>> guest: the federal election commission has i think a couple of roles to play here. one is they could demand disclosure of the ads of -- online advertising so could require the same amount of disclosure required on other types of ads about who paid for it. there's also this weird thing so when you buy an ad on facebook, you have -- as a politician you have the disclose your spending to the federal election commission, you file these reports about what you spend on your campaign. but you can very easily obscure the buys by placing them through a consultant and then just says you sent money with this digital consulted tenant and those people don't say whether they placed it on facebook 0 the campaign there isn't a lot of information how much money is being spent by campaigns on facebook, twitter, different social media platforms so they could increase that amount of transparency. and there's also 0 role for the federal communications commission, maybe, because they actually require an enhance it amount of disclosure for television ads and perhaps those rule could be tr

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the head of kenya's election commission has said it will be difficult to guarantee that next week's presidential election will be free fair and credible what. you said that was due to interference from politicians he spoke after an election commission member quit and left the country rosalynn the combi said the vote would not be free and fair because the commission was quote under siege the last week opposition leader while loading are pulled out of the presidential race citing illegality he called for a mass protest on election day raising the prospect of confrontations between protesters and voters. that's. why i'm joined now from nairobi by g.w. kenya correspondent catherine wonder how that it's good to see you the election board the chairman said that he can not guarantee a free and fair election can the vote go ahead. all the vote it's up in the air at this point because this is what we know we know that he says he's under siege and the people to blame here ruling party and the main opposition which is the national super alliance on one hand you have the main opposition which is trying to e

right let's move on to other news now kenya's election commission is calling for calm as it counts votes cast in thursday's repayed presidential election low voter turnout has further divided the country with just one in three people casting their ballots the home of the reports from nairobi. kenya's second presidential elections in three months what designed to bring along a coup money as political season two and. then now doubts they may provide any closure off to them what we witnessed was a very low voter turnout into a climate of fear and intimidation and in that political environment is difficult for an election to be considered credible with nearly all photos of opposition leader raila odinga heeding his call for a boycott. victory is not in question but some are already questioning whether the lol tunnel to give president kenyatta a reasonable monday took up a major defeat. the total voter turnout is a little over thirty percent who can yet i may have won but there's no way you can see a leader of you and form a government for all people. voting on thursday was mobbed by skirmish

democrats held a discussion on voting rights following the establishment of a new presidential commission on election integrity that's being headed by vice president mike pence and kansas secretary of state chris coeback. the commission was created to investigate alleged voter fraud in the 2016 election. the senate democrat panel also heard suggestions for increasing participation in the u.s. electoral process. >>> we'll call this hearing to order and thank everyone very, very much for being here today. we know it's very busy with many things happening but it's incredibly important that we be voting on basic -- we be talking about voting and the basic ten e ets of our democracy in terms of voting rights. voting rights is the essential foundation of hurt democracy, and all of us who are here understand that. every citizen who wants to vote is able to cast a vote must be at the top of congress' agenda. at the local level, many of us have heard stories about how difficult voting can be. whether it's a grandmother who can't register to vote because she can't get her birth certificate, college students pr

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tonight, the head of kenya's election commission has said it will be difficult to guarantee that nextk's presidential election will be free, fair and credible. he said it was due to interference from politicians. he spoke after an election commission member quick and left the country. the vote would not be free and fair because the commission was quote, under siege. last week, opposition leader while odinga -- he quit the race. he raised the prospect of confrontation between protesters and voters. i am joined now from nairobi by our kenya correspondent. it is good to see you. the election board, the chairman, said he cannot guarantee a free and fair election. can the vote go ahead? guest: the vote is up in the year at this point because this is what we know -- we know he says he is under siege and the people to blame are the ruling party in the main opposition, the national super alliance. on the one hand you have the main opposition, which is trying to ensure there are reforms, and they have the 12 euros fusible minimums. on the other hand you have accusations that the ruling party h

