ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, head on trying collision in greece, kills at least 36 people. police are investigating what caused 2 trains to crash and burst into flames between athens center, sullen ag. more than 50 people are seriously injured and the death toll is likely to clock. also on the program, nigeria has

a new president elect ruling party. candidate bowler to noble is declared the winner of last weekend's election. boss, opposition? parties say the vote was a sham and demanding a re rough class. how can we stand next to our murders on a pedestal? how are you? i'm cranium. athletes and coaches are dying in the war against russia. that's why key forms russian competitors bod, from the parasol and picks next year, we have a special report. and the u. s. thousands of conservative activists gather in suburban washington with presidential contenders donald trump. and his one time ally, nikki haley said to give contrasting speech ah, i'm good. how else as well come to the at least 36 people have been killed in her

head on the train collision in greece. more than 50 others are being treated in the hospital with serious injuries. grace's transport minister has resigned in the wake of the accidents for they say they have arrested and charged a station master in the nearby city of larissa. the man has denied any wrong doing and has blamed the accident on a possible technical failure. it was just before midnight when the 2 trains collided. authority se both were traveling on the same track for several calamities before hitting each other had on at high speed. the force of the impact was so strong that the front to carriage is that the passenger train almost completely destroyed. while several others were derailed and engulfed in flames. emergency teams and rescue crews worked through the night and in the thick smoke.

searching for survivors. scouring each broken carriage by torchlight, for signs of life and the bodies of those killed in the crash, many of whom are thought to be university students. around 350 people were aboard the service from athens to the northern city of felony key. at the time, for those who escape with their lives, describe the chaos. when the 2 trains collided. but i'm a girl, obama. we heard a big bang like it was 10 nightmarish seconds. unable to get it and were thrown around in the wagon, eventually falling on our side. so from our busy, the commotion stopped and there was panic cables. everywhere. madonna's mind cosca loading up the fire was everywhere. your love, it was on up with that as we're rolling. we're burning. if what gothic fire was everywhere that the video like i thought, as we landed a fire up did right next to was made this man his or whole. we managed to get out

through that all you up of between specialist equipment has now been deployed to help clear the debris and the greek prime minister who late visited the scene, has bow to find out what happened in the probably a little bit of what we are experiencing today, his very, very difficult as a country. here we are talking about an unspeakable tragedy. he should get our thoughts to day a 1st and foremost with the relatives of the victims. from what our duty is to treat the wounded. and from there to identify the bodies you're better and the one thing i can guarantee is we will find out the causes of this tragedy. and we will do everything in our power to make sure it never happens again. let me

transfer you to her the government has announced 3 days of national morning as the investigation gets under way into what cause this crash has already been described as the worst train accident in greek history. so were there any warning signs before this crash of potential safety issues on the re grower system? we put that question to mccully school. this is director of the homeless bo foundation. think tag inter salinity. unfortunately, one cannot say that this was complete. don't expect it from the very beginning. the largest bother with trying to keep room for possible doings and or train, or working with systems without any traffic lights on. the 3rd longer in the system is using a ton of traffic lights. this is also one of the reasons why. on february,

the european commission decided to refer to the court for fame, a single european man, we are active. and i mean, just right now with the fact that it was fired in 2017, the national company was sold to train for just 4 to 5 years back. and then a lot of major reforms, not a lot of the major investment company ever since in today. ready with once the market for the country development, 19th century with failures, as is not only fee to carry a large number of passengers, i q accuracy and safety. but it's also carrying just one percent of the goods that are going through the country each year. so we're gonna

be talking about one piece in nigeria. the electoral commission has declared bowler to noble president elect. he was the candidate of the ruling. all progressives congress party to no 18800000 votes, but turn out was just 29 percent, with technical glitches undermining trust in the voting process. now the labor party led by peter obee, who won just over $6000000.00 votes, says it will mount a legal challenge against the result. holding the official result aloft to a jubilant crowd, buller made to new is the declared winner of the nigerian presidential election. the national election commission confirmed the final results after a highly disputed fate. to little boy ahmed

of the e. p. c. haven't satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected. thank you. the man known as the godfather of lagos is a long time political king maker. he led a campaign with the slogan, it's my turn. addressing his support his off to the result, he portrayed himself as a unifier. well then i will might want to you. i will not everyone is convinced the position labor party plans to legally challenge to newbies when the uncertainty is also shared by some on the street.

