this is deja vu news live from berlin nato grapples with turkey's invasion of northern syria the alliance meets today to hammer out a unified response as nato member turkey conducts operations with russian troops in itself declared safe zone in syria. also coming up russian president vladimir putin welcomes african leaders for a 1st ever so much focused on trade moscow is looking to expand its influence on the continent we'll tell you what's at stake. china confirms that the $39.00 people found dead inside

a truck near london or chinese british police ramped up their investigation including the raids on 2 homes in northern ireland. plus the european union's human rights prize goes to an activist jailed in china the e.u. crisis you know him told his work advocating for the weaker minority we ask our correspondent how the news is going down in china we're told he is serving a life sentence for separatism. i'm sorry so misconducts good to have you with us nato defense ministers are gathering in brussels today to discuss turkey's incursion into northern syria it's an unprecedented issue for the alliance because turkey a nato member is closely collaborating in syria with russia a nato outsider that sees the alliance as a threat turkish and russian troops are now jointly patrolling a so-called. it's safe zone in northern syria where turkey wants to resettle its

syrian refugees. this area is now under moscow's control russian military police made their way into the north syrian border town of kabbani on wednesday. u.s. troops had withdrawn from the region earlier abandoning their kurdish allies and making way for their nato partner turkey to lead a military incursion into the area. a move that faced harsh international criticism nato ever has been reluctant to criticize the so efforts of their allies. in brussels general secretary voiced concern and called for international effort there war has been there for years we have seen hundreds of thousands of people being killed at the us it is so there's a need for progress for for a political negotiated solution now russia which is not a member of nato has become turkey's closest ally in the attempt to implement

a military solution as part of a deal struck between the leaders of turkey and russia they seek to create a buffer zone in the formerly kurdish held border region and german tornado fighter jets could be part of a greater international effort to stabilize the area this is according to a recent plan by a german defense minister and he could come she wants to take billions commitment even further. is this my suggestion is that we set up an internationally controlled security zone and valving turkey and russia. and a suggestion that took many by surprise back home in germany and brussels the proposal was met with interest by the nato chief i welcomed out nato allies proposals on how to move forward how to find a political solution and of course a political solution how to in one when all the in wall all all actors on the ground. but this proposal just might be too little too late russia one of the

actors on the ground has made clear already that it rejects berlin's vision of a security zone in northern syria. let's bring in our correspondent teri schultz who's covering the story for us in brussels hi terry as we heard there russia rejects that proposal of a security zone but nato is tentatively welcoming it how will this be discussed in today's meeting i mean the issue of syria overall will be discussed and certainly the german proposal will be discussed on the margins although it's not officially on the agenda everyone is talking about it so it will it will definitely be raised by the germans and the by other allies wanting answers to questions about how this would work but in effect on the ground it's been a fair complete by russia and. the united states has now given its blessing via president trumps announcement yesterday to this arrangement and so if european allies and nato would take any role in this they have no choice but to

negotiate this with russia that puts them in a very awkward position not only are russian troops going to be patrolling just miles from nato's border the turkish border but now they would have to negotiate with the russians about a solution inside syria with the syrian government which they've been opposed to for all these years so it's a very complicated situation and i don't think anybody sees an easy way out an easy political solution you listen in on a speech from the u.s. secretary of defense so mark asper ahead of the nato meeting what did he have to say. most of the questions were about turkey although he also spoke about threats coming from russia and china and secretary esper is also in a difficult position because he had been very very critical of ancora saying that the turkish behavior inside syria was unacceptable that there was a humanitarian disaster that atrocities were likely being committed on the ground and then yesterday his boss president trump says it's all ok it's all going to work

out a permanent cease fire is is now going into effect so secretary esper basically has to tone down his own rhetoric coming into this nato defense ministers meeting and what he said is that turkey has put the alliance in a very difficult position turkey's own war to incursion into northern syria jeopardizes the gains made there in recent years. and terry so how will the u.s. proceed in nato with a partner like turkey. secretary esper said that turkey is no longer at the moment the reliable partner that nato has come to count on that the u.s. has come to count on it has been a. stalwart. partner in many of nato operations and now simply nato doesn't know what to do about turkey it has bought russian missile defense system it is now partnering with russia inside syria so there are going to be some very serious questions addressed to the turkish defense minister today but