>> guest: well, the federal election commission a i think, a couple roles to play here. one is, you know, they could demand disclosure of these ads on online advertising. so they could require the same amount of disclosure that's required on other types of ads about who paid for it. there's also this weird thing, so when you buy an ad on facebook, you have -- as a politician, you have to disclose your spending to the federal election commission. you file these sort of reports about what you spent on your campaign. but you can very easily obscure those buys by just placing them through a consultant, and then it just says that you spent money with this digital consultant, and those people don't always say whether they place it on facebook or what was the campaign. so there isn't a lot of information about what is being spent on all these different social media platforms. so they could increase that amount of transparency. and there's also a role for the federal communications commission maybe because they actually require an enhanced amount of disclosure for television ads

the last time the federal election commission updated these regulations was april, 2006. more than ten years ago. that was before the iphone had been introduced into twitter was still in development and facebook was only for college students. in fact 35 of the members were not yet in congress myself or the chairman included. much has changed in that time. a presidential candidate use twitter to wage a presidential campaign and it is time we recognized in today's world television and radio are not the only media carrying political ads. i'm confident we can prevent meddling by russia and other states by protecting the first amendment rights of americans. i was encouraged to see they reopened 2011 comments period on social media, political exercising after these revelations. however, i am still concerned about the problem within that have led to the years of gridlock and inaction. we cannot continue waiting for action from the ftc. our adversaries have shown they can act quickly and exploit our inability to enforce the law. according to the recent poll, 60% of americans want

calling for a new vote within ninety days so far the election commission is putting president

nairobi a day after voting in opposition strongholds were suspended due to violence so far the election commission is putting president uhuru kenyatta ahead with ninety seven percent of the vote spoke out against the post-election violence that has left at least six people dead. how many i know has the latest now from nairobi. the results been targeted by the independent electoral commission in various parts of the country are dividing the people of kenya just like the election process before you opposition supporters are saying that the governing party they do believe party is tinkering with numbers to make up for very little hope the tunnel will cheat the government we've just come back from interviewing the deputy president of kenya william brutal he says that the time out is forty percent and they are more than ninety five percent of the votes cast and that it's just a matter of time before president who took. him. for another tom in office now what has kenya's most concerned however is the killings that have been going on in some parts of nairobi with some militias allied to politicians cutti

elections cancel some more what does that mean. and it really does come as a relief for many people here are religious leaders politicians and just residents of this area's have been calling on the electoral commission to call off this election saying then vironment is just not try to spin very tense all of thursday we saw running battles between police and protesters several in fact dozens of people were injured some with gunshot wounds several people died as well were killed in the hospital we went to three people died and the hospital also was very tense and people were calling on the electoral commission to call off this election in even this afternoon we went around a bit julie and we saw already young men had started setting up roadblocks in different areas and you know they were telling us that they will not allow a new voting materials to get to the polling stations are supposed to get to and this is the biggest challenge that the electoral commission has been facing just to get the voting materials to the polling stations safely and also another big challenge has been to get employees of the electoral commission these are the clocks and upper siding offices people who really are crucial in

host: is there a role for the federal election commission in this? julia: well, federal election commission has, i think, a play here.oles to one is, you know, they could disclosure of these ads, online advertising. same ould require the amount of disclosure that's required on other types of ads, about who paid for it. this weird thing, when you buy an ad on facebook, you have to an disclose your spending to the federal election commission. reports about what you spent on your campaign. but you can very easily obscure by just placing them through a consultant and then it spent money t you with this digital consultant and those people don't always say hether they placed it on facebook or what was the campaign so there isn't a lot of information about how much money s being spent by campaigns on facebook, twitter, all these different social media platforms, so they could amount of at transparency. there is also a role for the federal communications maybe because they actually require an enhanced amount of disclosure for ads, and perhaps those rules cou

turnout in the oldest election was eighty percent or nearly fifteen million votes as kenya's election commission said more than one in ten polling stations failed to open due to what it described as security challenges mohamed atta reports from nairobi. kenya's second presidential elections in three months what designed to bring along political season two and. then now doubts they may provide any closure after all what we witnessed was a very low voter turnout into our climate of fear and intimidation and in that political environment is difficult for an election to be considered a credible with nearly all followers of opposition leader raila odinga heeding his call for a boycott. victory is not in question but some are already questioning whether the low tunneled will give president kenyatta a reasonable monday to pick up. the total voter turnout is a little over thirty percent kenyatta may have won there is no way he can be the leader of a few and form a government for old people voting on thursday was marred by skirmishes between police and stone throwing opposition supporters police used tea

