player. player. this is either going to use live from berlin civilians caught in the crossfire as the last resistance in syria crumbles tens of thousands of people flee the fighting in eastern or town near damascus prompting the united nations to say it is deeply concerned about their fate or hear from rationing to where a turkish offensive has displaced over one hundred thousand people also coming up somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k.

think that the. evidence points the evidence for culpability points to the russian state boris johnson tells you to begin to use who's behind the poisoning of a former spy that now is the u.k. expels russian diplomats also the european court of human rights was that turkey must be free to imprison journalists is the first time the court has condemned conquerers crackdown on dissent in the wake of they failed coup. and it's a sad day for conservationists the world the last meal in northern white rhino dies in kenya only two females remain the last hope against a species extinction. the man. played. on my o'hara qualcomm to the shot. the u.n. has said it is deeply concerned about civilians fleeing from the crumbling rebel

enclave of in syria government forces are clearing out the last pockets of resistance in the area near the capital damascus as the country's civil war and tears a grim terminal phase it's a little different and i fit in where the turkish army has sent over one hundred thousand people running for their lives well here from a kurdish doctor shortly but first this report on the death throes of efforts to oust syrian president bashar al assad. the u.n. calls it hell on earth. and these pictures from the syrian white helmets are further evidence of that. the organization says they show a government airstrike on eastern ghouta the rebel held region just outside the capital damascus. the footage documents volunteers as they rushed into uncertain territory. some of the victims they find it's

too late for. others a lucky enough to be discovered under the rubble. you know not. out of the wall of my pillow. meanwhile refugees are still leaving their homes in the northern town of a free in. the united nations estimates over one hundred thousand people have been uprooted here as they flee the fighting between kurdish rebels and turkey's own forces. there now trapped in rural areas outside are free and in desperate need of humanitarian aid. we are alarmed by further deepening of the humanitarian crisis in syria as fierce fighting in eastern goods out all damascus and often in the country's northwest causes massive new displacement needs to go to alone more than forty five thousand syrians have fled their homes in recent days here in h.c.i. is responding to gents humanitarian needs on the ground but we have today

reiterated our call for the protection and safety as well as a full unhindered continued to humanitarian access to both the newly displaced and to hundreds of thousands of civilians still trapped by fierce fighting and dying need of aid. for the injured who fail to escape makeshift clinics like this one or a final solution of hope in their daily struggle for survival. all right and we can talk to a sherman berry about the humanitarian situation in african he is a doctor and head of the kurdish red crescent good evening dr berry are you in touch with people in africa what are they telling you about the situation on the ground. who are living in this we have already many teams there are in the list of. people who are already this is who are in the north of a little in the area of shall we call it center in many british under control

through g. g some days before it was announced only. by the white p.g. in the city and asking people to leave the green wonder if you for the turkish army and the rivers control the city all of it so all the people now are just listen to this area which is in north or northeast of a little ok so many people heeded that warning and left before the turkish came and what are some of the most pressing needs right now for the people who didn't manage to leave affray now what are they sharing with you that they need. actually our team are working in the pit it's a turkish army is in control yet and he's solving of people that are living in the air in the snow not support or team we are pushing for the new and on the international community and the i.c.r.c.

to to support we and there is some response actually in the last few days but still there is many may need space best of only for shelter for food for poor where you can come in and you know it's mostly air but there is also a lot of needs there is report mikey just before going to its took its time because the because and that is no not enough so far from the n.g.o.s humanitarian. efforts and that to bury at what are medical personnel who are still in the area telling you about the humanitarian situation on the ground i mean what's the state of for instance the health care facilities. as you know before this city was control there was an army from the turkish air supply in tight if you want the only of it it was scary enough being our king was there fifteen people civilian tightly

