this is news coming to you live from berlin facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg faces a grilling by the european parliament apologizes to european lawmakers for the recent data scandal social media giant but he runs out the clock to dong several tough questions on how user data has been shared and manipulated. also coming up lowering expectations u.s. president trump says a plan summit with north korea in june could be delayed this says trump meets a south korean counterpart mungy in washington. also on the program

a dubai royal disappears after an escape attempt on the high seas princess latifa has not been seen for months in a video released after her disappearance she says she was fleeing mistreatment by her folder the ruler of dubai we have a special report. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us here lawmakers have demanded better data protection and privacy measures from facebook's c.e.o. mark zuckerberg face questioning at the european parliament in brussels in the wake of a massive data scandal at the company but a byzantine committee process meant soccer board could vade some probing questions even if he made sure to apologize for the social media giants worst failures. lots

of fake demonstrating in front of the european institutions but inside the parliament not so much the hearing of the facebook c.e.o. was supposed to take place behind closed doors so that gave some the impression that the privacy of mr zuckerberg was more important than the privacy of facebook users but some e.u. parliamentarians fought back and managed to have the hearing that took place right here in this room live streamed so everyone could see how mark zuckerberg apologized for digital facebook tools causing real world problems once again we haven't done enough to prevent these tools from being used for harm as well. and that goes for fake news foreign interference in elections and developers misusing people's information. we didn't take a broad enough view of our responsibility now is a mistake and i'm sorry for it to the start of an interesting debate not really

the european parliamentarians used up most of the time to ask dozens of questions with zuckerberg sitting there quietly for nearly an hour in the end this questionable procedure worked to his advantage because he got to pick and choose those questions he answered now what we're doing is taking a much more proactive approach so rather than waiting for people in the community to flag for us that there may be issues we are going through in investigating ourselves up front all the different apps that had access to a large amount of information but with time many parliamentarians felt like they didn't get the information they wanted i am quite disappointed by his appearance here in the european parliament and i think that his company did the european parliament serious and told him to come but he didn't really it took the question serious which we had to pose and i think that he lost

a lot of credibility tonight and the ability to also reste or trust with european consumers in the end the hearing left a bitter aftertaste for the way the european parliament handled it and for the answers it got from zuckerberg. or with me here in the studio as matthew stander is a digital rights activist and tech ethicist he's currently a fellow at the center for internet and human rights here in berlin thank you for being with us matthew now there's been a lot of talk since that hearing in brussels about the format of the question session with the soccer burke do you think that soccer got off lightly. i do and i think that kind of bodies like the european parliament are designed to provide democratic oversights because a company has been millions of dollars lobbying brussels and it seems that some of this well being money has paid off and in the form out that we saw yesterday is

facebook becoming too powerful lot of people are very nervous about what's happening with their data their facebook a lot of people feel that facebook also has a monopoly do you think it needs more regulation yes i think for a company like facebook that operates as the world's largest social media platform one of the things remembers that in order for social media platform to be usable and he's the social where they've been able to do is get users. two point two billion active monthly users believes their latest just ticks and that's more users than any one country has and how tense when it comes to regulation there is very little oversights it operates and in many countries i think that what europe is doing with with the regulation rolling out this week will hopefully help but still facebook has alluded. looted questions to actually if they will comply with

regulations in the u.s. we see the same way as kind of revolving door of lobbyists from washington d.c. silicon valley and vice versa so i think that regulation is needed it's a massive company that has other companies underneath it and so the way that that that governments around the world regulate facebook will be important to the future of democracy. so regulation is certainly going to come some people want tougher data protection measures you referred to the general data protection regulation that's coming into effect in europe this this week some argue that consumers you know they benefit from targeted advertising of the kind that facebook uses by by collecting a lot of user data how can be a platform strike a balance between data protection on the one hand and serving the interests socially so i think it's important to remember that the business model of facebook

