have to remain alert a lapse in attention could be fatal. the danger comes not just from above. even at the moderate speed of thirty kilometers an hour a tree branch can cut like a machete al-jazeera recounts the shocking story of the assassination of count cabana dot. tossed by the security council to mediate between arabs and israelis. his days would prove one of the darkest days in the quest for peace in the middle east. killing the count at this time on al-jazeera. a rerun of kenya's presidential election as marred by violent protests and opposition strongholds at least two people have been killed.

michel carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up protests against moderates plans to remove autonomy from catalonia but the next move of the regions later that is unclear as he postponed a key speech iraq's prime minister rejects the kurds offer to freeze the referendum on secession as he travels to iran to meet with leaders there. and his death has long been surrounded by conspiracy theories now the secret files in the assassination of u.s. president john f. kennedy are being released. kenya's disputed presidential election has been marred by violence and protests the security challenges were so great in some areas that polling couldn't happen at all

people in four counties will now cast their ballots on saturday placing the opposition stronghold of kisumu fired live rounds and tear gas to break their protests against the vote at least two people were killed several others injured opposition leader raila odinga asked his supporters to boycott what he calls a sham election a claim rejected by his rival president who can but election observers are concerned some kenyans have been intended it and may not vote out of fear president kenyatta has appealed for calm now the vote is a repeat of the first presidential poll and august which judges at the supreme court declared invalid i mean miller has more from nairobi. protesters lighting fires and throwing rocks leaving some polling stations empty and police responding with tear gas a what's characterized voting day in nairobi's opposition strongholds of the polling stations of not open to told officials too frightened to report for duty we

are explaining ourselves very clearly. there is no reason for anybody to take any violent action against i b c officials a.b.c. officials should be allowed to conduct their duty. as they conduct their duties it is the right of a kenyan. in any particular part of the country to either decide to vote or not. the opposition called for its supporters to boycott the polls off to a lack of reforms at the electoral commission also withdrawing its presidential candidates reloading go. at many polling stations voting did go on as normal even if in lower numbers compared to orcus election the indicators that we have so far that we are seeing people being intimidated in some parts of the country or it is not a very good thing it comes of transparency you can see video of the process while incumbent president to work in yard is assured of victory is concerned that some of his jubilee party supporters may stay home guaranteeing

a low voter turnout by midday at this polling station in kenya home county of. less than a halt of registered voters had cost the ballot in august this polling station had long queues this time despite the area being a governing party stronghold far fewer voters have turned up. with potentially six million opposition supporters staying away analysts say a poor voter turnout and the conduct of the electoral commission could impact the legitimacy of the selection. for me to malaya al-jazeera nairobi. motto is in the opposition stronghold of there and the capital of nairobi mohammad how much voting actually happened where you are if at all. well michel i'm of the olympic primary school which is. in the heart

slum two hundred twenty thousand people registered to vote here over lot figure only fifteen minutes to vote early on in the day usually these in past elections this is the playground of the school would be fool voters with queues snaking into the early hours of the slum but early on in the morning a group of angry protesters broke through the fence of the school demolishing it and came in they said some of the classrooms that were being used as polling stations on fire the police had to use the water comes to put the fire out the protesters have been relentless they keep coming back every time the police tried to despise them this is a scene from earlier what happened to one of the protesters who was arrested by the police they started beating him up with their bottoms and collabs and when they saw

me were filming they tear gassed the journalists who was at the scene so so far it seems the protesters are having the upper hunter here because so little voting has taken place here all right mohammed. live for us and iran and canberra ahmed thank you. president has called off an expected announcement leaving a political situation unclear reports suggested that carlos was going to announce plans for regional elections in december and a declaration of independence spain senate plans to debate the implementation of article one fifty five of its constitution what that would do is allow suspension of caroline his political autonomy and thousands of people in barcelona are demonstrating against spain's plans to dissolve catalonia government live pictures

