french police send in reinforcements after a violent gun battle between rival groups of migrants and kalai. the father of three of the. victims tries to attack the former usa gymnastics doctor as he appears in court. the u.s. president has attacked the leadership of the f.b.i. accusing the agency of being biased against him while investigating his alleged links to russia donald trump tweeted the top leadership and investigators of the f.b.i. and the justice department of politicizing. the sacred investigation probe process in favor of democrats and against republicans something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago rank and file are great. when it comes as the white house is expected to authorize the release of a controversial memo alleging f.b.i. bias towards president trump the document was commissioned by republican devan una's who heads the house intelligence committee and was part of the trunk campaign it reportedly accuses the f.b.i. and the justice department of misleading a judge while seeking to extend a surveillance warrant against former trump a carter page las

and the french government is sending more riot police to the port of kalai after a violent gun battle between rival refugees five people were hospitalized as eritreans and afghans fought for more than two hours over food handouts the government says it will now take control of food distribution from a groups. he stayed out of there more news at the top of the next hour twenty five minutes. it's seven in the morning on the river that forms the border between what's amala mexico.

and the french government is sending more riot police to the port of kalai after a violent gun battle between rival refugees five people were hospitalized as are trains and afghans fought for more than two hours over food handouts the government says it will now take control of food distribution from a groups. to say that is there more news at the top of the next hour twenty five minutes. at seven in the morning on the river that forms the border between guatemala and mexico these men and women come from salvador honduras nicaragua they're crossing the river into mexico illegally but have another destination in mind the united states every year more than a million people flee the poverty of their own countries and try their luck on this road to what some call the impossible dream on the mexican side the military tones a blind eye for a few dollars the greenback is the illegals only passport. to reach the border with texas they have to cross the whole of mexico a journey of two and a half thousand miles and a journey which for most heading north begins at the at a jaga railroad station

for migrants are fighting for their lives after being shot during a giant brawl and kalai twenty two people were hospitalized with injuries after three separate fights that drew hundreds of migrants the port city of cali serves as a gateway to britain many migrants camped out there in hopes of stowing away and. desperate migrants pitted against each other. in this case africans mainly from eritrea versus afghans the most serious fighting broke out at a food distribution center shots were fired but it's unclear by whom one man told the w. there are tensions over access to people smugglers who arrange passage through the channel tunnel to england that appears to be fueling group rivalries. if you see black people. but. we don't know. these are police. to be stopped but after the brawl police reinforcements and france's interior minister was on the scene as well he said smugglers were growing more sophisticated despite police efforts to get rid of them. there may have been some unpremeditated events in the past but now we see that there are gang leaders who gather others around them say

kalai is probably best known for the jungle ruling my growing camp with thousands of people living in squalor eight conditions it was dismantled back in two thousand and sixteen but still my quince come to a feeling that one day they will be able to cross the channel to get to the u.k. by the latest incident comes just weeks after the french president emanuel knock on the proposed a draft bill that would tighten current migration policy legislation would make it easier to deport undocumented newcomers who do not qualify for asylum it would also increase the length of time for these can detain illegal migrants from forty five days to ninety france received a record one hundred thousand applications for asylum last year and that does it for me i will be back in about thirty four minutes with a full look at your news your watching our international. fight for many players over the years so i know the game and so i got. the ball isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the families it's the age of the super manager killian erroneous expen

hundred migrants and asylum seekers are thought to still be living following the dismantlement of the kalai jungle camp france's interior minister visited the city earlier who called the violence there unimaginable. i came to carry because what happened here is extremely serious we have reached a degree of violence not known until today the government will propose a bill in the coming weeks to try and help asylum and immigration problems. and the clashes come just weeks after the french president emmanuel micron's proposed a draft bill that would tighten current migration policy the legislation would make it easier to deport undocumented newcomers who do not qualify for asylum it would also increase the length of time or thirty's can detain illegal migrants for from forty five days to ninety france received a record one hundred thousand applications for asylum just last year. clashes have broken out between palestinians and israeli security forces in east jerusalem the palestinian liberation organization called for a major day of rage. not unrest that you can see that again in a palestinian