don't forget that the european allies are also uncomfortable with what the u.s. did in pulling out of northern syria allowing the turks to go in so secretary espers got some questions coming his way to our correspondent reporting there in brussels thank you very much. russian president vladimir putin has welcomed dozens of african leaders to sochi where he's hosting the 1st ever russia africa economic forum that today's summit is focused on expanding cooperation and trade infrastructure technology and security all 54 african states are represented at the event it's being seen as part of russia's drive to restore its influence on the african continent which faded after the collapse of the soviet union in 1901 that china has long been leading the way on investment in africa but now it seems russia is eager to catch up for example by pursuing its business interests in one of the poorest countries in the world the central african republic. russia's colors

who are on display at this youth sporting event in the central african republic the kids from the capital bangui seem to be enjoying themselves and that was a good sign for the figures in sunglasses in the background. russia has set out to win hearts in africa this woman says she loves russia for organizing the event. russian money was also spent on a beauty contest that crowned miss central africa the sponsor at events like these is a radio station promoting russian african time as radio lingo some go so what's it like it a broadcaster that does advertising for moscow we don't get mentzer to that question that its headquarters in a suburb of bangui. but we do get to view an animated clip aimed at showing russia's friendly feelings toward the country's children it was paid for by low buy

invest. that's a company with ties to russian president vladimir putin a company that was named for a region known for its diamonds the government here has granted by invest a lot of mining rights the country wants to look for the precious stones more efficiently whether with russia or other partners the. president has said that we are open to anyone who wants to cooperate in public private partnerships to exploit these valuable resources and. this is the minister at the russian embassy he's with the areas that are of a security advisor to the african countries president soccer of his seen as a man with power behind the scenes who has helped train its army russians can now view that army on state television only a fraction of the trainers are officers from the russian army most of the rest reportedly work for a private russian security firm for the opposition here if that's unacceptable.

don't. use. a raise in our constitution it is forbidden that's why we are against kind of for it. so what's behind russia's new solidarity with central africa how much is about mercenary services or weapons paid for with diamonds critics say russia is using private business to help secure national interests on the continent but must go says it stop playing geopolitical games if you use african governments as partners. let's check in on some other stories making news around the world 16 people have been sentenced to death and bangladesh for the murder of a teenage schoolgirl including the school's principal they said news from the on fire after she reported them for sexual harassment her murder sparked outrage and protests across the country. the remains of spanish dictator francisco franco have

been exuma from a state muslim and will be moved to a private family vault in a madrid cemetery a follows a long legal battle between the spanish government and his family who oppose the move franco rule spain from 1939 until his death nearly 4 decades later. supporters of bolivian president evo morales and his main rival carlos mesa have clashed in the city of santa cruz but alice has accused his opponent of trying to stage a coup maysa says bolivia's presidential election last weekend was undermined by a gigantic fraud. china's foreign ministry has confirmed reports by british police that the 39 people found dead in a truck container near london on monday were all chinese nationals police are still questioning the truck's driver who was arrested on suspicion of murder the investigation has also led to raids on 2 homes in northern ireland britain's national crime agency says it is working to identify whether organized crime groups

might have been involved. it's britain's largest murder investigation in years police are still trying to piece together what happened to the $39.00 bodies found in this truck. it's also a tragedy which has touched many in this community. and completely and utterly shocked and devastated but that's actually happened here today especially in this area i mean my mom i knew my mom and you were down the road my dad works down there so i would be there but i you know i drive down all the time so for that to happen is completely shock detectives want to know the exact route the truck took on its way to the industrial park on the outskirts of east london. this footage shows the vehicle passing by 2 separate c.c.t.v. cameras shortly before the bodies were discovered. british police a facing and europe wide investigation it's known the lorry has gary number plates

