This is al jazeera. Live from studio fourteen Harrod Al Jazeera headquarters and. Youre watching the news grid. In Papua New Guinea a police have forced Asylum Seekers out of a decommissioned prison camp they refuse to leave about fifty were taken away in buses but more than three hundred remain saying that they fear for their safety we hear the very latest from our reporter on the scene. Also on the great man agrees to take thousands of wrecking jail refugees who fled to bangladesh at least six hundred thousand have a state since the military crackdown began in august well delve into the details and the role the u. S. 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So that you know where the news grid live on air and streaming online for you tube Facebook Live on aljazeera dot com now police in Papua New Guinea have raided a former australian run prison camp on menace island and have forcibly removed about sixty refugees the facility was closed three weeks ago and authorities cut power and Water Supplies but more than four hundred refugees refused to leave and have continued protesting inside undertows reports now from minus sign and. The police came in early in the morning more than three weeks after the former australian. Prison at its power and water supply cut off refugees who are refusing to leave say they were peacefully resisting but the police hit them with sticks and stones after twenty three days surviving on rain water and small amounts of smuggled in food the refugees weakened by hunger say that at least two men collapsed or were knocked unconscious in the rate Police Seized mobile phones to stop the refugees posting more videos and photos the flow of information became a trickle one refugee managed to speak to aljazeera before his phone was confiscated. Immigration law. Only short for. Oh i thought for a few would you. Be gracious not. For me. Everything about sixty refugees were loaded onto buses and taken away aljazeera filmed them as they sped along the road into town refugees shouted help to us from an open window. A delegation from International Humanitarian organizations who are visiting man a silent promised access to see conditions in the former prison on thursday following the raid they were told their visit was off. There is the thing to close and here am i later of Civil Society can even get in and from a democratic nation under the rule of law who for thirty years has gone to lots of disasters and humanitarian situations and im not allowed to visit we were told to though there was no way wed be allowed past the checkpoint on the way to the prison. The men taken out brought here to lauren the main town on the island they knew accommodation is near and australias government says its ready for them and they should have moved in weeks ago but ive seen some of the accommodation and the still heavy machinery working on it and we tried to film a new home from a nearby road so private security contract stopped us this is the accommodation of the refugees are moving to the Australian Government says its ready to go for. That because there are trucks there its clearly still being worked on but the state of the new camp isnt the major issue for the refugees our protest our resistance is. The main reason is because. We want our freedom we didnt come from. They fear being dumped and what they see is merely an alternative to jail still on a Remote Island and the Australian Government takes no responsibility for it at all Andrew Thomas al jazeera on matter side in Papua New Guinea. Now tell you what if you want to get a refugee view of whats going on a very Current Situation this is the twitter page of bear is it you heard from him hes an iranian journalist a refugee young man assad we just saw him in one package he was arrested and later released and he describes events pretty much as happening right now so thats well worth looking at a facebook question thats just come in about manners from. Where do they expect these refugees to go and will the us. Straining government make preparations to return them to their homes so very important question to be answered there and ongoing all the time and we want to hear from you about these stories to keep in keep those questions coming in the senate all your comments to any one of our Online Platforms you can tweet us at a. J. English or on facebook at facebook dot com a. J. 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News grid now has agreed to take back hundreds of thousands of revenge of muslims who fled the Army Crackdown in western iraq hind state since august the government has signed a deal with bangladesh where refugees found temporary shelter this agreement comes after weeks of International Pressure on me and miles leadership its an hour from scott hide in the im gone after days of negotiating bangladeshs foreign minister Abdul Hassan Mahmud ali and myanmar leader on song suchi reach an agreement on a repatriation plan for the ranger who fled Rakhine State over the last three months the memo of understanding was signed in a foreign minister Level Working Group created as the leaders reached agreement some of the hundreds of thousands of for him to refugees who fled the violence spoke of their concern about how the repatriation will work. I dont think we did they discriminate against us because we are muslim and rango if they accept us as running is and give us full