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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 say that she took into account the request for leniency from his friends and family and she did all this after stone posted an instagram picture for which he was later reprimanded by the judge that had the judges face on it with a target over it as if it were looking through a gun site so this judges is allowed him a bit of space she said its unusual that prosecutors would agree to lower the standard sentencing guidelines in this case pointing out that this ingestion that there might be some intervention going on here in the end stone stood up and silently just said i have nothing nothing to say thank you it was the end of a very peculiar day where he wants out actually smiling to the crowd so and i dont think weve heard the end of this story yet to hear much of will have much to say but we always wait with bated breath as to what the president has to say and his reaction to all of this. Thats right and the president gave his reaction in los vegas to a friendly crowd of reformed offenders this helps to explain why we saw roger stone walking out of that courthouse confident with a beaming smile and that is because although hes been sentenced to 3 month 3 years and 4 months in prison he might never have to serve that as the president said for beginners today roger has a very good chance of exoneration in my opinion thats a reference to the fact that stone is asking for a retrial because he claims the jury for woman in this case was biased against trump and therefore against him in the president spoke up saying in my strong opinion the 4 woman of the jury was tainted anyone who say how can you have a person like that but whats more tantalizing is the prospect that the president might ultimately exonerate exonerate stone by giving him a full pardon he sort of hinted at that by saying im going to watch the process im going to watch it very closely 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 heres a little of what the president had to say 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 could get people to do whatever she wants and she got on then she became the form person for woman on the jury and i assume they asked her a question you have any bias jevon and she didnt say that so is that a defrauding of the court. So the judge said his case was unprecedented and it certainly was here is why the original prosecutors came down using standard sentencing guidelines which are typical in a case like this saying that the defendant should get 7 to 9 years in prison well the president tweeted that was a miscarriage of justice then william barr as attorney general went ahead and personally intervened to lower that sentence recommendation below the Standard Guidelines the 4 prosecutors originally on the case quit and bar later complained that the president s tweets were making his job impossible it was anything but a standard trial so indeed judge dont think weve heard the last of this for the moment thank you but who is roger stone well stone worked for Richard Nixon will break in george h. W. Bush and george w. Bush but it was his role in Donald Trumps campaign that landed him in court in the run up to the 2016 election he tried to launch a Smear Campaign against Hillary Clinton using the web site wiki leaks he was questioned about that last june the miller investigation he lied threatened other another witness to do the same and had documents from investigators prosecutors said his crimes were did up to 9 years in prison but that was overruled by attorney general william john just mentioned on all 4 prosecutors quit after the decision and what many call was blatant pressure from the white house as speak to them to when he wrote and directed the netflix film get me roger stone joins me now from new york good to have you with us on the program i mean what do you think is going on now in roger stones head. I think roger has a good chance at a pardon so i dont think he is terribly worried about serving the 40 months that the judge sentenced him to but certainly he has been a situation throughout his entire career not to be found guilty of any crimes and he very much does not want to go to prison so his friends and his. The people who support him have lobbied the president to either commute his sentence or grant him and outright pardon now how would you describe the man himself and sort of his relationship with so many president s because you spent a lot of time with him joining the making of the film i mean in terms of. Sort of were looking for those missing pieces the personality and how he sort of reminisces about working so closely with the most powerful men in the world. For making the film get me roger stone my codirectors and i followed roger for 5 and a half years and he is about as colorful a character as they come he is a bodybuilding pot smoking dandy swinger who has also been in trouble and electing virtually every republican president since Richard Nixon and he was actually the very 1st person to suggest to donald trump to run for the presidency back in 1907 and he spent the next almost 330 years working to bring that kind of far out fantasy of his to reality and over the years people disparaged roger saying it was never going to happen and roger ultimately got the last laugh maybe so because he was very outspoken in the film that was produced by you how much of this sonority it was his own fault one might say hes brought this upon himself with sort of the image that of being teflon man you know nothing sticks but it did no. He absolutely did bring this upon himself one of roger. Perhaps as a killer as hell is that he goes too far and that he tends fade and in this case he very unwisely lied to congress in a situation where he didnt need to but he thought that he was doing so in order to protect the president for any type of accusations that the president had colluded with the russians or Work Together with wiki leaks to undermine the Clinton Campaign there will be perhaps some people out in a global audience i havent seen the film itself but stone comes over as a cold a dope and matters as you say who talks about how his underhand behavior is very evident to me perhaps a sail too close to the window i mean whats the warning that for those that think they really can get away with anything while there may not be a warning if