Raised a small fortune for his campaign which make it difficult for anyone to challenge him and when. Castro aljazeera washington the u. S. Is marking the arrival of the 1st enslaved africans to the english colony of the genya 400 years ago the Transatlantic Slave Trade database says nearly 400000 people were sent to north america over more than 2 centuries around 10000000. 00 ended up in south america and the caribbean a commemoration comes at a time when the u. S. President is accused of creating a culture where White Nationalism and racism can flourish. Has more now from a commemoration event and hampton virginia. It began with the ringing of a bell for 4 minutes to mark the 4 centuries since the ship carrying the 20 or africans came up the Chesapeake Bay it must have been a horrific time for them theyd already been kidnapped in their home country of what would no be angola and packed onto a ship and then that ship was hijacked by a british privateer flying under a dutch flag when we see privateer of course were centrally mean private and he arrived here at the Jamestown Colony with the 20 and ordered africans and traded them for food and the people here at the colony decided that they would enslave them that they would put them to work and over the years weve seen how the africans. And slave for more than 200 years until the emancipation proclamation but there are many here who are marking this occasion seeing that the United States still hasnt really addressed the inequities of what happened 400 years ago that when you talk about a constitution of we the people it excludes people of color it never mentions women it doesnt talk about native americans and so those things have to be addressed if america truly is to become a united state. Still ahead on the program off to protest as in hong kong the tax laws allow us their fear is that its been used to monitor them we discuss the pros and cons of facial Recognition Technology. Think of some of the Biggest Companies in the world today all of them big tech with algorithms at their core the more that we used to do the more data we produce were in the midst of a great race for dot and Big Tech Companies are on the chase and fires are rising on a wealth of information and we and other commodities in the sector of a 5 part series ali reexamined is where the corporations are colored eyes if you. Like the popularity and power of victory on a just. When the news breaks. When people need to be heard and the story needs to be told pretty remarkable due to the better were died left we can proceed from mexico to you know stay with exclusive interviews and indepth reports we can live according to their mission and life is exceptionally aljazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more Award Winning documentaries and live news. Man. Australia has unveiled a plan to keep it streaming content off the internet sharing an attack it involves blocking such an internet manes government says it may also consider a law that would require digital platforms to improve the safety of their services the comes 5 months after gunmen attacked 2 mosques in new zealand killing 51 people and streaming the shooting live on facebook the more some government is determined to keep australians safe on law and were also determined to ensure that terror terrorists. And those. Advocating and supporting extreme violence are not idle to use the internet to publicize or win support for their couzens. Well facial Recognition Software has been in the spotlight in the last week as privacy concerns grow around the Controversial Technology police and protesters clashed in hong kong on saturday as demonstrators vandalized socalled smart lamppost which are equipped with cameras now some fear they can be used for surveillance by the beijing authorities the Chinese Telecommunications giant huawei is one of the pioneers of this technology and with the governments help is promoting its abroad or one of the biggest concerns is that it can be used to strengthen or to crack systems aspiring. Plans to install a 1000 High Definition cameras in the capital belgrade rights organizations say that the law regulating this area is weak and hasnt been applied meanwhile the Financial Times as the e. U. Is planning new restrictions on that technology to protect its citizens an official from the European Commission says they want to limit indiscriminate use of facial recognition. So joining me to discuss this here in the studio is a former chief superintendent in Londons Metropolitan Police and also via skype from cincinnati we have the day us hoffmeister whos a law professor at the university of dayton and that is if i can start with you were seeing this what seems to be a growing and widespread use of facial Recognition Technology is it legal. Yes it is legal how great the going to see for more interesting rethink whether or not to allow Law Enforcement to use facial recognition for example youre starting to see in Silicon Valley some of the major cities there like San Francisco and oakland to prohibit police from using. If i can come to you the problem i suppose with the sort of technology is that its tracking you without war morning or permission and so that therefore raises concerns certainly in western countries that its invading Civil Liberties and privacy. Well i think what you need to understand i think all of us need to understand is that people will have surveillance going on all the time you know whether youre going to the supermarket supermarket can track your purchases and and determine what