>> have a great day. >> russia says the downing of its fighter jet looks like a planned provocation but won't go to war over the incident. >> turkish president erdogan defends the shooting and says he doesn't want things to escalate. >> you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also ahead tunisia said the suicide bomber blew up a bus carrying presidential guard. a state of emergency's been declared. >> security concerns as pope francis arrives in africa for his first visit to the

can'tment. we're live. >> the massive dinosaur graveyard in china unearthing secrets from our planet's distant past. >> russia said it will revisit relations with ankara, saying the jet crossed into its air space from syria with that sergey lavrov said the incident looked like a planned proffer occasion. turkey defended itself with president erdogan saying its actions were necessary for security, but he added he doesn't want an escalation of the situation. russia confirmed that a missing pilot from the crashed plane was found alive by the syrian army. the other pilot was shot and killed as he parachuted from the burke plane. we have the latest on turkeys reaction. >> the messages coming from turkey's government just a day

after that russian jet was downed focusing on two main points. the first as we heard from president erdogan, and the prime minister is that turkey stands by its actions. they say that the turkish military was defending turkish sovereignty, defending the borders. the air path wasn't targeted because it was russian, but because it was an unknown aircraft and intentions unknown and turkish military was defending its sovereignty as he said. the second point, however, is more reconciliatory, one of deescalation as the prime minister said. they don't want this unfortunate incident to transpire or spiral into some sort of confrontation between ankara and moscow. turkeys foreign minister held a one hour long conversation with his counterpart, sergey lavrov. sergey lavrov was actually due

to visit ankara on wednesday, however that trip was canceled as a result of that downing of the jet, however, turkey is trying to stress that they don't want this situation to get worse. how that plays out in moscow, we still have to figure out, because lavrov said this incident cannot go without some sort of a reaction, but all sides here at least in at your co hope that the situation doesn't get any worse. >> we have been following the russian reaction from moscow. >> the headline, really, that came out of what lavrov said this afternoon was this, russia is not and doesn't intend to go to war with turkey. that of course would be a big relief for anyone watching anxiously or sign was military escalation, but he said some could not go without a response from russia, and he said that normalization of relations with turkey would be impossible, until turkey essentially says

we're very sorry for what we have done. now, in terms of the criticism that the russian government has for turkey at the moment, one of the things it's been saying is that it suspects that this attack on its plane was a retaliation, essentially a planned thing, a retaliation. they are in favor of shutting the turkish-syrian border. >> turkey's prime minister has warned russia not to attack turkman in syria under the pretext of fighting isil. they were among the first to take up arms against syrian

government forces. we have this report. >> she was forced to leave her home in the turkman mountains to escape attacks by both syrian government forces and russian air force. more than 300 turkman families have made the journey over the mountains in the last few weeks. they've arrived in an area near to the border with turkey, but the border is closed and they are not able to cross into turkish territory. they are trapped on the mountain living in terrible conditions. >> i am 40 years old. i was forced to leave my house due to unprecedented shelling, but when we arrived, we discovered the planes were bombing this area, too. >> people eat what they can find. there's no running water or electricity, no schools or hospitals. humanitarian organizations don't operate here. the turkman are fending for themselves and it's tough going. >> we hope we won't have to stay here for long, but at the

moment, we need nothing more than for our children to feel safe and secure. >> the russian air force has bombed most of the villages in the turkman mountain. even if one day they are able to return home, they my find very little is left. al jazeera. >> the full scale security alert in brussels is ending, it was imposed because of fear of an imminent threat of a paris style attack. schools and the metro rail system in the belgian capital have resoaped. >> the belgian court sentenced a controversial french comedies over alleged racial and anti semitic comments. he was not in court for the verdict. the case relates to a show in 2012. earlier, he has been brought before the court in france over a string of comments opponents say are racist. supporters champion his right to