of those protests happening right now in barcelona covering all angles of this so. andrew when might we hear. from catalonia as leader and where do they stand right now. so he may appear he's lucky took the hour now so tuesday will be so hard to find. the public's been so. the ruling. very soon we were told to him to the people of the press will be here in the only a little so as bowing actually saying that he loaned to cold snap elections in december december twentieth was mentioned by. a publication which helped supposedly have a leak. the reaction amongst both politicians and the public in fact we understand

that the partners in the coalition the center left party actually said that's it will pull out of the government if that's the case and there were also polls here i think i can just show you the numbers now we should diminish because people have. seen these are students who are demonstrating for the session they were shouting traits of one point so this is a very may. viewpoint there we're getting. suggestions. in this statement basically. exactly where things stand three options are said to have been on the table one would have been calling snap elections to try to maneuver. polling one five five to actually. cause reactions within six months and also

a whole range of other decisions which meant direct rule being in place on. the wall there were two other options one which was to declare secession right away and then have elections afterwards the other was just simply to declare secession from . referendum back in october the first which has been declared illegal government. so. to be clear this this article one fifty five if it were to be. activated or take effect as it were that would be on saturday. the decision actually would be on friday they would take action would actually roll out with full effect by saturday and that would mean the sacking of. his government would also power

lies the place for a while it is a transition took place and you have madrid taking over all the roles of government until the elections those elections will be in six months time so you've got both sides trying to potentially hold elections but the point is this. some would would describe it as an impossible political situation as he pressed the button for secession and absolute chaos. because he doesn't believe the time is right he wanted extra time to get this organized or does he go with an unpopular choice will some actually go for this idea of having elections it could be deemed that that would be a fair way forward and that might mean there's a solution with madrid ok anderson is live for us and barcelona thank you enter. iraqi forces of wash and assault to recapture. from the towns on iraq's western

border with syria two of the armed groups last strongholds in the country stephanie decker reports emerge there in iraq. ready for the final phase the iraqi prime minister has given the go ahead now the task of these men is to push out of the last areas of western anbar specifically which is the border town with syria the group still hope it's. been encountering some sporadic attacks but they are weak especially since the last of. the enemy is in a desperate situation right now and hopefully will retake all the remaining areas from. iraq's army and unbar police together with pro-government sunni tribal fighters and the hash shabbier shia militias are part of the offensive. we are now engaging in the offensive to retake. we have received full military support from the iraqi army to participate in this offensive the tribal fighters

have now become a supporting force in this offensive we aim to help that and after we retake these areas we will take control of security with the help of the iraqi forces. the campaign will also be backed by coalition air support and ground advice the towns of. the last few territories isis still controls in iraq many here feel that it won't be a long protracted battle but reading i salute. it's territory in iraq does not mean the group stretches been eliminated it is still capable of carrying out large scale attacks the announcement of the all crime offensive comes at a time when iraqi forces with shia militia are involved on another front sporadic fighting with the kurdish peshmerga and the all of that controversial secession referendum is putting huge pressure on air beale and the leadership here at how many kurds believe that this offensive is an attempt to divert attention from sporadic fighting we're seeing northwesterly or along the border with iraq and many

believe it's ultimate aim is to reassert federal control over the border crossings that the kurdistan regional government currently controls stephanie decker al-jazeera every all their occupied minister says his government won't accept anything but the cancellation of the kurds a session that. is in tehran for talks with the iranian leaders both countries have large kurdish populations that oppose any talk of separation kurdistan regional government had offered to freeze that secession bid but iraq says that offer doesn't go far enough still ahead on al-jazeera bidding farewell to a revered monarch they call comes to a standstill for five a day you know dozens of people killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in indonesia with. with

