yeah but it's it's you wawatching live from paris world news a and analysiss m france i get i marco in thesese living worldd news headlines. donald trump has been to the usus mexico border. the visits taking place as the row over his front teeth fence and the government shut down. defense. france questions the validity of the results of the presidential election in the democratic republic of congo. felix you should check the is claiming victory. amid doubts raised t to buy the challenger. months on paris brussels and the catholic church election monitotors also. down to the findings.

the second time for nicolas maduro venezuela though is becoming more and more isolated. neighboring countries breaking off relationsns insiside the borders the humanitarian and economic crisis deepens. thank you very much for being with us. on main story donald trump is that the us mexico border the visit to mcallen in texas so the president welcomed by a demonstration. and as ever came to demonstration trump says there's a crisis at the border mcallen's considered to be one of the most safe. border communities this is it took place at the right with his front teeth fence. on the ongoing government shut down deepens the president is threatening the declaration of a national emergency to force through the a six billion dollars in funding for that bold wool. our plan includes drug detection technologogy at or ports more offices and

agents far morore. more beds to house the inflow the influx of unlawfwful m migrants medicl support closing the disasters loopholes. that incentivize child smugly the single biggest. victims of whahat. is happeningng at our r borr our children people grabbing him to get in because all laws are really lousy and if you have a child with you it's easier to get in these people know it better than anybody. far better than the people in washington. donald trumpmp the room ststriding acts -- mcallen in texas withh more on that of c course throught this l life in pariss progr- trumump and not compromomisg over the board will but it seems landowners -- also not for compromisee their issueue of course is that property m many say they're not williling to jut hand itt over. to the trunk project and in texas t the fafamily's land it's very mh it's fortune. surveyors from the department of homeland security you're conducting inspections but local

residents aren't pleased. eminent domain could see the government demonstrate a publicic use to prprivate landownersrs in n exchange r compensation. and many are gearing up for a fifight. no wall itself yeah it's not going t to stop anynything. father royce knives echoes those sentiments nicknamed and the cowboys priest by locals he's concerned a world will only have negativeve consequences. this serenity and simplicity of the place would be role in. the low meter chapel was built in sis has filed a lawsuit against the government. this center for the catholic community in the area says a border wall goes against church teachings onn violats the firirst amendment affiliate just freedoms. for god's sake leave our chapel alone you donon't have t to build a wall of the room along this beautiful river you. if you're the smartest and richest and most powerful of people in the world can't you think of something better than n that. environmentalists meanwhile

are concerned constructing a wall in this part of the rio grande valalley would ruin e eco systemm. uncle sam is going to impact that dramamatically by eliminatating all of these trees full ofof an n*. eggs baby birds piling them up somewhere and burning up. eminent domain requires the government to yrivate ndowners market value for their property. residents in the city of mission say ty're not taking on the government to drive up the price they simply don't want to be uprooted from place they call home fofor generations. next nicolasas maduro'o's beginning a second term as president of venezuela this in spite of growing condemnation and criticism of his rule. neighboring states -- breaking off relations regional cooperation body has cooled his rule illegitimate. but it was fun as well as in the grip of a deep economic and humanitarian crisis obobservers blame hisis pol. well at first like a

correspondent on the head adam is in okay this is sam and he made a tank crisis as it is o official now venezea faces six moree years o nenegro that's my go to o ak president i if nothing chans now during his speech more lessss the same thing he sa- back in twowo thousand thirteen h he promisised t e things betteter he was a little b bit criritical with the bolivarianan revololution he promisised to o change whatd to be changeged andnd he cad all couountries of the regin to unite. but well this happened the organization of american states it declared that they would not recognize this second term now countries like the dominican republic and haiti were long friends of them as well and even. on a boatt and i'm sorry voted in favor of this declaration and even el salvador up stand -- of it does decoration -- that sounds a lot of what's going on internationally for my daughter notepad a why

