welcome to bbc news. i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: at least 26 people are killed and dozens more are injured after two trains collide in greece. the governing party candidate wins the most votes in nigeria's disputed presidential election but his victory hasn't been confirmed. all chant: hey, hey, ho, ho! student debt has to go! president biden�*s plan to cancel the student debts of millions of americans faces a challenge in the supreme court. it is a form of economic enslavement that does not need to be in a country that they say are about democracy and free people. is time running out for tiktok? china condemns the us government's decision to order all its agencies to delete the social media app.

and why these two dogs from london could help combat the smuggling of rare animals in asia. fire officials in greece say at least 26 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa in the thessaly region. stephanie prentice has been following this for us and joins me now. what more do we know about this train crash? we have been getting regular department dates 26 bodies have been recovered now and they think 85 people have been injured. dozens of rescuers on the ground going through those carriages in the dark with

torches looking for survivors. we know this was the result of a collision between a passenger train and a cargo train details have been emerging, it happened in the thessaly region the government described the collision is very powerful, he called it a terrible scene, he said the first two carriages were almost completely destroyed in his words on the two after that were derailed entirely. there have been fires and some of the carriages they seem to be contained at the moment but the images we are seeing do show destroyed carriages, plumes of smoke and a situation that is very difficult for rescue workers to deal with. we have spoken to some passengers they said it was chaotic scenes inside people screaming and trying to get out, one of the passenger said the impact was like an earthquake. 250 of those passengers had been evacuated from the scene.— passengers had been evacuated from the scene. what about any otential from the scene. what about any potential survivors? _ from the scene. what about any potential survivors? the - potential survivors? the situation _ potential survivors? the situation on _ potential survivors? the situation on the - potential survivors? tie: situation on the ground potential survivors? tte: situation on the ground is very

challenging in the next few hours the sun will come up which may make the job easier, domestic media said there could be 350 people on that train given the early members that does leave some people unaccounted for but we will have to wait for a press conference to get more details. sad news indeed. three days after polls closed in nigeria's disputed presidential election, and bola tinubu from the governing party has won the most votes. but we're waiting for the winner to be declared officially by the chair of the electoral commission. our west africa correspondent mayeni jones has the latest details. the electoral commission has read all of the results for nigeria's 36 states and the capital, abuja. it appears that the ruling party candidate bola tinubu has the most number of votes. he will have won the elections but the head of the commission is reading those results, going through them again, putting them in by hand into a final document and then

eventually he will make an announcement as to who the winner is, once he is happy with all of that. not officially announced yet but on paper it looks like bola tinubu has won. tensions were mounting on the counting from saturday's collection with the three main opposition parties having a joint conference yesterday, rejecting the results and calling it a sham. what you will happen next? the main opposition parties say they have evidence that this new electronic rating system that has been used on a national scale for the first time in these elections was faulty. they say it makes the election, makes it hard to believe in the results and they want it to be a re—election. the electoral commission says it stands by the results and decided to continue the process so there is a formal way these parties can grow, they can go through the courts. for now it seems electoral commission will stay

with the results but the opposition parties concerns and this is something we are hearing from many voters, as we go around lagos, the people complaining about polls late and issues with the electronic system and it is something officials did notice when they were carrying out their duties on the day. i know it is the middle the night in nigeria but what has the situation been like on ground? in lagos at least, things have been quieter than usual, this is a bustling city. it is nigeria's commercial hub. usually there is heavy traffic everywhere. over the last three days, things were a little quieter and picking up more today. i think a lot of people in lagos at home were waiting to see what the reaction to the results would be so as they wake up in the morning and hear the news, it will be interesting to see how they react and how the next couple of days ago. a massive police search is under way in the uk for a missing baby whose

