mexican police recapture mexican drug boss after he escaped from a high-security prison. this is al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up. >> reporter: how long have you been without food? >> translation: four days desperation in syria. thousands remain stranded due to a lack of aid supplies in the besieged town of madaya. a police chief is moved from his post following mass assaults on

women in cologne on new year's eve. an attempt to solve poor rails the recapture of guzman is uncertain. mexican are not saying if he will now be extradited to the u.s. he escaped through a tunnel six months ago >> reporter: for a third time the world's most notorious drug lord was arrested by mexican security forces. his arrest ends a six-month embarrassment for the mexican government. >> translation: after careful investigation work was carried

out to pull apart the network of influence and protection that surrounded this criminal. mexico today confirmed that the institution has the necessary capabilities to overcome to threaten the security of mexican families. its success demonstrates that when we work together, there is no adversity that we cannot overcome. >> reporter: the government says gusman was arrested in his home state on friday morning. someone called to complain about armed men holed up inside a motel. during a shoot out the government says it killed five criminals and arrested six, including the head of the drug cartel. he has taken on myth kal status here. miss cartel is said to have controlled most of the drugs that end up in the u.s. he has escaped from prison

twice. people say that he will escape again. for the president it was an opportunity to reclaim the upper hand after his escape from mexico's most secure prison last july. his escape from his prison cell was global news. he escaped from a hole in his shower that connected to a one-mile long tunnel. it had air conditioning and a motorcycle. he first escaped in 1993 by hiding in a laundry cart. it took police 13 years to rearrest him. the president has been reluctant to extradite him to the u.s. where he is facing charges. he thinks this time he will be sent to the states where an escape is considered less likellikely

three tourists have been injured in egypt after being stabbed at a resort. two men armed with guns and nooifs attacked the hotel. -- nooifs. they nooifs. they shot dead one of the gunman and injured the other. on thursday gunmen claiming to have links to i.s.i.l. attacked the hotel near the geza pyramids in cairo. the united nations is coordinating efforts to get food into besieged areas in syria where people are starving to death. it's estimated that 42,000 people are trapped in madaya which is under siege by troops. others are in areas under control of rebel groups. this video has emerged from the area showing starving patients being seen by a doctor. they say they haven't eaten in

days and are desperate to help. we cannot independently verify these pictures. >> translation: 8/1/2016. what's your name? >> translation: noah. >> reporter: how long have you been without food? >> translation: four days. >> reporter: what have you taken from the hospital to survive? >> translation: this packet. >> reporter: this packet of salt, are you hungry? >> translation: god help us. god willing food will be allowed al jazeera's correspondent reports from the syria-lebanon border. >> reporter: a protest on the border between syria and lebanon less than 10 kilometers away from towns under siege. there are syrians and lebanese marching here. >> translation: we came to here because of the regime air strikes.

they destroyed our homes and fildz. there is nothing left there. the people fled with their families to madaya. they put them in a big prison. >> reporter: there have been marches in syria as well. people here want to make sure their fellow syrians get access to food and medical aid as soon as possible. there are more than 40,000 people here alone who have been without proper food for amos. 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. >> translation: we don't understand how the world can do nothing to resolve this crisis after witnessing such april tragedy. women and children-- such a tragedy. women and children are being killed. >> 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 say they can relate

to. >> translation: we lived in the same situation as madaya because we tasted the same hunger. we came to stand in solidarity with the family there because the hunger and the suffering is the same for all people. >> reporter: the u.n. says it will be able to send some aid from damascus to the villages. >> we expect that the humanitarian operation, the joint operation, should take place in the coming day. >> reporter: the aid will help a small number of people out of the thousands who are suffering through this five-year war in neighboring iraq thousands of people who fled conflict are facing a harsh winter. many are living in camps and struggling to keep warm. al jazeera's correspondent is at one of the camps where more than 4,000 people are living.

tell us about the conditions for the displaced people where you are. >> reporter: at best they are challenging. this is a camp for the internally displaced in which 4,000 people are housed. they comprise a broad section of minorities from across iraq. you have members of the shebakon minority, the turkmen minority, there there's several children around which you can hear. it is bitterly cold. it is only getting colder and that's one of the reasons aid workers here are concerned. because of the rains in the last several days, you have flooding conditions, water is seeping into tents. it's making life more difficult for the residents here at the time. you have to remember it's a country where the crisis, the internal displaced and the refugees has only gotten worse. in iraq there are, approximately, 3.2 million internally displaced mostly due to conflict. so it's a situation that is dire

