this is t w news live from berlin a dilemma for nato as turkey expands its cooperation with russia is northern syria leaders are meeting to discuss a deal between nato member turkey and nato adversary russia to force kurdish militias out of the region but how much scope do they have to break in their ally ancora. also coming up russian president vladimir putin welcoming african leaders for their 1st ever summit focused on trade moscow is looking to expand its influence on the continent we'll tell you what state plus the european union's

human rights prize goes through. for his work defending china's we go minority we'll speak with his daughter who says the family hasn't seen the jailed activist since 2017. our family members were and are no longer but able to visit him and we don't know if he still had to tell them just been caused enormous when we don't even tell if he's still alive. and africa's penguins making a splash or at least trying to we will look at efforts to save the dangers peace. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program nato defense ministers are meeting in brussels 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 adversary that sees the alliance as a threat well here's a look at the key issues that play in a region that until recently was in the hands of the kurds. 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 u.s. troops had withdrawn from the region earlier abandoning their kurdish allies and making way for their nato partner turkey to lead a military incursion into the area.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 the war has been there for years we have seen the 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. 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 in 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 hold 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. let's bring in correspondent terry shell's who joins us now from brussels and as we've just heard terry russia rejecting that proposal of an internationally controlled safe zone nato tentatively welcoming it has it been discussed and in what context for less than. yes it has been discussed not as a formal agenda item but certainly in the margins everyone was talking about it everyone is very interested in what germany is envisioning for an international force and after having lunch today with on a great power of our secretary general stolzenberg came out and explained to journalists that he now understands that germany would want a united nations mandate for such a force and that it wouldn't necessarily be led by germany but perhaps even u.n.

forces and of course to get a u.n. u.n. in premature on any operation you need the agreement of russia at the u.n. security council in new york and with them already rejecting it it makes this proposition seem very far off it's already a fait accompli between turkey and russia that you have to talk to russia about any sort of moving forward on the ground in northern syria so we really don't know how this can move ahead unless that position changes in moscow talk to russia also talk to turkey earlier we heard the u.s. defense secretary weighing in on that essentially saying that turkey is heading in the wrong direction on a number of issues relating to nato calling for more action terry what could that mean. that's right defense secretary mark esper said that he sensed turkey moving closer to moscow and away from the west but you know he had been much more critical in recent days of turkey's behavior he said that they were putting

u.s. legs at risk that there were creating a humanitarian catastrophe on the ground possibly helping the resurgence of the islamic state but after president trump yesterday announced that erda one had agreed to a cease fire and that everything on the ground was going to work out an even crazier to one i noticed a clear difference in defense secretary espers rhetoric he was much he was much less critical this morning of turkey at the same time he said he hoped that this nato ally started acting more like an ally and less like a friend of russia but you know we have to mention that he's not the only one who has been critical right terry because we also have a manual saying turkey's incursion raises a lot of questions not only about turkey's policy but also about how nato actually works generally speaking what does this tell us about tensions in the military alliance right now and how can that likely be addressed well anytime you have animosity between 2 allies you're going to have problems spreading

throughout the alliance and in this case turkey and the us have the largest militaries of any allies so it makes people especially uncomfortable but the problem with nato is that it operates by unanimity so you can't possibly pass a statement criticizing turkey because you would need turkey's acquiescence it's simply not possible and we know that also on the european union side remember that they passed a partial arms embargo because they couldn't get a full arms embargo so any large organization is hamstrung this way they're hoping to pressure turkey on the sidelines of this meeting teri schultz in brussels thank you terry. russian president vladimir putin has welcomed dozens of african leaders to sochi where he is hosting the 1st ever russia africa economic forum the 2 day summit is focused on expanding cooperation in trade infrastructure technology and security all 54 african states are represented at that event it's being seen as part of russia strive to restore its influence on the african continent which faded after the collapse of the soviet union.

