>> a man who is described as having a direct relationship to the greeks who killed 130 people in paris in november is under arrest in morocco. this announced earlier by the syrian ministry who said the detainee had spent time in syria undergoing military training and building relationships with commanders from the islamic state group. here is our reporter from

casablanca. from thew that ministry of the interior, he told me that we could not say exactly that the man arrested was in france during the paris terror attack. authorities, he is moroccan origin, who may have joined the isis group in the interior. he seems to be directly linked with one or several members from the attack in paris. man arrested left syria through germany, the netherlands before going to morocco. --t is particularly involved

moroccan intelligence gave information about the belgian lead in these attacks and about the place where we think a baaoud, who was also a belgian national with american origins. beherine: could lebanon about to get its first president in a year and a half? leading politicians agreed to bury the hatchet with an arch rival. the country has been without a head of state since may 2014 when the previous income but's term -- the previous incumbent's term expired. first, adam, can you explain to us why lebanon has gone almost two years without a president?

adam: the first point to note is that in lebanon, the president has to be christian, by an agreement going back to the 1940's. the second important thing to note is that the president is voted by parliament, not by direct vote from the people. so it's really about having an agreement between political parties to elect a president, populist --the there have been some 30 parliamentary vote scheduled but most of those have ended without there being enough presents to legitimize a vote. what we are seeing, what is playing out is the differences between the two political parties in the country.

that's why there has been this presidential vacuum for 19 or 20 months now. catherine: so we have this news today that the premier will back presidency, and it's seen as a varying of the hatchet between the two men. adam: it is certainly one step closer to a solution. it suits the political block that has amongst others as between and alliance she is and some christians -- between shias and some christians. similar to the broad strokes of an alliance between the sunni movements and other christian political groups. an emerging,y competing candidacy in the form

of one who was supported by the future movement whose candidacy was opposed by both. this is a really significant development. him persuadesee his political partners within the marked 14th block to back out of the candidacy. we have to have agreement between politicians and parliament and the next vote is scheduled for february 8. that gives three weeks for those political negotiations to take place and who knows, perhaps the total could see a president elected in lebanon. catherine: so a new chapter, but still plenty more steps to go. thanks for that report from beirut.

womanjerusalem a pregnant is recovering in hospital from a knife attack by palestinian teenager. the 17-year-old stab the woman at a settlement in the west bank earlier on. it's the second stabbing in as many days. a fatal attack on sunday mark the return to violence among four months of tension. are more details. great and funeral in jerusalem. once again, a person killed by stabbing, this time in a west bank settlement near habre in -- near hebron. one of her daughters called for help while the killer escaped. >> it's hard to think that she won't be at my wedding or when i have children. i'm sorry i wasn't able to help you. >> a day after the attack, israeli forces were still searching for the stabber.

resident stated in doors. palestinians working in settlements were asked to leave -- while in jerusalem, the prime minister vowed to increase security. as the head of the regional council to bolster the residence and said that we would strengthen the settlement. >> recent violence raised fear of new work and travel restrictions on palestinians in the west bank where 400,000 israelis in 2.5 million israelis live. restrictions in the constant growth of settlement are some of the reasons tension has grown between israelis and palestinians. , palestiniansacks targeted settlers. monday morning this palestinian man stabbed a pregnant woman before being shot in the leg. and 100ts, 28 israelis 48 palestinians were killed. in most cases after they stabbed israelis and were shot. others were killed in clashes with the army.

should donald trump be banned from entering the u.k.? that's the subject being debated by british lawmakers for several hours today, after a petition garnered more than a half-million signatures online. the campaigns bring up after the american presidential hopeful said he wants to ban muslims from entering the united states. minister hasrior bar anas the power to individual from the u.k.. listen to what one of the british lawmakers taking part today had to say. attackingat danger by this one man is that we can fix over him a halo. we give him the role of to bedom, which can seem an advantage among those that support him. out, interfering,

telling us what to do. >> that was an associate -- thanks are being with us, professor phelps. ofsaid that he's guilty poisonous words that risk in flaming tension. prime minister david cameron has already said he doesn't want to ban donald trump from coming into the u.k., so what is the point of having this debate? professor phelps: there was a petition signed by some 600,000 it really was popular demand that led to this parliamentary discussion. as you say, it was a nonbinding assessment, but a free exchange to the homelowed secretary who would make the decision. it seems highly unlikely to ban donald trump from the u.k..

