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Facebook case could be "riesengroß"

Reality Check: Facebook class action case, Yemen crisis, Le Pen family feud, Air Shepherd

Facebook court case

The class-action legal case against Facebook being brought by Max Schrems is in court in Vienna today.

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If Max Schrems wins, it could change the way social media operate.

If it is successful it could be a landmark in social media law, and have major implications for Facebook users and advertisers all over the world.

Christoph Tschohl of AKVorrat explains the issue and what's at stake.

Deepening crisis in Yemen

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A tribal militiaman loyal to President Hadi prepares for clashes with Houthi fighters in Aden.

As more and more regional powers get drawn into Yemen's civil war, Professor Sam Schubert discusses the wider fallout the conflict could have for the region and the rest of the world.

With so many powers involved in the many wars in the region, he says there is no longer any such thing as a "local conflict", and the future prospects are bleak.

Le Pen family feud

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Marine Le Pen must continue to "detoxify" the party if she is to attract more voters.

Our Paris correspondent, Hugh Schofield, reports on the bitter fight between far right Front National leader, Marine Le Pen, and her father, who started the party, Jean-Marie Le Pen.

Marine Le Pen is now taking steps to prevent her father from standing in forthcoming elections, as she continues to fight the image of the party created by his hard-line rhetoric.

Air Shepherd

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A single rhino horn can sell for as much as half a million US dollars.

How high tech systems are helping to stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos through the Air Shepherd drone programme.

The high price of elephant tusks and rhino horn is attracting terrorists and criminal gangs to poaching, but thermal imaging drones are proving a powerful discentive.

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