the air strike two of them where pregnant women we could get out and work in was how. we would manage to have a new facility in the area of ocean about which is not controlled yet by the turkish. army and civilian are collected there so there is. according to our table you have the i will answer to my entreaties and then i want to keep going but the syrian people all those people back into stores are not not there is over them one hundred people are in this area and we cannot cover all all of the snakes so we are pushing a lot on the rate of growth on the un to do so for us all right so is there in the days to come are there plans to send some aid convoys to the area initially they don't do you end there say we will intervene from a little un to say it was so intense hopefully they can manage it because there is

a lot of restriction on them as. the people when they leave they have a lot of problems are a lot of problems on the checkpoints some cheap point of the region asking for money or something like this they have there is a lot of difficulties that young people cannot easily on the regional checkpoints because as you know they don't want for to see a military. the situation is really really terrible for those people all right so for the into if i understand correctly so those who are internally displaced they have to leave after him but they can't leave as well because of the turkish not the turkish sorry the syrian checkpoints is that is that correct. if you go to the end the money being a lot of money and she wants. the action all right dr sherman berry head of the kurdish red crescent thank you for talking to us.

now or two are there major story russian diplomats expelled by the u.k. are on a flight back to moscow all that says this is that international weapons inspectors have begun analyzing samples of a nerve agent used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the city of solsbury all russia has had back at british allegations that it is behind the attack the kremlin condemns all accusations demands to see evidence or an apology. a bitter farewell for russia's expelled diplomats in london followed from the diplomatic standoff as russia demands proof or an apology the british military's carrying out forensic tests on the car used by sergei scruples daughter after she came from moscow to earlier this month. hours after yulia st paul arrived in salisbury she was found unconscious on this bench alongside her father scientists at this bio chemical

weapons facility say they were poisoned with a nerve agent nova chop this finding is now central in britain's case against russia but a direct link to putin remains elusive idea w. correspondence on a number of us sat down with british foreign minister boris johnson you have any solid evidence that poor have directly ordered it because what he said is the most direct accusation of russia's leader that anwar somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence or culpability points to the russian state and as it did in the case of alexander litvinenko when you remember the trail of polonium led back very clearly to the russian state and in the end. mr putin is in charge and that is you know that i'm afraid he cannot escape responsibility and

cope ability both putin himself and those around him have stanch they deny these allegations. sooner or later these unsubstantiated allegations will have to be answered they will either need to be backed up with something with some evidence or they'll need to apologize. to. chemical weapons experts in the u.k. are testing samples of the toxic substance used on the street piles there was. the answer will not be known for at least two weeks. while the script case has revived painful memories for one woman in particular marina litvinenko is the widow of alexander litvinenko who british authorities concluded was poisoned by russian agents in two thousand and six while marina that franco still lives in the u.k. where she is anxiously following the news not only of the scripts case heard another russian emigrates whose death police are treating suspicious to abuse bigot

mass reports. it's a difficult time to be a russian exile in london marina litvinenko was a critic of the kremlin her own husband was killed in london by russian agents and now she believes a friend of hers suffered the same fate. as a person i knew when he well. and i just can't believe and have wanted his death and why he was killed nicole argues koff was a russian businessman who had fallen out with the kremlin now police believe he was killed in his house in south london. marina leafing yang who points to a list on the website of the russian embassy in london the kremlin had accused of a fraud and wanted to be tried in russia and they gave at least the names of people who they want to be extradited and this is just least. it's

a black humor about to say all this what we saw in russian that said since look like he's missed. for marina litvinenko this all brings back the memory of the fate of her own husband a former spy who turned against the kremlin he had to flee to britain with his family in the middle of london he was poisoned with radioactive polonium after it was slipped into his teeth an inquiry later awed that president putin had probably passed nearly approved of his assassination. it was a message there is serious rational rational stay behind of this crime i don't like we need to wait for him as a desk to understand what we have to do the new tax make money and the u.k.'s russian community feel uneasy london's mayfair district stands as a symbol for russian wealth and london it is here that alexander litvinenko was poisoned and it is here that yevgeny to track in another critic of let him or putin

