A group of german teens narrowly avoided death on a ski slope in the alps and it was an attack that shocked europe five years ago a man said to be a foreign fighter in syria gunned down four people at the Jewish Museum in brussels is trial begins today in that city and cheap clothes but at what price a german court is set to decide whether a clothing chain shares responsibility for a deadly fire at one of its suppliers factories. Im sorry kelly welcome to the Program Supporters of the opposition in the democratic republic of congo have been celebrating after their candidate felix his acadian was declared winner of the president ial election he was not expected to win but the Electoral Commission said that he received thirty eight percent of the vote. If confirmed it will be the countrys first democratic transfer of power since independence in one nine hundred sixty it will also end the rule of president Joseph Kabila but the runner up montana for you lou has denounced the outcome as an electoral coupe france is also questioning the results. All speaking after he was announced when arches the k. T. Paid his respects to the outgoing president have a listen. I know many of you will find it hard to accept. But i say it with sincerity i pay homage to president joseph could be the president of the republic. Today we must no longer consider each other for serious. But rather as partners in Democratic Change in our country. Lets get more now were going to go to correspondent William Clough us who is in the capital kinshasa william welcome to the program were hearing people are celebrating on the streets what are you seeing. Welcome traffic has traditionally been a stronghold of felixs the cavies party of the u. D. P. S. After the announcement about two or three am in the morning there was indeed the scenes of jubilation of thousands of people in the streets particularly in areas where the u. P. S. Is traditionally strongest and this is a big big surprise for them because the broughty was the first Opposition Party founded in congo in the early eightys and if you talk to their supporters theyve been waiting a very very long time for this but at the same time can just there is no longer a city that its entirely for for you d. P. S. And its a vicious pacifics is the case or its not the scenes of universal joy a big surprise in the outcome in fact is being contested the runner up in fact marched on fighting to rejecting the outcome i just want to listen to what he had to say and get your reaction. To. These results do not reflect the tree of the ballots. This is obviously unacceptable electoral fraud of a nature that will provide a general. Across the country. And william fi ulu we hear him speaking there but he isnt the only one to raise questions about the outcome why. Well the source of all of this contestation is dogan a zation that represents the congolese catholic bishops which deployed a forty thousand strong Motivation Mission on election day and they said soon after the election they have data in their possession but gives a clue when they didnt reveal the name of that were not but diplomatic sources would have been quoted by the new times as well as other media revealed that the Catholic Church believes the value too is the way and obviously now were in a situation where they had actual commission has declared a different opposition counted that the winner and i think this morning the french government have also explained that according to their interpretation which was based on the coptic bishops the it was in fact another opposition candidate to should have been declared the victor so how could we possibly then see this play out would you say over the next hours over the next days. Well the Constitutional Court still needs to approve to validate shes a katies victory and theres about a seven eight day period which all the candidates have to file complaints traditionally. The Constitutional Court is being seen as lacking independent. Opposition candidates may not feel they get a fair hearing that the alternative to that which you do has called for is for the catholic bishops to come out publicly and announce who. They think is the winner of the contest so well be seeing if that might happen. Thank you so much. In other news a group of teenage skiers from germany have been polled alive from an avalanche of the alps the school group was on a beginners slope in austria when they were suddenly hit by masses of snow another teenage skier in a different location was not so lucky he was killed after being hit by an avalanche the news comes as parts of southern germany and the alps face the biggest snowfall in two decades well have more from our correspondent in the area in just a moment but first this report. In austria have been put to work to battle the elements carefully clearing the especially damp and heavy snowfall to prevent house roofs from collapsing. Some of austrias mountain regions have the highest avalanche warning level people are being evacuated from mountain huts many roads are closed. Experts are particularly concerned that sooner or later the loose know could fall in socalled dust avalanches the thing about dust avalanches as not so much that they bring in extreme amount of snow mass but more that they produce an extreme pressure wave reaches as far as the valley itself and this Significant Impact can have disastrous consequences at the School Family here. Ski operators have shut down the lifts as a precautionary measure insane tant on a sixteen year old skier was caught and killed in an avalanche in another part of the alps a group of schoolchildren was caught up to that managed to escape it was a traumatic experience and did some good and six for a total