free speech. >> germany will send 6050 additional soldiers to mali to help with the piece keeping mission there. this comes after the attack in the capital where 19 were killed by gunman in a hotel. france already has troops on the ground in mali to help its former colony fight rebels. >> egypt interior minister said par yells flying at the airport were found not to have explosives. officials were investigating the possibility that some parcels contained explosive material. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry warned that the conflict between israeli and the palestinians could spin out of control unless both sides make rapid compromises. a wave of stabbings and shootings has killed 95 palestinians and 21 israelis. in the latest i want, a palestinian man has been shot after stabbing an israeli man in

the occupied west bank. israeli forces say the palestinian attacked a 20-year-old israeli near hebron. both men are reported to be critically ill in hospital. >> an explosion on a bus in the tunisian capital is believed to have been caused by a suicide bomber. the bus was carrying members of the presidential guard. 12 were killed. four members of the public were among the injured. we have this report from tune miss. >> the remains of the presidential bus hit right in the heart of tunis. it was picking up officers at a bus stop when the explosion happened. the blast was so loud it was heard across the center of tunis. too nearby he be sha's president called it an act of terror and imposed at a state of emergency. >> after consulting with the prime minister and head of parliament, i would like to

declare a state of emergency extending for 30 days as per the law. secondly, there is a curfew across tunisia starting 9:00 this evening until tomorrow morning at 5:00. >> tunisia is still recovering from two attacks on tourists this year. security forces were criticized for not responding quickly. isil claimed responsibility for those attacks. according to the government whereby there are around 3,000 tunisians fighting in iraq and libya. there are armed groups in the country linked with al-qaeda. the face of the security give security forces additional powers to make arrests and stop people from protesting, as well restrictions on media coverage. there was already additional security in major cities and strategic areas on the border, but they were unable to prevent this latest attack. >> al jazeera, tunis. >> the shooting of another black

teenager by a white policeman in the united states is provoking more protests and allegation of brutal active. the officer has been charged with murder after opening fire 16 times in chicago. we have more. >> these are the final moments of 17-year-old la can mcdonald's life. he was walking down the chicago streets followed by police with a vandalism suspect. police say he was armed with a small knife. an officer opens fire and he falls to the ground. after that moment, he was shot again and again for a total of 16 times. the release of these pictures was delayed for months amid fears of a backlash. >> i understand people will be upset and want to protest after seeing this video. i would echo the comments of the mcdonald family. they ask for calm and those who speak out to do it peacefully.

>> chicago policeman van dyke has been charged with murder. his lawyer says ran dike felt threatened by the teenager. >> the officer was stripped of his police powers immediately. as you know today, he was charged with first degree murder by the state's attorney anita alvarez. as a result, he's been put into what's known as a no pay status. >> hundred was people came to the streets of chicago to protest the killing. they are calling for an end to the use of lethal force against particularly black young men. >> people have a right to be angry, protest and free speech, but they do not have the right to commit criminal acts. >> in april, the force offered to pay $5 million to the mcdonald family before they even filed a case. it's not just chicago, police

using lethal force against black youth has come to scrutiny in a number of u.s. cities. this protest has continued nearly 10 days. here the 24-year-old jamar clark was shot and killed by minneapolis police. the officers involved have been sent on leave. clark's family wants the video of the incident to be reds, but authorities say the release would affect the on going investigation. >> black lives matter! >> people now have another reason to renew calls for the use of lethal force by the police. al jazeera. >> here's what's coming up after the break on al jazeera, no end in sight to the standoff in central america, as cuban migrants find themselves stranded on the way to the u.s. plus: >> i'm in chicago where at pantries all over the city, crowds like this made up of elderly people line up daily for donated food.