has set up a luxury wine shop nothing will stop to kill the next person the k.g.b. the secret service has killed few people. the idea that people who live here have to believe in fear. shot. martin. marina live in yank who is now lobbying british politicians to be tougher on russia especially when it comes to allowing russian money into the country too often she says it is taken from russia illegally she wants passed the sanctions such as visa restrictions against vladimir putin's entourage. we need to show to people who. take a minute from russia's state from ordinary russian and bring this to u.k. enjoying this all luxury lifestyle and most of them there are members of very close

circle of mr putin as this need to be restricted. for marie knowledge when yank oh this is a matter of continuing her husband's fight against dirty money being brought to the u.k. against corruption in russia in her view that's what really lies behind the murders in london. because moss reporting there i want to tell you about some of the other news other stories making news around the world the thing that saudi arabia's crown prince muhammad been some on has kicked off a high profile three week tour of the united states first stop washington where he met up with president donald trump american president praised what he called a great friendship with the saudi crown prince who in turn hailed ties between washington and riyadh. harvey weinstein's former company has filed for bankruptcy months after the oscar winning producer was accused of multiple sexual assaults

weinstein was fired as chairman last october when the allegations were first reported he has denied having not consensual sex with anyone. authorities in texas are investigating the fifth bombing this month in the state's capital austin the latest blast occurred when a person exploded at a fed ex distribution facility near the city police suspect suspect a serial bomber is behind the explosions which have killed two people and injured several. now also in the u.s. a shooter has died after opening fire at a school in southern maryland police say the shooter critically injured two students before being shot by the school security officer the assailant later died of his injuries the shooting comes just days before a nationwide student organized march against gun violence. or i don't want to hand you over to javier now and european efforts to avoid fresh tariffs on exports times are changing way and it's getting ugly actually if we see

what's going on one world power imposing trade tariffs on the other that's the start of what many see as a looming trade war triggered by u.s. president donald trump now while european negotiators are in washington trying to fend off new tariffs on aluminum and steel said to enter into force this friday there's an unexpected new voice in favor of free trade china wants to send a clear message and remind us that it's open for business. life can be tough full foreign companies in china there's little security for intellectual property and technology transfers are regularly demanded of all who want to do business there those are the main complaints but they genius having none of it at the end of the annual parliament session and during the current trade conflict china's premier spoke of his country's welcoming economic culture or china will continue to safeguard free trade and the reform and open up policy which is our basic state

policy if there were any change a tool to china's open door policy it would just be to open it wider china's economy has been so integrated with the world that closing our door would block our own development. furthermore all companies in china should receive a fair chance and everyone foreign businesses included should work to the same rules china sees itself as a pioneer of free open trade but is that will just talk only recently the federation of german industry complained about the communist party's tightening grip on businesses in china exactly the opposite of beijing stance or at least its official one. now the tariff conflict is not only an economic issue it's highly political too and there's no safe way to deal with the threats that are being launched by the trump administration china and the e.u. as we just saw have decided to get loud japan on the other hand has opted for a quiet approach without directly criticizing the u.s.

it hopes to be let off. japan is the world's second largest producer of steel after china and behind the scenes tokyo has been using its diplomatic skills to convince the u.s. of how important relations between the two countries are for example whilst japan might exported steel to the us it's also the number one buyer of american weapons such as the patriot defense system and fighter jets in fact lockheed martin is on the brink of signing a mega deal with japan so far the persuasion efforts appear to be working. on only one more there's a high probability that japan could be exempted from u.s. tariffs on steel and a menu item basis as japanese steel and products contribute greatly to u.s. industry and irreplaceable. the e.u. meanwhile is using a variety of tactics to convince donald trump to abandon his plans from threatening

retaliatory measures to requesting talks germany's new economy minister was in the u.s. on monday for talks with his american counterparts. with goodwill on both sides i see a chance of getting a positive response by the end of the week. on tuesday and wednesday the e.u. commissioner for trade cecilia mao strong will continue the discussions in washington it's not clear what the e.u. intends to offer the americans donald trump has frequently criticized the e.u.'s high import taxes on u.s. cars and foods like meat. but what about the worst case of the e.u. doesn't reach an exemption from u.s. import tariffs it plans to strike back introducing its own tariffs the list of items that would be hit is ten pages long and include some of the most iconic products made in the u.s.