alalso broke diplomatic relationons witith venice wl afafter and more countries e pushingg for change. when they don't wanant to te mimilitarycademy after the acact in an attttempt to shw how close the militaryy and his governmement all right? but the washington post published that weeks a ago e minister of defense bloody daughterer to resign.ask my if this is true then we're looking at a huge political crisis again. on a rare that reporting from caracas. next view this felix should you get a claims victory in the democratic republic of congo's presididential electition but the result is being questiononed by franc. catholic church election monitors dispute the result and former colonial power belgium is taking the matter to the united nations security council. supporters of martin for you loop said of his own student joseph kabila. celebrations on the streets

of kinshasa. those gathered here are cheering the surprise victory of dick candidate phil eakes tshisekedi. many here say they haven't seen a peaceful transfer of power in the democratic republic of congo in their lifetimes. look we've never seen this before look for yourself we have never been in a condo with the president is elected on the congolese people are happy. but thursday's election results which came after a two week delay had left the dr see a country divided. supporters of martin for you lucy tshisekedi struck a powewer sharing agreement wh the currentt president. accusing jososeph kabila focused rating and alexian crew [inaudible] don'n't. know. we will not accept any result other than what has been validated by all witnesses. and by the single bishops conference. if. you look in the world we don't want this might have a sale of ththe congolese people's power what but it's not just political camps that have been crying foul. the cathocc chuhurch amongng the most respected

institutions in the country say the numbers don't tally. me i is a usernamee from the analysis this missision observed we have noticed that t the results of the presidential election published by the sememi electoral commission. do not correspond to thehea. to loan demand is the following t the publicationf these results. lead with everyone to show civic maturityy and to avoid violence. if you didn't do it or go to all of your lawn so the african union and south africa have also appeal to all parties in the volatile animation to refrain from violence. so the man who w would be presesident of the dlc iss felix at your the kitty.. account that oututside of te topp two contetenders his vivictory immediately raisig the doubts of observers but isisolitical c credentials f that rule to see. fefelix tshisekedi. presidents of congo's largest opposition party

union for democracycy and social progress he's's also now at fifty fie years old the provisional president of the democratic republic of congo. born in kinshasa in nineteen sixty three tshisekedi live much of his political life in the shadow of his father. the late veteran opposition leader at the end jessica de you for decades headed the dsp. son felix occupied this position of national secretary for external relations in two thousand and eight a decade later he would take over the party rains in march. two thousasand nineteen yesn the run up to the december elections it looked like at first he wouldn't even be on the ballots. second he joined six other opposition leaders to rally behind a single unity candidates martin for you live. only to pull out after his party base rejected the arrangements. instead he phoned the winning ticket. and one on the promise that if elected he would make poverty and security is. two priorities.

and peace to the country. we go so whahat youou'll developmentsts in the democratic republic of congo a correspondent banking shasta and that will bring you to developments as we get them here on france. twenty four next trial of a cardinal a catholic cardinal accused of concealing the sexual abuse of children by one of his priests. is to return a verdict in march the prosecution's already said it will sink seek conviction of cardinal. about a hung over the charges much of the evidence has been struck out as much of the peace took place in the nineteen eighties. and nineteen nineties alleged victims of the priest bound are playing now have been attending the trial in lille. and for france i cat catherine of straps that. the defensee has been questitioning the whole validity o of this trialal arguing that it really shouldn't have come to cour. one of the defense lawyers for cardinal bob brown said that he had become a symbol a figurehead. the global face he said of the paedophphia s scandal

which he'd only ever sold to stamp out. the defense lawyers are arguing that the group of sex abuse victims who push for this trial to come to court. looking to take action against the system against the catholic church as an institution but the when it comes down to concrete facts proof of guilt. against named individuals well but it doesn't stand up in court. it's been a very harrowing trial we've had evidence -- from the group of james about the at pain and suffering the abuse of that beautiful. priest in the nineteen eighties and nineteen nineties has caused them and they accuse senior church figures including the cardinal of remaining silent of failing to report this abuse to police when they knew. about the crimes on a failing to protect all the children from danger. the defendants -- denied those charges. anand indeed from state prosecutors on pushing for any convivictions here they say.. that the crimess adjust ---

