this is the right outcome and im going to change it thank you very much indeed to scott hundreds of us and senate. Germanys president has called on people to refrain from using ostracizing and vilifying language that paves the way for violence. John meyer made the comments at a vigil for the victims of wednesdays shooting in the western city of how now that left 9 people dead Authorities Say theyre treating the instant as terrorism following the discovery of an online document by the shooter containing conspiracy theories and racist views dominic kane reports from berlin. This is where the shooting started one of 2 she shouldve asked 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 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 marj us out of hatred towards people of other origins religion or parents. This is not the 1st violent attack to be associated with the 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 last autumn. And last summer the christian democrat mare of a western german city was shot dead by a person with known links to the far right theres little doubt that far right violence is on the increase in this country and something many mainstream politicians have been warning about now some are wondering how many more people must suffer before society takes this threat seriously dominic kane aljazeera berlin. Jamnia seen a sharp rise in the number of far right attacks since 2015 when the country took in more than 1000000 refugees and migrants government figures show there were nearly 9000 attacks by far right groups and individuals in the 1st half of last year thats an increase of 1000. 00 compared to the same period the year before germanys Domestic Intelligence agency estimates there are around 24000. 00 right wing extremists in germany about half of whom a potentially violent last week 12 men were arrested for planning attacks against muslims Asylum Seekers and politician as well he speak now to political analyst well he put from berlin over skype thanks very much indeed for being with us so what do you think of the fact is behind this rise of far right history mr violence well we are currently in a situation where thinking about right wing extremism is in this book load of various levels of public debate we see a rise of the ultimate you would watch languages right we party a mishmash of people with different motifs some of them are purely racists and nazis and outside of the democratic spectrum but there are also people who are simply concerned about developments in germany in recent times what they. Are cheve is a development of a new political culture in which addressing things in a way that was unthinkable were in public in germany changed the Political Climate that seems to breed consequences of that terrible situation north last night and the 2 previous ones that have been mentioned in your report and the government has promised more Police Offices and so on well as that is on that that effort is making a difference. Well of course everyone you know a moment of shock is asking for what we have to take action and its important that the state authority shows that they try everything they can on the other hand if we look at the motivation of everyone whos attacking the open society then it is a fundamental motivation to make the open society to destroy itself by restricting increased them rights and by transforming an open society into Something Like completely state this should not happen and it would be the end of the lifestyle of the wests that we embrace and approach and to what aside from the the kind of measures that you suggest might catch elfrida what measures are being brought in to tackle the ideology behind extremist right wing badens when what has been done before would have been no one but also happened a few months ago is that we have to think about what happens in the echo chamber as that our different problem democratic discourse is what to do with hate speech on facebook and all the other social media this is something that have been addressed they plea we also see more investigations within traditional systems that and police and the army to investigate what kind of mindset exists there and how can we address the root causes of a different way of thinking about the other an open society is about who are listen this is something germany was proud of and it needs to be addressed the poil things get out of control in terms of you just get back to what youre talking about the f. D. A. And their role in all this i mean do you think that they reflect what people think or do you think that the fact they are now in the parliament actually emboldens people who have the in the extreme way of putting their views across you know resorting to extreme violence. Well there once in the ultimate team of for doing good are against Democratic Institutions that are against what germany stands for they learned from the success of populists and right wing charismatic leaders in other countries and apply it to the situation in germany they play with fire they oppressed peoples figures they looked all around the other they think that there is Something Like a superiority of the children once that exists in variations weve seen this with practice it weve seen this with good will that in the netherlands when we look in france and make America Great again speaks a similar language well i put thank you very much indeed to feel felt instantly and very welcome. Many more still to come on aljazeera news hour including. Israels Prime Minister pledges to build a new midsized city on illegally occupied land. A new front line in the corona Virus Outbreak dozens of people are infected in one of south koreas largest cities. And a top former official is charged with accepting bribes as coming up in support. Turkey says too that soldiers have been killed and 5 injured in air strikes near syrias province its