parents have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. constance marten and her partner mark gordon, who's a convicted sex offender, were found by police in brighton on monday after a member of the public reported seeing them. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the latest. working their way slowly through allotments in north brighton, police officers from london searching for a missing baby. every shed and greenhouse was being checked with temperatures close to zero. officers looking for an infant, who was born less than two months ago. the baby's parents, constance martin and mark gordon, were arrested last night after a police hunt that began injanuary. they are now being held on suspicion of gross negligence, manslaughter. they had been in this convenience store and were spotted by a member of the public who called 999. they were arrested just moments after this cctv camera caught them walking along a road that leads to the allotments and a golf course

and the south downs beyond. but there was no sign of the baby. as time progresses, as the weather is closing tonight, as it was last night, in terms of the cold and the coldness and the impact that would have on a baby, clearly the risk is getting higher and we have to be open to the fact that this may not end in the way we would like, but we need to remain hopeful. constance martin comes from a hugely wealthy family growing up in this country house in dorset. her father was so close to the royal family that in the 1970s he held the ceremonial role of third page of honour to the late queen. injanuary, he made this appeal to his daughter. darling constance, even though we remain estranged at the moment, i stand by, as i have always done, and as the family has always done, to do whatever is necessary for your safe return to us. constance martin became estranged

from herfamily in 2016 when she met mark gordon. he was convicted of rape in the united states, aged just 1a, and served 20 years in prison. police believe the baby was born in the back of a car in earlyjanuary. the couple came onto the police's radar on january 05, when their car caught fire on the m61 near bolton. from there the pair took a taxi to liverpool and another to harwich, arriving there on the morning of the 6th of january. by lunchtime on the 7th of january, they were in east london where they bought a tent from argos and abandoned their pushchair. they were then yet more taxi journeys, including a final one to the port of newhaven. since then they'd evaded detection untiljust before 9:30 last night when a member of the public saw them and dialled 999. while detectives still hope the baby is alive, perhaps being looked after by someone else, they're becoming increasingly concerned, and constance martin's father has said that while he's relieved that she's been found, he is worried about

the missing baby. the us supreme court has heard arguments over the legitimacy of president biden�*s plan to cancel student debt for around 40 million americans. last year, the president promised to cancel $430 billion worth of student loans after the covid pandemic under a federal law known as the heroes act, which allows debt relief in national emergencies. six republican—controlled states have challenged the plan in the supreme court, arguing mr biden is exceeding his powers. protesters have been making their voices heard. this is about deciding, that i want to make the choice myself but i do not have the funds, and that is what is keeping me back, not my test scores or dreams or potential, but the fact i don't have enough money is very frustrating. i am the daughter of brazilianj immigrants and i do not come from generational wealth, i

so i had to take out student loans in order to go to university. - i have an older brother who went to college and a little sister in college so the financial burden us to take out the loan and now i am graduating and looking for a job and i have to consider, ok, if these loans are not cancelled, i have to look at different prospects because i have to start making payments the interest does not accrue. you cannot live in america and have bad credit and have access. so this issue impacts more than economics, it impacts your opportunity to live and eat and i will tell all sides to look at the issue notjust from one side, a partisan track but from a track that leads to humanity. i have about $200,000 in student loan debt and i'm interested in public interest and that is not always guaranteeing a big salary, my law firm doesn't start at $215,000 a year. when you have this debt it is hard to think-

through the bills that are in front of you, . so you need to make - the indebtedness go away. it is a form of economic- enslavement that does not need to be in a country that they say are about democracy . and free people. if you want to be free, - let's get debt free right now! i'm joined now by wall street journal's personal finance reporter, julia carpenter, who's been following this story and its developments. thank you for coming on the programme. we have heard from some protesters and we understand what they are going through but what is the main crux of this proposed plan? the main crux _ crux of this proposed plan? the main crux of — crux of this proposed plan? the main crux of the _ crux of this proposed plan? tte: main crux of the plan is for giving student loan debt up to $20,000 of it for people who make less than a year or people who are in a couple that makes less than $250,000 a year. what less than $250,000 a year. what are some of — less than $250,000 a year. what are some of the _ less than $250,000 a year. what are some of the expert _ less than $250,000 a year. what are some of the expert saying are some of the expert saying are some of the expert saying are some of the floors of this

