this is t w news live from berlin facebook's boss breaks the silence admitting he made mistakes mark zuckerberg says he is sorry about his company's handling of the cambridge analytical privacy scandal but is it enough to prevent an exit is from facebook. also coming up an emotional homecoming dozens of kidnapped nigerian schoolgirls returned home from boko haram captivity but the extremists warn their parents don't try educating your daughters again all will be back. and is another suicide bomber strikes in kabul german lawmakers decide whether to send three

hundred more troops to afghanistan. i'm sumi so much donna thank you for joining us we made mistakes that's what facebook boss mark zuckerberg has said in response to the data scandal involving his company and the data mining firm cambridge analytical in a statement on his facebook profiles eichelberger apologized and promised users a new feature to turn off third party apps apps which cambridge analytical allegedly used to harvest private information. it began with an endless and passion allergy quiz and ended up with the data of fifty million facebook profiles being used to sway elections now the question is why did facebook allow academic research to end up in the hands of political consultants paid to when the knife edge us

election the scientists behind the craze says he is a scapegoat. you know what their interest was no i mean that's the thing i was pretty heavily siloed as far as anything as far as funder or clients i found out about donald trump just like everybody else or to give people more options than just like facebook founder mark zuckerberg broke days of silence on the scandal admitting the company had made mistakes. i started facebook and at the end of the day i'm responsible for what happens on our platform we will learn from this experience to secure our platform further and make our community safer for everyone going forward. he promised to make it easier for users to manage their privacy settings. even so from europe to the united states lawmakers are demanding answers from the man at the helm. wouldn't it be great for him to show up like most

americans do want to have to testify as to the practices of his company he can make millions of dollars in the united states around the world but at least he ought to respect our laws added to a plummeting share price and threats of legal action from investors. has much to think about but perhaps the biggest concern is loss of trust. when weird things show my face go down like i that's exactly right just in search of the internet kind of freaks me out of it with worried about what it was doing with my information of course and this information with the girls from the previous macy's feeding it was stronger. the more that some marriages the more questions my ring to my one company's rule in data protection and democracy. and we can talk to technology analyst charlene lee from the ultimate are group there a tech research and consultancy company and she joins us from san francisco charlene good to have you on a program what do you make of this apology thing on mark zuckerberg is he only

saying this because his company got caught. i think he's quite sincere in trying to do the right thing first of all he has a long history of having made previous mistakes of on privacy and has always come clean in many ways about what they did wrong and also what they want to do right i think there is this time though that the breach was so big and it happened so many years ago that the question becomes how much more damage has been done and so the question that was a lot of cleanup the facebook passage arrow and today is just the first step that mark has taken part of that cleanup is new security and privacy measures that mark zuckerberg is promising including turning off third party apps for example do you think that's going to be enough. it's a start but i think more than anything else there's one thing that they can't control which is what do people with that data already what can they do with that the problem of the kibosh on a letter is that facebook tried to make sure with legal certifications that they

hadn't gotten rid of all of that data and they took it on good faith but when you have bad actors you have to do more than just depend on faith you have to actually go in and verify that the data is clean and these are down thousands and thousands of application developers all around the world who have been sitting on this day there for the past three years and who knows who else has that data at this point we're seeing facebook come under a lot of scrutiny from american and british governments at this point do you think facebook will be open to a stricter regulation. well i think first of all the be open to having those discussions there are calls for a mark zuckerberg and his team to show up and come to hearings all around the world and he's going to have to go through every single one of those at least to be able to respond to the questions that people have i am skeptical though about how good regulations can be in terms of making sure that these book does these things

because i think this book is going to have a higher standard for themselves and the faster moving than any government could ever dare the number one thing that pays for cassatt repair is trust and they will do that faster and better in many ways than any government entity could be able to do it trust is important for the users surely in the delete facebook campaign does seem to be gaining some traction how much damage can it do here. i think first of all that this one is the latest in a series that been around for many years out there have been previous campaigns everything from facebook became back in two thousand and seven two thousand and eight even to the current day so i do think that again i have many friends who have actually written to me and sat i've done i'm not i wasn't using it very much i don't need this off of facebook but the reality is that many people still rely on it and buy in tremendous value from it so i think you're going to see people deleting facebook on the fringes and the question becomes how will that damage the