military has been shelling Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of. The government captured the city for rebels 2 weeks ago as part of its push to retake the last rebel held area turkish president rich uptight about one has issued an ultimatum for syrian troops to pull out or face retaliation. Has been following the situation from near the Syrian Border and how top. Syrian National Army which is the Rebel Alliance backed by turkey said awhile ago that it took control full control of the town of nehru and continued its advance into but this was denied by the Syrian Government which says that its still in control of. Also much of the town of neda 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 that 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 JerusalemBenjamin 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 netanyahu as move as a systematic destruction of plans for 2 state solution the settlements are built in violation of International Law or a force that is in west jerusalem explains one if there was announcement is politically motivated. Well making this announcement Benjamin Netanyahu hailed an expansion of the city connecting he said all parts of a united jerusalem so very much in accordance with what was announced by the trumpet ministration just a few days ago in the trump peace plan. A united jerusalem under israeli sovereignty and that neo doing all he can to try to enact portions of that on the ground it seems specifically in this announcement 2200. 00 Housing Units in the illegal israeli settlement of har homa built on land occupied sort of south east of jerusalem in after the 1967 war more controversially apparently lifting a selfimposed restriction on building in another area give up hama toss nearby to the west of hamas 4000 units being promised there 3004 jewish israelis 1004 palestinians but that is controversial because it would link in any future palestinian state possibly the city of bethlehem with East Jerusalem as part of the capital which the palestinians want for their future state so this is something which is very much in accordance with the trump plan Benjamin Netanyahu has been told by the u. S. Administration that he cannot annex parts of the occupied west bank ahead of the israeli election on march the 2nd so he appears to be doing whatever he can to enact it or at least an ounce things inside jerusalem ahead of that election the israeli n. G. O. S peace now has called this a cynical election ploy and the palestinian president s office says that it is systematically destroying the 2 state solution as the hunts for right wing votes. South korea has reported its 1st deaths from the corona Virus Outbreak as the number of cases globally reaches 75000 as being 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 although many people are worried about returning to public areas major and brown has more now from hong kong south korea is a new frontline in the coronaVirus 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 they 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. China is not only protecting its own people but also the rest of the world this is again 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. 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 al jazeera hong kong. 2 elderly passengers have become the 1st people from aboard a cruise ship in japan to die of the corona virus hundreds more now disembarked the dom and princess after 2 weeks stuck in port japans government has defended its decision to quarantine the ship which some have called the perfect incubator bride reports from yokohama. Quarantine behind them passengers from the diamond princess have been disembarking in the hundreds. Many of them taken by bus to the middle of yokohama with mixed emotions about their shared ordeal cardew mother every day i would worry that i was going to test positive one of the im often in the number of people getting infected spite we knew they were sick in your infections so i was afraid to leave my cabinet their community as i knew the crew members did very well so i was grateful to them. The passengers were then allowed to continue their Journeys Home sharing public transport with fellow japanese who have mixed emotions of their own so ours is your good world i feel so sorry for them its a good idea to relace them they were going to get sick given what Foreign Countries say their quarantine the people for a certain time so i want to pan to do the same. The confirmed deaths of 2 elderly passengers have raised concerns for those still on board and for foreign governments who are still arranging to fly home their citizens but insisting they undergo further quarantine. Still japan is standing by its decision to end the quarantine of the crew ship. The ship does not compare to a hospital were working there with temporary measures we have a basic standard but various issues there that pointed out every day we keep correcting these issues on a daily basis with cases being reported across japan this outbreak is causing increased disruption Public Events have been scaled back or canceled including an annual Birthday Celebration for the emperor and there are growing fears if this goes on about the possible impact on the upcoming summer olympics in tokyo. A passing cruise liner sounds its hole in a show of support for the diamond princess for japan finally resolving this crisis is a priority and it knows the world is watching robot pride aljazeera yokohama japan iraq has suspended flights to iran and closed its Border Crossing to iranian nationals for 3 days after 3 more coronavirus cases were reported there and hes 2 other rain ians have died Major Airlines have warned of a severe Financial Impact as the coronavirus dampens demand for travel in asia european and im Group Air France kalen says the outbreak could wind up to 215000000. 