And im not matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes as lebanon calls for the return of its Prime Minister from saudi arabia the International Community wants conflict could lead to further instability in the region. Refugees refusing to leave man a silent by saturday i want theyll be forcibly removed. The head of the Roman Catholic church denounces Nuclear Weapons as he hosts an International Conference on disarmament. As Sexual Harassment allegations continue to bring down public figures of the weinstein scandal will also change alternately peoples lives. The u. S. Has joined the u. N. And wading into lebanons political crisis calling for stability after the shock resignation of Prime Minister saad heidi how do you honestly was stepping down while he was in riyadh last saturday blaming interference from iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah but hezbollah as leaders says had quit under duress. Is accusing saudi arabia of detaining how dearly and not letting him return home u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has cautioned all sides to respect lebanons integrity and independence warning regional powers against using it as a venue for proxy conflicts and the u. N. Secretary general is warning that a new conflict in the region. Devastating consequences all this as citizens of saudi arabia bahrain begin to leave lebanon after being encouraged to do so by their governments reports from. Citizens of saudi arabia and its gulf allies visiting or living in lebanon are leaving its not the first time gulf countries tell their citizens it is not safe to stay lebanon has long been entangled in the saudi iranian power struggle across the region but the latest warning heightened tensions after the resignation of lebanons Prime Minister saad heavy but alongside the tensions there are growing signs of lebanese unity in what many see as saudi interference in their country so that it is resignation was sudden raising concerns about the circumstances behind the decision there is also concern about how to ease freedom of movement he may have been seen since he made the announcement in riyadh but the Prime Minister hasnt made any more statements lebanons president michel aoun believes how he is under house arrest he told saudi arabia the fear in beirut. That the circumstances of the resignation are an acceptable and how d. D. Should return immediately. How did his own Political Party made a similar to mount they didnt just suggest the Prime Minister is being held against his will but expressed concern that lebanons sunday community could be marginalized even further. And french and disappoint. As controlling their government and for controlling their destiny on the other hand today they are concerned about. How do you. So this is why yesterday there are two. How do you really should be a priority lebanon is a deeply divided country there is a pro saudi camp led by her which has long accused has been law of imposing irans agenda here there is a pro iran camp led by hezbollah which has long resisted demands to disarm and to withdraw its troops fighting alongside the syrian government. But even has below has added its voice to demands for heavy to return. The belief that the Prime Minister is being held against his will when i know not that. We have and we all the lebanese take this as an offense and any offense to the lebanese Prime Minister is an offense to all the lebanese even if he is our political adverse or. Hezbollah secretary general has an astrolabe was careful to avoid political escalation instead he accused saudi arabia of wanting to impose a new leadership in lebanon and start a war he called on the lebanese to avoid provocation and to stay away from the streets the political divide hasnt gone away but for now at least politicians are putting it aside there is a rare consensus for the need to unite at what many describe as dangerous times. Beirut well as we said earlier the u. S. Is urging all parties to respect to lebanons sovereignty this while other World Leaders look on with increasing along state Department Correspondent particle han reports from washington. Its the one question swirling around the worlds capitals what is going on with lebanese Prime Minister saad hariri he resigned his post well in saudi arabia does he want to be there or is he being held against his will by the french weighed in you know that he should i think you should ask him this we simply note that he resigned that you traveled to abu dhabi on the eve of president microns visit so we think he is free in his movements and it is up to him to make his choice at the u. S. State Department Thursday the answer was less clear we have seen him in terms of the conditions of him being held or the conversations between saudi arabia and the Prime Minister hariri i would have to refer you to the government of saudi arabia and also to mr hariri office for use of the conditions of him being held as he is he in detention well. Im not going to put that word behi im im not going to associate that word with that but where he is right now. She went on to say she couldnt even talk about where they met but her boss is sending a strong statement about what should come next secretary of state Rex Tillerson writing that the u. S. Respects the Prime Minister and sees him as a Strong Partner he went on to warn there is no place in lebanon for Foreign Forces and the u. S. Cautions against any party within or outside lebanon using lebanon as a venue for proxy conflicts an obvious message to saudi arabia but his boss u. S. President donald trump has been more willing in the past to give saudi arabia a