criminal. is making a terrible mistake by blocking deliveries of foreign aid and the us president says all options are on the table to force element or a senior when of course in the capital caracas. opposition leader one white dawsons confident that nothing will stop him from bringing food and medical aid into than israel on for every twenty third from across the colombian and brazilian borders. but president nicolas maduro vols to use the army to block it calling the main the usaid an imperialist trojan horse. so what is plan b. in israel as army remains loyal to mother little. one suggestion from opposition coalition leader marty echoed you know my challenge is to accuse my little of crimes against humanity if he blocks the aids passage when there is a genocide or crimes against humanity the world cannot stay in the front when we are asking is. peace

a peace mission that helps these. being delivered to those who are mostly need she couldn't say whether that meant using military force but on wednesday u.s. president donald trump refused to rule it out when he met colombian president even a key ally and staunch opponent of mughal i just want to thank the president for working with us and we're working together our militaries are very focused on working together. let's see how it all turns out. mother of a strong man near the colombia border says that minister is ready to defend itself from what he believes is the likeliest threat military aggression from colombia freddy but now argues colombia's leader is taking orders from his mentor former president. a sworn enemy of my little. ot bases colombia doesn't need the americans to invade venezuela. because the colombian armed forces are ready to do

it all they need is logistical support from the us. why though insists he wants to avoid a military conflict but he's hoping the threat of one might convince venezuela's military to turn on model this as more calls for dialogue appear to fall on deaf ears the clock is ticking and there are absolutely no signs of a compromise on either side and significantly for the first time the opposition appears to be united in that the only thing it's willing to discuss with president mahmoud is the time and manner of his departure. and that something muddle insists is non-negotiable as the high stakes power struggle as collates. see in human i'll just see that act us. president heroes are doing the world to stand in solidarity with this country against threats from the u.s. all your time in your position again today the president of the united states is

threatened venezuela with a military invasion i am asking the whole world to homeland's of the world for their solidarity. food prices in turkey have soared to a twenty year high the government has set up markets to sell discounted food but it's fitting sound companies out of business and because hello orts are missed on. the cost of vegetables is dominating headlines in turkey food prices in january where more than thirty percent up on last year now at a twenty year high high altitude i'm retired prices are so ever heated i'm not sure how people make a living i wouldn't survive on my pension if my son didn't help. economics say their agricultural ministry should adopt more flexible policies to cater for the needs of a population of eighty million people four million syrian refugees and millions of tourists. give them our families labors seed energy and transport costs have risen considerably also there's

a flight from the farming sector storms and floods have left farms under water turkey needs an immediate climate change strategy mark at the present trajectory prior john accused traders and supermarkets of manically to the prices describing them as food terrorists with less than two months to go before local elections the government decided to act it's set up tents and stalls and turkeys to large cities ancora and a stumble to sell fruit and vegetables at fifty percent less than shop prices the moves led to long queues but shoppers say it's worth to wait whenever i am a retired the seller is good can you imagine all of a sudden markets got the price fall by now but small retailers including some of those in this farmer's market say they are suffering because of their downs vow to punish supermarkets and wholesalers position it's going to target the discounted sales continue it will harm our business we don't have such

a margin profit to compete with this and some shoppers say they aren't benefiting from the minute the markets and bill. the movie's purely political because of the forthcoming elections because it wasn't long i'm just back from the municipal stol market they really want to help they should subsidize the farmers and small retailers help them with the costs the government sees discounts will be extended to include rice and pulses as well as cleaning products from what inflation is the scribe as a ticking time bomb for the turkish economy by many experts they say if the government had taken for necessary measures earlier it could have read wrote under control and the new plan for sits on sales doesn't go far enough to not go sort of al-jazeera as some will. pick up the headlines now on al-jazeera at least thirty nine people have died in an

attack in indian administered kashmir which appeared to be targeting security forces a bomb went off in the southern district of many of the dead are members of a paramilitary force the presidents of russia iran and turkey are in sochi for a fourth round of talks on syria the leaders say they'll increase operation once the u.s. withdraws al-jazeera sources say the joint russian and turkish patrols have already begun in the aleppo countryside. i. would say whom is supporting us today agree how to secure the fine to dance coalition need middle of the province to achieve ceasefire but it doesn't mean you get to shoot with the presence of the town of a terrorist groups that's why i proposed to concede a specific practical steps which russia turkey and iran could jointly undertaken for the complete destruction of the terrorists that its parliament has

overwhelmingly approved constitutional changes removing term limits or president of shell fatah el-sisi until twenty thirty four the changes still have to go through several stages of approval before being put to a national referendum to stand out in two thousand and twenty two when his second four year term and the u.s. house of representatives has passed a resolution to end american military support for the saudi war in yemen president donald trump says he'll veto the legislation if senators approve it but actually the world's largest passenger jet is set to end to a fault and orders airbus will stop making the a three eighty in two years' time and that is threatening thousands of jobs in outs that was made after a drastic reduction in orders by the super jumbos largest customer that is emirates . those are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera much more news to come on the stream this next.

how can millions of young nigerians get their voices heard when politics is dominated by older generations. i really could be in the first of two special extended shows on nigeria's upcoming elections we'll hear from political candidates and activists who are part of a new youth wave in your questions and comments through twitter and the you tube live chat. there are just three days until millions of people across nigeria cause their ballots for the country's next president and members of the national assembly more

than seventy politicians have declared their candidacy for president but most eyes are on muhammadu buhari and their two rivals in their seventy's their ages in stark contrast to the electorate more than half of registered voters are aged between eighteen and thirty five now a growing number of young people are aiming to change things in a country where the median age is just over eighteen years old last year president bihari signed the not too young to run bill into law it cut the minimum age of eligibility for several political offices including the presidency governorships and assembly seats and that has reinvigorated political participation at the local state and even federal level so how younger people fairing as the doors swing open for them to enter politics joining us for today's show we get a story he is a presidential candidate for the african action congress he joins us from lake.

