mexican police recapture fugitive drug s joaquin guzman six months after his escape from prison. you're watching al jazeera, i'm fauziah ibrahim, live from our headquarters in doha. resort city, injuring at least two tourists. >> a police chief is removed from his post following mass sexual assaults on women in the german city of cologne on new year's eve. and a row breaks out after

pictures of the late leader, hugo chavez of venezuela. security forces in mexico have recaptured one of the world's most wanted drug lords, joaquin guzman also known as el chapo escaped from a maximum security prison six months ago. he was caught after a shootout with security forces in lost nocches in sinaloa. natasha guinane has more. >> his arrest ends a six month embarrassment for the mexican government. >> for months, intense investigation work, surrounded this criminal, today mexico confirms that its institutions

have the necessary capabilities to overcome those who threaten the stability of mexican families. its success demonstrates that when we mexicans work together there is no diversity that we ae can't overcome. >> the mexican authorities says guzman was arrested in his are home state of sinaloa on friday morning. during a shootout the government says it killed five criminals and arrested six including the head of the sinaloa drug cartel. el chapo has taken on myth cam status here in mexico. his drug cartel is believed to provide a significant amount of the drugs that end up in the u.s. twice he has escaped from prison. that's why perhaps people we spoke to had a bla blasé attitu,

saying he will escape again. guzman's escapes from his prison cell was global news. he escaped from a hole in the shower in his prison cell that connected to a one mile long tunnel, had air conditioning and a motorcycle. guzman first escaped in 1993 by hiding in a laundry cart. it took police 13 years to rearrest him in mazatlan. the president had previously been reluctant to extradite guzman to the u.s., this time authorities think he will be sent to the united states where an escape is considered less likely. natasha guinane, al jazeera, guadalajara, mexico.

egyptian security forces say two men armed with guns and knives attacked the bella vista hotel. police say they have shot both of the gunmen. attack was an attempted robbery. this follows a separate attack on a hotel near the giza picture midst, the egyptian foreign ministry says no one was injured after opening fire on a hotel. social media claimed that a group loirchgd the i.s.i.l. was behind the attack. gary sorkin former consultant not world bank says this attack and others will have a measurable influence on the egyptian tourist industry. >> with egypt's economic situation already being in peril, tourism aside this is really just a devastating blow.

they have not been recover and this will only make it difficult. the russian plane incident a couple of months ago certainly was a problem and i think a mistake that egypt made at that point was while all other countries that investigated felt very confidently it was a bomb, egypt kept saying that it was not. i think they eventually came out and said, admitted that they thought it was a security breach. i think best thing egypt can do is share as much with honesty about this attack, show that they have it under control, show that they know who did it, they're following up and i think that's, honesty and this sharing with the public that they are putting things under control, that they'vestopped other terrorist attacks and this one slipped through is i think only way they can start to recover but only that will have the effort to bringback those who want to travel to egypt.

at least 400,000 syrians are living under siege completely cut off with no access to food or medicine. it accuses the u.n. from preventing vital supplies to those who desperately need them. eastern gota outside damascus, a rebel stronghold where 176,000 people are said to be cult off there. some 9,000 people are trapped in the damascus suburb of daya. madaya has been under siege by allies of president assad's government since july. the u.n. says 42,000 people are stuck there. caroline malone reports now from the syria lebanon border. >> a protest in a town less than ten kilometers under siege, marching in solidarity with people nearby, including areas

where people are trapped. >> we came to lebanon because of the regime air strikes. they destroyed our homes, they burned our feels. there is nothing left in zabadani. the people fled with their families to madaya. they put them in a big prison. >> there have been marches here as well, in al wair. there are more than 40,000 people in madaya alone who have been without proper food for months. the last time the u.n. was able to get aid to them was in october. al jazeera managed to speak to a resident of the town. >> we don't understand how the world can do nothing to resolve this crisis. after witnessing such tragedy. civilians including women and children are being killed because of the use of this cowardly weapon. >> reporter: unfortunately there are many places under siege in syria's war and more than 400,000 people who have

been cut off from food and medical supplies. that's something other syrians in lebanon can relate to. >> translator: we lived in the same situation as madaya, we came to stand in solidarity with the families had because the hunger and the suffering is the same for all people. >> the u.n. says it will be able to send some aid, as to madaya on the border with lebanon. >> we expect that the joint operation, the u.n. should take place in the coming day. >> reporter: the aid wip hell a small number of people out of the thousands who are suffering through this five year war. caroline malone, al jazeera on the syria lebanon border. the u.n. plans to fight propaganda from i.s.i.l. and

