ah ah ah ah this is d, w is life from berlin. i had on train collision in greece, kills at least 32 people. police are investigating what caused the 2 trains to crash between athens and fest alumni, or than 50 people are seriously injured after carriages erupt into flames. also on the program, nigeria has a new president elect ruling party can follow to new booth is declared. the winner

of last weekend's elections, but opposition party say the vote was a sham and demand a re run on kiva village is russian battlefield gains near back to this russian move to encircle the front lines. city cranes, president landscape says the intensity of fighting is only increasing. ah, i'm fil gale. welcome to the program. we begin in greece where at least 32 people have been killed and scores more injured and a head on train collision. a passenger train was heading from offense to festival nike when it hit a freight train having the other way and burst into flames. often 50 people were seriously injured, taken to hospital greasy state broadcast r e r t says the rail official responsible for the life has been arrested.

let's get more from daphne thomas. she's a journalist based in greece. so welcome to d. w. daphne talk us through what happened? good morning from athens. i'm unfortunately, i will start with the news that the dental has a reason to 36 people at this moment. so last night on tuesday, around $730.00, the train departed athens and was heading traveling to the salon. mickey and north of greece, and around 4 hours after departure and made a short stop for 15 minutes, and then the service resumed again. and the collision occurred. there was a head on collision with a car got drain. the passenger train was carrying around 350 people around. i'm saying around because that's what the, the railway company said at the beginning of the statement that the issue, they said it was about $350.00 passengers on board at the time of the collision.

so, so far, yes, the rescue operations and search and rescue operations are still ongoing on the side because it's the 1st 2 carriages of the train were completely or almost completely destroyed. the regional governor of the valley region set and on t v that these 3 carriages burst into flames after the collision. and ram rescuers managed to find all the people who are travelling on this train as you are speaking, where we are now looking at pictures from the same while they are still looking for any survivors that might, it might be under the wreckage. because the, this whole scene is like a disaster, especially because of all these 2 carriages were completely destroyed, means that maybe some people are under, under the wreckage. and there were cranes brought in,

trying to lift part of the wreckage to see whether there's any survivors. so they haven't finished the rescue operations yet. they're still ongoing. many people will, of course, have been to trans transport it to the hospitals, injured people, and as well. and we're yet waiting to see whether they're going to be any more on survive risk or any more people that have died. the creases prime minister is also heading to the region as well. and people are bound her to ask, how can i, brave to trains traveling in the opposite, can travel in the opposite directions on the same line. this is indeed the question i'm, it's unimaginable are that to, to drivers are on the same line without knowing that they're in the same line. so now there is a, there will be a full investigation. the station master has been brought for questioning by the greek authorities. some races re, voice system is aging,

it needs modernizing. ah, many trains are traveling on a single tractor signaling and control systems. automatic control systems are get to be installed and in some areas. so we will notion, we will know more after the investigation is a complete okay. factor from out her, daphne i, journalist, daphne thomas in greece to nigeria, where the electoral commission is declared a boller to newberg who a president elect. he was a congress of the ruling, all progressive congress party during state light into the night to hear the announcement mister to new booth is now expected to take over from outgoing president bahama ducari. electoral commission said mister to newbert 18800000 votes, while his main challenger, article abaca took almost 7000000 with opposition parties of question,

those figures and label the election. a sca ah, the man known as the godfather of league also arrived to a pop stars, welcome a long time political king mika, polo to newberry has just pulled off his biggest. when yet, addressing his supporters after a scrappy campaign, he portrayed himself as a unifying figure. well 9 so i remind wanted uribe i know that morning earlier the national election commission confirmed the final results after a highly disputed vote. chilton, boiler homage of the a. p c. haven't satisfied the requirements of the law

is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected. thank you. party agent stepped forward to sign off on the results, but it was unclear of the mean opposition officials did so to. on tuesday they called for fresh collections following complaints about technical and logistical issues. hampering last week's vote. concern shared by some on the streets among the positions with you and advice who were wise that he thought, oh lord, so no opinion. a thing issued to the issue, where did she do that? she would be the election doesn't i'll say that sam, he was in a free and in february says because he was obviously rigged in every state. becoming president was a lifelong ambition for to new to his campaign slogan was, it's my turn,

but now he may have to wait for the courts to have their say straight to nigeria commercial capital then where we find that d w 's at lake osbourne. our chief saw flourish, a quart, a welcome flourish. so it's my turn. so now he's got, he's turn or what's he going to do? well, during his campaign he made a lot of promises, many of which kind of reflected the policies of pres, that mohammed hurry, of course, there from the same party, including a big spending, you know, training people on entrepreneurial skills, unemployed youth, as a means to tackle on employment including heavy investment in agriculture and things like creates in more agencies to tackle insecurity. are these i did some of the things that he knew bull wants to do. of course, just like many other candidates, many of the things he was promising read just like broad and not really specific in

