:00:13. > :00:30.The World Health Organisation says there could be 4 million cases of
:00:31. > :00:39.Zika in the Americas this year. The level of alarm is extremely high.
:00:40. > :00:45.The Iranians president -- president of Iran has continued his visit to
:00:46. > :00:49.France. We will bring you up-to-date on the Disneyland Paris story,
:00:50. > :00:59.French police have carried a man who was carrying two guns, ammunition,
:01:00. > :01:02.and a copy of the Koran. More than 100 children have drowned after
:01:03. > :01:12.trying to get to Turkey on this boat. As you are watching, if you
:01:13. > :01:15.use the hashtag, if you have any questions to ask, I will try to get
:01:16. > :01:31.you an answer. The World Health Organization has
:01:32. > :01:34.set up a Zika virus "emergency And that 3-4 million people
:01:35. > :01:43.will be affected this year. This virus is already linked
:01:44. > :01:45.to thousands of babies in Brazil Here's some of what
:01:46. > :01:58.the WHO said earlier. Last year the virus was detected in
:01:59. > :02:06.the Americas where it is now spreading explosively. As of today
:02:07. > :02:10.cases have been reported in 23 countries and territories in the
:02:11. > :02:15.region. The level of alarm is extremely high. For all these
:02:16. > :02:21.reasons I have decided to convene an emergency committee under the
:02:22. > :02:28.international health regulations. The committee will meet in Geneva on
:02:29. > :02:31.Monday the 1st of February and I'm asking the committee for advice on
:02:32. > :02:38.the appropriate level of international concern and four
:02:39. > :02:38.recommended measures that should be undertaken in affected countries and
:02:39. > :02:41.elsewhere. The last time an international
:02:42. > :02:43.emergency was declared was for the Ebola
:02:44. > :02:52.outbreak in West Africa. Our correspondent has been talking
:02:53. > :02:57.about the differences of the viruses. It is devastating for the
:02:58. > :03:01.parents who have had babies with undeveloped brains and small heads,
:03:02. > :03:09.but this is not a virus which is transmitted person-to-person on any
:03:10. > :03:16.great scale, like we saw with Ebola. They will decide in Geneva on Monday
:03:17. > :03:20.whether this should be declared a public health emergency as we saw
:03:21. > :03:24.with Ebola in the summer of 2014. If it is, a range of different things
:03:25. > :03:30.can be brought in to speed up the response. It will be decided whether
:03:31. > :03:34.this needs a global response and it will speed up the development of
:03:35. > :03:38.vaccines and treatments, and the hope will be that it will help to
:03:39. > :03:45.put a lid on this as quickly as possible. Viewers who knew nothing
:03:46. > :03:51.about the Zika a couple of weeks ago, the perception is the story has
:03:52. > :03:58.escalated very fast, was that the case? The World Health Organisation
:03:59. > :04:04.made a point of saying that they knew about this in May, a new cases
:04:05. > :04:07.of Zika had come to Brazil, and at the end of last year they were
:04:08. > :04:13.becoming aware of babies being born with microcephaly, abnormally small
:04:14. > :04:17.heads, this is not something which has come along without any warning
:04:18. > :04:23.at all. There were warning signs at the end of last year, but in the
:04:24. > :04:31.last few months we have seen an explosion of a large number of Zika
:04:32. > :04:34.cases and that is not a problem in itself, but the worrying thing is
:04:35. > :04:41.the link to babies being born with defects. What will the team do, the
:04:42. > :04:47.one that has been set up? They will decide whether this is a public
:04:48. > :04:51.health emergency, and then they will tell the people what to do next in
:04:52. > :04:54.terms of treatments and cures, what is potentially in the pipeline and
:04:55. > :05:01.how quickly they can come online to what is the practical advice.