is it actually possible to ban someone from entering the u.k. for what donald trump did? however controversial his comments were about stopping muslims coming in from the u.k. how much of a gray area is this? >> this is the debate that was had. clearly much of what he has stated has been in the category of what could be considered hate speech. he has talked about mexican immigrants to the united states as rapists. the made comments about menstruation of a woman journalist who was interrogating him in a debate. he made the famous declaration that all muslims should be prevented from entering the inted states, which he made the aftermath of the san bernardino, california, shootings. then is whether it

is hate speech in general that is banned -- that is open to a ban on someone entering the u.k., in which case of course there would be legions of potential candidates to be banned, or if it's the kind of hate speech that immediately endangers public safety and is going to lead to lawlessness in the u.k. and that sort of thing. be inf the mps seem to that category. they also were very hesitant to ban somebody who might well be president of the united states in a year. it seems unlikely still that he will be, but he is the front runner of the republican primaries at the moment in the polls. situatione an awkward indeed for britain to ban the president of the united from entering. catherine: donald trump is known for not just shying away from this kind of controversy but seeming to actively court it. a debate about him among british

lawmakers is another level of reaction though. do you think would happen today in london might make donald trump think twice about what he says in the future? >> he's not a man who thinks twice about what he says. [laughter] the right to freedom of speech means the right to be an idiot, and donald trump is exercising it liberally. i doubt very much that he had on c-span, which is the cable network in the united states that covers governmental affairs in which i saw was streaming the entire parliamentary debate live, but donald trump loves attention. he thrives on attention. in fact, his entire business model is attention and narcissism. that's why his name is emblazoned on all his hotels and casinos and so forth. so for him, the brand is himself. he doesn't mind any kind of press whether bad or good, that gets his name out there. on the other hand, this is not a man of deep reflection or

profundity and he is unlikely to change his ways based on what he anld undoubtedly see as irrelevant for an european debate about him. catherine: thanks so much for giving us your opinion, christopher phelps from the university of nottingham. thanks for your time. the richest 1% of the world population now owns more than the rest of us put together. that's according to the antipoverty charity oxfam. it has issued a new report on the state of global wealth, also highlighting a discrepancy between how wealth is shared out between men and women. some toil all their lives to try to earn a decent wage and offer their children a better life. others have it easier. among them the very lucky few, the world's richest 1%.

a select group that is getting richer and richer. the nonprofit oxfam published a report on monday that says the worlds richest 1% is now wealthier than the rest of us. the other 99%. another figure in the report, 62 individuals have the same amount of money as the combined wealth of 3.6 billion people. oxfam and other groups have been calling for world leaders to tackled the sources of such inequality. on top of the list, tax havens. $7.6recent estimate is trillion worth of tax havens around the world. moneyd to see this helping ordinary people who needed rather than simply sitting in the bank accounts of people who are wondering when they are going to buy their next diamond. >> the widening gap between the

haves and the have-nots is not about to go away. how to bridge the gap will be one of the topics of discussions. troops like the imf have warned of the dangers of such disparity. of stare: it's the tale tennis players, sicilian gamblers, and allegations of corruption at the top of one of the world's most civilized sport. brought to light in a new report and the u.k.'s bbc. is the grand slam gets underway in australia. allegationsell crashed onto the world tennis scene, authorities are quick to deny fell play on their part. the tennis authorities absolutely reject any suggestion that evidence of match fixing

has been suppressed for any reason. while reports may refer to events from 10 years ago, we will investigate any new information and we always do. >> the scandal hit on sunday as they had gathered files exposing evidence of widespread suspected match fixing. though they gave no names, they say betting is indicated in russia, northern italy, hundreds of thousands of euros bet on games that investigators thought were fixed, three of which were at wimbledon. the confidential report from tennis authorities in 2008 said 28 players should be investigated, including grand slam title holders. but the bbc say none were followed up. concern, saying they are ignoring us and not doing enough to get to the

bottom of the evidence. >> tennis authorities introduced a new anticorruption bill in 2009 but say they were told by legal advisors they could not prove previous offenses. the last decade, 16 players in the top 50 were among those repeatedly flagged to authorities. they added that around half are set to play in the australian open which begins this monday. catherine: let's move on with some business news headlines. a busyeen talking about day for the french president. françois hollande has been announcing a new emergency plan to boost job creation and bring down unemployment. >> this is one of the many plans we have heard from fronts while lond over the past two years. he's going to devote a total 2 billion euros to -- for new