the prez then either commutes rogers sentence or pardons him he will be completely vindicated for his bad if not outright illegal behavior and so this is a very dangerous precedent for the United States that we will be sending a message that you can engage in crimes very serious crimes and perhaps the president will let you go if you are a friend or an accomplice of the president in the years ahead and perhaps neither you nor i can see into the future how important do you think youll still will be when it comes to historians writing about this chapter in american history. Well one of the very important things about our film is that the president himself prior to his campaign sat down for an original interview with us and affirm the closeness of his relationship with roger over the years in recent weeks and months the president has tried to distance himself from roger but people have pointed to our film as Proof Positive of their the long standing relationship that they have and it truly is a friendship that has been built and through and weathered the storm over many many decades well its been really intriguing listening to you and thanks so much for time with the codirector of the get me roger stone thanks for your time sir. Germanys president has called on his fellow citizens to stop using ostracizing and vilifying language saying it paves the way for violence he was speaking at wall of several vigils held in order of 9 People Killed in a shooting attack in the city of hello dominic cain reports. On a cold day in february the german head of state expresses his symptoms in camps relating in the simple acts of the feelings of many whose people of those who died here. This is where a 43 year old german used illegally and 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. Some of the survivors have described their ordeal. The man entered to decide and then 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 to behind a 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 we deny that this is 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 this is. A canvas. That is a reference to moments like this last autumn 2 people were shot dead outside a synagogue in the eastern city of hallett 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 earlier is a European Studies professor at Stanford University and he says theres growing concern about right wing extremism after several recent attacks. We are currently in a situation where thinking about right wing extremism is in this book lloyd oath various levels of public debate we see a rise of the ultimate team of a doj languages a right wing party a mishmash of people with different teves some of them a really racist and not seats and outside of the democratic spectrum but there are also people who are simply concerned about developments in germany in recent times what they have are achieved is a development of the new political culture in which addressing things in a way that was unthinkable we were in public in germany changed the Political Climate that seems to breed consequences of that terrible situation if last night in a moment of shock is asking for 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 who is at tacking the open society then it is the fundamental motivation to make the open society to destroy itself by restricting freedom rights and by transforming an open society to Something Like a police state this should not happen and it would be the end of the lifestyle of the wests that we embrace and that the approach of. Well plenty more ahead here on the aljazeera news hour including troubling times for argentinas bondholders as it was to restructure 100000000000. 00 of debt plus. One in google if i didnt know that i took the biggest population in the wild im stepping back from the current North West Bank more on that story coming up. And why small clubs in spain believe theyre being made victims all the big spenders following barcelonas latest signing. Turkey says 2 of its soldiers have been killed and 5 injured in asteroids in a serious province the Turkish Military has been shelling Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of sort of keep Bashar Al Assads forces free took the city as part of its offensive in the last rebel held area. Reports from. The. Opposition Syrian National Army Fighters moved under cover of heavy artillery shelling by turkish troops their vans to was named 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 in retaliation for the death of 2 of its soldiers in an attack blamed on the syrian army the Turkish Defense Ministry Said dozens of syrians so. Rogers 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 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 as. High tide. Earlier we spoke to the uns humanitarian chief while local key says aid agencies are struggling to keep up with the scale of the crisis in northwestern syria. So there are 3000000 people in northwestern syria who are right under this high renda own slow those 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 agree by the United Nations Security Council from turkey where bringing food medicines shelter. All sorts of other supplies warm clothes stove 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 that bombing 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. Now theres been a breakthrough in south sudan president salva kiir and his rival rife with shar have announced a deal to form a Coalition Government after 2 previous attempts failed and that he said that any outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days the 2 sides signed a deal in 2018 to end the devastating conflict which is in the gulf the nation since independence 9 years ago meanwhile the United Nations has accused government and Opposition Forces of war crimes including deliberately starving their citizens are diplomatic editor james bays is in geneva he says the timing of the report from the u. N. Human rights commissioners is worried. 