is the best things to sell to you so i think what this is doing is tracking people who are potentially going to do is arm and theyre looking at how they can try and mitigate that home or abroad i think its right that we have proper checks and balances because the concerns that people on voice in are the very very same concerns that people have voiced seen when d. N. A. Was introduced or when tracking of individuals was 1st introduced in automatic number plate readers of cards so again of the checks and balances today is if i can come to you for some response on that do you agree that the benefits of this technology being in the interests of Public Safety outweighs any concern about invasion of privacy that Many Campaign has been raising recently. Well 1st let me answer that i was like just the 1st point i think is the difference when private industry is using surveillance or car or business and when the government does it so that you need to draw those differences as well also just to just to make the comparison as d. N. A. A license plate reader again generally speaking when the d. N. A. Is taken from somebody there in Police Custody a license plate reader youve chosen to go drive a vehicle now the way with with the photos of it was surveillance photo is that anyone can be under constant 24 hour surveillance if they just want to walk the streets or go to a public park so i think thats really the difference with what theyre advocating here is that you can you can never get off the grid you can always be surveilled and i think thats really concern me in that how far how far will police go with this new with this new ability and who is going to be subject to the surveillance. So what are your thoughts on that obviously there is a difference between the way this is used in the private sector and government use but i mean how wiring is it that obviously a person has no control and presumably with this sort of Technology Things can go wrong yeah absolutely i mean i dont necessarily have as much faith with the private sector not abusing the data that we have weve seen that with facebook weve seen that with the way that data was harvested with i dont need to so so i think the private sector needs to have checks and balances in our own and it is very very few checks and balances around what about that on the point today is making about the way in which this Technology Works because there is much we still dont know were learning more about it but could people of certain. Ethnicities facial physical features and characteristics possibly be targeted or come to attention more than others and i think the technology. Very crude at the moment. That i was makes makes a valid point about saying you know we need some more more understanding around this. Certainly for me when i go through passport control im frequently the person whos the longest so people of so yeah thats just a basic social minority of people are minorities sometimes are targeted sometimes facial Recognition Technology is unable to identify minorities as effectively has was white people and ultimately this whole Artificial Intelligence still relies on people to put data into a system and those people who are putting data into a system we can assume that they are free of all biases so so that we need those checks and balances absolutely we need them but we also need to understand that theyve been your ability to identify people who are potentially going to cause us harm can all be utilized so when we have those checks and balances when were safe when were confident that the system is not to be abused and im not sure that were we are necessarily there then i think it will be a very valuable to the day as how difficult is it going to be in terms of those checks and balances to perhaps you know develop this technology in a way that does benefit and hans Public Safety and security without overstepping certain legal and ethical bounds. Well im going to be very difficult and thats why im glad i dont cities like San Francisco and oakland are on the forefront any good thats rooted tech capital of a world when you look at those cities and they already are concerned about the abuses that can happen if you put other people wont notice that before you were allowed this this concept that people think it through what are going to be the collateral consequences and what is employees i mean generally speaking the law always troubles technology and my fear is that this type of surveillance is im president outside of maybe a border well United States for a book there we dont have the checks and balances really different from place to rate it or control. Thank you very much the day is hofmeister joining us there from cincinnati and superintendent of the metropolitan police thank you for your perspective as well well now englands cricketers are celebrating a dramatic victory against australia in the 3rd ashes test in leeds a record at their highest ever successful 4th innings chase beating a target of 359 ben stokes was the hero with an unbeaten 135 you put on a final Wicket Partnership of 76. 00 with jack leach it was an extraordinary comeback off to england bowled out for just 67. 