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protests in kenya the supreme court fails to on a case that would have delayed thursday's presidential election. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up iraq's kurdish regional government offers to freeze the results of its a session referendum. with the promise of common prosperity chinese president xi jinping remains at the helm of the world's second largest economy. and final rise for thailand's longest reigning monarch king coming on is laid to rest. but again in kenya where the presidential election will go ahead on thursday despite an eleventh hour legal challenge that failed because the supreme court said there weren't enough judges to hear the case opposition activists wanted to vote postpone. and saying it will be credible so that's part protest in western kenya

the stronghold of the opposition candidate right. they're angry about the elections saying it won't be free or fair and the poll itself is a rerun at the supreme court an old president or her hurrican jada's victory in the first election in august they cited irregularities in the vote by logic is boycotting thursday's vote in asking his supporters to stay away from me to miller joins us now from. from nairobi so. not ruling is in essence actually ruling is it not. well not many people don't think that's the case they think that the supreme court has basically found a way out of making any sort of ruling where the election takes place and with it doesn't essentially not ruling does allow the election to take place because the arguments by the group that had applied for the postponement was not heard now

there's a lot of confusion and there has been for several weeks now around the election and as you had stated to quit ability because the opposition leader has withdrawn the electoral commission has also explained some of the challenges that it faces and in recent weeks we've also seen training of the local officials not taking place in certain places around the country especially strongholds all the opposition and and even into and even a day before election day all reports are that the protesters are preventing the electoral commission from entering certain areas bringing in ballot boxes and electoral material so there is concern around which kenyans will be able to vote and just how critical the election will be right for me to miller live for us and they're ok thank you. catherine so it has more on those protests in western kenya. people here. protesting all morning. stones

and gold they were. very angry they say but after the supreme court hitch they say they feel more emboldened are not going to vote tomorrow they're not going to recognize. president they say they're for straight ahead and that also angry with what this police brutality several people have been killed here during protests. human rights groups say that these people including children have mostly been killed by police or people who are very frustrated very young today's protests were pretty much being led by the governor. has told them to stay home so they said that's what they're going to do in the last few weeks we've also. groups of people disrupting training sessions all the electoral commission officials who are supposed to oversee the elections it's very difficult also to see how things like

a ballot materials are going to get to the various polling stations here in this region the kurdish regional government in iraq has suggested freezing the results of its a session referendum that triggered a confrontation of course with the central government so the kurds say that they're ready for talks with baghdad they want to ceasefire kurdish peshmerga forces have been fighting government troops near a key oil pipeline dekker has more from iraq's border with syria. but it's a very unexpected statement really because the k r g the kurdistan regional government has always said the results of the river under him were a red line the demand from baghdad was that the results needed to be and knowledge before any dialogue to take place so now what we have is an offer from the regional government here saying let's freeze the and i think this kind of language is important to see what that means whether baghdad. let's freeze the results let's have an immediate cease fire and let's go into dialogue now let me just explain to

you where we are which i think has some part of that we are in northern iraq of course but it's at the point of triangle where there was fighting yesterday now just behind us those mountains you see around two kilometers is syria and then a little further north you have turkey so this is a crucial point where there was fighting here yesterday morning just a little further about twenty kilometers down from where we are between iraqi forces the shiite militias and the peshmerga is a real concern that the plan was for the iraqi forces to come all the way up this border and essentially cut off the border crossing which is held by kurds on both sides and you have the iraqi prime minister today is currently on his way to turkey where he'll be meeting with the turkish president he will then be going to iran these are two countries that are hugely invested in what has happened here over the last week or so so i think interesting now the ball is in about these two quarter we're going to have to wait and see what his reaction will be to that offer from the curtis regional government here staying with iraq now government forces are launching an offensive to recapture the last part of iraq he territory still and i

