on three occasions and then to expect that parliamentary committee to come forward with the proposals that would be in any way favorable i think. facebook and others want to be seen as. taking the right steps and to receive sort of a favorable hearing they need to do a far better job of engaging and actually coming clean on a lot of what has happened and this is important not just for facebook it is important for all of us because we've had the tech revolution we're now seeing a massive take backlash what we need to find is an equilibrium somewhere in between where we are able to find policies and regulations and legislation that strikes the right balance and that actually promotes not only the sort of economic benefit the big tech and large business a calling for but also the social value that a lot of the activists are calling for and rather than the legislation very towards one side of the other we need to find a middle ground that actually maximizes both the economic and the social value. what are the ramifications for facebook users are if the fan does it what the gover

parliamentary committee and the labour mp.ople in business who do not seem to have any loyalty to the country, this is something that theresa may pointed out last year when she gave her speech. perhaps we should not be surprised, i think people will start to say that there is an interplay between government and business. government asks for favours, jim ratcliffe got a knighthood last year that he is also asked walks changes to fracking policy, he gets government grants occasionally. —— he has also asked for. pwc is advising him, this is tax avoidance, not evasion, is something that can be done legally and he is getting advice about at. pwc, one major accountancy firms, there are conniptions over this because if they are seen to sanction this very effective tax saving scheme that they have devised for him and his business, they would be at risk of not winning the public sector contracts. also, they would be associated with tax avoidance, which, you know, it does not go down well politically and we have got some of the politici

egyptian president of the c c gets a boost as a parliamentary committee approves a proposal to extend the presidential terms to six years. watching i was there i was the whole raman in doha coming up in the next half hour a plea for venezuela's military to let aid in the call for president maduro to step down grows louder. and giving peace another try the central african republic government and armed groups signed a deal to end years of violence. also attempting to bridge their differences the greek prime minister lands in turkey with various disputes on the agenda. welcome to the program we begin this bulletin with breaking news coming out of cairo within the last hour a committee in egypt's parliament has approved an initial proposal to extend the president's term to take effect the proposal will need to pass a vote in parliament within four months and if passed the constitutional amendment will allow the president of the c.c. to extend his term beyond twenty twenty two to the count us says a nonresident fellow at the institute for middle east policy he says the move may raise a few

parliamentary committee which is urging the government to do more to end the war in yemen it says the justification for supplying weapons to the saudi led coalition is flawed paul brennan reports from london. since the yemen war began in march twenty fifteen s strikes in military operations by the saudi led coalition forces are estimated to have directly killed more than sixty thousand civilians and that's not including the tens of thousands more who have died from starvation and disease. britain has licensed nearly seven billion dollars of arms exports to saudi arabia and the coalition nations since the war started and in twenty eighteen the un report alleged that u.k. and u.s. weapons have been used in attacks which may amount to war crimes now this house of lords committee has concluded that u.k. arms exports narrowly contravene humanitarian law and the government should act challenge the apparent violations much more vigorously put the pressure on the stock of agreement and reveal export licenses and tie them up certainly yes. would remain clear closing down to some extent the flo

parliamentary committee it says the justification for supplying weapons to the saudi u.a.e. coalition is floored turkey surprised and says the united states hasn't put its full weight behind the investigation into the murder of saudi journalist. roger tie a bow to the wire has urged washington not to set the matter aside in favor of its ties to riyadh. u.s. special counsel robert muller says donald trump's former campaign manager deserves up to twenty four years in prison for manifold was convicted in august on eight counts of bank and tax fraud he's been investigated as part of the probe and russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential elections. those are your headlines the news continues here in odds are asked to talk to al-jazeera. arts. it's been forty years since the overthrow of the shah of iran which saw his government replaced with an islamic republic on talk to al-jazeera we speak to a former foreign minister ambassador to the united nations and a leading voice on the principles of the islamic republic dr come out was also a military spokesman during the ira

