hillary clinton and donald trump swingue their blitz of states with the u.s. presidential election five days away. in this program we will take you to north carolina where our correspondent is on the campaign trail. and stay and fight. do not retreat, in his first public statement this year, the head of islamic state calls on his followers not to leave mosul.

and iraqi troops move in on the city. court hastain's high ruled the government cannot begin the process of leaving the european union without consent of parliament. it is a blow to prime minister theresa may who had wanted to start negotiations next march. she cannot face months of delays by lawmakers, most of whom are opposed to brexit. the government says it will appeal today's ruling at the supreme court. brian quine has the story. brian: outside the high court of london, triumphant statement from gina miller, one of several campaigners who sued to stop the british government from exiting the european union without parliament. >> everyone of us voted for the

best country and best future. this case is about process not politics. absolutelyd team are delighted that we have been able to be part of this debate. and to bring some sobriety to go forward. the nation'sof highest judges ruled against the government deciding theresa may does not have the authority to trigger article 50 of the lisbon treaty without a vote by the country's mp's. the government had argued the royal prerogative, a set of powers belonging to the queen, but in practice frequently used by the executive gave it authority to exit treaties. the plaintiff said that since individual rights such as free movement throughout the e.u. were at stake, a vote was required. the government has said it would appeal a decision to the supreme court. >> the government was disappointed by the court's judgment. the country voted to leave the

european union and a referendum approved by act of parliament. the government is determined to respect the results. rose on news of the decision but many investors expecting parliamentary action would soften government policies in order to avoid the so-called hard brexit in which the u.k. could lose access to the european single market. britain's supreme court is scheduled to hear the government appealed in early december. now five daysre away from voting day and the u.s. presidential race. the latest poll suggests that hillary clinton has a national three-point lead over donald trump. the candidates have moved from florida to north carolina, two states that could make a difference, while president obama has been making the case for his former secretary of state. the campaign is on trail for the first time that

she is speaking in pennsylvania about an hour ago. this country and he knows how to get things done. not just talk. he certainly knows how to shake things up, doesn't he? he knows how to make real change. make america great again is not just some slogan. it is what has been in his heart since the day i met him. north's go now to selma, carolina. philip crowther is there. north carolina is one of those important swing states. both candidates need people to vote for them next tuesday. tell us what is been happening where you are. both candidates are in the state of north carolina. donald trump landed not too long

ago. he is already at his first event a little bit further to the west from where we are in selma. this is where he will have his evening event. the same time, hillary clinton, the democratic nominee, has also arrived in this aim state. -- the same state. one tonight with bernie sanders and pharrell. all of this an attempt to get people to vote as early as possible. both candidates are in the state. there is a good reason for this. let me take you back four years. this was one of the very few states, in fact, pretty much the only swing state that swung toward mitt romney with barack obama winning everything else. both candidates are here, that means they have seen the polls, they have seen their own internal polling and they know this might be the deciding state. there is an early vote going on in north carolina. a lot of people have already gone to the polls, but there is a real push on the behalf of democrats largely for people to

go out and vote as early as they ofsibly can before the 8 november. what we're seeing here is the same but the country has been seen for donald trump events. there is a lot of enthusiasm. his crowds are very big. that is something he tends to use on the campaign to show that he believes this is a movement and he can still make it -- past hillary clinton on the 8 of november and make his way to the white house did >> clinton's dwindledpoll lead has down to 3%. democrats are concerned that there is not enough enthusiasm for clinton, especially among black voters. obama has been trying to change that. has he done enough? philip: we will have to wait and see. the early figures show the african-american vote, the early vote in states like north carolina is actually down in comparison to what happened four years ago. for is a very worrying sign democrats, because that is not

polling. that is actual knowledge of who has gone to the polls and who has registered to vote. in these crucial swing states. that is why precisely the president is out here campaigning as much as he possibly can. he is basically not spending any time in the white house and washington, d.c. stayed overnight in florida last night. he is in florida right now and will be also here in north carolina tomorrow for what they call a get out the vote event. in other words, what he does on stage in miami already is implored voters to go out and vote for democrats. and that includes some crucial demographic groups. african-americans are not going out in droves as they might've done in 2008 and 2012. democrats also need young americans, first-time voters, to go out and vote as much as possible. hence, the presence of bernie sanders, the senator who motivated so many millennials. all of this is a tactic in the last five days of this election for theirple to vote

candidate. you just have to take a look at the map in the morning and see where the candidates and their surrogates are and you know that is where the election will be decided. in other words, it is pretty clear from what we are seeing today and over the next two days, it will be north carolina, and the swing state of florida. >> thanks very much. reporting from north carolina. five days to go. on to other news. -- has been appointed the prime minister of lebanon. after thelestone election of the president ended a long political vacuum last week. but the political gridlock is likely to continue for swan while -- some while. there are disagreements over neighboring syria and the role of hezbollah. reporter: a triumphant return ariri, he was appointed prime minister of lebanon thursday, six years after vacating the post. >> i've just been nominated, so

i will talk to all of the blocs. tartrrow will s conversation with all the parties. national unity means hopefully that those who want to be part of the cabinet candy. -- can be. reporter: although he is all smiles now, it might prove difficult to form a government. the parties are divided over the lah. of hezbol lebanon operates under a concession system. the president is christian. the speaker of the house is shiite. hariri and heritage political capital from this farmer, the former prime ministers -- his father, who was assassinated in 2005. several of his workers are being tried for that murder in the netherlands. month unityd a 14 government into early 2011 when hezbollah forced its lapse.