kenya's election commission says six and a half million people voted in the country's presidential election rerun the authorities president voting in several counties that until saturday because opposition. supporters had been fighting with police four people were killed in the violence the india has become the first country to withdraw from the international criminal court this comes a year after it notified the united nations of its intention to leave the i.c.c. says the withdrawal won't affect on going court proceedings concerning burundi. now an australian code ruling on citizenship has now thrown the country into political crisis the high court ruled that five politicians in the eligible. to hold office because the country's constitution prevents all nationals from entering parliament now four senators are affected but the real focus is on the deputy prime minister barnaby joyce he's the only member of the lower house who's been affected now his expulsion means that malcolm turnbull's government has now lost its one seat majority barnaby joyce says he'll recontest his seat in a by elec

first delayed now suspended indefinitely kenya's election commission calls on voting in four opposition strongholds amid fears of more violence. and a change of policy the u.s. says to bypass even agencies and provide direct assistance to persecuted christians in the middle east. could have a company welcome to al-jazeera it's a night that will be long remembered in spain the country's prime minister is calling for calm after all the direct rule over catalonia an hour after the regional parliament declared independence thousands gathered in barcelona chanting liberty and singing traditional catalan songs where regional politicians voted to split from spain it's a major development in the country's worst political crisis in decades on october the third catalan leaders defied a spanish supreme court ruling by holding a referendum on secession madrid sent thousands of police to prevent the vote from happening sparking confrontation with catalans attempting to cast their ballot since their madrid has rejected calls for talks and has now withdrawn regional autonomy and snap election to choos

now suspended indefinitely kenya's election commission calls off voting in four opposition strongholds amid fears of violence. and a change of policy the u.s. to. provide direct assistance to persecute christians in the middle east. welcome to the program spain's prime minister is calling for calm after he ordered direct catalonia an hour after the regional parliament declared independence it's not election to choose a new regional government will be held on the twenty first of december andrew symonds has more from barcelona. the moment catalonia declared secession from spain a wave of euphoria across barcelona a mix of intense emotion elation and danger because of the uncertainty of what comes next they cheered they hugged one another they cried and they toasted what they see as a new nation it all started unfolding. at the catalan parliament passionate sometimes angry debates a sense of anticipation on one side red on the other. mares had been invited. ceremonials sticks by their sides to. the story. it wasn't long before his wish came true a secret ballot slowly but surely moving hi

here with al-jazeera and these are our top stories kenya's election commission says six and a half million people have voted in the country's presidential election rerun the authorities for spent voting in several counties though until saturday because of his asian supporters had boycotted polling stations four people were killed in violence the australian high court has disqualify the deputy prime minister for senators from pollen and because they unknowingly held jule citizenship barnaby joyce will recontest his seat in a byelection but his expulsion means the government's now lost its one seat majority in the lower house while barnaby joyce says he had no idea that he was a jewel citizen. you know i had no no reason to believe any of the country those trails born just the justly and you know i grew up. and i served in the nation's defense forces not my reason to labels and people trying to take the hits and take the sec for us but you know we all bought the ticket we know the risks and. now i'm going to make sure that i don't crombie i'm going to get back to work a un investigation has

also first now suspended indefinitely kenya's election commission voting in four opposition strongholds amid fears of more violence. and despite a clamp down on illegal weapons we report on how violence still plagues the southern philippines. welcome to the program spain's prime minister is calling for calm after reordered direct rule over catalonia an hour after the regional parliament declared independence a snap election to choose a new regional government will be held on the twenty first of december hundred seventy has more from barcelona i. the moment catalonia declared secession from spain a wave of euphoria across barcelona a mix of intense emotion elation and danger because of the uncertainty of what comes next they cheered they hugged one another they cried and they toasted what they see as a new nation it all started unfolding hours earlier at the catalan parliament. passionate sometimes angry debates a sense of anticipation on one side dread on the other dozens of mares have been invited ceremonial sticks by their sides to. the story since. it wasn't long before his wish came

kenya's election commission says six and a half million people voted in thursday's presidential election rerun that only a third of all registered voters the authorities had to postpone voting in four counties until saturday because opposition supporters fort with police. has become the first country to withdraw from the international criminal court it takes effect today that's friday a year after it notified the united nations of its intention to leave and it follows accusations that the court focuses only on africa the i.c.c. says the withdrawal though doesn't affect ongoing court proceedings. fareham a tosser has the latest from burundi the bahraini government and the ruling heikki are very proud about the rule rather they live the international criminal court the president will be in the countryside in the area few hours from now will be meeting to supporters telling them about the move a time that he will the president is willing to work for them the government main argument is that they feel that the political crisis started back in two hundred fifty and they say that the internati

