byron, with their ideas, ah, counted valley africa watch now on w documentary. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin in nigeria. tonight accusations that the presidential election was rig nigeria as main opposition parties are demanding a new election, alleging widespread voter fraud. also coming up will ask the world health organization about the difficult relief efforts in turkey and syria as anger mounts over both governments responses to those devastating earthquakes. and ukraine,

acknowledging a russian battlefield gains near buck booths. mccraney, president zalinski saying that the situation is becoming more and more difficult as russia makes progress in its attempts to encircle the frontline city. ah, i bring gov to our viewers watching on p b s in the united states into all of you around the world. welcome, we begin this tuesday with that contested election in nigeria, opposition parties. there are calling for last weekend's presidential election to be scrapped. they say that it was a sham the labor party and the peoples democratic party boats say that the pole has been compromised. a police gathered in front of the electoral commission earlier today, but officials have yet to respond and to the demands of the parties. early results

are showing bowlers to new of the ruling. all progressives, congress leading the race to replace the outgoing president mohammed due to hari, but half the country state health still have not reported their final results. i said this is the moving story. we want to go now to lagossi. want to go to our correspondence. who is there right now? elisa, chuck will molly's it's good to see you. so bring us up to date. where are we right now? the vote counting is still not over. correct? yes, brent, you are correct. the very counter me still up over what we can say right now is that the apc policy candidate kilometer glazed, let it be from florida, i would about $0.80 or so by with about 14 states. i'll be surely announced that he's that take in many states in southwestern zone apollo labels we

just did one by me and everybody that oh, he's also got to some states of been all can they have i'd say about rebecca. those are going to some states with somebody off. no, say i suspense while i'm it clearly if the funds run it and kind of explain to our audience, why are these 2 main opposition parties? why are they taking this step saying that the election has been rigged? and calling for a new election, i mean that puts the integrity of the entire electoral process into question yes. that's the point i'm making that they're basically. busy coding for boy quantity for compilation app or if i have to be back the day after that without that during the day off it was white for the fact that all of the that bought it

every day and old bought it, but i lost the main issue lack of funding type thoughts, which i say you mentioned to call be back was to go look into putting it on real time content. i think that's so much what it was. thank you alex from the transmission which i was talking about. why now, when do not be published online? i'm not uploaded on the course of the fact that they called the entity according to that and but as it stands right now, correct me if, if i'm wrong here they, they are making accusations. the proof that the the vote has been manipulated. no one has put hard proof on the table yet, right?

well that's where i got and i could be have that in mind that those are not where they should provide evidence, evidence, but as again they have a couple of pocket pocket vehicles seems that many people suspect perhaps that should come out and it doesn't pay for them and they might have the might be the legal, legal. but they do know that about the day to day tuesday, wednesday, perhaps we'll get something done with some people one account and i'm not really happy they do spend that bit. but i mean, i'd be happy with the thought that i'm a what that we wrote, or perhaps the result itself. people do feel that something's gone wrong somewhere

. i'm not a model, then something is missing somewhere according to the party under the ground. ok, well we will be waiting and see if we get some type of closure. maybe by to morrow . this time, or corresponded lisa to whom i joining us tonight from nigeria with the latest on those elections there. thank you. was 3 weeks since those devastating earthquakes that had turkey in northern syria and kill more than 50000 people. turkey's president richard tire air to one has asked for forgiveness for his government's slow response to the area's hardest hit by the earthquake. he also blamed the aftershocks as well as bad weather and he rejected it claims that the country was not prepared. the anger at the government's crisis management is presenting a major political challenge for air to one he hopes to seek reelection in may.

if more now i want to pull in a dr. hahn's clue, he is the world health organizations, regional director for europe. he joins me tonight from the city of gutsy attempt, which is the epicenter of those 1st deadly earthquakes. dr. it's good to see you again. you have been to countless disaster zones around the world in your career. tell me in your experience, how big of an impact has the weather had on rescue efforts when we're talking about post earthquake well different jeep. this is the largest natural disaster that we have experienced in the last 100 years. i was meeting the minute of code book to 5 enclosure from today. and he was telling that it impacted an area 50000 square kilometer,