00 in their 1st innings the victory keeps the ashes alive the series is a level one with 2 tests to play you know walking off there at the end when you know the the whole of headingley was you know something open and celebrating it was a it was a very special moment and something. To try and take you nothing cause. Moments like that dont come along very often and. You know it was just amazing going to be part of to to be there at the end and so keep. Ashes hopes alive. Much more on everything on our website aljazeera dot com they can find all you news and you can watch online streaming there as well if you want to do that but now that concludes the news hour ill be back with a full vote in just a couple of minutes stay with us. Perception is validation we believe want to be seen but in one life time we cannot see everything that we would lie on experiences of others and the legacies of previous generations. Of that testimony we but you know very little. Witness documentaries that open your eyes on aljazeera. The latest news as it breaks each week that passes angry creases into the 5 or the government rows deeper. With detailed coverage when i was once known as the cold the 50 in venezuela and thats why people are not used to the situation. From around the world. Its been over a decade since morphia had seen have branded with a fishy that lay of. 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We begin this hour in france where irans top diplomat made a brief and unexpected visit to barretts which is currently hosting the g 7 summit foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif flew in for talks on the sidelines with the french president among alack wrong they were organized very short notice taking many leaders by surprise but france has been trying to revive the 2050 nuclear deal which the u. S. Withdrew from last year diplomatic editor james bays has more now from barretts. The 1st that reporters found out about the arrival of the Iranian Foreign ministers plane at the ritz port was on flight tracking websites is now clear of the g 7 leaders also got little or no advance warning of the bold invitation by president my crop micro had met by hama job in serif before the chief servant started on friday in paris apparently according to the iranians the final invite to brit sitcom on saturday after g 7 leaders had come to an informal dinner at the ritz lighthouse at that dinner iran was discussed but aljazeera understands the arrival of mr zarif was no. Disclosed to the other leaders by president mackerel i thought it over to us i think it was unclear one advance that mr serious was coming but it was somewhat dependent under results of the talks last night last night we didnt develop or a map of choreographed specific next steps but we went through different options juri his visit to be rich the only pictures of the Foreign Ministers meetings were posted by zarif himself on his twitter account he met with macro and foreign minister joy evil adriel and representatives of the u. K. And germany the key question now is what President Trump makes of all of this he pulled out of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal and has imposed tough sanctions as part of a maximum pressure strategy do you ever foresee here your Foreign Ministers you. Know president macros invitation to the reef was certainly a bold move whether it ends up being seen as a stunt or a diplomatic coup depends on what happens next zarif and his delegation left the ritz after just a few hours what new proposals a fairly did they make and how will the g 7 leaders respond on the last day of this summit james pays aljazeera pierrots well u. K. Prime minister baraks johnson held his 1st lateral meeting with the u. S. President at the g. 7 or is johnsons quite donald trump is quite gung ho about a. Trade deal he also cautioned that the americans would be tough negotiators saying he wouldnt rush talks trump promised a big trade deal for personnel for leave the e. U. Which he said have been a drag on persons ability to cut good deals. This is a different person and this person is going to be a green Prime Minister in my opinion more silly by a. Very. Very easy thing to get in there. They want to have what they want and. They were. Around during. The 3rd. World the americans are very ambitious to get this done you know as fast as possible and they were really want to results you know within a year i suppose in by and by next june july where keen to go as fast as we can but we want this to be a really big story going a comprehensive trade deal with a point in having a deal with justin in agriculture in industrial goods and so on thats where the real advantages are for the u. K. And ive been telling donald trump about some of the barriers that British Service industries experience whether its transportation or shipping all noirs or architects. So much adult and former British Ambassador to iran he says but to han washington will need to make compromises if these french efforts to deescalate tensions and restart Nuclear Negotiations have any chance of success we dont know. How much of the blood donors both the terror and United States that both iran and United States might want to add to the French Initiative the iranians and the United States would be best advised to stick to Something Limited at the moment which gets iran back into compliance with the j. C. And enables the iranian population to get access to the food and medical supplies which they are currently being denied by the all out unjustified economic war waged by the United States. As leader Hassan Nasrallah says the group is now in a new phase of its conflict with israel after 2 israeli drones crashed in lebanons capital as bullets as one drone damaged a building housing its needy office when it crashed in the area in beiruts Southern Suburbs another israeli trying exploded in the air and crashed in the same area responding in a televised call that