balance had broken out in the french port city of kalai where migrants have been fighting at banks at least five refugees have been shot and are in critical condition the city was once home to the infamous migrant jungle camp france's interior minister made an urgent visit to calais calling the. situation imaginable. i came to carry because what happened here is you serious we have reached a degree of violence not known until today the government will propose a bill in the coming weeks to try and help asylum an immigration problem. the fighting lasted for almost two hours and reportedly involved over one hundred afghan eritrean refugees using improvised weapons the incident marks another low point in my crisis after those seeking asylum in the e.u. or u.k. remained in cali when the jungle was dismantled local organizations are estimating that around eight hundred illegal migrants are still there. late cuban revolutionary leader fidel castro's eldest son has committed suicide according to cuban state media fidel castro diaz balart was sixty eight and it's reported that he had been batt

and atrocities a special court was set up to investigate the cause of those leadership many of them kalay veterans have spent the past six months trying to get rid of it although now they've agreed to it again not in the pound that everything how do you feel personally about. a possible indictment i'm very confident i am very proud on that what we did on all freedom for i think i don't know who's going to be prosecuted most of the pressure on kosovo's leaders has come from the united states what i do know is the special corps important because of a future both in domestic rule of law terms but also to demonstrate to the international community the cause of our can keep its word none of this diplomacy about a special court impresses silvana brink of h. . if they really wanted to do something they could have done it a long time ago the un plates had testimony that was still fresh but they wanted to hide the truth. and silvana as distrust is shared by many of those still waiting for any word on the fate of their loved ones andrew symonds al-jazeera gretchen. in kosovo. the new superhero movi

scary firearms were not in the united states here this is still a country where weapons are banned kalai is probably best known for the jungle ruling camp with thousands of people living in squalid conditions it was dismantled back in two thousand and sixteen but still my quince come to cali hoping that one day they will be able to cross the channel to get to the u k. the latest incident comes just weeks after the french president proposed a draft a bill that would tighten current migration policy the legislation would make it easier to deport documented newcomers who do not qualify for asylum you also increase the length of time authorities can detain illegal migrants for forty five to ninety days france received a record one hundred thousand applications for asylum last year. major police corruption scandal is unfolding in the u.s. city of baltimore with astonishing claims of wrongdoing continuing to emerge six former elite officers responsible for reducing gun crime have already pleaded guilty to running a criminal racket and four of them are now testifying against two other ex collea

five migrants are in hospital in northern france with gunshot wounds after a mass brawl in kalai police were called in as afghan and eritrean refugees fought for two hours on the outskirts of the city. returning now to our top story in the un report which says the saudi led coalition bears responsibility for deaths of yemeni children shall be a man too is the spokeswoman in yemen for the un's refugee agency she joins us by skype from santa good to have you with us when you have the youngest most vulnerable members of society become victims and targeted in this way what does that do to the humanitarian situation. well look at the humanitarian situation in yemen has been to security because the conflict it's not just affecting children it's affecting everyone who i mean it's affecting seventy five percent of the population so concerned is that as long as complete continues that we are going to see more and more. secure we're also going to see more and more humanitarian needs and rights as well so children or women the elderly people with this you can live on or not he's not suffering the

desperate refugees who continue to arrive each day in the hope of a better life natasha butler al-jazeera kalai at least two people have been killed and nineteen injured in a barrage of rocket attacks on towns on the turkish border with syria. turkish government says the rockets are fired from a kurdish enclave inside syria two weeks of intense fighting in the area since turkey launched an offensive to clear it of syrian kurdish forces known as the y.p. jean turkey says they want which is a terrorist group. and the wife g.'s accusing turkish backed fighters of mutilating and filming the corpse of a female kurdish fighter but more the pictures of the victim are circulating on social media she's understood to be a member of the all female kurdish women's protection units footed seen by al-jazeera appears to show free syrian army fighters standing over her body in a village near the turkish border. local media say air and artillery strikes in eastern guta have killed five people including a child further north an airstrike hit a vehicle carrying a family trying to escape the fighting in aleppo sou

