>> you are watching france 24. it is time for 60 minutes live around the world. these are the headlines. opposition leader felix tshisekedi declaredd the surprie winner of the presidential vote in the democratic republic of congo. the runner-up thing the election was rigged. to the u.s. heads mexico border today, the latest

in his all-out offensive to build a wall. this is one day after he stormed out of a meeting with them across still refusing to fund the $6 million project -- billion-dollar project. today y begins the trial of a frenchch man a accused of shshog -- our live coverage from brussels in just a minute. also coming up for you this hour, ford is cutting thousanans of jobs in europe as part of a major overhaul. we will have the details in our business update. a spspectacular helicopter resce in the french out. -- alps. more from the pilot, on the way. our top stories from paris.

our top story, the opposition leader felix tshisekedi has been named the winner of the long-delayed and controversial election in the democratic republic of congo. the preliminary results was announced late last night and was immediately rejected by the runner-up. celebrating in the streets, provisional winner of the democratic republic of the congo's democratic election. supporters of the opposition leader felix tshisekedi are joyful. >> social freedom, we will no longer worry. >> speaking to thousands of supporters, he thanked god and

his former adversary, the outgoing president. >> we should no longer consider him an adversary, but more as a partner in the democratic change in power in our country. >> the news is a provisional result came after repeated delays and acclimate amid tension for fear of outbreaks of violence. the announcement was made in the middle of the night. >> proclclaimed elected provisional leader, president felix tshisekedi. >> while the preliminary results are not expected until at the earliest next week, he received just over 30% of the vote -- 38% of the vote.

vote. the commission's results are being contested. the provisional tally was an electoral coup, according to the challenger. >> this was an unacceptable of electoral flood -- fraud of a nature that will provoke general chaos across the country. >> he called on the catholic church, which is powerful in the country, to publish the results. the entire nation and security forces wait with bated wrath. -- bated breath. this is the first peaceful transfer of power since independence in 1960. genie: france has weighed in on the election results. the foreign minister said the result does not match what observers saw on the ground. >> these elections happened in a relatively -- way, which is a good thing. declared theedi winner, didid not comply with wt we expected.

the catholic church and the drc did its tally and announced completely different results. i think we need to remain calm, avoid confrontations, and clarity should be saw it guarding the results. sought regarding -- regarding the results. genie: phil clark in london, this when for felix tshisekedi has prompted some people to speculate he may have struck a deal with the outgoingng presesident. whatat do you think? phil: there is an anonymous amount of surprise, that also an enormous suspicion in congo about how he has one bank. nobody -- has won. nobody was talking about him, so this is fueling suspicion he struck a deal with the former president in the background.

reportedisekedi was going to the presidential palace last week and questions were being raised as to what was going on. the fear is the government may done this to ensure an opposition leader has won. anan opposition thatat is favore to its regime. genie: the runner-up, another opposition candidate, martin fire you lou, who says he -- rejects this preliminary result. protesters are supposed to turn out to protest. this is a genuine fear in congo at the moment.t. within his camp, there is hesitation to encourage people to demonstrate in largee number. eveverylast three years, titime there has been a major

opposition protest it hahas been met with a violent crack down. i ththink he will be reluctant o push his protesters on the street because he is worried about incrcreasing violence. thatat is part of the reason t e catholic church is taking its time releasing its results from this election. it is worried about further destabilizing and already volatilele situation. they do not want to stir this up and see the kind of violence we had seen over ththe last couplpf years. genie: tell us about the role the catholic church plays in drc and how important what i it says will be. is onehe catholic church of the few institutions in congo that enjoys legitimacy across the country. mainly this is because the church provides public services that the government can't. the church runs hospitals, clinics, schools. they are seen as an extremely

trustworthy institution. the church has played an important mediating role between the government and the opposition of the last two years in which we have seen this election delayeded. the catholic chuhuh has showown itself to be a legitimate mediator and that is why last week when they came out and said he won this election, that was treated with seriousness by the vast amount of congolese. briefly, talk us through the challenge for this new president, whoever it ends up being. phil: the biggest challenge, if it turns out that felix tshisekedi secures the presidency is how not to frame himself -- how to frame himself as a legitimate actor. there will be so much controversy and suspicion around this result, it will take an enormous amount of charisma and

