this is news coming to you live from berlin masters of manipulation now mired in scandal shadowy political consultancy cambridge analytical suspended c.e.o. after undercover reporters filmed him boasting about using dirty tricks to swing elections and facebook is also under fire over reports that the consultancy illegally harvested millions of users from facebook also coming up a rebel rocket attack and government air strikes deadly conditions for civilians in and around the syrian syrian capital damascus united nations says it's deeply

concerned about the fate of people there and elsewhere in the country. she's been sworn in for a fourth term now the work begins transponding america lays out her priorities for the next four years country convince parliament that she's taking germany in the right direction. plus as part of our coverage of the un's international day against racism we take you to a paris suburb to meet the activists they're fighting back against racism. and. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us. political consultancy cambridge analytic have suspended c.e.o. alexander nix after undercover reporters filmed him boasting about the dirty tricks he could deploy to swing elections revelations came hot on the heels of an exposé

by whistleblower who detailed how the company's straight facebook for users data then target against them to influence their voting patterns the center of london home to cambridge analytical. the firm c.e.o. had a reputation for enjoying media attention but in the past few days alexander nick seemed less happy in the media spotlight. on tuesday cambridge analytic a suspended makes following an undercover investigation by british broadcaster channel four he was secretly filmed by repulsion posing as a client seeking to get candidates elected alexander nix outlines and dirty tricks to help things such as blackmail. be effective and be just to give. a speech to be forced. to offer that it. has to

be true to make sure that it's a video recorder. or entrapping politicians by filming them in compromising situations that get out to the candidates out of the. citizenship. shortly before being suspended next told b.b.c. he was exaggerating the company's. but these latest accusations on the only problems dog in cambridge and. the company had previously bragged how to use facebook profiles to help get u.s. president donald trump elected now the u.k.'s data protection agency has social warrant to search cambridge analytic is headquarters and it's investigating whether the company illegally collected the facebook. this comes after a former employee spilled the beans on the company's tactics he says people were

asked to download a facebook app which secretly stole private data about the user and their facebook friends i only need to engage fifty thousand one hundred thousand people a really big data really quickly and it scaled really quickly we were able to get upwards of fifty million plus facebook records in the span of a couple months and that's how one of the biggest breaches in facebook's history came about. facebook's has been dodging the media for days british lawmakers have summoned him to appear before a committee and accuse facebook of misleading them at a previous hearing the hashtags delete facebook and where is trending on social media to meet calls for the internet giant to take responsibility for the breach. we realize how important these companies are for example to elections right across europe and i think this is the year when politicians have woken up the public and

wipe it up and it's time for the tech companies to wake up because they get their act together they are going to face serious repercussions social networks will once celebrated as the saviors of democracy now critics are starting to ask why the social media should be more closely regulated. and there's been another development in this story a reports of emerge that the federal trade commission in the u.s. is investigating facebook in connection with the matter well for more on the story i'm joined by my colleague editor michelle stockman michelle how significant is this latest development regarding the possible f.t.c. probe well i think the report that we just watched hit the nail on the question that many people are asking should facebook be more regulated and so we're having reports coming in that the federal trade commission which is a consumer and competition watchdog in the u.s. is opening an investigation into facebook to see if it breached

a prior agreement that had reached with the company over whether facebook had deceived users about privacy before and this investigate could result in with a huge fine we're talking forty thousand dollars per violation and this kind of fifty million users were affected of yeah we need a calculator here and this is massive and then we're looking at this coming on the heels of u.k. and u.s. lawmakers calling mark zuckerberg and saying you need to testify you need to clear this up so this could be a watershed moment for facebook in terms of huge monetary consequences and users looking at and saying can i trust facebook or is facebook the social media giant that's too big to fail that's what we're going to look at mark zuckerberg has some questions to answer but at the heart of the story. michelle or the actual facebook users whose death or was shared beyond facebook what's the lesson in all of this well terry you know i wonder was it me was it you i think the users need to look at