. hello the northeast monsoon has tucked in now to china that's the good time of the year middle twenty's to high twenty's temperature wise from shanghai down to hong kong loesch humidity sun in the sky but i think we'll see an increasing cloud in the next day or so because the tropical saturn just of the edge of your screen which is slowly moving north towards japan has a very slow move it will feed a lot of moisture a lot of cloud and so increase humidity seems likely in for example hong kong where the skies will go white but it should still be dry the monsoon is heading sas rapidly and falling apart through india in fact you can see it's line takes you across still to care or lower i think we'll see some more rain but it looks pretty much dry for a good part of india all of bangladesh and a good part of myanmar as well which is a contrast of this time less than a week ago and that will keep moving slowly south hang around in sri lanka the far

south of india for another day or so or even a week or same a dry picture unsurprisingly across the arabian peninsula the temperatures hovering from thirty to thirty eight typically not much in the sky and not much of a breeze are a little dusty humidity is exceptional it's just actually a good time of the year for most. oh is it. when they're on line in hurricane. almost like thirty six hours these are the things that has to address or if you join us on saturday. but. it will. is a dialogue tweet us with hash tag a.j. stream and one of your pitches might make the next join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera.

you're watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now presidential election rerun is being marred by protests and an opposition boycott at least two people have been shot dead in the opposition stronghold of kisumu security concerns mean some people will now cast their ballots on saturday catalunya president has postponed and it's back to the announcement leaving the political situation on a clear report suggested the carlists put him on was going to announce plans for regional elections and the spain senate is debating the suspension of catalonia as political autonomy but the iraqi prime minister says his government will not accept

anything but the cancellation of the kurds a session that i don't know body as in tehran for talks with iranian leaders both countries have large kurdish populations and oppose any talk of separation. dozens of detainees have gone on hunger strike in the yemeni city of aden saying they are being mistreated by united arab emirates forces human rights watch says the u.a.e. and its allies in the war and yemen should take action to stop the alleged abuse. now has a shot of many sports that's also creating major problems for local residents some avenge of a for parts. this is as close as you can get to the omaha military barracks under the control of the u.s. government the ancient port city on the red sea has been an important export route for yemeni coffee for centuries but with militarization of key locations people here are struggling to earn a living and i mean a. seaport is a military base for the arab coalition forces all the workers at the port and

fishermen are now allowed to enter the sea fishermen are allowed only to fish in the area which is far and very costly for fishermen to get to. they have removed all of the sea port facilities all the installations access is denied we are not allowed to work at the port or fish in the sea we are all left jobless that's not the only thing people complain about in port cities such as. an hour than many places of makeshift jails and locals accuse security forces of abusing inmates now and. this witness found by the associated press news agency says he was tied up beaten humiliated and abused in a prison. as i want to doctor. lawyers and family members say there are eight hundred secret prisons being run by the u.a.e. and local forces in southern yemen and nearly two thousand men have disappeared. family members have been demonstrating for the release of their relatives for months and now human rights watch says dozens of prisoners have begun

a hunger strike in our then jailed conditions have never been great but activists say mistreatment has verse and they say detainees shouldn't have to refuse food to be treated humanely and to be free from abuse the u.a.e. denies the allegations its forces are part of the saudi led us back coalition fighting who the rebels who have taken control of northern and central yemen including the capital sanaa. thousands of people have been killed in the last two years and yemen faces some of the world's worst humanitarian crises with the abuse of hundreds of detainees in addition to all of their problems and rights campaigners want to stop some of. those there. at least forty seven people have been killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory and indonesia this happened at an industrial complex in the city of tang arraying about twenty five kilometers west of the capital jakarta a local official says all the period in the city of tongue twenty five kilometers or west of. local residents reported hearing a loud explosions before seeing

a cloud of smoke above the warehouse more than half of the factory workers were killed or injured many of the dead burned beyond recognition families have been asked to identify the bodies by dental records or by the jewelry victims all wearing according to police offices and rescue as many of the bodies were found trapped at the back of the warehouse possibly trying to find a way out management are being questioned by police investigating the cause of the blast the factory has only been operating the last two months employing around one hundred people. three weeks after hurricane maria destroyed much of puerto rico tech company tesla has prop power to a hospital on the island san juan children's hospital cares for thirty five permanent residents with serious conditions and treats about three thousand young patients it was in critical need after the hurricane prompting tesla's founder ilan

