Of south koreas largest city. Color u. S. President donald trump says his longtime adviser roger stone has a very good chance of exoneration after he was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison stone was convicted last year of lying to congress witness tampering and obstructing the investigation into russian interference in the 26000 president ial election prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of up to 9 years in jail that was later reversed by the Justice Department after the president complained publicly the president has responded to the sentencing accusing the jury foreman of being anti trump and tainting the case this is a woman who was a 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 can get people to do whatever she wants and she got on then she became the 4 person 4 woman on the jury and i assume they asked her a question you have any biased you have any she didnt say that so is that a defrauding of the court 100 joins us live from washington d. C. And thats the latest intervention in this trial by the president to us through whats happened. Lauren roger stone looked positively triumphant as he walked out of Court Despite being sentenced to 40 months in prison and that may be with good reason he might not end up serving any of that in part because of comments like that from the president the president suggested that stone might be successful in getting a new trial for the very reason the president was talking about alleged jury bias but even if that doesnt happen more tantalizing is the prospect of the president granting him a pardon and the president said he wont do that now but he clearly is considering it he went on to say im going to watch the process im going to watch it very closely and 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 well it certainly hasnt been ordinary process the sentencing phase of this began as you mentioned earlier with the 4 prosecutors recommending a sentence of 7 to 9 years the president tweeted that that was a miscarriage of justice even though that was just based on strict guidelines by the department of justice the attorney general william barr reversed that recommendation and asked for a more lenient sentence and then all 4 prosecutors on that case quit in the end the judge ended up handing out a sentence that was less than half of the original recommendation so nothing like an ordinary trial and a lot of people expressing extreme concern that the department of justice is not able to operate when it comes to dealing with the president s friends and allies on the kind of objective basis they are in other cases does not but what the judge had to say about the sentencing and. The response. Well the judge called the case she said there was very little precedent for dealing with a case like that she said she took into account the requests for leniency by stones friends and family she said she would not judge joan as a person but would leave that to a higher power this is despite the fact that stone posted an Instagram Post with the judges face and crosshairs over it the judge did express some unhappiness over that she said stone was prosecuted not for standing up for the president but for covering up for him she did it was unusual for prosecutors to agree to go outside of the guideline recommendations particularly to go lower than those recommendations and she called barnes into intervention in this case unprecedented for his part roger stone played his role very quietly stood up he said i have nothing to say thank you and thats all for now until we hear whether he gets a new trial and then whether the president will take some action to clear his long time friend an ally who the judge said was convicted for helping cover up the president s misdeeds 100 thank you very much indeed germanys president has called on people to refrain from using ostracizing and vilifying language that paves the way for violence. Made the comments at a vigil for the victims of wednesdays shooting in the western city of how now that left 9 people dead Authorities Say theyre treating the incident as terrorism or in the discovery of an online document by the shia to containing conspiracy theories and racist views john mccain reports from bout it. This is where the shooting started one of 2 shisha bars 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 mars us out of hatred 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 helen last autumn. And lost some of the christian democrat mary 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 near syrias problems its military has been shelling Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of sara came the government captured the city of rebels 2 weeks ago as part of its push to retake the last rebel held areas turkish president richard one has issued an ultimatum the 1st syrian troops to put out or face retaliation. As before in a situation from how time near the syrian border. Syrian National Army which is the Rebel Alliance backed by turkey sent awhile ago that it took control full control of the town of nehru and continued its advance into soccer but this was denied by the Syrian Government which says that its 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 retaliated killing 50 syrian soldiers destroying many vehicles that the situation remains quite particular following the statements yesterday by a president as a player that his warning to the Syrian Government was the final warning and that if they dont push back from those areas behind the Turkish Military outpost then turkey with further intensify its military involvement in syria. Was fighting between syrian and takes back forces continues in the humanitarian situation is still deteriorating nearly a 1000000 people most of them women and children have now fled the violence the u. N. Is warning hostilities and now approaching bigger cities joining me live is u. N. Undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator marc local thank you very much indeed for being with us. Your warning comes just it seems as a situation continues to get worse why is anyone listening to what youre saying. Well i hope so because there are 3000000 people in northwestern syria who are right under this horrendous own slaw those going on 900000 moved as your reports have been saying just in the last few weeks they are camped out in fields in the open mean unfinished buildings on the plastic sheets they are freezing and cold and terrifying heat and the only thing that will save these people is for the carnage to stop and a cease fire and the onslaught to be brought to an end otherwise what were going to see is they biggest humanitarian horror story the world has seen in the 21st century so it needs to stop and it needs to stop now but tell me can any aid to get through at the moment yes the u. N. Every day is bringing dozens of trucks into northwest syria into it lip through crossings agree by the United NationsSecurity Council from turkey where bringing food medicines shelter. All sorts of other supplies warm clothes stoves fuel and so on. 