terror attacks of 2015. prosecutors are seeking a four-year jail turn for the man to rented the apartment islamic state militants behind the attack that left 130 people dead. and the french language is a subject of an international conference right now in paris with france 24. more on the world's fifth most widely spoken language, coming up. also this hour, could we be heading for another rough day in the stock market? investors are bracing themselves for new inflation figures from the united states. we will tell you why they are worried in our business update. cast to the setting to the soundtrack, african themes are the background to the new marvel blockbuster "black panther." ♪ >> we will start in south africa, where parliament has settled a no-confidence motion for tomorrow against the president, jacob zuma. that comes one day after the ordered zuma to resign. >> [inaudible] proceed with the motion of no-confidence. [inaudible] has been removed so we can proceed [inaudible] it is clear that the time has. [inaudible] we can no longer wait beyond today. >> for more on the story, i am joined by our chief foreign editor, rob parsons. is this no-confidence motion enough to put zuma out the door? >> the question is how will the party as a whole vote? jacob zuma has quite a lot of support in the anc, but how much support? he comeshat the area from, he is extremely popular, and many of the rural areas of south africa as well. many people inside the party over their political careers to president zuma as well. many of them will no doubt vote in favor of him tomorrow. the big question is how many? seems extremely likely that it does go to a no-confidence vote, but it will vote in favor of ousting him. the concern within the anc is if a large number of people vote for president zuma, but not pushedent to keep him out, that could split the party. totalk us through how we got this point. what is jacob zuma accused of doing? anc it is -- >> it is a litany of mistakes, crimes and he -- crimes he ly committed, from corruption to rape of a family friend. he was acquitted of that, but there is one that is still there, that dates back to 1990 involvess scandal that millions of dollars. he could go down on that, but the main issue for the anc is the party's image over the nine years that he has been in power has been constantly sullied by his association with issues of corruption and nepotism and the issue of rape as well. as a consequence of that, the has been in constant slide over the past nine years, to the point where in the 2016 local elections that it fell to just below 54% of the vote. if it carries on that slide with elections coming in 2019, and could find itself in a position where it has to accept coalition government if it wants to stay on in power. that would be a catastrophe. robert parsons on the situation in south africa. we will be staying on that for you throughout the day. in israel, opposition politicians are calling for benjamin netanyahu to resign after police say they have enough evidence to indict the prime minister for corruption. netanyahu faced to graft probes in the late 1990's, but there were no charges pressed against him. the prime minister rejected the latest accusations. >> a year-long graft investigation concludes with a recommendation to indict. israeli police say the prime minister should be charged with two counts of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. benjamin netanyahu is accused of accepting gifts from businessmen worth around 250,000 euros. netanyahu attempted to shape the narrative before the police findings were made public, saying the recommendations were politically motivated and word amounts to nothing. >> during my time as prime minister, great pressures have been placed to open at least 15 investigations against me. the aim of toppling me from power. it all began with explosive shows,es, live tv somewhat thunderous recommend patients -- police recommendations, like this evening. this will all end without anything. the police recommendations are the most serious level against the prime minister. he is set to remain in office until july 2019, but that now remains in doubt. >> he is the reason that we in the opposition believe that netanyahu should remove himself, not only because of what he is suspected of, but because of the way he attacked all of the establishments of the democracy of israel on his way to shield himself from this. >> benjamin netanyahu has so far refused calls to step down. his future now lies in the hands of israel's attorney general. they will now have to decide whether to act on the police recommendation and file charges. if they do, it would be the first time a sitting israeli prime minister faces conviction. >> a verdict is due to be handed down today in the trial in paris related to the terror attacks of 2015. prosecutors are searching for a four-year jail term for the man who rented his apartment to the ismic state militants behind the attacks that left 130 people dead. chris moore is at the courthouse, where the verdict will be handed down later today. he joins us from there. talk us through, if you will, the past three weeks of this trial, which has been truly extraordinary. we have seen some pretty surreal scenes in the courtroom. set to argue that his life in drugs, philandering, and petty crime effectively meant he was unaware of the details of what was going on. we heard a lot about his past .nd from the codefendant that is the crux of their defense, they are smalltime gangsters, petty criminals, but in no way extremist identifiers who would rented apartment to terrorists. they are asking for 4-6 years behind bars for that pair. told one of the suspects sisters was on the lookoufor a hideout for