saw hans i saw suffer two major defeats in iraq in recent months after a fierce fighting in mosul and. afghan officials say the taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack that killed nine soldiers in the western province of thora an army base was targeted the government says its air force was called in for support and killed seventeen taliban fighters it's less than a week after forty three soldiers were killed in an attack on a military base in the southern kandahar province. the u.n. secretary general has praised peace keeper struggling to contain increasing violence in central african republic and to terrorist call their contribution heroic at a wreath laying ceremony in the capital bangui he told helmets he appreciated their work and extremely difficult circumstances but he warned that fighting between religious groups could escalate into a genocide but here is his visiting amid accusations that the un's not doing enough to prosecute soldiers and peacekeepers have been accused of rape and sexual abuse

is following the visit and joins us now from the country's south there so the timing the purpose of this visit tell us about that nic. well. has just arrived in benghazi to this is in the southern part of central african republic this is where. this is the most dangerous part of central african republic this is where the most united nations peacekeepers have died just on the outskirts of this airplane landing field. and. like a rebel the armed to the side of the city are christian a vigilante it's a very tense situation in this town and the u.n. peacekeepers from the. difficult to try to bring back peace this is also where a few months ago the u.n. humanitarian chief said that there were signs early signs of

a genocide now in this town that muslims have fled the area they're being killed and there's only one safe haven for that for them this one church where they're staying now the problem of course is that now that they're in this church they're still under attack from christian vigilantes and it's up to the u.n. peacekeepers to protect them. is here to visit those that are been deployed this place there's five hundred thousand people that have been internally displaced and six hundred thousand others that have been. displaced out of the country seeking refuge in neighboring countries most of them being muslim now he's calling for more troops on the ground to try to control the situation of course it's not going to bring back peace but it might help the troops on the ground to react more quickly they've been criticized by people here in bang get sued for not protecting them in fact many of the muslims that have sought refuge in the church were protected by

the pastor in that parish this visit is very important for people in central african republic because the international donors have been decreasing their funding for humanitarian help in this country so the united nations have had to cut their rations in half and what this means in practice is there are people here in this town that are suffering from acute malnutrition outside in the outskirts in regions. of the humanitarian that we speak to say there are children to have died of malnutrition so this it you ation is dire and and tell you the terrorists will plead to the united nations security council in the of them for more funding for more troops on the ground because he fears that if there is not that more funding if there is no more is there isn't more troops on the ground in this country will descend further into chaos and into civil war herself and central

african republic thank you nicholas still ahead on al-jazeera why eleven human rights activists are going on trial in istanbul and how the case is causing tensions between turkey and its european allies and two republican senators unleashed there's criticism of president donald trump. hello there is being quite which for some of us in japan recently so thanks to this area of cloud is being with us for the last twenty four hours or so and i have some lighter rain but also want to sports roll the heavy downpours as well now this is jim is clearing away so on thursday should be far brighter and the temperatures will get that little bit higher as well so we get to around nineteen in tokyo in the sunshine and then as we head through into friday this time we get to around twenty meanwhile towards the west generally quite quiet here the temperatures in

beijing are also rising will be at twenty one on friday but certainly not rising hit zero will be our maximum as that next weather system works its way across us a bit further towards the south and you can see plenty of fine dry weather across many parts of southeastern china it looks problem free really force in shanghai a twenty two for home kong twenty nine towards the west though there is a little bit more in the way of clouds here that is gradually clearing away for chengdu though as we head into friday so friday should be the dryer day here down towards the southeastern parts of asia and plenty of showers here as you might expect the tropical storm is moving away from us so we don't need to worry about that but for the philippines it's still going to be one or two rather lively showers more of them those showers banding together over vietnam. with. that sank. six years after

the death of gadhafi. al-jazeera the world travels to libya. to hear from some of those who fought his regime and contributed to his downfall. the battle of misrata at this time on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories this hour. in western kenya after a little bit to postpone thursday a presidential election failed the supreme court said there weren't enough judges

to hear petition arguing that will not be credible the kurdish regional government in iraq has suggested freezing the results of its referendum which triggered a confrontation with the central government the current say they're ready for talks with baghdad and want to cease fire. china's communist party has revealed its new leadership team headed by president xi jinping a premier who was the only one to retain a spot of the seven man line at brown reports there is no clear successor to. the guessing game over who will be china's new top decision makers is finally over . the line up includes five new faces all over sixty the men they've replaced to retrieve time of day as expected president xi jinping and premier league retain their post but once again no woman was selected for the past week president she has

