darkness' city's. starting march tenth. this is the the news live from gunshots in cali as clashes between migrants leave people critically injured french police organized gangs of violence which the country's interior minister says is unprecedented the french for city is a magnet for people trying to reach britain illegally also on the program. for a special report from inside the latest flashpoint in syria's civil war we take you

on the ground in africa to meet people caught up in the fighting and the mothers facing a daily battle to stop their children joining the ever growing list of casualties. plus a grim warning from germany's chancellor as she heads into fresh coalition talks i'm going to go since there are still major differences between her party and its potential partners the social democrats as next week's deadline for forming a government draws perilously close to find out what germans are making of this protracted political drama. welcome to the program the french government has sent police reinforcements to the northern port city of cali after clashes broke out between migrants the city serves as a gateway for illegal migration into britain more than twenty people were injured at least for us said to be in a critical condition with gunshot wounds police say violence broke out between

afghan and eritrean migrants waiting for food handouts authorities are blaming the unrest on organized gangs no arrests have. inmate. let's get the latest from t.w. correspondent. who's a. welcome gaoled what have you been saying. filled business as usual i would say for the hundreds of fresh few g.'s here in the city of kelly at night they try to hop on a find up on to or try to find some way on to a truck destined for the u.k. and cheering the day basically it's a hide and seek play with the police other trying to get some sleep in those towns but you can see behind me at freezing temperatures they're trying to find some food we're on the side of one of the clashes from last night and things have calmed down now a lot but

a lot of refugees told me they're still in fear that they might see you know further violence so tell us about last night's clashes and gaoled who was fighting whom over walks. i talked to a number of refugees today and what they have told me is that it all started out with a fight between merry trillions and afghans and what really happens here in cali is as the security is becoming tighter and tighter it's getting more and more difficult to get onto one of those trucks is that the different groups here are and that is mainly have afghans people from from iran or you know or you rock and the africans are fighting for the best places to get on on to those trucks and i talked to a number of them and it's basically a gunfight that has broken out that's this month they have to say. headed. you

know. then we'll come to him in hit people love going to stand. and order will keep and so on the stand yesterday we could have inch because if you continue let me just we lose our life you know so we need to stop this yesterday with a kind of injury like this so you're fighting for the best places to get on a truck yeah if you. if you need. to maybe we hope to get tippett but you know it's you know much. ago glasses when francis interior minister. has talked of organized the gangs being behind this violence what organized gangs is he talking about. well there were about six of those organized gangs that were dismantled throughout the past past year and the police forces are smaller still investigating now no other another other groups

on that respect and it is really the case is not i talked to a number of people who said look i have zero money i can't even afford to pay a gang that could take me to some place but still i need to find a way on the trucks and those trucks stop only in certain parts of town or parts that are particularly suited and then you have of course organized crime which is sometimes by micros themselves but also by other people who have x.x. li come in and organize the transport now one of them told me today that if of course they pay and then if it doesn't work they won't get a refund so some of the some of people have been here for months stuck waiting for their child's all waiting for one of the people smugglers to help them out. in cali . let's let's move. on here we spoke with. a journalist who is following

this story. at least not to people if they had dad and i feel drawn to the mediterranean sea for a boat capsized three people are known to have survived well ten bodies have been found on beaches in libya and so the most of the people aboard were originally from pakistan people smugglers continue to operate out of libya a lot the number of migrants crossing to europe has dropped since the e.u. pressurized authorities there to crack down. spoke with not feed a moderate journalist who's following the story he spoke to us from doha. writes largely assume that migrants a lot of the illegal migrants were travelling. on the side can board or were member of. pakistanis who were employed in north african countries since they got to me it started to be you know. a big big jump run across the political situation and why

limbs they wanted to escape to do their european countries and their lodging they were from libya and tunisia that's what is assumed. conjecture indian style is that there have been some humor striking the wreckage that if you know breaking bringing people in old we don't count the guy taking those orders we don't see him and you. african you know you're like years to to enter your home that's what we know so far. those journalist. who's been following the story from doha to a special report not documenting the horrors of life and a war zone dozens of civilians who are fit to been killed in less than two weeks in the syrian region of afrin says turkey battles to expel kurdish fighters our next report takes me into the heart of the city to meet the people whose lives are being