a harley-davidson motorcycles for example there was constant based company. to get hit at a time when it's trying to find new customers. that sound is worth around thirty thousand euros and holly davidson's munich branch is busy the first rays of spring sunshine see customers flocking here the e.u. is now threatening to levy import tariffs on highly davidson's as a response to new u.s. tariffs on the use deal an element approved by president trump e.u. penalties could amount to twenty percent on the famous american cycles twenty yeah twenty percent would be a real blow for the tour it would be a straight three to four thousand euros more expensive. the munich harley-davidson showroom is called the house of flames there is hardly a better known calling card for america than the iconic brands showroom here. freedom loving easy ride is find it almost unbelievable that protectionist measures could be implemented by the u.s.

under donald trump. going to globalized world i don't believe that's a suitable method i think if we all want to head back to the middle ages or get trumped just have to keep doing what he's been doing. thirty five years ago shop owner my god started repairing hollies in his backyard today he's the biggest harley dealer in germany he believes the brand urgently needs younger by its import tariffs will make that even. the younger generation still has to work to earn money and when a bike like this cost structure one or two thousand euro's even for smaller models that's not inconsiderable we're talking about one or two months income here. ali love as say the company has only been targeted because its headquarters is in wisconsin which is the home state of trump ally and speaker of the house paul ryan for them as a synonym for freedom and free trade. he

imposes tariffs we impose tariffs back and forth and in the end who wins and you know what given kind of. protective tariffs are unlikely to put holly out of business in germany but they could drive the prices out of the range of a new generation of bikers. back with more business later on now a former french president finds himself in hot water salute lee he does the police in france have questioned former president nicolas sarkozy over allegations his two thousand and seven election campaign accepted donations from libyan dictator moammar gadhafi well the case centers on claims by a former gadhafi associate that he delivered suitcases stuffed with cash to the french politician and so not a cloud hanging over some who has struggled to shake previous allegations of wrongdoing. the allegation that nicolas sarkozy accepted as much as fifty million

euros in campaign contributions from the libyan dictator moammar gadhafi some of it even delivered as cash in suitcases is not new it first emerged in twenty thirteen but sarkozy has always vehemently denied it and no one had seriously questioned him about it but now he said to be under interrogation in this interior ministry building in paris a former top aide is also said to have been questioned but later released the libyan money allegedly helped finance sarkozy's two thousand and seven campaign for the presidency which he won but it seems that sarkozy failed to deliver on promises he made to be duffy and in twenty eleven gadhafi is son bitterly denounced the french president said go ahead well ahead the first thing we ask of this clown sarkozy is that he repay the money to the libyan people and we helped him become president so that he would help the libyan people but he's disappointed and very soon we will publish all the details and the documents and the banking and payslips

. soon after france was part of the nato campaign that overthrew the libyan dictator and despite saif al islam gadhafi as threat the case against sarkozy remained low key but it gains traction when this french lebanese businessman claimed in twenty sixteen that he had made the cash in a suitcase deliveries to sarkozy's campaign if a case is made against sarkozy it will probably be on two grounds that he far exceeded the legal campaign funding limit at the time and that's against the law he accepted foreign money to help win the presidency. they are paying court of human rights says back to turkish journalists in their fight against wrongful imprisonment the court said turkish authorities must. pay and minutes of london who were detained following a failed coup attempt in two thousand and sixteen it's a verdict that supports a decision by turkey's own top court but which authorities chose to ignore. it

this is. and this is messmate heartland after the failed coup in twenty sixteen the two journalists who are among hundreds arrested on charges of having ties with exile cleric for today. they took their case to the european court of human rights and it says the turkish authorities detained them illegally violating their rights . democracy thrives on freedom of expression freedom of expression preserves democracy and by making it possible to debate when people are detained for expressing their opinion that does not just impose on those individuals but on all of society. turkey's constitutional court also found the arrests to have been unlawful but the lower courts in turkey refused to release the two journalists experts say that is no surprise. as a home but once i was enjoying our visits to turkey we found that the judicial system was not independent the judges are scared and trying to reach verdicts acceptable to the political leadership and that means there is no such thing as an