abductions and atrocities a special court was set up to investigate but casillas leadership many of them kalay veterans have spent the past six months trying to get rid of it although now they've agreed to it again not even the brand then everything how do you feel personally about your position of a possible indictment i'm very confident i am very proud on that what we did on our freedom fighting i don't know who's going to be prosecuted most of the pressure on kosovars leaders has come from the united states what i do know is the special corps important because of the future both in domestic rule of law terms but also to demonstrate to the international community the cause of our can keep its word none of this diplomacy about a special court impresses silvana magic of each. if they really wanted to do something they could have done it a long time ago the un in place had testimony that was still fresh but they wanted to hide the truth. and silvana as distrust is shared by many of those still waiting for any word on the fate of their loved ones andrew symonds al-jazeera gretchen in kosovo. the

full refugees have been shot in the french forces here kalai after a fight broke out over a meal distribution the fight was returning eritrean and afghan refugees police moved in to break up the fight is not immediately clear how the four was shot several other people were injured in the also cation german politicians a voted to allow refugees to start bringing their closest relatives into the country later this share a decision it's hoped that will end the nation's political deadlock a two year suspension on family reunifications will be extended but then lifted from august the issue has been a major hurdle in the ongoing talks between angela merkel's christian democrats and the opposition social democrats in forming a new government's twelve thousand libyans are being prevented from returning to their homes after being displaced for the past seven years armed men forced them to turn around as they tried to reach to work at a small town near the coastal city of misrata the family is originally fled their homes during the twenty eleven uprising against colonel gadhafi human rights watch says

as possible leaders have connections to the former armed group the kalay the gospel liberation army can these people represent serbs. that's not easy and it's not happening i mean if i would be. any minority in that country and i have leads as that were on the other side at the time i had difficulties to huff and in and pays you see them on t.v. every day every evening in prime time news no i doubt it but that's not the only problem the main problem is that these people are still governing the country and the change of generation to generation change is still not happening there are many people who are outraged to the other side the other ethnic groups groups or groups but it's their time to get power to get into offices and this is done what's happening that's the problem that ok you know serbia politically has staked a claim to bringing stability to this region can it do that alone doesn't need the you but it needs e.u. but it's not in its neighbors that part of europe was always stable when it was integrated in a system yugoslavia what it was such an example but the e.u. would be the

now going to take control of food distribution from aid groups hundreds of migrants a gathered near kalai which is the closest town on the european mainland to the united kingdom and sent this update from cali. where the french interior minister was talking about organized gangs early he said that he believed organized gangs were behind some of the policies that we threw in cali on thursday and what he's talking about what many people here have been talking about for many months now and that is the fact that people smugglers and traffickers are increasingly operating in this area targeting the refugees who want to try and reach the u.k. the security is extremely high here in cali so you can pay a looking towards people smugglers and we spoke to refugees who said that they had experienced people smugglers they had met them they knew they were operating now the thing is very alarming to people here is the fact that we are now talking about all and weapons being used on thursday shots were fired by eritrean refugees were heard and that means that the level of violence has escalated those are

desperate refugees who continue to arrive each day in the hope of a better life with a potluck al-jazeera kalai. still ahead on al-jazeera the exiled former president of the maldives he says he'll run again after the supreme court orders the release of nine political prisoners. the big names joining the french president in senegal and their big pledges to fix education. and in sports training open champion a carline was an iraqi is brought back down to us. well i'm led to believe that punxsutawney phil saw his shadow on groundhog day card to play that would look at the amount of clout that we do have here but yeah that did brighten up in pennsylvania enough for the ground hope to lead us to believe that we will have six more weeks of winter certainly and with a good chance of six more days of winter minus one the top temperature in new york minus six and also a fair amount of snow coming in across the northern plains and they will towards the rockies and that will continue to spill its way further east which as we go through sunday said it cold enough for the super bowl on sunday and temperatur