of six young people were dragged along with your four were buried two were able to free themselves immediately and then help rescue the others and what they were she didnt need to. In bavaria to the or thora to use have taken precautionary measures roads have been closed and there is also the threat of falling trees a number of schools in the snowbound areas are closed for the time being. For child safety is a priority i heard earlier that there were probably two bus accidents on school buses in bavaria and we definitely wanted to avoid that that snow could cause such accidents for the safety of the children is our priority and thats why we have made these decisions. Some villages are almost completely cut off some can only be reached by special vehicles in the small varian area of the uk canal roads have been blocked by fall and trees after days of snow fall a forest road became the last rouge available. The fire brigade used this emergency reach to bring food to the village but if snow continues to full full cost as expect about a meter in the coming days then the people will have no way out. And earlier we spoke with our correspondent i mean s. F. Have a list well it has been snowing for the past ten days without letting up and it is still coming down we were out here last night as you can see there are snow drifts this is snow of more than a meter two meters perhaps weve seen snow drifts of up to four meters is really everywhere is a complete white out here were actually just down the road from overtown which is one of the most popular ski resorts in austria and the road is closed there is no access to the ski resort theres actually people in this hotel right here who are holed up playing board games but we met a family from holland who came here to ski they cant get through and there is waiting for the roads to open up again but of course it is not all about cancel big cations because there are villages just over here in a region called upper styria theres an estimated fifteen hundred people who are completely cut off from the rest of the world that means theyre living off the resources that are found in their small towns a dangerous situation down there when now its going to take check of some other news making some of the stories making news around the world yemen to think rebels have carried out a drone attack that killed several people in the south of the country who saudi reports say that the attack hit a military base near. Tensions in yemen have been rising again over how to implement a u. N. Sponsored peace deal. Australian police say that they have arrested a man suspected of mailing thirty eight threatening packages to foreign consulates in three cities the forty eight year old has been charged with sending dangerous materials by a Postal Service the packages allegedly contained especially. And chinese t. V. Has released images of president xi jinping meeting with north korean ruler kim jong un and beijing observers believe that the two leaders discussed preparations for a possible second summit between the u. S. And north korea kim returned to north korea late yesterday. In belgium the trial opens today of a French National accused of shooting dead four people at a Jewish Museum in brussels and two thousand and fourteen the defendant is alleged to be a jihadist who fought in syria it is the first time that a suspected terrorist who has returned to europe from syria has been put on trial. Many people in brussels know exactly where they were that horrific moment more precisely after those eighty two seconds and i remember. My father just called me and he said where are you. With my family told me that the shooting took place at the museum initial reports of gunfire in the street turned out to be this a gunman suspected of being French Nationals. Entering the museum and shooting in his really couple and two museum employees. And in this is he. Then the gunman put his weapons in a duffel bag and disappeared all in less than a minute and a half kind of chance for us Jewish Community. Was picked up a few days later on a bus in france still carrying what are thought to be the murder weapons lots of ammunition and a videotape. Pledging more bloodshed on behalf of the terrorist Group Islamic state hes believed to have been in syria with the group in two thousand and thirteen french journalist taken hostage by us identified him as one of their jailers english then allegedly came back to europe. And he was in that context connected also to some of these other french and belgian francs. There in syria who were alerted to involved in the attacks in paris and brussels knew she also faces charges in france for the hostage taking but now just a few hundred metres from the brussels Jewish Museum hes going on trial for the four murders there Thomas Renard says this first european trial of a returned foreign fighter is extremely important its the first attack committed by someone who came back from iraq and so it doesnt matter not only symbolically but also to to better understand what hes trying to rewards what his motives were and also to to bring some light on this phenomenon that was rather new at least in this extent. But for the rest of europe the Jewish Community will be closely watching to for the next three will be very difficult and painful for everyone here of course but then we forget about all the work weve done since the attack and all the new projects that we have for the coming weeks and months skull follicle had says the museum has thousands more visitors now than before most are non jewish and many are muslim its part of a deliberate postattack outreach by both communities and we know that we are on a good way and that justice will be done. Lets bring