we know there are around 1000 refugees or asylum seekers either on manus island in png or on nauru.oming down however, of those, well, estimates vary depending on which side of the argument you are on. some suggest around 300 potentially could have the medical need to be brought here to australia because the facilities simply aren't there on those islands. those who are against doctors having the say—so over who comes suggest actually there could be hundreds more, maybe even 1,000. that's why we have heard the prime minister describe this as a stupid bill because, in his argument, it would take away the sovereign control of australia's borders from the government to the doctors' side. the doctors say no, this is about compassion and nowhere near that number would need to be brought here for attention. so how has it worked in the past? who has the authority if somebody is sick on one of those offshore detention centres? who has the power to send them to the mainland? at the moment, it's up to the australian border force which is under the home office, to decide whether somebody shoul

set of having their refugee status assessed within a straining of their detained for processing on nauru and also sent to matters island in papa new guinea but that center has now been closed the policy is designed to deter future asylum seekers from making the dangerous journey once it's known that they won't be allowed into stray david manne is executive director of the refugee and immigration legal center he says the resettled children will need counselling to manage the trauma they've suffered in detention. medical experts who have a novel to carsley examined the health of the health and the impact of. these policies on children have overwhelmingly reported very very significant levels of oppression of anxiety. and other very serious very serious medical conditions the trauma the suffering has been very dated and a lot of the prognosis really for for the suffering and the long term so the last year many times that there is the damage to have very profound and lasting effects on children so we can only heart that are now being resettled society that these children can be given help th

at the moment, the decision on whether refugees on nauru and manus island can be brought to australiahywel griffith in sydney, says the government is firecely opposing the bill, and is worried about the outcome. because if they lose this vote, it could be the first time a sitting government in australia has lost a vote since 1929 and last time around, that triggered an election. we already know an election is coming, immigration is a key issue. this is almost become a proxy to beat about who is tough on immigration versus who is compassion and —— proxy debate. parliament is back this week, not many sitting weeks before the election in may thatis weeks before the election in may that is why we are hearing so much rhetoric really buy so many on this debate. what other figures? how many could be sent if this bill is passed? we know there are around 1000 refugees or asylum seekers either run manus island in png or on nauru. that figure has been slowly coming down however, of those, well, estimates vary depending on which side of the argument you are wrong. some suggest around 300 potentia

since 2013, canberra has sent migrants intercepted at sea to camps on the tiny republic of nauru andisted they would never be allowed to resettle in australia. critics say the prime minister is spreading deceit and fear, before an election expected in may. they point out that the medical evacuation law applies only to people already detained offshore, meaning any new arrivals wouldn't be eligible for transfer to australia. it is important to note that this legislation is confined to the current cohort of people on manus island and nauru. it does not provide any kind of attraction to people to leave where they are and to try to make the journey to australia, because they will not be considered as part of this legislation. this is designed to solve a medical problem with a medical solution. the united nations has said australia's offshore detention policies were inhumane. but canberra has stressed that they prevent people smuggling and save lives at sea. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. theresa may faces the threat of another defeat in

people in desperate need, who need medical attention which may not be available on either manas or naurught to come to australia for medical treatment. they will still be detained and maybe return to those offshore centres. so i think this is a debate we are going to see run over and over and over again in the lead up to may's election. yes, ido the lead up to may's election. yes, i do think you are right. hywel, many thanks. any reaction to that you will bring that to us. also making news today: theresa may has told british mps to hold their nerve over brexit and give her more time to negotiate a deal acceptable to both the european union and the uk. the prime minister said she was discussing a number of options to secure legally binding changes to the backstop and prevent a hard border in ireland. i2 catalan separatist leaders have gone on trial in madrid over the failed attempt to make catalonia independent in 2017. the spanish government declared the referendum illegal. thousands of pro—independence supporters gathered in barcelona to protest against the trial. the us secretary of st