been stamping his authority on the party a party he still warns is threatened by the virus of corruption. you know you have a young. just political party the c.p.c. must behave in a way commensurate with the status. this is as close as foreign journalists get to chinese leaders the president said he welcomed objective reporting but not apparently from some of the world's biggest news organizations who were not invited to witness the leadership stab you in theory one of these new leaders will replace paying as president in five years time but the presidency is not the most powerful political position in chinese politics party secretary is xi jinping holds that title and is expected to keep it for many years to come analysts say that she can manage that because he's surrounded himself with yes many so this is dangerous

for naaman because. china is a closed system so if the official now being promoted to congress do not have a track record of efficient governance a track record of reform and everybody is just telling what he wants to hear than this becomes just one big echo chamber once more the president spoke of his dream to make china great again and for the party to align itself more with the people people like wang play watch who until a few years ago was a farmer the now sells fruit and vegetables in a beijing market she earns around twelve hundred dollars a month much more than she did working the land and says she's already achieved one of her dream. when i was a kid my dream was to be able to have a steam bun with every meal but today i can eat whatever i want. it has been a defining few days for chinese politics giving xi jinping the authority to push

his vision of what china should look like by the middle of this century adrian brown al jazeera beijing. has real has approved the construction of one hundred seventy six new settlement units. on the aims to add to already existing illegal settlement structures and the palestinian neighborhood and are there. palestinian teenage boys had been interrogated in israeli prisons without lawyers present that's according to a new report accusing israel of systematically abusing and detainees in occupied east jerusalem statements from sixty youngsters suspected of stone throwing showed seventy percent of the boys did not understand they had a right to remain silent and feared being harmed thirty percent of the boys did not speak to lawyers before questioning and some of those who did use interrogators phone and ninety five percent of the cases boys were in the interrogation room on their own without parents and no relatives. od is the executive director at the

tesla in the israeli information center for human rights in the occupied territories he says palestinians should be properly represented in israel's judicial system dispenser laws that protect the rights of minors of teenagers out there especially because of the understanding that this is an age in which people. are more vulnerable a can actually be scarred for life traumatized for life through such experiences is so you want to have special protections in place we have a system in which on one side is. police officers prosecutors judges the jails we're all in always these really in this case you have you know put a student teenagers who are always on the receiving end of this of this reality is so of course even though the laws have the uniform and protections and that need to be upheld we end up in a reality that is consistently demonstrates that it's put

a stain on teenagers do not receive the protections that they deserve you know secretary of state rex tillerson is in india to meet with the prime minister narendra modi a three day visit follows a stopover in pakistan on tuesday during a press conference with india's foreign minister tillerson said the united states share the same regional security concerns as new delhi. in our discussions with pakistani leadership yesterday the schlub about we had a very open frank exchange around the concerns that the united states shares with other regional partners and allies india but also afghanistan. that there are too many terrorist organizations that find a safe place in pakistan from which to conduct their operations and attacks against other countries we have extended pakistan certain expectations we have of their

government and their leadership to deal with in particular these organisations and elaborate five day funeral is underway in thailand for king on a two year day a year after his death a quarter of a million people have lined the area outside bangkok's grand palace to watch golden chariots bring the late king's body to the crematorium complex can come upon rain per seventy years as death last october on the plunge the country into morning a has more from bangkok. the five day funeral ceremony ease under way for the late king of thailand coupon i do need day and already we are seeing that there aren't. thousands of people on the streets ahead of the public cremation which will take place on tuesday the ceremony has started with a behind closed doors buddhist ceremony in the grand palace in the hole where the late king's body has been lying for the past year attending that ceremony and members of the royal family members of the privy council as well and also senior

