from bergland u.s. president donald trump fires off a warning to russia over syria he tweeted to get ready russia missiles will be coming trump has vowed to strike syrian military targets after an alleged poison gas attack last week and. also coming up facebook boss mark zuckerberg faces day two of a grilling over his company's misuse of private data tells a committee of the house of representatives that facebook has not seen any activity by russia or china to collect data and the death toll climbs to two hundred fifty seven in a military plane crash in algeria the jet goes down just after takeoff near a military base outside of the capital algiers.

kelly welcome to the program 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 russia vows to shoot down missiles fired at syria get ready russia because they will be coming you should be partners with a gas killing animal who kills his own people and enjoys it now reports suggest that pro-government forces in syria are clearing equipment 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 hit a dead end as accusations fly over what actually happened. these images have shocked the world the young survivors of an alleged chemical

weapons attack in duma eastern ghouta on saturday. what happened here is 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 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 h. side vetoed the others resolutions and each blame the other for the deadlock. the u.s. delegation is again trying to mislead the international community needs you know taken 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 a ready to allow probe which shouldn't assign blame the u.s.

says that's a cover up. history will record the 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. and we have the view from the u.s.

and russia our washington bureau chief alexander phenomena is standing by and in moscow correspondent yuri rich shadow welcome to you both and alexander i'd like to begin with you how credible is this threat by president trump could we indeed see a u.s. strike against russia in syria. i don't think that we are going to see the u.s. strike against russian forces in syria what presence trump was talking about on twitter was a possible strike against syria forces in syria and that could indeed happen and you know if that doesn't happen that the president could lose his credibility and look for week after threatening such an attack and so we don't know yet what is going to happen but what we do know is that he has been talking to his senior military advisers according to you as secretary of defense met this the

president was provided will all possible options all options are on the table at the same time the pentagon is still and says seeing what really happens in syria so we have to wait and see what action is going to be taken by the u.s. however we have to add that so we can assume that whatever happens the russians on the ground in syria are going to be warned because the u.s. military wants to avoid and the confrontation with the russian forces could lead to force scale escalation in syria and in the meantime russia for its part i mean they are continuing to move right yuri because we've just had news in from russia that apparently the military police they're going to and head juma on thursday this is the area of this alleged chemical attack the implications of that

could be huge right. oh yes absolutely sara potential american attack and doom at an alleged chemical weapons factory could lead to a disaster alexander said it already therefore russia is taking too strong warnings russian foreign ministry spokes spokeswoman that he is one hundred percent for example that small to missiles should be aimed at the terrorists that are rather than the legitimate government of syria so the answer your question question is yes indeed the implications could be huge if the americans actually attack juma that's why the calculation or at least the hope for the russians could be exactly that they sent russian soldiers to do muscle that the americans do not bomb there. and in the meantime we've also had another tweet from u.s. president donald trump let's just bring those that bring that up so our viewers can see it it says 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

us 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. so apparently president trump was referring in this to an announcement made by loving putin a couple of weeks ago he said that russia has developed a new line of nuclear capable weapons and that is something that the pentagon is of course concerned about that that could lead to a new arms race but generally speaking president trump says that he wants russia to change its behavior in syria and in ukraine and then if that happens he would still be interested in improving the u.s. relationship with russia russia for its part they have already outlined how babe

would respond in the event of a u.s. strike and there are also major regional implications during walk us through that. well there are some buffalo to lebanon is there is a soup in the warrant in case of an attack moscow would shoot down any u.s. missiles fired at syria that means not just of the missiles that fired at russian soldiers but any american or western missiles fired at the syrian government forces as well even more russia would obviously target to the launch sites of the missiles which means u.s. military bases or aircraft carriers in the persian gulf for example three weeks ago i myself was on the largest u.s. carrier of the built on the guest as the roosevelt from beach missiles attack targets in syria and iraq so it may well be that from their missiles right now launch to attack president assad's armed forces on the ground the s s two of the roosevelt which i visited is one of the largest wash in the world with more than the five thousand marines and u.s.