plan or some of the criticisms? when the payment was announced early criticisms were the constraints, the income constraints, the income constraints as well as the constraints as well as the constraints that it only applies to federal student loans. people also asking about the legitimacy of the biden administration's ability to create such a plan, whether using the heroes act was in a way overstepping the biden administration's authority. irate administration's authority. we saw the supreme court earlier where it is being debated, what has come out of that so far? we heard oral _ has come out of that so far? - heard oral arguments on this case earlier today, several of the justices questioned if the biden administration was able to implement such a plan, the chiefjustice roberts questioned the fairness of the plan asked if it is fair to forget loans for people who attend college and not forget loans who don't attend college. again raising some of those criticisms from earlier. julia

carpenter. _ criticisms from earlier. julia carpenter, thank _ criticisms from earlier. julia carpenter, thank you - criticisms from earlier. julia carpenter, thank you very l criticisms from earlier. julia carpenter, thank you very much for your time. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: sniffing out the smugglers. the labradors from london fighting animal—trafficking in thailand. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb. on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these . marches are their rights as citizens i of the united states, - and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out

so that they don't get their heads i broken and are sent to hospital. - this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up? oh, it worries me, yes, but i hope everything'll be all right at the end of the day. this is bbc news. the latest headline: at least 26 people are killed and dozens more are injured after two trains collide in greece. the governing party candidate wins the most votes in nigeria's disputed presidential election, but his victory hasn't been confirmed. the british prime minister has been in belfast, trying to build support for his new deal with the european union on trading arrangements for northern ireland. rishi sunak has been speaking to sinn fein, the alliance party, and — most crucially — the democratic unionists or dup, whose support is vital

if the political deadlock in northern ireland is to be broken. 0ur ireland correspondent emma vardy has more details. with the deal done, today was the day for the hard sell to ordinary consumers of northern ireland and to business. we managed to... at a coca—cola factory in lisbon. the prime minister wanted to emphasise the advantages of being able to sell both to the uk and into europe. that is the prize that is on offer because if we get this right, if we get this framework implemented, if we get the executive back up and running here, northern ireland is in the unbelievably special position, unique position in the entire world, european continent, in having privileged access notjust to the uk home market, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. many businesses have welcomed

the deal, which cuts down the barriers they had faced bringing goods over the irish sea products. products staying in northern ireland will no longer need as much paperwork, but some, like this coffee company, are still working out whether they'll qualify for the new green lanes. most of what we bring in we sell in northern ireland. however, we also sell into the south. that seems to be trying to say we want to make this easier but have no detail yet, so we don't really know. we have a number of manufacturers who are no longer supplying us, so we might see if we can get some of those back. the deal also affects what products customers can buy in their weekly shop, because the eu's ban on certain goods like chilled meats entering northern ireland has been scrapped. so, for shoppers, it means that things like sausages from britain or haggis from scotland can be sold on northern ireland's shelves and for parcels being sent from britain to northern ireland, there will be no need for customs declarations. i think it's good.

i didn't agree with brexit in the first place, so ijust want to see things back and running smoothly. i'm delighted that there is some progress in some common sense. 0nline shoppers should also face less complications. i had furniture on order that i've been waiting for for ages. we're no longer endeavouring to northern ireland. because you're ordering from britain. it shouldn't be like that. and for pets travelling from great britain to northern ireland, under the old rules, they would have needed to show health certificates and proof of vaccination, but now only need to show they've been microchipped as long as they're not travelling on to the irish republic. but the big politicaljeopardy remains a government can only be restored if the dup drop its opposition to the brexit arrangements and rejoin the power—sharing assembly. and for them, the jury's still out. we will take our time collectively to consider what is on the table to examine it, both in legal