particularly people who desperate need medical attention which may not be available on either manus or naurut to come to australia for medical treatment. they will still be detained, they maybe return to those offshore centres. so i think this is a debate we are going to see run over and over and over again in the lead up to may's election. yes, hywell griffith, ithink yes, hywell griffith, i think he is spot on on that, hywell griffith in sydney. also making news today: theresa may has told british mps to hold their nerve over brexit, and give her more time to negotiate a deal acceptable to both the european union and the uk. the prime minister said she was discussing a number of options to secure legally—binding changes to the backstop, and prevent a hard border in ireland. football greats have been paying tribute to england's world cup winning goalkeeper gordon banks, who's died at the age of 81. the brazilian superstar, pele, who he famously denied during the tournament in 1970, said he was a fine human being. during his career he was named fifa goalkeeper of the year no fewer than six t

administration of former president barack obama australia's government says it won't send any more children to nauru ending the widely criticized policy those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera saudi aramco the company and the state that's coming up next stay with us. it seemed like a great idea the world's largest oil producing company pumping millions of barrels a day to become the world's largest ever traded stock can have just met the hell i see it has going for yeah we're not a little soft. and over ambitious prince eager to make his mark as a reformer wanted to partially trade saudi aramco for of fell you ation of truth trillion dollars but the venture failed to get off the ground and the prince's vision twenty thirty now seems blurry. saudi aramco is almost like the basis of politics in saudi arabia they are always intrinsically tied everybody in saudi arabia in one way or another is a beneficiary saudi aramco. arabia it needs a strong ram and vice versa as well the history of saudi aramco is the history of saudi arabia transforming itself from an isolated tribal society into a global pre

final four asylum seeker children living in australia's offshore processing camp on the pacific island nauru leave. the children will be flown with their families as part of a resettlement deal between canberra and washington. australia's prime minister scott morrison has heralded the move as part of the government's hardline immigration policy. but a coalition of lawyers and human rights advocates have hit back — saying the transfers are long overdue. a man has been arrested and charged with insurance fraud in the us state of newjersey after allegedly pretending to slip and fall on ice cubes. let's see that cctv footage again. prosecutors say this is alexander goldinsky, deliberately throwing ice on the floor before faking a fall. he's accused of filing a false insurance claim for hospital treatment. and this might look like the president of the philippines rodrigo duterte and north korea's kimjong—un walking together, but, on closer inspection, it turns out the pair are in fact a couple of impersonators, who were out on the streets of hong kong posing with people for selfies and having a c

australia's prime minister, scott morrison, says all children detained as asylum seekers on the island of nauruoved to other countries. just four remain, and they and their families have now been cleared to move to the united states. six months ago there had been more than 100 children in the camps where there have been reports of abuse and suicide. australia sends all asylum seekers to detention camps on pacific islands until their applications have been processed. a privately—funded search to try to find the missing footballer emiliano sala is beginning on sunday off the island of guernsey in the english channel. the argentine striker and his pilot went missing last month when their plane from nantes in france to cardiff disappeared. an official search was called off last week. president vladimir putin has responded to a decision by the united states to suspend its involvement in the intermediate—range nuclear forces treaty, by saying russia will do the same. he said russia would also start to develop new mid—range hypersonic missiles, but insisted the door remained open for negotiations. bot

absolutely necessary to speak ash could have been jailed even for keeping a diary about the island of nauru why d.c. is australia's going ton and what did you see there that people wanted you to keep quiet about i think the biggest thing i saw that was the absolute despair of the refugees who are being held in a room in indefinite status what is now really because people don't really know the numbers a tiny auto industry nation state is on the road on the equator in the middle of the pacific and it's it's tiny it takes about twenty twenty five minutes to drive around an hour itself is being used to be the richest country in the world per capita that we've all been phosphate that was being mined out and now it's one of the poorest countries in the world because i understand they had free education health it trance will a new taxes build who comes on this or the great journalist that it's a place of of shame you knew it was a place of shame when you came to work that these are refugees from perhaps major wars and you know you you served in the royal navy brought there by the australian govern