and all the aid agencies that work here in the ngos say it is only going to get more dire as more of the winter weather conditions roll into the country concern from the aid workers. do the camp administrators where you are feel that they will get enough goods to keep the residents there warm? >> reporter: they feel that they have gotten goods that have been able to sustain the camp life so far, but as the weather gets colder, they are worried they're not going to able to get more warm weather - more warm gear to help keep the residents here warmer. there are challenges even when you have that gear, just a few weeks ago there was a fire that broke out in this camp. there were no injuries, nobody was killed. there were blankets that were put over heating apparatuses and after the power outages and it coming on it caused a spark and eight tents burned because of that. when you have more apparatus here to keep people warm, it

increases the risk of fires. there is a whole roster of issues that come up at a time like this that make it worse for the internally displaced that are here that increase the level of danger at i time when already the weather conditions are making it much harder for the people here to live thank you very much for that. in other news, two palestinians have been shot dead in the occupied west bank. it happened at the check point just east of nablus. they were shot by israeli soldiers after being involved in a stabbing incident. sri lanka's president has outlined his vision to change the constitution as he marks his second year in office. the government wants the electoral system amended as well as more emphasis on promoting ethnic and religious reconciliation. >> reporter: some of the key changes expected will be changes to the electoral system which

some analysts say are deeply flawed. again, the abolishment of the presidency, a powerful office, giving power to the sledge tour and essentially the government in a more-- legislature - in a broad based action. a lot of work to be done. there is a formal process of consultation which seeks to include all parties, all basically opinions with regards to the constitution and what we're seeing is that house will debate and discuss the potential changes at which time it will come up with a cohesive set of proposals for the constitution change and then seek to take it through and bring it to fruition still ahead on al jazeera, a disput in venezuela over the removal of pictures of the late person. why not everyone is on side to restore a new york neighborhood. stay with us. we're back after the break. the break.

welcome back. a recap of our top stories. mexican police have recaptured drug lord joaquin guzman six amos after he escaped from a prison. he was caught out with a shoot out. u.n. is coordinating efforts to get food into besieged areas in syria where people are starving to death. it is estimated that 42,000 people are trammed in madaya and are cut off from medicine and

food flies. in neighboring iraq thousands of people who fled conflict are facing a harsh winter. many are living in camps and are struggling to keep warm. human rights is condemning force to using deadly forces against protesters. 140 demonstrator have been killed in the last two amos. they were campaigning against an extension of the capital addis into land. the protests have been mainly peaceful. it details the arrest of permanent opposition figures. the deputy director of the africa division at human rights watch. she says the protests are part of a series of grievances which they have against the government. >> the government has presented what is known as a master plan for the area which doesn't expand the municipal boundaries. the problem is it's not clear what kind of discussions they've

had with people who will be affected. clearly the protesters claim that there has been insufficient consultation. they're very concerned the protesters, that is, that there won't be compensation for farmser and others displaced from their lands by this plan. this is one of the main reasons that these protests have been sparked and growing in intensity over the last couple of amos. there are-- of months. one of the biggest ethnicitys in the country, they have longstanding grievances over this government and previous governments. these protests are very much build possessing on historic grievances with the government and unfortunately have taken a very brutal and violent turn the german city of cologne's police chief has stepped down

after assaults on new year's eve. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a night to celebrate. instead, new year's eve cologne turned into one of chaos and violence with allegations of serious sexual assault robbery and threats by groups of men against dozens of women close to the cathedral. officers were not in control. >> translation: i thought to myself that if we stayed here in this crowd they could kill us, rape us and nobody would notice. >> translation: there were so many people that i know longer was in control of myself, where to go or how to defend myself >> translation: they felt like they were in power and that they could do anything with the women who were out in the straet partying. -- street partying. >> reporter: protesters say the police could and should have done more. what happened more than a week ago is fuelling 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 but face violence and robbery charges. chancellor angle amerkel has demanded a far-reaching investigation. >> translation: the feeling women have in this case of being defenseless and at mercy is intolerable. it is important that everything that happened must come out into the open. >> reporter: it 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 are pointing the finger at muslims and north africans when the facts are still not clear. >> translation: it has nothing

to do with religion. it is about the individual. lack of respect to a woman isn't a religious problem. >> translation: 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 were involved in the crimes could now face deportation police in brazil have fought with protesters who have marched against fares. some people blocked traffic. tear gas was fired. local media is reporting at least ten people were arrested and two officers injured in the clashes. to venezuela where the president has condemned the removal of portraits and photos of the late lead from the national assembly. the new parliament speaker ordered them to be taken down

after the opposition's landslide victory. protesters are calling for the important traits to be put on every street corner. more from or correspondent >> reporter: down town here woke up with freshly gra fee too fee-- graffiti ed scenes like this. this message that reads the opposition has the assembly, the people have the street. on wednesday, a day after the first opposition led parliament, its new president says the images have no room under the new administration. seemingly a symbolic gesture, these have hit a raw nerve in this deeply polarised country. people have been gathering in the square to protest the