the german chancellor in the bundestag parliamentary control committee are officially responsible for the control of the b. and d. . only with a more comprehensive and effective control of the intelligence agencies can civil rights and privacy be properly protected. what other options are there to prevent abuse or possible illegal activities by the spies. often only intelligence insiders are left to go public reveal institutional violations and become whistleblowers get there's disparity between these individuals on the one side and the governments and intelligence services on the other and so the whistleblowers and activists soon find out what happens when they challenge these organizations. as a would consent or maybe stop and be a given that to legitimize or have to go ohm's or me as us and good luck to get. this being bandied react to your own admission you were team whistleblower snowden fifty one i'm yaki you but i then shot and. was it's and. they are your own barrier good reason snowden some suits are. tying this up kind basically just out. get through to get told by a class a

parliamentary committee it says the justification for supplying weapons sounded like coalition is flawed. antigovernment protests have broken out again in haiti demonstrators say they won't stop until the president resigns. is refusing to step down spike more than a week of rallies least eight people have been killed my new out of apollo reports from the capital also prince. dozens of people wait anxiously for a chance to fill containers with clean water. it's a scene playing out across much of port au prince as a nationwide political crisis continues to wreak havoc on the economy and day to day life then a family but people come from all over from very fast searching for water i'm very badly affected by what's going on i can't see my children to school i can't get anything done much of the city is virtually shut down and commerce has been brought to a slow grind at a local market frederico manya says people don't have money to buy food and she's worried that violence will start up again that said that if everything is more expensive now the country is on lockdown you can't go uptown or

parliamentary committee which is urging the government to do more to end the war in yemen it says the justification for supplying weapons to the saudi led coalition is flawed paul brennan reports from london. since the yemen war began in march twenty fifteen s strikes in military operations by the saudi led coalition forces are estimated to have directly killed more than sixty thousand civilians and that's not including the tens of thousands more who have died from starvation and disease . britain has licensed nearly seven billion dollars of arms exports to saudi arabia and the coalition nations since the war started and in twenty eighteen the un report alleged that u.k. and u.s. weapons have been used in attacks which may amount to war crimes now this house of lords committee has concluded that u.k. arms exports narrowly contravene humanitarian law and the government should act challenge the apparent violations much more vigorously put the pressure on the stock of agreement and reveal export licenses and tie them up certainly yes. would remain clear closing down to some extent the fl

parliamentary committee it says the justification for supplying weapons to the saudi u.a.e. coalition is flawed turkey's president says the united states isn't putting its full weight into the investigation behind the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. urge washington not to set the matter aside in favor of ties to riyadh u.s. threshold counsel robert muller says donald trump's former campaign manager deserves up to twenty four years in prison for man a fourth was convicted in august on eight counts of bank and tax floored he's been investigated as after the probe into russian meddling in the twenty sixteenth presidential election. the two thousand mile trip across europe seems impossible. as the balkans route begins to close for refugee it has become a race against time for one syrian family. it's a perilous journey from greece to germany but there's no turning back to the ravages of war left at home. sky and ground a witness documentary on al-jazeera. there are seven and a half billion people on earth and they all need to be bad. but producing food requires huge a

the german chancellor in the bundestag parliamentary control committee are officially responsible for the control of the b. and d. . only with a more comprehensive and effective control of the intelligence agencies can civil rights and privacy be properly protected. what other options are there to prevent abuse or possible illegal activities by the spies. often only intelligence insiders are left to go public reveal institutional violations and become whistleblowers get theirs disparity between these individuals on the one side and the governments and intelligence services on the other and so the whistleblowers and activists soon find out what happens when they challenge these organizations. as a would consent and they be stopped and be a given the tool each will have to go ohm's or me as us and good luck to get. this being bandied react to your own admission you were team whistleblower snowden fifty sonam ya king you but i then shot and mutton. and. they are your own barrier give eason snowden some suits or a tie on the side kind basically just out. get through to him get told by a c