definitely come as a relief for many people here who have been calling on the electoral commission to call off the election saying that this is just not the right time their environment is not conducive to electoral commission cited security reasons and for good reason it has been very difficult for employees of the electoral commission to get materials to the various polling stations here there are about three thousand a little more over three thousand polling stations in this four counties collectively one point eight million voters so it's been very difficult to get materials to those places young men have set up roadblocks this afternoon we went around how and it was so many people who had set up several round roadblocks in those areas and they were telling us that we will not allow any voting materials to go or to be transported to the various polling stations another problem the election the electoral commission has been facing here actually is a fact that employees have been unable to come to work these are the clocks in the presiding officers people who are crucial in carrying out this exercise so

most political advertising does require disclosure according to the rules from the federal election commission, but there has been this exception made for online advertising. basically for years they have been deadlocked about whether those rules should apply to online advertising and that has essentially meant that they haven't applied those rules. basically, right now, online advertising doesn't have to have that same disclosure you would see with the tv or radio ad paid for by this committee or that committee. perhaps those rules would start to apply. facebook was the leading group arguing against online advertising saying the ads were so small that that kind of disclosure would be really hard to fit into the ad, but they've dropped their objections to it now. >> facebook is also saying they're not a journalism organization, they are a tech company. is that correct? >> i think samberg spoke about this, whether they're a tech company or media company. she made this fine distinction which is that they are a tech company, their employee engineers, they don't write news articles but they unders

says the election commission all give him a fair chance. no let up in the escalating diplomatic row between the united states and turkey. announcing multimillion dollar awards for two has full of fish kills the u.s. steps that pressure on the lebanese group and its backer iraq. at all and is later has stepped back from declaring independence instead calling for talks to resolve spain's or split a crisis in decades but charles bridge the mott signed a symbolic declaration although it's unclear if it has any legal status to haul reports from barcelona. he arrived at the parliament building bristling with expectation a heavy police presence hinted at the weighty announcement to come but carlos demobbed president of catalonia is regional government stopped short of a full declaration of independence. as president it's my responsibility to declare that catalonia should become an independent state in the shape of a public. should become the words greeted with round zing applause in the chamber before the independent state party was put on hold. w

says the election commission give him a fair chunk. of the escalating diplomatic between the united states and turkey. and assesses the damage as. the us state the day. his leader has stepped back from declaring independence instead calling for talks to resolve spain's was political crisis and decades. did sign a symbolic declaration but it's unclear if it has any legal status john holl reports from barcelona. he arrived to the parliament building bristling with expectation a heavy police presence into the weighty announcement to come but carlos president of catalonia is regional government stopped short of a full declaration of independence. as president it's my responsibility to declare that catalonia should become an independent state in the shape of a public. should become the words greeted with rounds in applause in the chamber before the independent state party was put on hold. we asked the parliament to suspend any effects of the declaration of independence so that we can have dialogue and so that we can find the necessary solut

repeat presidential election voting has been disposed in four counties due to the violence the election commission estimates forty eight percent voter turnout in an election that was boycotted by the main opposition the u.s. defense secretary jim matters is visiting the south korean capital seoul he is joined by chairman of the gene joint chiefs of staff general joseph dunford becomes the head of a planned visit by the us president donald trump in two weeks' time. and u.s. president donald trump has declared opioid addiction a public health emergency the government to allow have more power to address the issue with more freedom to change legislation it's estimated more than sixty four thousand americans died last year due to opioid addiction and overdose two thousand eight hundred documents relating to the death of the former us president john f. kennedy have been made available by the u.s. national archives some of the records will remain classified on the advice of the cia and the f.b.i. present donald trump has ordered a one hundred eighty day review so that government agencies could look again

his expulsion means the government has lost its one seat majority in the lower house kenya's election commission says six and a half million people voted in the country's presidential election rerun authorities postponed voting in several counties until saturday after the opposition vote with police four people were killed in the violence the media miller has the latest from the capital nairobi. well hearing what kenyans have said up to this point there certainly is concern around to what this election and the thirty five percent turnout my to represent between we're a sickly looking at two camps those that voted for president uhuru kenyatta and those who stayed away from the polls opposition supporters who heeded the school by the opposition leader raila odinga to boycott the election very much the focus will be going forward will be on the elections that are outstanding in some of those place also other areas where they weren't able to open polling stations due to a number of reasons not just the protests or the clashes that we saw between protesters and police at various points in the country

