if you look at the. this is d. w. news life from banning an explosion in a paris bakery in just schools of people fire crews evacuated residents from nearby apartments while police in the french capital investigate the cause we'll have the latest from the french capital also coming up. there runoff in the democratic republic of congo's presidential election he says he'll challenge the results in court that is music results a spot on the rest with several deaths from pollution so far. and heavy snow brings

chaos to parts of europe our reporter visits an austrian village that has been called evacuated due to the fear about an option. to. find a home free glad you could join me schools of people have been injured several critically in an explosion at a day resulting fire at a bakery in central paris well police in the french capital say it is not yet known what caused the early morning blast fire crews were seen rescuing residents from apartments and initial reports suggest it may have been sparked by a gas leak or thirty's are on high alert as another demonstration of yellow vest protests is planned in the city this off to noon. and our correspondent lisa lewis will join us she's that now and she joins us from paris good to see you lisa we understand that there are reports of foreign men among

those critically injured what can you tell us. absolutely we are hearing that there are at least thirty six people that have been injured and five of them are in a critical state three of these people are five workers indeed at this very moment the area is still cooled and off the authorities have deployed about two hundred workers one hundred policemen but they're saying that the situation is now under control. and also it is have any idea at this stage what might have caused the explosion. well the paris prosecutor's office has opened investigation to continue back to the exact details but authorities have already said that at the time of the explosion that was apparently a fireman found his crew deployed in the building to investigate a gas leak so the inhabitants were waiting outside when the explosion went off and that's the favorite you know that's that the line of paul at this very moment but

people are still looking at what exactly happened at the time of the explosion now this comes obviously at a moment of tension as you said because yellow vests protesters are happening across paris and they're actually walking down the streets not far away from the from where this explosion happened today he said on that point of course he had a vest protests have been going on for several weeks now what is the city of paris expecting today. the government seems to expect i'm expecting a new level of violence that have deployed eighty thousand police officers across the country five thousand of them in pairs and they're really getting ready ready for new right now for this for the moment actually the demonstrations seem to be happening in a peaceful way the demonstrators themselves have come up have put up a as a security service to make sure that there are new riots really happening but apparently both sides seem to be thinking this is

a crucial moment when it comes to the protests they have now been going on for nine weeks but the government will start a new so court national debate next week is hoping and hoping to calm things down and it was a don't say just demonstrators want to show that they will keep pattered and will keep protesting for the next few weeks even very briefly of course the pressure now on president michel i'm well it's growing considerably what's the government planning to do about that. well that's exactly what i meant the the grand the. big debate actually that kicking off next week is supposed to calm down the spirits but it remains to be seen if that really works because according to one recent poll seventy percent of the french actually think that they will be no use of measures coming out of this debate our correspondent lisa lewis in paris good to talk live t.v. thanks lisa. to nigeria now where at least twelve people have been killed after an overturned or oil tanker

exploded at the athens happened in the arctic tiny area of the southeastern state of cross river many people were scooping up leaking fuel at the time of the blast officials say more than twenty have been taken to hospital with serious burns hundreds of people have died in similar accidents in recent years in nigeria as impoverished people risk their lives to collect fuel leaking from pipelines will trucks. now the democratic republic of congo has told the international community to back the outcome of its presidential election the head of the congolese election commission was addressing the un security council as it debated the result which the opposition leader felix if she cared to declare the surprise winner an opposition rival mcduffie who came a close second and he wants to challenge the result and the country's constitutional court today is the last day to do so. this may not look like what you'd expect to see from supporters of a candidate who just lost an election but at this rally in can shasta supporters of

the defeated presidential candidates martin face are out on mass they're celebrating because the runner up says he's challenging the election result in court he claims he won by a landslide but. wake up rise up sons of the congo take courage we will go to the constitutional court to trial and appeal we will demand they state their results ballot by ballot for each polling station. no one has the right to steal victory from the congolese people. do you accept that your victory has been stolen. thank you the accuses a going president joseph kabila of making a backroom deal with the surprise declared whether another opposition leader felix just a k.d. . has won felix just

a kid he is just prolonging the last time in power he was next in line after kabila i'm telling you the truth. we are fed up with him he's no our rival but we need a change of regime we don't need felix it's by you who won. and i just feel already declared felix president needs to just accept it and join felix and work together for the will be. if the congolese know that felix is president he's our president. please please don't. the democratic republic of congo has told the international community to back the outcome of the vote but the disputed results have sparked unrest with several day so far. the f.b.i. reportedly opened an investigation into whether it us president donald trump was working on behalf of russia against u.s. interests during his presidential campaign that is according to the new york times

