bangladesh the dawn of islamism and exclusive report starting april twenty first. to the today grilling of mark zuckerberg begins can the boss of things book convince u.s. lawmakers that his company is not a threat to democracy before a senate committee began by apologizing for abuses of people's personal information he promises in all that of all apps and to begin those that do not follow the rules

will that be enough also coming up double trump expresses his anger as the f.b.i. needs his more years off says it's a disgraceful situation it's a total which others say that attack our country of interest us the u.s. president says the raid was intended to undermine his presidency the f.b.i. says it was linked to the investigation into russia's alleged meddling in the u.s. presidential election and. may be headed for the exit door as the company says it is considering further evolving into a leadership structure will decide for that management speak plus the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons says it is to send inspectors to syria to gate a suspected poison gas attack that killed dozens of people last week you. will .

i bring god it's good to have you with us facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is testifying before us senators at this hour were in an eagerly awaited hearing the session is focusing on the admission by facebook that the data of up to eighty seven million users was improperly shared with a company that was seeking to put donald trump in the white house so coburg began by reading out a prepared statement in which he apologized and took personal responsibility for the huge data breach berg has apologized to the public before but this is the first time that he has gone before congress but it's clear now that we didn't do enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well and that goes for fake news foreign interference in elections and heat speech as well as developers and data privacy we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was

a big mistake and it was my mistake and i'm sorry i started facebook i run it and i'm responsible for what happens here all right that hearing now in its second hour we want to take you to capitol hill in washington where our correspondent michelle is standing by good evening to you michelle so is this the grilling that everyone expected it would be. well the grilling has just started like two hours ago and it's going to be a marathon session that is still ongoing right now and tomorrow burke faces a second day of grilling on capitol hill here and while he faced some tough questions from from the senators. appeared very dispassionate and calm and he of course apologized profusely and was a big me a quote but it didn't it didn't really faze him so much i mean he he didn't seem

that really to be as so emotional and to be to be really grilled by by the questions by the senators so far you know you say it was a big may call paul has offered anything more then a big apology so far he hasn't really gone beyond what what he released in this in a statement before before this marathon session on congress i mean the one concrete thing you said that that facebook was looking at all apps. to investigate all apps that were used before two thousand and fourteen and to check those and if they notified if they found any breaches they would notify the users affected and he promised repeatedly that they would do better but but also said that that facebook needed time to actually do all this and he promised to get back to the senators

once they found out i think but it was very little specific so far and a big mainly. short while ago one u.s. senator asked mr zuckerberg if he thinks that the u.s. should adopt the european union's data protection rules and regulations and mr zuckerberg struggled to give a straight answer do you get the sense there that u.s. lawmakers are moving more towards the european model when it comes to protecting data. not really so far i mean what was interesting about that but it's like a brick statement on the on the european question was that he was asked actually that that same question last week and he kind of waffled as he did today on that question while he said in the beginning yeah they would look into that then he later said yeah they would basically give those rights that that europeans will get soon to use internationally but but he's been hedging and waffling on these issues so it's not clear whether this these european rules will be implemented globally

and so far it doesn't also seem that that senator is here a willing really to to crack down on facebook so would you say that it's unlikely that we will actually see a more regulated facebook and more regulated social media in the united states so far i would say yes that is unlikely so far senators have made clear that they're willing to give facebook and the chance to to remedy the situation and that is that if facebook doesn't then it will be forced to regulate but so far it doesn't seem that that they're ready to do so right now in fact there's been an act before congress the honest ads act that has been in front of congress before it has so far stalled in congress because it hasn't got enough support and that was would be regulating these political ads that have been and issue now but so far there has been little support to actually passed that act our correspondent michelle can go

on capitol hill tonight forces there at those hearings where mark zuckerberg is testifying michele thank you. will staying in washington u.s. president donald trump has reacted angrily to a raid on the office of his personal lawyer describing it as disgraceful the f.b.i. searched the offices of attorney michael cohen saying it was acting on a referral by special counsel robert muller and while there is investigating russia's alleged meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election. president trump was blindsided by news of the raid on his longtime attorney's office trump condemned the action at a meeting with military chiefs called on monday to discuss syria. and today the president has taken to twitter describing the raid is a turtle witch hunt and complaining that attorney client privilege is dead trump attorney michael cohen came under scrutiny after he admitted to making