is what has been described as surveillance capitalism what they know about us is really stunning not only about what we share but it's also they purchase information about us from third party data breaker data brokers as well as create shadow profiles so i think that part of this is being able to have additional transparency about what facebook knows about us the influence that they're able to to place upon us and so when it comes to things like the g.d.p. or i think compliance will be will be essential in the way that they have to companies will be forced the way that the way that things like fines and other things are actually implemented. really we'll have to see how this how this kind of plays out but it seems earlier that that some of the lobbying. that it's been able to push back against some of the democratic oversight seems to be working in favor of facebook famously thank you so much for talking with us this morning matthew senator from the center for internet and human rights here in berlin thanks

a lot thank you. let's look at some other stories now making headlines around the world today italy's two populist parties the far right league and the n.t. establishment five star movement are struggling to quell accusations that their pick for prime minister decepticon tape patted his resume on to claim he quote perfected his legal studies at new york university but the prestigious school has no record of him studying that. an experimental a bowl of vaccination program is underway in the democratic republic of congo the world health organization says more than thirty health care workers have received the shot forty's in congo are rushing to head off a major outbreak of the deadly virus. and emergency workers are rushing to seal off a power plant in hawaii as lava from the kill away a volcano approaches the site engineers have warned that the lava could breach underground wells releasing talks gases into the atmosphere the plant generates

roughly a third of the island's electricity an american literary giant philip roth has died aged fifty age eighty five the grandson of jewish immigrants roth dove deep into the jewish american experience in novels such as american pastoral and portnoy's complaint he won every major u.s. literary award including the pulitzer prize. doubts are growing over next month's scheduled summit between the leaders of north korea and the us donald trump has warned of a possible delay but he says he still believes north korean leader kim jong il is serious about denuclearization. the white house under guard would also have been ready for the historical summit between the u.s. president and north korea's leader but now concerns are growing in washington that kim jong il and might ditch the meeting planned for june twelfth in singapore trump

was still cautiously optimistic as he welcomed south korean president. their talks focused on efforts to convince john young to denuclearize and accept a lasting peace despite aggressive signals from the north korean capital. kim reiterated his unwillingness to completely dismantle north korea's nuclear program saying he needed to guarantee his political longevity well we're moving on and we'll see what happens there are certain conditions that we want and i think we'll get those conditions and if we don't we don't have the meeting and frankly it has a chance to be a great great meeting for north korea and a great meeting for the world. if it doesn't happen maybe it will happen later maybe it will happen it is different. if the summit is canceled the memorial coin depicting trump and kim which is already been minted may be obsolete before it's even been released. over the next few days several foreign journalists who've been

allowed into north korea will report on the destruction of the nuclear testing site it. the move is meant to be a confidence building gesture but since no independent experts will be on hand it may be viewed by washington as a destruction of evidence. and there has been some movement in this story after days of diplomatic tug of war south korean journalists are now among those permitted by north korea to attend the dismantling of its nuclear test site this week the media event is meant to publicize pyongyang's plan to halt the testing of nuclear weapons an intercontinental missiles south korean press were first denied access to the event after north korea took offense at joint military exercises the south conducted with the u.s. last week. you're watching didn't the news still to come the mystery of the missing princess she said her life was anything but

a fairy tale and many fear for her safety after her attempted escape and capture and see. the u.s. congress has rolled back regulation of banks go up and write terry and that means the vast majority of banks of the united states will now face less regulation the us congress voted to roll back part of the two thousand and ten dubbed frank law which was an act it's to prevent a financial meltdown after the two thousand and eight financial crisis the latest vote by congress means affects banks with less than two hundred fifty billion dollars in assets that means that less than ten big banks will continue to face strict rules which include more stringent capital requirements the regular rollback is seen as a legislative win for u.s. president donald trump. china plans to reduce imports judi's on foreign cars from twenty five to fifteen percent as part of a wide ranging agreement to avoid additional punitive tyra's from the u.s.

