protective measures with. nothing. but challenging our future starting november ninth on d w. this is d w news rocket from berlin the vote counting has begun in kenya yet again polls are now closed in the nation's presidential election rerun president who will kenyatta wants voters to give him another term but take two of this contested

election has been marred by clashes and a lower turnout with the opposition calling for a boycott we'll go live to nairobi for the latest also coming up confusion in catalonia a day before spade's parliament is set to take direct control of the region catalonia as president says no to snap elections the one tool that could prevent losing all ptolemy we'll take you to barcelona for the latest there plus we are really grateful. for everybody who supported us legally. ok and been. an emotional reunion it in an unexpected to diplomatic deal the german human rights organizer peter stoic not charged with helping terror is free on bail from a turkish prison.

it's good to have you with us we begin in kenya where vote counting is underway after a disputed rerun of a contested presidential election the opposition has urged voters to boycott the vote and as a result turnout was low even in some areas considered strongholds of president your guru kenyatta polling was pushed back to saturday in four counties were clashes broke out the violence left at least three people dead and dozens wounded. police with water cannons vs opposition supporters with stones they were boycotting the election in a slum area of kenya's capital nairobi polling stations in many areas failed to open because of security concerns several deaths and many injuries must the proceedings. kenya's president or hurrican yeah to cost his votes in upbeat mood

his jubilee party's election victory back in august was cancelled because of irregularities leaving kenya in the grip of its worst political crisis in a decade. we're happy and. all we're asking is that kenyans turn out. requesting them humbly that they should turn out in large numbers must. make their decision true as their leader. for our country to move on. the opposition leader ryan loading gas seen here before the vote urged his super alliance supporters to boycott the proceedings. many went further than that intimidating but election volunteers and voters to keep them away from polling stations there. were no one of them.

to believe. what you want to hear we want on enough to be here to. support. the. violence also fled in the city of kisumu casualties were ferried to hospital the governor a hardliner doing the supporter accuse the authorities of punishing the opposition citizens have a right. to physically been in central and other places. now or on saturdays remaining colima kenyatta's probable victory with a low turnout in the rerun is unlikely to end the violence. well given the controversy surrounding the. correspondent mani whether she thinks

the country could be headed for yet another election. it's certainly what opposition leader raila odinga said in a statement that he issued earlier this morning he said that he would be bringing together a group of people who would get a free fair and most importantly fresh elections so as far as the opposition is concerned this election process is not over in fact it never began for them but as to whether or not kenyans want to do this a third time in a span of two months i think there is general fatigue in the country nobody wants to be in an election nearing process but this is a state we find ourselves in and the election commission has the next move and that was our correspondent there reporting in nairobi now to spain where it has been a day of twists and turns after the separatist leader of the region of catalonia said that he will not call elections that might have defused tensions with the spanish government over cattle on independence carlist bridge demasi said it is now

up to catalonia its regional parliament to decide whether or not to hold elections the spanish government plans to strip huge man of his powers and impose direct rule on ted alone later this week thousands of probes separatists of borders waited outside the regional government headquarters hoping that would declare independence today now he did just that after a referendum at the beginning of october but he immediately suspended its implementation. correspondent charlet chosen hill joins us from the catalog capital barcelona she's on that story for us tonight good evening to you charlotte so we're not we're not going to get a snap election we're not getting a declaration of independence the ball seems to be back in the central government's court in madrid tonight doesn't. it certainly does appear that way that's because we know tomorrow or the senate in madrid is planning on voting

on whether to impose article one five five that would impose direct rule on catalonia it would mean removing those in the regional government from power will also mean taking control of its finances and its police force as well as we have known for some time that that was likely to happen tomorrow and all indications point to the fact that they will vote in favor first of all because prime minister marianna or hoy's party is pushing for this it has a majority in the senate and secondly because we've heard from it's nights that he in a tweet that he wants to quote rescue castle anya's so it does indeed seem that all eyes are going to be on madrid tomorrow and we know that he wants to rescue catalonia implying that he wants to rescue it from its president mr hu jim on that he did not did not give the announcement that people were expecting today so how do people in catalonia feel now. i think it's fair to

