not. the dawn of islam as of an exclusive d.w. report starting april twenty first. this is deja news coming to you live from the c.e.o. of facebook faces rigorous grilling from u.s. senate says over the company's misuse of private data. we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility and that was a big mistake but it was my mistake and i'm sorry. mark zuckerberg apologizes but will has tested enough to deflect criticism that facebook is not doing enough to

protect its users and is exploiting its market dominance is also coming up the united nations divided the security council trains to agree on a coordinated response to the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria the u.s. says damascus and russia are to blame. a spoof press conference that landed a dissident from john in jesus with the foremost public sector reelected strongman president we need an activist in but then. i don't welcome that she. we begin in algeria where case one hundred people have been kids in a plane crash the soviet design aleutian seventy six strong supporter jet went down

near who photic airports around thirty kilometers southwest of the capital. the area is an agricultural zone with no residents it was reported be headed for beach are in southwestern algeria it's also been reported that those onboard was so risky a cruise at the site there's no word yet on the confirmed number of casualties and of course we'd bring you more on that story as details come in the head of facebook one of the was most powerful companies has been on certain questions before hearing of u.s. senator mark suck a bug was scorched to the senate after revelations that millions of people had their private data misused by the political consulting firm cambridge analytic facebook is under pressure 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 a facebook user 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 analytical 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 alone to keep their data i don't know the answer to that off the top my head so 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 or to ask questions in a room. with a decision a friend spokesman of jimmy's green party to get his view on the face the scandal. constantine finance sanity hearing mark zuckerberg apologized is this and the information he provided sufficient. while it's not sufficient enough and apologies are not enough we are now at status were facebook and sucker broke himself really has to show action that they understand that privacy and transparency are the major things they have to provide an hour and they didn't do that enough in the last years if you would have a chance to talk to mark zuckerberg what would you ask him well the interesting question is why did they fight so hard against those in politics that

talked about more transparency that argued that privacy is the fundament of the digitalization facebook who lobbied hard against those things and. to come now with apologies for what happened. is not very trustworthy and so they really have to show action and real things is it possible for germany or the e.u. to exercise influence on companies like facebook. as of course i mean you can see with fox in the us how you treat a company that is not. holding up law and i think we have all the possibilities to regulate a company like facebook europe and germany especially is very important for their business and the government has. all the power in their hands.

they need to to use that. but they didn't so far but actually they are able to do anything they want to to get our constitutional rights and law. by facebook consider a that's how do you feel about your own facebook account will we keep it that we have this discussion since many years we think my office. that is not a good thing just to relieve the people the thirty million people with. fifty and facebook alone so we use it as a platform for more privacy and i don't post private stuff but it's a compromise obviously him. and i think it's from from a law making point of view very bad argument to tell the people if you want your

constitutional rights to be considered huge just have to quit using the internet we are responsible for regulating and we have to build up the circumstances that people can use this without getting harmed consent infinites thank you very much. look at some other stories making news around the world police in indonesia say eighty two people have died after drinking illicit liquor containing methanol and ninety six percent alcohol seven suspects have been arrested with another two said to be on the run deaths from such consumption are reported frequently this latest toll is among the highest in recent years. thousands of homes and businesses are without electricity in new zealand's biggest city after a storm cause extensive damage and. authorities say the vast majority of these

outages have been caused by trees falling onto power lines. i mean market which 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 state secrets act seventy and lost soldiers have been sentenced to jail for death part in those killings. the world health organization says is evidence of a chemical weapons attack in a damascus suburb over the weekend the un body says the symptoms of five hundred syrian patients point to the use of poison gas and demand immediate access to the victims efforts to launch an investigation have floundered in the un security council as accusations fly between the u.s. and russia were what actually happened in syria. these images have

shocked the world beyond survivors of an alleged chemical weapons attack in eastern time. what happened here sent tension between russia and the west soaring to new heights. as so often during the syrian war the united nations security council is where division and antagonism have played out on the one side the u.s. and its allies. on the other russia supporting syrian president bashar al assad h. side vetoed the others resolutions and each blame the of a for the deadlock the good . news the u.s. delegation is again trying to mislead the international community. it's known taking a further step toward confrontation. russia is already on the ground in duma this amateur video purportedly shows russian police investigating near the site of the attack moscow says and the regime ready to allow probe which shouldn't assign blame

the u.s. says that's a cover up. history will record that on this day russia chose protecting a monster over the lives of the syrian people while the u.s. and its allies say russia's position is a smokescreen they want an independent inquiry to begin soon while they still evidence of what happened on the way canned like this gas canister said to have been discovered two days ago. and while diplomats argue over how best to respond the alleged attack has already shifted syria's battle lines hiya displaced people from duma arrive in syria's rebel held north. resistance collapsed in eastern guta after the attack the refugees are reminded of the brutal intensity of this war which the international community has so far remained powerless to stop. and between this studio i have because he's a journalist author and

