true, ah, the great debate this week on d w ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, nigeria has to the polls africa's most populous democracy against issues a new president. today, nearly 90000000 people are eligible to vote in the national elections. and we take a look at the candidates hoping to leave the country. also coming up, all of schoultz is graded by india's prime minister under, under moody, on his 1st visit to india as germany. chancellor. is there for talks on

strengthening economic ties and cooperation between the 2 countries? ah, i'm marian evans dean, thanks for joining me. nigerians are voting to day to decide on the new president. the outgoing president, mohammedan bihari is stepping down after serving the maximum 2 terms. the raised to succeed him and lead africa most populous country is the most open since nigeria became a democracy back in 1999. the next president will have to deal with a troubled economy, multiple security threats, and also rising poverty. 93000000 people have registered to vote, and they'll also be electing state governors and members of the national assembly did up a user mako co is that a polling station in nigeria,

2nd largest city economy. and she told us once she was seen, they're supposed to do with the family will be eventually deleda presidents. the process started already. i mean, well we, we had several people coming out once we do know what's the, i see, and i've been very much in the dissemination of the people to make that decision to be able so that, that whole now becomes president in florida says, even though, well, when i had a few minutes late already bought the proceed from my background, you can see people are ready to begin to now will become president i the end of the day will be able to most a month to 3 top contender will become the next president right, well whoever it is, we do know that and i, during the new president is going to phase numerous challenges. what are the most

important one facing on top of that list? unfortunately, i do know is security to the threats me. security remains acute chat and the what about becomes the ground running the code? that's 2nd. so that's why they called me because i do know even today we've had 2 people do not have access to their own money. and also the rising unemployment among the people we somehow also send through. why are we? i've seen a lot of young people are still science come out to see what the president will change the matter in terms of quality, or maybe i'm supposed lifestyle for every especially during alright. so several challenges, but the 1st one you mentioned was security. and we in fact saw just

a few days before the vote, a number of violent attacks, one of them even deadly. will this impact voter turnout? and will nigerians trust the election as being free and fair as a result of the one of the 3. and i thought for, you know, the predictions of both the app, but the people will be to come out. you will get to talk to me because it has been a lot of people. i've been young people, i'm seeing, man, i've been women people. i really the simon to promote i'm both more thing. they are not that they are not the flu. and this is a new thing because you will just do. yeah. in kind of log on read, read. she all. i have not the people are coming up with bites of all of the same. it will don't come out to make up my head. we don't have the time to change the night. i'm if indeed it will be able to change out in multiple,

coming out really on up, especially in this class yang kind of thing to class. marian, did i use a naca koya in pen an interior amok and thank you so much. i mean, ukraine has marked a year since russian forces began their invasion with president vladimir landscaping tribute to his armed forces in key of the cranium, president award of medals to serving troops. and he honored those who died in combat. he promised that his country would fight on duty, but it was a somber interlude in a war this claim, thousands of lives and displaced 1000000. earlier we spoke to the w, correspond mathias brinninger in harkey of ukraine's 2nd largest city. then he told us how this year has changed both the president and how the ukrainian people view him. well, zalinski has really become

a national leader in this war during this war. and he's widely respected throughout the country. that doesn't mean that his without criticism, but many ukrainians really value him for his leadership in this war, which was not the case before. he wasn't a especially popular president. and one of the means that we saw yesterday on social media was a picture of him in january, 2022 and one reason. so where they compared how much he had aged her. so he's really respected and his his, his, her deeds are really respected in the country and that's why his remarks also were perceived as a yeah, worthy of of, of the occasion. and how much, yes, we know that you are in harkey, which is one of the cities that's close to the front line. just how dire is the situation there? well, in september,

the region around hark, if the russian troops used to stand right at the board of the city and then in may, they were driven away. just a few kilometers, may be 5 kilometers outside the cities borders. so in september they were driven quite, quite a bit away. they were driven back to russia to the north, to russia borders just 40 kilometers from here, and 100 kilometers to the east. so the city has been sighing a sigh of relief since then. and you can see that life is returning to the city. however, the closeness to russia also means that it's within reach of a range of a messiah that can be fired at the city on a happens regularly. so it's still a city at war. a city close to the front line, but the city where life is returning to and i went years, we know that you've been covering the war in ukraine since it began. can you tell us a bit more how ordinary life continues near the front line?

