. >> the israeli intelligent services said the man arrested at ben gurian airport in september 11th, two weeks ago was alex mans travelling on a belgium passport, of iranian descent, born in iran, aged 55. he was arrested and held on suspicion of working for the iranian intelligence service, spying in israel. he told his interrogators that they promised to be paid a million dollars to carry out spying operations inside the state of israel, and he said that he had been involved in making contact with businesses in the tel aviv area that would facilitate regular access to the country. he visited israel three times in the last year and is now being held by the intelligence services. >> peter sharp reporting there. more companies are switching to payroll card systems. millions of americans are hit with extra salary fees. the high fees mean workers earn less than minimum wage. new york attorney-general is investigating whether the system is legal. kath turner reports. >> natalie used to like working at mcdonald's until the company gave her a payroll card, loaded up with her wage and used

. >> the israeli intelligence services said the man was arrested at ben gurian airport on-september 11, two weeks ago. it was alex mans, travelling on a belgium passport, of iranian dissent. -- descent, born in iran, arrested on suspicion of working with the iranian intelligence service, spying in israel. he told interrogators that he was promised to be paid $1 million to carry out spying operations inside the state of israel, and he said that he had been involved in making contact with businesses in the tel aviv area facilitating regular access to the country. he visited israel three times in the last year and is being held by the intelligence services. >> peter sharp reporting there. when it comes to reading, writing and my favourite - arithmetic - things will change. we look at the new normal when it comes to testing students in the u.s. o ((conversation >> children around the country are back in school. many are following the common core curriculum, an educational standard adopted by 45 states and the district of columbia. along with it, there is controversy. melissa chan has more.

from jerusalem >> reporter: the israeli intelligence services says the man that was arrested at be ben gurian was a man called alex manns traveling on a belgium passport. he was born in iran, age 55. and he was arrested and being held on suspicion of working for the iranian intelligence services, supplying in israel. he is apparently told -- he has apparently told his interrogators he was promised to be paid a million dollars to carry out spying operations inside the state of israel and he said that he had been involved in making contact with businesses in the tel aviv area that would facilitate regular access to the country. in fact, he has visited israel three times in the last year and is now being held by. >> children around the country are back in school. many of them now following the new common core criminurriculum has been arrested by 45 states and the district of columbia. along with the new curriculum, there is controversy. melissa chan has more. [bell rings.) >> change is coming to public schools across the country. common core is a national program that sets new math and english s

he was picked up at ben gurian airport on 11 september. he was found with photographs of the u.s. embassy in tel aviv, and is said to have been offered $1 million to spy on israel and had visited three times in less than a year. >> news of the arrest of the spy came as prime minister benyamin netanyahu left for washington. it will be presented by israelis as evidence that the rainians cannot be trusted. that will be the trust of benyamin netanyahu's meeting with barack obama at the white house on monday afternoon. >> an israeli prime minister benyamin netanyahu arrived in new york city. he'll meet with president obama tomorrow and address the u.n. on tuesday. at least 16 people, mostly students, were killed in syria. an airstrike at a school in raqqa. amateur video shows the aftermath. government forces bombed it repeatedly. 100,000 have been killed in syria's civil war. as that war rages, u.n. weapons inspectors arrived in damascus and are expected to start the long process of inspecting, cataloguing and destroying syria's chemical weapons. we spoke with richard butler, the u.n.

the 55-year-old was picked up at tel aviv's ben gurian airport on is 1 september. shin bet said he was found with photographs of tel aviv. he visited the country and was offered $1 million to spy. >> news of the arrest came as benyamin netanyahu left for washington. it will be presented by the israelis as further evidence the rainians cannot be trusted. that will be the trust of prime minister benyamin netanyahu's meeting with president obama at the white house on monday afternoon. >> moving now to syria, president bashar al-assad says his government will respect the united nations resolution that calls for the destruction of syria's chemical weapons. bashar al-assad gave the reassurance during an interview with an italian television station. >> it's not about the resolution, it's about our will. of course, we have the will. in 2003 we had proposed to the united nations and security council to get rid of the weapons, to have chemical weapon free zone in the middle east. >> unweapons inspectors arrived in damascus and are expected on tuesday to begin the process of