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Societe Generale Reaches Settlement With Libya

French bank Societe Generale is to pay more than $1bn to settle a legal dispute in Libya.

French bank Societe Generale is to pay more than $1bn to settle a legal dispute in Libya. Noemie Bisserbe of the Wall Street Journal tells us about alleged bribery at the heart of the dispute. Also in the programme, French voters are counting down the days to Sunday's presidential election. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Joshua Thorpe reports from the Languedoc region in southern France, where the economy is at the front of many voters' minds. Facebook has announced record user numbers, but is the social media giant doing enough to remove inappropriate content? Claire Lilley is head of online safety at Britain's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and tells us what she makes of a plan for Facebook to hire 3,000 people to monitor and remove violent and extremist material. At the World Economic Forum in Durban, South Africa, leaders from across the continent are being urged to spread wealth more fairly in their countries, as the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Matthew Davies reports. Plus we find out why kids across the globe are excited about a craze for three pronged spinning gadgets, from Rob Ellard, co-founder of fidgetspinner.co.uk.

(Picture: A Societe Generale logo. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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