musk to donate resources to build a solar array on the hospital's carpark for rico's governor has thanked tesla for its support. having this parking lot. the hope is is something that. the hospital. also worry about everybody but people should. thank you for your humanitarian efforts over here and i can tell you that it's already here to do this for the children that are in this. tighter airport security measures will take effect for all passengers on u.s. bound flights from thursday the new rules have been imposed by the trumpet ministration and include stricter screening of passengers and electronic devices to go paul and has more from hong kong's international airport. the new security measures are seen as a crucial test for cathay pacific an airline which prides itself on efficiency and speed particularly when checking in but u.s.

bound passengers will no longer be in town facilities which are in the city instead they will have to come here to the airport the been told to come three hours before their flight as they will have to face questions about their trip details of why in particular they want to go to the u.s. they asked me if i was here for business or pleasure. and they also asked me about . four nights a copy of my generation which is a little strange because i. had my boarding pass i think it's unnecessary. because i think we have enough security measures already if you go to the united states there's a new system but i don't like it. you know we've got the number of people how they feel about the new security measures and most of told us it's annoying and frustrating not cathay pacific is the only airline that's banned u.s. bound passengers from using facilities in the city or their bag drop off the sympathy here at the airports cathay pacific say they've increased the number of

staff but there is still under tremendous pressure about fourteen flights a day to the united states before he died last october thailand. was the world's longest serving monarch his five day funeral ceremony began on thursday trying hundreds of thousands of mourners. reports from the capital bangkok. home in aiding a year of mourning and reflection the people of thailand have said goodbye to the king. enduring late monsoon rains and searing heat hundreds of thousands of thais clad in black descended upon bangkok. bucket come. arrived in the pre-dawn hours have to continue with our lives but i will do good things for him so we. will not have to worry full of ceremony and tradition a procession carrying an opulent urn left the royal palace for the two and a half a kilometer journey to the royal crematorium crafted over the last eight months the elaborate crematorium is designed to represent

a mythical mountain sending the late king to heaven here and one of thousands have gathered there laying sandal wood flowers on this replica of the royal crematorium dozens have been set up across bangkok and across thailand giving thais the opportunity to actively participate in their king's funeral when you. decided that he was a young boy when he met. his father was the king's tutor for twenty six years in switzerland when some thai people do not abandon us he said if the thai people have been. abandoned then and that was he's now you and he's profound meaning he wanted to to be there for thai people in thailand has progressed greatly under king put me upon some field that's part of the grieving yes for the man but also for the period of transformation he led the nation through i think first and foremost people grieving because they're saying

goodbye to a part of themselves a part of their collective identity that was form and shape during the king's time he was called father by many thais even viewed by some as a demagogue. as released. the late king's son and son an heir king. corn will light the crematorium on thursday evening and then traditional dances and performances will carry on throughout the night marking the end of the year of mourning it's got harder al-jazeera banco. secret documents about the assassination of u.s. president john f. kennedy are to be released on thursday president authorized the release of the records although that was mandated by law going back to the one nine hundred ninety s. is in this investigation into kennedy's killing and i think six or three there were controversial pastor reports from dallas fifty four years after president john f.