business headlines around the world british lawmakers have slammed facebook for data of yours a parliamentary committee concluded the tech giant should be investigated for intentionally violating privacy laws the lawmaker is also calling for a regulator to be set up to police content on social media sites it would be financed by any levy on tech companies japanese carmaker honda motor says it will shut its factory in the u.k. it says the decision to close its only european plant as a response to global market trends and not brecht's it promised closure of britain's fourth largest auto factory is believed to cost some three and a half thousand british workers their jobs. and hundreds of passengers have been left stranded across europe by the collapse of british airline flight b.m.i. the carrier blamed the uncertainties surrounding bracks it for its decision to seize operations and file for bankruptcy fly b.m.i. had nearly four hundred employees in britain germany sweden and belgium. it's to zimbabwe now where rescue operations continue after a dam burst and flooded two abandoned gold mines last week mor

jack dorsey had been asked to appear at a parliamentary committee on information technology today but instead he said head of public policy call in crawl now india of course is a huge market for twitter with one in six of its global uses their business dwindled to last year with twitter india posting a fourteen percent drop in revenue a k. profits down as well of course what's it all about what's it mean for twitter well that's what we're going to. pick a managing director and co-founder of a factory daily and he joins us from bangalore good to have you with us i believe that this hearing this palm entry panel has already taken place what's the outcome . yes so does help public policy met with a little earlier than really. the band really wants. which is one you want to have influence free elections the c r r specially when it comes to black widow. facebook and what's. the our number do we want more transparency on advertisements and sponsors for some pretty of and number three they want to talk and work rules of with the action star in india my facebook already done some things to pr

british lawmakers have slammed facebook for data abuse of parliamentary committee concluded the tech giant could be should be investigated for intentionally violating privacy laws the u.k.'s lawmakers are also calling for a regulator to be set up to police content on social media sites would be financed by a new levy on tech companies. hundreds of passengers have been left stranded across europe by the collapse of british alan fly via my carrier blames the uncertainty surrounding drags it for its decision to seize operations and file for bankruptcy fly b.m.i. had nearly four hundred employees in britain germany sweden and belgium. the last minute postponement of nigeria's presidential election could cost the country as much as one point five billion dollars that's according to the labels chamber of commerce nigeria went into a possible economic shutdown ahead of the votes the move also weighed on investor sentiment in africa's most populous country and its biggest economy. this year german medical supplies are also book celebrates its one hundredth birthday the company's best known f

british lawmakers have slammed facebook for data of use a parliamentary committee concluded the tech giant could be investigated for intentionally violating privacy laws the u.k.'s lawmakers are also calling for a regulator to be set up to police content on social media sites would be financed by a new levy on tech companies. hundreds of passengers have been left stranded across europe by the collapse of british allan flight b.m.i. the carrier blamed the uncertainty around briggs it for its decision to seize operations and file for bankruptcy fly b.m.i. had nearly four hundred employees in britain germany sweden and belgium. car sales in china fold for seven months in a row in january that dropped by almost sixteen percent compared with january a year ago china's association of automobile manufacturers says the decline is down to an overall slowdown in the chinese economy. now this year german medical supply also box celebrates its one hundredth birthday across asia the company is best known for its prosthetics artificial bodyparts which is first built for german soldiers returning f

and within the last hour and egyptian a parliamentary committee has approved extending the term of the president by another six years the proposal will need to pass a vote in parliament within four months to become effective timothy count us as a nonresident fellow at the institute for middle east policy joins me now on skype from kyra good to have you with us this is a huge step on the way to consolidating long term power is it not absolutely i mean it's one that we've expected quite some time but it's it's one formal step that we presence in power until twenty thirty four i mean this is going this is going to worry opposition groups surely well i think that opposition groups largely already were dealing with the government with the expectation that this was coming was really more a question of when rather than ever. certainly it's. it's their opposition groups are going to be under a lot of pressure regarding whether or not they publicly campaign against the move to amend the constitution although already a number of them have been voicing their opposition to doing so quite greatly h

