Wonder why im fat that part of north west. That story coming up. Im joining us youre still with your sport as Roger Federer announces the way play at the french open thats up to the 20th time grand slam champion revealed he founded on new century. German Officials Say they are treating the shooting in the western city of homs as terrorism a gunman believed to be motivated by far right beliefs shot dead 9 people the 2 sheesha cafes late on wednesday night some of the victims are reportedly kurdish the 43 year old suspect was later found dead in his own home the police say theyve also found the body of the suspects mother at the property the german chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the attack and said there were indications the suspect acted out of racist motives dominic cain has the latest from berlin. What happened at least this is what the author of hes believe happened is that the perpetrator drove his car to the 1st of 2 bars to places where members of the Kurdish Community were known we know to frequent these 2 places the shisha bars found a way into the bar and then opened fire with a weapon which he held legally this was a man who had a sporting license to hunt so he used the weapon he had legally to fire indiscriminately in the 1st of these shisha bars made his way out of the 1st venue back to his car drove to a different part of the town and then did the same thing again initiation again in a place which was known to be frequented by members of the Kurdish Community but confined discriminately killed people there back to his car and then drove home and then at some point in the intervening time use the weapon to kill his 72 year old mother and then eventually to take his own life the lines of inquiry that were foreigners are exploring particularly revolve around the far right because on his website on his home page they found evidence which they believe points to him having a far right motive to have been posting things on social media which all point in that direction turkeys military has shelled Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of sirte a key but now the government captured that city from rebels 2 weeks ago part of a push to retake the last rebel held area the turkish president wretch up Tayyip Erdogan has issued an ultimatum for Syrian Forces to pull out or will face retaliation al jazeera joins us live now from turkey close to the Syrian Border hashim whats the latest on the military aspect of this. Well the military operation is still underway activists operating in the area say that the Syrian Rebels backed by turkey have managed to move into the town of a nailer which has been captured by the syrian army about 2 weeks ago and that fighting has intensified brown said arcade where the rebels are insisting they want to take it back now the advance of the rebels was only made possible with the massive pounding of Government Forces positions by the turkish artillery. A few hours ago the momentum the rebels say is now in their favor and they say they are confident they will be able to reverse the gains made by the. Made by the Syrian Government over the last 2 months now were getting reports that the syrian army is also launching air strikes against rebel positions in different parts of it live and through areas of aleppo and it seems that this is further intensifying raising concerns about further instability in that part of syria from the turkish perspective this could be an indication that they are now willing to move ahead with their plan b. Which is basically intervening militarily in syria they gave a final warning yesterday we heard president saying this is going to be my final warning to the Syrian Government to pull back from behind Turkish Military outposts and the that does not happen then we will take the issue into our own hands however we dont know at this particular stage whether this. Is it comprehensive military operation that would in clude many turkish soldiers on the ground to push the syrian army from all those areas and hashim do you get the feeling when you are that this is having a greater impact still if thats possible on those tens of thousands of people whove been isolated in that area who want some place to go but they seem to be getting squeezed even more now this is definitely going to further exacerbate the the plight of the hundreds of thousands of internally displaced syrians looking for safe shelter it is definitely going to hinder the movement of International Aid agencies who have been asked to move as fast as possible to deliver aid food stoves dance equipment to the hundreds of thousands of people stranded on the border with turkey ive been in touch with many people in aleppo and italy and they say basically that they are waiting for the International Community to take action yesterday of the. U. N. The United Nations and nations envoy to syria get pederson and the United Nations deputy secretary for humanitarian affairs local both insisted on the need on implementing an immediate cease fire nationwide for humanitarian relief workers to be able to move freely on the ground but i think this is going to be extremely delicate because most of their areas affected and are now basically considered military zones because the fighting is intensifying in a huge area now in live and also rural parts of. Thanks very much. David swanson is the original spokesman for the Syrian Crisis at the u. N. Humanitarian office and goes on to europe and Southern Turkey he says relief workers have been completely overwhelmed. The situation on the ground is absolutely desperate and we are calling on the part of the u. N. In the broader humanitarian community who are immediate cease fire to mitigate the suffering of the people the northwest area today and we are trying our best to provide relief but we are completely overwhelmed the relief effort is fully underway but it didnt need credibly challenging Work Environment many of the people that we were working we worked with thousands of aid workers on the ground but many of these syrian it workers we have been working with they themselves have been caught up in the violence and they themselves have been displaced that be said we continue to breed assistance through to cross border operation have turkey this month alone in the month of february with 601 by trucks have passed into border crossings turkey into syria providing vital lifesaving assistance to more than 1200000 people in need the people of syria have suffered way too long and the situation on the ground is becoming increasingly desperate we have bitter cold temperatures we have women and children walking at night in nothing but their bare clothes the situation couldnt be any worse on the ground we can only hope that all parties to the conflict bring about end to this violence we move on to other top stories the police say the sixers Prime Minister will be charged with the murder of his a strange wife now after the announcement thomas to bombing told the media that he will resign at the end of july anyway but said old age was the reason he was shots near home in 2017 when hes current wife is also facing charges related to the killing which chief has denied for me to villa as our correspondent joining us live from johannesburg this is a complex one for me to just break down the basic charges for us. Well at this point peter police say that theyre focusing on 2 charges murder and also attempted murder because at the time of. Barneys death shooting home as you mentioned she was traveling with a friend who was injured in that shooting she is now in hiding in south africa saying that she fears for her life in a suit just given how big the scase is really for the country