this is deja vu news live from berlin facebook c.e.o. gets a public growing on capitol hill over his company's mass misuse of data. 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 mark zuckerberg apologizes but will his testimony be enough to deflect criticism facebook is not protecting its users and is exploiting its market dominance also on the show. the united

nations divided the security council fails to agree on a coordinated response to the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria and the u.s. says damascus and russia are to blame. and germany's new cabinet member stand shoulder to shoulder or do that there is discord in the ranks of ministers gather to reset their priorities. are brought in thomas a warm welcome to the show the head of facebook one of the world's most powerful companies has been answering questions before a hearing of u.s. senators mark zuckerberg was called to that hearing after revelations that millions of facebook users had their private data used by the political consulting firm cambridge analytical facebook is now under fire for its lack of privacy protections

. it was the social network versus the u.s. congress facebook's mark zuckerberg one of the world's youngest c.e.o.'s testifying before one of america's oldest senates almost half of the u.s. senate took part in a hearing that lasted more than five hours zuckerberg who was not sworn in under oath began his first ever congressional appearance with an apology 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 but that wasn't enough for some senators who want to see facebook take stronger steps to protect user data and privacy possibly under new government regulations your user agreement shock's as of facebook you sure are you are you willing to give me more control over my data as someone who uses facebook i believe that you should have complete control over your data if we're not communicating this clearly then that's

a big thing that we should work on because i think the principles that you're articulating are the ones that we believe in and try to codified in the product that we build critics say zuckerberg and his team are not taking transparency privacy and security seriously enough whether it's a legit russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election united nations criticism of inciting violence against me in mars where hinge or muslim minority or the cambridge analytic a scandal which revealed that eighty seven million facebook users had their data in appropriately obtained by a political consultancy tied to the trump presidential campaign at several points in the hearing zuckerberg appeared unaware of some of the inner workings of the platform he built and launched in two thousand and four as a nineteen year old harvard student how long do you keep the users debt if they if they choose to delete their account along to keep their data i don't know the answer to that off the top of my head. if share price is any measure zuckerberg

performed well before the u.s. senate facebook stock had its best day in two years zuckerberg is in for another round of questioning this time by the house of representatives ask questions in a room ok but how well did he perform politically to talk about that i'm joined by alexander fanta he covers data protection a big tech for the german web site net's politics work thanks for coming in. you know after after looking at this testimony what would you say what's in store for facebook and its users i think is the first sign that we're seeing that facebook is going to face a lot more public scrutiny of people waking up to the fact that their data is being used and also used in ways they would not consenting to so ok the consensus is right now that does not have much to fear from the american congress would you say that's correct i think that might be true we were remains to be seen but we're going to see if we're going to see a lot more action in europe because europe already now has an active very new very

strong new data protection law and the battle will be from a on when just all comes into force and how to how to actually enforce it ok i'd like to pick up on that it is a completely different picture beginning next month here in europe what is facebook looking at in terms of e.u. regulations beginning next month well for one thing the new law and many of the new measures that come into force say they can't be using data in the way they did it before so i think we're going to look at more scrutiny possibly more fines for facebook they just can't go on like that it will ok so next month it has been ireland up to now that that's been the adjudicator for facebook because that's where the company's base but starting next month national parliaments can issue fines or can engage in the regulatory process is that right i mean it's national data protection authorities who are in charge. but what remains to be seen is. how

do will use new day new powers the european level of data protection agencies will use the new pas we have in the process finding out how does new law is actually being put into force ok now the penalties could be up to four percent of earnings in europe is that correct it can be up to four percent of. global he said it means for facebook it could be based on last year's revenue of two hundred sixty million euros ok look forward to talking about how this on folds next month let's look about at some of the testimony last night one very telling moment during that. would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night. no. i think that maybe with this is all about. your right to privacy the limits of your right to privacy and how much you give away in modern

america in the name of connecting people around the world. ok this is a very important issue isn't it privacy is it the couper of the discussion about facebook but also at the core is facebook's essential monopoly position and the two are intertwined aren't they. denied this last night but what we. did to this the matter is facebook and google together have almost monopolized the global market in digital advertising they control as of last year four fifths of that so i think we need to look more closely how do you using that power ok now you have written a wishlist about this power about the questions you'd like to see mark zuckerberg face were he to appear before german legislators can you give us an inside and some of your top questions the main question is and i think he's going to answer but the main question for me is is their business model even compatible with full privacy