members of the government but the public will take place on thursday. to the u.n. nikki haley is in south sudan to meet the president and hopes of finding a resolution to their civil war on tuesday visited south sudanese refugees in canberra western ethiopia she told a group of reporters that she was mad that's a quote that the international community had let the conflict go on for so long south sudan spiraled into civil war in two thousand and thirteen after a dispute between the president's healthcare and a former deputy only three hundred fifty thousand refugees have flooded into again bella almost ninety percent are women and children. this is an international crisis this is not just ethiopia is a problem this is an international crisis and when you look at the thousands of people here and you see that they're supposed to have one hundred clinics for ten thousand people and there's six thousand people in one clinic and it's from i mean

they're they're trying to make ends meet by you know working on food shortages but at some point you have to look at say no one deserves to live life. morocco's king has fired four government ministers over delays to a seven hundred million dollars development project for northern region shaken by protests they royal palace issued a statement saying the ministers of education health housing and junior minister have all been removed people in the mountainous riff area had been holding protests for the past year over their economic situation the demonstrations were triggered by the death of a fishmonger whose produce was confiscated by. elise. large agricultural companies are making big profits and zambia but a new report says while norval rural communities are paying the price with small farmers having to give up their land many of them are women as katia lopez reports this community has been farming for years it depends on the land to survive but

recently many have been forced out by foreign companies on up a phenomenon by me under the workers that are going to bulldoze us came to the house and said you have to move from here it's a situation that's becoming more common in zambia hoping to improve the economy the government allowed commercial enterprises to expand in areas including the sarong district which is known for its good soil and water these satellite images show just how quickly domestic and foreign foreign companies moved in to produce corn wheat and soy some of which is sold abroad but families say they're being pushed from the land they've worked on for generations felicia says now her children don't have a problem home. we were told we only had two weeks and we had to leave that's how we ended up here my children they sleep in that taint human rights watch released a report forced to leave commercial farming and displacement insomnia that examines

the impact these businesses are having or rule families it says a woman in particularly are being blindsided by the problem. we women used to grow plenty of crops and keep it in our storage bins it's a big difference the river was close and we could draw water we grow a lot of savvy and sweet potatoes. rules to protect farming communities and zombie already exist including having families decide whether they want to leave proper resettlement options and compensation but the people here say they're not being enforced. i was taken to court because these companies want the land where we live this community says forming is about much more than crops it's about tradition land family and their very livelihood. al-jazeera u.s. president has been sharply criticized for his conduct by senior figures in the ruling

republican party the majority party that is senator bob corker once again expressed his worries about the future of the u.s. under donald trump ahead of a meeting on tax reform and later on wednesday a second senator fiercely condemned traps traps policies and his personal behavior . reports from washington d.c. . his promise to repeal obamacare has failed money to build a border wall with mexico remains in question so hoping for a legislative victory donald trump on tuesday went to capitol hill seeking support from fellow republicans for some of the steepest tax cuts in a generation this will be the lowest rate in more than eighty years so this would be just before leaving the white house he spoke to reporters to explain how his tax reform plan will ensure his keeping a campaign promise to get americans back to work our plan can be summarized in three simple words jobs jobs jobs but what was supposed to be

a serious day of policy discussion quickly devolved into a bitter fight with the governing republican party itself for months trump's been alienating some of the most senior members of his own party on tuesday it got even more personal for two centers. senator bob corker will leave the senate next year went on a blistering attack against trump before the president arrived on capitol hill i was one of those that hope that you know he would rise to the occasion as present and aspire to to lead our nation instead of dividing it the worst of it is kind of a just the cold the facing if you will of our nation's top reacted almost immediately tweeting multiple times lashing out at corker as a senator that couldn't get reelected not even for the position of dog catcher but it didn't end there late tuesday republican senator jeff flake announced he

wouldn't run again in twenty eighteen delivering a second attack against romney on the senate floor we were not made great as a country by indulging in or even exulting our worst impulses turning against ourselves glorifying in the things that divide us and calling fake things true and true things fake. the white house denied the in-fighting is a distraction from the president's agenda the president he's a fighter we've said it many times before the people of this country didn't elect somebody to be weak they elected somebody to be strong and when he gets hit he's going to hit back in fact that's exactly what the president promised on the campaign trail to rid washington establishment politicians he believes do not deliver for america's middle class can really help get al jazeera washington last year a little over two million u.s. workers were paid at or below the federal minimum wage at seven dollars and twenty five cents and part two of our series al-jazeera looks at the growing divide in the