a one hundred thirty thousand dollars payment to an adult film actress just days before the twenty sixteen presidential election stormy daniels alleges she had a sexual relationship with donald trump in two thousand and six she says cohen paid her to keep silent trump has denied the allegations the raid followed a referral from special counsel robert muller he's having a separate investigation into of suspected russian meddling in the u.s. election it's not clear whether the raid is directly linked to malice proof but that didn't stop trump on monday from railing against the inquiry an attack on our country that has to tackle what we all stand for. why don't i just fire bombing well i think it's a disgrace what's going on and we'll see what happens but i think it's really a sad situation lawmakers on capitol hill a warning the president to allow the investigation to go ahead without political

interference and the latest f.b.i. raid suggests that for donald trump they could be more legal trouble ahead. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world france and saudi arabia have reportedly side business deals worth eighteen billion dollars the reformist of saudi crown prince mohammed bin sultan has ended his first trip to france by meeting president manuel michel i call him says that france agrees with saudi arabia that iranian expansion in the region should be her. north korean leader kim jong un has made his first official mention of possible talks with the u.s. that's according to state media he reportedly met with top party officials and discussed the prospect of dialogue. u.s. president trump has agreed to meet kim as soon as next month no date or venue has yet been set. the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court has asked

judges to rule whether she can open an investigation into the mass exodus of the hinge of people from me and maher and the prosecutor argues that there is evidence that they were hidden job or intentionally deported from me and more into neighboring they lead to myanmar is not a member of the i.c.c. but bangladesh is. german chancellor angela merkel has gathered her cabinet for a two day retreat to hammer out the details of her government's programme on the agenda are drafting a new budget and reforming germany's refugee policy but the chance there will also be seeking to forge some team spirit after repeated infighting in recent weeks. you're watching the w. news live from berlin still to come the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons says it is sending inspectors to syria to investigate a suspected poison gas attack last week yet but can a showdown between the united states and russia be avoided. the poison

daughter of a former russian spy has left the hospital in britain your script paul has been taken to a secure and secret location we'll have a look at her remarkable recovery. all right let's get some business news now here is here volkswagen is in the spotlight and believe it or not it's not because of dirty diesel how's that for a change so very fresh one of least for us however wants to begin a new chapter in its corporate history after the diesel gate scandal and it plans on doing it without c.e.o. . according to reports habits d.s. will take over the top job at germany's biggest carmaker he's been in the company for years and is currently in charge of the ford brand this could just be the beginning of a more comprehensive restructuring of the company's management it's the most important job in the german car industry but he is minot took over the helm the folks back in twenty fifteen his mission dragging the company as its

a diesel gate crisis and by some measures at least he succeeded last year v.w. sold more cars than ever before is this kind of slips first in considering the journey so far which has felt like a roller coaster at times. given that we can say today the company is in very good shape. is this for. miller has been praised for managing to communicate effectively with both trade unions and politicians and for restructuring the company but it's up to the man who could succeed him to announce the most severe cost reductions hit. brown chief is not a favorite with the unions but he appears to be popular with the board of directors they'll meet on friday potentially to decide on a replacement for malarkey. now d.w. business editor stephen beardsley has been following the developments at ford started for us and is here joining me in the studio good to see you again stephen

now so far the diesel gate scandal hasn't actually led to any major changes and for its top executive members so do you think this is different now is this finally a reaction to the deal gate scandal most likely not keep in mind that miller was brought in to guide volkswagen through the aftermath of the diesel revelations so what makes this fascinating is that there really have been no twists or turns lately no scandals no new scandals that would suggest that this was coming so we don't know of course the internal politics of the company what's going on in the board room for example and we have heard that there are other moves on the way but if we take a look at the bigger picture here keep in mind that for more than two years now has more than two years ago we should say miller was tapped from his job as head of porsche where he was quite happy to leave volkswagen the world's largest car maker at its most difficult moment so he had to deal with a lot of difficult issues including he had to see his colleagues and former board