in many sectors china has pledged to ease restrictions it currently imposes on foreign investment in the car and ship building industries it's another successful u.s. president donald trump but also a message of goodwill towards germany just in time for uncle americal visit to beijing on thursday. the price cut at bentley china could be imminent from june and the country reduces deemed by terrors for cars from twenty five to fifteen percent however many european and american mid-range car producers chose a different path years ago. this had a production sites in china to avoid to tariffs it's good for them that china is also reducing the duty sun car parts so even those producing inside the country will benefit. in the case of b.m.w. and dime learn the tariff cuts could boost profits for them by one billion euros china is already two worlds largest come market and its relevance is rising by

twenty twenty one and treat passenger cars sold globally will hit the roads in china. producers will probably keep possibly some of the cuts onto consumers some are already looking forward to it. i wouldn't be able to buy luxury goods such as carson watches or lower prices. german chancellor angela merkel is probably happy about the improved tariff conditions however during her state visit to china on wednesday she pressing for more that her market access for foreign companies and intellectual property rights are at the top of her agenda. though is this really a step in the right direction or kind of trade war be. on the vote his will humbug institute of international economics come to the show or how viable is this announcement and is it a coincidence that it was made

a day before anglo americans visit to china. well foremost i think it's more than just the g.'s tour of goodwill towards europe or the us i think foremost it shows the grown self confidence of china concerning its own competitiveness they do not fear foreign competition as much as they did in the past and this especially holds true i think in the automotive sector where currently only about four percent of the cars sold in china are imported the rest is mostly produced by joint ventures of domestic and foreign firms within china so it's not much of an economic risk for the chinese to reduce terrorist in this particular area the united states and china have to have reached an agreement where does that leave europe and the european culture and european companies i think fears that disagreement might come out the costs or expenses of european firms are exaggerated at least at this point because the chinese made clear on this agreement that they want to reduce the trade deficit

with the u.s. by buying more american goods in the sector of agriculture and energy and these are fields and which european exporters haven't been that active in china so far. a german chancellor merkel is on her way to china actual start talks tomorrow what will be main goal what does she want to see that economic times. and i think our primary goal will be to achieve a public commitment by the chinese officials to use the principles of free trait and also to the rules based system of the w t o especially as a signal to the us that china and europe stand united on this issue and then a sink a secondary goal will be to set the stage for future trade talks between europe and china on issues of market axes for the european frames for instance to ease ownership restrictions on foreign firms operating in china and also to address the

intellectual property rights issue which is still a very important for superman and other european frames operating in china under the law of the from the hamburg institute of international economics thank you very much you're welcome despite all conservationist efforts the trade and protective animal species is still flourishing be it a rare parakeet rhino horn or ivory on the internet you can find anything. around one hundred fifty years ago africa was home to millions of rhinos and elephants since then their populations have been devastated and now due to a recent surge in poaching they're facing extinction in the wild national parks have to employ security guards to protect the animals from hunters but they're often too late as in the case of these elephants killed for their ivory tusks. ivory is in demand worldwide to make religious figure ins artworks and jewelry and

it's often available on the internet. staff of the international fund for animal welfare spent weeks surfing through more than one hundred internet portals targeting users in germany france britain and russia. they found thousands of ads offering live wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like it's not in birds and reptiles for primates the buyers may often be unaware that they're contributing to the extinction of an endangered species but the online trade is driving poaching to new heights and if the hunting isn't halted a few years from now there may be no more rhinoceroses or elephants at all left in the wild in africa.

space x. the private aerospace company headed by moscow launched another rocket carrying telecommunications and climate satellites launch as part of its plan to create the world's largest commercial satellite network. right to the satellites launched off from nasa it will be used for measuring indicators of changes in the earth's climate an hour such as sea level and places. and that's all from me back to terry an extraordinary story of a failed escape it's really quite something missing the princess a french spy a yacht seized in international waters it has all the hallmarks of a bestselling geo political thriller but this is no novel princess latif of dubai disappeared after she tried to escape or if her family and her father the ruler of the everett she had made it to the waters off india before she was apprehended he