independent judiciary just like every other. turkey you know has to implement the ruling of europe's top court and was released over the weekend but is now under house arrest but is still in prison it's the first time the european court of human rights has issued a verdict condemning the turkish government's crackdown on dissent. you're watching that news with a whole lot more to tell you about including the world's allows male northern white rhino dies in kenya and now scientists must try to save the species by using i.v.s. . don't forget you can always get news on the go just download are out from google play or from the apple store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and of course you can also use the d w after send us your photos and videos.

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foreign secretary boris johnson in brussels errors are exclusive interview. thank you very much for the interview and welcome on the program thank you some days ago you said that it is extremely likely that putin personally gave the order they used the nerve agent to attack their former double spine is the screen part what they have as evidence you and the british parliament to support this judgment well i think it's very important first of all to show that we think the the cope roots for this are not the russian people not russia we have no quarrel with with russia. i love russia and i'm its you know i have russian ancestry so if that's not the issue these are issue is with the kremlin and with the russian state as it currently is and the reason i said what i did was because if you if you look at the. the stuff that's being used it's

a no beach walk agent according to our scientists at porton down there very good begin to get the a p c w in the or organization of the prohibit of chemical weapons is coming in today to look at the sample that we have of of the nerve agent you also have to consider that surrogates cripple the guy that they attempted to assassinate is somebody who's been identified as a target for liquidation and that vladimir putin has himself said that traitors i.e. defectors such as miskito. should be poisoned so it's. a russian only nerve agent this is about the yemeni it's solid evidence that poor then directly ordered it because what you say that is the most direct accusation of

russia's lead that ever right well i'm afraid you know he's in charge of the clattering train as we see. in the u.k. somebody has to be responsible somebody has to be accountable and we in the u.k. think that the. evidence points the evidence or culpability points to the russian state and as it did in the case of alexander litvinenko when you remember the trail of polonium led back very clearly to the russian state and in the end. mr putin is in charge and that is you know that i'm afraid he cannot escape responsibility and culpability why did he make this statement without waiting for the outcomes of the investigation that you are conducting right now and i'm going to you about their present government where we are giving the samples obviously to the organization to the technical experts are coming today and by the way i have great confidence in

them let them that decide what they make of them they will look at the most there will be to move in the best possible the bar trees but i'll tell you the reason for wanting to get to get on with it is because we have such bitter experience of what happens with russia with putin's russia russia with with the russian state under putin when we have a problem like this twelve years ago we had the assassination in london of alexander litvinenko and at that stage this was an extraordinary event we had and with polonium and the u.k. proceeded within minutes and slowness and we decided to work with the russian judicial system to to try to extradite mr cove to mr lugovoy who were strongly suspected of having been responsible and in the end we just got a sort of sneering sarcastic refusal to engage with our judicial process

and we felt it was very important to take this. decision to get on to show that if you are going to use recklessly to use nerve agent. of a kind that hasn't been used in europe since world war two if you going to do that in ensues bre in will catch up then you've got to face some some diplomatic consequences and that's why we've done together you argue that their source of oh father is snuff edge and not the chalk is russia how did you manage to find it out so quickly that was driven by says sample something else where we eat we are interrogated very closely as you can this is a very i mean let me be clear with you i am. i wanted when i became foreign

secretary almost two years ago one of my objectives was to try to reach out to russia i really did and i went to see sergey lavrov in in moscow against the advice of some people by the way who said it was a totally futile venture but i wanted to because i you know i genuinely think russia is an incredible country a fantastic place and it pains me to see the way things of have got between us and so i am genuinely distressed by by what has happened but when i look at the the evidence i mean the people from from porton down the the the board of trade have the samples you do and they and they they they were absolutely categorical and i asked the guy myself i said are you sure and he said there's no dogs so.