members be his colleagues be arrested prosecuted he had to watch as volkswagen. has helped guide volkswagen as it settled with consumers in the u.s. it's worth mentioning that in europe they have made no settlements with car owners there and that's a big issue and of course he's been with false wagon as diesel has become a synonym for dirty and not clean meanwhile he's also had to oversee continued efforts to electrifying volkswagens models and to expanding its position in china so these are major task for someone for anyone and especially with someone who might not even be happy to be in that position. now however folks did say when the scandal came out that they wanted a change in their corporate culture and we know that there's a potentially new named habit d.s. who is in the company does he represent that kind of corporate culture change so as the piece that we just saw course has a reputation as

a cost cutter and that means that the unions probably aren't going to like him that much is he a change in culture for volkswagen probably not look at his age for example he's roughly the same age as miller look at where they both come from they both have long histories in the german auto industry and of course decent arrived to volkswagen two months before the diesel scandal broke so he's really no cleaner you could say in this affair than mueller was so if they were really going for an outsider someone who wasn't touched by the diesel affair then it wouldn't be him and furthermore he's going to deal with the same issues that miller was dealing with in terms of increasing electric ation of the models and improving the access to china for example and it's going to be a very difficult task we'll see this friday if he actually becomes the new c.e.o. thank you very much stephen beardsley for the analysis from our deal with business desk. but we stay on the subject because we want to analyze the other side of the atlantic at least with our financial correspondent at the new york stock exchange

yes we know that fox has had a rough time in the u.s. how is it looking right now and what challenges could be on the way for the new boss. been recovered to quite a bit in the past couple of months after the diesel scandal here in the united states if you look at the month of march for example of folks wagner was able to increase sales here in the united states by almost eighteen percent and was that they did much better than their competitors here on the u.s. market to looking ahead to tries to achieve a market share of roughly five percent in the next couple of years here in the united states but that's not going to be easy to achieve the goal if you look at the u.s. car market and. only has a market share of roughly two percent here in the united states so they're not such a big player over here and the last time that we had

a market share of around five percent here in the u.s. was actually in the early seventy's so it's not going to be easy to achieve this goal it would certainly take a lot of time thank you very much and caught it in new york for the analysis. that's all from the business desk. with some news from the u.n. security council in new york that's right here thank you in the last year has vetoed yet again a u.n. security council resolution put forward by the united states the draft called for a probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria last weekend meanwhile the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons says it will start its own investigation and is sending inspectors to syria syrian opposition activists say a gas attack killed dozens of people near damascus they blamed the syrian government which denies any involvement the united states has warned of a possible military response to the attacks and president trump has canceled a planned trip to south america to monitor events.

well former u.s. ambassador to nato robert e. hunter joins me tonight from washington and better hundreds good to have you on the program russia has vetoed a u.s. bid at the u.n. security council to create a new export body to determine responsibility for this suspected gas attack in duma is this a further serious blow to the peace process well. russia is putting forward two resolutions of its own which will be voted on momentarily it has already vetoed the one but the united states the russians don't want to see blame. in the admission. the united states and most other countries believe that yes there was a chemical attack and let's let's move forward and figure out what happened and who

did it now is this a blow to. no question anything that does not attempt to look at exactly what's going on and to try to move things forward has to be zero zero zero as something even more in my judgment i don't think there's been a serious peace process that anybody could expect to be effective and better we're hearing that a rival russian bid for a chemical weapons inquiry was also rejected by the u.n. security council could this war of words that we're seeing between the u.s. and russia could that quickly translate into conflict on the ground in syria. i don't think we're going to see a russian american conflict on the ground but obviously their proxies are already involved the. united states is backing. the so-called opposition and also the kurds whereas the russians who are iranians are backing the outside

government but. everybody is holding their breath now to see what president trump will do in the next twenty four to forty eight hours in response to this chemical weapons attack he has cast a little bit is it a trip to latin america and in order to say as he said it's what to do what to do my own judgment is that it is time for everybody in the outside world to stop just going and looking at the tactical situation and to try to look at the broader requirements of actually moving us from the battlefield to some hope to preserve their lives and stop the killing in syria that hasn't happened yet well ambassador how does that translate the into tangible real actions and we've had missile strikes by the u.s. on syria before that happened just a year ago and now we've got u.s.

