the former german chancellor gerhard schroeder, has escaped being thrown out of his political party over his close ties to russia. members of the center left. so for them across sort his expulsion over is linked to russian state energy companies spot. the party committee says he did not break any rules. nigerian presidential candidates, peter obee, says he is the real winner of saturday's elections and will contest the outcome in court. official results put him in 3rd place, while ruling party candidate bowler to nibble was declared. the winner service se, there's no evidence of fraud nigeria as main opposition. candidate article, albert carr has called saturdays election, a quote, rape of democracy. official results, put him in 2nd place while ruling party, rival bowler to noble was declared the winner. the 1st place, candid peter obee, has also alleged massive fraud, vowing to challenge the outcome in court. more than firefighters in hong kong are battling a blaze at another construction skyscraper, multiple floors are engulfed in flames for nearby structures in a busy shopping distric

at some of the other news headlines from around the world to sell. former german chancellor gerhard schroeder has escaped being thrown out of his own political party over his close ties to russia. members of the centre left social democrat sought his exposed expulsion over his links to russian state energy companies and a party committee says he did not break any rules. agirri and presidential candidate peter o. b says he is the real winner of saturday's elections and will contest the outcome in court. official results put him in 3rd place, while ruling party candidate bullet to new booth was declared. the victor observers said technical problems mark the vote, but they had seen no evidence of fraud. you were state department is calling on israel to design a statement by its finance minister. it's a little small to reach the ultra nationalist say that palestinian village in the occupied westbank should be quote, a right state department spokesperson id christ describe this as irresponsible motor. it says he was quoted out of context, remarks that also on a rounds health minister says an inves

blindly cited with washington for her french president, jacques chirac and german chancellor. gerhard schroeder, allied with russian president vladimir putin against the u. s. invasion of iraq, for example. and i was at a time when washington was looking to build that so called coalition of the willing . and that descent is actually what kept europe out of that particular quagmire to the economic and other benefit of the entire block and people of europe. today though, where's the voice of reason in europe? well hungarian prime minister, victor r bon, is still trying to draw attention to the fact that europe's role as a peacemaker has pretty much gone out the window with the conflict in ukraine. the number of countries supporting peace instead of war has not increased at all. people want peace while you leaders are taking a pro war stance for them. the main issue continues to be deciding which weapons to send to ukraine. it is slowly becoming a legitimate question among e u. leaders, whether e u. member states could send peacekeeping troops to ukraine in some form. not only as the e u, abdicati

to have a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. former german chancellor gerhard schroeder has escaped being thrown out of his own political party over his close ties to russia. members of the centre left social democrats sought his expulsion over his links to russian state. and as he companies bought, the party committee says he did not break any rules fireside as an hong kong are battling a blaze at an under construction. skyscraper, multiple floors are engulfed in flames for nearby structures in a busy shopping district. also called fire, but those fires were extinguished. the death toll increases worse rail crash has risen to 50 so recovery workers still underway at the scene. officials have admitted to serious problems with the red system as anger is growing over the head on collision. the health minister of iran says an investigation is underway into allegations that religious groups may be targeting school girls in poison attacks. hundreds of girls are thought to have been affected by toxic gas, a dozens of schools. several politicians claim groups of posing girls. e

of the other stories making headlines around the world today, the former german chancellor, gerhard schroeder, has escaped being thrown out of his political party over his close ties to russia. members of this centre left social democrat sought his expulsion over his links to russian state energy companies. but a party committee says he did not break any rules. the death toll in greece's worst rail crash has risen to 57. recovery work is still on the way at the scene. officials have admitted to serious problems with a rail system. as anger grows over the head on collision, more than 200 people have been killed in weeks of fighting between security forces and clans in somalia as break away somali land region clash with half centered around that town of laws are not web. local malicious, have pledged their support to the central government nigeria, se presidential candidates. peter obee says he is the real winner of saturday's saturday elections and will contest the outcome in court. official results put him in 3rd place while ruling party candidate ball at noble was declared, the victor servic