but everyone has the right. to everyone has the right to say. this is the w. news live from berlin u.s. president donald trump fires off a warning to russia over syria he tweaks to get ready russia this souls will be coming trump has vowed to strike syria military targets after an alleged poison gas attack over the weekend. also coming up facebook boss mark zuckerberg faces day

two of a grilling over his company's misuse of private data he tells a committee of the house of representatives that regulation of the u.s. social media industry is inevitable. i'm sorry kelly thank you for joining us u.s. president donald trump has blasted off a warning to russia over syria he has threatened to military action after an alleged poison gas attack last weekend just a short time ago he tweeted the following russia vows to shoot down missiles fired at syria get ready russia because they will be coming you should have be partners with a gas killing an animal who kills his people and enjoys it now reports suggest the pro-government forces in syria are clearing a quick meant and troops from main airports and military bases ahead of

a possible u.s. attack rival proposals by the u.s. and russia to investigate the alleged poison gas attack have floundered. accusations fly over what happened have a look. these images have shocked the world soaring to new heights. as so often during the syrian war the united nations security council is where division and then tag unism have played out on the one side the u.s. and its allies on the other russia supporting syrian president bashar al assad it side vetoed the others resolutions and each blame the other for the deadlock. new 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 the the site of

the attack moscow says it and the regime are 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 ledge to attack is 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. so let's get more now from our washington correspondent alexander for naaman who is standing by and correspondent you're a shadow is also in moscow welcome to both of you and alexander i would like to begin with you first and foremost how credible is this threat by president could we indeed see a u.s. strike in syria. well i think that it's very likely that we are going to see military action against the syrian government in syria and anything else would be no it's credible to tweet so president trump has no choice then to hold through with he's threats however i think that we are not going to see at least that's not what the u.s. is not interested in having any escalation with their russian president and he's

advised those military leaders have been talking about what has to be done they have been talking about a much robust military strike in syria against syria much robust of the last two years. because they believe that that would be more credible and possible serve as a deterrent to any farther use of chemical weapons in syria and russia for its part it seems pretty unfazed by this threat from the u.s. president we've just had some word in fact that russia saying that its military police will in fact enter on thursday this is of course the area where the alleged chemical weapons attack happened yury to you now the implications of that could be huge right. yes of course according to the russian really minister of defense here in moscow today earlier there have been no military clash clashes in

duma for five days not shelling and no provocation and they say the situation would be taught to the stability the aim of the russian military police is there is a latch to ensure the safety of the population that is at least the official statement of the russian army so into question sorry now a potential american strike towards dumas to works and alleged chemical weapons factory there could lead to a disaster as russian soldiers die therefore russia is sticking to stronger and stronger warnings and a kremlin spokesman with this cough said moscow would hope that all sides would avoid steps that could endanger the already fragile station so let's let's then have a look now at what trump has to say about that because we have another tweet that we'd actually like to bring up right now and just read it for our viewers he wrote the following our relationship with russia is worse now than it has ever been and that includes the cold war there is no reason for this russia needs to help with their economy something that would be very easy to do and we need all nations to

work together stop the arms race. so alexandra what does trump want from russia. and this. president apparently referred to and then made by a lot in the putin a few weeks ago saying that the russian the russians has developed a new line of nuclear capable weapons that could possibly all to maneuver the defense systems that it's something that the pentagon played down but of course the u.s. is concerned about a possible new arms race and generally speaking we have to say that the u.s. government has taking a very tough stance on the russian government imposing new sanctions and saying that russia has to change its behavior in syria and in ukraine but the president

also is saying that if that happens he would try to will be interested in improving the u.s. relationship with russia ok and alexander we're going to say goodbye to you now i understand actually from your producer that you're being moved from that position but we're going to continue on with our correspondent yury and get a little bit more from moscow because you know for its part the russian military and this is just and yuri they said on wednesday that they were closely watching the situation around syria that they were aware of movements of u.s. forces there just generally speaking also in the gulf i mean do we know how russia would respond and also the various players in the area if the u.s. were to get involved with a strike there in syria how would this change the dynamic. well russian lawmakers ceasar warned the united states that moscow would consider an ass strike on the syria as a war crime that could trigger

