this is news live from berlin a top serve politician gunned down in kosovo all over avan of which was a prominent leader of ethnic serbs in the country his killing bears the hallmarks of a political assassination triggering fears of fresh tensions between kosovo and serbia also coming up police make a disturbing discovery in southern california thirteen siblings held captive in this suburban home and they've charged the parents with torture. normal no more migrants camps that's a promise the french president delivered in

a port city that has become a magnet for thousands of asylum seekers and he will clamp down on illegal migration. to thank you for joining us a prominent leader of ethnic serbs in kosovo has been gunned down in front of his political party's office in the city of new reports say all over avan a bitch was pronounced dead in a local hospital after being found lying in the street with gunshot wounds to his trust his killing is likely to inflame tensions between serbia and kosovo a former province that declared independence ten years ago a serbian delegation walked out of mediated talks on kosovo at the news of evanovich is death. to get these prank calls one is following the story for us he has extensive experience reporting on the balkans hi frank this looks like an

assassination what are police saying well the police is on the ground at the moment to find more evidence says no public statement so far from from the best to gauge as we've learned from the doctor in the hospital that he was brought there thirty minutes of after he was gunned down and that he was obviously already dead when he arrived that he had no chance to survive the political. background of all this i think it's essential to think about at the moment today you've just mentioned that we had scheduled a meeting a very important meeting of technical talks between a damien's and serbs then brussels and that was canceled right away and that was the first major to improve so it should improve the situation the living conditions on the ground between a damien's and ethnic serbs in kosovo the first time after one year so i think if we think about this a little bit more we find the motives behind that murder so the timing is very

significant who was all over of on of it and why was he significant he was a moderate he was a counterpart of the international community somebody everybody could talk to he was repressed scenting the serbs in northen mitra to that were eager to find solutions in this very difficult situation between ethical damien's and ethnic serbs in the north and kosovo town and he was he was convicted for war crimes but the appeal court. this is this verdict late as they were he was a free man for now and many had hoped that he continues the works for pays in that former serbian province so in that sense i must say this is this is of a shock for everybody who is affiliated with that region and briefly if you can what is death mean for peace in kosovo the u.s. the united states just issued a travel warning for north and middle of its only two days ago that says a lot i think we have to observe that situation very closely more trouble can can

occur after that of that killing did these francom reporting on the story for us thank you very much for joining us in studio thanks for having. turning now to a disturbing story out of california or police say they have freed thirteen siblings who are allegedly imprisoned by their own parents the victims range in age from two years to twenty nine police say they were alerted by a teenage daughter who managed to escape and call nine one one. authorities were shocked at what they found hidden in this quiet suburb describing him a seated captives in foul smelling surroundings with padlocks and shackles. neighbors described the family as reclusive the children nearly invisible. they were the type that you didn't really get to know anything about them they were very good themselves and it says childish so they only kept to themselves. and the only time you would see him you would never see them in person you would never see

anyone come outside all you are really see is that. they go out maybe make a grocery run and that was about it. parents david and louise turpin were arrested after one of their children broke free and managed to find a cell phone to alert the police the couple are now prisoners themselves being charged with torture and child endangerment. but photos posted by the couple on facebook in two thousand and sixteen portray a happy family. authorities will now be asking what went wrong. in the time we live in and it's unfortunate to see that it's actually heartbreaking for the staff and. it's just it's unbelievable what you see. this thirteen children are now receiving treatment in hospital. their parents are set to appear in court on thursday. earlier today we spoke with valentino martelly

a freelance journalist in los angeles we asked her if it is known what kind of care the children are now receiving. full first of all of the sheriff the part of man that made no further information available beyond the news releases but a schedule area news conference for today at ten in the morning so that's where we will have a little bit more news that understanding of what happened inside that horror how the sirens go on certain the thirteen the victim or claim to be starving they were fat and needed to local hospital child protective services and adult protective services ever been also assisting in the investigation investigators also have asked that anyone with information on the case contacts them the parents first of all were and able to immediately provide a logical reason why there were children who were with strain in that matter that's what the sheriff official had sat in the news release. there is no really i'm the

standing the neighbors are rarely see the kids when they were seen the kids it was for some random moment when they were going in the car some of them didn't even know the kids were existing and yet the family are as many wives that david had inter been and now lu is an interpreter and that have both been arrested and now they are in jail with a bail set at nine million each. posted several picture as you mention of a happy family also taking trips to disneyland and let's take this. valentino martelly speaking to us earlier from los angeles now palestinian leaders have voted to suspend ties with israel the palestinian liberation organization's central council announced that it will no longer adhered to existing agreements with israel including the also peace accords the council's the second highest decision making body in the palestine territories it wants israel to recognize