:05:02. > :05:05.Because these are mosquitoes they are very difficult to control, the
:05:06. > :05:12.advice at the moment is for pregnant women to stay clear stagnant water,
:05:13. > :05:19.and do not go out in the day, that is when they bite, and to use insect
:05:20. > :05:26.repellent and it'll be interesting to see what they can recommend apart
:05:27. > :05:30.from that. One person ask what impact will this have on the Olympic
:05:31. > :05:38.Games? The authorities have said they are carrying out a number of
:05:39. > :05:42.measures to tackle the Zika virus. Over 200,000 troops have been
:05:43. > :05:49.deployed in certain areas, huge numbers of areas have been fumigated
:05:50. > :05:59.and areas where mosquitoes breed are being fumigated. There is no
:06:00. > :06:06.certainty, though. Obviously Brazil will be hosting this big event in a
:06:07. > :06:09.few months. This story is about the Americas and several countries are
:06:10. > :06:13.recommending that women delay plans to have babies will stop that is not
:06:14. > :06:21.an option if you are already pregnant, though. Such as the people
:06:22. > :06:23.in this group in Brazil. I got Zika in the first few weeks of my
:06:24. > :06:29.pregnancy but no one worried about it. When the link was made, we
:06:30. > :06:33.panicked we started looking for any information could find. Now I'm more
:06:34. > :06:38.relaxed because and 36 weeks pregnant but I only wear trousers
:06:39. > :06:44.and I only leave home to go for yoga and my medical exams. In theory,
:06:45. > :06:48.I've had it, and I cannot catch it again, but the advice is very vague
:06:49. > :06:52.and I'm not taking any chances. It is not a constant concern, but the
:06:53. > :06:57.other day I went out and a bunch of mosquitoes attacked my leg. I was so
:06:58. > :07:04.tense, and this is something that gets to you, my family and friends
:07:05. > :07:10.are very worried. I try not to keep thinking about the Zika story and to
:07:11. > :07:14.enjoy my legacy, a magical period, I'm taking precautions like mosquito
:07:15. > :07:20.repellent, but without getting too anxious. We really believe in giving
:07:21. > :07:24.our babies that energy so I tried to keep the bad thoughts away and to
:07:25. > :07:29.think only of good thoughts. There is more background information
:07:30. > :07:37.regarding the Zika virus on the website. I was told I accidentally
:07:38. > :07:43.set the Olympics was coming up in a few hours, but clearly it is coming
:07:44. > :07:49.up in a few months! -- accidentally said.
:07:50. > :07:51.Police in France have arrested an armed man
:07:52. > :07:55.They say he was carrying two guns, a box of ammunition and a copy
:07:56. > :08:02.The theme park is in the east of Paris. It is very popular. Over 40
:08:03. > :08:07.million people visit every year. The guns were detected by a scanner
:08:08. > :08:10.during a security check at the entrance to a Disneyland
:08:11. > :08:24.hotel, near the French capital. We can speak to a journalist in
:08:25. > :08:31.Paris. What can you tell us about this woman? Who are they looking
:08:32. > :08:36.for? Police believe that the man was accompanied by a woman, and she fled
:08:37. > :08:43.and they tried to arrest her, they made one arrest in the Paris area.