torn apart by this conflict. this cellar is their only protection from the airstrikes a descent into darkness and misery this woman says her family's house just southwest of affray in has been reduced to a pile of rubble. that the colossal i pod my children from the debris and by the grace of god we were able to save them and came here. a lot of. video taken on thursday by kurdish activists purportedly shows destroyed homes in the center of our freend. sixty civilians have died since operation olive branch was launched ten days ago according to officials here. the number of injured grows by the day this clinic treats patients with grave injuries including children. we are currently treating sixty nine people we perform various operations including

limitations and abdominal surgery. done of go to the good on the infrastructure in the district of african has been severely disrupted by the airstrikes this historic temple was also completely destroyed the local government is hoping the international community will come to their aid. so let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world a man who deliberately drove into a group of muslim worshippers in london has been jailed for a minimum of forty three years down osborne was convicted of killing one man after plotting a valley into people near finsbury park mosque in june the judge said he had been motivated by hatred. police in kenya have fired tear gas at opposition protesters after their barricaded a main road in nairobi protesters are angry as a government crackdown which followed the mock inauguration of opposition leader raul a danger demanding kenya's three main t.v.

channels be allowed back on air the channels were banned after their plan to broadcast the mocking organization. russia has been marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the red army is victory at stalingrad a military parade was held in the city now known as volgograd a battle between the serviette union and nazi germany is considered to be a turning point of world war two german chancellor angela merkel has warned that there are still major differences between her party and have potential coalition partners the social democrats the two parties enter into formal coalition talks this weekend have until early next week to end a months long battle to form a government and people here in germany appear to be getting weary a new poll released today indicates that many germans doubt whether the chancellor's hope for grand coalition will happen and even if it does the poll found that less than half the country would actually supported the numbers are even worse for her potential partners the social democrats germany sense of left party is looking at its lowest

ever approval ratings. germany social democrats need to regroup there's still the second largest party in parliament but their standing has been flagging since the party's poor election results last september the latest polls suggest if people voted now chancellor angela merkel's conservatives would score thirty three percent of the vote far ahead of the s.p.d. which would get only eighteen percent. and that's just four points ahead of the far right alternative for germany party which would score fourteen percent the business friendly f.t.p. would score ten percent the greens and the left party eleven percent each the center left s.p.d. recently agreed to formal talks with chancellor merkel's conservatives with the aim of forming another grand coalition public opinion on the prospect is mixed and to do this means a standstill nothing will get done it's a lame compromise thing for i think it's crucial for germany that the two parties

unite said when i was hoping for a different result less than half of those polled forty six percent approve of a grand coalition government fifty two percent disagree but just over half still think chancellor merkel should keep her job fifty one percent of german surveyed felt good or very good about the chancellor remaining at the helm while forty six percent had a less favorable opinion of her leadership as a head i would have liked to see a change but you can bridge when i support the chancellor we have no other choice. both parties will meet this weekend for further talks but even if they're successful in forming a coalition there's not much enthusiasm for it on the streets. of football and in germany's bundesliga cologne to welcome back a former coach into sterger as prosser dortmund to visit for the first game of much

to twenty while the austrian enjoyed a successful spell in cologne but he'll be taking no prisoners as his new side continue their assault on the champions league spot. a game like no other tell peter stoga described this evening as league clash in cologne the dortmund coach arrives back at his old club tonight two months after getting the sack the man who led cologne back to his league and european action is looking forward to his return . we have. to visit the stadiums it's a game like no other. since arriving in the room valley stood as of a scene an upswing in dorman's fortunes a team that was floundering under former coach peter boss will move up to second with a win it will be the club's first match since the departure of pierre emerick obama a young still believes new signing mitchie batch y.-e. is ready to step in. the thing at this. believe it is easier first central striker than for a defensive player. because the guys who play in attack goals. you

can do that can do it's any club to chop with the discount on the can of the some of them are for you can group the cologne things remain bleak but a win will lift them out of the relegation zone for the first time this season coach different written by his refusing to be distracted by the return of his predecessor from a. huge event against one of the best teams in europe. c'mon chuffed and they are tough apart and for me to coach against. my much have to coach and. everything else that comes with it is not so important. is for me. if we can crash to his homecoming parade it will be another positive step towards safety. every year thousands of people gathered to hear his weather prediction and today fill the groundhog has given his wintry forecast. werner to go. so according to the rodent prophet will be no spring

this year every year on the second of february phillies hold out of barrow in the town of supporting in pennsylvania if he casts a shadow winter continues if not spring with me it's worth pointing out however the famous groundhog isn't always right.