and economic terms. where is the potential in this, as you say? what are the opportunities? but are there downsides? but many businesses want to see the return of a stable government, so pressure on the dup may increase. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. let us get some of the day's other news. police in israel so that all israelis suspect detained overwriting against palestinians in the occupied west bank on sunday night have been released. eight people were detained of the rampage in which houses and cars were satellite. a police spokesman said three of those released remain under house arrest —— set alight. ali 650 schoolgirls have been poisoned by toxic gas in iran since november. iran's authorities have opened an investigation. no girls have died, but dozens have been admitted to hospital, with respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. some say that the schoolgirls

are being poisoned as payback for their role in the anti—government protests. a massive fire consumed a plastic factory in ecatepec, mexico, on tuesday causing a large plume of smoke. the fire at distribuidora reyma's factory prompted response from the fire department. its origin remains unknown. according to a local media outlets, the fire consumed tons of plastic. workers from other nearby factories were evacuated for safety. the us house foreign affairs committee is to debate whether to allow the complete ban of the chinese—owned app tiktok. the app is currently used by more than 100 million americans. the white house has already ordered government agencies to wipe tiktok off federal devices within 30 days. and it's notjust the us. the european parliament has also banned the video—sharing app from staff phones citing security reasons, as has canada. but china has hit out at the us. and this is what a government spokesperson had to say.

translation: the united states, the world's number one _ super—power is so afraid of a mobile phone application that young people like so much that they completely lack any self—confidence. we firmly oppose the us�*s wrong approach of over stretching the concept national security, abusing national power and unreasonably suppressing the power of other countries. earlier, i spoke to reuters journalist david shepardson who has been following the developments on capitol hill. this dates back to 2020 when the then president trump tried to ban the app and over the last three years the concerns that people within us government, both republicans and democrats, about what china could do with the data, those 100 million americans you referenced, if tiktok turned that data over. tiktok says it has spent over $1.5 billion to put in place

this data security programme to protect the data of us users and to wall that off from any access to china and for more than two years there's been negotiations between the national security body of the us government and tiktok to reach an agreement on a data protection mandate but that hasn't been resolved and as these talks have gone on, some democrats in congress have pushed for a complete ban rather than waiting for these negotiations to end. you mentioned there pushing for a complete ban, do you think this could be a possibility? could this actually happened? anything is possible but at this point, it will at minimum take a lot of uphill work to get that done. first you would need a majority in the house and since it is not clear yet

if democrats will be on board today at a hearing, the democrats say this bill is not ready, they want more negotiations, more talks and then on the senate side you need many democrats to join as well and the white house to take part, to agree to it and so i think there would have to be a lot more discussions. it's hard for congress to get hardly anything done, i think it is true that there is no consensus and washington to ban the app for the hundred million americans you are talking about. this could happen down the road but at this point it seems like the most likely scenario is there will be a lot of discussions and a wait and see attitude until the administration can determine if they can reach an agreement that is satisfactory and resolves the national concerns. will this have any impact on everyday americans who use the app? not now, not in terms of the government ban on devices that government employees do and there won't be

any impact unless congress actually did it and that would be a significant time off if in fact that were to happen. david shepardson speaking to me a little earlier. pangolins are one of the most sought after animals on earth. they're mostly wanted for their meat and their scales, which can be used in traditional chinese medicine. there's been a global ban on trafficking them since 2017 and now london's met police is doing its bit to combat this illegal trade, as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. meet beth. and her best friend buster. the latest weapons in the fight against the illegal trafficking of animals in asia. these two labradors have been trained by london's metropolitan police. their next stop thailand.

and a new life sniffing out crime — one pangolin at the time. live and critically endangered and, indeed, one of the most trafficked animals in the world. we reckon one is poached every five minutes. so, really horrific numbers they are being trafficked in. by one estimate, nearly 3 million of them are poached each year. and there's not that many of them left. there are eight types of pangolin, and all of them are on the so—called red list of endangered species at risk of extinction. their meat is regarded as a delicacy in parts of asia, and their skills are said to have powerful medicinal qualities. beth and buster will be used airports, ports and along thailand's road network, and this is a lifetime commitment for the pair of them. they'll have a working life of about seven to eight years, and then they'll be retired and cared for in thailand. so, yeah, we're going to sunnier climes. the world wildlife fund says that the pangolin is the most trafficked memo in the world.

