this is the deputy whose wife barbara lead a dilemma for nato as turkey expands its cooperation with russia in 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 on. also coming up the european union's human rights prize goes to il hung for

his work defending china's minority we will speak with his daughter says the family has not seen the jailed activist since 2017. our family members were and are no longer with but able to visit and we don't know if he still had a house in the same prison or if we don't even know if he's still alive. i'm sara 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. all turkey advanced into northern syria last. weeks saying that it aimed

to force out kurdish y p g militias which if used as terrorists at least $160000.00 ethnic kurdish civilians were up rooted as the turkish army and its allied arab militias moved in before we hear from brussels we have this report from a syrian town near the turkish border. i. a few boxes and some clothes that is all they could rescue from the house and russell i know after days of bombing a classroom is their new home their old one is now just rubble schuchat in his family found shelter in this school with dozens of others mostly kurdish refugees from russell i'm a border town is now under the control of the turkish army and i live malicious. joy not a leave our homeland we will return to turkey and their allies have come to plunder they don't want to rebuild they want to destroy. the experience like these that

feed those fears this video is alleged to show the militias allied to turkey showing off a kurdish woman they've taken captive as if she were the spoils of war. one of many war crimes that the islamist fighters stand accused of they're set to take control of the buffer zone between russell i'm and tower by yet under turkish surveillance. for the refugees from the region this is a terrifying prospect. for law as a more thought of as a mortar out of doors you know the forces intervene there's no way we could continue living there so these armed groups are radical islamist fanatics and loyal only to turkey in the. north of here and the fear comes from experience islamist militias invaded our freend on turkey's behalf in march last

year i heard with 3 they paid dearly for it after $58.00 days of bombing displacement and death the new masses introduce sharia law in the northwestern province of syria human rights experts say tolerance and rights for minorities are being ignored is keeping a free. the kind if at all in offering women cannot walk the streets without wearing islamic dress there is violence against religious minorities especially against the christian minorities who are mostly converts but also against the years ynys on the alawite scene and that was at least 17 years xeni and alawite towns have been destroyed and to get the word and. many kurds are worried that history will repeat itself in common they're protesting against a deal between one and putin that they believe in dangerous them the town lies outside erdogan so-called safe zone but here they fear for their rights and their

future. and at the nato meeting in brussels the head of the military alliance against welcome to german plan for an international save but russia has already rejected it our correspondent terry stoltz has been following the nato meeting in brussels. just ahead of the meeting nato secretary general yen stolzenberg again welcome to the fact that germany has proposed an international mission in northern syria after speaking with the german defense minister on a graph of our for the 2nd time about their proposal he says he understands that germany would want a united nations mandate for such a mission and he knows that can be very difficult to achieve especially because russia is a permanent member of the u.n. security council whose approval would be needed and moscow has already rejected the german suggestion u.s. defense secretary marc esper said this morning that he sees turkey moving closer to moscow sphere of influence than the west and he hopes that's a trend this quickly reversed so nato allies will have many questions for their

turkish counterpart about the ceasefire that's been announced and about its joint patrols with russia which will bring russian troops very near nato as border so while the turkey issue is expected to dominate the 2 day meeting there are other issues on the agenda to hybrid threats operations in afghanistan and of course the perennial how much european governments are spending on their militaries. that was teri schultz in brussels there let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world russian president vladimir putin has hosted the 1st ever russia africa economic forum a 2 day summit aimed at expanding moscow's influence in the region the majority of african leaders attended the meeting where putin promised his guests more military support for their fight against terror he also offered to mediate between ethiopia and egypt in a major water dispute. with the u.k.

prime minister boris johnson says he wants parliament to approve an early general election on december 12th he said that he would give lawmakers until november 6th to scrutinise his deal if they agreed it comes after m.p.'s refused to fast track johnson's proposed legislation earlier this week. and the remains of spanish dictator francisco franco have been examined from a state mausoleum and moved to a private family vault in a cemetery near madrid it follows a lengthy legal battle between the government and his family who oppose that move franco ruled spain from 939 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 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 the 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. i'm completely and utterly shocked and devastated but 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 did everyone but 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 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 the hard. way here to identify them and mathematics is said to be with their families for now there's still more questions than answers in this one case which of horrified many britons. jailed member of china as we go minority

has been honored with this year sakharov prize the warders given out by the european union and pays tribute to defenders of human rights. tohti has worked for more than 20 years to improve the rights of the weaker is in china but he has now been jailed as part of beijing's crackdown against the group which has seen more than a 1000000 we locked up in internment camps the european parliament said that he deserved the award for his attempts to foster dialogue with china's hand and joint. and i'm joined now by joe 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 a 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 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 were 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 often 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 a lot of people don't know what we were is are and what their culture is and then when they read the news they might think that we are that you will other site and my for the reason one of the reason my father created this web site 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 are and what are suffering and it's very sad that we would have to be recognised by this way. and we deserve and 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 actions recognizing it's not enough taking on more actions could and pushing china to release. the camps will be my my initial goal. daughter of 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 i want you about your father and the situation in the country. a quick reminder now the top stories that we're following for you here and turkey's incursion into northern syria is being discussed said he needed a nato defense ministers the move has drawn condemnation from many nato allies who say it could reverse gains made against the so-called islamic state extremist. i'm sorry kelly thanks for watching.