kennedy was assassinated on a dallas street most americans still do not believe the findings of the official investigation that alone a gunman lee harvey oswald was soley responsible radically deny these drugs the public's doubt born of these seconds captured by news cameras in one nine hundred sixty three when oswald was killed moments after his arrest. and apparently outraged dallas businessman had taken the law into his own hands shooting oswald before he could ever be tried the combination of a dead president and a silenced suspect before a backdrop of cold war paranoia then what became an industry which relied on conspiracy theories to generate millions of dollars in sales of books and magazines it's much more fun to believe in conspiracy hugh aynesworth is the only journalist who witnessed both kennedy's assassination and oswald's killing he rejects the

conspiracy theories that russia or cuba helped to kill the president or that the us government itself had wanted kennedy dead worth says the release of the investigation records is unlikely to satisfy those claiming to search for the truth as it isn't known and anything you know opportunities will still show will magazines and t.v. . and you know they used up had the declassified records are expected to center around oswald history including a cia personality study and information about his visit to the cuban and russian embassies in mexico in the weeks before the assassination the records may also include information about covert cold war operations potentially an embarrassment to the u.s. government but as for the kennedy assassination itself the records are expected to reveal any bombshells and x. still marks the spot where j.f.k.

was slain the site now a tourist attraction drives a daily crowd of people intrigued by what's likely to be the for ever a mystery of kennedy's death heidi joe castro al-jazeera dallas. britain's first major exhibition looking at artists response to war and conflict post nine eleven opens on thursday in london jessica paul then went to take a look at nine eleven a defining moment in the twenty first century with untold consequences consequences that continue to kill and devastate today artists like all of us have been affected by the events and they've used their skills to process and understand contemporary conflict justice artists from previous generations have painted their reflections on war a marble surveillance camera by i way way former british prime minister tony blair looks out from

a collage with images of blindfolded detainees and riot police force in the west you know it's that increase of security. maybe when we go to public events that awareness that you know terrorism can be indiscriminate and hit at any place and any time a german artist walks the streets of new york in a suit covered in dust from a car bomb in iraq. a life size shadow of a predator drone stenciled on the floor the twin towers represented as neon light wells good contemporary artists who are constantly absorbing everything around them are any position to interpret our world and help us make sense of it. homesick a film of fear and frustration by syrian artists ferrars. he now lives in london but his parents remain in their damascus apartment

a work by kurdish iraqi artist walid c.t. explores the destruction caused by conflict breaking apart homes families buildings those are taste often drawing on those really wrong testimonies of their own lives and i think that helps us create that bridge to really experience to border understanding and and helps us and understand those consequences of conflict a painting of contemporary damascus a reflection of chaos and devastation artists defining and teaching us what life has been like for many after sixteen years of conflict since nine eleven jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. the and. take out the top stories on al-jazeera kenya's presidential election a rewrite is being marred by protests and an officer and what caught at least two

people have been shot dead in the opposition stronghold of. security concerns mean some people will now cash their ballots on saturday. kelly's president has called off an expected announcement leaving the political situation unclear reports suggested that carlos puts them on was going to announce plans for regional elections in december and drop a declaration of independence spain's senate plans to debate the implementation of the constitution's article one fifty five which allows suspension of catalonia as political autonomy and thousands of people are protesting demonstrating in barcelona against spain's plan to dissolve catalonia government iraqi forces have launched an assault to recapture al qaida in rolla eisel the towns on iraq's western border with syria or two of the armed groups last strongholds in the country leaflets were dropped over the area in northwestern province on wednesday warning of that operation in the iraqi prime minister says his government will not

accept anything but the cancellation of the kurds secession bit. as in tehran for talks with iranian leaders both countries have large kurdish populations and oppose any talk of separation or kurdistan regional government had offered to freeze its secession bid better roc says that doesn't go far enough at least forty seven people have been killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in indonesia and this happened at an industrial complex in the city of tang arranges twenty five kilometers west of the capital jakarta a local official says all the victims were factory workers and the cause is still under investigation. yes president donald trump is due to declare the opioid drug crisis a nationwide public health emergency comes nearly three months after a commission appointed by trump said he should declare a national emergency director ration will waive regulations to speed up resources to combat that epidemic more than sixty four thousand americans died last year due

to opioid addictions and overdoses. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the strain keep it or thanks for the time. but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera. in the stream now live on you tube and i'm only going today what's next for rocca i saw has been pushed out but with the city destroyed its future remains unclear.