donald trump fires off first series of contradictory tweets first daring russia to try to shoot down american missiles over syria shortly afterwards calling for cooperation and an end to the arms race. the u.s. is threatening military action against damascus over an alleged chemical attack get a probe into the incident is yet to take place with an international fact finding mission not even due in syria till the end of the week. arm of police vehicles moved in to break up an eco camp in western france on a third straight day of protests of this is have been met with violence from activists. and facebook bosses probed over election meddling and data

leaks but it turns out those grilling the chief executive have been financially supported by him in the past few model social media giant faces a fiery battle against some of his blocs uses we want to be here. thanks for joining us it's our money this is our international. gets ready russia that's the message sent out by u.s. president donald trump in a seven am tweet he promised quote nice and new and smart missiles will be fired at syria in response to the alleged chemical attack in duma he also said relations with moscow are now even worse than jus in the cold war spokesperson dimitri

bischoff pointed out the russia won't use twitter to discuss such critical issues. we do not do twitter diplomacy we support a serious approach we continue to believe that it is important not to take steps that could damage the already fragile situation. let's retrace the two sides positions on syria over the last couple of days including the latest remarks from the u.s. defense chief. we're still assessing the intelligence ourselves and our allies are still working on this and we stand ready to provide military options for appropriate as the president determined at this point people are looking at twitter and seeing some kind of mixed messages and changing moods from donald trump within an hour he's basically threatening russia or urging them to just try and stop him and and such and then and then just shortly afterwards he's making tweets calling for good relations with russia so it's difficult to digest it's not exactly clear now this obviously did not start today let's recall the u.n.

security council what happened on tuesday where there was two resolutions put forward one from russia one from the usa both of them vetoed the to the the two countries could not agree and the u.n. security council could not come to a resolution about the o.p.c. w. allegations about chemical weapons in syria let's take a listen to what went on yesterday at the u.n. security council the tuesday meeting good some would clearly explain some do you want this alleged chemical it's not cause unnecessary for the massacres especially for almost all militants. because on today they vetoed for the sixth time a resolution condemning assad for chemical weapons attacks on his own people the movie you have already applied to guilt in such cases bush in the room. to support the text it would be like. and identifying that and doing nothing

to put out to. colleagues the real investigation the o.p.c. w. is on its way to syria trying to get to the bottom of this now russia has repeatedly emphasized that they want the chemical experts from the o.p.c. w. to actually visit the site where the alleged chemical attack took place and it's been even asked by russian officials if this talk. a bombing would essentially hinder the work of the opi c.w. and could in effect conceal any evidence that could be gathered from the site now we also have an interesting statement from the u.s. state department had there nauert who represents the u.s. state department spokesperson she has said that the usa doesn't exactly know what went on there that now we do know that some sort of a substance was used a chemical was use we're just not sure at this point today exactly what was what used furthermore we've heard from the russian defense ministry and they say that

they have sent their chemical experts to the site in dilma and that they just don't see the evidence that that attack even took place this is the russian ministry of defense hurt you but you're. after the influence russian experts the road to the site of the alleged chemical attack who took food samples. which showed there were no poison the substances the sea medical institution sure helmets footage of the storm from pollutions confirmed any victims or use of poison the substance is now at this point u.s. fleets are on their way to the middle east and the world is holding its breath wondering what will happen next and how much restraint various world powers will be able to show as tensions are clearly escalating trump may be rushing to act now but it wasn't always like this back in two thousand and thirteen he was highly critical of president barack obama's approach on syria saying bad things will happen if washington launches an attack but after becoming president trump dropped tomahawk

missiles on syria and is now seemingly gearing up for more action is one possible reason for such a change of tune. but he ran the flag effect and increased popular support of the president during war accompanied by reduced criticism of governmental policies. missile launched from cuba against any nation in the western hemisphere as an attack by the soviet union on the united states. progress is now being made towards the restoration of peace in the caribbean. the use of terrorism and its holding hostages. political to me. to continue along with other nations and with the. resolution of the crisis.

i have therefore directed to reject the iraqi army from kuwait. is president i can report to the nation aggression is defeated the war is over. american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. united states and around. have prevailed. and i ordered a target new jersey. airfield. i think. became president of the united states i think this was actually a big moment. in the wake of president trump's fiery rhetoric u.s.

