own. interests. in. bangladesh prepares to repatriate ranger refugees but is finding few volunteers we talk to refugees will say they're simply too afraid to go back to myanmar. this is al jazeera live from doha. also coming up political chaos in sri lanka as the constitutional crisis brings politicians to loans and the suspension of parliament. the e.u. sets a break sit some made for november twenty second doctor to reset may enter cabinet

agree on a drop to zero. and firefighters in the us work to put out a new fire in california the death toll climbs at fifty six as for the missing continues. thank you for joining us there is confusion over eight united nations d.-o. to repatriate range of muslims from bangladesh to myanmar the first group of around two thousand people was expected to leave the caucasus bazaar refugee camps on thursday but the u.n. and human rights groups say the refugee safety must be verified before they're sent back bangladesh says only those who volunteer will return but many say they're on the transfer list despite not wanting to go and report some cocks exposed. this is the week when for many trauma became terror will hinge on refugees who escaped so much violence were shocked to learn they might be repatriated to me and

more recently learned woman a little i would do it and yeah i've been crying because of how sad i am that we might be sent back our relatives were killed in myanmar we were all persecuted there so much we came here to bangladesh to find peace this is a peaceful country i think but we're not at peace because we've been told we're on a list. that list is the reason there's so much fear in this place it includes the names of thousands of row him to refugees who've been chosen as candidates to potentially be sent back to iraq and state as part of a deal between the governments of bangladesh and me and more many are a bedroom tells us her camp leader informed her that she and her three children are on the list but she says they'd rather die than return and i would think twice and before we go back to me and if it looks like they will try to move us my children and i'll buy poison from the market here and we'll drink it the government of

bangladesh insists repatriations will be on a voluntary basis only but many are it is not convinced. the atmosphere here is filled with an increasing sense of dread and several of these huts that used to house refugees now sit empty that's because people are so terrified that in the past few days at least five families have fled this camp the united nations refugee agency which does not believe current conditions in iraq kind state are conducive to a safe and dignified return of refugees from bangladesh says there are approximately four hundred eighty five families on the repatriation list for us it's very important that we first do these assessment of voluntariness and this is really a basic condition for us and the record she is not only have to decide they have to decide based on on knowledge they need to know what's going on the enemy they fled from the little more than a year ago before they returned they have to know what's what's going on there but

many refugees say they're all too aware of the horrors that await them i don't know i love that when the world no i don't know we don't want to go back to myanmar because the camps they would put us in there are worse than the camps we are in here if we go there we won't be able to pray in our children won't be able to go to school for now members of one of the world's most persecuted minorities continue to worry they may be victimized all over again and mohammed joins us now on the phone from cox's in bangladesh mohammed are we any care as to when the repatriation will begin. well farley we're awaiting a press conference that's supposed to start really any minute now with her final decision will be announced now all indications high and it seems that the government bond with this because it faces criticism for this decision on repatriation that they will actually announce that this is going to be delayed if

that is the case this will be the second such time in the past several months that a repatriation deal between the governments of one of the action myanmar was announced only then to be delayed there's a lot of complications to all of this the first complication is that you know she has said that these are patriae should definitely be voluntary that only those who want to go back will go back now we know that the united nations refugee agency has been assisting the government among the dash in as for how are these refugee. these four hundred eighty five families actually want to return we've heard so far from official combined with dashes that everybody who has been interviewed thus far has said they do not want to return and one other further complicating factor i must mention here is the politics surrounding all of this this is an election season in bangladesh a bangladeshi government has been promising their constituents for some time that there would be a repeat creation deal that there would be a mechanism set up whereby refugees would return to me in life that has not

happened they would like to see at least some families return so that the government can say that we have that promise to the citizens up on the dash so if they say it's not going to happen that complicates things for them on the domestic front but it is an extremely complicated situation nonetheless and we're just going to have to see in the next few minutes what exactly happens and what the final decision will be if some families do end up turning to end up going back to myanmar where are they going to be going to go back to rakhine state to their home the left in a in what kind fate. well that's another very good question that we don't. you know the answer to the u.n. and other aid agencies have said that there there is no indication that there is any place that has been set up. where these refugees could be housed in the safe and dignified manner to add to that we are unable to put on camp in the southern part of the country on the border with me and more where just moments ago