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. Yes and sucre is chair of the Uns Commission on human rights in south sudan which released the report she accuses some members of the government of misusing funds earmarked for aid and basic public services. In our reports of course who we say to are that we have extensive records of officials in the government have actually early age the public purse and ensure that monies belonging to the government of south sudan. Are not sent to the government coffers but are actually diverted for private use and this is of course money that would be an important part of the revenue so that one could actually support access to basic services in south sudan this is currently being diverted and i in our view this of course makes us to the news officials implicated really subject at some future point to being indicted for these crimes of course when we look at the question of accountability south sudan has of course signed on to 2 very Important Documents the one is the United Nations convention against corruption they havent yet ratified but at least theyve signed up the 2nd of course is the african unions be venting and combating corruption which also proved you know prevents prohibits Member States from being gauging in policies that encourage corruption or the embezzlement of Public Resources and so what the commission is actually doing is beginning to prepare darcy is that can one day be handed over to a prosecute been so that these people can face some form of criminal accountability. Irelands Prime Minister has resigned but will stone his caretaker leader while parliament remains in deadlock a vote by representatives to name leo gerard because successor on thursday was inconclusive but none of the 3 largest parties won enough seats in elections earlier this month to secure an outright majority because center right female party came in 3rd behind the left wing nationalist shinn sane and old rivals for oil. Well still ahead here on out is there is news of the murder case that brought the suit to Prime Minister a body will face charges for alleged involvement in the killing of his 2nd wife. And find out why lebanon could default on its loan payments for the very 1st time i did sports that all formula one champions reinventing the Steering Wheel peter that story straight after the break. A long lasting some quiet weather into the southeast of the u. S. In see this area cloud here thats the one that brought the flooding to mississippi into tennessee thats now in the process of easing out into the open waters still want to see coastal shot was early on friday just around the carolinas but that will pull out to the wettest look at the temperatures tumble behind snow higher than around say 3 celsius there for new york for what they say single figures across a good part of the map here will see some wet weather eventually pushing its way back towards the southwest mind you as you go on through saturday so thats going to slide its way out of mexico just across the Desert Southwest can see some wet weather but elsewhere across much of north america it is going to be dry if a little on the cool side to some sparkling sunshine coming through plenty of sunshine too across the caribbean lastly clear skies here there will be one or 2 showers more in the way of sunshine and showers of course well see what to say showers maybe towards hispaniola maybe towards the the leeward as we go on through the next day the showers absolutely more widespread across a good part of cuba there maybe catching want to choose shall see one of those showers monitor the showers across the western side of the region with the possibility of some heavy rain as well from mexico. An estimated 100000 lives cruelly ended over a century ago. A distant past not to the descendants of the sawtooth. A tale of colonialism and racial supremacy unravels in the quest for justice and recognition of the sacrifices of tribal people in the media. Skulls of my people a witness documentary on aljazeera. A unique kid endangered biodiversity lies in the heart of one of ecuadors tropical jungles there was a lot of misinformation about a city i knew most of we have here i know that probably alleges become a lot of their self conservation in their communities aljazeera journeys deep into the rain forest to follow a scientist im told teams are fight to save the flora and for nothing so precious in the region women make science ecuadors Hidden Treasure on aljazeera. All. All. Talk about you watching the aljazeera news hour with me said holroyd the 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 he was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into russian meddling during the 2016 election. Also a vigil has been held in the german city of an iowa respected far right tack left 9 people dead all thought he say that treating wednesdays shootings to she should pass as a terrorist. And turkey says 2 for soldiers are being killed and 5 injured in that strikes its serious it looked province his military has been shelling Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of sun. Police in london have also rest of the National Suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing at the capitals biggest mosque the victim in his seventys was leading prayers a blood Central Mosque where he was attacked and seriously injured worshippers held the assailant down until Police Arrived the incident is not being treated as a terrorist related route chalons has the latest from the british capital. Just after the beginning of afternoon prayers when about 200 people were in attendance. With a knife tried to stab in the mosque seems in the matter he didnt manage. To manage the fab the more than the man who for 25 to 30 years here has called the faithful to pray now the victim in his seventys was taken to hospital and his condition as we understand is not thought to be life threatening now the. Suspected of doing this was pinned to the floor by members of the congregation the Police Arrived they took him away. Obviously in the aftermath of what happened in germany people were very worried that this might be some kind of coffee kept event or ideologically linked in some way that the man who the police took away at 29 year old was white but now was the police are saying is they do not think this is a terrorist incident and the reason we believe why theyre saying that is because from what ive been gathering here speaking to people in the mans faith think this has been attending prayers here for some 6 months and they viewed as something of a regular but perhaps someone who has Mental Health issues or was otherwise a bit on the. There has been a slight increase in the number of corona virus deaths in china province thats the epicenter but just a short while ago the government confirmed 115 died on thursday 6 more than the day before south korea is the latest country to report its 1st death from the virus but china insists its containment measures are working a dream brown has more. 