More than a century paved the way for more frequent heat waves. We begin with the unrest in thailand where thousands of antigovernment protesters have been cleared from outside the Prime Ministers Office in the capital riot police marched on to the streets after the government declared an emergency in the Early Morning banning large gatherings tensions flared as demonstrators rallied around the democracy monument in the heart of bangkok on wednesday Rights Groups say at least 6 protest leaders and dozens of others have been arrested well scott hyla joins us live now from outside Government House in bangkok thats been a hub for those protests scott so the streets looking pretty empty behind you now talk us through what happened earlier. Definitely there any other m. T. N. Even cleaned now you know about 5 hours ago that they were removed those protesters those hardcore protesters if you call them that a few 100 of them that stayed out around the Government House area overnight and then as you mentioned there and there was that emergency decree 4 am local time that allowed the riot police to clear them out because they acted law a rule that no more than 5 people can gather at one place so thats what they used to for them to leave not what had happened earlier on wednesday thousands of antigovernment protesters started at democracy monument which is about a kilometer and a half away from here really big big big crowds walking down an avenue going through several Police Checkpoints some physical some with just police there they were negotiated some checkpoints they actually broke through even moved the bus to make their way here around the Government House area then they stayed thousands of them stayed until the evening and then again as i mentioned a few 100 stayed throughout the night until they were peacefully removed by those riot police now one thing thats interesting is you know those protest leaders you had mentioned that 6 are now have now been arrested they were speaking on makeshift stages around the Government House they said to abide by the Police Orders and leave peacefully will be back so in other words theyre planning something further down the line as we can very well expect but the most important thing was even though theres a water truck here water cannon truck the most important thing is that it ended peacefully and that was something that both sides had said that they want to happen is that to maintain peace and they were able to do that there and so what happens now with the protest movement and will these arrests be seen as a setback for it. I think right now when you look at it you know throughout this whole several months of protests and it began in july in earnest it was kind of bubbling before that but you know weve seen large scale protests at least 4 of them over these last several months there have been arrests in the past theyre ongoing investigate. And there are ongoing trials for some of those arrests in the past you know we have these high profile high profile arrests just in the last several hours so this is something that the protest movement has seen before and it hasnt stopped them so i guess you can say that no its not going to be a major setback obviously its going to kind of derail things for the next couple of days if those protest leaders were going to be involved in specific meetings moving forward but right now we do know that the protests other leaders are still talking and theyre still communicating with their followers but right now we dont know if theres going to be another big event planned anytime real soon i would imagine after this large event and these arrests of the probably have to regroup but if its a setback if anything it might be a very small one but they continue to move forward or i just got hired at the thai capital bangkok scott thank you well for the last 3 months demonstrators in thailand have been calling for reform they want the removal of Prime Minister. Hes a former army general who came to power in a coup in 2014 and won a disputed election last year that also when parliament does old and new elections held that demanding the constitution drafted by the military be rewritten also included in their charter is an end to the intimidation of dissidents and a very sensitive demand thats been long unthinkable in thailand reform of the monarchy the king is widely revered and criticizing him and carry prison sentences of up to 15 years pub in public is an associate professor at the university of kyoto in japan he says protesters wont settle for anything less than reforms to the monarchy. Theyre north and that you know all this sort of them or not that has been sort of obsolete and because of their recent development in thailand that sort of allowed people to change that perception one of the main thing is when they look up to dat korean were knocking what youre on yes they are back to kenya is not responsible he has left people and it can be you know during during the crises of nike and adequate book prices and he means you enjoying his time in germany now becoming an issue with the german money and because of that i think for the protest its now time to talk about a serious the fall of what happened yesterday was something quite new a sparrow in a sense that this was the 1st to protest the game almost pressed to face the issue of the not even still needing that you know these have been documented before yes there was a royal wanted that sort of around a lot of the people who get still rolls through the rain in the car and then there was some messages you know being shouted at the queen and that sort of prowar you know just there and also the palace i believe that that led to the arrest and the crackdown at dawn this morning i dont know whats going to happen next but. The big event yesterday i didnt development happily casually what are you going to do we cant protest that i didnt want to protest that what that would be nothing less than you know continue very far with them or not. Yemens who fees are released to u. S. Citizens in exchange for 250. 00 who the fighters the freed rebels have arrived in the yemens capital sanaa via amman the white house announced that humanitarian workers sandra lowly and businessman mikhail good add have been released and the remains of a 3rd american have been returned so lets take a look at how we got here and the efforts to try and end the 5 year old conflict in yemen un brokered peace talks began in stockholm in 2018 the 2 sides signed a deal to swap about 15000 detainees but progress has been slow close to 1100 of them are expected to be exchanged on thursday who these will reportedly release close to 400. 00 people including 15 saudis the Coalition Forces are set to free around 700. 00 fighters in unilateral moves last year who these freed 290. 