citizenship and allow us to live in peace and harmony then we will consider returning obviously the fight we have really suffered they have committed so many atrocities against us killed many of my family members been to homes and taken our land if they give us equal rights citizenship and security then we will consider going back added pressure on myanmar to move forward with the red crisis coming from washington a week after his visit to the country u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson called the Army Crackdown in rakhine ethnic cleansing thats the first time the troubled ministration has used that description in his first visit to the capital neighbored or last week to listen call the events in rakhine as just horrific he also said an impartial independent investigation is needed. Russias ambassador to me on maher says the ethnic cleansing label is unhelpful and an independent investigation is not acceptable for me and more so many young gone agree but ill maybe going on you when you know in my opinion the statement by the u. S. Secretary of state is one sided hes meddling in our countrys affairs. Even though a repatriation agreement has been reached its not clear how quickly the refugees were turned to myanmar not to mention of theyll be going back to the villages they were a victim from or even if many villages which were left in flames still exist its got harder Al Jazeera Young gone. I just want to show you some really excellent work for a mile a web team here at aljazeera dot com an interactive explaining all about the range of prices that theyre showing me and more in bangladesh theres Rakhine State there in red with the euro fleeing from northwest across bangladeshs border into coxs bazaar right there and thats where refugee populations have been swelling all the time in makeshift refugee camps set up where more than six hundred thousand as weve been hearing and fled into bangladesh could be about to get. Well if you scroll down of those pages you can also see a map of the wider region showing numbers that have fled since the nine hundred seventy s. Began a long time this story totals more than a million and shows where theyre living now in countries right across that region now Syrian Opposition groups meeting in the saudi capital have renewed that demand for the removal of president Bashar Al Assad to begin any transition process for a solution says the governing body could include members of the government saudi arabia which backs the Syrian Opposition says the aim of the conference is to unify various factions ahead of negotiations in geneva on shoes day speak now to really suffer whos a professor of Political Science at how id been at university and catherine was a member of the Syrian National council for Political Office joining us now here welcome to the show whats your assessment of where we are at now the opposition is still saying they do not want assad to be part of the transition but the reality is that is going to stay there for a while at least. This is what things look look like at this point because what whats what we have seen in the. Conference is one step closer to meeting the demands and the plan of the russians which is to keep really at least. In the short run but there is no guarantee that he would not be continuing in office so yes there was a reference to removal of said as a desired but it looks it looks like from the language is negotiable at this point right so this is a unified stance and that could make the difference. Well i think it you know it is good that the opposition have kept together some important. You know post but clearly. The communique seems to present a unified platform but still there is a lot of division internally and different vision of how the political solution will look like for example the bus called the more mosque or platform led by the regime in sames to to see to refusing that the essential step down but rather he should stay on the run for office in the next elections has come up with is this concept of the Peace Congress so theres that and im also interested know where the u. S. Fits into all of this. What it looks like to us really this point is focusing on fighting. And now making sure that dash will not come back and so the trumpet mistakes will latch key forces in Northern Syria where the forces now. Are staged. But it seems that there is a touch you know theres an acceptance of the russian solution and there is a clear position and trump has been very outspoken about did that assad has to remain at this point he said you know we know he is a war criminal but but were not going to push for his of stuff all right larry great to get your perspective on this and very much appreciate it thank you very much indeed for joining us here in the studio plenty more on our Program Inside story and you can find that its all about the rocky road to a peaceful settlement and pose the question is the war in syria almost over its presented by my colleague laura carle inside story interesting lineup of guests that just go to al jazeera dot com and go to the shows tab and select inside story ok lets take a look at the the multi view here and see whats going to be voted may have putin is speaking there and various other events taking place including a rather large giant inflatable firemen from somewhere im not sure exactly where that is but lets go straight to london Felicity