china has long been leading the way of course when it comes to investment in africa but now it seems that russia is eager to catch up for example by pursuing its business interests in one of the poorest countries in the world central african republic. russia's colors who are on display at this youth sporting event in the central african republic to 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 is radio lingo sung go. so what's it

like it a broadcaster that does advertising for moscow we don't get mansour 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 this 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 law 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 only the people 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 often 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 and that's unacceptable. don't. was nice nerys in our constitution it is forbidden that's why we are against kind of 4 edition 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. let's get a quick check now some other stories making news around the world 16 people have been

sentenced to death in bangladesh but a murder of a teenage clue doing the school's principal they set. me on fire. after she reported them for sexual harassment her murder sparked outrage and protests across the country. india and pakistan have signed a pact allowing indian pilgrims to cross the border to a sikhs ryan in pakistan the deal enables visa free access to a secure corridor to the town of car to or where the grave of sikhism sounder is located it's a rare gesture of cooperation between the nuclear armed drive holes and the remains of spanish dictator francisco franco have been exude from a state mausoleum and moved to a private family vault in the cemetery near madrid this follows a lengthy legal battle between the government this family will post the franco group spain from 1939 until his death nearly 4 decades later.

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 say that they have secured a warrant to question the driver for another 24 hours he was arrested on suspicion of murder but no charges have yet been made the investigation has also led to raids on 2 homes in northern ireland britain's national crime agency says it's working to find out whether organized crime groups are 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 that's 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 long underway but police say the victims are chinese nationals 8 women and 31 men late wouldn't stay offices towed away the truck. this matches attracted national and international interest and it's absolutely imperative that the operation is doubtful. that. the families. wait here but didn't find them enough money to sit in with their families for now

there's still more questions than answers in this one case which of horrified many britons. ill have toting a jailed member of china's we're a minority has been honored with this year's prize a ward is being given out by the european union and it pays tribute to defenders of human rights now he worked for more than 20 years to improve the rights of the weavers in china. but he's now in jail that's part of beijing's crackdown against the group which has seen more than a 1000000 we girls locked up in internment camps the european parliament says that he deserved the award for his attempts to foster dialogue with china on the joint. and i'm joined now by joe han she is the daughter of toti in washington d.c. thank you so much for joining us here on the program what does this mean to you and your family. thank you for having me here today. it means

i would say this horror for war it means safety belt for my family and my father i would hope this award can help him being safe in the prison since 2700 have not heard anything about my father i don't know if he is mentally doing ok physically doing ok i don't know if he's even alive and i hope this award could. push china to release more news about my father and allow family visits and also eventually release my father how worried are you about him and other family members who are in china. i'm not able to contact my family in china directly i always have to find a 3rd person or other ways to be able to communicate with them and liking information worries me the most because without information i don't know if

they are doing ok and i don't know if my advocates you work and what is happening with that we could affect. how much it could affect. every every day i wake up opening my eyes i would think about them and. i just hope they could have a peaceful. worry lists life there's so much work to be done there and we hear that you're actually you know you're picking up a lot of what your father was doing a lot of his work tell us a little bit more you know about his role in the community his role in the country we also know that he you know he started this blog which which garnered quite a lot of attention it was a chinese language blog called we are online yes. the reason one of the reason i think my father created that website was because 1st of

all social media platforms like facebook twitter are banned in china also there's no google search engine in china and without those search engines and social media platforms chinese citizens have very small access abilities to the truth to the news most of the news they're reading are censored and because of that most of the chinese citizens they don't know who you guys are unless they live with people one of the reason my father created this website was to try to promote peace and understanding between 100 chinese and we were as. i would say my father things with understanding that's how. the problems can be solved. misunderstandings are the the tool to create bigger problems so what is your call now for the international community i mean you you are increasing awareness out there right now of what is happening in china do you feel that you know the problem the detention

of so many leaders that we have seen in the country the violation of human rights that it is high enough on the political world agenda right now i would say we're getting enough recognition. i would say most of the government leaders know what we girls are and what leaders are suffering and it's very sad that we would have to be recognised by this way. and we deserve the word of them this thing suffering like this way. i would call. international people from from from the world and the government leaders from all over the world can take on actions recognizing it's not enough taking on more actions could and pushing china to release that we girls and closing the camps will be my my initial goal. daughter of el hum toti who we know who has just been awarded the soccer off prize