green light to do what it wants it remains to be seen if that will apply to lebanon but at the United Nations growing alarm after saudi ordered its citizens to leave that country this is a matter of great concern to us and what we want is for peace to be preserved in lebanon. It is essential that no new conflict your ups in the region is going to have devastating consequences a critical time for a country wondering whats next for them and their leader political hane al jazeera washington. Is the director of the institute for gulf affairs in washington d. C. And he says how do these resignation as well as the threat of saudi military or economic action in lebanon well affect the whole region. It was interesting that today and i think lebanese people in this in these conditions kind of unite even the harry party have. Issued a statement regarding the fate of sadly harry who we all know from day one that he is his will and hes been held against his will in andrea no matter what the saudis are saying everybody in the world knows this and that unfortunately the world the United Nation the americans in the even the french president who was in riyadh yesterday did not raise an eyebrow about it i think this is going to be very bad for everyone because this rush measure and the address of major while we have the war in yemen and the situation with with qatar the blockade of qatar and we have this instability in the region adding fuel to fire does not help really and i think mohamed resettlement is best advised to try to calm down these fronts and focus on the internal issues that hes facing in saudi arabia would be best for everyone but really there is no benefit may be numbered as a man and his effort to become king has been told by the americans and the israelis if you attack hezbollah we will support you and it that could be the the measures against lebanon it could be basically a gift for israel for israel to have the support of mohammed. The u. N. Has told aljazeera theres no sign of any aid getting into yemen despite its warning that mass starvation could be just weeks away saudi arabia ordered a total closure of yemeni air land and sea ports earlier this week in response to a missile fired from rebel held territory in yemen an estimated twenty Million People are relieved of urgent help u. N. Says yemen stocks of fuel and vaccines will run out soon if ports stay shot. Over the last three days unicef has not been able to see in send in a single shipment of lifesaving supplies over the last week days we havent been able to send in a single staff member to continue the soap or that is so much needed today we need to tell the world that there are only four three weeks vaccines left in yemen the blockade needs to be lifted for the sake of boys and girls in yemen the blockade needs to be lifted not tomorrow and there are blockade needs to be lifted now the war on children in yemen needs to stop. Authorities in Papua New Guinea have started to dismantle makeshift shelters at the maleness island Refugee Detention Center hundreds of men remain barricaded inside papa new guinea has said it will arrest anyone whos still there on saturday i dont know holland has more. For almost two weeks they have refused to budge around six hundred refugees and Asylum Seekers living in the now closed to stray in prison camp on menace island in Papua New Guinea without water power food or sanitation because of the deleterious and you know. This video shows how conditions have deteriorated but the man insisted this is better than accommodation on offer in a nearby town they say its unsafe and fear attacks from local residents and police calls to at least two in the power and water back on the campaign has been ignored or thirtys their want them gone threatening in a written notice posted at the camp to use force to remove them if they dont leave on their own the United Nations all parties to find Peaceful Solutions we call on both governments australia as well as Papua New Guinea to exercise restraint not to use violence and to find ways and means to resolve the current tensions peacefully anybody want the men come mainly from the middle east in Southeast Asia fleeing poverty war and persecution and risking their lives in the hope of making it to a stray leah but israeli has refused to accept anyone trying to reach its shores by boat and for four years has paid proper new guinea to house the refugees official shut down the prison camp after pup a new Guinea Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to host such a camp probably new guinea says the Asylum Seekers and now a stray is responsibility but the straying government. Maintains it has no obligation because theyre not on its soil. The un his joined a chorus of criticism overstrain his response calling on the government to move them into safety in a stray year and to end its policy of same thing Asylum Seekers to offshore prison camps we have reported on the very dire conditions in the centers its now really high time to bring an end to these unconscionable human suffering while you are. The detainees at the camp admit theyre fearful of what might come but say they have no choice but to stay put for now. Yet all muslims live for us in sydney with the latest yet i was worried as many i was explaining that many of the men determined that theyre not going to move but the deadline is today saturday are people leaving. Well yes three people are leaving weve just heard from police that at least two hundred men have left the camp since services were cut off ninety people left on friday alone theyve sent in some more buses to evacuate men on saturday morning and we understand