a middle east analyst welcome they have been previous chemical attacks in syria what is different this time could this be a turning point i don't believe it could be a turning point i tell you why i think we saw these pictures a year ago in the province of it lip kill children apparently by a chemical attack we saw them in duma in two thousand and thirteen nothing happened even though president obama at the time promised a reaction so there might be a reaction it could be more symbolic than for real by the west but it will not be a turning point in this war as you said the loss of there was a reaction in this town the u.s. government has also trauma strong action in response to these allegations of a chemical attack what are you expecting and what role would the european allies play in any potential action. the u.s. has promised the hard reaction there is military destroyers of the u.s. navy cruising in the mediterranean ready to attack tomahawks like last year could

be used in this attack as i hear it could be possible that this takes longer than just a day this could take two three days that's the reaction the european allies which would be part of such an alliance if it comes to this would be france and great britain which also promised to support president obama five years ago this would be the alliance of france and britain that the u.s. in the arab states it would be saudi arabia the united arab emirates to support the u.s. germany would rather not take an active role in a military strike me you see this potential accident just as a symbolic move that would change nothing on the ground because seven years after the start of the civil war syria's regime of president assad with a strong us allies russia and iran has basically won the more militarily and these strikes would hit facilities to produce chemical weapons but they would not change

the course of the war the territory is mostly in the hands of again and this cannot be changed and the w.h.o. is demanding access to do my thing is that it has evidence that at least five hundred patients a sudden from symptoms which have a closely linked to poison gas organic a gas but the bitches be seen coming up consider also very disturbing but is it possible to determine who actually carried out this alleged chemical attack if the experts are let in yes it can be possible the u.n. has looked at many incidents of the last years and they found evidence that the regime for example last year was behind fifteen attacks alone in two thousand and seventeen they also found attacks which were perpetrated by islamist militias so yes but you need to let the u.n. or the o.c.a. h.w. in all the. but you age or to look at the incidents look at the victims look at the evidence and just then it is possible to say who did as which is very critical to

get the experts into onto the scene and see exactly what happened and collect and gather evidence like you said that assad was pretty strong now with with the situation in eastern kuta things seem to be going on his favor how strong is he actually in the country since there were never free elections syria not before two thousand and eleven and of course not since the start of the war it's difficult to say how strong the support really is but military aspects has gone back to much of the territory he lost to the rebels two thousand and sixteen he won aleppo now he won back east and stronghold of the rebels but shows that he is on the winning side and that he surely has a lot of people behind him who maybe had hopes in the revolution but see that the revolution didn't bring what it was started for freedom justice and social social justice right marcus if they can to join us author and

a middle east analyst thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us thank you. who is of open but there is a little suspense of a who will win today's snap election and by john the nation strongman president. is expected to cruise to victory opposition parties a boycotting what they describe as a rigged bow and on the air has already voted in what is expected to be a landslide victory he's been in charge of the former soviet republic since two thousand and three of the succeeding his father investigative judge investigative journalists accuse the family of corruption and of funding the country's oil bath. now as a by john's opposition party see everything is being done to block a serious political challenge to the family didn't see dissenting voices are absent from the media and critical journalists risk arrest and jail time deja vu caught up

with one opposition figure here in berlin. perlin it's now home for this activist in exile the dissident journalist from as a bizarre has paid a high price for refusing to talk to the government line even milly's been forced to cut ties with his family and is no longer welcome in his home country largely due to the donor funded news channel he runs online. made on t.v. is giving fact checked information about azerbaijan about politics and people needed people need independent media. this spoof video of a donkey holding a press conference led to milly being thrown in prison in two thousand and eleven it was meant to poke fun at the sky high price the government paid for two german donkeys but the authorities were not amused and merely served sixteen months behind bars. that made on

t.v. millie's news team along with a network of reporters on the ground work to fact check the government's message and investigate dodgy practices. a few takes until they get their message right. media in azerbaijan is tightly state controlled but from here they can produce stories that don't pass through government census. nearly eighty percent of people in azerbaijan have access to the internet making social media a very important platform for activists videos like the ones being produced here in berlin will be broadcast to hundreds of thousands via facebook offering an alternative voice to that of the state sponsored mania. millie and his colleagues say they have retained the targeted even here in berlin he says they've received death threats. we don't enjoy this suffering but if we don't take this risk we personally i would children and our society will never have a chance to become free. merely knows that he alone can change the future. but he's

determined to give it his best shot. here within the government is coming up ahead i'll have the latest on the shock and the champions league as a rule mustang barcelona and the style forward. but first helena joins me and is looking to begin a new chapter of its corporate history that is seems like it's looking to drive off into a brighter future without the current. sort of cost you have to step aside for. now mr. brand manager insiders say is also the larger management restructure in the wake of that. it's the most important job in the german car industry but he has miller took over the helm of fox started back in twenty fifteen his mission dragging the company activities like a crisis and by some measures at least he succeeded last year v.w.