i think we have varied of the alternative but to take the action that we have taken but i must say the difference between this time and what happened twelve years ago with alexander litvinenko is also that there is much more sympathy in the international community for more understanding of the kind of behavior that russia has been engaged in in the last few years and rather the table here in in brussels talking to all the other european countries as there's hardly anybody who hasn't experienced directly or indirectly some kind of you know. disruptive behavior is understandable but in an interview on sunday you mentioned that you would like to have a constructive cooperation with russia on that easy how do you see it having accused put in that directly well yes and you know what is the prime minister said on i think monday of of last week a week ago we we gave you

a choice we said look. this stuff is not a check if if there's a rational explanation of how it has escaped your stockpiles and how it has come to be used on the streets of will join souls bre then come on that's that's that's work together and get to the bottom of it. if on the other hand it there's no explanation we can only conclude it's the agency of the russian state and we got there was we were treated with the sort of satirical lots of sarcastic tweets and trolls you have out there that i have been and i want to say is that they would like to have an access story and case materials well you allow this access to russia well i think in the first instance if i can maybe respectfully say to the to the to the kremlin detectives i think we will we will trust to the technical experts of the organization of the. brave mission of chemical weapons who are here writing in in the u.k.

today let's see what their assessment is that's the proper procedure that the u.k. has to follow. the chemical weapons treaty and i you know i'm i'm just have to say that. i find the right the russian position about what has happened to this not to talk absolutely bizarre increasingly bizarre you know we're told one that they didn't make any nobody ever this one position that they take i think that the russian ambassador to the e.u. said the second they say means they did but all the stocks have been destroyed and the third thing this is yes they did but all the stocks have been destroyed except some which is skate to other countries like sweden and the czech republic and slovakia and america. bill or maybe the u.k. you know i think they need to make their mind up about this and. of course if they if russia if the with the putin regime can clarify or explain what has happened

then we are all is and we're only too willing to listen as the british government denied russian diplomats access to us compiler who is a russian national well yes what are the reasons behind this decision i hesitate to sound protective of a lot of let me just say that to the best of our knowledge. agents of the russian state have just tried to assassinate both you descript our and her father so i think it's our it's our job to present to protect them as far as we can are so are they british government and prime minister or far the united kingdom of heaven and some measure a say and you know going to exparel at windsor for you have already explained why different diplomats from breakdown and you got a symmetrical to use here once what other measures might have gone to take what will be the targets of this matter as i understand that some of them are nonpublic

you must understand. it's name server on the lead we don't want to do this out of any particular i don't take any joy in this i live i'm not as i not sure i'm talking about what i mean as we we say. we have expelled twenty three. diplomats probably spies masquerading as diplomats and there are other things that we are going to do and in particular yes we know we're tough me off our borders we have plenty of walls which allow us to crack down on money in the u.k. that has been illicitly unexplained. and explained well thought is right that is money that's been in this corruptly obtained we can do that we have the national crime agency the national economic crime unit can can do that but i must as they are they will get on with that work but i must stress to you that the u.k. is a. country under the rule of law and i can't as

a politician to say you know go off to that person's cash do this do that that's not how it works i'm not going to develop any least like the one that was developed by the united states the so-called clear criminalist well we are sharing obviously we share intelligence we share information we do share lists of people with with friends and partners or around the world but we operate under that you can you say that i mean it's a matter. for the criminal law enforcement agencies to determine whether there is a case to answer but mr johnson can you say right now that all officials who work for mr putin include an ego issue while of he has alleged u.s. property in land then that he will be deprived of his property and the officials like him i think the most the the worst thing i could do not given the work that's going on is i get into individual names of cases because all these individuals have

