That its got nothing to do with his alleged involvement in the murder of his a strange white the and the as. Police in germany are treating a mass shooting in the western city of hono 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 listen to norm to be in the 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 rices marcias 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 pearl in. Turkey says 2 of its soldiers have been killed and 5 injured in air strikes that are serious in the province its military has been shown Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of santa the governments captured the city from the rebels 2 weeks ago as part of its push to retake the last rebel held area turkish president richard burr to one has issued an ultimatum for syrian troops to pull lights or face retaliation lets bring in a whole bar of his life as an heartache near the turkish Syrian Border no side appears willing to back down at this stage and whats the latest on the ground. While the Syrian National army which is the Rebel Alliance backed by turkey said a while ago that it took control full control of the town of nato and continued its advance into soccer but this was denied by the Syrian Government which says that is still in control of. Also much of the town of nato 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 3 tolerated killing 50 syrian soldiers destroying many vehicles or 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. And hashim the u. N. Have been sent in the alarm about the worsening humanitarian situation with all this advancing in aid lead where does this leave the civilians who are trapped there with nowhere to flee. Well some of those who are now stranded on the border with turkey were for my daughter norman were from the how were from a nadir or forms about as those were major opposition stronghold the felt of the gulf into the hands of the government about 2 weeks ago and they were thinking that finally they might find some safe shelter some safe havens particularly in the city of pax and they are on the move once again to the border with turkey now this intensifying fighting in and made up and in iraq it is going to further increase the plight of of the civilians turkey says that the reason why it is in volved in the conflict now in syria is for humanitarian purposes because it has been asking the Syrian Government to pull out from the Demilitarized Zone for the civilians to return back to their own areas the Syrian Government has been adamant its fight will continue until the rebels last stronghold falls into its own hand and this is a situation that is going to put massive pressure on the International CommunityInternational Aid agencies have been struggling to move into those areas provide tents blankets stoves so that people who are suffering the harsh weather conditions guess what is almost impossible for them to move now against the backdrop of the fighting that weve seen over the last few hours here in. In and they are up and also some. Of their life is in the turkish Syrian Border thank you. Former advisor to u. S. President donald trump and said to be sentenced shortly roger 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 roger stone well 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 and why its threatens another witness to do the same and had documents from investigators prosecutors said his crimes warranted up to 9 years in prison that was overruled by attorney general william barr shortly after tweets by President Trump all 4 prosecutors quits after that decision which many call blatant pressure from the White House Well lets get more on the snow from Claire Finkelstein shes the faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of Pennsylvania Law School kids i have you with us here on aljazeera we so havent had that sentence handed down yet but rogers so its been found guilty thats not in any dates so why is the sentencing proving particularly controversial in your view. The sentencing is really important for at least 2 reasons number one is roger stone is really the face of corruption of this administration both because of what he did and because of the way that the president has decided to meddle with the Justice Departments process so the president has been tweeting about roger stone for a while most recently complained about the senate seeing recommendation and william barr the head of the Justice Department actually caved to this pressure though he complained about his bosses tweeting and ended up having his u. S. Attorneys issue a different sense of seeing recommendation in response to the president s pressure that very much reduced the recommended sentence and as you mentioned we had u. S. Attorneys walking off the job because of that interference the president drum would perhaps argue and his supporters would also argue that hes allowed to voice an opinion a member valdano someone committed a crime a sentence is handed down and many people can say its too weak its too lenient its too harsh whats wrong with the president voicing an opinion on this. Theres a longstanding tradition of a kind of implicit soft separation of powers between the Justice Department and the white house and its been understood by every administration except this one that the president should not meddle with the Justice Department that it is core to the rule of law and to democratic governance that the Justice Department maintain a certain amount of independence especially in a case in which it is the president s own entourage and the president s own dealings that are at issue here the prosecution of roger stone of course came out of the muller investigation and the president has shown himself willing to attempt to strong arm put pressure on and interfere with anybody who is investigating him that is precisely the reason why the independence of the Justice Department has always been understood to be such a critical part of maintaining democratic governance do you think the us to do this surely is not independent then the state. Well the Justice Department under the leadership of william barr has been vastly less independent than it was in the past now we dont always know what goes on behind the scenes but here we have a president who has been blatantly and openly willing to an out that he regards himself as the chief Law Enforcement officer of the United States that he regards william var as a kind of lapdog for his own purposes and weve had william barr mildly push back by saying the president is making it more difficult for me to do my job but what he really seems to mean by