sold more cars than ever before is this kind who serves first 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 that the company is in very good shape. is good for them 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 sixty year cost reductions here but. 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 formula. let's go over to our financial correspondent daniel cooper standing by for us now at the frankfurt stock exchange daniel there seems to be a feeling that the w. wants to show the world show consumers that ease set about

a fresh start but all the investors buy. one hundred now all of this came absolutely as a surprise for investors they were almost shocked about this very crude top our talk message sent out by the company yesterday and frankly speaking all of this also does not really show lots of every she ation to murdering this sort of rumors into public without sharing exact details and giving him having a chance to really say something is not common at all but his investors are taking all of this now very positive already yesterday the share price of volkswagen was among the top performers at the docks we are seeing also right now here a class of about one percent beside some pending losses the worst of the diesel gate scandal should be over it's time now for a new strategy immobility higher margin cost cutting all of this will be number one priority off a new c.e.o. and investors are optimistic that have a d.s. will be able to do this let's remember though that material left

a secure job. in order to leave. out of the crisis has he managed to do so. well he was a crisis manager and investors have praised him because of that company very much in the crisis mode high finds lots of negative p.r. but at the same time recording and reporting record after record we have to remember folks bag never sold as many cars as in two thousand and seventeen but now we are learning that behind closed doors involves book this c.e.o. has been lately very much under pressure some have said that during the past months he was rather wary of office also he was criticized heavily when asked about his salary and making a comparison with the former g.d.r. regime and it seems that the board members were really hoping for a complete new start and it seems that they want a new face for this complete new start for a new volkswagen whatever at the end this is really going to mean and we'll find

out more meeting on friday daniel in frankfurt for us thank you very much indeed. now when it comes to the environment plastic saw a real problem presenting health hazards to humans and animals but getting away from them is very hot a recent report from friends of europe and zero waste your sound that more than a third of all food sold here in the european union is wrapped in plastic that many in the food industry say they need it food fresh up there all other ways. it's hard to lead the world off plastics especially in the food retail industry such packaging protects products during delivery it also helps prolong shelf life so that supposedly less food is thrown away and eaten at least that's the idea but environmental activists have just released a study stating the contrary what this study shows is that between two thousand and four and two thousand and fourteen we've seen

a forty to fifty percent increase in plastic packaging and we seen a doubling in food waste and what that really costs into quite serious down i think is the argument of the food packaging industry use very often which is that we need plastic to avoid food was in fact the report's authors argue plastic use could increase food waste as it encourages consumers to buy more than they need the european commission says around eighty eight million tons of food are wasted and will be in the new costing the block an estimated one hundred forty three billion euros. zero waste business models and retail like supermarkets where shoppers bring their own reusable food containers have been gaining momentum in recent years along with public awareness of plastics dangers that campaigners say the onus is on industry to develop more sustainable i'll turn it. all right now rita has sporting action for you and it's all about football ahead of the room our producer

one of the great champions league come back through knockout spanish giants. the italian side well for one down from the first leg but turned the tie on its head with a try. victory in rome and striker add an additional got them off to the perfect start after just six minutes a damn near done aussie penalty double robust lead before cost us mana last completed the turn around sending his team through on o.b. go. without end of tonight's quarterfinal match ups in this league or champions by munich zero sivia are looking to overcome this banish hoodoo they've crashed out of the champions league to spanish opponents four years running a with a two one advantage from the first day this time the bae is in the driving seat. the toll a great addition to the fencing your own bias training grown to keep a prying eyes to see unmistakable sign with the freshly crumpled this league it champions are preparing for a crucial match but the return leg of the champions league quarter final against

silvio looks almost easy enough to buy in some way when in spain still complacency is not an option so i guess i was rich given in that one away win the champions league is a great result but it is not over yet two one is good but they played an outstanding match and mention they still are very good and dangerous teams in football and you think can happen. they see video produced a surprise result of the last champion see grown by winning at old trafford and subsequently all sitting manchester united so sylvia is unfazed by its circumstance despite facing a deficit from the first leg. of their tennis it was 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 colleagues which end with a tough luck. they don't go to short at all and of course by being body and

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 win the champions league final with the same coach and a big chunk of the squad that won it all in twenty thirty eight. is the reek of the belt stories that we're following for you mark zuckerberg apologizing to u.s. senators over a detailed mining. face the c.e.o. will face another day of testimony in front of house members meeting today and drive a resolution sending a fact finding mission to mr goodnow list of weapons attack in a syria failed to pass in the un security council. washington since it's considering military action. that's it for me and with that humanity having you back with you in half an hour with more news about.

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