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 the bombing to stop and i understand you gave new maps to the parties to tell them exactly where these displaced people are and is it your impression that they are considering maps and actually changing what they do. Or not. Well i hope so because you know 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 so the mall the front lines have been encroaching the more danger of a multiplication of these horrific events weve seen in recent days of women and children and babies in displaced peoples camps finding themselves under the poems you know people run away they look to the sky and they wonder if the bomb that will kill them is being dropped right now they are terrified or what do you make of the warning from turkey that theyll intervene in this things get better by the end of the month. Well turkey of course has itself provided refuge for 3 and a half 1000000 Syrian Refugees during the course of this war it is also cooperating with the u. N. In allowing us to bring a into the country my understanding from listening to what president is is that he thinks its a moral and humanitarian responsibility to protect these people obviously what the u. N. Wants to say is an end to the onslaught and the fighting and a cease fire. But these people need to be protected and all the parties need to comply with their obligations under International Humanitarian law which means i have to stop dropping bombs on babies mark nicol thank you very much indeed. Still to come on. Israels Prime Minister pledges to build a new midsized city on illegally occupied lands. Last ditch campaigning in togas opposition supporters have to unseat the Winning Party for the 1st time in more than 50 years. We should see some slightly quater weather coming into western parts of australia over the next day also travel right now making its way towards new zealand the be some wet weather coming through here so dry skies there into victoria into New South Wales up towards the top and this area of low pressure im a well developed into a tropical side through the 2nd part of the weekend so early next week we could see some very wet weather pushing in across the far north of australia to see the circulation beginning to get its act together and as we go on through sas stay because it becomes more of an expansive feature across the gulf of carpentaria and by saturday its pretty wet weather there into central parts of queensland as well feed coastal shows for the east coast there well would be dry temperatures of 22. 00 celsius could be largely drive a perfect chance to some showers see as you can see want to see showers there into that western side of australia may well we see want to see showers making their way into the western side of japan over the next day or so this area travel spill across the yellow sea and make its way across the Korean Peninsula and eventually it will gradually push over towards honshu towards q. C. Some wetter weather and the time some wintry weather coming in here well see a top temperature in tokyo sheltered at around 80 degrees celsius. Australians unchristian into fire season has killed more than a 1000000000 animals. One a one east investigates a wild one from urgency. On aljazeera. And also a column entry election that will intensify rivalries within its political establishment but up to escalating tensions with the us ive continued protests to the results come to a new direction for next years president ial elections join us for coverage from fraud as a one vote analysis. To. One of the top stories here on our syria u. S. President donald trump says his longtime adviser roger stone has a very good chance of exoneration story was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison for lying to congress during its investigation into russian meddling during the 26000 election. A vigil has been held in the german city of hanau after a suspected far right attack left 9 people dead Authorities Say theyre treating wednesdays shooting at 2 shisha bars as terrorism. And turkey says 2 of its soldiers have been killed and 5 injured in airstrikes near syrias it live province its military has been shelling Syrian Government positions in the northwestern city of sarky. South korea has reported its 1st death from the corona Virus Outbreak as the number of cases globally reaches 75000 has been a downward trend in the number of new cases but the World Health Organization says now is not the time for complacency china insists its containment measures are working or that many people are worried about returning to public areas aaron brown has more from hong kong. 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 wealth 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 diagnoses were. The virus last week had had contact with more than 160 followers cheong nooyi 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. China is 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 imposed strict rules for casinos including temperature checks mask protection and Health Declarations for staff and guests the chinese territory makes over 80 percent of its revenues from casinos the Tourist Visits of all but dried up while 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. 00 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 has suspended flights to iran and closed its border crossings to iranian nationals for 3 days after 3 more coronavirus cases were reported there Kuwait Airways is also cancel all flights to iran it comes as several Major Airlines have warned of severe financial losses as the virus dampens demand for travel to asia European AirlineGroup Air France k l m says the outbreak could wipe up to 215000000. 00 from endings by april while australias quantas estimates it will lose 100000000. 00 for this financial year. Theres been a breakthrough in south sudan where president salva kiir and his rival rick machar have announced a deal to form a Coalition Government thats after 2 previous attempts failed to create a temporary power sharing agreement here says any outstanding issues will be finalized in the coming days nicola gage has more. After 2 failed attempts south sudans political rivals finally reach an agreement president salva kiir and his former Deputy Riek Machar say they will form a unity Coalition Government on saturday ending years of conflic