measures to reduce the employment -- unemployment rate. the country is facing an economic and social emergency. his previous efforts to make the labor market more flexible and offer tax incentives to companies that hire new employees have largely failed to turn the tide. this will see a billion euros go to vocational training schemes. than 250rms with fewer staff members will get a 2000 euros subsidy if they take on a john doerr employed person for six month more. the president is trying to add more flexibility to the labor market and make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers. we spoke about the latest proposals. other plan has some good ideas, he believes the focus is too narrow to make a real difference in the long term. >> what i think is missing is there isthat

unemployment because the economy is not doing well. so all the measures announced today are focused on the labor market. what about growth? if there isn't growth, unemployment will never go down again. i would have expected him to say we need to push for more growth because that will lead to lower unemployment. focus on the ply side of economy -- supply thought of economy i think this is too narrowminded. it's not going to push people out of unemployment just because it's easier to fire or because you give some money to firms to hire those key workers. trainingticeship or programs are one of the key measures that are supposed to help lower youth unemployment which stands at a record 26% here in france.

switzerland has the lowest rate in europe in part because a 70% of young people there are enrolled in vocational training programs. good friends learn from its neighbor? yet andare not even 18 they have been working in this garage in geneva for over a year. apprentice mechanic at only 16, he says he is doing what he loves. regret my decision. i like cars and i also have classes, so i'm learning lots of things. >> trainees signed a four-year contract. they spend four days a week at the company and one day a week at a vocational school. it makes them highly valuable to employers. we are told we are going to be the best in our field, that we are going to be seen as part of the elite. this company, out of 130

employees, 13 are enrolled in a training program. >> i've always been on a vocational program and so have the production manager and his assistant, even the director. i cannot think of a better way to train people than to give them hands-on experience. swiss youth unemployment is among the lowest in europe. economists say it is thanks to the quality of vocational training as students are more ready for the world of work when they graduate. the program is so successful it has attracted an increasing number of french people. >> here in switzerland, people look far ahead. they think spending time and money on training is worth it because then we are able to do good work. >> in switzerland, 95% of trainees are in jobs six months after graduating. catherine: let's look at the markets now, the week again in the red -- began in the red.

a similar story in europe as the footsie and dax ended a choppy trading session and losing between .25% and .5%. the u.s. markets are closed as it marks martin luther king day. another symbolic threshold on monday. the international benchmark brent fell below $28 a barrel, the lowest level since 2003. recovered it to close down about 1% at $28.63 per barrel. for an are preparing itlux of iranian exports do already oversupplied field after international sanctions were lifted this weekend. opec said on monday it believes the market will start to rebalance itself this year as low prices start to take their toll on oil production outside its members. opec saying countries like the u.s. and canada will likely

start to scale back their output in 2016. another big driver on the release itsna will economic growth figures for fourth quarter 2016 in a few hours time. gdp grew for the first three quarters of the year. many economists expect the lips -- a slight downturn for the last three months of the year. a full-year target of around 7% would be the weakest for your growth since 1990. analysts point to a slowdown in construction and a sign that times are changing for the world's second-biggest economy. >> china is in a transition phase between old and new. there are traditional industries that are big in size and emerging industries that are small in size, even though they are growing fast. industries cannot make up for the traditional industry slowdown so the overall economy is racing downward pressure.

>> other business headlines, adidas named a new chief executive. he will take over in october. been the head of henkel's for eight years. plans to cut more than 1000 jobs in the u k, three quarters of them in the steel plant in south wales. the indie own company said europeans still prices had dropped because of a flood of cheap imports, particularly from china. prime minister david cameron described the announcement is very bad news.

the $.99 subscription fee will be dropped from whatsapp. bought it for $19 billion two years ago. finally, one of the most picturesque waste to see new york is a horse and carriage ride for central park. it has faced criticism from and mayorhts activist deblasio campaign for office promising to shut that down. 75 horses at a time will be allowed to keep running instead of the current 220. they will have to stay in the park instead of mixing with pedicabs will and be banned from operating on certain path. the deal will have to be approved by the city council. for the moment it has been welcomed by both sides because

it is a compromise trying to keep this new york tradition alive and well while still protecting the horses. catherine: thanks very much bringing those business headlines. time for a short break. ññawúwóóóóó/ñ>x>xxú÷úlúl

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