:08:44. > :08:47.They then released the woman they had arrested after establishing that
:08:48. > :08:52.she was not in fact the man's companion. They say they are still
:08:53. > :08:57.looking for a woman they believed was with him. What details do we
:08:58. > :09:05.have about the kind of weapons he had and the animation he had? Two
:09:06. > :09:09.small calibre handguns with small bullets to go with them, and they
:09:10. > :09:13.were discovered when the man allowed his bag to go through an x-ray
:09:14. > :09:19.machine which seems rather strange. Given that he must have known that
:09:20. > :09:26.the guns would be seen. He then offered no resistance when he was
:09:27. > :09:30.taken aside by security staff and the police arrived rapidly and
:09:31. > :09:35.arrested him. They have not dive oldest his identity, but they do say
:09:36. > :09:44.that he has no police or criminal record -- they have not dive -- I
:09:45. > :09:53.have not revealed his identity. They say he is of European origin. Could
:09:54. > :09:56.he have owned these weapons legally? They could be legal, yes, but the
:09:57. > :10:01.police have not said whether he had a licence. He apparently told
:10:02. > :10:07.investigators that he was carrying them for his own protection because
:10:08. > :10:14.he thought security is such comparison he might need them. -- is
:10:15. > :10:21.such in Paris that he might need them. The police do not seem to be
:10:22. > :10:25.taking this that seriously, because for the time being the case is being
:10:26. > :10:32.handled by criminal prosecutors rather than going to a specialist
:10:33. > :10:36.anti-terrorist unit. Obviously the public does fear that this man might
:10:37. > :10:40.have been planning something similar to the November attacks in Paris in
:10:41. > :10:47.which 130 people were killed. Those attacks were claimed by the
:10:48. > :10:51.so-called Islamic State. Thanks for joining us. We will stay in the
:10:52. > :10:53.city. The Presidents of Iran and France
:10:54. > :11:16.were making all the right noises Hassan Rouhani arriving hit, being
:11:17. > :11:24.greeted by President Hollande. There was a polite disagreement over
:11:25. > :11:27.whether wine would be served. But everyone was so welcoming, these
:11:28. > :11:38.were thousands of protesters trying to draw attention to what they say
:11:39. > :11:42.are human rights abuses in Iran. The reason for this visit, lots and lots
:11:43. > :11:52.of deals, 30 have been signed including two President Hollande. --
:11:53. > :11:55.Bertie have been signed according to President Hollande.
:11:56. > :11:57.118 planes are going to be ordered from Airbus.
:11:58. > :12:00.Peugeot has signed up for a joint venture with an Iranian
:12:01. > :12:04.car producer - that's worth E400 million.
:12:05. > :12:08.Next - here's some of the press conference for you.
:12:09. > :12:17.TRANSLATION: Thanks to the good relations we had in the past, French
:12:18. > :12:21.companies come to Iran to start from scratch, we have got to catch up on
:12:22. > :12:24.the last two years. The Prime Minister signed some deals and this
:12:25. > :12:28.afternoon in front of President Hollande deals were also signed, and
:12:29. > :12:31.this is proof that the government and also the private sector have a
:12:32. > :12:36.real desire to work together and working together is in the interests
:12:37. > :12:40.of both our countries. TRANSLATION: This is a new chapter in our
:12:41. > :12:47.relations and I want this relationship to be useful, useful to
:12:48. > :12:51.our countries, useful to the region which is marked by war and
:12:52. > :12:54.tragedies, and I would like us to apply rigorous leave the nuclear
:12:55. > :13:00.agreement on each party involved should respect its responsibility
:13:01. > :13:04.and we should guarantee that we can guarantee everything that has been
:13:05. > :13:07.said, that it can be accomplished. It is the condition for everything.
:13:08. > :13:20.-- vigorously. This is the details of the Airbus
:13:21. > :13:26.deal. The aeroplanes were mainly bought, more than 37 years ago
:13:27. > :13:30.before the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran needs these error planes,
:13:31. > :13:37.this is a memorandum of agreement, this is not a contract -- these
:13:38. > :13:41.aeroplanes. We need more details. It is worth $25 billion, which is a
:13:42. > :13:45.large amount of money. It is a big day, very good day for Iranians.
:13:46. > :13:53.What about the role of France? It is hard to imagine this happening in
:13:54. > :13:58.London. Why is France in this position? France has been one of the
:13:59. > :14:08.biggest partners of Iran before the sanctions, Peugeot was very involved
:14:09. > :14:13.in Iranian car industry before the sanctions, they were producing half
:14:14. > :14:16.a million cars per year. It was much easier to get back to those
:14:17. > :14:21.countries that were already involved in the Iranian economy, rather than
:14:22. > :14:25.starting from scratch, with countries that have not been
:14:26. > :14:28.involved. The mood music was good, but when President Hollande was
:14:29. > :14:36.talking about Lebanon and how they have been talking frankly, about
:14:37. > :14:42.bringing peace to countries, is hard not to raise an eyebrow, they have
:14:43. > :14:47.opposed opinions regarding Syria. That is one of the sticking points,
:14:48. > :14:56.Iran supports President Assad, and France opposes him. It is important
:14:57. > :15:00.that Hassan Rouhani said that Iran will play an important role in the
:15:01. > :15:06.talks with Syria and they are accepting the role of Iran, because
:15:07. > :15:09.until recently Iran were not even invited to the Syrian talks, and now
:15:10. > :15:22.they are accepting that they should be part of those talks. We have
:15:23. > :15:28.questions from all over the world on Iran coming in from the cold.
