Renaming its executive Conference Room after madeleine albright, our 64th secretary of state. Many of you knew her. I know you did. And the first woman to ever serve in that role in the United States. Now, as many of you know, secretary albright played a crucial role in advocating for nato enlargement, leading to the inclusion of several central and Eastern European countries. She also championed natos involvement in conflict resolution and peacekeeping efforts, particularly during the balkan wars of the 1990s. Albrights diplomatic success and Strategic Vision strengthened natos role as a cornerstone of transatlantic Security Cooperation and it is so fitting that we honor her tonight, particularly with so many of my u. S. Colleagues here that had a very close and special relationship with secretary albright, including secretary blinken and former colleagues jim obrien, jamie reuben and suzy george among others. Second, id like to draw your attention to a very unique item that weve borr
Power in the early hours of wednesday president Robert Mugabe has been confined to his home but the army says its not a coup or im a tosser reports from harare. Parts of harare are now on lockdown and soldiers and Army Vehicles have blocked roads to government offices parliament and the courts people say they are cautiously waiting to see what happens next many are relief so far there has been little violence i can see every movement as usual no more business. Moving around freely. With. The countrys war veterans say they have had enough of president Robert Mugabe many helped keep him in power for nearly forty. God. Should have been recalled from is a role as the president insisting. The bobbies army said on wednesday the president Robert Mugabe and his wife are safe in their private residence south africas president jacob zuma said he was concerned about the situation in a phone call with mugabe confirmed he was fine we would like to call for calm in the strain. Particularly to the De
Led attempt to extend an International Inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in syria it means the United Nations Team Investigating the use of deadly sarin gas and syria will now be disbanded our diplomatic editor james bays reports the ten veto by russia in the u. N. Security council on syria and one that ends the councils efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. It was a vote that sparked outrage from the u. S. Ambassador and she gave this warning that the u. S. May now work outside the u. N. Russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council the assad regime should be on clear notice the United States does not accept syrias use of chemical weapons as we did in april we will do it again if we must we will defend the International Standard against chemical weapons use there was drama even before the meeting began with ambassador hayley accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refusing to enter i
We live in an age of rapid technological advances where also intelligence is a reality of Science Fiction fantasy every day we rely on algorithms to communicate do all banking book a holiday even introduce us to potential partners Driverless Cars and robots may be the headline makers but they are being used for everything from diagnosing illnesses to helping police predict crime hotspots algorithms also make important decisions affecting. All be eligible for a credit card which applicant should get the job. Critics say the more our personal data is gathered the grace of the threats to our privacy as machines become more advanced how does society keep pace when deciding yet excess and regulations governing technology we find out is Steven Roberts Machine Learning professor at the university of oxford talks to aljazeera. Professor Stephen Roberts thank you for talking to aljazeera about a fascinating but often confusing subject so perhaps you could start by explaining exactly what these
A refugee camp in bangladesh along with the bangladeshi foreign minister more than half a million rangar have been forced to leave me in mass for bangladesh since august following a military crackdown the un has accused me amar of committing ethnic cleansing. Those are the headlines talked to aljazeera is next. All accounts in a cough venezuela and if oprahs the all rich country fails to pay if that will look at what a messy financial on raveling could mean for starving people lebanons economy is getting squeezed crosswise zimbabweans are buying bitcoins counting the cost at this time on aljazeera. You can fool. You see. We live in an age of rapid technological advances where also efficient intelligence is a reality not a Science Fiction fantasy every day we rely on algorithms to communicate to all banking book a holiday even introduce us to potential partners Driverless Cars and robots may be the headline make his but they are being used for everything from diagnosing illnesses to hel