a huge protest thousands of or interrupt you g.'s were out demonstrating against this repatriation deal and they were saying there's no way they can go back with all the atrocities they already safe they feel that if they went back later voluntarily or if they were forced to go that they would face even more atrocities they fear for their lives i was speaking to one woman who was holding a baby in her arms her son she said her son was born here she fled after her husband was killed when the violence was launched in rack on stage in august of two thousand and seventeen she said she was terrific atrocities committed against her family stand that there's no way that she would be able to take her child back to me and more add to that the fact that we've heard their families in the camps here in bondage that actually fled where they were housed and they don't live in very good conditions as it is because they are so afraid that they will be forced to go to the mohamed thank you very much for the moment that's mom and jim jones on the line from cox's bazaar and we will get an update from you of course when there is

a decision from bangladesh's government on whether they will be every patry ation. range of refugees from bangladesh to myanmar meanwhile young and he who is the united nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in myanmar says transfer is without consent would violate international law. it is illegal absolutely illegal and so i'd like to plead to the british government again to really keep up to their promise that you know returns will be. under an involuntary conditions but all the returns will have to be voluntary i'm not sure that we have the same concept of the bird or the definition of commentary in this how did the list of names come about were those people on that list have to have very been informed that they are on the list and have you received of our

consent informed consent by those people on that list i have not been able to get a clear answer so far what i hear but many of the people or if not most of the people on the list of two hundred plus are not aware that they are on the list and they don't want to go back because they understand that this explosion is not conducive but is safe and didn't know if i'd return the agreement on parturition or reform and it will be very have to go back to their place of origin but if you've seen what's happened in our kind is that all of the boxes were burnt down and razed to the ground bulldozed there are no there are new attractions built and so it's i'm not sure that. the refugees will be going back to their place of origin. in other world news a speaker of sri lanka's parliament says his country does not have a legitimate prime minister or cabinet these were the scenes in parliament on

thursday following the announcement hanumant has now been suspended until friday president magic panacea seen as part of the current political crisis by sacking running of economists saying as prime minister and installing mahinda rajapaksa i speak to bernard smith in colombo for so bennett if there is no prime minister as a speaker of the parliament says who is in charge. that foley is a very good question because. when the rajapaksa says he's still the prime minister because he was appointed by the president despite what the speaker says despite parliament passing a vote of no confidence and rajapaksa yesterday we have run away from a single who's still in the official residence he was also here in parliament today saying no actually i'm still prime minister but there is a paralysis at the heart of sri lankan politics and it's feeding out into the economy of the sri lankan rupees at his lowest level ever losing more value again

today as investors with all foreign exchange of the political paralysis is causing economic effect further down the line and affecting sri lanka internationally. you've talked about the impact there on the economy but politically what's said to happen next i mean the parliament is suspended for now what happens in a few days. well paul is going to sit again tomorrow the speaker has met with the leaders of various parties and never read city again tomorrow quite well they'll decide we don't know what we have today was i mean the rajapaksa says he's prime minister giving a speech in parliament essentially trying to now appeal over the heads of parliament and try and have an early election poll not doing this because roger punches people i was initially failed in this attempt to become prime min. by presidential decree they tried to stop parliament voting on it refused to accept

parliament's vote to restrict a no confidence vote they said it wasn't procedurally accurate or whatever the reasons are now the new tactic is to go ahead and appeal to the people at large in trying to get an early election hold on the streets of sri lanka the time being remain calm people be watching this from the news of the reason the great clamor on the streets for action is being contained and now in politics thank you for that brianna smith live for us in colombo. the european union will hold a summit to endorse the draft rexx a deal on november twenty second e.u. chief donald tusk announced the meeting alongside the u.k. steve bracks it made the e.u.'s chief brant sadler in brussels a michel barnier says or so not to do to britain's prime minister won the approval offer a cabinet on wednesday teresa mayes now taking her proposal to parliament i firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated

and it was for the cabinet to decide whether to move on in the talks the choices before us were difficult particularly in relation to the northern ireland backstop but the collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft withdrawal agreement and the outlined political declaration this is a decisive step which enables us to move on and finalize the deal in the days ahead . these decisions were not taken lightly but i believe it is of sedition that is firmly in the national interest paul brennan is in london joins us now live so theresa may has the backing of her cabinet on the bracks a draft agreement but she's not completely out of the woods as she. oh no no and even when you say she's got the backing of a cabinet yes there is collective responsibility for this decision but there are still rumors that one or two of those cabinet ministers who agreed last night

wednesday night to stand by the prime minister they mail may still peel off and decide that they can't they can't stomach it they that they they decide to resign subsequently now what the prime minister has to do today is come here to the british parliament and explain the details of this five hundred eighty five page very dense document to members of parliament in order to get them on board it's not going to be a and uphill struggle i have to say there are already opposition figures within the labor opposition party there is opposition from within her own conservative party on a certain opposition from the d. u.p.a. the democratic unionist party which is this minority northern ireland party upon which the prime minister depends because she's in charge of a minority governments if they don't she has got their support and she doesn't have a working majority in parliament and across the board all of them have raised various different concerns about elements of the deal that she signed off on. that

although they all come from different political parts of the political spectrum they all seem united on the fact that ok she's done a deal but it's not a good deal from their point of view but despite their say europeans for want a summit on a bracks a day around november twenty second or twenty five five. well they need yes exact i mean they need a summit if the summit doesn't happen late this month then the timetable for breaks it to commence on march the twenty ninth simply won't be possible the actual practicalities of it are not going to work so donald tusk michel barnier and the prime minister here have been very keen for this tuesday wednesday period of this week to get the deal through so that they can make this summit happen i have to say that don't tusk was quite relieved when he gave his statement explaining the date that this summit will take place. we will hold a european call for a meeting in order to finalize and formalize the brigadier degree and it will take

place on sunday the twenty fifth of november at nine thirty am. finally let me say this to our british friends. as much as thirty two feet you leave. i will do everything to make this the least painful possible for both for you and for us. now let me just say in another part of what donald said he said to some what would take place if nothing extraordinary happened between now and then the way things are going here i can't be guaranteed back to you thank you for that paul brennan live for us in london. still ahead on al-jazeera u.s. asylum controversy as a defense secretary visits the mexico border where thousands of american troops have been deployed. last pro-government forces hold their attacks on me and many portsea for data as hopes grow for

a diplomatic breakthrough. from the waves in the south. to the contours of the east. we're seeing a bit cool off in the weather across eastern parts of europe platte piling in from the north there that northerly wind always drag and those temperatures down and that will be the case as we go on through the next day or so meanwhile we've got southerly winds across western parts as really picking those temperatures up for london and paris getting well up into double figures into the mid teens in some cases cooler weather we do have over towards ukraine for example has brought a little dusting of snow for some and further south into southeastern parts of turkey will sensing some significant rainfall enough to cause some flooding so let's take a look at the temperatures there book or restaurant eleven celsius celsius there just eight degrees there for ankara some cloud and rain here barely getting up

above freezing in kiev and hovering around freezing there for moscow but for the west at about fifteen sixteen for london and paris generally dry basin places of claptrap some folk coming in as we go on to was the way can't believe king last the settle across much of western new further east wintry flurries taking those temperatures back in bucharest to just about five degrees but the chance of some snow down towards the black sea coast to fringes and bear in mind we're getting into the mid twenty's not so long ago i know the parts of africa generally dry but we have got some cloud on friday from those amounts area. the winter sponsored by use. went online for you looking at. how the solutions come together to benefit all parties involved that's where we're going to be long term success or if you join us on send if you could take me around the content way we don't have to set up your experiment for your experiment in the universe this is

a dialogue everyone has a voice you actually raise several interesting points there that community members are going to join the global conversation. you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories there is confusion over a united nations deal to repatriate muslims from bangladesh to myanmar the first group of around two thousand people was expected. refugee camps on thursday but the u.n. and human rights groups say the refugees safety must be verified before they are sent back the speaker says the country does not have a prime minister or cabinet these are the scenes in bottom end on thursday