00 for earnings by april when australia is quantas estimates it will lose one 100000000. 00 for this Financial Year many globalize have temporarily cancelled flights to Mainland China. In hong kong volunteers are working to combat a shortage in surgical facemasks by sewing re usable versions of volunteers a part of a Theater Group and theyve turned their rehearsal room into a temporary factory to produce 400 cotton masks that can be reused by throwing away that in a lining the masks will be distributed to poorer residents in hong kong and offered to medical workers its not clear how effective will be in combating the virus. Still ahead around jazeera. Last ditch campaigning in 10 days opposition supporters hope to unseat the ruling party the 1st time in more than 15 years. Troubling times rajan team is bondholders as it looks to restructure 100000000000. 00 in debt. Always i can say i supported the 100 percent. Again and im going to the. Manchester citys manager vows to stay at the club regardless of the outcome of an appeal against the teams Champions League ban he tells in sport. 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 on through the next couple of days and so thats fridays pitcher will run coming into law 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 seeing 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 by really quite 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 with that with some pleasant sunshine it will see some of the temperatures across northern parts of africa and here it does remain lousy drops a little colder there from all the members of libya will see high in karo of 21. I cannot walk my phone with my face you can access your bank account with your voice unique algorithmic measurements of us that are revolutionizing the process of identification but biometrics are far from perfect a convenience and seeming infallibility comes at a costs most crucially our privacy. In the 4th of a far far series i dont rate addresses the appropriation of our most personal characteristics all hail the algorithm on a 01 of the really special things that work in progress here is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much and put in contribution to a story a feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be for it as you know is that it turns the but in the particular because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories are just mended is to deliver indepth journalism we dont feel inferior to the audience across the globe. Im out of the top stories here on entre 0 u. S. President donald trump says his longtime adviser roger stone has a very good chance of exoneration stone was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison for lying to congress during its investigation into russian meddling in the 26000 election. A video has been held in the german city of how now after a suspected far right attack left 9 people dead Authorities Say theyre treating wednesdays shooting. As terrorism. And turkey says 2 its soldiers have been killed and 5 injured in an strikes near serious problem its military has been shelling Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of sarky. Has been a breakthrough in south sudan where president salva kiir and his rival rick machado have announced a deal to form a Coalition Government after 2 previous failed attempts to create a temporary power sharing agreement here says any outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days Nicholas Gage has more. After 2 failed attempts south sudans political rivals finally reach an agreement president salva kiir and his former Deputy Riek Machar say they will form a unity Coalition Government on saturday ending years of conflict not an idealism i say that race after the president resolve the issues of states we have agreed to form a government on the 22nd of february without any further delay so congratulations to all of us. Civil war broke out in 2013 less than 3 years after the country gained independence from sudan after decades of fighting here accused of attempting a coup that led to a political dispute deteriorating into a years long conflict killing tens of thousands of people and displacing millions more a deal to end the fighting was signed in ethiopia in 2018 with the fog i lay in there are few things that are still outstanding but we will resolve them together through the Transitional Government in the meantime things like security and protection of all opposition members in juba are not my full control. The World Food Program has been handing out aid packages in some towns food has been scarce since the conflict began a un report has accused all parties of deliberately starving millions of people for political gain it says Government Forces and other armed groups have denied displaced people access to wide by diverting millions of dollars elsewhere and that constitutes a war crime 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 begin to displace as well as a way of intimidating the civilian population. The un has called the situation. In south sudan a humanitarian crisis but theres hope the new unity government can bring about positive change because the gauge aljazeera. Of morgan speak now to south sudanese political analyst amal on water joins us from the english town of pul thank you for being with us now these states these 2 have made several arrangements in the past deals i think is about a at 12 times theyve tried to come up with an agreement in the past and its failed what you think is different this time. Is the same Peace Process so they were looking for a breakthrough in this particular. Peace process this road map you should mark so sometimes there are ups and downs but there has been a breakthrough now. In the buildup for this breakthrough there was an agreement signed in july 2008 in khartoum and i think this is the country let me. The final result of that of that so its pretty nice for everybody out of all i think i understand one of the elements of this is to integrate rebels and Government Forces interNational Army how difficult will that be to achieve. Its very difficult because its been tried before its not the 1st time. The 2 sides have split we had a deal in 2015 i do you need to go up and was created in 2000. The end of 2000 and. 82016. 