my name is richard florida and i work at the end of. this is. from berlin masters of manipulation dealers in this scene the books of one man called on campus the shadowy political consultancy cambridge and i will take us to spins and say you know alexander nix after undercover reporters film how boasting about using dirty tricks and honeytrap it's just swing elections the

company stands accused of abusing data gleaned illegally from facebook also coming up tens of thousands of syrians flee eastern as resistance to the government crumbles the u.n. tonight saying it's deeply concerned about the fate of civilians there and elsewhere in the contre. 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. johnson tells g w news who's behind the board something of a former spy. expels russian diplomats and a sad day for conservationists the world's wound northern white rhino has died in only two females remain the last hope against. species extinction.

i'm off it's good to have you with us tonight the data debacle story expanding the political consultant scene for cambridge analytical has suspended its c.e.o. alexander nix after undercover reporters filmed him boasting about the dirty tricks that he could deploy to help swing elections the revelations come hard on the heels of an exposé by a whistleblower who detailed how the company scraped the facebook for users data and then turned it against them to influence their behavior at the ballot box cambridge analytical is coming under increasing scrutiny an undercover reporter posing as a middleman for a sri lankan businessman met with the head of the company he claimed his boss wanted help in getting his preferred candidates elected to office came each

analyst's ago often to entrap their opponents. what is the expertise of the people to get it into a group that will. do is to get the true picture let's go to. tactics they're effective instantly. period at the direction. some credit cambridge analytical with winning the election for u.s. president donald trump by collecting data and profiling photos it helps his message target those most likely to vote for him. at the weekend a former employee blew the whistle on its activities he said the company illegally harvested the private data of millions of american voters. we were able to get upwards of fifty million plus facebook records in the span of a couple months facebook is also under pressure amid accusations it's being careless with people's personal data or the other data breaches that we don't know

about how effective our facebook actually stopping people taking data from their platform in the united states and in europe calls are growing louder for greater accountability and regulation on the internet. you know these are huge questions to be answered to help us go through the facebook minefield here of the big tables or social media gerrard rejiggered it's good to see you so the story is moving fast tonight bring us up to speed on what's the latest well basically this story hinges on what happens to your diet after facebook gets it so it appears from what we're seeing that facebook isn't doing a good enough job of safeguarding the data because as we're hearing in these reports it appears that a company hired by trump's campaign somehow got the dodder of up to fifteen million people and then as it's been alleged used it to develop software to target voters with stories and with ads and we don't know. people are saying well did this influence the election that's something we don't know ari one thing that we do know

is that mark zuckerberg the facebook see how isn't spoken personally and. about that yet and there are calls for that to change by a number of lawmakers including. is a prominent european parliament politician he tweeted when is going to explain what happened with. the data breach is an absolute scandal the european parliament must start an investigation i'll keep you updated about our progress and from dianne feinstein who's the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee in the u.s. news reports of cambridge analytical abuse of private face to influence the twenty six election is very disturbing the senate judiciary committee needs to fully investigate the matter so all we've heard from facebook so far is the statement denying any wrongdoing and also kind of laying the burden of responsibility on these uses these two hundred seventy thousand users who are in the very beginning downloaded or gave. personality access to their profile

what they didn't know is there were two hundred seventy spiraled to become fifty million because these people probably didn't realize that they were giving this access to their friends list and their information to have someone on the show last night saying that it was in the fine print the people agreed to but no one reads the fine print anyway how users however they've been reacting to these stunning reports will at the moment delete facebook is a hash tag that's trending not on facebook but on twitter people are saying look this is outrageous i'm going to delete my account you have to keep in mind that of course some people are going to delete their facebook accounts but i would wager the vast majority of not going to do that you know a friend of mine actually sums about really well he posted in a facebook post today it's become such a controlling part of my life talking about facebook but i can't really give it up so i'm in

a situation where i feel controlled by these plots. that i don't really like anymore and that i don't trust anymore and i think a lot of people feel like that if they're not angry at least about what's happened they probably just to be creeped out that this is how or they feel trapped like you like your friend was saying so if you're going to stay with facebook what can you do to safeguard yourself briefly you need to understand that your doc is the basis of facebook and just because you're not paying for facebook with money doesn't mean it's not free nor datta is how you pay for it so keep your privacy settings and you know really tight controls and just be vigilant. be aware of what it is you're posting and sharing with the world to begin with jared reed is always thank you very much. we're going to the united nations says it is deeply concerned about civilians fleeing from the crumbling rebel enclave of eastern ghouta 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 inters a grim terminal phase. 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. others a lucky enough to be discovered under the rubble. we don't know yet. out of the gulf of. maine while refugees are still leaving their homes in the northern town of are 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 armed 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 north west causes massive new displacement and eastern goods or alone more than forty five thousand syrians have fled their homes in recent days here in h.c.i. is responding to jens humanitarian needs on the ground but we have today regenerating 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 are

a final source of hope in their daily struggle for survival. well here are some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon has kicked off a high profile three we tour of the united states the first stop washington d.c. to meet president. the u.s. president praised what he called a great friendship with the saudi crown prince who in turn held 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 assault weinstein was fired as chairman last october when the allegations were first reported he has denied having non consensual sex with anyone but authorities in the u.s. state of texas are investigating the fifth bombing this month in the state's capital allston the latest blast occurred when a parcel exploded at a fed ex distribution facility near the city police suspect the serial bomber is

behind the explosions which have killed two people and injured several others. russian diplomats expelled by the u.k. have arrived back in moscow tonight this as international weapons inspectors begin analyzing samples of the nerve agent used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in the english city of solsbury russia hitting back tonight saying that britain is behind the attack the kremlin demanding 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 scaring 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. correspondence than an yes of us sat down with british foreign minister boris johnson you have any solid evidence that proves that directly or that they because what he said is the most direct accusation of russia's lead that ever 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 stance lee 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 the results will not be known for at least two weeks. and you can watch the full interview with british foreign secretary boris johnson on our website a d.-w. dot com. well the world has lost the last male northern white rhino he died today in a kenyan conservatory caretaker's they made the decision to euthanize the white rhino after a sudden decline in his health and now the very survival of the species depends on

the only two remaining 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. to put saddam to sleep. and extensive pain suffering. with holding. procedures to not have. a better

life for. sudan leaves behind his daughter not jean and her daughter fought to the last two northern white rhinos locked up for their own protection. the extent of human greed and what sort of impact human nature. we'll be back of the top of the hour with more news we'll see you then. they make a commitment. they find. they and stronger.