would rights organizations are urging dubai authorities to reveal her whereabouts hala you're still the reports. and if you are watching this video it's not such a. thirty two year old. want to flee from her father the ruler of dubai and prime minister of the united arab emirates shaikh mohammad bin rashid al maktoum. to get his own interview to. let us friends released this video after she was abducted attempting to escape they want to raise awareness of her disappearance these messages where the last that they ever heard from her the last people to see what she found where those who helped plan her escape from a french spy her bear and a friend from finland your hand then. the story. and

one with. some voice or i don't have to. fled to dubai in february twenty eighth to get away kino they drove to amman's capital muscat and then sailed on a small boat into international waters there are a brave us waiting for them on his yacht one son board they sailed for go on in india. after six days at sea they noticed they were being followed their person whereas then board their wessel. we heard some noise. that sounded like gunshots. because very very scared and we looked ourselves. to the bus. and soon after their whole campaign started dealing with this we were basically mix with. men dressed in black. who

use our don't. like. they were going to. later on and. lying around from day she was repeating that she wanted to see wanted to go asylum. but they were not listening to her and she said shoot me you're just don't they don't take me back to eight. that was the last time. they claim their wessell was supported by iraqi forces assisted by the indian coast guard but the authorities are not admitting anything. think we have real concerns about the issue of force disappearance so to force disappearances when a government detain somebody and then they refused to confirm that that person is in detention. seen here skydiving has disappeared without

a trace and ready media are keeping silent about her disappearance and anyone who asks questions has risks or reprisals. we've got bomb threats i have surveillance outside my house. i have people you know coming into the garden buying on the wind anyone who dared to criticize you a youth or you could face arrest could be disappeared. you know the situation there in terms of respect for basic rights the respect for the right to free expression free association for use of these obsolete since. the teachers lawyers have filed a complaint with the united nations in the hopes that it will help free her. if you decrease the laws and we can get around. that this means rights in the whole of the middle east he's groundbreaking. changes about latino was aiming for she wanted to flee to torture and control of her country especially when it comes

to women's rights and basic freedoms. that report by the w.'s polity you stoled be published with me here in the studio how it all sounds rather incredible we know that the details of the story particularly latif is a duck session or true well we have the reports from the two eyewitnesses that were on the boat whom i spoke to and also let's he says lawyer who provided us with material evidence and those are last messages from lety five from the time when she was on the boat and also d.p.'s data from the boat which we verified and it corresponds to their story and then of course there is the video in which the fire herself talks about her experiences in the past where to give credibility to the most recent events she talks about how she tried to flee a few years ago and was captured and then was kept in jail for three years and was

tortured there so she also talked about her older sister shams who had already tried to escape in early two thousand and she had the same. happened to her she was also captured and is still believed to be in jail and media reports of the time also correspond to her story so this is not the first time something like this has happened exactly and also these disappearances don't always involve royal family members they are quite common among government critics in the u.a.e. human rights watch have reported on several such cases and what is most concerning is that these people are usually detained without a fair trial or any trial whatsoever and this is actually in violation to several international treaties were things stand with the teacher's case right now is there any hope that she will eventually be freed or allowed to leave the country well her

as all their sister is still believed to be in jail and there are great concerns that let shares her sister states and her friends believe that she's probably locked up somewhere in dubai heavily medicated and that is unfortunately the best case scenario but that being said her friends haven't lost hope because they would be doing what they're doing right now talking to media representatives to try to put pressure on the u.a.e. authorities to get them to release their friend so there have been also been talks with the u.n. they have filed a complaint and the u.n. has been successful before in getting you eve to release their detainees so there are certainly still some threads of hope there very quickly what is it that is what why does the united arab emirates want to was very outspoken about what happened in her country and what happened you know of regarding her daily life she was very restricted there and she wanted to talk about it also you know publicly and

obviously the safe didn't want that to happen ok fear of criticism paula thank you so much. from our social media. and just a reminder of the top story we're covering for you today facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has apologized to european lawmakers following the recent data scandals surrounding his company facing questions in brussels october said his company failed to recognize the danger from third parties misusing personal information. you are watching news from earlier we have more for you the top of the next hour thanks will. cut. the blame.

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