media been speculating about the country's possible actions over syria highlighting that none of them seem ideal party correspondent because don often looks into the options. it used to be all options are on the table for syria well now it seems that this donald trump promise of fire and fury has all but taken a diplomatic resolution off that list from the looks of a trump who doesn't have many doors left open to him anymore but one of them is actually the one he's already tried the same time last year a parallel situation an allegation of a chemical attack blamed on president assad's forces without even waiting for an investigation trump goes in with guns blazing.

back then the u.s. president gave the russians an early warning so that its troops could leave the area hawks in washington ripped from for it saying this is exactly why the airstrike turned out to be a waste of time a nother potential option for trump this time is to go full on forget the warnings forget all caution and just unleashing a unilateral military campaign where could that go wrong well where shall we start it would force russia to consider its own military options evoking memories of the one thousand nine hundred sixty two cuban missile crisis when washington and moscow almost started a nuclear war reports suggest america's closest allies might not be even in on this finally trump could backtrack on the threat and take more of a co-operative stance like the one indicated by his second to eat buy some say this

would be as good as committing reputational suicide for trump this would be you not simply reversing on a promise but also getting soft on russia as the critics would put it after all drum solo ready being called out over of numerous major inconsistency is in his syria approach. fifteen months and the trumpet ministration has no serious strategy threats tweets one off strikes are not a strategy baiting russia is not a strategy this is why congress needs to reassert control over war powers so whatever action he chooses a strike or no strike trump may have just tweeted himself into something of a corner. donald trump's trying to drum up support in europe for his push to strike syria artes and the situation has details. we do know that british prime minister theresa may has initially made it clear that she's not

a fan of any rushed action when it comes to this and that she would like to see proof of assad's involvement and this at this point seems to have shifted somewhat all the indications are that this was the responsibility of the syrian regime we will now work with closed his eyes to see how we can ensure those responsible are held to account and how we can prevent deter the humanitarian catastrophe just the use of chemical weapons in the future because the continued use of chemical weapons cannot go unchallenged well here in westminster right now debate is right about whether or not parliament needs to be involved in this discussion with many m.p.'s saying that britain has been here before and they need to be able to vote on any major decisions like this of course let's keep in mind that westminster saw something similar when back in twenty thirteen the parliament did not go ahead with supporting a similar strike in syria along these lines and among those voices we've seen opposition labor party leader jeremy corbyn who has said that parliament needs to

be consulted we have seen the same message come from of the defense committee chairman who has said that parliament certainly needs to be consulted on these matters we've got in syria is a choice between monsters on the one hand and maniacs on the other while those are voices that are obviously calling for parliament's involvement on any major steps like military action on the other side we have people like former british prime minister tony blair who seems to be much more in favor of taking action instead of consulting harlem and despite having a reputation that was marred because of the iraq invasion let's take a listen to what he's been saying if you don't respond to this the use of chemical weapons against civilians then obviously you know we're ignoring what the international community has said which is this is unacceptable and those that use such measures methods should be held to a. well that meanwhile across the channel in france we've been seeing

a man who will mark all of this of course coming following discussions between himself theresa may and donald trump he said that he believes that there should be a strong and joint response and that some kind of decision will be announced in the coming days however it's also not so simple in france with some opinions being different from his approach that everyone knows perfectly that in war time the first victim is truth what happens on the ground is almost unknown to us the chemical attack which evidently took place is abominable we must condemn it but we still have to find out who committed it it sounds a lot like an excuse for the united states of america and their allies to get back in the game and to engage in an armed conflict i think that currently france is contributing to the creation of the recreate of a certain form of the cold war with russia it's pointless because it doesn't benefit france or its economy or international relations to let the u.s. seeking to stir up a conflict with russia boss around also while france and britain are now weighing

their options in terms of exactly what they're going to be doing next but it's obviously clear that events are going to be unraveling quite quickly from here so we'll be watching what happens next. putin has said that foreign ambassadors have a crucial role to play in the current quote chaotic times he made that call into the welcoming ceremony for new envoys to moscow on wednesday to do stoop to look. into the world of invokes nothing but concerns the situation in the world is becoming more chaotic nevertheless we still hope the common sense will eventually proverbial and international relations will into a constructive course the entire world system will become more stable and predictable. at least expert alley risk thinks that president trump wants to avoid hitting russian positions in syria. so this time there is pressure for trump to go ahead with an escalated response there are a will he go ahead and do that and risk war i'm not sure i think that trump is very

