>> china makes a historic landing on the dark side of the moon. hindu hardliners staged a protest against the entry of two women into one of india's biggest pilgrimage sites. one of the leaders of the yellow

vest movement arrested. detained for not getting the right permission to protest. thank you for joining us. history, made space landing the first lunar rover on the dark side of the moon. it is one in a series of missions that place china in prime position to join and popossibly lead the race to spa. touched down on the side of the moon humans have yet to examine. scientistser, received this photo, sent from the far side of the earth's satellite, a first in space exploration. unexpected,ss was it was precise, the landing was

stable. was ideal. locatation we were right on target. >> scientists hope to discover more about the moon's history. chang'e-4 isbe, carrying equipment to study radio astronomy. ideal place to study radio signals coming from deep spspace with little interferenc. the december launch is a technical and symbolic feat. it is the third country to send a mamanned mission to space. beijing isis vying to overtake american dominance. the country hopes to have its own fullyly operational space statation.

plans to send a probe to mars. >> it is the only one to have made a landing on the far side. > china has an edge. it is less subjeject to the changes of the g government. it can make plans over 20, 30, those plans and s see through and reach t tir objective. they could be subject to changes in policy or budget in t the u.. also worth noting, t the progres china has made sincnce it startd its space prprogram. they sent theiren first asastronaut intoto space,y have since had their own space

station and they are the only country to have landed on the far side of the moon. the budget ofalf nasa. there is a lot of progress to be made. hindu hardliners have carried on a 12 hour strike to protest the entry of two women into one of the biggest pilgrimage sites. >> these protests or expected. been a contentious issue since the supreme court -- alloweden from

women to enter. they believe this is hugely offensive they were allowed to enter. since thisn protests morning. about hundred people have been injured. one person has died. women journalists have been molested and attacked. as you mentioned, this temple, which has not allowed women in, the supreme court decision was seen as an attack on the hindu and they havee

stopped women from entering even after the court order. yesterday was the first time women could make it in under police protection. in dayunited states is 13 of its government shutdown. hundreds of thousand salaries have been suspended. on wednesday, donald trump held a meeting with democrats and it came up empty. a new meeting is set for friday. with both sides blaming the other for the shutdown, negotiations are stuck in the mud. >> we are in the shutdown because of the fact the democrats are looking to 2020. they think they will not win the election. a lot of signs point t to the ft

they are not going to win the election. they view this as an election point for them. it is bad politics. i am not thinking about the politics. i am thinking about what is right and what is wrong. we need a physical barrier. >> the only reason they are shutting down the government is simple. they want to try and leverage the shutdown into their proposals on border security. we want strong border security. we believe hours are better. but to use the shutdown as notage, which they had argument against, is wrong. ina new era gets underway washington. the new u.s. congress is getting to work with trump facing a house of representatives controlled by democrats. republicans still have the

senate. a record number of women are taking office in the most recently diverse congress in history. the democratic republic of congo is waiting to hear who won their election. be initial results could postponed after the head of the country's electoral commission votersly 17% of local tally sheets had arrived in counting centers. the government has shutdown me internet in n the drc for the pt three days to prevent the spread of fake results on social media. the opposition says it is another sign of voter fraud. down -- for three days, the internet has been shut down. they say they fear fake results would be spread on social media. our sister station was also cut off. supported the decision to

shut down the internet. >> it is for security. we had an election. this is about our sosovereignty. it should be respected. feel a shut down favors electoral fraud. -- why would they cut the internet? it is not a good omen. >> vote counting continued on wednesday. the commission explained why it was not publishing voting trends. west, people understand voting trends. here, if someone sees ththe candidate is aheadad in 10 votig stations and when they return he is not ahead, they risk misinterpreting this. that is why we are waiting

before announcing the consolidated results. >> results are due by january 15. african union observers said they hope the e results will ben accordance with the vote of the people. >> one leader of the yellow vests movement has been arrested. he was detained last night. he was arrested for not obtaining the right permission to protest. who is he? >> we know about the yellow vests movement, which has been dragging on every saturday since the 17th of november. foundingne of the members of this movement. from eastuck driver of paris. he has been -- has become famous amongst the yellow vests supporters because he has been

outspoken. by calling on television for supporters to run into the palace where president macron has his office, he has called shock measures to be taken to shake up the french government and he was arrested during protests before christmas with an illegal weapon. protesting in the plaza, saying he was there to light candles for those who had been killed during these protests. the police did not see it that way, they think it might have been a hidden protest. >> government says the police were doing their duty. who is right? >> it is a bit of both. police are saying this was not a declared protest. if you want to protest, there is

no problem, but you have to register your protest. he is arguing none of the yellow vests protests have been declared to the french police. if they did, they would not be allowed to protest. police moved in and said you are not doing illegally declared protests. they did notared want a lot of people showing up to protest. if he was only putting candles on the ground to pay tribute to those who were killed, maybe it was a bit too much to arrest him. have a hard time

understanding why the protesters are continuing, despite the fact the government has promised them 15 billion euros. >> the protests started over a petrol price hike due to come in on the 21st of january. as ahas been scrubbed result of the protests. they have frozen gas and electricity prices and increased minimum wage. they scratched social security charges. supporters say this is not enough. we want more than this. we want money to help us make ends meet, give us more spending power. boost,s say they need a better working conditions. over --a long-term, long-term, ongoing process.