way that people use it every single day would people be just a little more hesitant use it just a little bit less all of that cumulative effect of people using it less will impact their business model and their practices tremendously surely least of the ultimatum group in san francisco thank you so much for joining us. now at some other stories making news around the world french prosecutors have reportedly charged former president nicolas sarkozy over alyssa to campaign financing that's according to french judicial sources circles the faces allegations that he accepted millions of euros in campaign financing from the late libyan dictator moammar gadhafi in two thousand and seven peruvian president pedro public has offered his resignation it comes just before an impeachment vote in congress that was set for later today could just be his face multiple allegations of dishonesty and corruption he denies the accusations but said he was resigning in an effort to maintain unity in the

country. two american tourists have died in australia's great barrier reef region after the helicopter they were travelling in crashed into the ocean near the with sunday islands police of the bodies of a man and a woman were recovered from the helicopter and pronounced dead at the scene. well it's a homecoming no one was expecting in nigeria the islamist group boko haram has freed most of the one hundred ten schoolgirls that they snatched from the town of doc a month ago but their act of clemency came with a chilling warning to parents don't try sending your daughters to school again or we will be back our correspondent chris has this report. limits to the jubilation and dope show. to the complete surprise of local residents a convoy of pickup trucks said into the town on wednesday morning and released dozens of kidnapped schoolgirls. many of them however are still in shock.

that. we don't know why they brought us back out but they told us when muslims and we share the same faith so they didn't want us to suffer they didn't molest us or subject us to any kind of sexual harassment but they kept one of the girls on religious grounds where she's a christian and refused to renounce her religion that is then reassess. the parents of the returned girls can hardly believe their luck with some of them even fainting . and yeah why am i how i oh i was crying if you guys back but today i am laughing and feeling happy for the release of our girls and that oh i saw with my own eyes how the insurgents drove into town this morning with the girls they were waving the flag and telling people not to run away as they were coming in peace it is something that. might happen with one hundred ten schoolgirls were kidnapped and up she last month for weeks that desperate parents received no news of their fate the

government of president mohammad to bihari has come under massive pressure for its slow reaction to the kidnapping and its failure to protect local schools. and christian joins us now from lagos for more on the story and some of the more than one hundred girls are still unaccounted for do you have any news on what has happened to them. about five to six of the girls are still unaccounted for and the government hasn't given any reason why this is the case all we know is the reports on why witnesses some of the girls said the day of the abduction their way all packed onto pick ups and some sort of accident happened and allegedly five of them die it and also we had in the report before one of the girls is still with the terrorist because she's a christian and she refused to give up on her religion i didn't why did the boko haram decide to release the majority of these girls. well

that's the big question here right now the government claims that there was no condition attached to the release by the not of nigerians do not believe that the government said the very same thing last year when dozens of the chibok girls you might recall almost three hundred girls were abducted in two thousand and fourteen and dozens of them were released last year and the government also said there was no money paid later on some internal sources within the government confirmed that about two million u.s. dollars were paid and also some senior boko haram fighters and commandos were released in exchange and a lot of people think that this has probably happened right now again and then they feel the consequences of course would that not be another incentive for the terrorists to raid another community and another set of people i do a book around release these girls with a message to not send your girls to school again or we will be back how are people there reacting to that warning are they going to listen to that message.

well of course this kind of message is a catastrophe for the entire region education has been a major issue in the northern part of the country for long and when the abductions happened i went to directly to the village shortly afterwards to talk to some of the parents and that's the question i asked them will you actually send your kids to school again of their come back and most of them told me no we're scared the government cannot take care on the security of our children why would we sent them back to school so this message is very very scary and might have very severe consequences in the long run for the entire region. increased reporting for us from lagos thank you hadrian now german lawmakers are set to vote on whether to boost the country's military presence in afghanistan germany has almost a thousand troops there the second largest contingent after the united states and parliament will decide whether to send three hundred more the vote comes as the government in kabul struggles to combat a wave of attacks by the taliban and other militant groups. it was during the

persian new year celebrations that to suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a kabul university killing at least thirty three people terror attacks a part of everyday life in the city in twenty seventeen alone kabul witnessed twenty serious attacks one reason for the catastrophic security situation the withdrawal of nature troops in twenty fourteen over one hundred thousand soldiers left afghanistan within a year a scaled down mission called resolute support followed some twelve thousand nato soldiers trained and advised afghan security forces but evidently it was too early to withdraw without the opposition of nato troops the taliban to gather strength and take fact last territory now there are calls for the international community to send more soldiers back to the country. the german government also wants to see more troops in afghanistan raising its total soldiers there from almost