intent on not doing anything which would cause the loss of lives of russian soldiers in syria that is something i'm completely sure of but would he go ahead for example and target somebody rainy and personal in syria likely israelis that just a couple of days ago that's a possible scenario of some attacks maybe in damascus some. sensitive locations and that's also something which is possible as i said to the juice of the pressures which are piling up on the trumpeter ministration not just to do something but to do something which was more than a world with what he did last year when he launched those tomahawk missiles. police have used armored vehicles to demolish structures at an eco camp in western france . activists gathered together you know wednesday to try and prevent police from

entering the site near the city of gnomes they clash with offices throwing stones and bottles has responded with tear gas against the activists clashes have now been raging for three straight days. thank . you for how our. house was her book to book of. i currently work.

a media company started by a palestinian journalist killed last week while covering protests at the israel gaza border has received a grant from the u.s. government. as details. well a palestinian journalist was killed last week during the clashes along the israel gaza border between israeli soldiers and palestinian protesters yes i was thirteen years old he was a camera man and also the co-founder of a palestinian production company in gaza known as the palestinian media he was just a few hundred meters from the border. shot in the torso and it was very clear from the pictures we've seen that he was wearing a bullet proof jacket with the word emblazoned across it we have subsequently heard from the israeli defense minister avigdor lieberman that he was a member of her must which israel guards is a terrorist organization and therefore

a legitimate target his colleagues of course deny this saying these claims are ridiculous but this is what israeli defense minister had to say. this is a veteran terrorist of the hamas military wing he was a rank equivalent to a captain in he received a regular salary says twenty eleven those remarks from the defense minister confuse the situation a little because we have heard from the israeli army that he does not intentionally target journalists at the same time it also contradicts statements that we receiving from the united states which provided him with a grant of nearly twelve thousand dollars now this is under a program that supports private sector development and was to help his production company in gaza the u.s. state department does not deny the claims my understanding is that he was according to u.s. government guidelines but i don't have anything more more casual shot last friday and died early on saturday morning he was buried later on saturday and at his

funeral the harassed political leader ismail haniya spoke saying that he was a martyr and quickly as well that there would be one hundred thousand more martyrs who would rise up to take his place all of this comes amid growing tensions on the ground we expect that this friday yet again there will be clashes between israeli soldiers and palestinian protesters. french president among your micron has defended weapons through the coalition fighting in yemen but despite the thousands of civilian casualties during the four year conflict. the more you can flee since the start of the conflict in yemen france has adopted a very specific process whereby all of military equipment are analyzed on a case by case basis and on the basis of reinforced criteria that reflect respect for international humanitarian law and the risk of harm to civilian populations france is one of the biggest arms exporters to both riyadh and the united arab

emirates who are fighting the who thesis in yemen most of northern yemen and the capital sun are and who think controlled the u.n. calls this war the world's worst humanitarian crisis. is that. they are there. to. cover a dent in the third. wave of money. that's where it is because in all honesty france is in there working with the united states and the united kingdom you know as far as as long as the money is made. you know they

will keep this war alive for as long as it takes and it's already taken three years and this is the fourth year now and there is no end to it and they know it is an unwinnable war. and they do know that you know in spite of all these countries bombing yemen left right and center they have never been able to break the will of the yemeni people and they're still going to supply of those arms because saudi arabia is ready to buy them so you know we're going to support that until the well runs dry and then we'll look at something else after that. amazon has filed a patent for so-called voice sniffing for it selects a virtual assistance but it's raising fears the service will eavesdrop on people's conversations the device can react when he is trigger words in its owners conversations with this information alexa can determine a person's likes and dislikes to then recommend them products and insists that

customer privacy is an important issue for the company it added that customers voice recordings are not used for targeted advertising but it's not the first alexa controversy with users expressing worries over its quote evil laugh something that amazon has pledged to stop. are we really that desperate for approval that we need a machine to laugh at us election people have been reporting that you've been spontaneously laughing. oh how i like the.