oh medina, positions with you and advice who were wise that he thought o lord, so no opinion. 18th issued, due the issue, where did she do this? she repeat the electron, does it? i'll say that it was in a free and fair process because he was obviously rate in every state. becoming president has been a lifelong ambition for to neighbor. but he may have to wait for the courts to have their say of him on this. that's a brand political analyst, double or a wallet. he has worked as an advisor to the nigerian government and our specialized an african democracies. as a fellow at the london school of economics, he joins us now from there. now, the opposition wants to legally challenge the result. now, the on what grounds this is a normal the niger and elections and we must remember, this is the largest democratic experiment on the african continent. you have

a country of over 200000000 people registered voters. we have a 93000000 people, which essentially is larger than the entire population of the united kingdom. and of course, even though there was a low turn out, you have to understand that running an election in the country like nigeria is a logistical task. now, why the opposition, why the opposition parties are because enders are challenging this particular result is they, is it on some of the allegations that one way incidents of intimidation agree, a balance card snatching and things of that nature. but i think the most fundamental one was the slowness of the independent national electoral commission, which is the commission that should be tens over elections in transmitting the results from the pony centers right on to the portal. to be able to prove that nothing has happened in between. so that really is the point of contention. but at

this point, given that i made the last number as been declared, the winner, this will have to be settled in the course of. so what do you reckon? how likely is it that accord will actually overturn this result for the force that you have just described? well, it will have to take its due process and this is paid normally night, you and politics in essence. but i would do expect is that in the mean time, the president elect to will go ahead and begin to start forming his government for president, the incumbent president, president bill harry, as already called and congratulated him. well, leaders began to call and congress congratulate him, including the prime minister of the united kingdom. so he will continue, will proceed to set up his government and of course, prepare for the operation. and of course, the contending parties have this period to be able to go to court, to be able to challenge what the chances of being overturned, of course, depends on the facts and the evidence that will to bring to. but for now,

i made you know, who is the president elect of nigeria and will get on with the business of preparing to go. so what will be the major problems that he's facing? what does he need to tackle? well, that's the thing about the school of the nigerian president. it's a hotly contested position, but i assure you it is one of the most challenging jobs you could ever have. 200000000 people over to up to 2000 different ethnic groups, governing such a diverse quality with histories of ethnic and religious bribery. it's no small challenge. but i think at the top of the list for the incoming president i'm, it will be tracking the economy. is the scene deep economic doldrums and that is affecting the masses also is the issue of security, not just in terms of the ram and the terrorist that i've been challenging some of the nation for a while, but also in terms of things like kidnapping and the tree then also is the issue of

infrastructure and power even i do in a capacity, there may be an environment for them to be able to close. it is known across the world. the nigerians are very and for neural industrial people without the infrastructure, have the electrical power supply that they need to power. they cannot do that. he has to do that. but i think at the base of his list is unifying, a very invited nation. this was a very unique an election because of the 1st time we had a major contender from the south eastern part of the country, which has been politically marginalized is to be up. and in this instance, you have many people who supported that competitor who may feel quite disenchanted and agreed. so the challenge before the president elect is to really nice the nation and he has already made utterances in by team he's contenders to join in this joint event. i'm this joint task of building a more united nation. i think nigeria can only move forward is able to address this

talent is of the we just on the, on the ethnic cleavages that continue to undermine its ability to become truly the kinds of africa as it should political analyst that what you wallace. thank you very much for this analysis. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other headlines from around the world. a u. s. intelligence report on the mysterious havana syndrome concludes the illness was unlikely to have been caused by a foreign adversary. the name was given to symptoms 1st reported by us officials in the cuban capital into a 2016, many believe that could have been due to an attack turkish president reggie tab ad one has confirmed that general elections will be held on the 14th of may as planned despite the disruption caused by the campus traffic earthquakes in february, it was unclear whether organizing

a pole would be possible in the regions devastated by the earthquakes. g, 20 foreign ministers are gathering in delhi for a meeting, expect it to be dominated by russia's invasion of ukraine and the economic problems created by the war host. india says it hopes, climate change, and debt and developing countries will not be overlooked in discussions. and on and off of applied germany's chance that will of show its has promised to ramp up ammunition production to support ukraine. he made the statement after meeting with latvian prime minister, christiane is cotton's or bilateral toys in berlin. shoals, also reaffirm nato's commitment to protect its territories or in the event a sign of an attack. actually they had to put the july finland's parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of the country. joining the western nato military alliance. the decision to and decades of finish neutrality came after the russian invasion of ukraine. but finland still has