00 and just failed between then within a few months and then trip which i had to leave cuba again so this is the 2nd time around the last time it was also this occasion arrangement that they failed on so this is heated Sticking Point and this is very important where the media is need to really Pay Attention so that this security arrangement. Deal really to make sure that we have a National Army now that is very very hostile hard to split but its just. Its very doubtful that could be ready in such a short time. Is it i mean is the main problem here kind of balance of power between these 2 characters. Yes obviously there is a huge but about abundance of power and if you want to understand it you have to go back to the days of deliberation or liberation where a kid is an insult to a standard leader but this is the late leader john garang was the leader and he had machar us or to protect that time and he had broken away from the leadership at that time from the movement back in the 1990 s. And this is really the history repeating itself that has been a pattern so that only the the treat of my child has created a gap where people who are who are like the opposite the Opposing Side too much and has grown to be stronger and have more legitimacy in the Liberation War which i have been treated as a. Slight an outsider this has always put him i desire to put his very determined to be a compromise and to be made you know a legitimate part of the system what about the u. N. Report to me that it says that both sides would deliberately starving populations or that was the kind of outcome of what what they were doing how seriously are the findings going to be taken and what can be done about it. Maybe the un is putting it too harsh. A way but definitely both sides have committed to huge 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 2001011 everybody was looking for development for this new country to take off after many 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 u. N. Is shrugging it up there is a hard core made of so elements of sausage in nice. 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 how the court will take action and hopefully the people who have committed his atrocities would have to face justice now and watch out thank you very much indeed it all heres an interesting thank you. As the final day of campaigning and tenders president ial election and of saturdays vote the opposition is hoping to unseat a family dinner steve thats been in power for 100 for century reports from the capitol. This is an opposition rally on the streets of talk with capital supporters want to see president for a symbol whose party has been in power for 53 years. The opposition says its ready for saturdays election but its calling for transparency. Were not satisfied with the way the electoral is handling preparations so far theyre trying to stop asians monitoring the elections despite the way we are going to win anyone this election. There are 6 Political Parties running against trusting us to be at his union for the Republican Party but they mostly run on coordinated campaigns and cannot agree on a strategy to please the president supporters of the opposition the failure to present a single candidate to challenge the president may cause. Their job is met by a lot of resources toward the political. Progress want to fix for more than half a century. While the president is out campaigning out of the capitol his supporters are busy here too trying to rule the end decided hes the only. Conflict because plenty couldnt be the. Only person. I think we need to. As a politicians make their final push for votes. But whoever wins quickly fixes a struggling economy and tackles rising poverty in the country comedy grease. Campaigning is officially ended in iran ahead of fridays parliamentary election 58000000 people are of age but many say they dont see the point in going to the polls said fake reports from tara on. Who to vote for among the sea of candidates whether to vote at all this seems to be the choice the nearly 58000000. 00 eligible voters face and the political establishment is to come out and cast their ballots supreme leaders televised speech telling people its their religious duty to vote. And despite the disqualification of many of his reformist allies president Hassan Rouhani has echoed a similar message small boy we can defeat the us with our solidarity and power high turnout on election day would make the us angry and upset low turnout would make them happy but with fears that turnout will be lower than usual other words enough to convince the iranians that. Yes certainly ive been vote i believe vote for someone who i know and have done some research to see if theyre an accountable person or not to society or some problems which must be fixed. As a reunion you a religious duty is recommend us to participate and make appropriate decisions about our country we can choose a representative who can reflect the people in the parliament. In a cafe in north bay see little point in taking part. Im not supporting what is the point. Because of everything is hard work has gone up a car costs more how do we get by no one is our descendants issues. The iranian economy has struggled under u. S. Sanctions since donald trump pulled out the nuclear deal in 2018. Inflation for last year was nearly 40 percent. So thats a good many dont have enough money to buy fresh fruit they just buy damaged stale fruits some even steel the purchasing power has dropped. Just