can you really trust what you're seeing on social media we understand from reports into this story that it was a app that was billed as a psychological research tool that people entered and that data was transferred over to cambridge analytic kyra so they were deceived as to what this was so users really need to look at the privacy settings they need to look at the fine print and say you know can i really trust this social media network with my private thoughts with my photos are they going to reach just my friends or do we really know where that data is going big questions indeed d.w. news editor michelle stockman thanks so much. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today first civilian president hootin jaw has resigned saying he wants to take a rest from his current work is a close ally of defacto leader aung san suu kyi who is burrard from the presidency

under the constitution hootin joel's office says her successor will be appointed within seven days. twenty three russian diplomats were ordered out of britain over the poisoning of the next five arrived in moscow this morning diplomats who you k. prime minister theresa may said were spies had been given a week to leave. police in the us say the explosion on tuesday evening that injured one man in a charity shop in austin texas was an incendiary device and not a package bomb texas's capital city is on edge after a series of recent parcel bombs in the area that have killed two people. the white house has defended u.s. president all trumps congratulatory call to russia's president vladimir putin called putin on tuesday to congratulate him on his reelection to a fourth term two leaders also discussed arranging a meeting. in syria rebel rocket attack has killed thirty five people in

a suburb of damascus that says government forces clear out the last pockets of resistance in eastern go to a rebel enclave for the east of the capital the u.n. says it's deeply concerned about civilians trying to flee the bottles in the area. 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. for some of the victims they find it's too late. others are lucky enough to be discovered under the rubble.

we don't know yet. out of the. 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. they're 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 little damascus and often in the country's north west causes massive new displacement newstand goods are alone more than forty five thousand syrians have fled their homes in recent days you need to see i was responding to gent 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 human. turning on access to both the newly displaced

and to hundreds of thousands of civilians still trapped by fierce fighting and dying to their fate. for the injured to fail to escape makeshift clinics like this one are a final solution of hope and the daily struggle for survival and. for that you're watching d.w. news still to come meet the activists fighting back against the institutionalized racism they experienced in the suburbs of paris part of our coverage us international day against racial discrimination on. countdown is all with donald trump's planned import tariffs looming kristoff terror and this one seems to be going down to the wire the ease trade commissioner cecilia monstro held negotiations with the u.s. commerce secretary wilbur ross yesterday and talks will continue on wednesday well with monsoon pressing for the e.u. as a whole to be excluded from president trump's new tariffs on steel and aluminum that

are set to go into effect on friday now the brewing trade crisis also top the agenda of g twenty finance ministers meeting and one desires. u.s. treasury secretary steven minow and defended the new american steel and aluminum tariffs which are set to go into effect on friday that we need to be prepared to act in the u.s. interest again to defend free and fair person perkel try to allenwood it and in doing that there is always a risk if we put terror solid other people overseas market and there is a risk of the trade worse the president has said we're not afraid of getting into a trade war given the size of our market the size of our economy and the fact that we have a big trade deficit having said that that's not our call it was an odd but not unexpected message of american unilateral ism during a series of meetings devoted to economic cooperation yet trade was not the reason

for this week's meetings and the specifics of the looming american tariffs never came up in the official discussion participant said the focus was on crypto currencies like bitcoin in their current form digital currencies are not friendly to monetary policy they're opaque decentralized and often involved in unsavory parts of the economy even if central banks wanted to regulate them the question is how and how disruptive it could be if this one out there were there were issues involving regulation looking at the markets with that cybersecurity data and operational risks that we were hoping to see and that they aren't questions to have to be answered now the g twenty working groups will continue throughout the year. venezuela is racked by hyper inflation prices are almost doubling every month and cash is in short supply and search for solutions the south american country even founded its own cryptocurrency the petro now one town near the colombian border has

come up with its own idea on how to deal with the monetary crisis. looking for a currency more stable than the boulevard how about the a lot so that's the new bill being printed by a venezuelan town of the same name city offices are selling it to coincide with a local festival that's drawing thousands of tourists with cash hard to come by the lords offers another system for buying goods the notes can be purchased cashless with a bank transfer the city then lops off an eight percent commission the notes come in fifty thousand and one hundred thousand denominations some have a picture of local independence leader jose andres a lot so early reviews are positive. for this one this is the perfect solution and you could just see how easy it was to get the notes and then come here and buy things easily. we think. it's hardly a perfect solution many residents lack bank accounts and the reach of the lord is