as you know who deep pockets and very powerful moya's and i think i'm sure that almost anything i said about anybody would be taken to be prejudicial any case but i will i will try to put that another way. so you are referred to some russian businessman as related to point in so they might be punished what criteria will be applied in determining and that one businessman is related to putin and the other is not well again i think you are inviting me very very rightly or inviting me to go further in into the detail of such cases and i think it would be wise for me to do because all such legal actions are open to to challenge under our system and it's very important that there should be no there should be no sign of political bias or interference and there will be he said that the e.u. felt a lot of support from the european union and the united states the think that these

countries will take and you read it will mess for example they will free. russia from their united nations security council or impose new sanctions while offering well i think because in order to i think. in order to change the composition of united nations security council you need to you know them as vote of the security council russia is likely to vote in that way so you know i think. the uk. we've already been very struck and surprised actually and very encouraged by the strength of support in the strength of feeling and the level of sympathy for the for the u.k. and what we want to do is to work with our friends and partners. sharing intelligence countering disinformation mounting defenses against cyber warfare

tracking the money trying as we were just discussing to crack down on people who may be this detained that wealth there is all sorts of work that is not going on but the objective. i must stress this point you get to is not to punish the people of russia at all the objective is to try to show that we care deeply about the kind of disruptive and dangerous in the recluse behavior reckless with human life that we've seen from russia that we want to put pressure on the regime to find a new path and they can find a new path in the can be cause for hope but there won't be cause for hope if we simply allow this kind of thing to happen mr johnson thank you very much thank you . son and i'm so over there for madrid over years that russian service talking to boris johnson the british foreign secretary the interview is also available online if you want to rewash it all right moving on it says shaping up to be one of the

worst weeks ever for facebook's mark zuckerberg the c.e.o. has come under fire from governments on both sides of the atlantic they're demanding answers following reports that the company did little to stop a controversial consulting company called cambridge analytical from obtaining millions of facebook users private data at the time cambridge analytical had been hired by then candidate donald trump and is alleged to have misused the data to affect the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election. all right now regulators in the e.u. the u.k. and the u.s. wants to testify as they launch a vista geishas into the scandal but what about those affected most you you and me the users are social media editor jared reed is here to walk us through the facebook minefield and it is a minefield shared how have users been reacting to this frankly stunning reports

well of the house delete facebook is actually trending on twitter not on facebook but it is trending people sort of going this is incredible i've had enough of facebook and i'm going to shut down my account we have to keep in mind some people are going to delete their facebook account but i'd wager probably the vast majority are not going to do that and a friend of mine some this out really well in a post on facebook today he said facebook's become this controlling thing that i just can't seem to quit and so now i'm stuck in his unpleasant situation where i feel dependent on this platform that i don't like anymore and i don't trust anymore and i think a lot of people feel that way it's pretty incredible that's pretty incredible indeed but don't people who use facebook know that their data doesn't risk being used well if they don't know they should know when you join facebook that's part and possible of your surrender and your daughter but this is sort of be given that it's what happens to go to facebook gets it does it adequately saif god and it's

looking like maybe it doesn't because as we're hearing it's been alleged that a company that worked for donald trump's campaign misused the dot and may have tried to target voters with it or maybe influence the election so this is a pretty big claim we haven't heard personally from. yet all we've heard is a statement from facebook that sort of has denied any wrongdoing and almost laid the burden of responsibility on the users who were the initial ones that allowed these third party these personality quiz access to their. what they didn't realize is that they were giving these these developers access to their friends list too and their friends personal information and so that's why we're talking about fifty million people here who've been affected there are lots of questions around this dot a services company that the trump campaign used called cambridge analytical as we're hearing they've worked on pro bricks it campaigns they've worked on even

a campaign in kenya so there are questions around that its executives have been caught on secret camera by television channel in britain bragging about their dirty tactics that they used to swing elections so so many questions around this story and that's i guess what investigators are trying to get to the bottom of now back to facebook if i may what can use or is actually concretely do to save guard their information basically will use this need to be aware that bad da to use the basis all of these platforms or just because you're not paying any money to use facebook it doesn't mean that it's free so there are plenty of ways to safeguard your doctor and be vigilant is i guess the message tries for everything if it's too good to be true it's to richard gerri thank you so much for breaking it all down for us and we're going to shift gears now to have yet to have a story about new opportunities for african entrepreneurs thank you very much leyla indeed africa may not be on the map for many investors but it has been high on the

