lisa lewis lisa we understand you're actually at the scene of the splosion what can you tell us about the casualties. well absolutely i'm standing about one hundred meters away from where the explosion happened this morning at nine o'clock in paris on police only a concern to me that two people have in the meantime passed away these two cars were prophets and deeds that least ten people who are in a serious condition so and more than thirty people that were injured additionally during the blast the area here is still cordoned off by police the air thanks to my friends with the smell of burnt materially and there's still dozens of firefighters at the process at the scene. well we can see from the pictures some pretty serious destruction there but what about the cause of this blast we did hear initial reports suggesting it was a gas leak has that been confirmed. by the prosecutor's office as opened and just a geisha into what exactly caused some leaks but the authorities seem to believe it was indeed a gas explosion now there were talks about a fake korea on the. explosion went off in the by now the baker himself has come out saying actually no i'm not you know using any gas and now the authorities believe the firefighters the crew firefighters went into an adjacent building to investigate a gas leak there actually when the gas explosion went off now this incident happened obviously at a very tense moment here in paris because at the same time in other parts of i was actually not far away from but i'm standing right now there are protests going on the overhead presses of the nine today in a row that they're protesting in the streets of paris and across france indeed soon nine weeks already in a row what is the city of paris expecting today from these protests. the government has been talking about a new level of violence that they are expecting him about why they are deploying about five thousand of that in the capital and eighty thousand police officers and military personnel across the country now today seems to be crucial both for the government and for the critics there because this is want to show they can practice in a peaceful way they have actually come up with security services such make sure that there are no rifle that are being paid to have no no rights been reported and are going out of pocket front the government thing we really want these protests to stop not because they're going to launch the quote national very next week and they're hoping that this national debate but comping down lisa louis reporting from paris for us thank you so much. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world and in nigeria at least a dozen people are dead after an overturned oil tanker exploded in order punny in the country's southeast numerous people were seen scooping up leaking fuel at the time of the blast officials say more than twenty have been taken to the hospital with serious burns. and the united states a twenty one year old man has been charged with murdering the parents of a teenager he then kidnapped thirteen year old jamie close to skate on thursday after three months in captivity authorities have been searching for her since her parents were found dead in their was constant home in october. syria says israeli warplanes have fired missiles at the capital damascus the state news agency reports that some missiles struck a warehouse near the airport but others were shot down by air defenses. the democratic republic of congo has told the international community

lisa lewis so lisa i understand you are actually at the scene of the explosion tell us what's happening on the ground now. yeah absolutely i'm standing about one hundred meters away from where the explosion happened this morning at nine o'clock local time the area is still cordoned off there's still dozens of police offices and file workers here but they have to wrapping up things and think that slowly back to normal obviously people are still being treated in different hospitals across the city as you said earlier and we know that two people died in the incident and that about ten d. glass fill in the very critical condition the government has said that they're trying to secure because jason buildings adjacent to where the explosion happened because apparently there is some theory that these people and these buildings my different be sterilized by those and could crumble in the next time in the coming days and we've also been hearing officials saying that they believe a gas leak caused the blast it has that's now been verified. but prosecutors are office here in paris has opened an investigation into the match and will look into this more closely over the coming days and weeks but yes the authorities at seeming seem to privilege the theory that the gas leak really cool because the crew firefighters had been deployed to the scene just before the explosion they went into a building and they seem to have by creating and were investigating a gas leak where as inhabitants were waiting outside not fund the explosion happened to look very likely at this really will cause that gas leak and a gas explosion is really what caused this incident this morning and obviously this comes at a very tense time here in the french capital because across paris at this very moment the yellow protest is demonstrating for a nine such a day in a row. that's right as well after all several weeks of these demonstrations that authorities were bracing for the worst fearing violence what are you hearing about how the demonstrations have been going so far today. the first two hours were quite peaceful it seems and now we are getting first reports and first pictures actually from right the police and the demonstrators and the clashes between the police and them trying to tame paris but also in other parts of. apparently the police are trying are trying to limit the the area where you know purchase the can can move here and has kind of trying to seal the area around the accident so that they stay on the this are being in the way of parents really but we will have to wait a little longer to see how it gets the government is fearing the worst really a new level of violence they've deployed five thousand. pairs and eighty thousand across all. right lisa lewis reporting for us from the french capital many thanks indeed. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world in nigeria at least a dozen people are dead after an overturned oil tanker exploded in auto pani in the country's southeast numerous people were scooping up leaking fuel at the time of the blast officials say more than twenty have been taken to the hospital with serious burns. serious says israeli warplanes have fired missiles at the capital damascus the state news agency reports that some missiles struck a warehouse near the airport but that others were shot down by air defenses. seven people including four foreign tourists have been killed in a bus crash in cuba the driver told a local radio station that he lost control on a wet and winding road in the east of the island the poor state of cuba's roses often blamed for causing accidents. turning now to congo where an opposition candidate who came in second has asked for a recount in recent presidential

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 to

lisa lewis has been following the protests from paris and she joins us now for more so lisa is the ninth week in a row of the protests we've seen there's been violence but how serious are today's clashes well there have been clashes as you said in paris but also now to come to other cities like waller to lose in the south of france but these clashes have started quite late in the day if you look back at the beginning of these protests eight weeks ago you know they started at eight thirty nine o'clock in the morning nine thirty at least here in paris and that went on for hours and hours and hours today the first clashes in paris between protesters and the police kicked off at about three or four o'clock in the afternoon so it looks like these violence at this level of violence that was actually feared by the government they were saying they were expecting a whole new level of violence today and they have deployed their full five thousand police officers and military personnel in paris and eighty thousand across the country and looks like that the clashes haven't really reached that level at least not yet. and yet it must be said the government has repeatedly offered concessions and yet the protests are continuing so what is the government's plan now to finally put an end to these protests. well absolutely the government also announced when it make these concessions late last week late last year that they would launch a so-called national debates now that national debate of space to kick off next tuesday there will be talks that will be held in several weeks across the country and these talks are supposed to take into account the grievances of the people here in france because obviously the support although there are only about between thirty and fifty thousand people in the streets today there's still a lot of high level of support amongst the french for the protesters and the government wants to take that into account in iraq on the president has even pushed back the debate about a constitutional floor reform that was the place to come to parliament in january it's will now happen later so that the parliamentarians will be able to take into account the outcome of the debates. correspondent lisa lewis reporting from paris thank you very much. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world protesters have rallied outside congo's constitutional court this comes as opposition candidate martin for ulu asked the court for a recount in the recent presidential election in which he came in second another opposition candidate felix just that katie was declared the winner. in the united states a twenty one year old man has been charged with murdering the parents of a teenager he then kidnapped thirteen year old jamie clauss escaped on thursday after three months in captivity authorities have been searching for her since her parents were found dead in their wisconsin home in october. a young woman who says she fled her home and found the arabia after she said she renounced islam has arrived in canada where she's been granted asylum. mohamed al couldn't arrive to toronto airport canadian foreign minister chrystia freeland was there to greet her canoes said she feared h

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