international pressure which it's. interested me from the russians very much so we had comments from sergey lavrov today are asking the turks and all parties for the moderation here to come together in talks whether in fact those kind of pressures are having any kind of influence all that remains to be seen because the military build up here as i say has continued. over the last 24 hours charlie if as you say we are beginning to see the free syrian army aligning themselves with the turks so shifting alliances here what options are the kurds have now on the other side of the board especially now that large groups of kurdish people are being urged to resist the the advance of the tax. tweets from the s.d.f. asking for its kurdish people to to resist we've also though been speaking to people across the border in the town of tel ayoub tel aviv which is behind me as

the controlled people in that town saying yes to have told them to go back to their homes you can imagine very nervous a lot of tension mounting as this buildup of military has continued we know that militarily the s.d.f. have nothing like any kind of fighting force to compete with the military and they course would not have the benefit of coalition airstrikes if they had that help them out so much in the battle against iceland just and the defeat of i saw in this area we know that they receive military training from special forces from the u.s. and other countries other european countries not been supplied with some fairly sophisticated weapons some anti tank weapons systems for example but yeah they seem to be shifting their alliances or looking at. looking at reaching out to forces that have been considered their enemies for so long such as the syrian regime the

leader of the s.d.s. yesterday said that that could well be an option and it just shows you yet again just how much pressure they are tension increases here in this military preparation of preparations for a military incursion by the turks continues. that takis border with syria for us thank you channel well as you think hearing from the russians have been waiting for this as well. as more from moscow. well most go has been relatively quiet since sunday's announcement by donald trump that the u.s. wants to pull out its troops from syria by russia of course is a key player in syria and the main reason for this silence of course is that russia was getting exactly what it wants it has been asking the u.s. to pull out from syria for quite a long time and also today in this very 1st official announcement of minister of foreign affairs sergey lavrov stressed again that the presence of the united states in syria is violating u.n.

security council resolutions and is also threatening the territorial integrity of syria he actually even sad and i'm quoting u.s. is playing in contradictory dangerous games in syria which actually could stir up trouble in most of the region so he's now calling for a dialogue he also says that he has a hotline with ankara and that president reagan has promised russia that it would would would protect the territorial integrity of syria this is what he has to say. we have announced our situation regarding what is ongoing in northeast syria and on the turkish border with syria our situation is based on sorting out this issue only for a dialogue between the former government and the representatives of the kurdish community living there we have been in contact with turkey and the other parties participating in a standard to convince them all to start a dialogue for solving this problem in this part of syria a possible dialogue between the syrian government and the courts would be very

beneficial for russia was of course been fighting on the syrian side for years and has made its foot much bigger in the in the region and in syria because of this war and it has also very good connections with the kurds actually on tuesday april of visited the kurdistan president in iraq and they have discussed the situation and with him he brought also representatives of russian oil companies stressing not only the fact that this is a military very important region of for russia but also economically and as commentators have said that the u.s. pullout is is actually a present to russia. well in an opinion piece for the washington post a turkish presidential aide has called on the international community to support efforts to bring peace and stability to the region foreheads and out and says turkey has no ambition in northeastern syria except to neutralize a longstanding threat against turkish citizens and to liberate the local population

from the yoke of thugs regarding the wipe out and calls militants he says if they are genuinely interested in fighting islamic states they can defect without delay or they can listen to their commanders who say that they will fight the turkish forces in which case we will have no choice but to stop them and goes on to say the us has borne the brunt of the counter islamic state campaign for too long turkey which has natives 2nd largest army is willing and able to take the lead now and drive it home while edges skin is a political risk consultant for the u.s. markets where he specializes in turkey he says trump's decision to pull out u.s. troops sends mixed messages to ankara. the one key message which the government has been trying to drive home domestically is that this of course is not a battle against kurds but rather the p.k. cake and of course turkey views the white b.g.

with some justification as inherently linked with the kate against which turkey has been fighting for decades. this is the unfortunate situation the fact that turkey has not been able to successfully carry out this p.r. campaign internationally and of course on the other hand the white b.g. and yes the f a to give a lot of points having been at the forefront of the fight against the islamic state since a couple of years i think the perception inside turkey is that there is a common interest and the fact that the u.s. also wants to get well let's say mr trump wants to leave syria. and turkey has an interest in eliminating what it use as a friends on the southern south side of its port. there is of course the green of confusion as to what the think about trump in turkey given the mixed messages turkey's receiving on the one hand turkey trouble is providing turkey with this

green light it seems for the operation and on the other hand we are seeing threats coming in turkey's direction about the strong turkey's economy so really there is this apprehension on the turkish side about putting all their eggs in the trunk basket. on to other news now and an overnight curfew has ended in the capital of ecuador and now the government has bracing for more unrest over us territory measures with a national strike planned for wednesday thousands of protesters a 4th with security forces during a 6th day of violent demonstrations in america as a new reports from. indigenous ecuadorians continue converging on the capital quito to give their president in ultimatum either repeal highly unpopular austerity measures or get out they say so to them as with dealers and we've come from the middle of ecuador to reject this unpopular government that's taken measures dictated by the i.m.f. . president lyndon would in no says he's open to dialogue but insists he can't back