there's an absurd amount omar is running for an assembly seat in kind of state she is the youngest woman to run for such a position there and she joins us from the state capital. i should slow dean as a journalist mysterious business she has covered the run up to this year's election she joins us from lagos and from a bhutto we have some senate todo the executive director of that's a nonprofit organization committed to the promotion of democratic governance it was the driving force behind not to run how everybody let's take. a big sort of being here let's get started with our community because we had such a massive response when we told people we were doing this show so let's dip right into the issues that nigeria's youth are facing with this instagram this is from benson who posted this not too long ago just about a day our foundational right to vote is central to our need to continually work to protect to preserve and strengthen our democracy so we asked him to elaborate on that and he did in

a video comment that he sent to stream here's what he told us one of the reasons this week is because of the increase in the rate of unemployment in the country. we still have the largest number of people living in extreme poverty about six million people are living in a strip of us in the present and that's just because we call ourselves giant of africa this graceful only i'm going to throw that one right to you he's worried about unemployment what's your thought on that. well managed his right not only is the problem on a plummet in age and educate is which is that kids over thirty according to the world bank if you and in listen twenty one thousand. you have bunted for ages it is pain is workers it in two thousand. literacy to touch

a thousand but the problem is that we don't have a problem of you know working creature. with distribution because the top not percent of measure population and in maximum wage and that's ninety percent and in minimum wage and we in our party discuss a living wage lou when you say we take it take it to work feed your family and also a new view to have shelter. and be able to do a doctor if you foresee none of that is exists in nigeria there's a reason we are for is because our system is designed to make people for and keep their trapped in poverty what they are living where i think is beyond something i have yeah i think it's beyond what i would about a system there's also the issue about political leadership and whether leaders who are placed in positions of authority have been able to develop policies

that are two words first post in this realization or creating an enabling environment for businesses to try them so there's a question of accountability is a question on the quality of leadership and i think that it's important to underscore that beyond the system you've got individuals who are already yes rather and use public office to advance the common good. have. you know taken to corruption. for public funds says so now what do you bring that's fresh to this typical paycheck that it's replacing itself. yeah. i mean they. indicated it was. busted. so how.

russian president vladimir putin is in sochi where the presidents of russia and turkey are and iran are with them as well let's listen. and businesslike spirit i want to stress that our meeting in a tripartite form or to have a quiet irregular nature today we conducted the fourth summit such had. to effectively work so that we achieved a long term now as asian in the syrian arab republic and jointly with our partners we set our the key direction so that food for the corporation concerning assessment of the syrian crisis and to agreements reached in this effect they are reflected in the final joint communique is very important the tao what three countries have intention to strengthen doc operation within the framework of the astronaut process

which has proved that it's in demand will increase our efforts fighting terrorism promotion of this syria into syria dialogue have improvement of the humanitarian situation in syria. it has been agreed to continue the practice of the conduct of the regular meetings on the level of experts with the participation of delegations of the guarantor countries and the syrian parties of the opposition of the government as well as representatives of the euro when we agreed that the next twelve the round of such consultations will be held to us now at the end of march and beginning of april. poor so close contacts with all the interested regional countries and international structures. from some states there was some appeals to join the as to now form as observers and this connection where gate instructions to the minister the foreign affairs of our countries to work out their

ability or given to them such a status i want to stress that thanks to the contribution of russia iran turkey has been created several conditions for the transition of syria to the peaceful structure where convinced to achieve us stability in that syrian public is also only possible by the political diplomatic means in compliance with the resolution twenty two fifty four of the un. and with the strict observe ation of the principles of integrity sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country in our joint opinion the syrian themselves should determine the future of their motherland other variants of the resolutions they don't exist precisely and this is key we consider there is us association with the promotion of the if the syrian political process where great the joint to make joint efforts to contribute to this period of launching of the constitutional committee which is called upon to deal with things

main aspects of the future structure of the syrian arab republic the candidates to join its composition are mostly only have been agreed with the syrian government and at the. now it's important to confirm the list of the participants of the committee and to work on the on the parameters i was functioning as the success of the political circus a political success in syria will help to further normalize the situation a demo mask and other arab countries to restore into leadership. will help cool strengthens stability in the near east as a whole in the course of negotiations the leaders of troika confirmed their priority to liquidate an activity in a terrorist terrorist group in syria and this connection had been discussed the ways to implement their russian turkish memorandum on the ellipse zone of desk want

to stress that iranian and turkish colleagues are ready to work jointly so that to remove tan shrine. in libya we agreed to undertake further steps in this respect where. their. support of this ceasefire regime should in the detriment of our efforts to fighting terrorism that i would like to stress the creation of the illiberal zone of escalation is a temporary measure there greste see rates of the rebels to shouldn't remain unpunished in the course of negotiations we also spoke about how the further situation syria will be affected by the announced by the us their plants on the withdrawal of american forces from frost some areas of the northern part of the country in our joint opinion the implementation of such steps would be a positive staff which would have to stabilize the situation and this region of

syria where at the end of the day this should be control of the legitimate government should be restored much attention has been paid to the it's use of humanitarian assistance. helping or for the refugees to return to their country the participants of the us not troika do our lot in this direction with with our joint support the syrian republic have been create the conditions for the deployment of one and half million people the government have gave gave strong guarantees of of security and indiscriminate.