limited to its namesake city. venezuela's poor economy is pervasive meanwhile the central bank has responded by printing more money something critics say is only boosting inflation. that means the celebration will be brief or lorica but a celebration nonetheless. now with the most recent agreement on a transition period the european union and britain may have taken a decisive step towards the u.k. withdrawal from the bloc but potential pitfalls remain take a drive alter the colony on spain's southernmost tip belongs to britain but voted almost unanimously against pressing out its governor continues to insist that any bracks a deal must take if your balls are special status into consideration and you've brought us economy is looking for solutions as well. it's lunchtime here in the restaurant world trade center and anyone eating here who wants to pay with crypto

currency bitcoin no problem speed transactions easy transactions of people taking back control of their own money away from. banks and governments and i think it's death in the future the way of things moving. this man is determined to be part of that future gibraltar's finance minister has made sure that his country is probably the first in the world to regulate block chains like the technology that will shape daily life in the future from insurance to buying music online. we want to promote safe good quality business with consumer protection in mind but at the same time to promote innovation to happen from. action the regulations were brought in in january sparking the interest of companies and countries worldwide these two london based investors came here recently as part of a fin tech conference to check things out. eighty travel and malcolm paul spent the

conference looking for new business ideas they're considering opening an office here soon you need protection you need. rules to follow so that's what is very special is that you brought us created this and he has attracted experts that attracted intrapreneur structed lawyers specialists in this in this area so it's a great way to actually gather the right people the right skills to develop your company in this space gibraltar's economy has been transformed radically over the past few decades as a way of surviving and now this block change technology and because that pays no heed to national borders it could mean that gibraltar can rest easy even after bricks it. expect to tear now and after months of negotiations germany's new government is finally getting to work that's right christoph germany's chancellor on. due to lay out her government's plans for the next four years in an address to parliament today that's after being sworn in last week for

a fourth term as chancellor be watching with interest after months of wrangling to form a government many in parliament are still deeply unhappy with the result which is a grand coalition between backwards conservatives and the social democrats now it's up to machall to win their confidence. back after the longest coalition negotiations in decades. chancellor for a fourth term she can look ahead to some challenges. the new government's plans for the coming term take up one hundred seventy seven pages the coalition agreement devotes its opening chapter to europe and also references the e.u. in its title that's a first never taken such priority. meanwhile he's been waiting patiently for a german partner before hoarding ahead with his own plans for europe french president emanuel wants the eurozone to have its own budget and finance minister germany

hasn't taken a final stance but is prepared to spend more money. in the past germany and france have achieved a great deal working together your family committed to doing so in the future as well because. the new government is also facing challenges on the domestic front with initiatives on education pensions and digitization including a major expansion of broadband internet. one of the toughest tasks ahead is not spelled out in the coalition agreement but looms large non the less germany's new government is determined to prevent a trade war with the us. chancellor merkel is kicking off her fourth term today in parliament with a major policy speech let's bring in our chief political editor michela cuffed on what to expect. chancellor merkel and her government have their work cut out also

on the foreign policy front big issues right now can control markel avoid just going straight into crisis mode well it took one hundred seventy one days actually gets what's the point of a government and there's one hundred seventy seven pages of policy on the table and yet he has all these international issues to deal with so yes he is immediately going into a kind of crisis mode or let's say avoiding a crisis mode particularly with that they're going to trade with the united states will also have this summit coming up what that will of course take sent to ses is open issues on relations with russia over the south very attack in britain there are also questions on how to deal with tucky that demi's so needs on this migration deal than they have now of course. being in northern syria and so she will potentially have to position herself there will be some questioning time to question her as well on policy and then there are those big promises on the table

