ah ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. i had on train collision in greece, kills at least 38 people. versus prime minister says human error likely caused a passenger train in a freight train to collide and burst into flames between athens and to ceylon. dozens of passengers ark injured the death toll is likely to climb. also coming up

in the program, nigeria has a new president elect, ruling party. candidate, bullet nubile is declared the winner of last week in the election. but opposition party said that the vote was a sham and are demanding a re run. and in the us, thousands of conservative activist gathering suburban washington with presidential contenders donald trump and his one time ali nicki healing set to give contrasting speeches. ah, i'm here until then berlin. welcome to the program. at least 36 people have been killed in a head on train, collision in greece, or than 50 others are being treated in hospital with serious injuries. greece's transport minister has resigned in the wake of the accident and police say they have arrested and charged a station master in the nearby city of larissa. the man has done any law wrong

doing so far as blame 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, who 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 a thought to be university students. around 350 people were bought the service from

athens to the northern city of felony key at the time though, to escape with their lives. describe the chaos. when the 2 trains collided at amaral obama, we heard a big bang like um, 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. amazon as monica low, the of the fire was everywhere. let it was unable to get as we're rolling, we're burning. fire was everywhere that the vehicle. yes, we landed a fire up. did right next to was this man, his or whole, we managed to get out through there. we was, specialist equipment has now been deployed to how clear the deborah and the greek prime minister who lay to visited the scene as vow to find out what happened in the part of the level of what we are experiencing

today is very, very difficult. as a country, here we are talking about an unspeakable tragedy in front of me to 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. hooper, and 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. millimeters report to her the government has announced 3 days of national morning as the investigation gets under way and to walk cause this crash has already been described as the worst train accidents in greek history.

so were there any warning signs before this crash, a potential safety issues in the big railway system? we put that question to miss ios, go. des, director of the highlight foundation, think tank into the loan, the q. unfortunately, one cannot see that this was a said from the very beginning, the largest plan with room for possible doings and or train person. now working with systems without any traffic lights on the 3rd, a system is using a ton of traffic lights. and this is also one of the reasons why in the european commission decided to refer to the horror fane, a single man. we are active. and i mean, just right now with the fact that it was 517,

the national company was sold for just 4 to 5 years back. and then a lot of major reforms, not a lot of major investment company ever since. and today. ready with once the market for the country development 19th century with failures, as is not on the to carry large number passengers i q i qx seen safety, but it's also carrying just one percent of the goods that are going through the country each year. so with michelle, this cody is from behind the blue foundation thing tank into ssl on the queue there . speaking to d, w a little earlier. let's take a look at out. some other news headlines from around the world police and

television. have you done grenades and water cannon against protesters opposing a plan to overhaul with israel's justice system? the book justice block roads and real lines on what they called a nationwide deal disruption. for to see the plan forms, we can the wall of the supreme court and undermine democracy. target president rich type air to one has confirmed that general elections will be held on the 14th of may as planned. despite the disruption caused by the catastrophic earthquakes. in february, it was unclear whether organizing a whole would be possible in the regions devastated by the quakes. ah, are you isn't told to support on the mysteries havana syndrome concludes that 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 in 2016. many believed could have been due to an attack. g 20 foreign ministers are gathering in delhi for meeting expected to be dominated by

russia's invasion of ukraine and the economic problems created by that war. host india says it hopes, climate change and death in developing countries or the overworked and the discussions. finland, parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of the country joining the western needle military alliance. the decision to and decades of finished crowdy came after the russian invasion of ukraine. government still has a few hurdles to clear for its membership can come into effect. member's, d, w, corresponded terry shoals in brussels, explains, finished parliament has just given its final approval to the country, joining nato, an overwhelming show of support at a 184 votes in favor and just 7 against what has to happen next is for finished president salinas, so to sign the exception 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 cora, hungary 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 its flags and so air to want is not willing to let sweet enjoy nato until it does more to stop this. finland, meanwhile, or 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 did you corresponded terry schultz reporting from brussels. turning to nigeria,

now were the electoral commission as declared bullets new president to white. he was the candidate of the ruling. all progressives, congress party to new 18800000 votes, but turn out was 29 percent with technical glitches undermining trust in the voting process. now the labor party, led by peter or b, which received just over $6000000.00 votes, says it will mount a legal challenge against the result. holding the official result enough to a jubilant crowd, bola made to new booth the declared winner of the nigerian presidential election after a highly disputed vote. the man known as the godfather of lagos is a long time political kingmaker. he led a campaign with the slogan, it's my turn. addressing his supporters off to the result, he portrayed himself as a unifier. well then

i will not want. i know not everyone is convinced the opposition labor party plans to legally challenge to new booth when it is our position that the port to results did not meet the minimum criteria of a transparent free and election. in addition to the most condemned noble attacks wireless water intimidation of suppression, the election was conducted by a nation of agreed from his rules and guidelines. the uncertainty is also shared by some on the streets among the positions. would you advise who were wise that he thought o mode? so no opinion, 18th issued due the issue it did,

she do do that. she would be delicate, does it? i'll say that it wasn't a free and fair process because he was obviously ranked in every state becoming president has been a lifelong ambition for to neighbor. but he may now have to wait for the courts to have their say. we turn to the west now where thousands have gathered outside of washington as the conservative political action conference or c pac gets underway. republican presidential contenders donald trump and nikki haley or the heavy hitters due to speak in washington, but florida governor run to santa's won't be there before in the court donors. thousands of kilometers away in texas and california. only days after november's us mid term elections. the 2024 race to the white house was off and running in order to make america great. a 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 the former us ambassador to the un, nikki haley is the 1st the challenge of passport in the 2024. i've raised haley not only gained experience during her years of the u. n. she also showed a willingness to take a tough stance against russia despite the wishes of president trump. 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 read, 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 mike, palm pale, and ex vice president mike pence. both have shown all the signs of having presidential ambitions. and so has florida governor rhonda santas. 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, identifies 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. this is debbie news live from berlin, and here's a quick reminder of the top story. we're following for you at this hour. greece's prime minister says human error is law, the likely cause of the country's 1st real disaster and memory. at least 30 people

are dead after a passenger train collided, a head on a freight train. late tuesday, police arrested a station master and a greet transportation official has resigned because all we have coming up for coming up after a short break, a surprise rebound from the chinese manufacturing sector. pretty plots and has all the details in d. w business. i'm here until new berlin, thanks for watching. ah interest the global economy.