in correspondent teri schultz who filed that report for us she joins us from brussels where she is actually at the crown court where that trial has just begun terry whats happening there. Hi sara well this morning what is expected to get underway is that the prosecution will lay out its argument and thats almost two hundred pages and that. Defense will then begin on tuesday was actually happening is that there been some procedural snags that have delayed things a bit but we do expect this afternoon that the prosecution will begin describing its arguments will begin giving more details more evidence of why they believe that we should be sentenced to life in prison for these murders at the Jewish Museum in two thousand and fourteen and when we talk about him specifically i mean prosecutors say that he came back from syria where he joined us what more do we know in terms of those details. The background of mehdi is very typical of the european mostly men that we saw run off to join the Islamic State in iraq and syria he had an unhappy childhood. Committed petty crimes he went to prison where he was reportedly for the radicalized and in fact met the man who is his codefendant here accused of providing him weapons so that was really not atypical of the Islamic State converts that we saw leaving in droves and he was one of the early ones to do that what people are very interested in is what happened after that what kind of connections did he have before he left what did he receive instructions while on the ground from i guess and therefore what plans did he have when he came back here and we really dont know much about that and those are going to be some very interesting details we hope will be coming out in the prosecutions case and this is really a big first because on bases the first trial of an alleged Islamic State attorney here in europe just walk us through why that is so important. Well yes he was the first known attacker. As an Islamic State returning so this is really key and from speaking with terrorism experts they really want to know more details because this seemed to have been a fairly uncomplicated attack he had the weapons its not known whether he had a Larger Network here whether he got funding from Islamic State there is a very interesting detail that we know about him and that is that some french journalists who were taken hostage in syria identified. As one of their jailers a particularly sadistic one in fact and they also identified as another jailer a man who later went on allegedly to commit the brussels attack. So in fact we do know that he had connections to this brussel cell and those are going to be things that terrorism experts are very much going to want to unravel as this trial goes on so yes everyone ive spoken with says this is a very significant trial terry shelter for us in brussels where the trial of this French National accused of shooting dead four people at a Jewish Museum in brussels back in two thousand and fourteen begins today terry thank you very much. Well now four people are going on trial here in berlin today accused of stealing a giant gold coin from a museum the theft caused consternation in the art world it is still not known what happened to the treasure but there are various theories. It was one of the most spectacular heists ever seen in berlin a golden coin weighing one hundred kilos half a metre across and worth four Million Euros but whats happened to the piece called the big maker leaf we asked Goldsmith Max Cohen what you could do with a huge gold coin but this is the first you have to cut it up to melt it i would use a circular saw youd also be left with a pile of gold dust which you somehow have to melt down but it would all be very time consuming. Melting the gold down would mean it could then be cast into pads or brings but only by using specialised equipment thats a short melting is an expensive process it can be done sure but a furnace that can reach the right temperature to melt gold is not like the oven in your kitchen. The temperature of eight or nine hundred degrees celsius would be needed an elaborate affair like the heist itself the thieves walked across a train track running alongside the museum then used a lever to climb in through a window. They smashed open the display case with an ax and threw the heavy coin on to nearby Parkland Police were quickly on the case three members of a well known criminal gang were arrested along with the Museum Supervisor traces of gold were found on their clothing and tools but there was no sign of the loot that big make believe. School in the goldsmith has got his own idea about what happened to it. As he stated its kind of i think it was melted down into small bottles and taken out of the country and. He would have been used in some other business probably illegal. So because you cant sell gold without leaving a trail of evidence he missed. When the dentist. The Buddha Museum is still hoping the precious original will resurface one day but for the time being theres no need this College Board replica. Also transatlantic cooperation is in the works in the car industry has that story and more thats right there were talking about volkswagen and ford they will join forces as they develop new technologies the two companies are set to unveil details of a Deeper Alliance at the Detroit Auto Show next week sources close to management say the carmakers are hoping to fend off rivals in electric and autonomous driving in particular among those rival Software Companies like google another reason for working together the continuing trade frictions between the u. S. And china. And ford have said in the past that any alliance would not involve a merger. Now lets dig deeper into