and passed through the port of support in belgium the truck's driver was from northern ireland forensic investigations are long underway but police say the victims are chinese nationals 8 women and 31 men late wednesday offices towed away the truck. this matches attracted national and international interest and it's absolutely imperative that the operation is doubtful. that. the fed live. way here to identify them and mathematics he said bring with their families for now there's still more questions than answers in this one case which of horrified many britons. is following the latest developments for us from london as we heard there a beijing has now confirmed that the 39 victims were chinese nationals what more can you tell us. we don't have any more information other

than these are chinese nationals and 31 of them are man and 8 women previously had been reported that was one teenager amongst them but as to the exact identities we have no further information. of course this for many people in britain they will remember that this is not the fast tragedy that involves us chinese nationals are already in the year 2058 chinese migrants at the time had suffocated in the container so yes another really really tragic story here in the u.k. that involves chinese people but what about the investigation i mean are we any closer to knowing how this happened. no we don't know as yet when the chinese nationals entered the contest and exactly what happened where how they died there have been media reports that they were in

a refrigerated container now these can go down in temperature to up to minus 25 degrees celsius so the speculation is that they would have frozen to death very likely but at the moment this is just speculation we know but a murder investigation is on its way the truck driver in northern irish truck driver from his facebook page it looks like he's a professional truck driver but we don't know whether he knew that he had people in the container since the story broke yesterday there have been other refugees have come forward and they told of their own story and also some of them said that the driver the truck driver didn't know that they were in the lorry so a murder investigation yes but we don't know yet the exact circumstances of the tragic case and just quickly about that we have heard that authorities in

other countries are also involved in the in the probe what can you tell us about that. well yes the belgian all 30 s. are investigating because we know that there container came from the belgian port of zebra and only going raids as it appears in the north and all and several properties in northern ireland which is of ca's in the u.k. are still being raided and we know that the police just checking whether any organized crime could be involved in this tragedy our correspondent frank of mass with the latest there thank you. the european union's soccer off prize honors people who defend human rights and freedoms and this year it has been awarded to economist. parties a member of china's weaker minority has worked for more than 20 years to improve the rights of the mostly muslim ethnic group he's currently serving a life sentence in prison in china on charges of separatism. daughter do you have

told me that this prize not only recognizes her father's achievements but it also draws attention to the suffering of the weaker trickle. and let's get more on the story we can speak to our correspondent in beijing my ts of telling a high mathias tell us more about the laureate and his work yeah you know him talk he was a scholar is a scholar who used to teach economics at a university in beijing he was born it seems on the homeland of the week is a muslim population in western china and 5 years ago he was sentenced to imprisonment for life for what the chinese authorities said was separatism talked he had run a website that promoted the rights of weakness and he has called on the autoroute he's to implement autonomy as it is surge in the constitution and in the chinese

laws that would mean so scotland and of the week is in this region since young which is called the e.u. weaker autonomous region but which is which is tightly controlled by beijing that is you have reported extensively on the weaker is in china how important do you think this prizes to their community. i think this price would be welcome by the exile weaker community. but the week is in china have little chance to know about it at all internet in seems young is more strictly sends it than anywhere else in china information is tightly controlled china at the moment has incarcerated huge numbers of we goes in so-called internment camps and prisons the numbers go into the millions it is estimated. that people call it a cultural genocide children are taken away from their parents and raised and also notice where they are taught child the chinese language but not the weaker language

so what we are seeing in scenes young now must be called one of the biggest crimes against humanity in the last few decades so this prize is certainly not it is certainly no coincidence that this prize is awarded to you right now with these crises is looming in seems young and incarceration or the sentence of talk to you might be seen as something that led to these these crimes that are happening now is how do you think the chinese government is likely to react to this prize. the chinese government is very sensitive to any price that is awarded to people its does not like that to people it considers its enemies there's certainly going to be some diplomatic measures to what extent is a question because of course europe is not small when in 2010 the nobel peace prize