the closer you get to the front line and that wouldn't be a surprise, the job more, more difficult it become. so we've been traveling a few times to one of the towns that are really, really close to the front line. just a few kilometers less than 10 at the moment and these places are constantly showed . most people have left these cities and us all along the front line because it's very difficult to live. of course, with the constant threat of shelling, the destruction is immense and her life is pretty much dictated by her surviving all this destruction and the hospital is shelled. so we have only few parts of the hospital that are still functioning schools or shelves. schools are closed because many of the pupils have left, so it's really survival. it's not life. d, w,

's mathias bellinger and harker mathias. we appreciate your reporting. germany's chance or all of sholtes as meeting with his indian counterpart in new delhi. the today talks to the prime minister, miranda moody are expected to focus on deepening economic ties between the 2 countries and also strengthening defense cooperation. this is shorter is the 1st official visit to india since taking office in 2021. he is accompanied by a high ranking business delegation. differences remain between the 2 nations over russia's born ukraine. india has so far, refused to condemn moscow's invasion at a joint press conference just a short while ago. india's prime minister repeated calls for a diplomatic solution for the war ukraine. he bought a play dialogue or liberal around the time developments in ukraine started. india has emphasized the dispute should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy,

yoga than than italy if they are. india is ready to contribute in any piece process, right? you raise rig was the val, whatever. but we also reiterated our agreement. that reforms are essential in multilateral institutions, so that they better reflect global realities will mess with harmonic lee. did have a south asia bureau chief emory, a team as following chance rachelle to visit. and earlier she told us more about india's position on russia's, warren ukraine. when the context of what we just heard, diamond is him, or the say was really the fact that india abstain from a un resolution on russia. on the, on the, on the 1st anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine and germany was particularly disappointed. it was one of the countries he had been urging and appealing to india to support that resolution. and india did not. and therefore,

i think prime minister modica compared to explain in disposition once again, because the new owners has been that india say that has a neutral stance. well, as the western world would like a more robust engagement from india on the issue of russia. in fact, johnson shorts publish an article, a written by himself this morning in which he said, india should send a strong message to russia. so that was an important point again, amid by the german chancellor towards his indian count. if i'm not in the movie and am rita i had of this trip or shorts was expected to press for progress towards a free trade deal between the e. u in india. were there any updates on that? will you place for that? again here today? you too are larry liberty, that definitely that india and the european union should make progress on this free trade agreement between the 2 sides. but it's been stored,

economics and trade lie a part of her relationship between india and germany. so a lot of focus was put into this a statement on developing these ties even further. the relations are good, but they want them to be even better. and german chancellor shaw said once again reiterated that if they had this trade agreement in place, things would become much easier because india is very keen to have more investment job. these already about the biggest or indirect investors in india, and germany is also india's biggest trading partner in the european unit. so he pressed again the the 2 side should work closely and make sure that at some point in the near future, that history agreement does come to pass. definitely isn't written cima in delhi for us. i'm re, to thank you so much. the number of people killed in the earthquakes along the turkey syria border has now passed. 50000

humanitarian needs are intensifying in the region with thousands of people seeking shelter, food, and aid to cope with a winter. but help is only trickling slowly into rebel held parts of syria. deepening the crisis caused by the ongoing civil war there. eclipse in north western fia was a last resort for thousands displaced by war. homes destroyed by the earthquake have pushed many back to the refugee camps. it has been slow in reaching this spot of the country. a you, when dean is visiting the area, they deliver supplies to a medical center. and with it, a displacement camp reports we are receiving is that the damages in northwest syria . ardmore are compared to that associates simply because of the proximity to the

center of the, of the f quick. and that's why we see we saw more damages in the buildings and which resulted in more, a more impact and, and suffering. pull the people that earthquake has compounded the humanity dated griffith and it lip the white head organization fears the threat of the cholera epidemic has increased the earthquake. damn, it's worth and water pipes. and the lack of clean water is spreading. the thief, the number of patients in discolored isolation, fender has increased. i'm a global level, the conditions in which we live inside the camp are very difficult, and phobic, we hope to no longer live like this under attentive across one. hm. and because in the camps there is no future for the children were neither in terms of education nor in terms of hello lead loveland with daddy a more level. so the u. n. c is, i don't 300 trucks loaded with heat have so far crossed to northwest figure since the earthquakes,

but the needs for shelter and gush remain high. the united nation see, it will scale up, eat deliveries to city us to repel hate 80 us. but for now, millions of syrians affected by the catastrophic earthquake and fighting for if the rival with very little help. and there's the latest on dw news at this hour, stay tuned for shift living in a digital age, with a look into hacking and cyber security. a married m scene for me and the entire news team in berlin. thanks for watching. jeremy has had 1111 north single woman. mission is to defend the 1st female german astral, his face. the gender gap in space exploration. germany's 1st female astronaut has been waiting for years to.