following the announcement the chamber has now been suspended until friday president. fox the current political crisis by sucking become a single prime minister and installing my rajapaksa. and the european union will hold a summit to endorse the draft breaks it deal on november twenty second twenty. e.u. chief donald tusk announced the meeting alongside the emus chief negotiator in brussels british prime minister recep may want to have cabinet approval for the draft agreement and is now taking her proposal to parliament where it's expected. to face a backlash. to the u.s. where at least fifty six people have now been confirmed dead in the wildfires burning in california the majority were killed in the town of paradise however more than one hundred people are still missing. reports. a new fire developed on tuesday night in southern california it's been called the sierra fire and broke out to the east of los angeles authorities say vegetation ignited and other reminder that

president trump's contention that the fires could be prevented with better forest management is wrong the fires burning through california did not begin forests but in brush near development those flames are then encouraged by the effects of climate change there was some relatively good news in southern california by wednesday morning the woosley wildfire which spread to malibu on the pacific was said to be almost fifty percent contained but that still left the other fifty percent you can see the wind is still blowing we're not out of the woods yet there's a lot of fire line out there is a great deal of anxiety to the north one hundred people are reported missing many of them elderly national guard troops are helping search for remains new technology means portable devices take hours not days to identify genetic material we're going to do everything we possibly can to diligently search for those remains but this is

a very difficult task more questions are being raised as to the cause of the fires with attention turning to local utility companies if this is their fault they need to be held accountable and they need to do more than just jack up their rates. and they need to they need to help more where they need to go and we both fall or. we do something else a lawsuit has been filed in northern california accusing one utility company of not maintaining its infrastructure more are expected to be filed heidi joe castro al-jazeera. hundreds of central american migrants traveling in a caravan have race a u.s. border the group of assigned and seek is gathered at the warney of a mexican so you have to want to they were closely watched by several border agents who were supported by u.s. marines and the u.s. defense secretary jim mattis met some of the six thousand troops present donald trump sent to the border before the midterm elections boards. it came off as

carefully choreographed fellow soldiers tell you doing. one after the other soldiers walking the secretary of defense through this new temporary base secretary jim mattis often meets with the troops but it's pretty unusual for cameras to follow him every step of the way even into the laundry tent of the mist back filled up he was joined by the secretary of homeland security cures to nielsen both have reportedly fallen out of favor with the president and nielsen is rumored to be on her way out. donald trump consumes a lot of television he will have seen these two cabinet members bringing attention to an issue that he talked a lot about before the midterm election so as the care and look that is and assault on our country when he warned of an incoming invasion he was talking about several thousand asylum seekers currently walking through mexico many former top military officers have called the deployment a political stunt including general martin dempsey who called it

a wasteful deployment of overstretch soldiers but madison that's wrong i would refer them to the new york times and what happened to the mexican police critics say that is not a fair comparison our border is not the mexican border our border is heavily. is heavily fortified heavily patrolled and the current team that's in place there america has spent tens of billions of dollars fortifying our border there are legitimate questions surrounding this deployment under law. the troops are limited in what they can do but in this case we were asked why the secretary of the number of people on the way back what does that mean you mean that people do all the work we're in a bind up of a builder. that means they can't interact with the migrants they're scheduled to

leave before the caravan is likely to make it to the border and it's going to be costly by one estimate this will cost more than two hundred million dollars so this could turn out to be one costly confidence builder. al-jazeera washington. pro-government forces in yemen have paused an offensive against a rebel held for say a whole day to the fight is a balance by the saudi and erotically nation which has stolen its weight behind and out of bond of u.n. talks to end the conflict but data is the main entry point for the majority of food and aid into yemen al jazeera as mohammed abdul has mol from nearby djibouti. there is a law in the fighting in the port city of the day there but so far it seems like a unilateral ceasefire with the fighters following the polls in fighting say that both sides are keeping to their positions but quickly added that they were willing to continue fighting if need be on the streets of the day that the u.s.