a thousand to thirteen hundred the number is set to be decided along with an extension of the afghanistan mandate to twenty nineteen the german armed forces have been active in afghanistan for seventeen years what started out as a six month peace mission soon became a war mission german troops are concentrated in the country's north where they fought fierce battles with the taliban so far fifty seven german members of the armed forces have died seventeen years in the hindu kush and no end in sight and even if the new mandate serves to improve the security situation problems such as corruption and the ailing economy and the opium trade continue to cripple the country and we can get some perspective on the story now with ahmed villain karim be the director of the center for international peace operations a berlin she's an expert on afghanistan itself spent many years there thank you so

much for joining us in our studios first of all yesterday there was another suicide bomber detonation in kabul itself the thirty people there died this is the fifth severe attack we've seen in couple in recent months how safe is it in the capital right now to this is unfortunate since yesterday the afghans like many others in the area celebrated no-doz the new years so. it is not safe however it's not it's not in an ongoing fighting is urban warfare and it's always do suicide attacks so wherever you go you don't know whether there might be a suicide attack every into city of kabul this more than four million inhabitants and it's really terrible of thirty die but of course many people try to live a normal life in kabul but why are we seeing a rise in these suicide attacks right now well as you know there is a conflict and this conflict between the government and the taliban are the

insurgent groups but there's also a conflict and obed's in the level it's not only about inside afghanistan it's a proxy war of of regional actors like pakistani avan of russia and others and of course like we see in other places like in syria so it's a part of an international problem so it's a very complex conflict and of course every party in this conflict wants to make sure that they have a lot of pressure when it comes to the negotiation table so of course it's a sign to show we're still here and that's what we can do or one of the members of the international community with a presence in afghanistan is of course germany deciding today whether to spend send more troops to afghanistan but there is no exit strategy how do you see this. i think there is an exit strategy but it's a very long term strategy and of course it hasn't got to do with the watches it has to do with meeting the benchmarks and the benchmarks is that that for the german

army that the afghan national defense and security forces are able themselves to take care of security in a lot of time has to be spent on the capacity building which takes a generation or more and the other aim we have in afghanistan that we have good governance or governance at least and it also takes a long time but if the afghan army can really take care of their own security together would have. nice indeed is governance by the afghan side i think that will be the benchmark for us to leave the us also has the biggest presence there in afghanistan has anti terror troops also on the battlefield is this really though a winnable war even with that long term strategy you mentioned i think nowadays you don't win wars you win peace and to win peace you need to make a compromise and it's unfortunate but the only way is to have a political process so to sit around a negotiation table and then all sides to the conflict have to say what they want

really want from the conflict and then you have to find a balance so you don't win wars in the sense that one's party wins militarily in the other loses these times are over and just very briefly if you can are there safe areas because germany is for example deporting refugees back to afghanistan well i'm not the security specialists everywhere there are areas where there are no attacks but as i said in the beginning this urban warfare attacks to can happen everywhere and that is really unfortunate situation so it's not to me to say it's a safe place all right ahmed feline karim e the director of the center for international peace operations of berlin thank you very much thank you. you're watching news still to come on the program germany's soccer team is limbering up for its world cup warm up match against spain can they beat the tournaments other favorite.

u.s. president set to slap as much as sixty billion dollars worth of tariffs and penalties on china today mr trump accuses the country of stealing technology and trade secrets costing u.s. companies billions of dollars and killing thousands of jobs markets were jittery on fears the terrorists and penalties could affect a larger variety of chinese goods from clothing to electronics the measures could also include restrictions on chinese investments in the united states as well as a cap on the number of visas for chinese researchers. the face of the federal reserve board may be new but its most recent decision felt familiar like his predecessor new chairman paul has announced a short term interest rate increase by a quarter of a percentage point signaling growing confidence in the u.s. economy pauwels message is that the fundamentals of the u.s.