negotiating skills to even build an effective government. that may mean he has to reach out to his opponent, to reach across the aisle and find a way to them -- to incorporate him into the government and bring his supporters. fore: thank you so much taking the time to speak with us from london to. another r big story we're coverg today at of the united states, the president, donald trump is heading to the mexican border in the latest in his all out offensive to build a wall, one day after trump stormed out of a meeting with the democrats. the democrats who control the house of representatives, are standing firm in their refusal to fund the planneded $5.7 billn wall. government employees are said

dust set to miss their first paycheck from the shutdown starting this week. >> it is cold and the temperature was not warmer in the situation room. our meeting did not last long. it is so sad that in a matter of hours or just a few days, several workers will not be receiving their paychecks. what that means in their lives is tragic in terms s of their credit rating, pain their mortgage and rent, pain their car payment -- paying their mortgage and rent, paying their car payment. >> the president walked out. speaker, as you agree to my wall? she said no and he said, we have nothing to discucuss and walked ouout. we saw a temper tantrum because he could not get his way and walked out of the meeting. genie: that partial shutdown could become the longest in u.s.

history. hundreds of thousands s of employees s are for load and tht is increasingly affecting every day americans. have beenpondence talking to migrants in the u.s. who thanks to the shutdown, are getting a much hoped-for reprieve. marisol is one e of many honduran asylum-seekers. she prprefers to remainn anonym. heher immigration court here and has beenostponed.. > i neeeed to t tell you aboe government shutdtdown. your j januaryry 2 here and didt happen. -- hearingdid not did not happen and we do not know whehethe court t will open. news, actually has good

the postponement means shehe ges momore time in the united state. >> will that be a problem for my son? >> do not worry. as long as your file is opened, the government cannot do anything with it. this is maybe the biggest irony of the government shutdown. the president h has accrued thee plight of the migrants by pushing for a border wall with mexico and has given many respite from deportation. >> it really just puts a pause on a lot of cases and an unknown ending.. they will see their cases that should''ve b been handled last month or l last week probobablyt ing g seen again until another year, year and a half, two years. little.olol can relax a a she was beaten and received death threats from her husband in honduras. her request for asylum is

unlikely to succeed. >> the president now says domestic violence isis no longea reason to grant asylum. when my lawyer told me that, i broke down. every dayshe says spent far away from her home country is a day of tranquility. the shutdown has added to the backlog in the immigration courts. last year, the united states received 70% more asylum requests been in 2017. genie: mike pompeo is in egypt for the third leg of his middle east to work -- tour. the trump administration is trying to roam up support for its s policies against a ron and their -- iran. on pao mamade a surprise visit to iraq on wewednesday -- pompeo made a

surprise visit to iraq on wednesday. >> it is important we do everything we can toto ensure tt those folks who foughtht with us are protected. erdogan h has madee commitments. i think he talks about how he has no beef with the kurds. of a french man accused of a terror attack in brussels gets underway today. the primary suspect in a museum shooting five yearars ago that leleft four r people dead, he es thought toto be the first jihadt in syria to come back and stage an attack. what has happened so far today in court? >> just before 9:30 a.m. in brussels, he and his codefendant

were brought into the courtroom. they stood to confirm their names, ages, and current place of residence. one thing that was striking about the opening of this trial was the presence at the front of the courtroom of two large glass cabinets including a number of bags containing evidence which included a collection of best a pistol -- a pistol which was the attack used in 2014. after welcoming the jerry, the judge explained -- jury, the judge explained the timetable. the procedural documents, the rating out of those documents and the full charge sheet will be presented to the jury. next week, the defendants will take the stand for cross-examination by the prosecution. there are well over 100 witnesses expected to testify in this trial, people who w we there onon the day of the attack and expert witnesses who are

likely to explain to the jury the process of radicalization that so many french men have evidently undergone in recent years. the prosecution is trying to underline the anti-semitic nature of this attack. what can you tell us about that? the prosecution has repeatedly said they are keen to underlying the anti-semitic motivation to this attack. representinglawyer the mother of one of the victims of the attack on the brussels jewish museum. he said it is absolutely not by chance this museum was targeted as opposed to any other soft target in the belgian capital. it is worth noting that in the coming days, we are expecting to hear from a number of french thatalists who say during

time in captivity under the islamic state group, they are going to tell the court that he often expressed his admiration ira, author of the e.16 attack in tolous said there isyers no way that this is an anti-semitic attack. he says he had proof that the murders carried out in brussels on the 24th of may, 2014 were the result of an israeli plot. genie: thank you for that reporting from brussels. let's head to the french alps for a look at an incredidible helicopter rescue the has been making the rounds on social media. a group of skiers ran into trouble when one of them was