say that both those who are in favor of independence and those who are against it actually have something in common today both a walking away from today's developments feeling probably slightly disappointed pro independence supporters who had really expected pushing on to declare independence today there were thousands of people on the streets in the square behind me saying that they wanted just that the mood was was really quite bitter among the people son who was standing behind me some were even chanting traitor referring to push him on some real anger on the other side those who are against independence may well have been hoping that he would call regional elections today the hope being that it would deescalate what is becoming an increasingly tense situation an increasingly tense situation and that leads us then to tomorrow and the weekend the

central government says it's prepared to it's ready to impose direct rule will it and will it be peaceful. that's certainly looks highly likely whether or not it will be peaceful is anyone's guess at this point there were some rumors that some of the very pro independence factions in the catalan government which try and prevent it happening there were even reports on social media that they were giving people tips on how to stop some of the practical elements of direct rule being imposed sort of taking guardian government buildings for example to make sure that madrid cannot take charge we have already seen some violence on the streets of bonsa léna that was on october first the day of the referendum which essentially kicks off this entire crisis the day that it was claimed by the catalan government that the people voted in favor of independence. then on the streets we saw the police say restraint to prevent not referendum from

taking by some really violent scenes so you there's a there's hope here wanting to sense about but the potential is very real our correspondent charlotte chosen field on the story for us tonight in barcelona charlie thank you very much. us president donald trump has declared opioid drug addiction a national public health crisis opioid drugs have become the main cause of death among americans under the age of fifty and more the ninety people die every day in the u.s. from opioid drug overdoses in two thousand and fifteen the death toll was more than thirty three thousand that is a four fold increase in deaths since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine you see it right there most people start with pain relief pills which are prescribed by their doctor these are the biggest killers by overdose those who can no longer afford those prescription pills they end up turning to cheaper opioid drugs like heroin and fentanyl which are shipped illegally from mexico in china

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and seven other human rights activists have been released on bail after spending three months in a turkish prison they were arrested in istanbul and jailed on terror charges mr stuart case is one of many diplomatic flashpoints between turkey and germany his release could signal a thaw in relations wednesday night in istanbul for paint a nightmare has ended after more than one hundred days behind bars the human rights worker for amnesty international is once again a free man after his release from prison his comments on what happened made his ordeal clear 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. case and those of other german citizens arrested by turkey have severely strained relations between the two countries in berlin there is palpable relief over his release from prison. we were very pleased when the news came yesterday that peter not was to be free tariq ali was wrongly imprisoned in turkey for three months but now is the time to bear in mind that there are still german citizens being unlawfully held in prison in turkey for. you know if he had to voice your shots if it does then that this is sensational and we should encourage turkey to take more of these steps to release the other prisoners especially the journalists where the accusations were made up out of thin air because this former german chancellor gerhard schroeder played a decisive role and its release. media reports say chancellor merkel knew about

churches mediation efforts this was confirmed by his social democratic party colleague foreign minister. one german citizen may have survived a hard time in a turkish prison but others still behind bars are waiting to see what german diplomacy can do for them this week chancellor merkel met the wife of imprisoned german journalist denny's a clear show of solidarity by the german government with those being held illegally and turkey's presence. or thailand is marking the main part of a five day funeral for the country's late. tens of thousands of mourners lining the streets in bangkok as family members and dignitaries from around the world awaited the arrival of the king's symbolic funeral urn guntown music written by the late monarch played alongside the procession and gunshots

greeted the on iraq. is a reminder of that top story that we're following for you polls have closed in kenya after violence mars' a rerun of the presidential election as the vote has been delayed in four counties at least three people are dead in clashes between opposition protesters and police . you're watching news live from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day to see a. new d w a make or leaves famous stars any. point the bean jab came in vegas house of musical. close to me this day i love you and on the plug.