to they hapappened too long ago andnd that's not enough real evidence againsnst the. the judges will hunt down the verdictt. in a few weeks off to thee end ofof this trial. hungary'y's primeme minister says that could be greater cooperatioion with italyy or the issue of immigration both countries are governed by so called populist groups critics call them a racist but their leaders say. they merelely represesent te views of f their electors meanwhile the migrants continue to cross the mediterranean. the struggles to find a workable solution. throwing his weight behind the new european populist force. agrees prime minister viktor orban's said he wants to see anan anti immigrant majority the european parliament's this may all lane yeah. i should tell in owosso ram alliance is one of the greatest developments that thisis year could have ststd with. my impmpending great hopes n this which is not yet i mean you got look as they sat to at least all right interior

minister matteo south switch popupust partities from a as europe could opt to join. is so good shshown an ornamt ththat i say i know that at the moment does a a lot of interesting changes happening in n countrtries h as spain. frfrance austrtria germany hungary. we have a histotoric opopportunity right nonow. nothing it is time to a close the franco german axis with an italian who lives. alas eigight o'clock. he's in thee in polaland she rorocky relationships with brussels rome has clashed with the block over it's tough immigration policy and efforts to implement a big spending budget in line with the government's populist measures. which is conventitionally watered down while war so recently backed down from its reform aimed at retiring supreme court judges under pressure from brussels. previous attempts my populist right wing parties to form a eurosceptic alliance in the european parliament lacked success wiwith parties often calalld between differerent priorits

and uncompromising stance i. so it's the ample and share many qualms against brussels they're not completely on the same page. softening has called for an end to ease sanctions against russia while the polish conservative support them and disistrust moscow. relatitionsh w will be looog at to see how it develops that between the two will ban and taos on bt. the at will so rome alliance on the issue of s stopping imgrgratio. next the counting character tinton downtown. is mararking his ninetetth birthday on therere iss contntroversy about how this is being done. re release of on his adventures a a sparked a row of racism on african cartoonist raising questions of a republilishing. content i in the congo amid theeurrent rising far right views here in europe. two teams p people say the dialogue of ashes work is more important t than the caricatures. he's now knowlwledge in area in the ten ten still has fans around the world.

the young reporter is f famd for his exotic zinc dust italy dedeeds. ninety is on and times have changed. critics now say some of the cartoons a racist and colonialist. for congolese artist bali peru t. it's not appropriate to re release themem t the hope was a leay corporate more europe is going through an identity crisis a fallback international ideas of identity is stilll see syllable. you'll will we really ask ourselves if it's the right moment to republish tension in the congo the firstst versioion but whichch stills the sameme problem -- ten ten in the congo features caricatured african characters wearing loinincloths. as a boy journalist grapples with d diamond smugglers and big game hunter. its publishes have defended the decision to remaster it. you. have a phone. dialogogue is the most important thing.

and the work of de construction decolonization is just as important. to he. and i will say that the customization in this comic is not cololonization of the spirit that'ss not the direction we want to work towards balancing the a formula [inaudible] the fire. it's not the first time the story's been criticized in twenty ten a congolese on try to get the book band. but belgian judges ruled this it reflected the time.ial attitudes of its saying the's no evidence that its creator jose was racist. yeah ninetieth anniversary of the first pubublication f that s sentence. time to business and i'm pleased to announce cake moody is with us good evening i'm mark n now lookg at the at retail sector which is having a tough time both in stores and on the stock market's cake gives the house well into the holiday shopping season supposed to be. the most wonderful time of the year marked a a notot so much for tradiditional retailers at least not in.