which is larger than belgium. larger than switzerland, 11 provinces, 15000000 people. so on one hand, i am impressed by the must have a response by it took us government, for example, they evacuated 50000 patients from the area, but i am now 2 other puts in the country. but generally, it's acknowledged that this is of a magnitude 8 complexity, which should buses d capabilities of any single country. and of course the weather also brings complications. first was the printer. mm hm. but note is getting warmer and it has a lot of practical consequence as well. for example, what do you store safely, your food, that that water is not safe, neither because it is mixed with the sewage. so their medical needs would also basic needs like a shelter, safe water and

a basic supplies. what is the risk of moving forward that we're going to see a humanitarian crisis, which we have right now in the aftermath of this earthquake, turning in to a public health crisis in the fact that people are still, you know, having to sleep outside. i mean, they're not, they don't have the basic necessities. how worried are you that this is going to become something much bigger? but as of no, we don't see any outbreaks. i'm speaking about 7 to get no speaking about not the city but innovation is different. but in particular, booking very heart of dimensional cup on strengthening the early warning system to surveillance the laboratory capacity. it doesn't mean it cannot happen. but for the time being there is a solid system being pulled to get it very, very fast. but that older needs the biggest eat i see. and very interesting,

i just came back from or crane, which is a man made disaster. but it's again about mental health. i mean, the mental health of the whole nation has been impacted. people are losing just they told me in the ground beneath that feet i myself here in gazande tip o vogue last nights by lost a shock that has been more than $8000.00 off the shocks since the 6th of february we see that deep minute 30 the police, the doctors who are helping to people are impacted as well. so the impact on mental health is massive and would have a long term impact. yeah, it is 1st for someone who has not experienced what these people in turkey and more than syria are experiencing it. it's hard to imagine. and as you correctly said, doctor, the mental impact on it will probably last for as long as these people live. dr.

hong's clear regional director for the world health organization in europe. i do appreciate your time and your insights and we thank you for all you're doing. thank you. are, let's take a look now. some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world, medics essay sudanese security forces is shot dead a protester during a demonstration against military rule. on tuesday he was the 100 and 25th person to be killed in the weekly protests that had been held since the military who back in october of 2021. police also fire to tear gas protestors marching towards the presidential palace in the capital cartoon. the bell ruffian leader alexander lucas jenko has arrived in beijing at the start of a 3 day trip to china. lucas jenko, who is a key ally of the russian president. we'll have talks with the chinese leader she's been paying the visit comes amid continuing us concerns that china may be seeking to arm russia in its war against ukraine. the european parliament has become the

latest e u institution to ban the popular app, tick tock on staff smartphones. it follows the european commission and the european councils moved. the u. s. has also given federal employees 30 days to remove the app from their phones. there are fears at the chinese app could be used for spar ukraine's president brought him, his zalinski has warned the situation for ukrainian forces in the embattled eastern city of buck. mood is getting more and more difficult. russian troops have been trying to capture the city for 6 months now. recently they've stepped up their assault in a bid to encircle the city and the losses. they have been huge on both sides. they're fighting for every corner of this nearly destroyed city. baltimore has become yet another symbol of ukraine's resistance against the invaders. its

soldiers have been holding the front line for months, but russian attacks have become more intense in recent days. gordon d a move gordon of live and you could say every house and every street is cover it in our blood to larry own. as pro lights are, artillery isn't managing to suppress. there are 10 or you on the actual need. we have a lack of ammunition, your lack of professional drones that can conduct reconnaissance. so the senior growing of you give them only for the zeros vehicle. bartlett has limited strategic value, but his capture would be a major symbolic victory for the russian army. and the wagner's group of mercenaries which appear to have put their differences aside. essentially, we have seen that, you know, in, in the political sphere it seems that wagner tried to contest the ministry of the fans. however, as of now we're seeing that on the battlefield,

they're still trying do achieve a common a military strategic objective. most of the city is nearly 70000 residents have long left apartment. soldiers and volunteers are still taking some people to safety . a few choose to stay. ah, it will go so long as my home is intact with zillow, and so long as i'm not hurt. what quick are some on? don't to stay here any more girls, ruth, as one with them, the scale of the destruction becomes clear when seen from above, but as bar would known as art your musk during the soviet times may be about to be taken over the seat, is defenders a trying to keep their spirits high through us. but the with i was thinking maybe i'll turn on the radio and listen to some music. so i'm not poor turns love land on