he said that was due to interference from politicians he spoke after an election commission member quit and left the country rosalyn said that the vote would not be free and fair because the commission was quote under siege a last week opposition leader. pulled out of the presidential race citing illegalities called for a mass protest on election day raising the prospect of confrontation between protesters and voters. well i'm joined now from nairobi by the w.'s kenya correspondent catherine haven't it's good to see you the election board the chairman said that he cannot guarantee a free and fair election can the vote go ahead. all the vote it's up in the air at this point because is what we know we know that he says he's under siege and the people to blame here ruling party and the main opposition which is the national super alliance on one hand you have the main opposition which is trying to ensure that reforms and they have twelve irreducible minimum and on the other hand you have accusations that the ruling party has at least four of the seven commissioners in their hands and they'r

well meantime elsewhere in the world the head of kenya's election commission has said that it will be difficult to guarantee that next week's presidential election will be free and fair and credible while foula. blamed interference from politicians earlier a commission member quit saying that the upcoming vote would not be credible. china's president xi jinping has declared a new era for his country and said that it is time for china to take center stage in the world at the first session of the communist party congress in beijing she also pledged to open his country's economy further and pursue a policy of zero tolerance against corruption during the week long congress a new politburo to run china for the next five years will be selected have a look. it's a meeting on the grandest of scales. nearly twenty three holes and we can also see now that trump is actually moving the u.s. out of the center stage that china will actually try to move in all of into all these voids that are left open by the u.s. you were telling me a little bit before the show that you were actually struck by how

presidential election rerun a sham and called for a new vote within ninety days so far the election commission is putting the president on a head with ninety seven percent of the vote spoke out against the post-election violence that left at least six people dead. so you live now to spain because people are rallying in barcelona against catalonia his bid to break away from the country organizers say more than a million demonstrators taking part meanwhile catalinas deposed leader can a speech of his calling for democratic and peaceful opposition to madrid's direct rule of the region after it declared independence the taliban says it was behind an attack in northern afghanistan that killed fourteen police officers fighters raided a police outpost in the khanabad district in the province of condos the local police chief says weapons ammunition and an armored vehicle were taken. the leader of iraq's kurdish region is reportedly planning not to extend his presidential term mustard buzz and he has been under pressure to quit following september secession referendum the parliament of iraq's kurdish r

leaders and supporters in nairobi a day after the repeat vote was suspended due to violence election commission is pushing president hu kenyatta on course for victory with ninety seven percent of the vote it was basically two who are versus who or who was the king you had completely. competing against turnout that the turnout is three point five million but it is god knows something to media that's basically. what you can call a sham elections shambolic. not unwilling to talk but the agenda would still be the same agenda. to create a level playing field so that lincoln can be held in the next ninety days but the deputy president william ruto has ruled out new talks saying the kenyan people chose not to vote when all the candidates were there on the eighth of august fifteen million kenyans supported. in these elections seven point six million kenyans voted those who did not vote was asked to boy court their lection by the opposition it is our choice. to make in kenya it is not mandatory for anybody to vote it is our choice not to make you choose to vote or you choose not to vote what we are goin

says the withdrawal won't affect on going core proceedings concerning burundi kenya's election commissionsays six and a half million people have voted in the country's presidential election really round the authorities perspiring voting in several counties until saturday after opposition fought with police four people were killed in violence a un panel has now blamed syria's assad government for a lethal chemical attack on a rebel held village in april more than eighty people were killed when the nerve agent sarin was dropped on the town of crown chicken the australian high court has disqualified the deputy prime minister and four senators from parliament because they have joel citizenship barnaby joyce will recontest his seat in a by election but his expulsion means the government's lost its one seat majority in the lower house. you know i know no reason to believe all says many of the country those trails born just they just say. you know i grew up. and the nation's defense force is not reasonable it wasn't even trying to take its entire concert was you know we all bought a ticket we kn

oettinger suddenly withdrew his candidacy from the rerun saying he still didn't believe the election commission could ensure a fair race for me to miller is our correspondent one of them following the election across communities in the capital live robey and of course that is the question really whether a free and fair election can actually happen just give us an idea of the mood in the capital as the polls open. all of this polling station in the center of nairobi there were a few hundred people lined outside the gate before the polls opened they've since come in and a couple of the people i've spoken to had said they were eager to vote even if it is a rerun we do know that raila odinga the opposition leader of course has called for a boycott from his supporters and he reiterated that message on the day before the polls opening we also heard from our president kenyatta he addressed kenyans saying that this would be an opportunity to show the world that the country is united united rather peaceful and a democratic nation a modern democratic nation if we look back over events of the last couple