state the minister for foreign affairs and we're going to gosh has told journalists that his government supports a cease fire in data and out of town to peace talks for parties in the conflict in yemen so would the government also as part of a goodwill gesture before the start of peace talks agreed to lift up to fifty injured who will fight is probably to amman now we're also seeing some sort of consensus between western powers including the united states britain france and even russia to try and stop the war in the yemen some sort of a cease fire that would lead to talks this time in sweden after the failure of the last round that was supposed to take place in geneva switzerland which failed because the whole thing is. everyone understands too well what are the civil option to the vital services of the port of they could do to an already daya humanitarian situation which led the united nations secretary general and tony good terrorist to

warm the port activities should not be disrupted whatsoever because it's a lifeline for up to fourteen million yemenis who need aid to survive. it's been a year since zimbabwe's former leader robert mugabe was forced from power his four decade rule came to an end to the military took over the capital harare were gobby was placed under house arrest and forced to resign for months after a disputed election people say there's been little change reports. it's been a frustrating year for street vendors when robert mugabe was in power they were often allowed to sell in the center of harare but many are accused of operating illegally they've since been forced to the outskirts of the city part of president was plan to restore order after thirty seven years i'm a club israel despite a lack of infrastructure here some still a faith when i got one knows what needs to be done to fix the struggling economy is

for me speaking for myself. i'm a blank but i'm the best in the process. but others are disillusioned zimbabwe has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world and life is hard the poor said they are angry and frustrated they feel it's been a year and say nothing much has changed economically. when the army appeared on state television last year and confinement able to house arrest some people had high hopes things would change thousands masterminding the long time realistic down he eventually did as members of parliament with appearing to impeach him. opposition party leaders believe zimbabwean project into believing there would be real change they insist a faction in the rulings on the pier party just wanted to grab power the former defense chief for instance constantino chewing gum is now one of two vice presidents we changed but for good to change the system. a good to catch of the system a still in control and they only know one way or for politics all the indicators

that indicate progress are failing the economy is is failing inflation is bad. the post-election violence in august also raise concerns at least six people. potest a disputed result was shot and killed by soldiers a commission of inquiry is investigating why the army was deployed to disperse civilians and who gave the order the incident also raise concerns but the military's role in government. at least as a separate from the politics or the gun does not leave politics therefore there is a general and political tradition of this region this was one of the few firsts with the military. keeping the president in fact the reality of the matter is that in control of the state but the priority for struggling zimbabweans is the economy promised in crippling cash for ditches and create jobs a year later that still hasn't happened there had been times when supplies are

basic commodities and fuel have won short the president says economic recovery will be a long and painful process what some people here say they don't want to hear. know again i'm fully battle with the headlines on al-jazeera there is confusion over a united nations deal to repatriate ranger muslims from bangladesh to myanmar the first group of around two thousand people was expected to leave the conses bazaar refugee camps on thursday but the un and human rights groups say the refugee safety must be verified before they're sent back the speaker of sri lanka's parliament says the country does not have a legitimate prime minister or cabinet these were the scenes inside the parliament building on thursday following the announcement. and has now been suspended until friday president mattapan authority must box the current political crisis by citing

ronnie bacon missing as prime minister and installing mahinda rajapaksa. the european union will hold a summit to endorse the draft spraggs it deal on november twenty fifth e.u. chief donald tusk announced the meeting along the e.u.'s chief directed negotiator in brussels the british prime minister theresa may has won the approval of her cabinet for the draft agreement and is now taking it to parliament where it is expected to face a backlash. we will hold the european council meeting in order to finalize and formalize the bridge that it remains it will take place. the twenty fifth of november that line thirty or. finally let me say this to our british friends. as much as. to show you. i will do everything to make this the least painful possible for both for for you

and for us. hundreds of central american migrants traveling in a caravan have reached the u.s. border the group of asylum seekers gathered at the nia at the wall near the mexican city of tijuana they were closely watched by several border agents who were supported by u.s. marines earlier the u.s. defense secretary jim mattis met some of the six thousand troops present donald trump sent to the border before the midterm elections. and the remains of eights more people have been found in northern california bringing the death toll to fifty six in the state's worst ever wildfires more than one hundred people are still missing as firefighters battled to contain the blaze. as always much more news on our web site at al-jazeera dot com coming up next here it's a stream stay with us. and sharing stories generated thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives kara families fact.

one of the major issues before voters is the institution president cannot stop talking about the news media to separate them from the from the misinformation from the journalism price of a.b.c.'s reporting free to leave the listening on outages e.u. . sanctions are coming but the ominous message us president donald trump sent to iran on november second. and you're in the stream today we'll check back in with a group of iranians to see the impact of the sanctions have questions for them leave them in the to chat.