out of his commitment to reduce the fiscal deficit by eliminating fuel subsidies something he vowed never to do when he took office. the demonstrators were further angered when they found out the president would it all had moved the executive branch overnight to the coastal city of by a key. for hours and well into the night protesters tried without success to overcome riot police. in an attempt to surround the presidential palace and national assembly was some of the indigenous leaders are asking them to the way that they got their lives at risk and to march to another part of the city but they're angry they say they are not going to budge if they haven't so far to turn back now. the leader of the national confederation of indigenous people told al-jazeera there would be no dialogue until the president would enter with turns to keep door and repeals the decree minister if modern

a doesn't want to administer this country with this social chaos where there's no social justice no freedom to he leave the country for ever to join that of the fugitive from justice ex-president korea they can live together. mourinho says. the worst unrest in more than a decade in this country is being orchestrated by his former boss and now his we're standing me former president rafael correa who lives in self-imposed exile in brussels. reacted nice he's pulling the strings but he doesn't hide his political ambitions including the possibility of returning home or to run for vice president or norms either more in a resign or he asks for early elections which would be the constitutional and democratic way to overcome disk grave situation. that scenario maybe premature despite the mounting social unrest and political intrigue here. again at the door

has a very long history of presidents being forced out before their term is up you see in human i'll just keep it. now an american scientist who identified one of the kima tiriel and rechargeable batteries has now become the oldest nobel laureate in history 97 year old john b. good enough for said this year's nobel prize for chemistry with britain's m. stanley wesson m. and japan's are the 3 scientists were each responsible for critical developments in the creation of lithium ion batteries now still ahead on al-jazeera. a fuel shortage threatens an already critical situation in yemen and renewed is concern about the spread of disease. and bringing an atheist back to life we visit this historic garden in kabul restored after decades ever and.

hello there we have got some good clear conditions across japan for the time being because we are watching very closely this mass which is appearing this cloud here just to the bottom of the picture this is super typhoon. right now we've got winds at about 260 kilometers an hour gusting higher than that it is moving towards the northwest at about 13 kilometers an hour it's actually going to slow its forward motion over the next couple of days but of course the closer the center of this storm gets those outer feeder bands are going to very long reach and i going to begin certain through friday probably late thursday to push those rains into the central and eastern areas of honshu not the actual forecast track at the moment as this storm working its way on land actually making landfall pretty much in central honshu as we head into saturday so we'll keep you very well updated the progress of that very powerful typhoon further to the south we've got most of his guys 28 in shanghai on thursday time it is not really fluctuating very much wanted to more

showers along the southern coastal areas pushing across into northern and central sections of vietnam and also you see on friday that rain trying its best to push further eastwards as we continue towards the weekend but mostly dry in hong kong for the next couple of days with a high there on friday of 32. on behalf of her majesty's government i apologize reservedly historic apology for one of the darkest episodes in british intelligence and there's a growing agreement that the libyans could be quite useful to the west fiji years after the death of gadhafi al-jazeera world investigates western collusion with the libyan security services. gadhafi rendition in the west. on al-jazeera.

and again i missed us here today and our mind of our top stories this hour turkey says final preparations for a military push into normal syria are currently being made an aide to president reza tied at a while says the military will join forces with the free syrian army when it crosses into syria. and overnight curfew has ended in the capital of ecuador and now the government is bracing for more unrest over us territory measures with a national strike planned for wednesday thousands of protesters have fought with security forces during a 6 day of violent demonstrations. on more than a 3rd of students at universities in south africa a suffering from what's being described as

a hidden hunger crisis tens of thousands of students just can't afford to feed themselves for me to many reports from johannesburg. for millions of students around the world attending university is a time to not only learn but also socialize for some time to be carefree but for many making it through. university depends on whether or not they have a meal every day or learn isi carney is a postgraduate student at the university of the western cape every month he collects a parcel of basic necessities like rice and canned vegetables he says without these donations he would have nothing to eat still and hunger is 'd one of the contributors to ministers that are going through depression is here to study and everything just becomes for a person of their child to study to gauge and yet you can't really achieve that into stomach nearly 80 percent of students at this university fund their studies through government financial aid or study loans once the fees are paid to these

little money left to paypal commendation or buy food according to government statistics unemployment and poverty are highest among the youth many of these students are the 1st in their families to attend university many of them poor does not as a problem that is really run to south africa or all over the world it is what is aptly described as this political universe this scoreboard because you find that students all over the war and then also in developed countries are facing hunger levels of up to 58 percent of the population in some countries as the u.s. attorneys says some students of course to trade 6 food or work long hours at low paying jobs to feed themselves here at the university of the vitus runs about 4000 students are given hot meals every day and hundreds food packs every month but according to research almost a 3rd of south african students don't have enough food organizers of the scheme to

feed students of this campus say they want to provide food for students in a way that doesn't stigmatize them the food program at the johannesburg university began 6 years ago distributing food to about 50 students initially it was considered if you. like a band-aid problem bringing donations give handouts to students and that will solve the problem. we basically advanced an approach through a signature a 1000 signatures petitions march for hunger and so on and demanded a space of dignity for students at this university while greater access to education is meant to alleviate poverty and create jobs there are concerns that hundreds of students could drop out of university every year.