if. you look at it that. this is deja vu news live from berlin and nato grapples with turkey's invasion of northern syria the alliance meets today to hammer out an a unified response as nato member turkey conduct operations with russian troops in itself to clear its safe zone in syria. also coming up the european union's human rights prize goes to jail the activist for his work in defending china's weaker minority we'll hear from the daughter about what the prize names for him and the

weaker community to russian president vladimir putin welcomes african leaders for a 1st ever sign that focused on trade moscow is looking to expand its influence on the continent we will tell you what is at stake. plus the world's penguin populations are in decline we'll take a look at efforts to save the only penguin species native to africa. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining 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 and nato outsider that sees the alliance as a threat turkish and russian troops are now jointly patrolling a so-called 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 u.s. troops had withdrawn from the region earlier abandoning their kurdish allies and making way for their nato partner turkey to lead a military incursion into the area.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 this 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 across that 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. 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 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 old in wall 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. our correspondent in brussels teri schultz is covering this story for us hi terry russia rejects this proposal of a security zone but nato was tentatively welcoming it how will this be discussed in today's meeting. well see the german proposal will not come up formally on the nato agenda but everyone's talking about it and very much looking forward to talking to the german defense minister on the sidelines about just what her vision is there are no details the u.s. defense secretary said this morning that he welcomes proposals but that he hasn't read it yet so i think that no one is going to turn down visions for a political solution on the ground in syria but as you say the complications are many if russia which is now in charge of patrolling some of these areas will not agree to this and turkey doesn't insist on it it will be very difficult to see how

any european forces would be going into that area the u.s. secretary of defense mark asked for i did speak earlier and said turkey is heading in the wrong direction on a number of issues relating to nato how will the u.s. deal with its partner in this alliance. it's not just the u.s. that has to deal with this problem it is all of the allies and any time there's tension between 2 allies especially those countries with the biggest militaries in nato of course everyone's going to be nervous has been a very uncomfortable situation european allies were very critical of the u.s. decision to pull its forces out of northern syria which of course turkey saw as a green light for its incursion so it's not just the turkish defense minister who will be getting hard questions here from allies it's also secretary esper everyone wants to know what the plans are for moving ahead on the ground especially this turkey russia proposition no one is comfortable with with russia which is seen as the biggest enemy of nato patrolling very near its borders terry we heard the

french president tomorrow in my call say that turkey's incursion raises questions about how nato works how will that be addressed. well nato works by consensus for better or for worse and so there's nothing that can be done to criticize turkey or to limit turkey without turkey's own acquiescence so any organization that works by consensus the european union run this runs into this as well is always going to be limited by those those members that sort of run astray so yeah nato is limited by that and everyone knows that at the same time on the sidelines there will be very very direct discussions as they say frank and constructive discussions with turkey about just what its plans are on the ground and you know secretary esper earlier called for investigations of potential war crimes so it will be interesting to see if he continues that harsh line after what president trump said yesterday that he was satisfied with how turkey is handling the situation in northern syria now our correspondent terry szell's covering that

nato meeting for us in brussels thank you. let's check in on some other stories making news around the world 16 people have been sentenced to death in bangladesh for the murder of a teenage schoolgirl including the school's principal they set. 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 examined from a state muzzle am and will be moved to to a private family vault in the madrid cemetery that follows a long legal battle between the spanish government and his family who opposed the move. spain from 1939 until his death nearly 4 decades later. police in chile used water cannon to disperse anti-government demonstrators after tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital santiago 6 days of protest have rocked the country 18 people have died promises of economic reform from president

sebastian pinera have not stopped the breast. the winner of the european union's sakharov prize which honors people who defend human rights and freedoms has been awarded to him hum toti toti is an economist and a member of china's weaker community he has worked for more than 20 years to improve the rights of the minority ethnic group he is currently serving a life sentence in prison in china the prize is worth of 50000 euros that was 1st handed out 30 years ago. and for more on the story we can speak to joe had the daughter of and she joins us from washington d.c. joe hare thank you for being with us here on what does this prize mean to you and your family. hello 1st of all ms a lot to the eager community to my family in to me this is considered like safety let's talk for my family i would say i would hope i hope this prize