Barr is standing by. I then act like so much were going to start in yemen thats where the Main International airport hasnt reopened despite the Saudi Led Coalition saying it would the military alliance announce they would be allowing humanitarian aid into san our airports and the seaports of the data theyve been facing increasing pressure from the u. S. And u. N. To lift the blockade ports were closed to weeks ago after who the rebels fired a missile at the saudi capital riyadh the u. N. And aid agencies say the measures could lead to mass starvation will general goldbrick is the u. N. Humanitarian coordinator in yemen and he told us that requests to be made to offload days with no response. Well i was going to see them and you know some and from the coalition to see them they were there and of course all humanitarian cargoes to come in and we also hear her or her son was also because of the. Quest and to bring sensible. Diet and so the four grain of loading with the same time for the sun here or for you in an international passengers. Well we were told that the northern gauge received a says twelve oclock on the twenty third which is today so we incurred in their obligations for a quest for the ships to come into the ports and also for flights to come in and to deliver medical material to some and also to bring it to National Stuff so we were going through the normal procedures to get aboard overnight and we all flew those planes can resume to more and more for that we some of the ports as well as north acacias or the actual operation. Started but there has been a lot going on because they know how it is a little more from nations days and from the un itself the thing thats where we are today and there was a letter from the second general which said that they want to the ports opened at the airport open and then the u. N. Grid send an International Team to the to discuss some of the concerns that are so ticklish and the team will be dispatched as soon as we get the green light to see that back we were in the not just the humanitarian side of things it was also commercial issues that we need the fuel shortage in the countries very severe and we want to try measuring the fuel is also a comedy to this part of this as by the stoical addition to our operations to continue. Now the Lebanese Group hezbollah has held Prime Minister saad hariri star turned to the country saying it will help lebanon return to normal really shocked the country when he announced he was stepping down while in saudi arabia this month hes since returned to be a very. Old saying the political crisis is a wake up call for lebanese citizens to unite and put Country First and a whole has been talking to people in beirut to get that take on what has been a dramatic few weeks the political crisis has eased but the main problem between the two Major Political alliances the pro and pro hezbollah camps has not gone away hezbollahs arms and the groups decision to militarily intervene in conflicts beyond lebanons borders have long divided the lebanese political differences that are unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. I believe an agreement can be reached to stick to the disassociation policy lebanon should stay away from all the conflicts of the arab region we need a new disappear because of politics. Just like. The ball game somebody is playing with them all controlling them. Three weeks ago lebanon found itself yet again on the brink Prime Minister assad of how do you resigned while he was in saudi arabia it was unexpected even his closest aides were shocked to stay in the kingdom was mysterious many in lebanon including the president accuse saudi arabia of forcing him to resign and holding him hostage last week he left riyadh for paris after french mediation he came back to beirut late tuesday he then decided to suspend his resignation saying he wants to give time for dialogue so what happened many here believe it was not an internal lebanese affair can he do when you can be a major power. Small opposed to avoid direct conflicts which is the case between iran and saudi they each supporting small groups in lebanon to fight their battles for example the saudis are using Prime Minister hariri to pressure iran and hezbollah. Another month they have eighteen six hereon groups and many of them are supported by foreign powers and none of them are sticking to dissociation policy here nor are they working for the interests of Lebanon Security and political sources have told aljazeera that zimbabwes former president Robert Mugabe has been granted immunity from prosecution they say the deal was brokered as part of his resignation guaranteeing his safety in zimbabwe and letting him avoid. The same gobby stated that he wants to die in his home country or thats it for me here in london back to doha and tonight for say thank you very much thank you yes now as foreign minister says his country is committed to eradicating terrorism of all kinds of Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman Al tani was speaking at a counterterrorism conference in London Saudi ArabiaUnited Arab Emirates egypt and bahrain cut off ties with cancer back in june of course accusing it of supporting terrorism. But that it wants constantly. To seek a new collective approaches to the global threat on terrorism and a changing. Since two thousand and four but that it took aggressive steps to cut of