president trump again threatening some type of reaction or response with force so how do you get from that they are to what you're talking about where we can actually stop the fighting and actually talk about some type of peaceful end game. well i think the first thing is the americans and the russians need to talk directly with one another job just about what they call deep confliction in syria that it is so that russian and american aircraft don't get in trouble with one another but some of some of the basics and it needs to include something that has not been included so far which is a plan that would over time protect attention protect all the different confessional groups so far most of the peace process this is been run by the opponents of president assad who is himself a butcher but does not provide for the chance for his people that

which is a minority sect which really runs the country to give them a chance to survive but now if you are going to have a real peace process it has to say yes there has to be something for the other alliance the minority there has to be something for the sunni majority there has to be something for the kurds there has to be something for every other group like because if you're going to play favors and only favor one side or another the fighting is going to continue after all you know i thought rightly or wrongly that if they give up they're going to get slaughtered so they're going to fight this is a proxy war to great extent the saudis are seeing that and this gets complicated you know the united states through the saddam hussein regime in iraq which was a shia minority government sunni majority country and the saudis were trying to who were in the front of or getting rid of assad and tell somebody may not russians

that america can step in and say this has to stop there's no chance of peace at all you know ambassador you definitely right there you speak to how complicated it help difficult the situation is in syria that is definitely the truth to see ambassador robert hunter we appreciate you taking the time to be on the show tonight thank you . thank you. script all has left the hospital and has been taken to a secret secure location and her father who is an ex russian spy were poisoned with a nerve agent in britain just a month ago the russian embassy has said that it wants access to but it is not know what she wants to do but one point it was feared you would die in this hospital now after a steady improvements in her health doctors have deemed her well enough to leave. discharged from hospital i also want to take this opportunity to wish well this

is not the end. five weeks ago and have exposed to a nerve agent identified by the u.k. as savior here novacek they were found slumped unconscious on a park bench in the center of the sleepy english city doctors said they were able to keep the script alive until their bodies healed naturally they said condition is also improving although he's recovering more slowly. we hope that he too will be able to leave hospital colds. it appears scrip hour with the targets of the attack the former russian spy was convicted of passing information to the u.k. in two thousand and six he was later free from jail as part of a swap deal. the attack on british soil has caused a massive diplomatic scandal the u.k. blames russia but moscow denies any involvement in accuses the british of inventing

stories today foreign minister sergey lavrov said the west wasn't interested in hearing the truth russian embassy in london wants access to the script in a tweet it warns it would consider any secret resettlement without family contacts and abduction. british police a colonel essential in their investigation on the script and the scene of the highest concentration of novacek now they have a witness whose story they one's thoughts they'd never hear sports are an outlet for many people around the world including in south sudan a country where millions have been displaced by an on global going conflict sports facilities have been badly damaged into the fighting leaving locals no pitch no courts to play on or now the united nations is lending a helping hand take a look at the conditions here in mali callus else who done our bleak civil unrest has reduced the region's only sporting complex to rubble helping hands from the

united nations are clearing the area and rebuilding for the future the peacekeepers involved with the mission have engineering know how and i hope sport will foster better relationships among the people. with the walking creates in the space develop in this to see how the youth the people from the people see the people from. this new to space to interact play sports and it's actually been strong we try relationships teenagers have already hit the half ready pitch to practice and with the basketball court in progress the locals believe this complex once completed will have positive impacts. it will help us on the way down in time of stress management if you count a football you want to leave the spend much time in happy compared to the night or if you have playing you happy with that from then you not have

a problem the united nations is breaking down conflicts through building in an attempt for a lasting peace in south. and here's a story we're following for you facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg. testimony before u.s. senate committee he started my apologizing for abuse of people's personal information. was all the tens of thousands of arabs have accessed in the past. to take you through the day we're going to have more on mark zuckerberg going to wash.

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