navy officers on board if the russians attack such an aircraft carrier carrier then americans can face great danger unless the missile defense system prevent that yard of a shadow in moscow and alexander phenomena in washington thank you for. the time after business news with benefits elin and he has a look at the russian economy right now sara russia's ruble is falling fast against the u.s. dollar as tensions mount between the two countries washington's new sanctions against moscow along with the sharply escalating diplomatic crisis in syria have seen the ruble plunge to just over fifteen u.s. cents a level last seen a year and a half ago since news of the latest sanctions russia's currency has plunged by around twelve percent. the sanctions washington announced on friday against russia are already beginning to be felt on the streets of moscow the ruble seems to be losing value by the hour the us said the sanctions are in response to charges of

russian meddling in u.s. elections and other ongoing issues but the russian prime minister continues to say they are really designed to give us an unfair advantage. u.s. administration decision on sanctions is an attempt to fight us through unfair competition to limit our development create tensions on the economy and the currency markets. for the time being though the plummeting euro is a more acute problem that's because every day russians know that a weak ruble means trouble is just around the corner because. the sanctions will have negative consequences and the growing exchange rate of the dollar and the euro is a first indication that our economy will experience a drop in the president in the week which is and as the rhetoric heats up over the conflict in syria where russia and the u.s.

support opposite sides the ruble continues to slide. coming. in frankfurt what is around the corner as far as the russian economy. well then there is a lot of stake also for the russian economy of an economy that depends a lot on the oil price since two thousand and thirteen i guess you can say that the russian economy is in as a state of sick nation and we have to remember that already in our country has to deal with sanctions from the u.s. but also from the e.u. but the biggest problems that's what investors are also telling me for the economy are actually made inside of the country corruption is still a very big issue foreign companies hesitate to invest but also russian companies are worried about big investment as well the country is not stable and until this is not going to change also the economy won't see the bulls when you are founding a company and russia this can mean in lots of cases lots of control from our

forty's maybe even having to pay private money and now this war tension possibly new sanctions and escalating conflict all of this is going to hurt the economy even more bam and all the more interesting with oil prices up today the ruble folding at the same time what about european markets they're also falling no doubt because of the tensions in syria exactly well whenever we see the saber rattling investors get a warrior and become more reluctant after history directed to russia we have seen the curve of the decks i guess you can see it in the background going down the decks finished the trading day with a minus of zero point eight percent a similar situation also at the other european markets safehaven you mention a very much on demand today this was frank government bonds and also the gold price i shared with you this with you in the past and the investor here who has an app on his phone alerting him whenever it transcends out a tweet i'm sure he will be having

a very close look at the ads in these days we are all getting those tweets today and following a very closely daniel call for us in frankfurt thank you very much. well exit polls show azerbaijan's all thora tarion leader has been voted in again in snap elections that was already a certainty politically the country is a difficult partner nonetheless the european union is dependent on azerbaijan economically because of the vast gas and oil reserves in the caspian sea pipelines are being constructed to europe the e.u. hopes this will make it less dependent on another very difficult russia. drilling rigs as far as the eye can see azerbaijan's wells nice beneath the caspian sea in the form of oil and gas reserves foreign companies like b.p. own and total have invested billions here using technology and know how from around the world these german built cranes for example are used to construct further

drilling platforms gas from the caspian sea is now set to make its way to europe via a sri and a half thousand kilometer long pipeline the pipeline will run through turkey to greece and italy and then northward toward central europe the bulk of the forty five billion dollar project is still under construction europe is keen to reduce its dependency on russian gas and yet as a by john is widely viewed as an autocracy president multimillionaire. owns assets in the oil business and his vice president is none other than his wife of clan loves buildings and clearly wants to appear cosmopolitan and western oriented azerbaijan's capital baku is modeled on dubai many of its new buildings were built by friends a few years ago one human rights organization voted most corrupt man of the year. but not without supporters at the turn of the millennium fifty percent of

