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
Opposition leader reach a deal to form a unity government. Hello welcome to the news hour south korea has raised the alert level for the southeastern city of daegu after the countrys 1st death and an increase in corona virus cases medics have confirmed 156 infections there or thought he say dozens of them are linked to one church in daegu the Prime Minister says special measures will be taken to stop the virus from spreading china reported 118. 00 more deaths on thursday and confirmed more than 800 new infections which is more than double the number reported the day before 2 australians evacuated from a cruise ship that had been to quarantine in japan have tested positive for corona virus after returning home and now theyre being isolated as crossover to katrina your correspondent in beijing and katrina those hopes that things were on the mend have really just been dashed in the past few hours. Why especially in south korea were seeing that there was a case of more than 50 cases announ
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
And sean thomas what we glad to have you with. All right Boris Johnsons conservative party is celebrating a historic victory in thursdays general election Prime Minister says it gives him a powerful mandate to deliver the election delivered the worst result for the labor party since the 1930 s. Heres how the Party Leaders reacted to and historic day in westminster. Proud to say that members of our new one nation government a peoples government will sit tight from constituencies that have never returned a conservative then be. 100 years and yes they will have a willing mandate from this election to get brix it done and we will honor that mandate by general the 31st will not lead the party in any future general Election Campaign i will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result and on the policies that the party will take Going Forward after the conservative victory was confirmed hundreds of people turned out for socalled stop forest protests som
And china the 1st phase of a trade deal about aims to overcome their long running. Around the clock across the world this is your r. T. International from the team and myself you know hello and welcome. The United Nations is accusing the chilean army police of committing Human Rights Violations during a crackdown on protests lets take a look thousands have been demonstrating since mid october demanding an overhaul of the coast situation the arrest was initially triggered by a hike in public transport costs but snowballed into a nationwide movement for social reform the government imposed a state of emergency for troops on the streets u. N. Investigators they have highlighted cases on one law for killings of torture heres some of the key findings. To. Human Rights Violations documented by c. A. G. R. Include the Excessive Force and this is true use of force that led to unlawful killings and injuries arbitrary detentions and torture and ill treatment. Or we heard from one of the protest