>> the top stories on al jazeera, russias foreign minister says he will reconsider agreements and relations with ankara after the down of of one of its military jets by turkey. sergey lavrov said it looked like a planned actable said it's no secret that terrorists use turkish territory. the turkish prime minister said he is keeping communication open with the kremlin with no intention to escalate the situation. turkey defended its addition to bring down the russian plane,

saying it gave several warnings. >> a suicide bomber suspected of causing a bomb blast on a bus in tunisia was carrying members of the presidential guard. 16 were killed. a state of emergency is declared and the president saying tunisia is at war with terrorists. >> pope francis has arrived kenya as part of his three nation africa visit, his first to the continent at pontiff. pope francis is visiting uganda and the central african republic. here's what he is expect to focus on. all five countries have been where he could by violence. the pope's message of religious tolerance and dialogue will resonate with the faithful there. social justice has been a hallmark of his papacy. he is expected to call on leaders to tackle poverty in africa that. he has long called attention to

climate change. his defense of the church and tough stance will be contentious when it comes to population growth. some of the messages the pope will be carrying with him, what are people's expectations of his trip? >> people expect him to talk about all those issues that he says mentioned and from the airport, he's heading straight to statehouse where he's going to hold a meeting with the president and other leaders. they're going to address the nation together to outline his mission here and issues, expected to talk about the security situation not just in the can'ten, but the continent, as well.

africa is threatened by violent armed groups. he comes just a week after a hotel in bako, mali was attacked by a group affiliated with al-qaeda. we have boko haram in nigeria threatening peace in that area. we have isil elements in parts of africa, as well. close to home, regional forces here are fighting al shabab based in somalia, has carried out many attacks in somalia, kenya and uganda, as well. that is what people expect him to talk about, religious tolerance. he is going to be meeting people from other faiths as well to hear his shots on governance. kenya is particularly affect by corruption, people saying that corruption i guess at critical levels and many corruption

scandals, six cabinet secretaries of government have resigned because of corruption allegations. the president himself had addressed the nation on monday, and declared corruption a threat to national security, so people will be keen to hear what the pope has to say about governance and corruption, as well. we don't he can speck the pope to be very specific on national issues, but people want to hear what he has to say about governance and good governance in general. >> on his message of unity and reconciliation, how is that likely to be received by people in light of the security challenges that you were just talking to us about? >> absolutely. i've been talk to many people, people from all faiths, muslims and christians and they're saying that the pope comes here at a time when the two states seem to be divided.

there's tension and difficulties between religious leaders because of this terror attacks that have been happening in the country by al shabab. most of the attacks seem to be targeting non-muslims and muslims have also complained many times that they are in discriminately targeted and profiled in the government effort to look at hunts for al shabab elements. religious leaders have also been accused of making entrances that suggest that christians and muslims in this country cannot quite live together anymore. people have spoken to muslim leaders, christian leaders say that there's nowhere else to go. we have to live together, and that's the pope's message and they're all happy and eager to hear what the pope says to them when they all meet. they are welcoming very much the message that the pope is going to bring to them. >> catherine, thank you for that

update from nairobi. >> a peen take thisser has died from ebola in liberia. his father and brother are also being treated. it was declared ebola free in september. >> the head of nato and u.s. forces in afghanistan is due to announce findings of a u.s. military investigation into a deadly air raid on a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz in october. thirty people were killed in the attack. the charity said the attack lasted an hour, despite their staff sending messages to officials in kabul and washington. >> britain's highest court dismissed a legal move by relatives who want and inquiry into a massacre of villagers. british troop shot dead 27

rubber plantation workers in malaysia after independence from britain. relatives have fought a long campaign for an official investigation. the supreme court in london has now endorsed previous court ruling which rejected the campaigners' case. >> dozens of dingy's carrying refugees and migrants have arrived on the greek island of lesbos. it's estimated 2,000 people arrived on tuesday. stormy weather is making the crossing from turkey own more dangerous. >> 3,000 cuban migrants wee main stranded in costa rica after nicaragua refused to let them into their territory. the migrants are trying to get to the united states. a recent summit failed to stop the deadlock as victoria reports. >> this wasn't how they imagined their journey to the united states would end, but for now at least, this is where they're stuck, in costa rica in a camp on the southern side of the

border that. they had hoped to move through nicaragua but nicaragua border guards started to turn the migrants back. the cubans say they are disappointed that a meeting between latin american foreign ministers in el salvador failed to find a solution that would allow them to crib their journey. >> we don't have any motivation other than getting to the united states, but we don't have passage through nicaragua. >> the el salvador summit exposed by differences in country's tuesday. the nicaragua government said the cuban migrants are a threat to security. costa rica said they should be allowed to pass. it's foreign minister blamed nicaragua for the crisis. >> we came with a proposal for granting safe passage. we had ordinance proposals and they were simply reject by one