terms of specific policies or am steps that he would take to actually solve nigeria as a many problems or with. so in the report there are concerns about the way the election was run. i'm the recalls for a re run our election authorities taking those calls seriously. well, from what we've seen feel there is a, a stand saw a body language of nonchalance among the electra officials. i know i'm among the government as well this morning, the president. why we released a statement saying that while i met senior blue is the man for the job. obviously. o'kane, what's the electoral commission has announced the electoral commission chairman himself, you know, during the process of compiling the results, received so many complaints from people saying that they were not going to agree with it. in fact, opposition, party members were protesting at the completion office, but the chairman simply did not respond. so obviously it doesn't look like anything

much is going to come from that end. but nature, as i still use this thing yesterday, there were protesting different parts of nigeria and people are seeing that i am still insisting that the electron commission does the right thing. that the presidential ticket is usually split between a christian and a muslim a bullet to new and he's running might or both. both of them is how is that likely to affect the perceived legitimacy, especially in such a disputed results. well in terms of legitimacy, there is no retained a lawyer, nigeria that says that it has to be split between christine and muslim. now nigeria is almost equally split among religious lines, almost $5050.00 are christianity and islam. but i and over the years it has kind of become traditional like on, on, within law. that's one of either the vice president of the president is from the 2

religions. but he's not, it's not the legitimate to have to me muslim ever candidates, according to the nigerian law. of course that doesn't mean that christian is in andrea, just going to for their arms and acts like it's like accepted many people out of course of challenging that. and as one of the reasons why he didn't get a lot of support among christians because it seemed like he was ignoring that whole group of people. so we just have to wait and see how things evolve. it didn't affect him so much when he was campaigning. he still won the tickets for the primaries and i don't see that being a major key or affecting him so much. you know now that he's been declared as rena . thank you for that. flourish flush a corner and leg off. ok, so look at some more stories making headlines around the world. least 10 families have lost their homes after a landslide hit central per roof. several communities were isolated and crops are

lost in the disaster. local government effect has sent emergency crews to help. with the aftermath, lisa arrested the 3 alleged people smugglers in connection with a migrant. a boat tragedy in southern italy. crowded wouldn't vessel smashed apart on rocks and stormy seas. bodies of $64.00 people have now been recovered, but dozens more could still be missing or is in that leader alexander lucretia coast in beijing photographer chinese officials is expected to meet that chinese president, jason ping in the coming days. lucretia here was a king ally of russia. 3 day visit comes to make the continuing us concerns that china is seeking to supply arms to russia was, goes, regional governor says a military drove is crashed during an attempt to strike and civilian infrastructure near the russian capital, picture circulating on social media suggest it was ukraine made in their stack was

one of several reported in regions across western russia. on tuesday. he does not comment on attacks inside russia. will you cravy president vladimir savanski has warned that the fight for back boot is only increasing. russian troops have been trying to capture the eastern states for several months. recently they have stepped up various salts as a chinese circulate and cut off ukrainian supply lines. the battle for back motor seed, some of the heaviest fighting of the war with heavy losses on both sides there fighting for every corner of this newly destroyed city. but what 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 more global is and you could say every house and every street is covered in our blood. hilary owners, peralez,

our artillery isn't managing to suppress their artillery. you own virtual need. we have a lack of ammunition, your lack of professional drones stack and conduct reconnaissance. so the senior growing of you give them only for the bureaus 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 $70000.00 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, silly and so long as i'm not hurt quicker, so i'm on. don't to stay here any more girls. ruth, as one with 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 seed is defenders are 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 bored. turns love land on the radio. i heard ukrainian soldier will give up art yamazik and has been taken by russians. leave your positions and surrender real spare years with and i was like the yeah, sure thing to while i'm driving through back loot 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 bartlett or finland's parliament will vote to day on legislation, little paved the way for it to join nato. nato secretary general john stoughton berg visited helsinki on tuesday, speaking alongside prime minister santa martin, he said it was time to allow finland and sweden to join the military alliance. his comment was directed to nato members, turkey and hungary, who was standing in the way as t w's. terry schultz reports, turkey is causing the most cancer. i'm 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, a bear to one, put the freaks on the 2 countries bids, due 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 t. k is more visible. activists have targeted air to one personally, and burned the qur'an stoking anchor as animosity the 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 as did. 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 rectified together. 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, wait tight. we have applied for membership should be no say that no, we cancel our application. no, that we come with cleanser 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 offends now in favor of going in in aid. so at this point, even if we're not read it 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 its eastern neighbor a made so i won't say it would be the worst possible scenario at the moment. it's

