A political fights within the u. S. Justice department plus. Do you know what a google is and if you know that qatar has the biggest population in the world one step back of qatars northwestern both the love story coming up. And our beautiful little discord Roger Federer announces he will not play at the french open but talk of the 20 time grand slam champion reveals years undergone a nice new jury. Its 1500. 00 g. M. T. We start this news hour in germany were police say theyre treating a mass shooting in the western city of hanno as an act of terrorism 9 people were killed when a gunman went on a shooting rampage on wednesday nights chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the attack and says there are many signs the perpetrator acted out of racism dominic cain has the latest 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 just dont know im 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 high trade towards people of other origins religion or parents. This is not the 1st violent attack to be associated with far right criminals in recent times. The 27 year old man is currently on trial for the murder of 2 people outside a synagogue in the city of hallowed last autumn. And last summer the christian democrat mayor 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 burleson. Turkey says 2 of its soldiers have been killed and 5 injured in airstrikes near syrias at le province it comes out its military shelled Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of sarky the government captured the city of rebels 2 weeks ago as part of its push to retake the last rebel held area turkish president richard Tayyip Erdogan has issued an ultimatum for syrian troops to pull it or face retaliation well for more on this lets bring in our it had say near the turkish Syrian Border. Have been issued and seemingly ignored whats the latest on the situation on the ground in the dangerous is that likely to get. Well the fighting has intensified particularly on the outskirts of the city osaka ben this is a city which is crucial for both the rebels and for the Syrian Government it came under the control of the syrian army about 2 weeks ago its its importance lies in the fact that it struggles to the intersection of 2 highways and 5 and 41 of them links damascus to aleppo now the offensive has started earlier in the day with the Syrian National army that took it based rebel group launching an offensive in both live and moving to words of the rebels say that the control huge areas in. Something that has been denied by the syrian army which says that the fighting is still underway now turkey is saying that 2 of his soldiers were killed and he blames the Syrian Government for the attacks is saying that these were just played out by syrian army that resulted in the death of the syrian turkish soldiers and 5 wounded the senior a turkish Government Official father to the tune who is the Communications Director said that the the minister of defense of same time said that about 50 syrian soldiers were killed and dozens of vehicles were destroyed in the fighting but how the say this is intensifying in different past particularly around and also south. Meanwhile husham as these 2 armies head towards each other u. N. Has been warning of a catastrophic humanitarian disaster waiting to happen at just tell us more about the the civilians here course in the middle of all of this. It is a very dire situation for the 900000 people who were forced of their homes since the start of the offensive by the Syrian Government in different parts of and more than 150000 will force out over the last few days and these people are stranded in the border area with turkey for her to notes on the Communications Director say that the reason why the ticket army is interfering now particularly in is to help the those people who were displaced and push the syrian army back from the areas its controlled so that they can return the International Community is very concerned it is now trying trying to enforce all the parties to implemented as ceasefire in the northwestern part of the country or talking about the ruler aleppo and it live province because the its estimate that a ceasefire would be the only way for the International Aid agencies to move in deliver immediate aid how were talking about those people in who badly need blankets food tents as soon as possible for them to be able to cope with the harsh weather conditions that wont be old boss of all if the fighting continues. Our life as on the turkish Syrian Border for no thank you. Former advisor to u. S. President donald trump is set to be sentenced shortly for just stone was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into whether Trumps Campaign colluded with russia so here is just so on his words with Richard Nixon on a break in george h. W. Bush and george w. Bush but its his role in donald Trumps Campaign which is landed him in courts in the run up to the 26 election he tried to launch a Smear Campaign against Hillary Clinton using the web site wiki leaks he was questioned about that last year during the miller investigation he lied threatens another witness to do the same and had documents from investigators prosecutors said his crimes warranted up to 9 years in prison but that was overruled by attorney general william barr or for prosecutors quits after that decision which many call blatant pressure from the White House Well lets get more now former White House Correspondent kimberly hope shes live for us to give us the latest on that sentencing kimberly at this quite a lot of attention on this sentence just about so why is prayer they saw controversial. Well you outlined some of the key points in essence the recommendation by the prosecutors that was abruptly downgraded if you will by the attorney general after there was interference by the u. S. President interference that donald trump has defended saying that he is not only in his view the chief Law Enforcement officer of the United States which i can tell you is not the case it is the attorney general but also the president says he has the right to intervene hes long advocated for roger stone a long time friend of friendship of some 35 years that he has been mistreated in this case so watching very carefully to see what that sentence is ultimately decided on by the judge she is an Obama Barack Obama president ial appointee and that has also allowed donald Trump Supporters to allege that there has been judicial influence perhaps or even that there has not been the impartial nature that they would expect in a trial so thats what has made this so controversial both sides pointing to this case watching it very carefully and of course were watching very carefully to see ultimately what the sentence will be for roger stone. To be theoretically if the sentencing doesnt go the president s way hes made it very clear like going to lenient sentence he does have the right to pardon criminals doesnt see is there any talk about whether or not he would pardon roger stone. He has been cool way about whether or not he would pardon roger stone in fact he wont answer the question directly but if you look at some of the sort of clemency that has been granted just this week alone most in washington believe its a question of if not when already this week we saw donald trump pardoning or come using sentences