make reforms that he believed necessary to avoid previous mistakes that did not happen the election commission has promised to announce so one voltage will take place in twenty five constituencies and was then kenya where security fears and violence prevent the polling from taking place with voting incomplete it's unclear whether the commission would wait or declare victory. it's violence between can now time remain a supports is the cause most kenyans coincide in nairobi scalding water still members of canal to stick with charred stunned over the remains of the houses and shops of time i took clashes with the biggest supporters. both sides what i'm going with machetes my views of the. what started the violence is disputed with each side blaming the other wolf like knowledge a thing is it's a place it's bought kenya's deputy president says they're willing to hold conditional talks with all positions we cannot engage in any discussion outside the league or from walk on the constitutional provisions that fix to change these or that we believe in dangerous situations of our country. police also a

month later suddenly withdrew his candidacy from the rerun saying he still didn't believe the election commission could ensure a fair race. well let's cross to our reporter for media miller is in the capital nairobi for me to obviously the polls have just opened a great deal of tension around this rerun of the vote what are people there saying to you. people here say they are determined to vote they they say it's a democratic right and they won't be to tears by this boycott that's been called by the opposition leader raila odinga of course that boycott would primarily affect his supporters rather than people coming out to vote believe however this isn't the case in all areas of the country especially strongholds the opposition strongholds with the opposition of course has a strong presence there are there's concern that people trying to vote would be prevented from doing so prevented from going to the polling stations we do know there are some areas where ballot boxes and ballot material election material hasn't been delivered or can't be distributed in fact they aren't officials available to man

to another political crisis now this one in kenya where the election commission is due to decide on whether or not they will be a probably repeat presidential election later this month several people were injured in protests on wednesday after parliament passed electoral reforms and a court ruled all previous candidates to stand in the rerun on tuesday the main opposition candidate quit the race for the commission is yet to receive his official withdraw. report from nairobi. raila odinga supporters barely needed any prompting to return to the streets. they're demonstrating against kenya's electoral commission which they believe won't conduct a free and fair rerun of election. but the supporters are divided on him dropping out of the race. which he lost was. the supreme court laid to rule they'd been irregularities in how the vote was counted and incumbent and should stand in new elections you cannot go to an election. i think that is the best option but we are not but. because of the pressure so you are out. police fired tear gas at protesters and then. kenya's constitution is not clear on

now suspended indefinitely kenya's election commission calls all fighting in four opposition strongholds with fears of more violence. but first the spanish prime minister has announced he's dissolving parliament and calling regional elections to be held in december this follows its independence declaration there's tension in the country which awaits the next moves by both sides andrew simmons has more from barcelona. the moment catalonia declared secession from spain a wave of euphoria across barcelona a mix of intense emotion elation and danger because of the uncertainty of what comes next they cheered they hugged one another they cried and they keep. posted what they see as a new nation it all started unfolding hours earlier at the catalan parliament passionate sometimes angry debates a sense of anticipation on one side dread on the other dozens of mayors have been invited ceremonial sticks by their sides to. a story. it wasn't long before his wish came true a secret ballot slowly but surely moving as parliament into the history books most opposition members walked out in disgust leavi

the election commission here hopes. the election commission is confident of successful elections that could lead to a transition from one democratic government to another for the first time in more than forty as one of the challenges we had of course were. so in part of our country difficult to reach because. but we were blessed to have the all male here we graciously agreed to provide support to transport. a presidential aspirant needs to win more than fifty percent of the vote to avoid a runoff for legislators though a simple majority will do. but it greece al-jazeera what rovio spain's prime minister is threatening to suspend catalonia autonomy if its leaders declare independence mariano rajoy is rolling out mediation to resolve the political crisis caused by last sunday's secession referendum supporters on both sides are set to hold demonstrations in barcelona in the coming hours tens of thousands of people held rallies calling for unity on saturday as reports. it's all in the hands apparently at a demonstration in