for the uses and that means not just privacy in what i share my facebook feed from privacy that i have from facebook using my data for advertisers and their purposes ok it's all about the business model isn't it at this point that's where the discussion is going alexander thanks so much for coming in and always on the phone to covering data protection and big tech for the german website that's baltic dot org thank you thank you united nations security council other news has failed to agree on a plan to probe an alleged chemical weapons attack in syria the council voted on a set of rival resolutions designed to allow chemical weapons inspectors to invest the guy at the site of that attack in duma and syria russia and the u.s. opposed each other's motions the resolutions were either vetoed or did not receive enough support at least sixty people were said to be killed in that attack on saturday. and with me now in the studios journalist and syria analyst taleb yacoob

. welcome thanks for being with us for its part russia has said that there is no evidence linking the government to this alleged chemical attack and it wants to see and an investigation on the ground does it have a point where russia has actually denied everything it had done in syria whether if there was the doctor would go to talk of bombings of cities like aleppo and the suburbs of damascus or the previous chemical attacks that we have witnessed in the us this is not the first who thought remember it was the scene in two thousand and thirteen of a massive guessing that killed hundreds of sin this is video is. just the stages of the project against us and that is when and this chemical attack is a year old know it one year that almost to the exact day she whom chemical weapons that massacre ok when they attacked one year ago the the responsibility there is still open that investigation though it has not been wrapped up in conclusively demonstrated either way but the two thousand and thirteen for example do not in

nations and the west at the accused of doing so i mean be considered the most if you could it isn't of the most just no you can't prosecute that you if you guess made the chlorine being hit on the move i mean it's not really rocket science to determine that there's actually admitted there was a guess. and usually they denied that there was a chemical of that that know the say yes that is chemical or that but you know we don't think this is a chemical weapon we don't we don't look at it in that in the initial stages of the of the denial you know they have they have changed it deny it anyway russia has not admitted anything in this conflict ok listen let's look at the failure of the security council to come up with an agreement yesterday does that mean that we will see in your opinion military action by the u.s. . i mean god is with that there is one or not that depends on the scale you have seen one one one a year ago there was the stuff that is the against us that there was

a very minute attack that did not hit the elite forces base and if there is another attack now would it be also just window dressing just food from the good who would do it for the mystic but if you got reasons in the united states. did it and i doubt that would be that he did ok do you see the risk though should the u.s. military respond that that would then provoke some type of russian retaliation that would dangerously escalate the stop like we have seen a couple of months ago scores of russian moves in that he's killed by the united states could buy american military against it is that i submit that mr these this is not provoking russian the response because i think putin does not want to start would want three in syria goes on at this stage it looks as if he supports us and the likes of politically but i don't think he's going to start the world war three for us and ok we have that window over the next three days where we're waiting to see what's going to happen regarding the united states ali thanks very much kelly. journalist and syria analyst with us this morning thank you. now for some of the

other stories making the news at this hour jon's president ilham aliyev is expected to cruise to an easy victory as that country votes in a presidential election today opposition parties accuse authorities of preparing to rig the vote and are boycotting the polls aliya of has ruled the oil rich country since taking over from his father in two thousand and three. i mean mark court has refused to drop a case against two reuters journalists arrested in december the pair had been investigating a massacre of ten men last year they've been charged with violating the nation's secrets act seven million more soldiers have been sentenced to jail for their part in the killing. antiabortion demonstrators protested outside argentina's legislature building as hearings on a bill to legalize abortion opened in the country's congress on tuesday pro-abortion demonstrators also rallying

a proposal to potentially legalize terminations in the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy as far to heated debate in the south american country. this is the news still to come on the show we'll tell you about a shock in the champions league as roma stunned barcelona and their star forward little messy. on is here now in v.w. is looking to begin a new chapter insist for i need chaps and leaving behind the current. yes mother according to reports he will have to step aside for habit de snow mr davis is currently divvied up a new brand manager and so to say is part of a larger management restructuring in the wake of the diesel a scandal. it's the most important job in the german car industry as miller took over the helm of fox dog back in twenty fifteen his mission dragging the company at its a diesel date crisis and by some measures at least he succeeded last year the w. sold more cars than ever before is this kind his lips pursed in blue coat