a few hurdles to clear before its membership or can come into effect over the w. as terry schultz in brussels, explains why finish parliament has just given its final approval to the country. joining nato, an overwhelming show of support at a $184.00 votes in favor and just 7 against what has to happen next is for finished president salinas. so to sign the session protocol, and then for it to be deposited in washington after which time a finish flag can go up at nato headquarters. if another 2 things happen 1st and those have to take place in budapest and on kara hungry and turkey are the only remaining allies that have not approved finish in swedish membership. the hungarians haven't said so much about why they've been lagging behind, but the turkish government has been very explicit saying the nordic countries are too soft on kurdish groups. that president ret at type air to one considers enemies, especially the p k. k, which is considered

a terrorist organization in all european countries. of course, finland and sweden included. but in suite, in this group is very visible holding demonstrations flying it's flags, and so air to one is not willing to let sweet enjoined nato until it does more to stop this. finland, meanwhile, air to one says may just be allowed to join in the near future. and so, while the swedish government is not at all happy about this and does not want to be left behind, this is in fact what we are likely to see possibly in the next few weeks of your social stem. as the one you grant enters, it's 2nd year is having far reaching effects on many aspects of international relations, including sports. your current president, low to me as zalinski has warned that his country will boycott next year's olympic games in paris. if russia and bella, rouge athletes allows to compete, dozens of ukrainian athletes have been killed in russia's war against ukraine. did um use. abraham went to the western town of ledger chief to meet

a woman who lost her younger brother on the front lines. for someone who lived such a short life, vladimir, andrew shock left so much behind a while looked after a pet cat, a career as a national de cathel on champion, and an older sister who will always remember him like this. when you call back in a little vulgarly, he was sociable, friendly, and the best. he had a strong character that he was turban, if it weren't for these character traits, he wouldn't be in sports here. if it ran for these character traits, he wouldn't have gone to war only in late january russia's warren, ukraine brought an abrupt end to the 22 year old's life, and his ambition to one day compete in the olympics. according to ukraine's foreign minister of lat, amir is one of more than 200 athletes and coaches who have been killed in the fighting in light of these deaths and the devastation the war has caused ukrainian

officials, including here at the ministry of sports, hath called on the international olympic committee to ban russian and bel, rushing athletes from competing in the parish 2024 olympics. the international olympic committee says it's considering allowing those athletes to compete, but only under neutral flags that don't represent their country's neutrality is an illusion. when russia's aim is to destroy ukraine, says the country sports minister and head of its olympic committee. sean has got a showing, it brought to me in the broken, say, these russian athletes came out against the war against the aggression wouldn't. that would be signed that they're really neutral. they don't school what's going on with him. but if they say silent, then that some blood support, i actually thought i might want to see more chart. he showed us this video of a ukrainian shot put thrower, training under shelling, as well as these images that show the scale of destruction of ukrainian sports

facilities. there is also concern that russian athletes could use the olympics to taunt ukrainians. it's something, sir, he pena sancho, a former coach of the national bike motorcross team says ukrainian athletes hath long suffered from in 2014, when russia annex crimea. one of his team members was stopped by a russian athlete at an international tournament and told this rule, he said it's pretty cool. we were able to grab crimea. we caught up with sir, he had a key of hospital where he was receiving treatment before reporting back to the frontlines. after facing russians on the battlefield. it's hard for him to imagine how they could ever meet again as sportsmen looking to you know, we more how can we stand next to our mergers on a pedestal? how with young a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said,

attempts to squeeze moscow out of international sport, were doomed to fail. international olympic committee insists its mission is to bring the world together in peaceful competition. that mission will now not include flood amir and russia. hail $101.00 that one on one hail or there was a funeral. we went to the grave, but we still can't believe that this happened to him that he was given so little that it was immediate death. that it wasn't an injury that he didn't get a chance to lou as a car. i'm gonna go to w special correspondent, i abraham, who filed the report i, you've, mathis, ukrainian athletes are there who are now fighting a war. what did they tell you? what would, banning russian athletes mean to those that ukrainian athletes will get heard and,