those abroad task force to counter online propaganda. tom ackerman has more from washington, d.c. >> two approximated attack, responding to i.s.i.l.'s recruiting messages with messages of their own counterpropaganda at times mocking them. these tactics have proved not to be very effective by the admission of officials here. and secondly, they are meeting with high-tech leaders in silicon valley, in california, leaders from facebook, apple, dropbox, twitter, to see if they can get more cooperation from these companies in trying to filter out the appeals of i.s.i.l. using these tools in better effect in actually working against i.s.i.l. up to now, they've had mixed

results because although these companies say that they certainly are not interested in become conduits for i.s.i.l.'s propaganda, on the other hand they have privacy concerns, in particular, they have objected to the government's attempts to build sort of decryption escape routes, what's called back doors, so that the government can go into encrypted messages and right now, we don't know to what effect or how successful the government has been in getting the companies to see things more to their light. >> sri lanka's president is due to begin addressing parliaments. the government wants the electoral system amended as well as more emphasis made on ethnic and religious reconciliation. correspond manel fernandez is

standing by. manel, this is partly of a form that is hoping to kick off. >> that's right, fauziah, very much a pillar of the campaign when he wanted to come to power he did promise that the issues that stayed with this constitution would be addressed. he's made some progress during the past year with the few amendments but now brings the process to bring in a new constitution for this country. with me i have a constitutional expert to tell us more. behind us in the parliament we have the new government just finishing a year yesterday in office. can you tell us exactly what is going on in parliament today and what are they hoping to do? >> the prime minister is going to introduce a resolution seeking to convert parliament into a constitutional assembly, so the constitutional assembly

can lead the process on deliberating upon the substance of a new constitution. the government has made it absolutely clear however that notwithstanding the establishment of a constitutional parliament, the existing procedure is going to be followed with respect to the final adoption of a new constitution. so the constitutional assembly will propose a draft to parliament, parliament will then have to pass it with a two-thirds majority vote. and after that the approved constitution will have to be approved by the people at a referendum. >> what are some of the most important changes that are expected to be debated? this is very much an inclusive process as we've heard the government announcing from day 1. what are the main changes that are expected? >> well, the existing constitution is fundamentally flawed for one way, electoral

reform, to introduce a mixed electoral system which will hopefully produce a more inclusive parliament, the bill of rights will have to be amended and with respect to the judiciary and the supremacy of the constitution. however the tamil political parties are hoping that finally the new constitution will address their concerns, greater devolution of power. >> thank you, rohan, rohan singh talking us through the process for the changing of the constitution of sri lanka. back to the studio. >> manel fernandez reporting for us here in colombo, still to come here on al jazeera. more than 300,000 government

bank employees in india go on strike. we'll tell you why. plus. >> developers are looking to turn one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country into the next big boom in new york real estate. i'm kristin saloomey with the controversy.

>> welcome back, i'm fauziah ibrahim with a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. mexican authorities say they've

recaptured drug lord joaquin guzman six months after he escaped from a maximum security prison. he was caught in his home state of sinaloa. at least two tourists have been injured in egypt, red city of porta kata. police said they shot and killed both of the attackers. and the u.n. says nearly 400,000 syrians are living under age, government and rebels are preventing thousands from receiving aid. detained for questioning, some said to be of arab and north african origin. emma hayward reports. >> with allegations of serious

sexual assault robbery and threats by groups of men against dozens of women close to the cathedral. an internal police report says officers were not in control. >> translator: i thought to myself that if we stay here in this crowd, they could kill us, they could rape us and nobody would notice. >> there were so many people i was no longer in control of myself where to go or how to defend myself. >> translator: they thought they were in power and could do anything with the women out in the street partying. >> reporter: protestors say the police could and should have done more. what happened more than a week ago is fueling the debate in germany about immigration. witnesses said many of the suspects looked like they were arab or north african. more than 30 suspects have now been identified by german police. some of those are asylum seekers, but they aren't being connected to the sexual assault

allegations that face violence and robbery charges. chancellor angela merkel has demanded a far reaching investigation. >> translator: the feeling women have in this case of being completely defenseless and at mercy is for me personally intolerable so it is important that everything that happened must come out into the open. >> cologne is home to a large muslim community. many of them are ethnic turks who have lived in the city for decades. they're worried that people who are pointing the finger at muslims and north africans while the facts are not clear. >> it has nothing to do with the religion. it is about the individual. lack of respect to a woman is not a religious problem. >> everyone says this is something to do with muslims. i've been here for 30 years myself and i've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: the german chancellor has warned that any

foreigners who are involved in the crimes could face deportation. emma hayward, al jazeera. >> the reprint of "mein kampf" is going on sale. as domini.com dominic kaneas do. >> ah.goadofladolph hitler's bon kampf," book was banned using copyright laws but that copyright has not expired. so the institute for contemporary history felt it had to act both to reduce the impact of the ideologies in the book and to expose its inaccuracies.