azerbaijanis lived below the poverty line now only six percent do despite alleged corruption many see him as a guarantor of stability but those who dared to question his powell suggest the country might be better off without him come in the face imprisonment protests and open criticism a wreck in this nation with its cold of personality a combination of oil based wealth and the whip swiftly eradicate any potential dumond's for greater democracy to a story the business world is also following closely so that's a story that is happening right now because the boss of facebook mark zuckerberg has been answering questions more questions rather from u.s. lawmakers about data privacy is up or berger is testifying following revelations that millions of people have their facebook data misused all day by the political consulting firm cambridge analytical he also testified yesterday zuckerberg began

by apologizing to lawmakers over the scandal and during the questioning later on zucker berg told one of the democratic lawmakers that his own personal data was among those affected have a listen. we're going to have included in the data 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 we have 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 what that means. he's not sure what it means that seems a pretty straightforward question let's bring in our next up instead he is the berlin based editor in chief of vices multimedia tech form motherboard welcome to you good afternoon i love you so day two of testimony what do you make of it first

of all what do you make of what we just heard from him those quotas show yesterday and today right. i think there's a lot to unpack there we've seen mark zuckerberg switching between damage control mode to straight up explain the whole social networks to people that might not have been using it because they are quite old to be frank so a thirty three year old tech c o explaining what his product is to lawmakers in the sixty's seventy's and eighty's is quite interesting but also we've seen lawmakers some at the height of the smart questioning and some might need some catching up when it comes to how these networks work and we've also had a lot of technical questions there's one that i have that i really want to get to now because he was asked whether his company was a technology company a media company or a financial institution this is one that has come up quite a lot actually for facebook it has been a controversial one why is this just so important especially now well mark zuckerberg said a lot of spectacular sentences but one that was not paid attention to that much but

that i found the most spectacular really going forward is that he thinks facebook needs to take responsibility for the content that is posted on the platform and that is clearly never done that before you have never done that before exactly that's quite a shift and that is exactly the distinction you made before which is quite important because it touches on the topic of regulation if facebook is not just an infrastructure provider not just say a cable company that provides the internet to your home but a media company like your t.v. station then it can be held accountable to what it actually broadcasts and that means quite other regulations than they have faced in the past they have fought those very very strongly in the past they have. fighting this in a way you're in germany actually when it comes to biggie so will be interesting to see if ace book will actually follow what dr brooks said yesterday that they are willing to accept some sort of regulation what kind of regulation look like you think that's

a tough question and i think the hearing really showed that the public is not sure about that lawmakers are not sure about that they didn't even seem to understand some of the basic concepts of the internet some of them didn't some of them did quite well but yeah that we are at a stage where. there is a lot of discomfort with the power that this company that a lot of people used and. not that much is known about what it's about it's in workings. and about how it can be held accountable where it is stage where there's a lot of discomfort with that situation and those hearings go to show that the showed the the the how much attention was paid to the hearings just show that how the regulation can look well that's a couple of things on the different topics so terrorism that's actually quite a lot of regulation there already when it comes to hate speech we're seeing an interesting experiment in germany where we're seeing that just trying to regulate facebook does not mean that it's going to get better it's actually a lot of criticism from all sides of the political spectrum on its diggy which i

find quite funded so i think that non needs to be adopted. when it comes to election to ference they are doing some some things and they will be doing more which the book referred to in the hearings but we as the public need to hold them hold them accountable to if those tools that they're providing know will actually work and one of the things that was perhaps shocking for users for people to survey the situation is that you know the case of the cambridge analytical data breach facebook knew about it they knew about it for a while they didn't inform their users do you think that mark zuckerberg won back some of that trust today and yesterday. as a that's a tough question and i think still an open question if you would ask the financial markets then yes you did. the stock markets have had a positive response for him if you'd asked the public response i don't think he did i'm seeing a lot of people questioning the tracking mechanisms of facebook and actually making