for human rights for his work regarding the leader minority in china we thank you so much for joining us from washington d.c. to tell us a little bit about your father and the situation in the country. here watching the definition is still to come on the program pollution and over fishing have devastated africa's penguin colony as we need the conservationist trying to prevent the much loved of pottage birds from dying out. the 1st after 8 years at the helm of the european central bank mario draghi has held his final policy meeting his famous 2012 words whatever it takes to preserve the euro at the height of the currency zones financial crisis will go down in history for all his successes druggy leaves behind a divided the governing council many are unhappy about low interest rates and about his latest decision to restart quantitative easing printing money to buy government and corporate bonds as

a way of stabilizing the eurozone economy this excess there will be christine legarde the former head of the international monetary. very well since early september a mystery oil spill has contaminated more than 2000 kilometers of some of brazil's most beautiful beaches critics say that the far right president i have also now those governments has been negligent in the handling of this crisis so let's bring in a reporter jonathan crane who is here in the studio with more on this story what is going on in brazil well oil has been pushing up on brazil's northeastern coast and for 2 months now more than 200 beaches have been affected and it's not just the beaches obviously it's the sea life it's being endangered we're talking birds tell it was even coral reef now as you mentioned because it was government has been accused of not doing enough so people have literally been taking matters into their own hands we've seen loads of videos on social media like this one they cleaning up the oil there with their bare hands thousands of people have been coming together

they've been rolling up the oil in the sand there and putting it into plastic bags one particular community cleanup movement is called coast guardians this is from their instagram page they've got 20 beach cleanup teams in action step 2000 followers. on instagram the trying to raise money for things like. a mosque so they can keep the efforts going on where did all of this oil. and here's the thing he actually knows for sure it's all it has. had to come in some way brazil's government has been testing the oil and they say those tests show that it probably came from venezuela from a ship far out at sea now venezuela has denied any involvement and all of this as you might imagine brazil's president jaya both scenarios also have been common saying he posted something on facebook we know he likes to use facebook to address his supporters he basically says that there is there with his. naval officers his defense minister now he says this could have been a criminal act he says it was

a criminal act designed to sabotage an oil that's coming up that would bring in tens of billions of dollars for brazil now he's not proved any evidence to substantiate this because i think the bottom line is nobody actually knows for sure where this came from. how long it's going to last and if he knows if it's even getting better what else is being done about this well as i mentioned brazil's government has been criticized for not doing enough they've deployed 1500 troops announced earlier this week that another $5000.00 be on their way now we can show you the trip to feed brazil's environment is to because he's been trying to defend the government he's basically been saying that you know we've had help from the navy also the state run oil company petrobras but many people have been saying too little too late they wondered why the government for a start hasn't declared an environmental emergency the prosecutors say the response has been quite silent inefficient and ineffective strong words that compare economies that no complements comparisons being drawn with the amazon rain forest fires that have been raging still raging that the government's response to that was

poor you know it just feeds into this perception that the government under both scenarios isn't doing enough for the environment thank you. 300 years ago it's believed that 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 and our correspondent are drawn crease visited an organization in 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 taking the penguins and making sure that they will ready for release so we each one has his own can cause this is medical records this one he had always will say 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 train 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's scary though. at least being green spheres to have to spend time in a small box but only briefly until they have fully recovered and are ready to return to the we'll do this. in simon's town one of the few

remaining pig green colonies they are released. oh oh. i. it went really well it was really nice. so quickly 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 up in the direction they should've 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 as all the other wild penguins people need to think about the impacts of what they're doing and how they can affect the penguins but all of the sea life and other wildlife that song is in danger of human interaction but still the message seems to have got through to the hundreds of people in the crowds over here we have a lot of folks in nations who are trying to save the oceans and animals and obviously the pingers were being rehabilitated and then fit 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 is see this is not only team is it used to be this last problem however the biggest threats to the african pingree is the like a 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 quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here on. turkey's incursion into northern syria is being discussed at of meeting of nato defense ministers a move has drawn condemnation from many nato allies who say it could reverse gains manes against the so-called islamic state extremist. all that more coming up next we have news asia with all of the china i'm sorry kelly in

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