the radio. i heard ukrainian soldier will give up. art yamazik has been taken by russians. leave your positions and surrender real spare years. but then i was like the yet you sure into while i'm driving through back loot and i'm going to surrender. so funny thing with resource is running low and overwhelming attacks these soldiers are determined to make the russians pay a heavy price. for bachman, our ukraine corresponded nick connelly. he has more from the city of buck looked of to weeks and months of full starts. seems like he ukrainian withdrawals, but more might finding out beyond the cods. report suggests there's just one safe route left between the city and ukrainian l territory. we've heard from top ukranian general who's complained that russia is sending in its best prepared and most experienced troops is but a huge losses. and we also know that the u. s. has long been pushing ukraine to get

out there convinced the potential gains from forcing russia to commit shoot resources are simply not worth the risk of seeing ukrainian troops in circle there . and most of the planners, the middle chicken as the experts. they say this isn't the city with huge strategic importance. so the logistics helps on an image of center. it's just one of many cities in don't bass in that part of his new grain, but symbolically, it's taken on a huge some importance issue significance. in the last couple of months. it's been the top verin's news feeds here. and it's city that present lensky refers to very often talking about the fortress baltimore. so trying to explain to an or ukrainians that it was worth risking. ukrainian soldiers lives there for the last couple months and that it's now no longer the case that is going to be very difficult. indeed. that was new connelly reporting their finland's parliament is holding a final debate on the bill that is needed for the country to join nato. the debate coincides with a visit to helsinki from native general secretary general rather un stoughton bert

of speaking alongside the finish. prime minister earlier today's don't beg said that now is the time to allow both finland and sweden to join the military alliance . their comment directed at to nato members, turkey and hungary. you are still standing in the way as d. w as terry shoulds reports to night turkey's opposition is causing the most cancer side by side. that's how almost everyone presumed nordic neighbors, finland, and sweden would travel the path to nato when they submitted their applications in may. this is a good day or at the critical moment for our security, but turkish president, wretch up, ty, appear to one, put the brakes on the 2 countries bids do primarily to their perceived tolerance for kurdish groups. he considers enemies. the 3 countries made a deal at the nato summit in madrid to work out their differences. but only finland

has succeeded in sweden where the officially designated kurdish terrorist organization, the p k. k is more visible. activists have targeted air to one personally, and burned the qur'an stoking anchors, animosity the garage. oh, we do know to have relatively, a major problem with respect to finland on that. we are always on the learning that sweden should take. concrete steps is, is this, this has led to a distinct change in nato's emphasis that the nordics joined together. the main question is not whether the feminine sweden are ratified together or the main question is that they are both are occupied as full members. as soon as possible, there's been a shift in helsinki to finish president sally mister says joining together is his preference, but our hands, sorry, no, wait tight. we have applied for membership. should be now say that no, we cancel our application. know that because we'll be friends are thinking more

about their other neighboring now decades of opposition to nato membership, evaporated after russia launched warren crane will be very hard for decision makers to justify the people war, i think over 80 percent in favor of nato right now. and also we're seeing over 50 percent offenders now in favor of going in in aid. so at this point, even if we're not brought it by, the swedish prime minister of christian has react angrily warning that leaving sweden outside nieto even temporarily would compromise both of their security. henry vaughan and disagrees, sweden would be a nato invites each surrounded by nato members. and have would have finland on his eastern neighbor a made. so i wouldn't say would be the worst possible scenario. i would say see significant improvement at the moment. it's the most likely scenario with finland, holding parliamentary elections in april. the current government would like to see a finished flag raised at nato under its watch, and there's still

a sliver of possibility for a tandem accession as stalled talks with turkey resume in march. that was to results reporting there. earlier i spoke with terry and i asked her about where the debate stands now in finland. we very much know what finish lawmakers think because they had to vote once already on giving the government permission to seek the application for membership. and at that time, they voted a $188.00 for seeking membership and only 8 against. so today, in this final reading of the bill, there were still a handful of people who felt like this was their last chance to make a stand against joining nato. there was a couple of speakers in opposition to it, but again, the bill is going to sale through. in fact, a support for nato membership has only grown over the months since says since it was initially introduced with a rush has continued brutality in ukraine. and we know that finland and sweden applied together to join nato. and now it seems okay sweet and may not be able to