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 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 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 have 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. Iraq as close as border with iran and stop flights there after 2 people died of the virus ways has also suspended flights but allies have warned of serious loss due to the current break European Airline group from scale and said it could wipe up to 215000000. 00 from its earnings by april and australias quantas is estimating a 100000000. 00 loss this Financial Year but to the middle east where israels Prime Minister has announced plans to build thousands of subtle homes in occupied East Jerusalem Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement during a visit to one of the areas where construction will take place a spokesperson for the palestinian president condemned the decision calling it a systematic attempt to destroy the 2 state solution the settlements are built in violation of International Law hurry force it is in west jerusalem he says it appears that netanyahu is trying to shore up support ahead of israels election in 2 weeks time. 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 netanyahu do 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 to the south east of jerusalem in after the 967. 00 war more controversially apparently lifting a selfimposed restriction on building in another area give out 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 and next 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 for prosecutors in israel are investigating a failed company that belonged to the leader of the opposition its not clear if any karen says of the blue and white party is himself a subject of the criminal probe into the bankrupt Cyber Security firm but it comes less than 2 weeks before elections on the 2nd of march has painted himself as a scandal free alternative to netanyahu who faces a corruption trial next month. Candidates and held their final Campaign Rallies ahead of saturdays president ial elections incumbent rudy nothing in b. Is seeking a 4th term in office to extend his familys half century of power if reelected new constitutional rules would allow him to stay in office until 2030 opposition parties have had difficulty rallying behind a single candidate. Police in the suit to say Prime Minister thomas tamm barney will be charged with the murder of his 2nd wife after the announcement and barney told a local Radio Station that he will resign at the end of july but said old age was the reason. The money was shot near her home in 2017 and dannys current wife messina is also facing charges relating to the killing she denied any involvement for me to miller is in johannesburg with more on the political fallout in the city. 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 suit to hes also urged that the be a process in the country that allows for transition 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 has 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. Team from the International Launch responders and to hold tightly deepening economic crisis the government is it to decide whether it will default on its loan payments a move that could lead to the popular all star routine measures. From beirut. This abandoned building or what is known as the egg is now where the lebanese debate and plot the future of their country since oct antiestablishment protesters have occupied this bullet ridden structure and central beirut which was damaged during the 15 year civil war that began in 1975 decades later lebanon is facing difficult days for the most reluctant was the services. Are getting so we. Are so strict 1000 people. Living with this state is close to bankruptcy its Foreign Exchange reserves are running out the economy is not growing and commercial banks have imposed capital controls preventing people from accessing their life savings many are concerned their deposits will be used if the authorities decide to pay the public debt. Once a 1000000. So the people will be in the street the new government is facing a difficult decision lebanon is a heavily indebted nation in a financial crisis it needs to repay 1200000000. 00 worth of jews known as euro bonds next month defaulting with further damage Investor Confidence but it seems there is little choice levanon spends more than it earns and its biggest expense has been paying the public debt Prime Minister has sandip says his governments priority is to preserve foreign reserves needed to import basic goods like fuel wheat and medicines. A delegation from the International Monetary fund is in beirut to give Technical Advice on how to save the economy restructuring the debt will need the i. M. F. Stamp of approval to prevent International Creditors from filing lawsuits but that will require what officials have called painful and unpopular measures one of the conditions is basically raising taxation this would have serious consequences on the country and also on the public sentiment towards those in uniform government. Public opinion suggests people want to reschedule loan repayments officials seem to be leaning towards that opinion too but there is a difference people dont want to pay the price for such a decision they want the authorities to make sure stolen public money is returned lebanon has never defaulted on its debt in its history but these are unprecedented times. Beirut. Subject and tina is also struggling to fix its economic crisis. The government. Is unsustainable the country is battling to avoid another default raising fears among. A full blown economic crisis trees a bow has more from the capital. 