twenty eighteen while consumer spending was relatively strong the us department store macys reported weak sales during the period from black friday to christmas and cut its earnings forecast saying it now expects no growth. mrs shares have plummeted 18% by the closing bell it was the worst day ever. sisince otherer major retail slumping as well but being some thirty billion dollars off the us stock market this thursday. across the atlantic the british retail consortium says that stores in the u. k. also experienced their worst christmas sales in a decade. both seven hymns and marks and spencer reporteted a drp in their turn over. department store john lewis fared better but said it was considering not giving a staff bonus for the first time since the nineteen fifties. a separate report raised the alarm about weak consumer spending. british business secretary said the numbers are cause for concern. to sayay a challenging time for reretailers --- there is an increase in

online sales -- and a reduction in -- in sales -- in stores this reflects the a trends that's what is known and has been known for for some timee but i think it's it confirms that this this is a challenging time for for returns. check your land rover and ford of confirm they'll cut thousasands of f jobs in th. k. and europee respectively. both auto giant citeted difffficult condititions the as it transititions away frm traditional fuel and petrol engines. in a league has the story. a rocky start to the new yes the europe's auto industry jaguar land rover will slash four thousand five hundred jobs in the u. k.. that's around 10% of its like what. for the layoffs are part of the white a cost cutting assets. we are taking decisive action to help to live a long term growth in the face of multiple geo political and regulates three disruptions as well as technology challenges facing the automotive industry.

the main reasons b behind te restruructuring plans downtn in chinese dale's a s slumpg european demand for diesel and uncertainty at the breaks that. the british baseded indiaian owned company isn't the anyone to announce it'll streamline operations in europe. us giant ford teases it'll cut thousands of jobs currently the call make employees fifty three thousasa people inin the region. the company has a ts announced just how many people will be made reredundant. the regional director at least they warned that they could be significant layoffs at its two u. k. sites if there's a no deal brexit. turning their attention andd their money towardsds electc and self driving vehicles comic is all over holding their operations in europe in a bid to stay competitiv. in twenty seventeen affords historical rival general latest exited the market after two decades of losses. sending its operations to

the psa group -- lelet's check in on the days trading action now the reta sector did dg down trade on wall street stocks hovering near the flat line throughout the session but just managing a positive close there about half the percent. gains across the board there is after comments from the us federal reserve chief full of more on that in just a moment. the dow squeezing in its first five day winning streak since september. carmakers meanwhile dragged down trade on the major european indices the guy counter closing slightly in the right. the us central bank will remain patient in raising interest rates and is brought the confident about the state of the american economy. venture drum powell saidd he was verery worried about the level of us government debt howewever. was speaking in washington he shrugged off the just a predetermined course for raising interest r rates. after four hikes in twenty nineteen message welcomed by investors and likely to pete please the white house as well. don't actuallyy vote on a pass or a p plan for interet rates we we havee each

individual participant on the fomc submits. his or her individual projections four r times a year and we did that in december a and that to rate increases was in the media. and was conditional o o a very strong outlook for two thousand nineteen inin outlk which may stillll happen but the good thing is we're in a place where we can be patient and flexible. and waitit and see what thoe of all. yes president donald trump has canceled plans to attend ththe world economic forum n davos swiwitzerland. in a tweet he blamed democrats for extending the budget standoff by refusing to fund his will on the border with mexico. design he's preparing for the three week long government shut down to dry gone. last year he attended the gathering of political and business elite for the first time ever. and he grabbed the spotlight by striking a relatively moderate tone. secretetary stephen issue is now expected to lead a smaller american delegation to this without. reform kicks off on january twenty second. andd so for me mark kate as ever thank you very much