forty six billion euros worth of german tax money going into mainly domestic policy here already with the issue if the digital infrastructure here in germany something that she now finally really wants to take forward with the old new coalition part of the social democrat ok so the old new coalition you're talking about the same basically the same constellation is last legislative period but with some new actors and new priorities to what can we expect from the chancellor speech today in parliament her first major policy speech since taking up her fourth term well on the day after the election she came out and said she didn't really see what you need to do differently i dare say that was a learning curve here also for her there was also we heard from the president saying on the day of the swearing in of this government economy same old same old we have to take a new approach in this government so we're expecting to hear from her how she will flesh this out whether she has would be listened to more domestic concerns here and

many at the same time is a crisis months of that's what her international reputation is built on and she will certainly be also nothing out more what that response will be from many that is now finally in the making. calls vision for more united europe and how to stabilize the euro as a currency briefly. there's been speculation that this government might not last a full four years what do you make of we've had months of speculations well first fish so nobody expects i'm going to want to reach further than this fourth in office there are questions whether she would actually last this entire whether she's already mapping out her way out of being. become the first one tack to define the moment when she steps down and already this infighting in her coalition so we're in for some rather interesting times interesting times our chief political editor mikhail across the thank you so much. every day all over the

world people suffer discrimination because of the color of their skin to draw attention to the problem the un has declared today international day for the elimination of racial discrimination and that's also the goal of the activists in our next report they grew up in the suburbs of paris feeling the effects of what they say is institutionalized racism now they're working to make france a more tolerant society. has decided to fight back against what he calls france a structural racism he arrived with his parents at the age of two but he's always felt like a stranger in this country. there is an implicit insidious racism in france black people hardly ever feature in advertisements or movies we are erased from the public sphere which is like killing us in the public mind we don't exist and that makes it easier to exclude us from society we don't get access to good jobs and

it's hard to find a flat. in two thousand and five he founded the brigade. they're fighting for black people place in society and frequently organize events against racism just like this demonstration in paris last saturday. most people aren't even aware of this underlying racism that's why we're here today to remind them that we exist. but finding his voice it wasn't easy for who is taking us to where he grew up this is one of paris most dangerous suburbs he used to be a member of a notorious youth gang here. journalists rarely get access to this area. paradoxically this place made me feel safe despite all the data the violence. i was suddenly among equals for the first time i didn't feel like part of a minority anymore i felt proud and no longer shame to be black. eventually

moved away from here and found a job as a social worker he's now helping young people in the suburbs but not all of his childhood friends have managed to break out of the vicious cycle but i'm doing what i can to find work but it's very difficult. when you come from a suburb like this employers tend to think you are good for nothing. just because of your address the. phone call and his brigade are trying to empower people in the suburbs they tell them how to react idea checks by the police black and arab people feel they are constantly being stopped because of their skin color french appeals court even couldn't damn the police practice as long ago as twenty sixteen because the other day in the metro station the police was being someone they saw me and instantly let him go when they asked for my id i

said no i haven't done anything and i have a metro ticket the police officer grabbed me and said put your hands against the wall or off throw you on the floor. you should always look out for c.c.t.v. cameras they protect you especially if you're facing a malicious police officer who claims you try to attack them you can be sent to prison for twenty years. the police say such aba trace stops are necessary in the fight against the drug trade but the checks are also having another effect we don't leave our suburbs because we know our i.d.'s will be checked in paris it's better to stay here at least we know the police officers. number less phone call has hope that one day things might change. the french constitution says we are all equal that's obviously a myth but if we flag up these inconsistences the french will realize what's happening they will hold the state accountable.

that winning the fight might take a while but he's not. and before you go just reminder the top stories we're following for you political consultants in cambridge analytics has suspended its c.e.o. after he was filmed boasting about tricks the company uses to swing elections that's what facebook also under fire after of course the cambridge analytical illegally harvested data from millions of facebook accounts and germany's angela merkel is due to lay out her government's plans for the next four years in an address to parliament today that's after being sworn in last week for a fourth term chance. you're watching t.v. news from berlin. next hour and you'll find all our stories online at g.w. dot com thanks want you. to. look.

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