as long as they do not have an orchestrated, organized protest movement, it will be difficult for them to become taken seriously by the government. they say this is not enough concessions for them. in paris, the most visited city in the world, the world's most popular museum has come out with record numbers. over 10 million people visited the louvre and 2018. thanks in part to a stunning turnaround of tourism. to louvre gave credit beyonce and jc, who shot a video in front of the mona lisa and

other incredible works. check have not been yet, it out the next time you come to paris. thank you for watching. we will be back with more headlines. ♪ welcome to the tech show. artificial intelligence i isn't specificically used for surveillance, but it can do good for mankind and solve the biggest challenges. fromll speak to a person the ai foundation. acoustice smart

guitar, using smart vibration technology. have begunhorities employing a new surveillance tool, gait recognition software. body recogninition softwaware. >> i identifying someone by the way they move. is china's latest innovation in the field of ai driven technology. over 600includes gacles, they make up one's it. it cannot be full by walking differently or bowing. system creators say it

can identify people up to 50 feet away. this gives it the edge over face scanning technology, which -- requiresss up, close up, high definition reresolution. residents are beginning to worry about their privacy. >> it is fine if the technology is applied to security and protection, but regarding commercial use, if any company captures data, they would have a high risk of that information being leaked. >> look how many cameras we already have. broader push of a to become a global leader in security in technology.

the use of biometric recognition is an unstoppable trend. people are spending money to install cameras to survey themselves. announced plans to rank its citizens according to a social credit system, which would see people lose points for bad behavior, such as jaywalking, and be rewarded or punished depending on their total scores. has privacy advocates up in arms. it will provide an opportunity for gait recognition technology to shine. >> one can understand why this is raising privacy concerns. artificial intelligence is used to make this world a better place. two years ago, bun created a platform for dialogue around how

machine learning can help. i am joined by a professor of artificial intelelligence at carnegie melellon university. you are the founding member of the ai for good foundations steering committee. tell us why this was c created. >> thank you for being here. we decidedmeetings, we needed to do more than enhancing the models. we needed to do more. imports on trying moreke it as a science, transparent, using feedback that making aononcrete,

research area a that can have te full impact that can provivide better lives to our human beings. >> how can ai h help advavance e agendada. all 17 different topics and we work together thoseng the gap between to be in theways solutions.

withe working together berkeley university so models can try to detect how can we prevent or help filter plastic from the oceans and make the ocean life protection easier. people you say about the who worry ababout the advancemet of aia. >> this is not the surprise. i iss a n new topic, but there no reason to be alarmed. we know the impact we can have going, but this impact is to be for good and not something that would destroy your life or something that would come and take over our jobs. >> thank you for that.

it is time to turn to our in-house experts. you are going to tell us about other great examples of ai for good and tell us how tech giants are involved. noaa has been monitoring will populations -- monitoring whale populations. they have set up high-speed audio recorders. some have been active since 2005. in order to sort out those recordings, google has trained a deep neural network that identifies which recording corresponds to sound of wheels. that is how it is possible to monitor the population in an

easy time. >> let's listen to the sound of the whales. it sounds like a bear. aiis an example of conservation. won the microsoft imagine cup competition for this prosthetic hand called smart arm. they use machine learning in this device. there is a camera here and at the bottom, there is a computer. the camera identifies the object there is another part, you put on this sensor. approach the object, the

iscles deflect and this detected by the sensor and the signal is sent through bluetooth to the computer. to hold thatwhen object. >> you have an app for newborns? >> this app is to make a quick diagnosis of elastics in newly born's. they also use machine learning and by using the infant cry as an input, they are able to diagnose if this is a case of child asphyxia and they can diagnose it really quickly, within 10 seconds.

>> thank you. we are taking a closer look at the high fives guitar. -- the high vibes guitar. joined by my guest, the founder of high vibe and inventor of this guitar. it looks normal, but there is a lot going on. and when you strum the guitar, vibrations are sent to the electric film, the functions as a speaker. because of this smart algorithm

and smart flow, you get this pure, focused and sharp sound. guitar player. i am going to let him do the honors and end the show with a beautiful melody. >> it looks like a normal dreadnought guitar. if you look carefully, you see the high-back system on it. you have several features you never have any usual acoustic guitar like that. if you go to the fx menu, you have your normal sound. ♪ you can add a bit of reverb. ♪ you have the normal effect, but you also have a looper. you can record yourself and play it back. ♪

>> that brings us to the end of france 24. thank you for watching.

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