use of the tools that facebook is providing no revising their privacy settings so that's what i'm seeing across the social networks and i think people are only starting to realize now how much facebook actually knows about them but also how much control facebook does give them to a certain extent of what they share with the network but there will be a lot of more discussion going forward on this i guess that early and based editor in chief of vises multimedia tech motherboard we appreciate it thanks for having me . well now to algeria where the defense ministry has confirmed that two hundred fifty seven people have been killed in a military plane crash the aircraft went down at a military base just outside of the capital it was packed with soldiers and their families heading to a military base in the country southwest the death toll makes it one of the deadliest plane crashes ever. in the fields outside algiers what looked like

a brushfire but which turned out to be something much worse. a military transport aircraft are burning uncontrollably it crashed just after takeoff the plane's cargo dozens of soldiers and their families now many of them are dead. first responders hastily dragged their bodies out of the wreckage and lined them up in a neat rows the crush is grim toll all too apparent. the plane was a russian made illusion seventy six it's used by several countries armies to transport soldiers to remote locations the aircraft are just taken off from airport the home base for the planes it was headed for the country so towards the moroccan border but it barely made it off the ground hundreds of first responders soon rushed to the scene trying to rescue anyone they could from the wreckage the government has already ordered an investigation this isn't the jury of air forces

first crash but it's the country's worst ever making the search for answers urgent indeed. of get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world reports are coming in that saudi arabia has intercepted at least one ballistic missile after a number of blasts were heard in the capital riyadh broadcasters in the region are blaming yemeni rebels wanting to hit several targets in saudi arabia the defense ministry is thought to be among them. and the united states republican house speaker poll ryan says that he will not run in the mid-term elections in november 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 police in indonesia say that eighty two people have died after drinking bootleg 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. to football now and roma produced one of the great champions league comebacks to knock out spanish giants barcelona the italian side were four one down from the first leg but turned the match up on its head with a three mil victory in rome striker hadn't said so got them off to a perfect start after just six minutes then a danieli de rossi penalty double the romas lead before cost us the last completed completed the turnaround sending his team through on an away goal. and as you can probably imagine the celebrations went on long into the night in rome including for the club's president have a look. the owner her

her. just a little dip in the pool there and that was james followed up. into that afternoon fountain certainly leading the way when it came to getting the party started the last time the roma made it through to the semifinal stage of this competition was back in nineteen eighty-four so congrats to them. now for most people just what one go at the climbing of mount everest is probably enough and perhaps too much for many of us the majority of us in fact the local nepalese guides known as sherpas do it all the time however but even they have their limits now one of them is preparing to make a record breaking ascent. cammy rita is on firm footing as he prepares to climb the mighty mt everest. he stalks up on new gear but he's an old hand at age forty eight he aims to be the first person to reach the summit twenty two

times. i have already scaled everest twenty one times my last climb was last year in two thousand and seventeen this year i'm going to attempt to scale everest for the twenty second time to break the record. all my family and friends are very supportive and told me i should not stop climbing and should continue this by the demo by some of them that's when i can. reach a first conquered the world's highest mountain at age twenty four and he's been back almost every year since now he owns a comfortable living guiding others up the world's most famous peaks. rita is at home amongst mountainy is his father was one of the first professional guides on everest and his brother has made the ascent seventeen times. only two others have equalled his record of twenty one climbs and both have now retired

having said his prayers rita is returning to everest to try again in mid may when conditions are ideal hundreds of climbers flock here trying to reach the roof of the world but only rita can claim to have enjoyed the view so many times. you're up to date on d.w. news i'm sarah kelly in burlesque thanks for watching. cut. cut. cut cut. cut. cut cut cut. cut cut cut cut cut cut cut. cut cut

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