a palestinian state the meeting came in response to u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital now to some other stories making news around the world bangladesh says it has agreed with me and maher on a plan to repatriate more than six hundred fifty thousand grow him muslim refugees to me and mar over the next two years i mean mars to allow the world to apply for citizenship the un refugee agency warned it is essential refugees only be returned voluntarily pope francis has begged forgiveness from catholics in chile who have abandoned their faith the pontiff made his remarks in a meeting with president michel bustling chile has the lowest approval rate for kept catholicism in all of south africa south america rather following a series of scandals involving pedophile priests. at least nine construction workers have been killed in colombia after half of an unfinished bridge collapsed the deck in a supporting tower tumbled nearly three hundred meters into

a canyon near the capital but without the bridge was part of a major new highway due to open in march authorities are investigating the cause of the collapse. and danish prosecutors have charged the submarine builder peter madsen with murdering the swedish journalist tim wall her body was recovered from the baltic sea after months and submarine sank last august that's and says she died in an accident police later raised the submarine they believe he scuttled it to destroy evidence. libya's coast guard has rescued around four hundred migrants stranded in several locations off its coast in the mediterranean sea they had placed distress calls after claiming to experience engine trouble libya is one of the key routes for middle eastern and african migrants trying to enter europe illegally. french president emanuel mccall has addressed security forces in calais on migration policy including plans to create a better system for people entering the country mcconkey of the speech just days

before a meeting to discuss border controls with britain our earlier on tuesday he visited a migrant center where he spoke to staff and asylum seekers he's pledged to speed up the processing of asylum applications and ensure those people rejected will be dealt with quote more firmly. d.w. is lisa lewis has been following this story for us hi lisa what more did the president my contact on in his speech earlier today. well president matt carter was there to deliver the message that the color region is back on track actually to getting back to normality he says that the economy is growing again that unemployment is going down companies are making more profits after years of stigmatization because of the mike and situation and he also said that the number of migrants had gone down considerably especially since the jungle was dismantle about a year and a half ago that's the case at the time but you know half ago there were up to eight

thousand people so to say living there in color waiting to get through to the u.k. now they're about five hundred to six hundred and in mind that can't be used one word at several times that's what am passed which means dead and in english he wants to say that my considered be going to color any more that there's no way to get through to the u.k. but that at the same time the government will keep providing shelter for those that get there and will approve keep providing the necessary good living conditions for them obviously eight associations wouldn't necessarily agree on that right so the number of asylum seekers has a fallen dramatically but has the situation actually really improved in calais. not really at the moment it's cold it's freezing it's raining and apparently according to a yes associations two of which have now press charges for that the police are confiscating taking away tents and sleeping bags on a regular basis from migrants because the government wants to prevent

a new jungle from springing up that's what the president said today in his speech as well and eight associations are saying that the police are eating treating it really treating it migrants in a in a bad way say to say the president also saying that france's are working on tightening immigration law what changes are being made. absolutely france is at the moment working on a new law that will get through parliament in the coming months and they want to shorten the delays for asylum applications and also for appealing to rejections of asylum applications again n.g.o.s are saying at this is not a fair treatment really because at the french administration is so slow that in many cases it will be impossible to stick to these delays so migrants are likely to be extracted before actually having the possibility to apply for asylum in the future this all comes ahead of talks that mccaw scheduled to hold with of the british prime minister theresa may on security and migration what can we say come

out of that. not call it in his campaign is election campaign has pledged to renegotiate the treaty and we understand that france and the u.k. are at this very moment negotiating on an amendment or a new treaty really that is to say at the moment they say this to keep treaty which means that the british border is effectively in france and british border patrols in france in color and in paris at the eurostar and france wants to negotiate certain terms of the streets so that the u.k. treats more quickly asylum applications from those that are entitled to asylum in the case that is minors or people that are supposed to be reunited with the family and also france is asking for more money to put in place all these security measures in color and in paris. usually solos reporting from paris thank you lisa. now four time olympic champion simone biles says she was sexually abused by the

former team usa gymnastics sports dr larry nasser the american artistic gymnast and star of the two thousand and sixteen rio games released an emotional statement on twitter saying she is quote not afraid to tell her story anymore in december nasser was jailed for sixty years for possessing child sex abuse images and will be sentenced this week over two cases in which he admits to assaulting female gymnast's more than one hundred thirty women have filed civil lawsuits against him alleging abuse. you're watching news ben and we'll have your business update in a minute but for now we'll leave you with music from the irish rock band the cranberries lead singer dolores o'riordan has died at the age of forty six this is one of her band's biggest hits linger from one nine hundred ninety three thanks for watching.

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