considering the journey so far which has felt like a roller coaster at times it's not a given that we can say today part of the company is in very good shape. 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 miller. let's get some perspective on this now with. business school in the u.k. he's a professor of strategic management dr start low why the restructure of the w seem to be doing all right considering they were in the midst of a considerable scandal. absolutely it was somewhat surprising no mind to pick

a sion is that day as you mention in the report wants to have a clean start to showed it to diesel cade's can least real and it brings him with the new second lead to have been a few incidences where mr moon looks maybe not quite quite a shining is the supervisor board was hoping of like solving this discussion around his high salary he seemed to be quite since kid into about two and they were probably not quite so comfortable about it i mean you say a clean start is it really a clean start it seems to me that that just bumped each person up or rank i mean is this really a big change or an actual restructuring. i think is very much about you know decisions you send to the outside you don't necessary have to change everyone internally be going fact those who were around for a long while time have probably got the best handle on the company now mr dees came

from b.m.w. so did company can be pretty confident that he was not involved in the details ken and as we noted mr miller might you know be slightly challenge by more recent discussion to poor trolls who were somewhat involved in duties and gate scandal so in that sense the sprit sense of fresh face which the company hopes hopes to have some or all the strange statements that are coming from the group and pushing the parent company saying mr miller quote signaled fundamental willingness to accept the changes is he being ousted. this very hard to say we know that from the very beginning he always made me clear that he wants to serve only one term and we do know him did you personally didn't like the challenges that he was facing for example around his he celery and it's quite feasible that he says well

you know if possible i'm absolutely fine to leave and to have somebody else to start afresh frankly speaking as an outsider it's impossible to say and even from inside you hear these two very different interpretations one saying did was more for sort of he was asked to you know push i think is always a bit too strong to say did you really want to do a treaty for now anyway so. or i will twenty twenty anyway was the end of that terms is still a couple of years early dr custom stadler or a business school in the u.k. thank you. ukrainian president petro poroshenko has demanded a stop to the controversial nude string to pipeline from russia to germany via the baltic sea during a meeting with german chancellor i'm going to buckle he called the project a political bribe to russia to inflict an economic and energy bill case against ukraine plans until just a few years ago millions of tons of gas needed in western europe all through

ukraine then the pipeline north stream one was built and now north stream is also planned that means ukraine will not be needed as a transit country which means it will lose millions in revenue every year but the implications are not just economic it's also a politically sensitive topic crane with next door neighbor russia. the planned pipeline will be twelve hundred kilometers long and transports russian gas to europe via the baltic sea but the north stream too isn't simply an economic project it's taken on a political dimension to specifically concerning the role of ukraine in overland translators. it's better. for the dependence on russian gas persists but for ukraine revenues are at stake and there's also a strategic significance that's why we've made clear that from our standpoint the north stream to project is impossible if we don't have clarity about ukraine's role

as a transit location and it's all of i think it. the movie is further talks between the governments of germany and ukraine have already been planned the c.e.o. of the ukrainian gas company enough to gas is pinning his hopes on them in an interview with joy to bella he expressed his concern that north stream two would expand russian competitor gas problems market dominance we believe by removing transitory cradle and if we can elsewhere we can basically clears his way for full scale military operation should the pipeline project continue with that triumphs in ukraine the economic cost to the country could be up to three billion euros annually. and those talks between the charts that i knew crane coming just before she took her cabinet on a country get away bribe that's right a little bit of earth freed outside of berlin helena germany's top ministers are having out the details of all americans government's agenda for the coming months

now among the most pressing issues are drafting a new budget and reforming germany's migration policy the chancellor wants to forge some team spirit as well among her divided government. they have been politically marriage for a month but there hasn't been much of a honeymoon in germany's new coalition rarely a day has gone by without cabinet members making controversial statements about issues like the role of islam in germany security or refugees i'd much of the controversy has come from these two men interior minister holds a whole for health minister yes siobhan now merkel and her cabinet have an ideal opportunity to smooth things out there today retreat this but iraq castle maze a bag not far from berlin it has been described as the german equivalent of competence a bit in the u.s. or checkers in the u.k.