injured. that forced them to call the rescue services. another skier captured the video, -- captured this with the helicopter blade moving. out.escuer has spoken a m matter of time when you have changeable mountain weather. it makes it impossible to intervene for a few m mutes. we do this regularly, but it is not always this impressive. genie: this is france 24. opposition leader felix tshisekedi declared the surprpre winnerer of the presididential e in the dememocratic republic of congo. the runner-up slammed the result as rigged, with france saying the wind does not match with what observers saw on the ground. donald trump heads to the

u.s.-m-mexico border, the latest on an all-out offensive to build day after he stormed out of a meeting with democrats to refute to fund the project. t the trial of a french man accused of shooting dead for people at a jewish museum i in belgium in 2014, thought to be the first jihadist in syria to come back and take -- stage a terror attack in europe. time for your business update with stephen carroll. ford annnnounced major job cuts. overhaulsls its operations a across the continen the country has yet to give an exact figure of the number of employees affected, but france and the u.k. will be affected. models fromt

production and exit unprofitable markets. they currently employ 56,000 people in europe but are struggling to turn a a profit. roveromes as jaguar land is announcing it is cutting thousands of jobs. it is the biggest carmaker in the u.k. and facing lower demand from china and a slump in sales with diesel cars in europe. they spent millilions preparing for brexit if they face custom checks or tariffs. they emploloy 40,000 people in e u.k. and cut 1000 jobs last year. genie: fiat chrysler is to pay hundreds of m millions s over t emissions cheatiting scacandal. stephen: i iwill cost t them ovr $700 million to settle the legal action in the united states. they werued over the claims they used cheatingng software on

over 100,000 vehicles. the settlements include paying out $300 million to federal authorities in california. c commissionnopean is to investigate nikes tax affairs. bephen: eu authororities will looking into revelations that emerged in the para light -- paradise papers. the commissioner says they will be looking into a series of dutch tax agreements and whether they gave nike and unfair advantage over competitors. the deals have allowed the company to o trust the clay rede its top -- taxable income -- drastically reduce its taxable income. genie: the latest on the u.s.-china talks. thehen: they described talks as extensive and thorough and say progress is being made, including the transfer of

intellectualal property rights. the talks also covered chinese commititments to b buy more goon the united states. the discussions wrapped up on wednesday. hoping to avoid anyny further escalation of the trade war between the worlds two largest economies. fading in trading and it has been coupled with weak earnings by retailers. -- down some 3% after the yellow vest protests last month costed some 45 million. market, e europe tradingg $1.15 in just over 90 pence sterling as well. genie: let's come back to france where moves are being made to opening the railways to compmpetition. sthen:n: the first two lines

that wilill be open to state partners, this i is part o of te lines to open u up railway and to counteract a law passed last year. for the first time, french passengers may see a new logo on trains. the french transport ministry will place two regional railways of for competition next year. the two lines carry one million and it costsyear 25 million to run. users are divided. >> i think opening up competition is a good thing because it will lead to better service. and it costs 25 million to run. maybe ticket prices will be better. >> i think it should be well managed.

lessons applied to the rest of europe should be used. >> this is part of the government's controversial railway plan passed last year. strikes -- as part of the government's effort. the reform raised fears about possible privatization. one expert said that would be a long way off. >> that will only lead to semi-liberalization. a lot of things will continue to depend on the state and operators will only be able to do thingngs the government allos them to. >> potential bidders include france's -- italy's, germany. only one operator willll be chcn per line in the competition is set to start in 2022. genie: mexico is facing a

growing fuel crisis after the governmentnt shutdown pipelinest ststop theft by criminal gangs. stephen: there have been long lines at gas stations in mexico in the recent days after the oil company moved to transport by road. the e lines are aa you result of panic -- are a result of panic buying rather than shortages. the president is appealing for calm amid the damage this is causing to the economy. usi am asking people to help by acting prudently, without panicking. it would be easy to reopen the pipelines and say the situation is back to normal. but we won't do that. because they are still stealing it. genie: just to wrap up the

business news, the mayor of new york has announced p plans to force ememployers s to give wows paid holidays. stephen: it t will be a first in the united states if it's passed. there are half a million workers in new york city who do not get paid vacation days. this would see that companies with at least five people will give employees 10 days per year. genie: thank you so much for that look at the business news. france, if we are talking about things happening here, is the most highly taxed country in the world. more on what those taxes pay for and what they are changing, coming up in the french connection. ♪ >> t the arctic is going to be exploited and the scale will only grorow.

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