this award could help my father. be away from some potential harm from the chinese government and i hope when the chinese government is when they decide to take a negative a negative action towards my father they would consider international attention and also this is a i would say this is a recognition for my father's work for the past decade and also this is a recognition of a recognition for the. plight of the. of their current situation jeff to tell us more about your father why his work has been so important to this community. it's not a recent issue it's been awhile since i have been suffering from the chinese government's regime. such as non fair education

opportunities no fair job opportunities and no access of free religion. to free freedom to practice our religion my father has been trying try so hard to talk to the chinese government and also trying to promote peace between 100 chinese group and the leaders in order to fix those issues. he was one of the very few people who are able to speak up for the. since there were no freedom of speech and. freedom of thoughts in china and it was very difficult for someone like my father who could actually decide to speak up and continue his work for so many years and even though he knew he this his action could get him into trouble could it get him and get him arrested but he continued his work and he secrest by himself now he is serving

a life sentence you hear you mention that you hope the international attention might in a way protect your father you haven't had any contact with him for years now how worried are you about him and other family members in china. so the last time i saw my father was 2013 february 2nd but the last the last time our family members heard about my father it was 2017. that was also when the concentration camps started. our family members were and are no longer able to visit him and we don't know if he still had held in the same prison room if we don't even know he's still alive and we don't know how he is doing and. my family members of course i worry about worry about them every day and my brothers are still very young today is that actually my brother's birthday to mars my father's birthday and i hope this award can be a sort of a birthday gift for for both of them and. most of the people say happy birthday but

i would say i wish both of them long and healthy life that's the most i wish for for them both of them now so here you yourself have been such a vocal advocate for the weaker community what do you think needs to happen at this point to improve the situation of weekers in china also looking to the international community. first of all i would urge. the us has been doing a lot and with this awards given by the european parliament also. just heard from that i would say it's a gesture from the european parliament for that we've heard cause and i would hope this award and could bring up more countries to stand up for that weavers cause and also. i would wish them to stand up to ask the chinese government to release my father other interlocked trolls who are serving and just unjust and justice and in the prison or locked up in the concentration camp ok. the daughter of

a thank you so much for joining us here in the. thank you. 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 be 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. completely and utterly shocked and devastated that bus actually happened here today especially in this

area i mean my money my money was down the road my dad works down there so i you know i drive down all the time so for that to happen is completely shocked 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 under way but police say the victims are chinese nationals 8 women and 31 men late wouldn't stay offices towed away the truck. this market has attracted national and international interest and it's absolutely imperative that we have graciously doubted. that definitely if the fair

market. we get to employ them enough money for the same thing with their families for now there's still more questions than answers in this one case which of horrified many britons. here watching the news still to come with world penguin populations on the decline we need people working to save the one penguin species native to africa. the 1st russian president vladimir putin has welcomed dozens of african leaders. sochi where he is hosting the 1st ever russia africa economic forum the today summit is focused on expanding cooperation and trade infrastructure technology and security all $54.00 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 well 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 the 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 is radio lingo sung gold. so what's it like it a broadcaster that does advertising for moscow we don't get mensura to that

question at its headquarters in a suburb of bangor but we do get to view an animated clip aimed at showing russia's friendly feeling the store of 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. this is the minister at the russian embassy he's with the areas that are of a security advisor to the african countries president saw her of his scene 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 that's unacceptable. don't. messner raise in a concession it is forbidden that's why really against kind of fortune 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 most go says it's stop playing geopolitical games if you use african governments as partners. so what is at stake in russia push back into africa we have to. settle and africa isaac

welcome to you both here let's start with you there in moscow this is the 1st ever russia africa summit how important is this a to moscow. well quite important to me i think russian participants of this summit in sochi have been talking about cooperation in almost every possible field from oil and gas to steel production agriculture energy mining as well as yeah education and even signs of deals opt for discussion among them a deal said to be able to nuclear power plants for example deals on defense and security equipment tourism agrium agreements industrial zones one of the key sectors for russia is nuclear technology here russia has found a nice for itself in sailing it to developing countries like egypt energy ria is the o.p.o. or for example around these countries among those in the market for russian builds nuclear power plants of course russia's economic more involvement in africa is