germany the capacities needed by nato right and the expertise spokesperson on and german parliamentary committee for foreign affairs thank you for talking to d.w. thank you. let me now bring you up to date with some other stories making news around the world a service is underway in the eastern german city of why mark to market a hundred years since the draft of the country's first democratic constitution german chancellor angela merkel is among hundreds of guests the weimar constitution was drafted in nineteen nineteen a year before germany's first parliament was elected. macedonia has signed an access and protocol with nato as being the country a major step towards joining the military alliance macedonia as foreign minister and nato secretary general of the document signing ceremony the move comes after the resolution of the name dispute with greece. a russian quarter sentence a danish jehovah's witness to six years in jail dennis christiansen it was found guilty of organizing the activities of a banned extremist group after the religion was banned in russia he denies the allegations the danis

parliamentary committee and indeed facebook is really under fire in this damning report that's over one hundred pages long we have to be clear that it covers lots of lots of different issues including foreign and russian interference in elections but it really is facebook that gets a mouthful from u.k. lawmakers this time around with its facebook is described as a quote digital gangster ahead of and beyond the law that according to this report misled parliament in some instances treated with contempt and quote intentionally and knowingly violated the data privacy and competition laws and more facebook continues to choose profit over data security taking risks in order to prioritize their aim of making money from user data it seems clear to us that facebook acts only when serious breaches become public. and making it even more personal here is what the committee chair had to say on mark zuckerberg specifically. mark zuckerberg continually fails to show the levels of leadership and personal responsibility that should be expected from someone who sits at the top of one of the world's bigge

parliamentary committee now this is a report that looks at a handful of issues including alleged foreignand russian interference in the elections but it's really facebook that gets a mouthful in this particular case from u.k. lawmakers described as a digital gangster that's ahead of and beyond the law it's accused of misleading parliament treating it with content and quote intentionally and knowingly violating data privacy and competition laws and more facebook continues to choose profit over data security taking risks in order to prioritize their aim of making money from user data it seems clear to us that facebook acts only when serious breaches become public and making it even more personal here is what the committee chair had to say on mark zuckerberg specifically mark zuckerberg continually fails to show the levels of leadership and personal responsibility that should be expected from someone who sits at the top of one of the world's biggest companies well zuckerberg despite refusing to appear in front of this committee as many as three times really infuriating them for refusing to

wants to bypass the president and bring in humanitarian aid sisi to stay on the an egyptian parliamentary committee approves a proposal to extend the presidential term to six years.

a british parliamentary committee has called for a compulsory code of ethics to regulate facebook anda companies to help limit fake news and other harmful content. it said this should be overseen by an independent regulator, and funded by a levy on tech companies. the committee's report was particularly scathing towards facebook, accusing it of intentionally violating data privacy and anti—competition laws. british prime minister theresa may has called on conservative mps to put aside their "personal preferences" and support her brexit deal in the house of commons. her plans were rejected in a vote last week but on sunday one of her senior ministers indicated that there might be a solution to the disagreements within the party, that doesn't involve reopening the withdrawal agreement. ben wright reports. the lobbying of eu leaders will continue apace this week as theresa may tries to deliver on her pledge to secure legally binding changes to the irish backstop, the most contentious part of the brexit deal, there to ensure no hard border on the island of ireland. but today, one cabinet

a british parliamentary committee has called for a compulsory code of ethics to regulate facebook andcompanies to help limit fake news and other harmful content. it said this should be overseen by an independent regulator, and funded by a levy on tech companies. the committee's report into fake news and disinformation was particularly scathing towards facebook, accusing it of intentionally violating data privacy and anti—competition laws. here's our media editor, amol rajan. it is totally fake news, it is just fake. the term fake news has entered the mainstream in recent years. in america there has been grave concern that the election of donald trump may have owed something to the interference by russia in the presidential election. an investigation by former fbi director robert mueller is looking into the invest —— the allegations. the nearest thing to that in britain is the culture select committee's report on fake news and disinformation. its findings, published this morning, a scathing about technology companies and the legal and regular trip framework in which they operate. the c