lost for child refugees held in and the stray and run tension sentence if it and of nauru are being resettled in the us they'll go with their families under a deal struck with the administration of former president barack obama and sell his government says it won't send any more children to now are suffering has been a major criticism of the government's hardline policy to send asylum seekers who attempt to eat his trailer by boat to what is effectively an offshore prison camp of the past five months we have been working quietly and methodically term move children from the roof today there are only four children on your roof and they will all shortly resettle permanently in the united states our government has got the children off you know rude. syrian state media says u.s. led airstrikes have targeted the syrian army near the border with iraq u.s. warplanes reportedly attacked a syrian artillery position in the area of eastern syria sources say two soldiers were injured and guns destroyed an apartment building has collapsed in the syrian city of aleppo killing eleven people including four ch

and the last four child refugees held in australian run detentions under the pacific island of nauru up being resettled in the us with their families as government says it won't send any more children to. a member of an armed group suspected of carrying out last week's bombings and the philippines has spoken exclusively to al-jazeera eisel claimed responsibility for the cathedral attack which killed more than twenty people but the military says it was the work of a smaller group called john john john allen dogan reports from the island of hollow where the bombing happened. well not just because. he got in our car nervous but defiant he claims he doesn't have a name just like the more than twenty other members of the a john a jungle group in sulu province on the island of mindanao. just. we want to kill christians this is our gold we don't want them even if we've blown to pieces that is the best way to get the better days are you trying to say you want to become a suicide bomber. we will do whatever we can because that estimate that was given to us by the arabs you know mom it says we

other centres — one on manus island which belongs to papua new guinea, the other on the tiny island of naurul, this bill passed by parliament covers an estimated 1,000 people who are already in those camps. that's a point those supporting the move have repeatedly emphasised. it will not provide any kind of attraction to people to leave where they are and try to make the journey to australia because they will not be considered as part of this legislation. this is designed to solve a medical problem with a medical solution. prime minister scott morrison argues this vote will encourage more migrants to try and reach australia by boat. critics argue, so might re—opening the centre on christmas island. the cartoonist on the canberra times tweeted... "open for business" and the prime minister saying "hopefully this sends a message to the people smugglers." melbourne—based blogger @theuncledaily. .. it's the old australia tourist board slogan, this time addressed to people smugglers, "so where the bloody hell are you?" go back five years and scott morrison became very well known as the minister res

instead of having their refugee status assessed within a strangely other detained for processing on nauru they were also sent to man as islands and papa new guinea but that center has now been closed the policy is designed says future asylum seekers for making the dangerous journey once is known they won't be allowed into a stray. david manne is executive director of the refugee and immigration legal center and he joins us via skype from melbourne thanks for being with us i mean this is undoubtedly good news for these children and their families but what happens now to other children who are trying to enter australia illegally by sea. well it is very good news because after years and years that is over five years of of around two hundred children banks sent from a stranger an exultant or a bank held there in cruel and inhuman and degrading conditions finally the last of those children abang resettled to society as refugees i can rebuild their lives after the devastating harm that been caused to them by any future arrivals under strain in policy under the hardline policies of the astronomy

the last four child refugees held in the australian run detention center on the pacific islands of nauru are being resettled in the us they'll go with their families under a deal struck with the administration of the former president barack obama david manne is the executive director of the refugee and immigration legal center he says the resettle children will need counseling to manage the trauma they've suffered in detention. medical experts who have a novel to closely examine the health of after the health and the impact of days days policies on the children have overwhelmingly reported very very significant levels of oppression of anxiety you know and other very serious very serious medical conditions the trauma the suffering has been very dated and a lot of the prognosis really for for the suffering and the long term to be lasting in many cases that there is the damage to have a very profound and lasting effects on children so we can only hurt that now being raised several society that these children can be given the help and aid the counseling that they need and to be able to rebui