you know, i just came back from ukraine and what i've seen is that the war there is, is all encompassing. it's really affecting every aspect of life. i mean, education, the arts, the economy and of course sports. i mean you have these ukrainian athletes who a little over a year ago. we're training for tournaments, we're working on their careers, working on themselves. and then their lives had to be turned upside down. and then instead of pursuing that, they had to go to fight a to the frontlines. and even if they didn't have to go their lives and their careers had been disrupted in somewhere or another just like everybody's life in ukraine. and so the argument from their side is, well, how come our, you know, ukrainian athletes have suffered such losses while at the same time, russian athletes whose government is responsible for what's happening in the country get to continue with their careers. and as, as normal,

train and peace and go to international tournaments compete and, and work on their careers and at, in some, you know, horrible cases as kind of what i try to show in the pieces. people are so, so lose their lives completely at this their careers and so for them having that ban it's, it's, it's not really, you know, it's not some kind of compensation or anything like that. but it would provide some sort of justice for the situation that ukrainian athletes and ukraine on it as a whole. find that something right now, as you said in a report, the i o c, so far hasn't, hasn't moved on the subject. but now poland sportsman is to said that up to 40 countries, my boy called next years a paris olympics. if russians are allowed to compete, is that going to make a difference? and think briefly, if you can. i mean, it is a huge statement and we don't have the list of all 40 countries, but we do know that you know, western allies that have supported ukraine from the beginning. estonia,

lot deal with we knew the united states, the u. k. japan, australia, canada, and so on. there are definitely pro the ban we haven't really seen, you know, countries that have been skeptical of western support of ukraine come out in support of such bad, we're talking about heavy weights like china, india, and so on. and so i think what we're seeing here is, you know, a sort of parallel on it to what we're seeing on the battlefield at translating almost almost, you know, one to one into the worlds of sports. and i, you see has yet to be swayed, but we'll just, we're just going to have to wait and see on that. to them special correspondent abraham there. thank you. i to the us now thousands have gathered outside washington us the conservative political action conference, or c pac gets under way. republican presidential contenders donald trump and nikki haley. all the heavy hitters due to speak in washington. but florida, florida governor rhonda santas will not be there, referring to court,

don't us thousands of florida's way and texas and california only days after november's u. s. mid term elections. the 2024 race to the white house was off and running in order to make america great and glorious again. i am tonight announcing my candidacy for president ha. former president donald trump announced his intention to try to take back the seat. he lost in 2020 but several presidential hopefuls would stand in the way of trump becoming the 47th president of the united states. i am running for president of what was for the former us ambassador to the un. nikki haley is the 1st the challenge, a passport in the 2024. i'd greatly haley not only gained experience during her years of the un. she also showed a willingness to take a tough stance against russia. despite the wishes of president traction. the

daughter of indian immigrants has also called for a new generation of leadership that seen as a veiled swipe at the advanced ages of trump and president biden. were reg ready to move past the stale ideas and faded names of the past? many others are expected to join the race like trumps. former secretary of state might palm pale and ex vice president mike pence. both have shown all the signs of having presidential ambitions. and so has florida governor rhonda centers. he is seen as the person most likely to be true. he has made a name for himself by waging conservative cultural wars, and has appeared on right wing media criticizing. president biden for being weak on china and spending tax dollars on ukraine. while they have effectively a blank check policy, with no clear strategic objective, identified the santas. once a close,

trump ally is now his toughest political rival. 2024 is still a long time away, but it's already shaping up to be a contentious race. and that's it. from me and the news stream for now, of course, at the top of the alex coming up next ukraine wants to join the european union as soon as possible. conflict. so off to one of the european parliament vice president catalina body. if the you also wants it as a new member of host and believe me on the team, i spoke with a with

who into the conflict zone with sebastian. it says it will stand with ukraine for as

long as it takes for joining the union. so a long way to go with the war now it's 2nd year. what happened to the sense of urgency about e u membership with so by my guess is week is katerina barley, a vice president of the european parliament, conflicts on d. w with david and lynn share. my welcome to my podcast, do not matter that i invite celebrities influences and experts to talk about all plain labs back from day to day. nothing less because all these things and more and then you will see them off the plot. can make sure to, to an end wherever you get your path and join the conversation because you know it who love mattered. mm.

with stories that just to panic aware, find out best documentary on you to really good morning to see the world as you've never seen it before. describe now t d w documentary d u says it will stand with ukraine for as long as it takes. but as for joining the union, well, there's still a long way to go with the war now, and it's 2nd year. what happened to the sense of urgency about membership, the care said with so vital. what about the fund that we're pledged to not delivered? my guess this week is catherine a barley, a vice president of.