well i mean facebook themselves are under big big attack those a parliamentary committee investigating their activities recently which said that they were the turned into a kind of gangster issue organization and so the you know all of these big media companies are actually under scrutiny about what they actually do and you know how they actually operate and what they allow what they don't allow in how they're funded and so on and so because the panicking when they come under pressure from c.n.n. to take this stuff down they take it down first and think about it later because that's the reputation down the drain you know media savvy teenagers look at that and think you know well you're just a sellout we're not only usual stuff anymore facebook is dying and potential is going to die commercially if it doesn't have the respect of the people who. and that's that's the dilemma there in governments are putting the pressure to do certain things but their audiences on put him under pressure to do the opposite to make their minds up which side of the fence they're on ok martin summers journali

london you're with al jazeera also coming up on the program c c to stay on and it gyptian parliamentary committee approves a proposal to extend the presidential term to six years. prime minister may tries to reassure old business leaders in belfast that there will be no hard forder across the island off the bracks it and a once in a century rainfall causes catastrophic flooding across the australian state of queensland. we begin this hour in venezuela where the self declared intermedia. meeting national assembly members in the capital caracas is been calling for the safe passage of humanitarian aid into the country u.s. trucks carrying food and medical supplies have left bogota bound for the colombia venezuela or dep but it's unclear how the aid will arrive without the cooperation of the military which has remained loyal to embattled president nicolas maduro. joins us live now from caracas and tell us stories of what is hoping to achieve in his meeting today.

here at al-jazeera headquarters in doha and come out santa maria welcome to the new spring a parliamentary committee in egypt approves a proposal to extend the term of president abdel fattah el-sisi it is now almost exactly eight years since hosni mubarak was overthrown and sisi is starting to look just to secure in his position as egypt's longtime ruler also on the great venezuela a political and humanitarian crisis.

the german chancellor in the bundestag parliamentary control committee are officially responsible for the control of the b. and d. . only with a more comprehensive and effective control of the intelligence agencies can civil rights and privacy be properly protected. what other options are there to prevent abuse or possible illegal activities by the spies. often only intelligence insiders are left to go public reveal institutional violations and become whistleblowers get there's disparity between these individuals on the one side and the governments and intelligence services on the other and so the whistleblowers and activists soon find out what happens when they challenge these organizations. as a would consider navy stop and be a given the tool each would have to go home saw me as and good luck to get. this being bandied react to your own admission you were team whistleblower snowden fifty one i'm yaki you but i then shot and mutton. and. they are too old to be aereo good reason snowden some suits are. tied on the side kind basically just out. get through to get told by a club our be

in the report, a uk parliamentary committee has concluded that the facebook‘s founder mark zuckerbergled to show "leadership or personal responsibility" over fake news. mps say untrue stories from foreign powers were "risking the uk's democracy". they are calling for stricter regulation, with tough and urgent action to ensure facebook and other social media platforms remove harmful content and fake news from their sites. the report calls for the creation of an independent regulator that has the power to launch legal action against companies in breach of the code and could result in hefty fines. joining us in the studio now is our technology reporter rory cellan—jones. how would this kind of regulation work, do they spell that out? they say there would be an independent regulator policing this code of ethics, this set of rules for social media companies. and it would punish companies who contravened it. there's an awful lot to be tied down with this. which companies would be involved? how do you define a social media company? who decides what this code of ethics should say? how far doe

the german chancellor in the bundestag parliamentary control committee are officially responsible for the control of the b. and d. . only with a more comprehensive and effective control of the intelligence agencies can civil rights and privacy be properly protected. what other options are there to prevent abuse or possible illegal activities by the spies. often only intelligence insiders are left to go public reveal institutional violations and become whistleblowers get there's disparity between these individuals on the one side and the governments and intelligence services on the other and so the whistleblowers and activists soon find out what happens when they challenge these organizations. was a would consider navy stop and be a given the two lesions would have to go ohms or me as us and good luck to get. this being bandied react to your own admission of being you were team whistleblower snowden as if to his son i'm yaki you but i then shot and. and. they are too old to be a very good reason snowden some suits or a tie on their side can best be just out. to two and get told by a cl