:15:29. > :15:32.Financially and economically, at least, into the rest of the world.
:15:33. > :15:42.You can find more about this on the Facebook page.
:15:43. > :15:45.We've got the story of Jordan Cox who had to get from one side
:15:46. > :15:48.of England to the other - and found the cheapest way
:15:49. > :16:03.British police have dropped their investigation into allegations
:16:04. > :16:06.of physical and sexual abuse linked to the failed UK charity,
:16:07. > :16:18.The charity - which always denied the claims -
:16:19. > :16:20.shut down in August after questions were raised
:16:21. > :16:24.My colleague Lucy Manning has spoken to its founder Camilia
:16:25. > :16:32.If a charity has been accused of abusing the children in its care,
:16:33. > :16:39.that is the kiss of death, but these are not real allegations. You also
:16:40. > :16:42.had money problems? No, we had enough money confirmed in order to
:16:43. > :16:48.be able to run the charity, I want everyone to be clear about this.
:16:49. > :16:54.There has been a lot of rumours, the organisation had enough money to run
:16:55. > :16:55.for a year and the allegations of sexual abuse were the reasons we
:16:56. > :17:14.closed. Welcome to the programme. The World
:17:15. > :17:22.Health Organisation says up to form and in people could be affected by
:17:23. > :17:25.the Zika virus. -- up to 4 million people in Brazil could be affected.
:17:26. > :17:27.The trial has begun at the International Criminal Court
:17:28. > :17:30.of the former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo.
:17:31. > :17:32.Prosecutors say they've got a vast body of evidence
:17:33. > :17:41.BBC Arabic looking at a UN report which alleges that Saudi Arabian
:17:42. > :17:50.The British government says it will take the report very seriously
:17:51. > :17:52.- it supplies munitions to Saudi Arabia.
:17:53. > :17:55.And in the UK, the carcasses of three sperm whales that washed up
:17:56. > :18:03.on the east coast have been taken to landfill sites.
:18:04. > :18:12.Corporation tax remains a big issue at the moment in the UK.
:18:13. > :18:17.Last week Google announced it had agreed to pay the British government
:18:18. > :18:20.?130 million - that's around $186 million -
:18:21. > :18:31.The Government won't say how that was calculated.
:18:32. > :18:35.Experts estimate this is equivalent to a tax rate of around 3%.
:18:36. > :18:41.That's one tax story - another is that the European Union
:18:42. > :18:43.is considering a range of new measures to
:18:44. > :18:55.The row over Google's $185 million deal with the British taxman has
:18:56. > :18:59.highlighted concerns that some multinationals might not be paying
:19:00. > :19:04.their way. Many other big names have come under scrutiny in recent
:19:05. > :19:08.months. In Paris, on Wednesday, members of the global economic
:19:09. > :19:11.organisation signed a major deal designed to make it easier for
:19:12. > :19:16.countries to find out who is paying what and who. But Britain's Finance
:19:17. > :19:22.minister thinks that more action is needed. We want to see those figures
:19:23. > :19:28.made public, details made public, but the only reason why we have any
:19:29. > :19:31.of this new change in the global tax rules, the only reason why the OECD
:19:32. > :19:37.reached the agreement is because Britain led the way in changing the
:19:38. > :19:41.rules and we don't think they go far enough, our manifesto we said that
:19:42. > :19:48.we will push for international agreement to publish this tax data.