that is that its more difficult mr president for me to cover for you and carry out your agenda when you were making it so obvious that thats what im doing but we have a president here who says that article 2 allows him to do whatever he wants and he regards regards running the Justice Department as part of what he wants to do and what isnt title to do you mentioned earlier the president s tradition they dont voice their opinions its not one of the norms stablish norms but this it ministration has a track records of not hearing norms of what has previously been expected they have politicized the media and undermined them to a certain extent do you think the danger here isnt necessarily that. Trump is unhappy with the particular sentencing but that the trumpet ministration is trying to undermine the judiciary and undermine the publics faith in the independence of the judiciary. Thats right and lets be clear were not talking for say about the judiciary but about the Justice Department and the Justice Department is part of the administration it is part of the executive branch and so theres a theory that says the president is the head of every Agency Within the executive branch but of course the soft side of american democracy is really the traditions of rule of law traditions that make clear that justice requires a certain amount of independence in our Law Enforcement agencies and so therefore its critically important that the president not be using the Justice Department as a tool for prosecuting his enemies and supporting his friends if the Justice Department becomes completely in the pocket of the president then in effect Law Enforcement in the u. S. Is no longer to be trusted and that has of a very in an enormous and damaging impact on the future of democracy and democratic governance. Groups get your thoughts thank you so much for speaking to us here at aljazeera. Police in the cities say Prime Minister thomas to bonnie will be charged with the murder of his 2nd wife after the announcement of ronnie told a local Radio Station he will resign at the end of july but said old age was the reason people there were to ban the was shots there her home in 2817 his current wife my syria is also facing charges relating to the killing she has denied any involvement still ahead so analysis syria education abandons the impact of the libyan conflicts children. Hello and welcome back time to start our Weather Forecast in northeastern parts of asia the weather across much of japan is generally looking fine on friday but we have got a weather system which is going to be developing and thats going to be pushing insurance or face or things will change that should be a bright day in tokyo highest of 14 but on saturday that weather system begins to develop pushing rain into the western side of japan thing to see i think turning up in Northern Areas that could well be snow for a time certain harl of ations and some heavy snow across the eastern side of russia coming further towards the west is looking largely fine across much of Southern China we could see one or 2 showers affecting taiwan at times down into southeastern parts of asia lots of thunderstorms all for parts of indonesia and those showers extending up through into the potential as we head on through into saturday but should be fine a times temperatures here temperatures here expected reach 32 degrees into south asia and here weve got some heavy showers affecting northern parts of india with a definite risk of some storms affect in delhi at times much of India Pakistan draw in fine but weve also got some heavy rain down towards sri lanka and i think for colombo it could be wet at times or should be some shelter how is here of 34. 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And german Officials Say they are treating a shooting in the western city of 10. 00 as terrorism a gunman believed to be motivated by far right beliefs shot dead 10 people at several sites the 43 year old suspect was later found dead in his home. Well germanys personal landscape has become increasingly polarized in recent years the government says there were nearly 9000. 00 attacks by far right groups and individuals in the 1st half of last year an increase of around to thousands compared to the same period as the year before in 2185. 00 states reported at least 3 far right 3 right wing racists and anti jewish attacks per day the government says it stepped up efforts to tackle the problem last week 12 men were arrested for planning attacks against Asylum Seekers muslims and politicians and earlier this month the leader of the governing christian democrats said shes stepping down after a state premier briefly joined forces with the far right alternative for party it was the 1st time thats happened since the 2nd world war well hands here corruption there is a senior director at the counter extremism projects and a former german diplomats who joins us now live from berlin by skype good to have you with us were just going through some of the statistics there do you think germany has a problem with far right extremism or killing are i the Security Services have been very clear that there is a rise in white mean violence there is also a rise in the number of right wing individuals that low Intelligence Service is monitoring and that the state Intelligence Services in germany are monitoring top you actually. Rising right wing problem while the same category of individuals all of the terrorist islamists by al qaeda and Islamic State related is actually start meeting now to use so what so why do you think there is this problem then. This is a long drawn out story theres always been a big rock all right baby dream is in germany that has never really gone away since the 2nd world war what is a change in the Political Landscape in the last 5 years with the rise of the opportunity for Gentlemen Party that brought us some hope the movement to ensure the political arena but we also had something about it spite of all the lot complete were right meaning extremists of europe actually engaged to be much the same way that we had the Islamic State in syria that was the conflict in the ukraine where a staggering 2 and a 1000 europeans all nonrational origin fought on all sides of the on the primary to gain military experience and they are back now so all these individuals are extreme risk factor and what was the interview with the new level of willingness to apply and enjoy writing and it works in europe that goes beyond german. Perhaps but there does seem to be a rather alarming a might of these far right extremist incidents within germa