there the government also hopes to further develop its work schedule. germany is a strong partner in the world it has a strong economy people look at us with envy because we're doing well but nevertheless many citizens have fears here and we want to deal with them. a particular focus will be on finance minister or left shoulder says new draft budget which he aims to present at the end of the month the e.u. and nato are also on the agenda with two high profile guests at mays a bag nato secretary general shelton back and e.u. commission president. and the cabinet has also been discussing issues like how to reduce unemployment or force the digital development the new government has so far achieved little but the expectations are certainly high. and joining us now from where those talks will soon kick off outside berlin is the w.'s chief political

editor michelle or governor good morning michelle now there have been questions about whether this coalition can put some fundamental differences behind it especially over migration and get down to work what's it looking like. well the simply is no getting over fundamental differences when it comes to migration we sold leading up to this. from the bavarian c.s.u. party the conservative arm of under the magical c.d.u. c.s.u. union talking once again about not belonging to germany now what i've learned from inside the talks is that this really wasn't an issue at this gathering at the same time the c.s.u. does continue to make noises in that direction so the attention grabbing the fight for those headlines continues at the same time the german chancellor is keen to get everybody on message team play is that they are one government now and the big question is when they will start going off script this one hundred seventy seven page coalition deal that was struck for this government to come together in

the first place michelle what about german voters what do they want to see this coalition moving on quickly moving forward. well bread and butter issues like job security although there is a very low unemployment in germany germany is doing well and versus want it to stay that way at the same time there's a cabinet meeting today that will extend the. mission of forces also off the coast of somalia so we also see that there are larger issues at stake that are also being discussed here which you also saw in terms of the guest that we hinted to secretary general stops in back and of course the e.u. commission president was also here with europe being the first big chapter in the coalition deal. ok we'll look forward to hearing some more throughout the day from the show for us there at that cabinet meeting outside thanks very much michel.

we have some football now to the champions league and a huge upset in rome where powerhouse barcelona were ousted from the tournament in the quarter finals rome overcame a four one deficit from the first leg match in spain with a three no when at home and that meant a tight score but roma advance due to their one away goal now in the other match up liverpool took care of manchester city they won by a single goal last night but five one on aggregate and now let's turn to tonight's quarterfinals match up a bonus league champs byron munich hosa via looking to overcome their spanish hoodoo they've crashed out of the champions league two spanish opponents four years running now the two one advantage from the first leg byron are in the driver's seat . the toy a great addition to the fencing around by and training ground to keep up prying

eyes to see and mistake a big sign with a freshly crumbling this league it champions are preparing for a crucial match but the return leg of the champions league quarter final against city a looks almost easy enough to buy in some way when in spain it's two complacency is not an option so i guess i was rich given it to one away when in the champions league it's a great result but it is not over yet two one is good but they played an outstanding match in manchester they still a very good and dangerous team and in football and it's in can happen. say at c.c.v. have produced a surprise result of the last train can see grown by winning at old trafford and subsequently ousting manchester united so sylvia is unfazed by its circumstance despite facing a deficit from the first leg. of the tennis it has always depends on your own confidence the playing level of your rival of course plays

a role too so we suddenly have to fight a lot and work colleague which end with a bit of luck. they don't point to short at all munich so young serena doesn't have zero role of manchester's old trafford it's a rather contemporary strong note seeing its seventh consecutive champions league quarter final against voting in foster homes now is that you're on the crucial face of course to find it helpful is a semi final you have to go the extra mile as a team and individually as a player so even if this is what you live for this is why you became a football player and i love these kind of games and of course by being bargains i love winning even more than just playing these kind of games nobody is saying it out loud just yet but there is no dog their plan is to reach then when the. with the same coach and a big chunk of the school in twenty thirty. let's get you

a reminder now of the top stories we're following for you this hour mark zuckerberg apologizes to u.s. senators over a. facebook c.e.o. will face another day of grilling in front of house members that's coming up later today. and rival resolutions on sending a fact finding mission to investigate the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria failed to pass in the u.n. security council washington says it is considering military action. you can always find out more about these and other stories on our web site. for now though for me brian thomason entire news team thanks so much for being with us.

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