the prospects for those returning home. join the discussion on g.w. dot com and on facebook. prospects for returning. d.-w. maybe. this is deja vu news live from berlin tensions flare in kenya as a repeat election gets underway police fire live rounds and tear gas as protesters rally against a vote that has polarized the nation opposition calls for a boycott could mean a low turnout we'll go to nairobi for more. a final farewell for

thailand's beloved king from upon tens of thousands of mourners attend a five day long ceremony in bangkok for the monarch. and emotional release in turkey a german human rights organizer is freed from prison on bal does this signal german turkish relations could be on the mend. welcome to the show i'm brian thomas police in western kenya have reportedly been shooting live ammunition and tear gas to break up protests as kenya goes to the polls for a rerun of his presidential election the opposition leaders of called for voters to boycott the ballot and in nairobi supporters of opposition leader rollo dana were throwing stones to stop people. from getting into polling stations are doing us

says today's vote is quote a sham in areas where president hu rukun yaba has support voting has proceeded but in smaller numbers compared to the vote in august the kenyan supreme court nala five that election because of irregularities in the voting process. did abuse catherine o. mando joins us now from a polling station in the kibera district in the kenyan capital nairobi catherine you're in kibera right now where there have been some clashes what can you tell us what i can tell you outside where i am it's a pretty face but when you go in to around the polling station where it would usually cost this vote there has been a bit of commotion there has been a standoff between youth and police they used to say that they don't want people to vote and that's the situation but then we have other polling stations where at

least some people have voted within this particular constituency so but then it's a it's a really small number of people who are voting compared to you know to to this particular democracy ok we're getting some live images as we talk here can you give us an idea of how voting is proceeding in kenya at large what's happening in the rest of the nation. well in nairobi we're seeing people going to the polls in a very small number compared to a normal election day in central kenya we're seeing a bigger number of people because this is an area that is a government stronghold or jubilees stronghold so we're seeing more people going to the ballots we're also seeing more people going to the ballots in various polling stations in the rift valley which is also another to be the stronghold but if you look at the coastal area of kenya we're seeing people who are resisting the delivery of election materials to various polling stations saying that they don't

want to take part in the in the election and if you look at kisumu city it still is quite for quite violent trite now there's a standoff between youth and police and no not not that much voting is taking place within the city and ballot materials are still trying to find their way to polling stations and you're seeing running battles with police this is that the current situation we have we have a country where some parts not voting and some parts of voting pattern among the following the vote for us in nairobi thanks very much for that. mourners in thailand have started the main part of an elaborate five day funeral ceremony for the country's late king kong in bangkok tens of thousands of black clad mourners lined the streets to watch earn on its way from the grand palace to the crematorium music written by the late mark was played alongside the procession

gunshots greeted the urns arrival the funeral and so one year mourning period following the things that. following the ceremony for us in bangkok today is our correspondent boston hardinge boston you're there at the ceremony we're going to be getting some live images as we talk this morning from there can you walk us through what's happening today. yes let me start with explaining a little bit about where i am right now as you can see behind me this is one of the many replicas of the royal crim a tory i'm that type authorities have put up all over the country to give people the chance to pay their last respects for the late king and i don't get it and you can see people walking up to this all tar and putting down sandal wood flowers which is a funeral tradition here in thailand and there are hundreds and hundreds of people

here waiting and it's the same picture at these replica sides all across the country there is also if you don't know if you can see it back there a big screen where people can also follow the funeral procession and the royal urn has just reached the crime atory i'm from that they were taking it there from the royal palace and they were there going to be taking it around that time of tory m three times now then later this afternoon there will be a ceremonial cremation and then in the evening the actual cremation of the late king on i don't get it brian put me upon is viewed by by many thais as semi divine what made this particular time mark so very beloved so very popular for so many thais. i think. when if you talk to thais and i just spoke to a few because where we are right now is just right next to the royal palace and

there are many here who were here this morning to see that funeral procession pass and there they will tell you and many thais will tell you the same that he was like a father to them he was a unifying personality a unifying. symbol for the whole country we heard in the report through times of crisis through times of turmoil and also a person who had the interest and of the people and of the country at hard you would people. will tell you that he would be traveling tirelessly around the country promoting his his projects promoting the development of the country and people would get that impression that he would really care for his subjects and i think that's why many people loved him so dearly and why he was revered so highly and which is why you can see such an emotional response and we already saw that last year after his death. was spontaneous lete tens of thousands maybe a hundred thousand people came out to the streets of bangkok to watch his body being taken from the hospital where he died to the grand palace now again today we