a very Dangerous Development and. Enough is enough we will never allow israeli aircraft to attack lebanon or a target in lebanon on the me israeli side will never feel safe heres really drones that are coming to lebanon are not coming here to collect information they are suicidal drones that they may killing us from now on we will face the israeli drones when they arrive in lebanon skies we will crush them we will drop them. Also promised retaliation after an israeli airstrike killed 2 has been members in syria hours before the try and drones came down in beirut israel says the strike in the damascus area targeted an arm of irans revolutionary guards which was planning to attack israel using a kill a drug a Senior Iranian commanded denied its facilities were hit israel has really severe its footage it says shows iranian operatives walking near a site that was to be used a drunk launches. Well israel really acknowledges operations in syria but the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is prices military efforts and threatened further attacks. If someone rises up to q you kill him 1st you know a complicated operation revealed that iran dispatched a special unit off to syria to kill israelis on the Golan Heights with explosive drones id like to emphasize this was an initiative of iran and we prevented serious attacks that we will expose any attempt by iran to attack us and any iranian effort to hide behind excuses we will not tolerate a aggressions against israel from many countries in the region any country that allows its territory to be used for aggression against israel will face the consequences and i repeat the country will face the consequences well in all the developments israeli authorities have had to evacuate a Music Festival after rockets were fired from gaza this happened in the city of said close to the security barrier that separates the territory from israel Israeli Military says its iron dome Missile Shield intercepted 2 of 3 rockets that were launched from gaza. Is professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic university he says the drone crash does represent a dangerous escalation for the region its an escalation merely bays on israels policy that according to the Prime Minister of the year he would like to make sure iran does not allow its proxy merely in iraq and syria and lebanon to have sophisticated weapons or to poors a threat to israel so mainly when i look at it i see it as a core system was his false but i would add it becoming more dangerous because 1st it was in syria but then its build over into iraq and now into levanon and this is why its its its the region its inching closer toward a war which something i hope it will never happen saudi state media is reporting that its Coalition Forces of intercepted 6 Ballistic Missiles fired towards the city of the border with yemen they added that the missiles targeted military camps in the cities military airport a spokesperson for yemens who think rebels describe the operation as the largest attack with mid range Ballistic Missiles since the war began in 2015 they claimed 10 missiles were launched now tens of thousands of brazilian soldiers have begun heading into the amazon to join the fight against fires burning through the rain Forest Military is being sent to 6 states in an unprecedented response the number of fires is about 85 percent higher compared to last year and many blame president joe bolsa naras policies. Well hundreds of new fires have been reported adding to several 1000 already burning across the region official data compiled by the National Geographic shows the scale and the intensity of the places 77000 forest fires have been reported since january alone 6 brazilian states are asking for federal help. But president bolton r. O. Says things are returning to normal. Average burned down over the last few years and are going back to normal to raise it by brings us more from nova been there on cash and the state has not across the way here right in front of the usual way now river in monaco but also this is one of the states that has mostly affected by the fires affecting the amazonia region and we know that the government has Just Announced that theyre deploying to hurry cuties military planes to the states of them dont yet however several states are requesting the presence of the armed forces in order to be able to control the fires on our way here where were able to see several fires right next to the road from here at land mostly farmers are clearing the land in order to be able to have tackle or grow crops among other things but this fire can get out of control and thats part of the problem president ially you will cannot is trying to show some type of action after being heavily criticised worldwide for what is happening here with the European Union threatening to call a fact Free Trade Agreement between america through trade bloc and the European Union among other things because of the situation here on the ground in spite of this fire is affecting the region this is just the latest problem that the region like this one is facing the say the biggest one is deforestation brazil is up the top the list of countries that have lost tropical rain forest because of the forestation and as i said before the fires are just sees here a thing that situation even further as well still ahead on the program we look at a rush to the port if a venezuelan migrant hoping to be to visit rules about to come into force an equitable and why kashmir is wildlife is also suffering in the fights that despite