sticking point. hezbollah was one of three pro-syrian political parties that voted against hariri's support on thursday. his return is a short arraignment that said the scend toof hezbollah a the presidency early in the week. >> the latest remarks by al-baghdadi. an audio was released on thursday. it seems to be his first since iraqi forces began their offensive on the city of mosul. in the message, he urges his followers not to retreat, even though he himself is believed to have fled the city in recent weeks. there have been rumores the suffer claim calif is suffering from ill health. >> al-baghdadi is saying, do not

fight amongst yourselves. this is the type of thing that a leader who is losing commanding and control and ability to keep each other on the same page says. we don't believe it is going to work. for more than a year they have been going backwards, losing territory. they have had a number of fighters very near to al-baghdadi that have been killed in targeted strikes. the director by of the middle east program at the woodrow wilson center for scholars. thank you for being with us. what you think al-baghdadi is trying to achieve with this latest message? he'se obiovious thing is trying to get the morale of his troops up, because the attack on mosul has been going on for three weeks. it was advertised for many months. people knew it was coming. the coalitionly, has enough forces to take mosul,

but it is going to take it slowly. what al-baghdadi wants is for his fight is not to get up, because of they were to give up very quickly in mosul, then he's afraid the whole islamic state infrastructure will collapse quickly. if they put up a big fight in mosul, then he has a must better chance -- a much better chance of continuing the fight elsewhere and in syria and iraq. this is just morale boosting. >> right. because there are more than 30,000 troops advancing on mosul , some of which are already in the city. there are just a few thousand islamic state fighters. surely, from a strategic point of view, it would be better if they fled and went on to raqqa or disguise themselves among refugees. it seems to be an old military strategy. >> look, the psychology here is

a very important. if they were to give up mosul without a fight, what makes the people think that in that -- they are going to put up a fig ht? because al-baghdadi used to be in mosul, i think mosul, they have to show they are going to fight. some of them will try to escape, although most of them have escaped -- and some of them will join the refugees. shave their beard and try to mingle. yes, but i think they have made a lot of preparations. don't forget that a lot of these people are zealots who want to fight. it is not a question of these people are thinking necessarily hugenally in the face of a enemy and say, look, i do not have a chance. i should escape. remember, these are people who do suicide bombings all the time. so, they don't look at life essentially the way we do. or any other iraqi does.

>> there are reports out today the british foreign secretary boris johnson cites intelligence reports that it is believed al-baghdadi himself recently fled mosul. >> it's quite possible. if i was him, i would flee, too, because the city and has been surrounded and escaping would become very difficult. he wants to fight another day. they have still fairly large and elsewhere in syria. he may decide to continue to fight by hiding in very small hamlets where you think the coalition forces will not reach him. and he also is going to disguise himself and so on and so forth. >> how important is he as a

figurehead, when you compare him to the leadership of al qaeda, for example? we know the group was weekend when it had a much less charismatic leader. do you think he's very important to islamic state? >> he's, to the islamic state, he is very important. laden had bin much more of an international following. because of 9/11, he had made a name for himself far larger than al-baghdadi. so, al-baghdadi has been important to islamic state but not important to the jihadist movement overall because you see other jihadist groups are fighting independently. he's probably the most preeminent leader that we know but he is not of the stature of bin laden. >> thank you very much for joining us. 110 people are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya after a ship capsized.

is expected to rise up at hundreds of migrants were trying to make the perilous mediterranean sea crossing to italy. 4000 people have drowned trying to make the journey this year. a norwegian vessel was the first on scene, 29 people were rescued and transferred to an island. aid workers said they spent many hours waiting to be rescued. one incident took place 25 nautical miles off the libby and coast. the floor of the dinghy broke. the boat capsized and people waited for the rescue for several hours into the sea. there were women and children on board. we know at least six children and around 20 women, some of them pregnant. incident, two survivors, two women talk about incident, 128 missing.

women and 300 children had been living in charity run shelters close to the so-called jungle migrants camp and have been moved to accommodation centers in france. it is the end of a 10 day operation to clear the clamp or six -- the camp where 6000 people have been living in squalor. carrying within the few belongings they have left, these women and children board the last coaches out of calais. once a crowded camps filled with thousands of refugees from around the world, authorities say the jungle is now empty except for a minority who has refused to leave. workers havend aid warned they could face detention and possible deportation. 5,600 migrants have been taken into so-called reception centers around france, or accepted into the u.k. during

the clearance operation. french and syrian minister says that all minors with links to britain will eventually be transferred there. 17-year-old is among those two have already crossed the channel. >> this place is so good. the jungle is not. the weather is so good. to leave the jungle is impossible. reporter: aid agency says that is between 2000 and 3000 migrants. many had fled before authorities cleared it. residents say they are worried that the new camps could be set up in the region while the mayor sayso -- that she wants guarantees that will not be the case. just days after arriving in new towns, dozens of migrants have been taken to send is across the country have been reported missing. authorities suspect many of those are attempting to make their way back to calais.