newspaper claims the probe was set off in early twenty seventeen following president trump's firing and then f.b.i. director james comey according to anonymous sources agents were told to find out if trump was knowingly or unknowingly working for the russian government the white house denies the claims. was saying in the u.s. the partial government shutdown is now entering its twenty second day making it the longest in the country's history as the rao overfunding president donald trump's southern border wall drags on as a result some eight hundred thousand workers have not been paid receiving wage that showing nothing but their race and as our washington correspondent my psuedo reports many government workers and now turning to alternative employment. renters do you've got bills and there's no sign of a paycheck coming anytime soon so maybe if you're a government worker it's time to find a second job the fairfax county school district outside of washington d.c. has a shortage of substitute teachers and fairfax county now has an excess of furloughed

government workers problem so lucian at least temporarily. twenty percent of the population in the greater d.c. area works for the federal government that's now one in five people with no paycheck and nothing to do for who knows how much longer but even with the dire predictions coming out of capitol hill this local community saw an opportunity to do something for their people. when the school distro. advertise the event build up to capacity within twenty four hours the interest was so overwhelming that they added a second and then a third hiring day well it usually takes a few weeks to be approved as a new substitute teacher these people will all be processed and ready to work in just a few days the school board says it's really the least they can do for employees here really realize that we have a community in need right now we have many displaced federal workers and as part of our caring culture this is just a small gesture to be able to be out and help and support our displaced federal

workers and give opportunity to substitute in our schools and earn a paycheck we've heard lots of teachers in the classroom are actually thrilled to have this influx of talent as you know we have people in the federal government who have all sorts of skills whether they're in mathematics statistics in medicine so just bringing that into the classroom will have a big effect on our students. the shutdown could and any time many federal employees at the event said they're doing ok for now but in the meantime they want a contingency plan and the whole situation is disheartening nine hundred twenty thirteen shutdown over the affordable care act. that was a little bit different the situation there was more talking between the president and congress in the senate so this was all frustrating because there's really no no discussion or very little discussion sound. i'm frustrated. because i think.

services to the citizens are being compromised there and even behind the scenes when a government is shut down people don't realize even when you. we have served in national parks we observe the museums we never know what unobservable things are not getting done i don't know right now it's looks like it's at a standstill so i don't know if i'm not get a great vibe but you know hoping and praying and before it's up on a come through the region it's unclear where the federal government is stuck in the mud and its employees are moving on and this local government is stepping up to help. them well days of heavy snow have brought chaos to parts of europe there's no sign that the situation will improve anytime soon more than twenty people have now died in some of the heaviest snowfall in two decades and forecast as a warning that up to me to more could be on its way on the n.s.a. it is in one of the worst affected areas in austria where fresh avalanche warnings were issued overnight

a silence has fallen over the north side of all tall say this part of the village lies in the past of an avalanche the tolerance you see could trigger without warning. over one hundred people have been forced to evacuate a few come back to clear their roofs or driveways in a constant battle with the snow it has been snowing now here for nearly two weeks the residents tell us they haven't seen anything like it in over a decade is a break in the weather now the sun is out but even if the sun shines it does not mean the danger of avalanches is gone the snow is accumulated it's sitting there and it could fall off the mountain onto these houses at any time. breaks in the snow fall have been only temporary here and say the residents are getting on with their lives even if that means hard work. thank you i'm used to a lot of snow coming off but it's a bit rough this time because we've had so much at once so feel for my calling your

boy movie over the shift we're trying to clear just the top layer the new stuff cause if it rains into this then it will become really heavy up in the middle of. the village is normally packed with tourists at this time of the year and stayed luxury hotels like this one have opened their doors to evacuees free of charge althaus he has pulled together before in two thousand and six he had to evacuate for a few days it's that community spirit that locals say will help them through again avalanche are not wealthy w.'s on n.s.f. centers that report from southern austria in a short while ago he gave us the latest on some of the communities trapped by snow in the mountains that. the residents here of i'll say are proud of their abilities to deal with the snow they have all the proper equipment they have snow plows snow shovels snow tires on their cars but for some it has been

a part time job just to keep the streets and the roofs clear we talk to two men who are working on a roof that said that they said it took them two days working around the clock just to keep half of the roof clear now for some the real danger is actually the possibility of an avalanche on a mountain nearby there's a pocket of snow sitting up there and if it were to trigger it would travel down a narrow channel and in this channel their houses now those people have been evacuated some are staying in this village but in other villages the towns are completely cut off from the outside world they're living off the resources they have there early in the week there was two thousand two hundred people in some of these trapped villages but the austrian military is on top of it they now report there's one thousand five hundred people and some of these trapped villages the snow is still coming down another meter is forecast it's no one knows when this is going to stop but it seems that austria is taking it in stride and keeping on top of it. no report on n.s.a. of that now just

a reminder of the top story we're following for you an explosion and fire in a bakery in central paris is injured dozens of people fire crews had to evacuate residents from nearby apartments french police are investigating the cause of the blast. you're watching the news from ballet and i'm having humphrey fans more coming up at the top of the hour but i. germany state by state. the most colorful. yes. the most traditional. going to the hall at any time. check him with a web special. take a tour of germany state by state on d w dot com.