hi alice services. oh, be our guest at frankfurt airport city managed by frappe waterloo. ah ah, this is d w y from berlin. nigeria has a new president elect brewing party, candidate bowler to know who is declared the winner and of last weekend's election . but opposition party, so say the pope was a sham and the demanding a re run. also on the program cave acknowledges russian battlefield gave back most

russian moves to circle, but the frontline city ukraine's president lensky says intensity of the fighting is only increasing. ah, i feel gail, welcome to the program. nigeria electoral commission has declared a bala to nova president elect. he was the candidate of the ruling old progresses, congress party nigerian sat up late into the night to hear the results live. mr. to new book is now expected to take over from outgoing president lama. dupont, speaking after the results were announced, he said his election team had weathered a stormy campaign with the nose on where we are all, when i phrased the ha,

ha ha ah fellow, be nigeria? the electoral capricious said mister turnover, 18800000 votes, while his main challenger atco abaca a took almost 7000000, but opposition parties of question, those figures and label the election. the sham that disquiet on the streets of nigeria as a growing number of people calling to question the legitimacy of last weekend's presidential race. there has been widespread criticism of new electronic voting systems with technical and logistical issues. also reported during the count the main opposition parties, including the people's democratic party and the labor party, have called for fresh elections. nigerians watched as they branded the weekend's

vote, a scam or this initial is blocked, refer or credible is clear to let you know that the selection e solid, the compromised. and therefore, if that is the wish, he said as perish. also, every nigerian armies, the general appeal, the best it will do is for us to correct it. i get it right on the streets of the commercial capital lagos. while labor, when a majority, people are skeptical about the election. a monopoly shown to you and advised, who were wise that he thought o mode. so no opinion, 18th issued due the issue, where does she do d m? she repeat the election, does it? i'll say that it was in a free and, you know, fair, precise, because he was obviously rigged in every speech. some international observers

said the election lacked transparency. a merry fears that a contested result from this tightly fault race could lead to violence. we can take a look at some of stores making headlines around the world will start in greece where at least 32 people have been killed and scores more injured. after 2 trains collided, a passenger and freight trains crashed near the city of larissa destroying the 1st 2 carriages. unders of passengers happy, evacuated, safely. letting say sudanese security forces shot dead a protest during a demonstration against military rule. he was the 125th person to be killed in the little process that had been held since the middle school in october 2021. please. also 5 tea. a gas of protesters marching towards the presidential palace in the capital hot to moscow's regional government. as a military drone has crashed during an attempted strike of civilian infrastructure

near the russian capital picture circulating on social media suggest it was ukrainian made. illustrator was one of several reported in regions across western russia on tuesday. keith does not comment on attacks inside russia. when ukrainian president vladimir savanski has warned that the fight for the city of back what is only increasing russian troops had been trying to capture the eastern city for several months. recently they stepped up. their assaults, as i tried to encircle, back moved and cut off ukrainian supply lines. the battle for the city has been some, a seen, some of the heaviest fighting of the war with huge losses on both sides. they're fighting for every corner of this newly destroyed city, but what has become yet another symbol of ukraine's resistance against the invaders? it soldiers have been holding the front line for months, but russian attacks have become more intense in recent days. gordon,

do you move quote with you could say every house and every street is cover it in our blood hill area. as pro lights are, artillery isn't managing to suppress their artillery. you own virtual new year. we have a lack of ammunition, your lack of professional drones that can conduct reconnaissance. so if we see new drawing of you give them only for the zeros vehicle battle, it has limited strategic value, but it's capture would be a major symbolic victory for the russian army. and the wagner 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 defense. however, as of now, we're seeing that on the battlefield, they're still trying to achieve a common military strategic objective. most of the cities,

nearly $70000.00 residents have long left bottom would soldiers and volunteers are still taken. some people to safety a few choose to stay. ah, my gosh, so long as my home is intact, you're silly. and so long as i'm not hurt. forecast on, on don't to stay here any more girls. ruth, as one with whom the scale of the destruction becomes clear when seen from above. but as bar would known as r t, arm of securing the soviet times, may be about to be taken over the seat is defenders are trying to keep their spirits high. roars 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 you with. and i was like, the yeah. you sure thing to while i'm driving through back moot, and i'm going to surrender. so funny thing with resources running low and overwhelming attacks these soldiers are determined to make the russians pay a heavy price for bought. what will they double as ukraine correspondent nick connelly gave a certain an overview of the political and military thinking about the battle for backward of to weeks and months of full starts seemed like a ukrainian withdrawals, but more might finally now be on the cards. 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 roots, but a huge losses. and we also know that the u. s. has long been pushing ukraine to get out there, convince the potential gains from forcing russia to commit huge resources are

simply not worth the risk of seeing ukrainian troops in circle there. and most of the planners, the military plan, as the experts. they say this isn't a city with huge strategic importance. it's not a logistics hub, foreign minister center. it's just one of many cities in don bass in that part of his new grain, but symbolically, it's taken on a huge, some importance, a huge 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, but more so trying to explain to an or ukrainians 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. a finance parliament sir will vote to day on legislation that will pay the way for it. joining nato that her secretary journal against ulta burger visited of helsinki on tuesday. speaking alongside the prime minister, santa marin, he said now is the time to alarm finland, unsweetened to join the military alliance. james comments was directed to nato

members. turkey and hungry were still standing in the way as t w's. terry schultz reports i took, his opposition is causing the most consider side by side. that's how almost every one 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, wretched tie up 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 anchor as animosity garage. oh,

we do not 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 ratified 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 way tight. we have applied for membership should be now say that no, we can loa aplin caisson know that we can't. we fins are thinking more about their other neighboring now decades of opposition to nato membership, evaporated after russia launched warren ukraine, 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 nato at this point, even if we are not ready by the swedish prime minister of kristen has reacted angrily warning that leaving sweden outside nato 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. nate, so i wouldn't say would be the worst possible scenario 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 and sport, the president of the french football federation dolah great has resigned after being accused of sexual harassment, but rather than condemned the 81 year old major male figures in french football had

been praising him even suggesting he should keep his other job with footballs, 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 denied wrong doing and was praised by his successor, after an emergency meeting to announce he was quitting. in your book, it was a very important meeting for french soccer. it started with a very dignified statement by president like, right. who i believe has once again shown through the decision, he took that he's one of the great leaders of french football, the gold, the regional, the football hall. instead of criticizing the outgoing president over the harassment allegations,

a top figure from french club football also had cottonwoods for the grade. who is expected to continue was head of fif of paris office. said you may be fif, i can help, noel. i would at this difficult time. ready i've always had a lot of respect for men and women who make lifelong commitment. so i think this will be good for noel focus. if it was, i could tell he appreciated fever. reaching out to the teacher. priscilla mental all is not well in french football. women's national team coach cohen data is also under pressure to step down at the captain. when do you hear now? and 2 other players said they would skip the world cup in july. french media reported to the cry now had refused to play again under the aca because of her methods. big problems in the french game, a coming home to roost. finally, even though it's a winter here in europe,

the surf is still up despite the cold, hardy souls have been praising the warm app and braving the water and the surface paradise of nazare. in portugal and every 5000 meet at deep underwater canyon helps to generate enormous waves, as hundreds of spectators look on from the cliffs. you are certain records have been set at the sight. next day on the w, christy plots and looks at wine increasing number of european institutions of banning tick tock that's in your business, updated just a moment on the back of the top they are about of i was just rescuing data from a farm. this one, this body globally, i found it like this and i couldn't just leave it there. i should meet. 2