the story with only bards our correspondent the Frankfurt Stock Exchange two big Car Companies one from europe one from the u. S. The Major Players out there what are they getting out of what is this a partnership alliance. Yeah we dont know yet the details according to the reports are set to be released when the detroit motor show gets going next week and of course everybodys interested what exactly this entails but we hear that it entails pooling resources in order to be more effective and more Cost Effective also getting into the future of the car business that is self driving cars and electric cars and thats a huge challenge not only from the engineering standpoint but also organizing production perhaps reorganizing production and also of course stemming all the money that has to be stemmed for for financing all of this together i think the two see a chance to get ahead of the game for other companies and especially from the v. W. Side cost saving will be a big motive for entering into such a venture. And only among those other companies driving vehicles for example. Were getting conflicting signals today about plans to go public something that was a big goal for the past year what can you tell us. Thats right apparently over filed for an i. P. O. Confidentially with the as he see in new york at the end of last year and now the c. E. O. There a cause for a for all you saying that well we dont really need the money you know if its not convenient if its not the right conditions then we could go without it for two thousand and nineteen but you know people are valuing the company at the moment at a round one hundred and twenty billion dollars thats more than g. M. Ford and feel at chrysler the big three in the United States are worth together so there is a lot of money at stake a lot of money possibly being. Turmoil in the markets could cause for a prolonged nation of the i. P. O. Putting it into the future perhaps we dont know interesting for everyone here so a lot of money at stake there a lot of money being talked about and as ever with a lot of uncertainty. There for us in frankfurt thank you very much really. Now over to germany a court today will decide whether clothing retailer keke can face a lawsuit for damages from a massive fire seven years ago at a factory in pakistan this factory was one of the companys key suppliers hundreds of people were killed in the blaze which was followed bunts later by the deadly collapse of another garment factory in bangladesh and kick argues that it is now too late to take legal action but the four victims behind the suit hope to set a precedent. More than two hundred fifty people lost their lives in this fire i did Textile Factory in the pakistani city of karachi back in two thousand and twelve it was reportedly an act of arson but the plaintiffs accuse germanys biggest close discounter of being partly responsible for the lack of sufficient Fire Protection at the site. Kick was one of the factories main clients. The case also raises a more fundamental question related to globalization what responsibility to companies have for the condition of workers in low wage countries who supply them with cheap products keke has paid more than six Million Dollars for those affected by the fire that despite its call for the case to be thrown out due to the statute of limitations but whatever the outcome calls are growing for the law to provide more clarity on corporate liability. Asia desk has been following the case those plaintiffs can only receive thirty thousand euros each max so i asked shall bill earlier if there was more than money at stake in the case. Well the case is not about the compensation to victims and their families are believe it has a lot to do with it kind of sets a precedent if the golden dawn admits the case and ill be going to dalton today to do the hearing if that happens set a precedent and the president is. Companies who. Like pakistan and bangladesh and sri lanka they should be they should bear some responsibility to. The Safety Standards in these countries for example Safety Standards and. Business because in these in these factories in these companies. Were seeing some of the pictures there of the conditions when the fire occurred remind us again how significant was this fire in pakistan and of course the plaza collapse in bangladesh was months after i think right. Well at the moment i do not think that many pakistanis remember what happened in two thousand. It was a big deal back then. Protests took place the trade unions you know you. Are right but that has happened the Safety Standards. I think what is important is it should be more important for. The people here in the west the consumers they need to put more pressure on the companies that they must do something what is happening in these countries. Being assembled or made. More important or more important question is that it is important for the rest of the consumers. In my opinion now this is the only court case related to this fire of course theres also something occurring in pakistan relating to the contracted company he sort of explain what the difference is between. While in pakistan they are investigating a number of issues because it was claimed that it was. A Political Party was involved so what is happening in germany is different from what is happening in pakistan and the legal procedure in the case. But we know the legal system in pakistan is good as what we have in germany and the rest so it has taken the time and political factors. But it has nothing to do with with what is going to happen today. So a lot of eyes will be on this case today. Thank you. And thats it for us youre watching d. W. 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