the most likely mario 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 still a sliver of possibility for a tandem accession as stalled talks with turkey resume in march. let's pick this up with the finish reporter on us roster. welcome to the studio on a. so was the finish polymer doing this now? well, finish. people are very practical. and as we heard in that report, there are parliamentary elections coming up in early april in the country. and this is just a way to move the process forward. basically, finland and sweden decided already almost a year ago to apply for nato membership. and it was supposed to take a bit less time. it looked like an easy process. the country's already fulfilled all the requirements for natal membership at the time and 28 out of 30 natal

members are very quick to ratify their memberships. but right now it has been a bit stoled. so with also the war is still ongoing in ukraine. these countries, which is like to see also the full membership and the security guarantees that come with it. so let's look at the opposition then of turkey and hungry. what's, what's behind? well, if we start with hungary, that was also supposed to be a quicker process. hungary was supposed to vote on ratifying these memberships in july last year, and they've been postponing and postponing again the vote. and initially prime minister, victor autobahn, who will be also the person to give a green light to the process. he was very much in favor of the membership. now, recently he has a changed, his tone said as well that, you know, pointed out the finland and sweden,

alongside other members have been critical of hunger in the past. you know, when it comes to the state of full of law or media, freedom, et cetera. so it is a bit of a political play there when it comes to hungary, though, sorry to turkey. that's a bit of a different matter. because already, when the ratification process was being discussed, turkey came with a wish list to these 2 countries and said they want to see an extra dieting, certain political opposition of figures from these 2 countries to turkey. also, the resuming of arms deals with turkey asked sort of, you know, step stones for ratification. now in recent weeks, turkish house has said that for finland, they don't see anything in the way anymore to ratify that membership. but for sweden, they have still a lot of open questions. ok, so that's going to be more difficult. so what happens next?

well, finished, swedish and turkish representatives are coming together next week and brussels to try and resume talks. they have been a bit in a deadlock as we heard. but yeah, but hungary is supposed to still ratify that membership within a month with turkey, dust could still take longer. i mean, they toys hoping that to have 32 instead of 30 members by its top summit in july and well finish. finland is basically saying that the ball is now in hungary and turkey's corner of finland, wound, and sweden also. they won't withdraw their applications either. ok, thank you for that. and honest rasta of scientists say we're still a long way from being able to travel on airplanes. without harming the environment and travel infrastructures built entirely around fossil based jet fuels, which a key carbon emitters,

if the hope is to face these out in the coming years and what are the alternatives on that report? take a look around 3 percent of global c o. 2 emissions can be traced back to aviation, and the sector is expected to grow in the coming decades. there are no simple or fast solutions to the climate related problems the industry poses. it is one significant emitter off entre projects, greenhouse gases. it is not the biggest as a sector, but it is certainly significant. and here we need to act swift to maintain technology, transition of this industry sector into a sustainable future. when it comes to mitigating the climate damage, aviation causes 3 different approaches hold promise. one is to electrify plains, running them on giant batteries, so they don't directly burn any fuel at all. basically employing the same

technology used in most smaller drones. but electric powered aircraft running on today's batteries can't carry much weight for long distances. and they would have to be built from scratch to replace the 10s of thousands of kerosene powered plains that currently make up commercial fleets. so they're still at best a long term option for shorter hall flights. then there's the idea of powering planes with hydrogen instead of jet fuel, either by burning the element directly or using it to drive a fuel cell. but here volume is an issue to provide enough energy to power flight. the hydrogen has to be cooled and liquified to concentrated. the gas is tricky to handle and airports everywhere would have to alter fueling infrastructure. so also a longer term proposal, which is why most efforts in the field at the moment are aimed at creating sustainable alternatives, known as drop ins,

liquid synthetic or biofuels made with carbon taken from non fossil sources like plants, or even from atmospheric c o 2. what's key is that they can be transported, stored, pumped, and handled, just like fossil based kerosene. but it will take time to make them available on a wide scale. i think it would take 25 to 30 years to at least one lifetime of a plane development and considering that the lifetime of the plane is a lot longer than your conventional car. the road, although sustainable aviation jewels can therefore contribute to the carbon izing flight over time, the challenges remain immense. and finally, even though it's a winter here in europe, the surf is still up despite the cold, hardy songs have been braving the water and surface paradise of nazare. in portugal,

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