from pain to police that a handful of men have left although numbers exact numbers have yet to be confirmed now crucially paint a police have said that they will not be using force on saturday to remove the remaining men although its not clear if theyll use force in the coming days to remove them they said that the transfer of refugees from the camp to the Transit Centers has been going smoothly and they want that to continue although weve been speaking to some of the refugees who remain in the camp and they say that theyre fearful they are afraid that authorities will eventually use force to evacuate them because they insist they are not leaving they say its not safe for them to leave the camp because of previous attacks on refugees by locals now we understand from these refugees that helicopters have been flying over the camp all saturday morning and rob that is just adding adding to the already tense situation inside the camp. First and certainly you know thanks very much and. Only more heard on the news hour including. We remain ready willing to engage as. Quickly as. The European Union gives the u. K. A deadline to make concessions on braggs it all the whole process could be stalled. Polands Independence Day is highlighting the Political Polarization within the country. And senegal gets revenge as they make it through to next years world cup in russia the story later in the sport. Eleven pacific rim countries have reached a deal to proceed with the free trade Transpacific Partnership plan without the u. S. Canada mexico chile japan and vietnam the deal was reached on the sidelines of the ongoing Asia Pacific Economic cooperation summit in vietnam President Donald Trump took the u. S. Out of the original twelve nation agreement soon after he assumed office in january the d. P. P. Talks dont include china which is also attending the apec summit where wayns hay is joining me live from denying doing any more you know any more about this Free Trade Agreement that a excludes the us. Yes well certainly it was inevitable that on the sidelines of this a pig summit the last of the tool would be about the Transpacific Partnership the remaining eleven nations in that d. L. R. All apec members and there was a lot of hope that they would be able to get some sort of agreements going had to keep moving forward with the t p p of course without the u. S. But there have been complications and it seems that many of those last minute objections to deal have come from canada so with me now to discuss this a little more in depth as a former deputy canadian trade minister don campbell done what what exactly is canada canadas opposition to what were seeing at the moment in the tea people i think first of all counters in a fairly difficult position because canada in the midst of a very major nafta negotiation and the implications of a t p p on the nafta negotiation are an issue having said that. Some other countries are trying to roll back some of the disciplines that were included in the t p p. They have called for progressive in that youll find the word progressive being used in the language now for a progressive remit that includes an vironment includes gender equality that includes labor so those sorts of issues count of those also i understand im not part of the negotiating process any longer of account was also looking for some changes in the dispute settlement. Provisions of the agreement and i think that theres a more general. View among the t p p eleven that they may need to put in abeyance the intellectual property provisions which were largely driven by the United States when they were there so if these reports are true that deal has been reached in the early hours of saturday morning its probably from. The final agreement is if it is i dont think its near the final agreement people are talking now about Core Principles rather than agreement in principle of the whole agreement my concern of course is there has been a momentum developed large so that by japanese leadership and if that momentum is lost we may not find a t p p in the foreseeable future. And a lot of attention here also about donald trump and his attitudes towards trade as you mentioned canada dealing with that on a couple of different fronts do you think that the u. S. President is now giving trade a bad name because every time he makes a speech its in a negative connotation i think hes giving trade a very bad name i found that the content of the speech well the meet the usual nice. Niceties of. What he calls an indoor pacific which i find an interesting term to start with. The core of his speech is deeply troubling it rolls back i think you know seventy years of progress starting with. The have an a charter and the guy in the w t o and multilateralism largely led by the United States through the last seventy years and his approach of a bilateral set of arrangement goes back to a previous world of what i would call dog eat dog where the powerful prevail in agreements and others get left out i think this is a very very negative approach to trade and the real issue of course is not trade populism as has urged in the many of our societies in no small part because people feel they have been left out in terms of the economic progress and benefits of economic progress and trade is the easy scapegoat in all of this and probably a different difficult question to answer and a short oncet how do you handle that then as you say canada dealing with the United States with nafta and with the withdrawal from deep. So you can afford to simply walk away from the u. S. Particularly for a cunt country like canada which shares a border well its not just sharing