in the last 2 weeks the price of meat has increased some people just end up eating less meat because they cant afford it. These concerns seem to have been reflected in the candidates campaigns despite talk of the fact posed by the u. S. The sanctions and potential conflict its the bread and butter issues that seem to be of major concern to voters here the state of the economy the rising cost of living and delivering meaningful change regardless of which political faction wins a majority of seats they will have to address the economic concerns of the people but with limited options at their disposal. Aljazeera the ron Spanish Police have raided whats thought to be the 1st illegal underground tobacco factory in europe it was discovered through hidden tunnels but no stables in the southern village of nanda but he say the operation produced up to 3 and a half 1000 cigarettes an hour they confiscated tens of thousands of care grams of tobacco along with marijuana and hashish factory operation with the forced labor of 6 ukrainian workers who are trapped inside 12 britons suspected of leading the operation have been arrested a unit has a meeting in brussels to drop a 7 year budget plan the 1st since britains departure from the block that breaks it has left a huge hole in the box finances has more from brussels. A budget battle looms the e. U. Getting all 27 Member States to agree unanimously on a new 70 a bunch it will be no easy task to Council President hoping for a compromise there are many interests there are many concerns and they are all legitimate with them too and vince the disposable to merge progress said has left a hole of up to 86000000000. 00 in the e. U. s finances the budget covers everything from agricultural subsidies to efforts to control Climate Change to something called cohesion funds thats money that goes toward supporting some of the e. U. s poorest countries but theres a split between e. U. Member states poorer nations think the wealthier one the ship paid more to the budget of one side of the argument to the group nicknamed the frugal for the netherlands austria denmark and sweden theyre among many contributors to the e. U. Meaning they pay more to the e. U. Than they receive back then theres a group of 16 poor countries called the friends of cohesion that include the Czech Republic hungry and poland they are against budget cuts relying on easy money to help stabilize the economy. And now the debates become even more toxic with the European Commission the executive branch of the e. U. Saying Financial Support would only be given to countries that respect the e. U. s rule of law poland and hungary have both recently been accused of violating it use democratic principles. Sounding the alarm farmers from the Baltic States estonia latvia and lithuania gathered outside the European Council to protest plans to come easy cultural fun the wants to be Carbon Neutral by 2050 these farmers say the plans will make Food Production more expensive they want Financial Support we are just fighting for equal competition. In joint markets. Have also been protests in from the main beneficiary of the agricultural subsidies cuts could be home for president much from leadership. Bracing for a bigger budget burden is germany the us largest economy contributes around a 5th of the e. U. Budget thats set to rise to a quarter in the coming year is days of difficult and divisive talks are expected since left every corner of the e. U. Feeling the squeeze. Aljazeera brussels. Portugals parliament has voted to allow use in a doctor assisted suicide for terminally ill people hundreds of people protested against measures outside the Parliament Building in lisbon 5 right to die bills were approved by the countrys president could still block in education. Officials from the International Monetary fund have wrapped up a weeklong visit to argentina the country is battling to restructure its debts to avoid defaulting but the i. M. F. Says the government needs a concrete plan to fix its finances to ports when as aris. I was hoping his pension would be readjusted. This year. Argentina has one of the highest inflation rates in the world and he was disappointed when he found out that despite being paid on 240. 00 a month he would not benefit from the latest government incentive because of a lack of money when i see my wife on the minimum pension and she got a small increase but somehow im considered to be rich with this out of the i make and you can barely survive i were rich i wouldnt be in this clinic id be somewhere where they treat me decently if i had to come to this hospital. Is not the only pensioner whos struggling the stace argentina is coping with recession inflation growing poverty and billions of dollars in debt. For many here it brings back memories of 2001 economic collapse when argentina was isolated from the International Markets after it failed to pay debt. The administration of president of the financial this and the i. M. F. Seem to agree on one issue that debt payments are unsustainable argentinas new government says that it needs to restructure debt with the i. M. F. And private phone coders in order to focus on growth to get out of the current economic crisis negotiations are well underway but its not clear yet whether this country will be able to prevent the hold on a sovereign debt once again. Since taking Office President for members has increased taxes and strengthened currency controls in an attempt to prevent the loss of much needed u. S. Dollars so i think what this what this government sure it is going to achieve it but i think what theyre thinking of even though theyre not saying it the ending at some sort of combative change really that helps and keep on accounts and balance and get that debt restructuring was howard stern at least from the financial point of view reduce the interest burden for the next year or 2 and with this try to spread the message to the man. I. Didnt tina has had a long history with the i. M. F. And foreign creditors and there are many especially my governing coalition who say payments should be suspended and of the government of former president. Argentina took on iran 100000000000. 