german government's agenda and the incoming coalition has reconfirmed that it wants to promote private investment on the african continent berlin things africa startup scene could play a role in development but right now african entrepreneurs struggle to raise venture capitalists take a look at the numbers they've managed to raise just over one hundred ninety five million dollars in twenty seventeen that's according to a report by disrupt africa which tracks start of funding in eighteen african countries that significantly less than the billions invested in silicon valley or berlin itself. but it was much higher in terms of growth that's a fifty one percent increase on twenty sixteen venture funding if we take a look at that statistic of it's a fifty one percent growth now a vast majority of the money that is currently invested goes to start ups development payment and mobile banking solutions however e-commerce was the sector that experienced the fastest funding growth and this year could see even more money

going to ventures in africa and coming from germany the german government is trying to help match african startups with german investors and companies and organized the so-called startup night africa here in berlin and event at the economy ministry where startups have pitched their ideas to german investors and companies. and my colleague chip on that she is at the german economy ministry taking part in this eventually on a hi it's good to see you this evening so tell us a from what you've seen so far what kind of companies are pitching their ideas to german investors and companies tonight. what we've seen very different types of companies we've seen and banking pitching a company from to meet pitching an idea for the create a startup that creates prosthetics and then we had retail solution from south africa a woman who designs clothes for pregnant women and sells them online as well and

from kenya we had a digital trading platform and that was presented by forney who we have here with us she pitched that idea and because we just wanted to let you know from you what kind of difficulty do african startups face in getting money from investors. the african step up sector to the reach investors especially telling kind of investors you find that most of the investors you know come movie maybe hundreds of thousands of dollars sometimes tens of thousands of dollars usually very entry level and i think the biggest struggle for african startups today he's being able to get scale out of investment there's also not too much local money and that's kind of limits the opportunities for most of the end presses

. is there a difference in terms of what you see with challenges getting money for an interviewer is versus local and to bring your like local investors versus foreign investors what kind of differences do you see there absolutely. that the local investors. very traditional in the investment line so you find that you know technology cause startups not really finding lots of traction with local investors and this is a huge and perhaps which is why it is an opportunity for you know investors from other markets to you know build partnerships we. may be based on that understanding just briefly if you were to invest in africa which sector would you invest in right now just briefly. anything that grows into praise this is really

what i would do anything the skills business is to create more jobs and you know create a thriving economy right thank you dorcas for joining us and so have you. you've heard it has been a lot of excitement here the people are still up there actually exchanging ideas so we just the drugstore has out of the meeting up stairs and that's why we're here and there's no people behind us but everybody is still talking and meeting and greeting thanks very much chip on the chin bellow at the german economy ministry. fourth business spectator thank you so much javier the world has lost the last male northern white rhino he died in a kenyan conservatory caretakers made the decision to euthanize the white rhino after sudden decline and his health well now the very survival of this species depends on the only two well meaning females. the life of a northern white rhino can be a lonely one. the last remaining male of the species has died aged forty five intensive poaching has significantly reduced numbers scientists even turned to

dating apps in an attempt to raise awareness and enough money to pay for a nine million dollar fertility treatment the kenyan conservation a-list looking after sudan held a tribute ceremony after his death just a few weeks ago they hoped he would recover from an infection but sudan's condition had deteriorated rapidly we started the procedure of euthanasia to put saddam to see if. i gave you extensive pain suffering. and also with holding extreme procedures to not have. any bitter bitter life for him. through done leaves behind his daughter not jean and her daughter fought to the last two northern white rhinos locked up for their own protection very sad to think they will slow down because then it shows. the

extent of human greed and what sort of impacts human beings can have a nature with experts warning extinction is now more a case of when instead of if conservationists hope it's not lights out for these giant grazers. all right thank you so much for watching we'll see you again at the top of the hour now back to. the be.

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