economy are on a positive course the job market remains strong the economy continues to expand and inflation appears to be moving toward the form sees two percent longer run goal the quarter point rise is the fourth in the span of a year and it continues the fed's move away from a recession era trend of cheap borrowing to encourage stimulus another rate increase was widely expected by markets although some observers wondered if powell might speed up the timeline of bringing rates back up power replaces former chairwoman janet yellen following his nomination by president trump last year but as powell made clear the latest rate hike continues the work of his predecessor. it's gradual process has been underway for more than two years and it has served and should continue to serve the economy well and the board is unlikely to change course soon two more quarter percent hikes are expected this year the federal reserve in the united states raising interest rates and let's bring in meeting

chief economist at bear and baird bank he joins me from london welcome hug or is this raise in interest rates a smart move with the threat of a white sprayed widespread trade dispute looming yes it is a good move the threat of a trade dispute is there yes but the u.s. economic data fairly solid u.s. inflation is gradually adding up the u.s. economy definitely no longer needs the support of very low interest rates the fed is right to gradually normalize its policy stance now how hard would a veritable trade dispute between the u.s. and some of its biggest trade partners hit the u.s. economy the sad news actually is that such a dispute would hit the trading partners much more than the u.s. the trading partners such as germany depend a lot on the trade with the world including the u.s. the u.s. depends less on trade so a trade dispute would be both bad for both sides but it would hurt trading partners

even more so than the u.s. economy. now the united states that's steadily raise interest rates in its economy has been improving in recent years the picture looks much different in the euro zone where economic recovery has been slower to take hold not consequently the european central bank has taken a different path than the u.s. federal reserve it's kept its key interest rate at zero and that is unlikely to change however in january e.c.v. president mario draghi haft is bond buying program from sixty to thirty billion euros a month the e.c. pledged a gradual withdrawal of c so-called quantitative easing to smooth the return to normality without rattling financial markets back to august meeting he said i asked him the firm and council of economic experts is calling to tighten monetary policy more quickly and i asked him what his take was on that i don't think that the

e.c.b. should tighten it wonderfully policy more quickly inflation in the euro zone is significantly lower than in the us we are in a different situation and the trade disputes of which you already mentioned are probably more of a hit to business confidence and business investment in trade oriented europe then they might be to business confidence and investment in the u.s. i think the e.c.b. is a right to grab duty very readily step towards the exit from its policies dot there is no need for hurry on that side of the atlantic ocean meeting chief economist at bear and their bank thank you for your insight african leaders have just signed the creation of the african continental free trade area hoping to boost trade among their countries by eliminating tariffs and barriers and the agreement includes forty four african nations thereby making it the largest trade agreement by members

however the two biggest economies of the continent nigeria and south africa decided not to be part of it. africa is a potentially gigantic market of up to one point two billion people many of them desperately poor the new agreement is a major step towards improving their lot. their promise of free trade and free movement is prosperity for africa because we are proud of the production of goods and services that. med enough. by boosting intra african trade the forty four participating countries hope to reduce their dependence on raw materials exports right now africa's countries only do about sixteen percent of their total trade with each other the new agreement is expected to come into effect in one hundred eighty days time though it first has to be

ratified by each country's parliament. we need. to some. that required would you can we do for the african continent free trade area to finally become reality but to really boost trade african countries will first have to invest in their infrastructure things like roads which connect the countries with each other so their products can actually move around freely. the soccer world cup is kicking off in less than three months and it's time to decide who gets to be on the bus and it's the coaches who decide chris of the coaches of the thirty two teams taking part in the world cup will decide which players they'll be taking with them to russia and what better way than a couple of friendly matches to test their talents in one of the juiciest clashes reigning champs germany meet fellow european giants spain on friday. it's almost decision time on friday night germany take on spain in the first of two world cup

warm up matches for coach joachim loew of it's a chance to test his side's mettle against a fellow torment favorites and an opportunity for his players to show why they deserve the states on the plane to russia competition is this thesis is that. this is a new sort of you know. we have always had good players it's. like not just eleven but twenty or twenty five sponsors. so it's a great situation for a coach this is from then on the opposite to its own despite the embarrassment of riches at his disposal love knows this side will need to be at their best if germany had to repeat their world cup heroics this time around the showdown with spain and their match at home to brazil on tuesday night should provide a glimpse of their credentials. in tennis twenty three time grand slam champion

serena williams has crashed out in the first round of the miami open losing to ny only osaka it was a first meeting between the veteran and her emerging twenty year old opponent a powerful serve helped her claim a six three six two victory this is the latest big win for the japanese player just days after she won her first career title at indian wells. reminder now of our top story here on facebook boss mark zuckerberg says he is sorry about his company's handling of the cambridge analytic up privacy scandal and a statement on his facebook profile promised users a new feature to turn off the third party apps. thank you for watching. the movie.

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