:19:49. > :20:03.Now Brussels is entering the argument, they want to clamp down on
:20:04. > :20:08.countries -- on companies which use different countries to their
:20:09. > :20:12.advantage. It is not illegal, but the commission is not happy. Until
:20:13. > :20:19.now member states that make great efforts to fight abusive tax
:20:20. > :20:26.practices are being undermined by those that take a more lenient
:20:27. > :20:34.approach. Some struggle to enforce their National tax rules because of
:20:35. > :20:40.more avoidance friendly regimes and this cannot go on any more. The
:20:41. > :20:44.commission's fans are ambitious and changes will take time, and that
:20:45. > :20:48.means companies like Google will find their tax affairs making
:20:49. > :21:02.headlines for while to come. -- plans. Almost every day we have been
:21:03. > :21:04.talking about quarterly results. Amazon has put out their figures.
:21:05. > :21:13.It is pretty good news, most brick and mortar retailers have been
:21:14. > :21:21.struggling, the likes of Walmart and Macy's. But Amazon, the story is
:21:22. > :21:31.different, the online retailer, their sales rose 22% in the crucial
:21:32. > :21:41.Christmas period. Amazon said, their owners said, 25 years ago he was
:21:42. > :21:46.taking packages to the post, hoping one day he could afford a forklift
:21:47. > :21:52.-- their own said. What about Microsoft? There is overlap with
:21:53. > :21:59.Amazon, and if you look at Microsoft, it is less a story about
:22:00. > :22:02.software, and more the focus is bad computing, that is where it is
:22:03. > :22:10.generating profit like Amazon. That is the area investors will be
:22:11. > :22:13.focusing on. I know the figures came at yesterday for Facebook, it is
:22:14. > :22:24.taking a while to digester how well it is doing. Has that sent shock
:22:25. > :22:28.waves around? -- digests. This is a company reaching its 12th year, and
:22:29. > :22:34.where people have been surprised, they knew it was a digital
:22:35. > :22:36.powerhouse in terms of advertising, but when you start doing
:22:37. > :22:41.side-by-side comparisons with Google and you see how fast it has reached
:22:42. > :22:47.some of the milestones it has already reached, $5 billion in
:22:48. > :22:50.revenue, the sheer number of uses it continues to add and a weight has
:22:51. > :22:57.been able to make money from those people -- and the way. That has many
:22:58. > :23:05.commentators talking, wondering if it carries on at this rapid pace, it
:23:06. > :23:13.will soon, if not catch up Google, it is eclipsing other big names like
:23:14. > :23:18.Yahoo, for example. One of the success stories with Facebook is the
:23:19. > :23:22.way it can target certain groups of people.
:23:23. > :23:25.Facebook is about to replace it's "like" feature with a set
:23:26. > :24:05.It is nice that now we don't have too give a thumbs up to our friends
:24:06. > :24:09.divorces. You have a friend who has broken a bone, you can leave a
:24:10. > :24:15.comment, which allows you to express emotions. Who has time to leave a
:24:16. > :24:33.comment? We are all so busy these days.
:24:34. > :24:36.They are coming to Facebook very soon, whether you are keen on them
:24:37. > :24:41.or not. This is consumer blogger Jordon Cox,
:24:42. > :24:44.from here in the UK. He's in the news because after
:24:45. > :24:46.he found a cheaper - if slightly longer
:24:47. > :24:53.route - to get home. He needed to get to Hatton in Essex,
:24:54. > :24:56.from his university in Sheffield. Instead he flew to Berlin spent
:24:57. > :25:27.the day there and flew back I've always wanted to visit Berlin,
:25:28. > :25:33.is a bucket list place, and to visit there and all in one go, that is a
:25:34. > :25:36.triple win, I love to travel. I've seen so many more opportunities like
:25:37. > :25:43.this, a one-way flight from Copenhagen London for just ?4,
:25:44. > :25:47.cheaper than my bus back home. There are so many cheap flight prices out
:25:48. > :25:54.there if people take a look. There you go. That is it for the first
:25:55. > :26:09.half of the programme, we are back for more in a moment.
:26:10. > :26:14.I will start the weather forecast in Australia, we have the storms
:26:15. > :26:16.potentially for the Australian open tennis