and the people involved given their prominence now the latest charges that will be laid will be against thomas to barney and 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 his also urged that there be a process in the country that allows for transition who ever takes his place to be responsible and take into consideration the unity of the country but this is a crime that goes back 2 years these is a strange to wife was killed and this is a case for people in lawsuit to where there is they are looking for some sort of justice and closure its also a case of people are split because it does have the support but its also coming from a party that is full of tension because there are people who support him and those who say he should face the full might of the law so if he does decide to come the end of july does that mean there will be an election and does that election then turn into a referendum on him all it actually be an election. The parliament in a city is supposed to convene on friday just as thomas a body will face those murder charges and when we spoke to members of the old pursuits of convention this is the ruling party the governing party in lawsuit 2 from which thomas to barney the party that he leads they had said that they would push for a motion of no confidence if he did not step down now that he will face charges it becomes a bit more complicated in that they have a sitting head of state a sitting Prime Minister who faces such enormous charges and so its not certain if you have the time until july to stay in office the all but suit to convention is due to name a successor perhaps who could step in if they do manage to get thomas to vonnie out of office ahead of july 31st but given what weve heard from members of that governing party theyre not happy with the Prime Minister and we dont know if theyll be that patience to keep him in power keep him in office until then now 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. 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 for me thanks very much. Plenty more still to come for you here on the news hour including education is abandoning the impact of the libyan conflict on children. Michael bloomberg under attack as the former mayor of new york makes his very 1st appearance in the democratic president ial debates. Always i can say i support a 500 percent. All go to war. And in the sports news which i mentioned this is his manager virus to stay at the club regardless of the outcome of an appeal against the Champions League ban. South korea has reported its 1st deaths from the corona virus infection theres been a spike in the number of cases in the last 24 hours that brings the total to 104. 00 the majority are in the city of daegu where 2500000 people have been urged by the mayor to stay indoors break has been traced to a Church Congregation the japanese government is defending its handling of the infection on the diamond princess cruise ship new york or hama the vessel has been in quarantine since earlier this month in that time the number of confirmed cases on board has risen to more than 602 elderly passengers died after being taken to hospital and china has changed how its reporting cases of the virus thats led to a significant drop in the reported number of new infections there were 394 on weapons day down from almost 1800 the day before it rained bronze in hong kong he says south korean officials are taking this surge of infections seriously. We have now a huge increase today in south korea 53 new cases which means we now have more than 100 confirmed cases in south korea northeast asia it seems japan and south korea now very much in the front line of this particular virus now the focus on thursday has been on the city of daegu in southeast korea that is where the bulk of these new infections have occurred and the focus has been very much on a religious group there because it seems that a 61 year old woman who was a worshipper with this group became infected a week ago that was confirmed but she had also been in contact with more than 166 other people and of course now there is a an urgent attempt being made to find all those people the chief been in contact with the mare of daegu sent out a real desperate plea earlier on thursday evening saying that he was very worried that local hospitals would not be able to cope if this indeed turned out to be a widespread outbreak so hes appealing to the central get to the main government in seoul to provide as much medical aid as they can and quickly so the focus in daegu is going to be containment theres also concern that it spread to surrounding areas of this city with a population of about 2 and a half 1000000. Well in japan theres been mixed reaction to have your authority as have dealt with the quarantined cruise ship there bright reports now from the port of yokohama. Their 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. Political movement when the number of people getting infected spiked we knew they were sick in your infections so i was afraid to leave my cabin and then i couldnt and 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 causes your good world i feel so sorry for them its a good idea to release them theyre going to get sick theyre going to get what Foreign Countries say their quarantine the people for a certain time so i want to plan 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 cruise ship you were in to you of us are doing the ship does not compare to a hospital we are 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 horn in a show of support for the diamond princess for japan finally resolving this crisis is a priority i dont know as the world is watching but pride aljazeera yokohama japan will stay with us story millett Mary Louise Mclaws is a World Health Organization advisor and a professor of epidemiology at the university of New South Wales she says she has concerns about the way the diamond princess is being quarantined at the last meeting that we had. Face to face meeting for the roadmap for the current virus we were minded to always include thinks about anything or who do the the epidemiology the Infection Control back centered center and what concerns me is that as an epidemiologist we really value quarantining its a very effective method of trying to put hold to an outbreak however it has to be done very ethically and very safely and you dont put a lot of susceptible people together and hope that theyre going to remain. An infected without an awful lot of education of those the susceptible and also with very very rigorous cleaning of high touch areas so i am concerned about why one in 6 as you quarter would have acquired. Coded 19 while they were under quarantine now some of them may have been incubating before just before they were quarantined however a lot of them may not have been so really we really cant put people in quarantine unless we keep them safe. The United Nations has accused south sudans warring parties of deliberately starving its people a new report says politicians have been quote oblivious to the suffering of millions of civilians the country slid into crisis when president salva kiir accused his former deputy rick machar of trying attempting a coup tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions were displaced as a result of the conflict. Well the report comes as kiran and seal form a Transitional Government with michel on saturday and thats after 2 failed attempts the president says any outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days both parties agreed to end the conflict when they signed a peace deal in 28. More than 200 people trying to cross the mediterranean into europe have been intercepted by the libyan coast g