quite worth of by china but moscow doesn't really see china as a rival but rather as a partner as you've been called it off because big enough. and open to both russia and china. ok so isaac some of africa's most influential leaders have gathered for this summit tell us more about why this is important to them you know what are they gaining from this deeper partnership with moscow. would the needs from russia vary from country to another country for instance some country would lead to boost military cooperation with russia they hope to trust shall we say and security experts like has been the case in the central african republic so they can be able to fight off the different mission groups that they have to do with on a daily basis only yesterday russia sent to block that bomb but there was biggest major aircraft to south africa as part of a defense cooperation agreement i did same time nigeria sent an agreement with

russia to purchase 2 of combat helicopters which he tends to use in its fight against boko haram militants now i wait for a major corporation just like my colleague yuri moskos mission to russia has made a name for itself in the court and for sending nuclear technology to developing nations an example round egypt and nigeria the among those in the market for russia to be its nuclear power plants and for starters also south africa's been russia's business partner for some time now under the brics arrangement so there's a lot at stake for lead as you know in sochi ok so you're coming back you were talking about a nuclear technology here economic investment military cooperation what is behind moscow's push into africa is this about money or is it more about power and influence. well i suppose it's about both the summit is not only about economic interests and the russian splines to expand its economic involvement in africa

there is also a political component to all this moscow wants to restart its status as an influential player in the region that it's used to be in soviet times russia is keen to cost itself as a friend to african nations and to power able to mediate in conflicts russia soviet to track record steal and generally place in its favor in africa despite a get off several decades after the collapse of the soviet union did use the kremlin could once again be welcome in many african capitals now and here in russia president putin doesn't miss a chance to score political points. russia's offer to africa at least on paper is cooperation with all the kinds of conditions attached to best an engagement with the continent ok so isaac russia saying here we are a friend how do african leaders view moscow's presence. some of them give quick examples like graham does. but russia to be dealing with an equal basis and

therefore it doesn't he doesn't accept it to interfere in its internal affairs just like uganda and rwanda also has already approved the russian state's nuclear in the digital persian was a term for the construction of a plant by trying to trade it for so somebody does of course just leave shooting past that to not put russia at all costs nearing nation not just told because to them this would be no go they want to be treated as partners you want to be treated don't you could bases or no we'd win situation all right our correspondents isaac mugabi and your eva shadow thank you both. now 100 years ago it's believed there were more than 2000000 penguins living along the southern coastline of namibia and south africa but now africa's penguin colonies are endangered the population is decreasing rapidly our correspondent adrienne krishna visited an organization and cape town that is trying to stop the

alarming decline. one last chance to relax together before things starts to get uncomfortable. an appointment with dr roberts is not something these penguins seem to be looking forward to so at the moment putting doing is we're just checking on the penguins and making sure that they're all ready for release so we each one has his own because this is a medical record this one he had he was 70 percent oil and he was emaciated he was really underweight the conservationists take in sea birds in peril and try to prepare them to be released back into the wilds thousands of injured animals come here every year some will stay here forever as they would not so wife in their nature will have the tents. but these birds might not be here in the long term. they are in danger of extinction it's

quite possible that one can go extinct in the future and we've had a dramatic declines in training with numbers even between the concert last year and this year the numbers of dropped by about 2000 breeding pairs so we have less than $20000.00 breeding pairs that scary love. these penguins 1st have to spend time in a small box but only briefly until they have fully recovered and are ready to return to the world is. in simon's town one of the few remaining things we call in these they are released. oh. i. i. it went really well it was really nice. so quick they didn't get confused the crowd was very polite and not too noisy so that didn't scare the penguins and they were they went straight out in the direction they should have gone and really we can see

them i think there's one head sticking out over there so now the threats that they face of the same. all the other wild penguins people need to think about the impacts of what they're doing and how they can affect not anything wins but all of the sea life and other wildlife that song is in danger from human interaction. still the message seems to have got through to the hundreds of people in the crowds over here we have a lot of folk in a station so are trying to save the oceans and animals and then obviously the pingers were being rehabilitated and in fact back in but there's a lot more we can do is you must do more to protect them because you see what is happening and see this is not only came as it used to be this last problem however the biggest threats to the african penguin is the lack of fish there are not enough and show views and sardines in the oceans due to overfishing. in the worst case scenario the last african penguin colony will die out in 20 or 30 years but people here definitely want to prevent that from happening. a reminder now of our top

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