u.s. between the earning haves and have nots john hendren has this report from the city of st louis and the state of missouri. until this august betty douglas lived on faith hope and ten dollars an hour. she's the main breadwinner for a son with autism another with a brain tumor a nephew and her brother who's recovering from back surgery last night i didn't know i have a sixteen year old i had to make sure they ate last night so i'm very homey this morning even though you work for a restaurant and they all live with a doting matriarch and not much else and then electric company that telling me that they want three hundred dollars or that a cup my services so i'm just taking that to said take day by day. each work day for ten years she walks to a bus stop to a job serving burgers at mcdonald's at fifty nine she hasn't seen

a doctor since her sixteen year old son was born now the state of missouri has taken away the pay raise she and other workers have earned for months across the u.s. cities like los angeles chicago and washington d.c. are raising their minimum wage. but here in st louis the lowest paid workers are actually seeing their paychecks get smaller st louis voted to increase the minimum wage from seven dollars and seventy cents an hour to ten dollars but missouri state legislature voted to override that blocking cities like st louis from setting a higher wage. so as fast food workers across the country fight for better wages here they protest the dollars they've lost two to be exact plus thirty cents every hour. and when the police shut them down they take it outside and nobody has a bottom that that was the cost of living is going up every day st louis restaurants who are armor who want miss says that's not the american way like the

idea of government getting involved in telling me how much to pay my people earn it what car the american dream i didn't but but to determine how much my employee makes well why don't you build my business then for me and get me out of the mix betty douglas has now returned to her old pay at all as i keep getting up in morning by tiring down at night i don't want to get up and buy as she serves others her family will have to do with even less i have a very good thank you john hendren al-jazeera st louis. today on all of the day's news when you get a moment go to our web site it's very easy to find al-jazeera dot com al jazeera dot com keep it here. take

a look at the headlines on al-jazeera protests have broken out in western kenya after a legal the to postpone thursday's presidential election failed the supreme court said there weren't enough judges to hear a petition arguing that it will not be credible credible that is so the polls are a rerun after the court and no at present victory in august over irregularities. reports from nairobi it's just the latest setback for the election in recent weeks we've also seen training all the local officials not taking place in certain places there around the country especially strongholds all the opposition and and even into and even a day before election day all reports are that the protesters are preventing the electoral commission from entering certain areas bringing in ballot boxes and electoral material so concern around which kenyans will be able to vote and just how critical the election will be the kurdish regional government in iraq has suggested freezing the results of its a session referendum course that referendum

triggered a confrontation with the central government the kurds say they're ready for talks with baghdad and they want to ceasefire kurdish peshmerga forces have been fighting government troops near a key oil pipeline israel has approved the construction of one hundred seventy six new settlement units in occupied east jerusalem this move to add to already existing illegal settlements structures in the palestinian neighborhood a welcome there. china's communist party has revealed its new leadership team headed by president xi pain premier league the chain was the only one to retain a spot in the seven man lineup but there's no clear successor to she further strengthening his grip on power i don't know average five day funeral is underway in thailand for me upon until you hear after his death quarter of a million people have lined the area outside bangkok's grand palace to watch golden chariots bring the late king's body to the crematorium complex. and rain for seventy years his death last october the country into mourning eleven human rights

activists accused of supporting terrorist groups have gone on trial in istanbul in turkey the director of the of amnesty international in turkey a german national and a swede they're all on trial they were arrested in july accused of aiding kurdish and leftwing armed groups as well as the two a go on movement blame for last year's failed coup reza the headlines news continues after inside story since your time peter. gets a warning from the u.s. to do more to stop aiding groups secretary of state rex tillerson is on his first visit to islam about at a time when the u.s. is considering giving india a greater.