the terrorists, d the prosecution alleging he knew a little bit more about what he has told other investigators or the courtroom. they want five years behind bars for him. this man became known here in france as the isis landlord, but he also became a national related to a tv interview he gave after the attack. >> that's right. it was always going to be a trial, given that most of the attackers died carrying out the attacks. there are relatively few forums that the billet -- the families can get some kind of closure or justice in this case, but the offenses they are accused of our serious, these men are bit part players. in terms of the evidence we have heard from some of those people affected by the attacks, it plays into the question of who is this man? we had one man injured in the plastic -- blast saying he needs to come to the court and decide if he is a terrorist or simply an idiot. we have had very moving testimony from victims' fam ilies, and a fresh and of anger from the three codefendants. saying look, given the situation back then with the interviews, portrayal ofthe yourselves as obliviousness, we should act a few -- ask a few more questions. >> the verdict on the isis landlord should be handed down today around 4:00 p.m. paris time. an international conference is also being held on the french language. backed byrence, france 24, is meant to promote the fifth most spoken language in the world. there are close to 275 million french speakers around the globe. our reporter was at that conference with more. anthis conference is part of ongoing consultation, which was launched by emmanuel macron in december. the aim of this consultation is to collect ideas and proposals on how to promote the french language abroad. this has been done via an online , called my ideal for france. what is happening today and tomorrow is very much the continuation of the process, this conference of which france 24 is a partner. it brings together academic intellectuals, politicians, diplomats, businessmen, all actors involved in the promotion of the french language abroad. ofsaw the secretary general an organization aimed at promoting french languages abroad. we also saw the culture minister here in france. emmanuel macron said he wants to revitalize the french language. the aim of today's conference is to come up with an action plan to ensure that france becomes a world language once again. has is what emmanuel macron called for. not everyone has been convinced policy.n's another writer actually turned down his invitation. he says that france's approach is to france-centric, and says the policy of promoting the french language should be more open, diverse, and acknowledge the fact that a majority of french speakers live outside of rants, -- france in sub-saharan africa. we have a bit of movie news for you now. the new marvel blockbuster black panther is coming out today in france. to the setting to the soundtrack, african themes are the backbone of that movie. premiere was held last night in kenya. we have the details. ♪ >> the film black panther has received rave reviews. it is set in an imaginary african nation called wakanda. once, a hollywood movie has a predominantly black cast and is all about black pride. -- african pride. >> we hope this gives people a new sense of respect and curiosity towds africa. it is extremely diverse. even the cast, who made this film, is diverse. as much as we all have dark skin, we are from everywhere around the globe. director --merican the african american director made trips to africa looking for references. this combined african and african-american actors, and the language of wauconda is a light which spoken in south africa -- is a language spoken in south africa. >> i think seeing black people in positions of power is important. >> and seeing this particular part of the world, this african nation on this continent and a of this brilliance and excellence. wakanda andare in it is possible to see that information -- affirmation on the screen. i think in this day and time, it is extremely important. >> tricks are saying black panther is not just another blockbuster, but a cultural moment. ♪ >> time for our business update with stephen carroll. hello, stephen. in the u.s., where there is more trouble in the stock market. stephen: and getting the latest inflation pictures from the u.s. bureau of labor statistics. panic has been provoked in part over fears of rising inflation. we are expecting it to be just over 2%, and higher could cause ripples on the market. >> waiting with baited breath for the u.s. inflation numbers. they could be higher than expected. that could send shockwaves through stock markets the world over. for high inflation numbers, it could mean the beginning of the end of low interest rates. stock markets were spooked earlier this month when new figures showed u.s. hourly wages .ose 1.29% higher wages often lead to higher prices. aroundhe apprehension the consumer price index. it is a government measure of changes in the price of common household goods. the u.s. federal reserve wanted to be around 2%, the sign of a healthy economy. when inflation reached that level over a year ago, the fed began slowly raising interest rates in an effort to calm price rises. an unexpected jump in inflation could now force them to change that policy. and increase interest rates more quickly. that is what investors are afraid of. they have become used to cheap loans. is at ainance road crossroads. theher factor adding to uncertainty? jerome powell. he replaced janet yellen elier this month as head of the federal reserve, and is yet to outline his vision of a sustainable, prosperous u.s. economy. the marketsk at how are trading ahead of that. european shares