00 prisoners and saudi arabia released a 128 the war in yemen has killed more than 100000 people and millions are suffering from food and medical shortages will not be a cure is a Senior Research at the Atlantic Council he says the timing of the prisoner swap benefits president trump. These 3 sitters shouldve never been this should have been done before they at the time the who he is claiming that they were spies but there is no evidence whatsoever that these people were working with any Us Intelligence agency. At any rate i think refining now and as i say this could have happened earlier. Is that for Donald Trump Administration this is a good time to bring back americans from overseas its. One more thing he can boast about just before the us elections. From the hostess point of view this is also a good thing because there was a move in washington to classify them as if they were this organization well obviously if there were still classified. The us governments hands would be tying the on the principle that they dont deal with terrorists so how this mean out for she told. Some of the hawks who are calling war classifying the who these as that are. 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Lots more to come here and aljazeera including thousands flee to safety families are forced on their homes after days of intense fighting in afghanistan and a Nigerian Police court accused of brutality has been abolished but protests demanding justice for its victims continue more in that stay with us and. Weve got much cooler red diving across north america at the moment weve seen a little bit of snow just around the Canadian Rockies this weather system is going to continue making its way further north woods and ace was easing across the plains through the primaries and then sinking down so temperatures in calgary and with winnipeg 345 celsius if you lucky that cold air already being felt in minneapolis all tucked in behind this band of rain this cold front which will continue to slide its way further southeast was stuck in the edge of those temperatures 15 cells is that rain gathers for d. C. 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Welcome back a good amount of our top stories here on aljazeera riot police in thailand have cleared thousands of protesters from outside the Prime Ministers Office of the government issued an emergency decree banning large gatherings 6 protest leaders have been arrested. Yemens who the rebels have released to us citizens in exchange for 250 fighters the swap is the 1st of several Prisoner Exchange the expected in the coming days between the Saudi Coalition and the who feels. That europe is battling to contain a 2nd wave of coronavirus germanys imposing tougher measures on gatherings and mass wearing drugs introducing a nightly curfew and in the u. K. A new 3 tier system is now in force. Heavy fighting is continuing in the southern afghan province of helmand between taliban fighters and Government Troops violence escalated on sunday despite ongoing peace talks in qatar more than 30000 people have since fled to the provincial capital of lashkar gah schalit but its rickles. In helmand afghanistan it is hard to imagine that peace is on the horizon as negotiations between afghan politicians and the taliban stumble forward in qatar the fighting rages back home you know about this that i have my mother with night it was evening when a mortar hit our home and all my family were hurt were asking the government to stop the war and bring peace despite the u. S. And taliban signing a Withdrawal Agreement in february violence is continues between the armed group and Afghan Government forces there isnt a been flow of territory seized in last potential live for each for the talks. On sunday it is collated and helmand that jericho are no more thing when we left our home got fighting started a mortar hit me or my brother we want peace here as you can see my hands are red with my brother a lot. Each side claims to have inflicted more losses on the other because in the middle a civilians while i live in the wall in the village the situation of i was very bad we couldnt stay all these people are coming here because of fighting close to 5 families which is about 35. 00 people out importantly being displaced and this displacement and lead to additional leads from that site for shelter for work and sanitation. And also not knowing when they would be able to return back. Homeland is a taliban stronghold they control about 80 percent of the province they say they are just retaking their own areas and have no plans to claim fresh government territory they promise safety for captured soldiers. That you can see the taliban are foreign from those houses but tanks so far from here one boy was killed and still he is lying on the road the Afghan Government and u. S. Forces have coded an unprovoked taliban offensive they claim to have killed the talibans operational chief at home and along with dozens of fighters using u. S. Airstrikes and a ground assault 2 Afghan Military helicopters collided on tuesday killing. Our visit on the visits by other high ranking government officials is an assurance that by all means we will defend. Its been more than a month since peace talks began and dont have between the taliban and afghan political leaders each day brings a promise of peace and the certainty of sacrifice china ballasts al jazeera. China is accusing the u. S. Of undermining peace and stability by sending a Navy Destroyer through the sea separating taiwan and Mainland China the u. S. Says the passage through the Taiwan Strait was routine but the Chinese Military has called the move provocative fighting of a car about continues between armenia and azerbaijan the azeris say they have destroyed missile launchers inside armenia that were targeting their cities the armenian government confirms military positions were hit but denies its forces have been firing into azerbaijan one of smith reports nothing in armenia. Theyll be a memorial like this in perhaps every one of the homes of the more than 530. 00 armenian men killed since fighting restarted on september the 27th. Was a 19 year old conscript sent to the front lines just as fighting with azerbaijan started. We last talked on the phone on the evening of september 26th and he said everythings all right after that we heard nothing on the 27th i wanted to go volunteer where my son was serving but i wasnt allowed then on the 30th i got a call and was told everything is finished all the young men ingeborg School Yearbook are doing their Compulsory Military Service now like almost every young man in armenia and nagornokarabakh to my niece up to now i think he will call he will come back i dont know i cant imagine hes not with us anymore armenias Prime Minister says theres been some retreats from frontline positions and the situation is what he described as quite difficult for his country. I spy in misrata right now the number of our casualties are very high dont mourn for all the victims armenians adversary azerbaijan now has the open and full support of turkey. President. Says 26 years of diplomacy have failed to resolve the conflict and its time f