see that people come out and the people we spoke to they started crying just talking about him and they said they said they they were sobbing and many people were sobbing when they saw that funeral procession procession passed by today so it's a very emotional moment for many thais bryant ok and these ceremonies are expected to last throughout the day boston hearty thanks so much for that from bangkok. now to some of the other stories making in the news this hour the fight against america's opioid drug epidemic is getting a boost from president trump he said to declare the crisis a national emergency u.s. is battling a surgeon opioid related deaths including thirty three thousand lives lost in two thousand and fifteen the president made fighting opioid addiction a priority in his election campaign. a ukrainian politician has been wounded his bodyguard killed after an explosion in the capital kiev the injured member of

parliament is with the nationalist radical party the country's interior ministry says it's feeling the incident as a terrorist attack. in barcelona demonstrators have made a new call for independence for the catalonia region this after cattle on leader carlos turned down an invitation to address pain senate this week the senate is due to vote tomorrow on dismissing poos to montgomery meant over its push for independence. it's to turkey now where the german national paper story and seven other human rights activists are out on bail after three months in prison the group was among those arrested during a workshop run by amnesty international and istanbul turkey jail them on terrorism related charges as part of a crackdown after last year's to attempt to start his case is one of a number of diplomatic flashpoints between turkey and germany is released could signal a rapprochement in the deeply strained relationship. emotional reunions with relatives

and supporters as eight human rights activists are released early on thursday and among them german citizen pay to store it now he spent more than one hundred days in jail he was arrested on terrorism charges thirty nine and digital security training workshop to human rights activists. to speak of me i'm really grateful and i can say we are really grateful. for everybody who supported us legally. diplomatically and with solidarity. and we know it's going on but we do it together. released on bail their trial will continue but story is i would to leave turkey to await the verdict german foreign minister sigman gabrielle also welcomed the court's decision but called for the release of some ten and the german citizens joad in turkey on charges balances as politically motivated. let's go live to our correspondent dorian jones who's been

covering the trial proceedings for us dorian can you tell us more about peter storrie and why this case has become such a barometer for german turkish relations. human rights activists he was giving this presentation of the human rights defenders seminar just outside is stamboul on cyber security when everyone at the seminar was arrested and according to prosecutors they claim that that meeting was planning to create civic armrest across the country aimed at unseating the turkish president reject type earth one and they claimed that the conspiracy was linked to last year's failed coup and they accuse story can earn along with everyone else attend a seminar or been linked to the same group that was involved in the failed military takeover and the fact that he was facing up to fifteen years in jail really brought a crisis point between bird in an uncle relations there are ten other german citizens languishing in jail on the similar according to berlin politically

motivated charges but many weights the the severity of the sentence thought it was facing what was widely considered the absurdity of the charges really has brought. the personification of all this crisis between violin and ancora and we are getting reports of possibly the former german chancellor gerhard schroeder was involved in the in the security story for elise schroeder does have had very good relations with the turkish president reject type one when it was the heyday of german turkish relations and it is believed that schroeder still has good ties with your turkish president but also i think there were reports of possibly berlin is planning to introduce measures to. reduce foreign lending to turkey it's also seen as a factor because when that news broke last night the turkish lira plunged ok let me jump in there is. now a free man he's out on bail well they have to go back to face trial now.

no you know he can now leave the countries expect to leave the country in the next few hours and he we expect that this thing this is a pattern we've seen with a foreign nationals are being released from pretrial detention they don't usually come back to. ok daryn jones bring us up to date with the latest from istanbul in what has become a very politically charged trial thanks very much it's to football now where the german cup is been in full swing this week the most hotly anticipated game in the rounds rb leipzig playing host to byron munich now both clubs are near the top of the table in the bundesliga and their cup match was a tight encounter that went all the way to penalties. rb leipzig and bar in munich had silverware on their minds after a goalless opening half the game's rhythm changed after the break this fell by live on robert evans lead to his second yellow card of the evening and an early trip to

the dressing room. playing with ten men didn't slow down the hosts after sixty eight minutes of use of poles and was brought down by jerome boateng and forsberg stepped up to the spot when they. put their lead was short lived just five minutes later. counted up his perfect header level to score. higher dominated into extra time but there was no getting past life the keeper paycheck. a penalty shoot out back in the barn put away all their spot kicks. unfortunately for leipsic team of then i couldn't convert the visitors and fans to the next round i this is live from berlin we have more came a coming up at the top the hour don't forget you can always get the latest on our website leave you now with some music and some historic pictures of rock n roll and blues legend fats domino passed away yesterday enjoy.

the food. last. lovin. it's reformation day d.w. . the program is one of the clocks marking its five hundredth anniversary we're going live to the commemoration ceremony back philby documentaries magazines and talk shows focusing on luther and the groundbreaking events he helped set in motion restoration days.