of convicted financiers who had robbed or built people of their Retirement Savings also a former new York City Police commissioner and the list goes on in terms of those that many people have some issue with with regard to the president intervening and basically im doing the work of the courts so many speculate that this will be something of a pattern when it comes to the case of roger stone given the fact that he has a long history of friendship with donald trump and also the fact that donald trump has said that he believes this president he has the right to do this but the broader controversy in all of this is you have to remember again donald trump was accused of abusing president ial powers and he was ultimately impeached for that later acquitted just weeks from that acquittal it appears the president is now doing whatever he wants and many argue that this is really going beyond the legal jurisdiction of the right and power of the presidency chemically holcombe life for the white house thank you very much indeed. South sudan president salva kiir has announced he will form a transitional governments with his rival react mashallah on saturday thats after 2 previous failed attempts here said any outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days both parties agreed to put an end soon conflicts when they signed a peace deal in 2018 but the un has accused say it sudans war in parties of deliberately starving their citizens says Government Forces and other aunts groups of tonights displaced people access to aids by diverting millions of dollars elsewhere where the country has been in crisis since 2013 and president salva kiir accused his former deputy react michel are of attempting a coup tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced well the u. N. Says politically its been oblivious to their suffering 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 water holes. More on the sly from yes mean sucre shes the chairwoman of the u. N. Commission of on human rights incisive and joins us now live from johannesburg by skype kids have you with us here on aljazeera certainly this been some quite astonishing claims in your reports notably that civilians inside sudan are being deliberately starved to death just talk us through the highlights of your support of your reports and do you think theres any chance of accountability given the constant battles between the president s that is our style deputy. Thank you thank you to your listeners. I think my colleague andrew clapper really went through the question of starvation quite thoroughly but i want to touch on another point which is the question of the looting really of the public purse in our reports of course who we say to our 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 our sudanese 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 well in the meantime or youre preparing these dossiers or whats going to happen with the with with the people who are currently starving. Ok well you know what the situation has been Food Insecurity since 2013 and has only been exacerbated by the way in which humanitarians have been blocked from really extending supplies to many of these areas and one of the things the commission has done has been to appeal to all of the parties to really ensure that people are able to return if they have been displaced be able to inspect the suit farming of the land or in fact looking after their livestock but at the same time one has to acknowledge that in south sudan without the support of b. International community and the humanitarians and of course the u. N. To be quite frank mossad south sudanese citizens who would be without access to any kind of support and so in many ways where this conflict is ongoing its really the political elite who have been created to reach an ordinary start to the sudanese civilians have actually been deprived of access to any kind of new sources including food well given this and given these these these kind of punitive measures are going to take some time to come around is there anything that International Partners could be doing in the meantime are you advocating any kinds of punitive measures boycotts and for members of the International Community to try and prods these sides city these rival governments to to do something and allow their people to get failed. Well i think you know the International Community has been placing quite a great deal of pressure on all of the warring parties youve also seen a number of countries roll out sanctions including the United States sanctions that they refer to its oil its sanctions and so these an enormous amount of pressure on all of the parties to form the unity government and of course while president salva kiir has made a concession that he will revert to change states a Sticking Point i believe is the question of the administers of boundaries which i think its still a subject of dispute between the parties the other issue of course is the question of security and the unification of the army and these are issues that need to be resolved quite quickly so that they can begin the road to building suspended both peace of course you will need constitutional amendments and i think there is an enormous amount of pressure that is also coming from the African Union in you know my country south africa case cheering the African Commission and we are also engaging with my government on the ways in which we can ensure that the parties a serious about peace ok yasmine circa will have to leave it there are a great to get your thoughts thank you so much indeed for joining us. With the u. N. Commission on human rights for south sudan thank you well in neighboring sudan the army has closed off several roads in the capital khartoum to stop protesters from getting close to its headquarters demonstrators are wrangling over the militarys decisions its a smith a number of soldiers those sacks include officers who protected civilians during a cracked and last year and several people were killed theyve been placed on an early retirement scheme. Lots more still to come on this news on including the citys Prime Minister is set to be charged with the murder of his 2nd wife plus. Im Simona Fulton in iraqs Southern City of nasiriya or demonstrators have refused to give in despite growing pressure from other parties join us here on aljazeera to learn why the city has played a key role in our president s past and present. And a former top official is charged with accepting bryant sats coming up with peter in sports. Korea has reported its 1st death from the corona virus infection theres been a spike in the number of cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total up to 104. 00 where the majority are in the city of daegu where 2500000 citizens have been urged by the mayor to say inside now that outbreak has been traced to a Church Congregation japans government is defending its handling of the infections on board the diamond princess cruise ship near yokohama the vessel there has been in quarantine since early this month well in that time the number of confirmed cases on boards rose to more than 602 elderly passengers have dies after being taken to hospital the moment china theyve changed their report saying cases of the virus and its lets a significant drop in the reported number of new infections there are 394 on whedons