>> translator: the addition demist fiemystifies the pure pr. >> but for some members of the jewish community that is not enough to justify this new publication. >> translator: yes, the copyright has expired. so what? do i have to republish all garbage? do i have to motivate people in a negative way? explain why this stupid book is being republished. >> the shadow of national socialism is so long it can be seen on the streets of germany. brass plaques have been laid across the country to commemorate the victims. here the katsova family is remembered. they were murdered in auschwitz in 1944. illustrating the gulf between the evils of nazi germany and

the liberal values of its modern democratic successor. >> germany is a multicultural society, used to survivors and well aware of their past and all the -- everything that's done wrong with the regime of the third reich and all the rules. cruelties. >> nevertheless, the antiislamic group called pegida have had demonstrations. should not educate them of future evils of national socialism. dominic kane, al jazeera, munich. >> some 340,000 bank employees

across india are on strike. gerald tan last the details. >> turning out in mass he to send a strong message. employees from five banks, affiliated with the state bank of india, are on strike. across the country and here in the capital new delhi, they are proafprotesting against rules tt they look more and more like an impending merger. >> we cannot accept this. >> reporter: at the root of the issue are new rules that govern terms of service and the progression of workers. the five banks already share the same kind of technology, branding and work flow of the state bank of india but the employees say the new conditions

are being imposed on them without the consultation of their unions. >> we have an open mind but they are not ready to amend it, even in a small deviation what they have decided. they are open minded, we are not against the issues being in plate but they want to impose it unilaterally. >> some banking operations have been interrupted as hundreds of thousands of workers stay home and the fact it's happening on a friday is making things worse, with warchtion closed on the weekend. threatened to go on an indefinite strike if their demands aren't met. gerald tan, al jazeera. >> south korean scientists say they found small amount of airborne radio activity over the sea, that's close to where north korea says it tested a hydrogen

bomb, but not enough to provide clooufn proof that thconclusivee device was actually debt necessitated. >> meanwhile, in north korea, they celebrated acknowledge with fireworks, also kim jong-un's birthday. a giant golden statue of mao tse tong was pearnl apparently d in fields, statue had no approval from the government. venezuela's president nicholas maduro has condemned the removal of portraits of his predecessor.

landslide victory in december, protestors often the streets call for image of chavez to be put up on every street corner. virginia lopez has the story. >> downtown caracas gre woke uph pictures ever late leader hugo chavez. the message reads the opposition has the assembly, the people have the streets. on wednesday, a day after inaugurating the new administration, the spiriting of these paintings have hit a raw nerve in this deeply polarized country. people have been gathering in the central caracas square to protest what they say is an affront to their larger than life leader and their country's

history. although president nicholas maduro suffered a crushing defeat in december's parliamentary election his predecessor and mentor hugo chavez is revered in an almost cult like fashion acknowledge chavesmo, perfectly emblematic of how deep divisions in this country are. and political deadlock that the country seems to be heading to. the bronx section of new york city has a reputation for being one of the poorest and toughest neighborhoods in the u.s. developers are trying change that with the help of some celebrities. as kristin saloomey reports. >> michael cambert teaches

photography to kids in new york. these kids see something different here, a proud tradition of working class new yorkers many of them immigrants, many worried their way of life is about to change. >> when i hit the shutter i feel like i'm in a way saying good-bye. >> reporter: that's because new york is planning to redevelop this major thoroughfare of the bronx flown as jerome avenue, where many new yorkers earn their living working in store froms fronts fd automotive shops. >> we need this area not for millionaires to make more money. >> yet to be fiefnlzed but already it's displacing the small businesses that have long thrived here. property values are going up, rents are going up but so, too, is the image of the bronx. cell phone reiterates played the trek uptown recently, for a

developer, hoping to attract hip young tenants looking for someplace cheaper than manhattan to live. playing off old stereotypes and offended many local residents. that developer keith rubenstein, said that experience taught him the wisdom of talking to the local residents. >> we're taking what's very highly underutilized industrial area with truck traffic, with truck parking, and turning it into quality residential housing with public accessibles pla acce esplanades . >> we saw it happening to other neighborhoods and we thought no way, we're ready to make sure

what happens is done in the right way. >> so that the poor and working class can continue to call the neighborhood home. kristin saloomey, al jazeera, the bronx. >> quick reminder, you can always get up to date with all the latest news at our website, aljazeera.com. >> on "america tonight": behind the scenes of the national gun debate. >> we can create reasonable legislation to accomplish both objectives here. reduce crimes of violence while still not eroding the second amendment. >> a police chief advising the president speaks exclusively with "america tonight." good evening and thanks for beings