single country, nicaragua. >> those intercepted at sea are not allowed enry. many cubans worry the u.s. may change its policy. without a breakthrough in the diplomatic deadlock, these migrants find their journey on hold. >> to the lack of food to eat for millions in the united states, and to a group of people who are called almost seniors. their age between 50 and 65, and at least 8 million of them are hungry because they don't yet qualify for government food programs aimed at helping the elderly. u.s. censuses 46 million live in positivity, almost 15% of the population. around 20 million live in extreme poverty. that means the income for a

family of four is less than $10,000 a year. the official poverty measure says at least 17.5 million households don't have enough to eat every day. almost 15 million children live in poverty. the rate is higher for black people and hispanics, but the elderly are also in need. >> on a quiet chicago street, a garden grows food for an unsending line of hungry americans. a stone throw away, seniors wait for hours on the panary steps. the lines grow longer at the end of the month, when government food stamps and social security checks run out. >> you need them. you need places like these. they are blessings. >> about 46 million americans live on food stamps that cost the u.s. government $76 billion a year. last year, the u.s. congress actually cut food stamp funding by $8.7 billion. >> what does that say about sort

of our safety net? >> it's pretty holey. we have people that get like $12 a month for food stamps. seniors sometimes have to choose between eating and medicine. >> a recent survey by the group feeding america found of the 46 million hungry americans it helps to feed, 13 million are over 50. 8 million of them are 50-65, too old to find work easily and too young for social security and medicare. >> many people we serve are honest, hard working people who worked their entire lives and really scraped to get by. they worked for meager wages and now that they're at the age of retirement and should be enjoying life, it's very difficult. they can't pay all of their bills. >> this is one of dozens of pantries in chicago where like all over the country, a crowd

made up largely of elderly people with no other options lines up daily for food. >> when the u.s. economy spiraled in 2008, the poorest were the the first hit and remained among the last to recover. feeding america donates to 200-foot banks, serving 500 million hungry americans this week. not one reported their need has gone down in the past two years. al jazeera, chicago. >> a surge of interests in 9r. china's prehistoric past is leading to the equivalent of a modern day dinosaur gold rush. recent discoveries could mean china is fast becoming the leading source of dinosaur fossils. we have this report from eastern china. >> as he works, this paleontologist is watched closely by media. their interest is heightened about the possibility that he is about to discover a new dinosaur.

>> this is possibly a small meat eaten dinosaur. we'll go back to the lab and see if it is a new species. >> given the location of this dig, there is every chance of success. this excavated site in eastern china is unique. given its extensive concentration of dinosaur fossils. created through a process of bones being gradually covered by sediment millions of years ago, this has effectively become a mass dinosaur tune. the fossils have always been here but recently china has had the resources and infrastructure to excavate them properly. what they are finding is a rich variety that doesn't exist anywhere else. it's led to a fossil equivalent of a gold russia. >> at sites around northeast china and in more remote locations in the gobi desert, a

surging interest in china's prehistoric past is helping drive fossil hunting. it's led to the discovery of feathered species, yielding evidence on the links between dinosaurs and birds. the museum chronicles these and other discoveries, this excavated by the curator proofs for the first time the exitance of the try as her top family of dinosaurs outside the united states. >> we didn't know what to expect when we began. it became important. >> we have been lucky here. there are thousands of bones. it provides a rare opportunity. >> sealed for all time, a

fossilized snapshot of a prehistoric age waiting to yield more secrets from a time when dinosaurs roamed this land. rob mcdried, al jazeera, eastern china. >> just a reminder, you can keep up to date with all the news on our website, aljazeera.com. >> anger in chicago. protestors spill into the streets after video of an african-american teen shot by a police officer. >> they were warned 10 times inside five minutes. >> turkey's president said the downing of a russian jet was justified, but now his government and moscow plan to talk about