00 in foreign debt that immediately people like lowly asano say the debt should be investigating. The i. M. F. Billions of dollars to mark green because donald trump gave his full support knowing the argentina couldnt pay it they did it so mark cree would be reelected but it did not happen at the i. M. F. Violated its own regulations and now they want to tell us what we should do. For amanda says his priority is to help societys most vulnerable as he struggles with foreign creditors but his policies are not reaching everyone in the same way many fear another default could make the situation even worse. Coming up in the sports the feisty faceoff a fury and wild eyed of the heavyweight. Are. All. Time for sport now his pitcher and. Thank you so much barcelona have eased the injury crisis with the emergency sawing of danish strike im also brathwaite but the club theyve bought him from have demanded a change in the spanish transfer rules saying they are forming prates a bigger team. Breath weight was unveiled by boston on food is day after his arrival from leganes under rules allowing a club to sign a player outside the transfer window in times of serious injury leganes could not stop it because the dane had a 90000000. 00 release clause in his contract but they are not allowed to sign a replacement and i left fighting relegation without him. We find ourselves in a hugely damaging situation we cant understand the rules that mean a club suffering a long term injury can unilaterally carry out a transfer and pass the problem onto another club the current rules go against the integrity of the competition and the right all clubs have to compete in a quality will now do whatever it takes in a situation that causes irreparable harm i mean i also want to say that seeing whats happened to again as we also think these rules should be modified it isnt fair that now they wont be able to get an extra player but this is what we have right now and just the city manager Pep Guardiola says he will stay at the club despite the 2 year ban from the Champions League handed down by u. A. E. For european footballs governing body this week found the premier League Champions guilty of serious breaches of financial fair play rules city deny the allegations and or appealing the decision is a sensitive issue to talk about the legal action because i am the know it im not professional and that im not a lawyer i spoke with the club with my chairman and micio and they follow so i believe in them i know will be the result but i cannot touch him or im sorry so im not a lawyer so always i can say i support of the club 100 percent. Fevers former secretary general Jerome Valcke has been charged with accepting bribes criminal mismanagement and falsifying documents by the swiss attorney general it follows an investigation into the awarding of media rights for various world cup and the Confederations Cup tournaments one charge has been laid against the chairman of the b. In media group. Who is also president of parasangs a man he says the allegations have no basis in fact at all. To tennis Roger Federer who will miss the french open after undergoing nice surgery the 38 year old had keyhole surgery on his right knee in switzerland hopefully back for wimbledon at the end of june federer is the most successful player ever with 20 grand slam titles. Formula ones preseason testing took an unusual turn on thursday when the Mercedes Team was spotted trying out a new steering system World ChampionLewis Hamilton here using his Steering Wheel not just to steer but also pushing the good with his apparently causes the wheels to realign but you know. For me is reading courage and to see that my team is continuing to innovate. And stay ahead of the game yeah we have a system in the car so novel novel idea precisely how we use it why we use it that something with pakistan batsman who mark moore has been suspended for breaching the anticorruption code of these countries cricket board the 29 year old is unable to take part in any cricket related activity until after an investigation is complete although stronger punishment could follow the finding pakistan super League Champions the kids are gladiators did ok without him in this years opening game on thursday the gladiators beating islamabad united by 3 wickets. For 2 on Tour De France winner chris froome returns to competition this weekend for the 1st time since slamming into a wall during training last year in the kenyan born brit has recovered from multiple fractures and will compete in the united arab emirates. And with just days to go now before behavior rematch in las vegas things are again getting heated between tyson fury and the on say while the this was their final News Conference before saturdays fight when i meet for the 1st time since a controversial draw in december 28th seen but before trading blows it was all about the fighting talk i provided food and put food on your table for your family to eat and im doing it for the 2nd time so to do dont ever forget that i brought you 2 big bucks and im around a year for me to see the initial contribution. Yes i bet money they. Are in charge. Should be a good fight well leave it there for now more sports news again later lauren back to you in london thanks very much indeed and thats it for me learnt enough this news out of the back in a moment with more on the days news in the meantime to get you always catch up with our web site address that is al jazeera dot com and i many people already you dont watch a spike helmick like i have. 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