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. My wife owns a minimum pension and she got a small increase but somehow im considered to be rich with this out of make and you can barely survive i were rich i wouldnt be in this clinic id be somewhere where they treat me decently i had to come to the hospital. He is not the only pensioner whos struggling this days argentina coping with the recession. Inflation growing poverty 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 to. The administration of president of the Financial Base and the i. M. F. Seemed 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 whole county sovereign debt once again. Since taking Office President for a man this has increased taxes and strengthened currency controls in an attempt to prevent the loss of much needed u. S. Dollars i think but this is what this government. Is going to achieve it but i think what theyre thinking of even though theyre not saying it the ending at some sort of competent change that helps and keep the accounts and balanced debt restructuring with howard stern at least from the financial point of view reduce interest burden for the next year or 2 and with this try to spread the message. Argentina 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. The debt should be investigating. The i. M. F. Billions of dollars to much cream because donald trump gave his full support knowing the argentina couldnt pay it they did it so much be reelected it didnt happen violated its own regulations and now they want to tell us what we. Should do. For amanda says his priority is to help societies most of all as he struggles with foreign creditors but hes policies are not reaching everyone in the same way many fear another default could make the situation even worse. Oh. Well still ahead here on the news hour a feisty faceoff of fury a while theyre head of that heavyweight rematch peter will have those details and the rest of the sports action straight after the borg. A lot. More. Has peter. Thank you very much barcelona have eased the injury crisis with the emergency signing of danish striker Martin Brathwaite but the club theyve bought him from have the mando to change in the spanish transfer rules saying they are fording prey to bigger teams breath way it was unveiled by boss 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 are 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 also want to say that seen whats happened to me 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 of the know it im not professional and that im not a lawyer i spoke with the club with my chairman and the micio and they follow so i believe in them i know will be the result but i cannot touch them 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 Champion Lewis Hamilton here using his Steering Wheel not just to steer but also pushing the wood 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 thats something wed prefer to keep to ourselves 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 june the kenyan born brit has recovered from multiple fractures and will compete in the united arab emirates. And with just days to go an hour before the heavyweight 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 they 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 if you dont you ever forget that i brought you to a big box now im around here for me to see been introduced in the. True. Vision not you. Are in charge of a ship and thats where well leave it for now well see you again later for another sports news update. Thanks peter and finally the waters of cata are home to the 2nd largest population of 2 gold in the world is a sea bubble that its underwater grass well usually they like to be followed or in very small groups but theres a phenomenon happening off the qatari coast that doesnt happen anywhere else Stephanie Decker has this exclusive report. We are heading out to sea off catteries northwestern coast in search of Something Special until now we dont know what are the reason we did maybe they come for feeding me that we dont know until now we have thought we are but for the of them going you know the 30 why they came here during the time. We see dolphins. That we want to find something much more camera shy we have in the region the 2nd Largest Group in the war last year around this time dr mussen captured these incredible and rare images few of us know much about the dougal or sea cow a gentle Marine Mammal that can grow up to 3 meters in length and way around 350 kilos research into this population here has been happening for the past few years what weve discovered is that seasonally hundreds of do gongs come together in one or 2 large herds just off the coverage coast and we dont see this anywhere else in the world its a very undue gong like behavior we dont know why theyre doing it weve just been funded by Qatar National Research Fund for the next 3 years to actually answer this very question. We didnt find them on this day. Or 2 days later by a stroke of luck we get a phone call and raced back up north. They found the herd hundreds of 2 gangs. Coming really close to our boat now and you can actually hear them come up ferry can hear them bring and you can see their tusks and also their tails as they come up and down. Its really quite amazing to see. Its so rare to see such a large herd and so nearby so his the 1st time you see them so. This is the 1st and last before 3 years weve. Never been a very interesting thing. Very close to them and. We can count them also is it hard to see them this close on the boat its rare you can. See this is. A good day and. From above a clearer view crucial for their research for dr mussen its the 2nd time in years that he sees them so close. To them. To see them. But the reality is that these mammals are endangered. On a deserted beach in the north of cattle a hint at why their numbers are decreasing. The majority drown after getting in tangled in a fishermans nets. How do you stop this from happening. Just to protect their feeding area. Just to inform the people. Endangered species we should protect them we should do something it is said that the legend of the mermaid comes from sailors mistaking the dew going for a siren after many months at sea and were told do go on fossil has been found here that dates back 20000000 years scientists have told us much more needs to be done to protect their habitat so that these gentle Sea Creatures dont disappear forever Stephanie Decker aljazeera on the waters of northwestern qatar. So wonderful sites be back with more news on the other side of the break until of from the other news team thats a good time to complete. The race for the white house has begun this month voters in 4 states have their say on who they wants to face dont try to move the actual. Joins to lafcadio to continue coverage of the 1st stage of the 2020 u. S. Election. On disease. 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