we will in time. travel now. this is g.w. news live from berlin 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 took me to adversary russia to force the kurdish militias out of the region. but how much scope do they have to rein in their ally on corrupt also coming up the european union's human rights prize goes

to el hunt for his work defending china's leader minority to speak with his daughter who says the family hasn't seen the jailed activist since 2017. our family members were are no longer but able to visit him and we don't know if we still had to tell him the same cause if we we don't even know if he's still alive. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program nato defense ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss turkey's actions in northern syria it is an unprecedented issue for the alliance because turkey a nato member is closely collaborating with syria and russia and nato adversary that sees the alliance as a threat now moscow and ancora have joined forces to drive kurdish fighters out of northern syria until recently the region was controlled by the kurds backed by the

united states. but then washington withdrew its troops making way for the turkish incursion. a russian patrol winds its way through the syrian town of commissioning on the border with turkey only weeks ago u.s. forces patrolled here now the guard has changed. russian forces share control of the border with turkish troops and with the syrian army in a buffer zone that is 30 kilometers deep. fascination summit in brussels secretary-general yan stoltenberg welcomed the arrangement the result of a deal between russian president vladimir putin and his turkish counterpart to red chip type adult i'm encouraged by the fact that it also had a spear of seeing a significant reduction in violence in fighting. we have to build on that to work for

a political solution all the crisis. in syria hundreds have died and cousins have been displaced since turkey launched its attack on the kurds on october 9th. designers at st sun destruction this is a town of ross a line under turkish control after fierce fighting a cease fire has been declared to allow kurdish troops to pull back but fighting still fared up on thursday. they are due on has not ruled out further military strikes sure you are our soldiers and syrian national army up are trolling the area of operation inch by inch and they are destroying the traps if any of these terrorists come across us there is no natural right to crush them as it is already marked in written documents we as alucard are used the president also said he would send syrian refugees in turkey to your up. they panic when i say

we'll open the gates. don't panic. when the time comes the gates can be opened. so it's a thrash he is made before to silence criticism of turkey's offense of. well let's bring in our correspondent now tara schultz who is joining us from brussels terry as we heard. has just finished his press conference what did he have to say. what secretary-general stolzenberg can say is basically that there are different views within the alliance of course you have turkey on one side saying that its operations inside northern syria were completely legitimate that it has security concerns that everybody recognizes and that there was no way to satisfy these security concerns other than going in and moving some of the kurds now that's not a view shared by all allies including the united states the 2nd the 1st largest

military inside nato and i'm told that also the french were extremely critical of the turkish operations but beyond that nato is an alliance that works by unanimity there's not really the opportunity to you know sanction turkey as an alliance and basically all they can do is let turkey know what they're thinking and hope for better days ahead and that's what secretary-general stolzenberg said we're looking for a way forward we're looking for political solutions now is that way forward looking likely i mean what can we see over the coming days as they're meeting. well a big topic of discussion here of course has been the german proposal that there would be an international monitoring mission if there should be this safe zone set up inside syria an area where there would need to be some sort of international presence to keep the peace no one here in nato is comfortable with the idea that a turkish russian border patrol is going to be the only force there of course that's right next to the nato's border so the german proposal was met with cautious

welcome although given the fact that it would be looking for a u.n. mandate and russia would have the opportunity to completely block that at the u.n. security council is very unclear how that will move ahead at the same time it was very much welcome that the europeans had an initiative that it wasn't the united states leading the u.s. themselves welcome this and i think that they will be listening for more from the german defense minister exactly how germany plans to carry this idea forward teri schultz in brussels thank you terry. 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 a 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 and a major water just. u.k.

prime minister boris johnson wants an early general election on december 12th he said that he would put forward a motion on monday to ask parliament to approve the move. it comes after m.p.'s refused to fast track johnson's proposed regs that deal earlier this week. and police in the u.k. say they have secured a warrant to question a truck driver for another 24 hours after the bodies of $39.00 people were discovered in his vehicle the man was arrested on suspicion of murder but no charges have yet to be filed or have been filed yet the victims were all chinese nationals. ill how totie a jailed member of china's weaker minority has been honored with this year sucker off prize they ward is given out by the european union and it pays tribute sue defenders of human rights now toti has worked for more than 20 years to improve rights for the weaker in china but he is now in jail this part of beijing's

crackdown against the group which has seen more than a 1000000 we girls locked up in in term and camps the european parliament has said that he deserved the award for his attempts to foster dialogue with china's han majority. and i'm joined now by joe han she is the daughter of 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 will say this powerful award it means safety belt for my family and my father i would hope this award can help him being safe in the prison since 2071 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're 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 the every every day i wake up opening my eyes i would think about them and i just hope they could have a peaceful and 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 web site was because 1st of all social media platforms like facebook twitter are banned in china also there is 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 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. 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

have to be recognized by this way. and we deserve a war than this thing suffering like the 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. and closing the camps will be my my initial goal. daughter of ill home toti who we know who has just been awarded the sakharov 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. now the remains of spanish dictator francisco franco have been examined from

a state mausoleum and moved to a private family vault there we burial follows a lengthy legal battle between his family and the socialist government which argued franco's grandiose burial site wasn't appropriate in a democratic spain with 22 family members in attendance and the body of spain's fascist lead it was taken from its resting place where its lame through almost 45 years the family had not wanted his remains removed but as he went into the hearse they and other supporters celebrated general franco the man backed by misleading and hitler who ruled spain as an autocrat. long live spain long live franco they chanted. the body was then carried by military helicopter to the new burial site a lower key state cemetery outside been dred where francos wife is also buried.

there war supporters had gathered to show their allegiance to the dictator some expressed fascist sympathies and offered insults to the interim socialist prime minister pedrito sanchez whose government ordered the move. in a statement sanchez said the relocation of the body was a step towards reconciliation. so. this decision puts an end to a moral affront such as the glorification of the figure of a dictator in a public space step has been taken towards reconciliation that can only rest in the democracy and freedom that we all share but the much to various reasons some 32 percent of people in spain do not agree with the decision with some praising the generals grandson who came for the burial and others offering prayers to franco after a bloody civil war that claimed the lives of 500000 people franco still it seems

has the power to divide his country even from beyond the grave. let's get a quick reminder now of the top stories we're following for you here on d.w. news turkey's incursion into northern syria is being discussed at a meeting of nato defense ministers the move drawing condemnation from many nato allies who said it could vers gains made against the so-called islamic state extreme. with your heart 1st is next i'm sorry kelly thanks for watching. first group who could ever know for sure going to pose as a hero. in some. degree of. recovery.