social justice campaign and george barda joins me on the line now good evening to you george quite a few people are worried about this alexa eavesdropping on conversations consider this something to worry about. i think there are sort of massive concerns i mean it's you can't help but laugh at what seems like a sort of virtual freudian slip in terms of this sort of evil laugh coming out but you know what that is a reminder of is that these microphones are always on. and you know well i am as an amazones official response to this is that you know it's just

a peyton and it may not be for a number of years and it may not even come to market it nonetheless points to a very very scary future that you know of the kind the oldest huxley where when he wrote brave new world would have done well to envision i think the more famous narrative in the west is nine hundred eighty four which envisioned big brother as this sort of intentional surveillance device but what we see with these always on microphones is the way our own consumer desires effectively have been used to bring about a situation where every single moment of our existence can be can be mined for all sorts of data and we're talking about corporations hackers and government potentially that can get into this this constant stream of information about moment to moment lives in the home and traditionally of course in you know most countries certainly in this one the home was a sort of sacrosanct space and governments always had to sort of make specific

applications if they wanted to invade that home in any way and of course because all this information is being transmitted to third party corporations. there's no end potentially to the ways that this kind of infinite surveillance can be used and of course as we go forward the techniques for how to kind of market to us to believe million subconsciously to get us to do and buy things that the people that make profit out of us want us to buy and they will only increase you know so i think there is there is huge worry i mean it's important to say also that anyone who has a smartphone obviously there's been plenty of story. in the last few years about how the microphones and the cameras in those things can be turned on by all sorts of people whether it's hackers corporations or governments. but so this i guess this is only an extension of a very wide issue the no really easy answer to how how we respond to i'm just thinking off the back of the facebook data harvesting the things that alexa would

hear and many people would say things in their own home that they wouldn't perhaps a out in a public place surely the potential for political organizations that surely they would really want to get their hands on the inner thoughts of people when they're safe at home. absolutely and of course that. there are all sorts of dangers in terms of any conversation the one i have that sort of totally hype a thought hypothetical that uses certain words you can imagine the security services as they always do arguing that you know to keep people safe they need to be able to sort of access these these technological capabilities and you know anyone use using a word like you know assassination you know it could be discussing a film or anything you know that that can immediately trigger the device and the access of the security services and certainly speaking as a as a political activist in social justice campaign or you know there are a couple of hundred years history at least of the authorities what wanting to do

everything they can to undermine the activities of dissidents that affectively oppose the actions of the powerful so so i think absolutely there are huge concerns that way and and you know. these concerns going so many directions to the point where you can imagine political activities being effectively sort of undermined before they happen because any number of people can listen in governments or whoever or corporation for that matter if the political activities are against them can listen in to planning of what's going on and try and come up with strategies in advance that undermine those attempts to expose what's really going on so yeah i think there are sort of infinite potentially worrying implications of the level of surveillance that was unimaginable twenty years ago and if if anyone had sort of talked about this it would have seemed terrifying and i was in say no targeted ads yet but i do wonder for how long you have to wrap it up there i'm afraid pleasure

to speak to george george bottom i guess political activist and social justice campaign thank you. now wednesday was the second and final day of facebook hearings in the u.s. congress in the wake of a massive data breach scandal on the social media platform the five hour session wrapped about half an hour ago and turned out to be much punchier than the first day which was dubbed an a to sham the hearings revolved around political research from cambridge analytical which improperly harvested data from eighty seven million facebook profiles with the social network's permission the data was sold to third parties and used in political campaigns and supported cambridge analytic it may still have the information that it gathered however many members of the two senate committees holding the first hearing are long time recipients of political donations from facebook some of them received as much as tens of thousands of dollars already this year maybe that explains why lawmakers were not particularly

keen to go hard on the social media giant. and were these people eighty seven million people users concentrated in certain states are you able to figure out where they're from do you think we need consistent probably protections for consumers across the entire internet ecosystem and have you heard of the total information awareness that i'm talking about you know i do know ok as we discussed in my office yesterday the line between legitimate political discourse and hate speech can sometimes be hard to identify i think you're genuine i got that since conversing with you you want to do the right thing you want to enact reforms. are you willing to go back and and and work on on giving me a brighter right to a race my dad a. senator you can already delete any of the data that's their order we don't do it

i am at work on expanding that. senator i think we already do what you're referring to so how many data categories to use storage space but stored on the cabinet cory's that you claim senator i'm not actually sure what that is referring to how do you sustain a business model in which users don't pay for their service. center right out it's . not saying. it's stuff ok enjoyed that news headlines coming your way in half an hour. there's strong pressure by the security cap and that's by the pentagon and by the media on down donald trump to do something about it so you could probably at some say.