affront to their larger than life leader. he suffered a defeat in december's parliamentary election, his predecessor is reveered in an almost cult-like fashion. the movement might have suffered a setback with the loss of parliament, but most of the other government institutions remain firmly on the loyalists hands. the reaction is symbolic of how deep the feelings are, and where the country is heading to new york city's bronx neighborhood has the reputation of being one of the poorest and toughest areas in the u.s. locals are not too enthusiastic about events. >> reporter: this man teachs photography to school kids in the bronx, a neighborhood with a

reputation of being high on crime and low on opportunity. these kids see something different here. a proud tradition of working class new yorkers, many of them immigrants, worried their way of life is about to change. >> when i hit the shutter button i feel i'm saying goodbye. >> reporter: that's because new york is planning to redevelop this major thoroughfare of the bronx where people earn their living in rented store fronts and shops. >> we need these places as working places for people here not as a way for millionaires to make more money >> reporter: the city's plan to redevelop this area is to be finalised. it is displacing the shops here. property values are going up, rents are going up but so too is the image of the bronx.

the party here is burning theme with full riddled cars and flaming battles, played off old stereotypes and offended many residents >> i think it is the future of the area. >> reporter: this developer says the experience taught him the importance of talking to local residents. his company plans to invest half a billion dollars to bring market rate participates to another section of the bronx once dominated by piano companies. >> we want truck parking, turning it into quality residential housing with public accessible esplanades >> reporter: local residents want more affordable housing. >> you saw it happen to our

neighborhoods. we said no, we're remained to make sure what happens-- ready to make sure what happens is done in the right way >> reporter: so that the poor and working class can continue to call the neighborhood home south korean scientists say they found a small amount of radio activity over the sea where north korea said it tested a hydrogen bomb. they say it's still not enough evidence to provide proof that it was actually detonated. there were fireworks in north korea on friday to celebrate the latest nuclear test. it was also kim jong-un's birthday. thailand is implementing stricter penalties against child pornography. people found with child porn will be sentenced to up to five years in jail. previously intent to distribute wasn't a crime. >> reporter: many of these border areas are remote and

under developed leaving children vulnerable. thailand is one of the hubs of the child pornography trade but the police finally have laws to work with. this community bordering myanmar is coming to terms with the arrest of one of the well-known resident residents. >> there's immigration police coming to do a check. i will be late >> reporter: it was far more serious than that. investigators came to arrest british national fabian blandford after a tip off. they say they found more than 600 pornographic images of children on his computer and find. >> i often get them, warm clothing in winter and i left them out in the market >> reporter: the 64-year-old had been living in the area for 18 years and had clearly gained the trust of the community. one of his projects was

sponsoring the local school. in >> in this case he is a former monk. he became intimate with the children by teaching them to medicate and teaching them english >> reporter: the government enacted new laws last year which finally criminalised possession of child pornography. it also set up a new police task force to combat child exploitation. it's those which helped the police arrest him, who was the third foreigner caught under new laws. it is a delicate time in this maul community where he lived which consists of people from myanmar. they come to thailand for economic reasons. >> translation: we came here because we had a tough life. i want people to know this. if someone came to take photos of our child it would be

terrible. i would be heartbroken. >> reporter: being caught in possession of child pornography can now lead to a jail term of five years and seven years for its distribution hundreds of thousands of catholics in the philippines are taking part in the annual proceed examples-- procession. they try to touch a black statue of jesus christ which they believe will bring miracles. a mexican brought this culture to the area to bangladesh where an engineering student is hoping his invention will improve rail safety. these show an average of 70 people are killed by trains every month last year. >> reporter: the tracks don't inspire much confidence.

many are decades old. some were laid during british colonial rule before 1947. worried from reading frequent news reports of derailments, this robot was built. it sends an alert message with location coordinates to the nearest station. >> translation: right now all the maintenance work and check ups on our rail tracks are done manually. you need a huge amount of man power for that. the department doesn't have enough employees, so we're trying to introduce this system. >> reporter: lack of maintenance is not the biggest problem in bangladesh. a large number of tracks run threw chaotic marketplaces and the middle of these slums. it is a danger for people around. in 2015 police say an average of 70 poo people died each month after getting hit by trains.

he says he has seen 50 to 60 accidents during the 28 years he has been here. he has recovered 10 dead bodies with his own hands. >> translation: some people are wandering onto the tracks, talking on their phones, some are just absent minded, some have had an argument with their girlfriend and looking to end things. >> reporter: railway police say a proliferation of illegal crossing pose another threat. >> i saw two damaging accidents, that they stuck inside the rail truck, the train came, the driver saw the train is coming but she could not move. >> reporter: with thousands of unregulated crossings throughout the country, it is a huge problem that will take coordination for government

agencies to solve. this is showing how one invention could make a difference you can keep up-to-date with the news all the time on our website al jazeera.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 joining us. i'm adam may sitting in for joie chen tonight. it has been a politically charged week in our nation. the gun debate is back center-stage. after president obama took