>> time to bring you an update on the -- kate moody is with us in studio. more brexit-related news. we're going to talk about france. in paris, there is a big push to woo british businesses. kate: we have been seeing more of that today because the possibility of post brexit london could lose access to the e.u. market with has prompted others to move their european headquarters. paris, try and dublin are among the city's lobbying bank and financial groups. france has unveiled a new one-stop shop to welcome many new businesses that help them navigate the country's complex administrative maze. josh: france steps up efforts to seduce businesses away from brexit britain. the french prime minister has joined up with the authority to launch a so-called one-stop shop initiative called choose paris region. to reduce

administration for countries considering moving out of london in the wake of the u.k.'s vote to leave the e.u.. >> we will have to be very concrete to meet the expectations of companies in terms of schools, general administration and transport, particularly the process for expatriates. josh: european cities like frankford, dublin, and paris have been competing since the referendum. pitch highlights its legal and financial experts as well as the focus on high quality of life. in july, the prime minister announced a raft of tax breaks. officials say these efforts are bearing fruit. >> an important chinese bank has just settled in the region. amazon is about to open it's a data center here. facebook has launched its artificial intelligence authoritarian -- intelligence laboratory have.

ks saybig u.s. bansk they plan to move away from london, fearing they would lose the right to serve european customers. >kate: interest rates at record lows around .25%> it said it will maintain its stainless program for now. it increased its forecast for growth for the next two years, nearly doubling its predictions for next year. as you can see in those graphs, it does say expansion will slow in 2018. an indication that the impact of the brexit vote will be felt later than the bank initially expected. the central bank hiked its inflation forecast saying prices will rise much more than initially expected and won't return to its 2% targets till 2020. meanwhile the pound sterling surging -- this thursday following the bank statement as well as the high court ruling on brexit. the pound trading up over 1.25%

against the dollar, about 1.2 against the euro. that brings us to a look at the markets. the ftse 100 dropping 0.8%, reflecting that uncertainty about how brexit will unfold. the european banking center dragged down the cac. wall street gave up earlier gains, very much focused on next week's election. we had seen the dow jones crossing back and forth across the falut line -- fault line. 1%.nasdaq losing 1 egypt's central bank has devalued its pound by 30% and is planning allow the currency to float freely for the first time in a decade. the central bank is been under pressure to relinquish its deal thatn an imf made it a key requirement for a bailout loan.

egypt's central bank also raised interest rates by 300 basis points. the egyptian stopped jumped more than 8% willhope the propellant help to boost exporters, and many have welcomed the move. >> it's a good decision. it will lead to a kind of stability in the markets instead of speculation on the foreign currency. on the everyday price by people who started the currency speculation business. on the black market. now it will only be possible to go through authorized outlets. it is good for people who have dollars to sell them at a suitable price and banks -- in banks. kate: lebanon's welcoming its new leaders after two poin2.5 y. the governor of the central bank says the new government will bring in a new eara of financial security.

presidentction of the in lebanon, the election of president hariri, should allow the constitution, the institution in the country to resume normal activity. which is reassuring and will increase the confidence. the country is in need of political and economic reforms. could legislations that help the economic growth and the social stability. kate: speaking to -- at the arabic channel. moving on to some of the day's other business headlines. chinese regulars have given the green light to deutsche bank's plan to seelll a stake for 3.7 billion euros. the sale will go some way to boosting the german lender's

capital position. separately, deutsche bank's board member said the company was making "good progress towards a settlement with the u.s. justice department as it seeks to reduce the $14 billion fine." has beatenerale expectations with a profit of 1.3 billion euros. it was a star performer with earnings up 42%. the income for the retail banks fell by 15% year on year. a french prosecutor has called for british banking giant hsbc to stand trial for helping its customers evade taxes. the scandal release that its private banking unit in geneva had offered wealthy clients ways to hide assets. magistrates in france must now decide whether to proceed to charges. to launch alm is new low-cost airline on long and

medium haul routes. as part of the trust together planned for the airline which forecast annual growth of 2% to 3% till 2020. operating profits slumped 16% in the last quarter. hurt by currency movements and the continuing down turn in tourism. the company is struggling to keep pace with low-cost rivals ceo says he is confident in its future. >> the objective at the heart of all of our business is to hit profit of growth from a long-haul services, between 2% and 3% a year up to 2020. >> thanks very much. that is it for business. we are taking a short break. more news and headlines after this.

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