ns it food malaria must gone so millions can live. this is d w news live from berlin nato's di lemma what to do about turkey and russia at nato headquarters defense ministers now faced with one of their own turkey suddenly patrolling northern syria together with the nato and 1st week russia can be alliance in 2 of its major test of its unity. also coming up the european union's

human rights prize goes to gillingham talking about his work defending china's we go minority will speak to his daughter who says the family hasn't seen him put in prison 2 years ago. our family members were and are no longer able to visit paris and we don't know if we still had a calling the same person one that would we don't even know if he's still alive. and love them for years for decades after his death is still a cure all for some in spain but others is a haunting figure the remains of former dictator francisco franco exude relocated and be buried easier than lames arrest the legacy of franco for good. at nato headquarters they have a problem with one of their own defense ministers are discussing turkey's actions

in northern syria in the last 2 weeks in a highly unusual event turkey a nato member is now closely collaborating in syria with a nato rival right. moscow and ankara have joined forces to drive kurdish fighters out of northern syria until recently the regionals controlled by the kurds were backed by the u.s. until president trump withdrew american troops that decision cleared the way for the turks to move into syria. a russian patrol winds its way through the syrian town of commish lee 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. we have seen significant reduction in violence we agree with must build on this should make it progress in our 1st to find the political solution to the conflict in syria. we fully support you and other forts to reach a political solution. hundreds have died and peasants have been displaced since turkey launched its attack on the kurds on october 9th. desires at street some 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 faired up on thursday. germany's defense minister wants to prevent further conflict with an international enforce security zone in northern syria she believes the idea is gaining traction. in the discussion has

begun it will be a long process and a difficult path but the 1st steps the 1st talks were encouraging. but after the u.s. withdrawal russia and turkey are differing up the spoils in syria the 2 powers have little appetite for making room for others out the table. correspondent gary schultz was at that summit she sent us this appraisal of how the german defense ministers proposal had gone down among the nato colleagues. nato allies were eagerly awaiting more details from german defense minister on a great power on her proposal to set up an international monitoring mission in northern syria in the eventuality that a safe zone is set up there but i'm told that the minister did not go into much detail even inside the meeting after all she hasn't even been able to get the german government behind this concept so it's pretty difficult to go out and campaign for it another obstacle would be that germany wants

a united nations mandate for any such presence and that of course would require russia's approval at the security council in new york russia rejected this idea out of hand so it's pretty difficult to see if and how this initiative could move forward even with the cautious welcome it got from nato and from individual governments secretary-general un stoltenberg summed up the syria session by saying there are different views among allies on what should happen next in northern syria but he said everyone does want to move forward and they're all hoping for a political solution. teri schultz reporting from brussels now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. democratic republican lawmakers have been paying tribute to the late alija cummins whose body is lying in state at the u.s. capitol the much loved representatives served in the house for 23 years leading democrats cummins was a central think. president donald trump so. you can prime minister

boris johnson once a general election on december 12th he said he would put what a motion on monday to ask. parliament to approve the move this comes after m.p.'s refused to fastrack johnson's proposed breck's a deal earlier this week country. british police say they've 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 been filed the victims were all chinese nationals. tens of thousands of demands have again taken to the streets of the capital to protest against the president's bid to seek a 3rd term president alpha condé is mandate is due to end in december 2020 but he's hoping to change the constitution to allow him to continue in office. a jailed member of china's weaker minority have been honored with this year's

soccer of prize the award is given out by the european union and pays tribute to defenders of human rights. so he has worked for more than 20 years to improve the rights of the weak as in china he's now jailed as part of beijing's crackdown against the group which is seen more than a 1000000 we goes locked up in internment camps the european parliament said he deserved the award for his attempts to promote dialogue with china's han majority. and we spoke with. the daughter of el him totty in washington d.c. she told us what the prize meant for her and her family i would say this profile award 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 a 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 you're watching d.w. news still to come a footballing fairy tale in poland how an award winning club in the country's capital is fighting for a more inclusive sport. the attack on the violin christmas market in december 26th seen was the worst act of islamic terrorism ever on german soil the perpetrator killed 12 people now 2 newly publicized selfies suggest he scoped out other potential targets here in the capital including chancellor merkel's private residence. the terrorist only is taking a selfie in berlin but this isn't just any old street behind him you see the apartment building where chancellor angela merkel lives was the islamist planning

an attack on the chancellor of thirty's and later investigated the contents of his cellphone point out an institute located next door politicians are shocked. by the fact. while fact checking we were annoyed that in the report there was no call.