if all goes according to plan, beth and buster would have something to say about that. tim allman, bbc news wa nt to want to bring you an update on a story we were telling you about earlier. the ruling party cantered in nigeria has been declared the winner. the 70—year—old veteran politician with officials showing that his main rival polda 29% their parties had earlier dismissed the poll as a sham and demanded a rerun. a reminder of our top story. the fire service in greece says a late—night train crash near the central city of larissa has left at least 26 people dead and scores injured. rescue workers are scouring the severely damaged carriages of a passenger train. it collided with a cargo train, derailed, and initially went up in flames. conditions for the rescuers are described as very difficult. the army has been mobilised to help and dozens of fire

and ambulance staff are at the scene. the passenger train had departed from thessaloniki in the evening. good morning. not a lot happening in any great hurry in terms of the weather across the uk in the days ahead. a big area of high pressure centred to the north of scotland has been with us so far this week and it stays with us right the way too into the weekend. you can see it wobbles about a bit in the next few days. but to the changes really that that will bring about are going to be very subtle in the next couple of days, very much like it's been just start the week. there'll be a lot of cloud across the uk, but it will bear very little in the way of rain. it's the wind directions, if anything, that will shift about. and that could just bring about some changes where we see the showers. a northeasterly, again this wednesday favours the northeast of england, parts of the midlands, maybe south wales picking up some showers, a few for east anglia to the far south east of england, maybe a bit more brightness than we saw on tuesday.

again, some decent sunshine, i think for western scotland. temperatures on the thermometer, 8, 9 degrees. but in that northeasterly wind, it's going to feel closer to five or six. plenty of cloud drifting around again overnight, wednesday into thursday, perhaps the skies becoming a little clearer towards the southeast across southern counties of england, greater chance of catching a frost here and also again, clearer skies for western scotland, allowing it to turn chillier. but any breaks where we've got some shelter could mean we catch a frost for first thing on thursday. subtle change for thursday. well, there's the high picture. doesn't look too different, does it? but those ice bars are further apart. further apart, they get the lighter our winds become. and lighter winds for us on thursday may mean itjust feels slightly less chilly. so our temperatures will feel closer to the figures that we'd read on the thermometer. feeling around the nine or ten degree mark is an improvement by three or four degrees really from earlier in the week. still a lot of cloud drifting around, perhaps a little more in the way of sunshine on thursday, friday into saturday. the high wriggles a little bit further westwards, though. and look how those parallel lines start to track from north to south. that's the indicator that towards the end of the week and into the weekend, we could well be pulling in some arctic air. so, yes, it's felt chilly with the breeze off

the north sea recently, but come the weekend, we could be pulling in some much colder air. and later on in the weekend, into the start of next week, signs it might become a little bit more unsettled as well. so there's just the possibility of something a little bit more wintry in our outlook. signs it might become a little bit more unsettled as well. so there's just the possibility of something a little bit more wintry in our outlook.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the fire service in greece says 26 people have been killed and many more have been injured in a late—night train crash. rescue workers have been scouring the severely wrecked carriages of a passenger train near the central city of larissa. it had collided with a cargo train. the governing party candidate has won the most votes in nigeria's disputed presidential election. he has been declared the winner. he got 60% of the votes. two major opposition parties had dismissed the pole as a sham and demanded a rerun.

the us supreme court has heard arguments over the legitimacy of president biden�*s plan to give loan relief to millions of students. six republican—controlled states have brought the case — arguing mr biden is exceeding his powers. now on bbc news, panorama. this is claire, she's pregnant and about to go undercover... are you ready? ..investigating crisis pregnancy advice centres. if you feel like it's getting too much, just leave. hi, it's lissa and ella. there are dozens of these centres in the uk claiming to provide support with unplanned pregnancies. we reveal evidence some centres are giving misleading advice.