up as we wait that news to come out of the united date. retail stocks seeing some gains. ch the markets like share connections to valentine's day, so that is helping. lvmh, which owns both louis vuitton and a champagne company is up 2.1% in paris. we also have nestle and lindt trading up as well. torn between the chocolate and the champagne -- which way to go? and not such a good day for shares in india. >> they finished down over 10% in mumbai after this bank announced it had detected fraud worth more than 1.4 billion euros. the suspect transactions were made at one of its mumbai branches or what it called a select few account holders. the authorities are now investigating. >> uber has had some good financial results, despite big losses. showed you would have a multibillion dollar company that does not make a product. -- profit. but they are losing less money and their income is going up as well. throughout 2017, uber's revenue was writing around 10% every three months. in the last three months of beer, the company saw bookings .orth over $11 billion overall in 2017, cooper had an income of $17.4 billion -- uber had an income of $17.4 billion. >> thed fall during third and fourth quarter. we will now go live to south africa, where jacob zuma is now giving a live television interview as we speak. let's see what he has to say. >> the specific thing the president was doing, that is [inaudible] to take this kind of action. and precisely because there is one oflem about it, those are saying we should not [inaudible] because he will be creating a bad president. if you will not help you, i said let us talk to him and work out an arrangement. how is he going to perform his duties that will not make people feel uncomfortable? of course, i was defeated by the majority, and i understood that -- does have that kind when the incumbent president was recalled, [inaudible] and there was no problem. that is why i was asking what have i done in this kind of situation? because the policy, nothing has interfered. so what are you rushing for? and then, in the process of the clear that it was people are saying zuma must go. my problem was that it has been set the entire year, including 101,e who are saying this, they are all saying something. they themselves never provided a reason. i found it very strange that i was going to be told by my organization you now must go because we know have a new , notdent must come in following any policy of the anc. back,t, about three years one province raised why can we not discuss the aligning of the national elections and the confidence to elect the president? nobody wanted to discuss that, because it was not an issue. and the other problem -- these are what have been raised -- the other problem i had, when we go there areference, issues, constitutional amendments, whatever. mattersonference, these , if they are matters that need to be discussed, they have to be raised. this matter did not appear on the agenda. now thisdiately president is elected, we must change immediately. [inaudible] because this issue now looks so important, so urgent, and a problem. i explained my problems, that we are also talking about this in the media. [inaudible] understanding, , in just twoip months, they are focusing on this issue, no other issue. there are a lot of resolutions to be dealing with, we are spending more time discussing zuma must go. i do not understand why. that inndicated to them the conference, i heard from the apevine that's juma -- that zuma must not leave the state nation address -- of the nation address. when he leaves in december, he must never come back. and while the conference was going on, there was also a zumassion that no, in fact must be removed in this conference before we go. are preparations that should happen. i think i indicated this, and therefore i'm indicating that this discussion, to me, is not an innocent discussion. it is not an innocent discussion, because people have been talking about it. and they have been complaining about other people before. so in that discussion, how does all of this power -- matter? and i did not hide them. i therefore said [inaudible] go back, and say no, i did not accept this persuasion. i don't. i don't understand it. during theting, discussion, somebody said well, this matter needs to be -- we need to take a decision. means we're not even saying let us go back to community tothe decide what to do. already, someone on the team was saying well, this decision must be taking -- taken by the anc. let's go back so that we have the anc to take the decision. that is what happened. i just want to give you the chronology, because it is very important. a sunday. , sunday the fourth. on monday, on my way to cape flat, ones taking the of the colleagues showed me a a group of anc outside the -- house. this touched me very seriously. what i said to myself, this is a problem. because of this matter that is being discussed all over, already my comrades on the meund -- the clip shocked because one male comrade was kicking another male comrade while he was lying on the ground. this worried me. i said we are likely to have violence in this country of the anc members, and this will be done in our names. i then decided we need to take a different line. that is the discussion we had. , because to change this cannot go on. the leadership has been saying you need to leave the -- leave the anc. i said fine, i must reflect on this. town, aanded in cape general called me to say they have just finished working in the committee, and they are making a decision that the anc special election must take place on a thursday, and also the president had said that he would like to come in soon. 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