join as soon as finland and it seems that finland is contemplating maybe no going it alone. is that having any type of strain on relations between finland and suite? you can definitely see some tensions in public at the munich security conference, swedish prime minister of christensen warned against splitting the bids. he said that this would be dangerous for his country, that it would leave them abandoned. and it this week very much feel that this would take pressure off turkish president air to want if, if they were allowed to get finland and now, but i spoke to someone at nato, who said, you know, this is what we think is the best path. now get finland in and then we can all focus on helping sweden get over that line to in the finish. prime minister. i mean, she had said that the delay in ramification, that delay that's coming from hungary a turkey. she said it's strange, the open door policy of nato. is that the case? that's right. and that was very interesting that she said that with nato secretary

general, you installed sumburgh standing right next to her today. and i think that was a very bold thing to say because it again puts pressure back on nato to help finland and sweden overcome these obstacles that aren't even really clear anymore in hungary and turkey. so i think it, it streams the division of unity in the alliance, but you know, henry von and who i spoke with in that story said, you know, this is a good lesson for finland. anyway, we find out that is not a rose garden inside nato, that there are compromises to be made in. politics are being played out everywhere, not even with direct relevance to the issues at stake. he said, so we're learning some lessons here. i think that them both countries eventually will get in, but it very much looks like finland will be 1st and that makes some people uncomfortable, especially across the gulf there in sweden, in turkey, obviously being the big on blockade here. what, what's the status right now with turkey and with president air to one? so we thought that turkey was the biggest obstacle and it probably is. but,

you know, just to de hungary announced that it was going to delay yet again. it's a vote on finland and sweden. you know, this is a fellow in you member, so you would think that to hungary would see fit to let it say let it's to partners in but no mad victor orbit is delaney. yet again, there is some hope for the turkish talks because now it talks are set up for next week, march 9th, for the 3 parties to come to nato headquarters. so that will be secretary general, stockton burn, putting some of his own pressure now on turkey to let in finland and sweden. he said to day, it is time to get this done or corresponded. terry sold to the latest delights in brussels. terry, as always, thank you or some sports news now in the french football federation. president no, well, le, great has resigned after being accused of sexual harassment, but rather than condemn him. major mil figures in french soccer had been praising

the 81 year old even suggesting that he should keep his other job with world governing body fever. no le, great help master mine. france is 2018 world cook triumph and is a powerful figure in the global game. but now the 81 year old president of the french football federation has been forced to resign. after allegations of sexual harassment. he denies wrong doing and was praised by his successor after an emergency meeting to announce he was quitting during your visit, but it was a very important meeting for french soccer commerce. it started with a very dignified statement by president lekrit, who i believe has once again shown through the decision he took, so that he's one of the great leaders of french football. they got the original, the football horses. instead of criticizing the outgoing president over the

harassment allegations, a top figure from french club football also had kind words filigreed, who is expected to continue as head of faith as paris office. is he suffered? yo yo may be fever, can help noel out at this difficult time of baltimore. i've always had a lot of respect for men and women who make lifelong commitments. puppies on. yes. so i think this will be good for no, out of soccer, separate dornbush. so i could tell he appreciated fever reaching out or. yeah, it's all teacher is priscilla elemental today that of all is not well in french football, women's national team coach cove indiana is also under pressure to step down at the captain, wendy athena, and 2 other players said they would skip the world cup in july french media reported that they now had refused to play again under the ether because of her methods. big problems in the french game are coming home to roost. i noticed some big weather here,

something that you don't see very often pictures from an unusually snowy spain. take a look, residents of barcelona woke up to see their city dusted in the white stuff on monday. storm julia tears left some regions completely covered. a rarity in the generally mild spanish climate. in fact, it only snows in barcelona about once every 10 years. juliet is expected to cause low temperatures and strong cold winds across the country until thursday. enjoy it while you care. and finally, it's may still be almost february. it's almost march actually. here in europe, on the other side of the beerin peninsula, they're already thinking about surfing. that's right, surf season. despite the cold, several hardy souls have been braving the water in the surfers paradise of nazare. in portugal, take a look of that. a nearly 5000 meter deep underwater canyon helps generate these enormous waves. it does not make the water warmer. i understand. hundreds of

spectators watched on from the cliffs, numerous surfing records have been set right there. yes. all right. this is dw news from berlin. his reminder of the top story we're following for you by jury is 2 main opposition. parties are demanding that this past weekend's presidential election be cancelled. they want new elections. they're alleging widespread voter fraud. early results show a lead for bullet tend to of the ruling. apc part this is the w. two's after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day stick around. we will be right back with with

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