now kenya's election commission is preparing to announce president hu kenyatta who ran without a significant challenger as the winner of last week's rerun in the last hour the commissioner said the presidential call was free fair and credible despite widespread violence and a big drop in turnout schoolchildren were caught up in clashes today between kenyan police and opposition protesters in the capital nairobi turnout has been estimated as low as thirty five percent after the opposition leader. called on his supporters to boycott the proceedings kenya's kenyatta's mystery in the first poll held in august was unknown because of irregularities. let's talk to the at it t w eat at the c'mon issue standing by for us in nairobi hi edith we heard that the election commission says this was free fair and credible this rerun of the presidential vote how are right loading and its supporters reacting to that. well the first indication of that is coming by way of social media there a lot of people who are you don't putting out laughing emerges basically laughing at him and this entire process because fr

they get to vote on saturday according to the election commission but the opposition members of parliament who have spoken right now say that they see this as being very suspicious that the people in these regions have really made their message known that they don't want to participate in this and so for that election commission to say that we're pushing this for another four days is something that's completely moot because they're going to see the exact same low turnout or even none whatsoever come saturday if the money in nairobi thank you for those divisions around can you say rerun elections are also playing out online . social media just can tell us more welcome less so we heard from him on the opposition calling for a vote boycotts boycott are you seeing much support online. it will fill the opposition is definitely the loudest voice online in kenya today many people are using the hash tag election boycott. being kenya people saying ok stay at home do not go to vote and also giving reasons why they themselves did not go to the polling stations today for example we have a tweed a very

that we're talking about have significantly calmed down since the electoral commission announced the suspension of this election a lot of people really quite relieved people who had been just calling on the electoral commission to cancel this election because the situation most fear was just not right there was a lot of there's been a lot of tension on thursday we covered all day running battles between police and protesters and you know there's a lot of people who were injured as well and you know the biggest problem even yesterday afternoon we traveled around some of the neighborhood and already we had seen young people putting up road blocks using stones and electricity poles and other things and they were telling us that they want to make sure that nobody polling materials gets to the polling stations and that is really the biggest challenge to the electoral commission has been facing in this region just getting materials to the polling stations safely another problem has been getting employees of the commission to come to work those are the presiding officers clarks people really who are very crucial in ru

transmission of results as well as printing ballot papers replace the head of the election by the electoral commission say that this is not possible because the time is too short to make all this replacement or allowed into saying really that they already planned to read this election the opposition has been calling had been calling for weekly demonstrations the supporters have been coming to the streets calling for electoral reforms. you know nasa coalition at a press conference saying that these demonstrations are going to continue even going ahead to say that if the twenty sixth elections happen then there's going to be a disruption of what level of disruption there talking about we don't know but this is causing a lot of anxiety and a lot of fear with many people who are looking at are is that the coast campaigning and he say that he's going to continue campaigning and he's going to continue with the election anyway the electoral commission yesterday said they're going to carry on with the election but this brings a new dime a dimension than a lot of kenyans i've been talking to there in have stil

those developments and joins me now from the kenyan capital nairobi hi catherine now before the election commission has just spoken out and said the vote will go ahead tomorrow as a share due to how do you justify its decision well he says that operationally they're ready and this is something that he said last week he said operationally the electoral commission is ready to deliver. an election however whether it will be credible is it is another issue now he began his statement strangely by talking about police brutality and excessive use of force and he says that he's spoken to the to the police oversight authority and they have assured him that police will protect the rights of those who are voting and protect the rights of those who want to abstain from voting and want to take part in picketing which was quite strange but then he says all systems go from now on the other the supreme court had refused to hear a partition calling for a delay of this election saying not enough judges were present to make a ruling how is this explanation gone down with the people. it's mixed reactions we have peopl

an uneasy calm is holding in most of kenya's opposition areas after the election commission perspire and voting in four counties a heavy police presence aims to disperse the crowds but many of those poor cuts in the election remain on the streets rival gangs from different ethnic groups clashed here in nairobi's car wangari neighborhood at least one person was killed this woman managed to escape from a burning building but her ordeal still wasn't over. when we fled we measure our group to demanded we show them our hands they wanted to see if we had our fingers from voting to decide whether to beat or kilis. some shopkeepers have been moving their goods to safer locations for fear the rioting move flare again it's not yet clear whether the polls in the four western counties will ever actually open with august's presidential campaign originally an old due to irregularities that could mean the current rerun also being declared invalid if you want to see yet another election. the people being their businesses. if. they would loose a little things and do the destruction of. destruction and