a direct military clash between the to form a cold war and him is russia and to you as first valet to get us i'm all for they have to offer russia as general stuff a warrant should a potential american strike a fact russian soldiers or russian military technology they wouldn't hesitate and fight back but later russia's ambassador to lebanon on alexander was a soup can unveiled what appears to be a major policy shift in case of an attack moscow would shoot down any u.s. missiles fired at syria not just of the missiles fired at russian soldiers he sat and it would obviously target as a long side which actually means yes us military bases and carriers your shadow in moscow thank you. well now let's get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world in algeria the defense ministry has confirmed that two hundred and fifty seven people

have been killed in a military plane crash the jet went down at the military base just outside of the capital algiers the aircraft was packed with soldiers and their families heading to a big sin the country southwest. and the united states the republican house speaker paul ryan said that he would not run for reelection when his term expires in january ryan's decision is seen as another blow to the republican party as it tries to retain its majority in the house of representatives and elections later this year. so they can get a public memorial service has been held in south africa for the late winnie mandela the anti apartheid activist and former wife of nelson mandela passed away last week after a long illness she was eighty one. the boss of facebook mark zuckerberg has been answering more questions from u.s. lawmakers about data privacy sucker burgas testifying following revelations that

millions of people have their facebook used by the political consulting firm cambridge analytical as you did yesterday's october began by apologizing to lawmakers over the scandal and during the questioning later on zuckerberg told democrat one of the lawmakers there that his own personal data was among those affected have a listen. we're going to have included in the garden sold to the malicious third parties your personal data yes it was are you willing to change your business model in the interest of protecting individual privacy congresswoman you're made and are continuing to make changes to reduce the amount you know are you willing to change your business model in the interest of protecting individual privacy. congresswoman i'm not sure with them so it seems as if he really did know how to answer that one in fact is here in the studio to break this all down for us so what have we seen so far today it's been similar to yesterday to be honest the

same exact opening remarks from mark zuckerberg he has looked just as composed and confident perhaps more so the question something getting a little bit tougher i think as this hearing has gone along here now in the house some things did did stand out in terms of the questions that one particular would he be willing to change his business model i mean that's a big question because of course facebook's business model depends on collecting data and information about its users in order to target ads and that's the make a lot of money and he didn't really he didn't have time to answer the question but it's clear he didn't want to answer the question other other questions would there be a blanket opt in so that means that everyone would have to give their consent before their data is used for advertising or tracking or other methods he said hey we already do that we will let you know before you post something like a photo who this photo will be shared with that's not quite true i mean what they're really getting at is whether the data the history about them but their likes their interests with their can opt in for that and that doesn't really happen

with facebook right now and even tracked offline and off facebook as well and there's no opt in or opt out for that just happens also interesting to hear more concerned about whether facebook has a conservative bias many republican lawmakers bringing that up i think he so far has been performing well answering a lot of the tough questions and deflecting other ones one of the really big questions is ok now going forward is facebook going to be able to you know we're taking the freedom as they've had in the past to sort of make these decisions make these policies or could the regulators come in and dress that as well he did and i think he sees on the horizon the regulation is going to happen you know here in europe may twenty fifth there will be the g.d.p. are the general data protection regulation and that will be affecting facebook as well in fact he said. now in this hearing that he will apply those stricter privacy rules to all of facebook's users around the world so there already is regulation in

the works here in the european union that will affect his business in the u.s. so i think he's there on capitol hill today to try to basically show that he's committed to some sort of regulation but the regulation that he wants he wants to have a say in this as well let's talk a little bit more about you know what exactly he wants because he's been talking a lot about the tools that facebook uses right i mean is he diverting the attention of course of the he's there to divert attention away from the questionable things that facebook has been doing and emphasize the community as specs the the positive things that the mark zuckerberg does a great job of building up in terms of donations after hurricane harvey or the need to move and all the positives that the facebook can do he's there to emphasize that facebook is notorious as a black box we don't know exactly how their algorithms work or how they particularly give or analyze user data and use that for advertising so he's not going to delve into a lot of those details that's not what he's there to do i think he is there to be

a little bit not deceptive but maybe deflect some of the tougher questions ok and those questions are still ongoing his testimony is actually continuing now as we speak when you've been monitoring it for us and i think as much for joining us putting it all into perspective and with that now you're up to date on news i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for watching good to see you can see. stories of the world over information they provide the opinions of the want to express d.w. on facebook and twitter up to date and in touch follow us.