indeed. the other side of our studio wrapped up ready to go with me watch james creating g gd evevening sir.. mark now thahat i it's not y town let's get serious n non in the democratic republic of congo land that is. or is ongoing -- cools the recording of the results of the president courses raised many questions about whether it was a fair and freree electn it's after its address the issue of fooled numbing up.. to a lot of reaction to the cacatholic church young disagreeing with these prprovisional election resus that's right and i suppose they have been to some exextent a guauarantor of democratic practices in the last n number of years. at least going up against joseph kabila's government and saying you know you shouldn't stand for reelection you've reached the end of the limits of of you know monday somewhat no. actually forcing because they have such a good that the bishop somewhat not in congo a lot of respect for the people so that they h he a lot of sway when it comem. to a an election someone not in any case and the election results challenged by the catholic church and you can

see this is one article talking about is in the congolese press congo ebay. and they're saying that the same coke now that's the that's the national episcopal conference of the congo going up against the senate which is the election commission essentially. on their contradicting them saying look we had forty thousand service across the country. and you would wonder what the processes of those election observers and how. free you know you you don't know what the internal processes of the catholic church are as well in this regard -- but they have a lot of credibility [inaudible] tshisekedi one of the elelection now at a l lot of peopople incncluding at tom wilslson o of the fininancil titimes talking abobout h hs is rlllly on prpresidentt of the ththolic churcrch publiy contntradictining officiaial reresults. andd it could. potentntially severeral viot confrorontatnsns betweenen l sides o others such as this commentatotor usising twittr saying look should the catholic church bring division into the oppositio. at should the preaching unity and bring a positive messagage to o long sufferig

people come was not everybodyy happy v voters ts is the website just by way of showing us. that actually contradicted if you content to if you scroll down at the text contradicts -- at the the the official results on a lot of curiosity than about phoenix at tshisekedi. about that the that the person of a fix to getting our own website you're talking about how the fifty five year old immediately pledged to work closely with current incumumbent. joseph kabila joseph kabila who had reachched a term limits and so he had a kind of a successor lined up emmanuel at run is on the should arere a a lot of peoe felt that he had in the hope of winning if the results were free and fair. and the group would be the main at leader of a coalition of opposition parties enoughh time for you anand then tshisekedi comes out of nowhere really. so at a lot of analysts and joururnalists lookingng a at thought in the regegion aret rossss.. isis f. for reuters w west d centntral africica heath correspondent basased in the car he's sharing t this articlcle here a reutersrs ararticle quoting. and it's it's quoting an

official from the you joiningg the army our ministry appointments he will do as he's told gonee o set in other words he's going to be at the beck and call of kabila it's with could be the only on to power. at that's what's that that this particular you an official. who was anonymously quoted by reuters said and i'll be on stage was another journalist based is specialized in the drc? at he's took he'ss using t e french term herere i'll channels change of power he said following the s selectn political change of power it's anptptical illusion the real winner of the selection process is joseph kabila. then you have this article market mark i i african arguments dot org they say this is zero point 000% chance that the results of two the caddy getting i think it was 38% is only. it's just absolutely impossible but they are the real results. and that's quoting a d. congngal research group and frances sauauce indeed congr has never had. a peaceful transition of power since becoming independent ninety sixty so clearly things looking like they might take the usual tuturn yes and usually that

means the people lose e out which i is a t tragedy. now w than all f. only. listen to national is awfully at this is what in income the income of us right so if he's not a so this is a since said the end of last year i think first of january. at essentially -- because they're reporting extensively on the election at the correspondent in congo at but she had her --- accreditation take in congo. as we speak up to this point internet accesss massively restricted as well and a lot of criticism of fast at david keys david kay there of the u. when he when special expert on freedom of expression. heavily critical of the house -- collection of instructional. defaults on cats correspondent dominica is that and is working and is reporting forces with pointing out. okay so we'll bring you all developments on the issues ranking chess the congo when it happens - -- coming back to front snap the leisure and i'm aware of this okay i drive into from work t they've been targrgeg

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