was awarded to late or dissident and human rights activists. have diplomatic relations with frozen for several years will norway ortiz of the survivors yes been a speaking to us from beijing thank you. now are we edging closer to an era of super fast quantum computing according to google the answer is yes the internet giant says it is designed a machine that needs only 200 seconds to solve a problem that would take traditional supercomputers thousands of years to crack and google's researchers say that within a few years quantum computing could revolutionize all sorts of fields like artificial intelligence it may not loop like much more than a maze of interconnected wires chips and cooling roads but scientists here at google's lab in california see this is in fact a leap into the future this quantum computer called sycamore performed

a task in seconds that even the most advanced computers would need centuries to complete. quantum computing gives us a chance to not only a team many practical use cases and help make the world a better in a way that the cannot do just with classical computers alone. but it also allows us to help understand the universe in a deeper way closer than the weight actually works. lol there were plenty of reasons to be cheerful experts say that the promises of quantum computing such as revolutionizing medical science and vastly advanced artificial intelligence are still many years away. there really promise you that there are going to be applications which are going to you know impact ordinary people in 5 years or 10 years it's exploration i view it as

a frontier of science. nevertheless google views it as a win over its rival i.b.m. google says it would take a traditional supercomputer like i.b.m. summit 10000 years to complete the same task i.b.m. accuses its rival of raising public expectations too high but google c.e.o. maintains its quantum supremacy experiment is like the 1st rocket to leave earth's atmosphere an advance that made interplanetary travel at least theoretically possible. more on the story now with what i had from you science side they are explain to us what is a quantum computer well for this we 1st need to go back to normal computers just remember so they work with 10 zero's right so they're either one are 0 that's the decision they have to take now imagine a world where you don't have to decide between either and our way you can have one and 0 at the same time kind of i know i guess it's hard to imagine that's the world

of quantum computers so what they can do they can do very many process at the same time and parallel and that makes them incredibly fast that means they can solve problems that nowadays even the fastest computers off today would need to use was solved i mean thousands of years 10 thousands of years hundreds of thousands of hears are there that they couldn't even be solved at all and now those quantum computers could solve those within minutes for example if you listen to google they're saying that this is really at the frontier of science this is a huge breakthrough like the building of the 1st rocket is it i mean how is this going to change our lives well it is a big thing it is a very big deal for a scientist and especially for physicists i mean they show that quantum computers can actually work in our in our world that it is achievable but it's not going to change our lives in this very moment i mean it's really because the purpose of all

this was only to show that it works so what they did is they constructed a very complex and even of it observed mathematical problem and that put it into this quantum computer and they made it solve this problem but it's not of any use for real for real life but it showed that it's that it works and google says that it solve this problem within a bit over 3 minutes whereas the fastest computer of today would need 10000. and yours so it's a big difference i mean i.b.m. which is one of the biggest competitors say that well keep cool google maybe our fast computers could solve this problem within days. this is still theoretical but what they all seem to agree on is that the quantum computer of google would be much much faster and this is the big breakthrough ok so you and i clearly are not going

to be solving these complex mathematical equations that home but how long would it actually be until we have quantum computers in our homes well i doubt that we will ever have those at homes if they leave the bar tree i mean now it's still at stage the very basic stage on which now the new development for useful tasks has to be you know has to be based on. so if the scientists so that says that quantum computers can do useful things for us they would i guess never and on our desks because normal computers might still be better at doing tasks like writing emails are you know sending things that we used to do but quantum computers can be very useful for example to process big data are to create very save passwords but also to correct them. yeah but for this development it still needs some time to go all right or prevent it from w.

science thank you so much thank you. now scientists in the u.s. have been teaching rats to drive tiny cars as the romans were given small plastic vehicles which they could drive towards a target where they were rewarded with a tasty treat these miniature drivers had a choice of left right or forwards and the researchers found that they actually couldn't navigate a complex routes plus the robots on wheels turned out to be happier than their counterparts that had to navigate the rat race on foot. in our top stories here on w. turkey's incursion into northern syria is being discussed at a meeting of nato defense ministers the move has drawn condemnation from many nato allies who say it could reverse the gains made against the so-called islamic state . you're watching news from berlin coming up next is our show focus on durable or visiting polish citizens living in britain and dealing with the

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