it is very polarized and everything that the chairman of the electoral commission says is always nit picked by people so you have people from one side of the divide which is probably the main opposite of the main opposition party who don't trust him and then you have people who are supporting a president who cannot or who trust him and but then the inconsistency is don't do him much justice so kenyans are in a pickle at this particular point but it's you know experts will say that this is probably a good thing for kenya and this is. a time when ken need to realize the real issues that it just really you know affecting them because the political class seem to have taken control of of running this country and forgetting that you know the ordinary kenyan is suffering under whatever is happening with this regime and one of the police can use police they've been criticized for using excessive force has there been any sign of them pulling their punches. there has been today especially we expected to see a lot of violence in canberra we expected to see violence in co inquiry which is anothe

the leader of the opposition he of course boycotted this exercise the electoral commission suspended voting indefinitely in full of positions strongholds at least six people have been killed in violence since the days repeat poll catherine sawyer now reports from those opposition strongholds in the western part of kenya kisumu. at an informally set up roadblock in kisumu this men are using an electricity pole to make sure no vehicle carrying ballot boxes passes through. all the while they're saying no election no who and calling themselves the national resistance movement the new wing of the opposition coalition led by right we are not supposed to work because of our father. so we don't know why people are bringing a. box in. voting has been called off in four counties here in western kenya threats and violence have made it difficult for electrical mission officials to get stuff ballot boxes and voting slips to polling stations about one point eight million registered voters are affected when it comes to stuff . when their lives. are political and religious leaders say the saturday e

there was of course that reaction from opposition supporters and it has been difficult for the electoral commission to get into some of these areas to train their staff to deliver electoral material to ensure the vote happened on thursday so there are a lot of questions around what exactly will happen and what a persona meant in those areas mean part of the constitutional guideline is that for an election to be valid elections need to take place in all two hundred ninety constituencies around the country so if that isn't the case do we see this election going back to court once again most likely from the opposition side saying that they hasn't been. the election that's taken place hasn't fulfilled the guidelines of the constitution and once again would they be legal grounds for this election to be contested in court as it was in september. ok. thank you for that update from nairobi i think we'll come back to you in a few minutes because well thanks to our viewers in fact now live to kenya. nairobi in fact and that is the opposition leader raila odinga so we've been saying that we do expect him to s

streets demanding reforms within the commission but government supporters like james say the electoral commission is already capable of organizing a repeat poll. that we're like drill commission should stay as it is and shouldn't be changed it's independent and it will respect the democratic rights of kenyans i believe there will be voters in every polling station in the country remove the water so i think. as we approach the twenty sixth of october kenya remains a divided country on one hope you have a population that is willing to support incumbent president who kenya and his family party and the other half of the population that the board's made up of the right loading up now according to this part of the population they claim that income the president has a few of them from the government to veto. in two thousand and thirteen. an informal settlement in the capital is a perceived opposition stronghold supporters of right loading up this year's celebrations most stayed indoors mourning those killed opposition protests with no i cannot vote with an order from i cannot vote i voted last week amia

electoral commission on the tenth of october. and there you have it it was quite expecting him to come back to the podium again. the man who was fighting the incumbent president let's go about katharine so he's been watching events for us catherine this is sort of created sort of constitutional crisis doesn't it if you have only two presidential candidates for the election itself then one actually withdrawal surely the incumbent becomes the president if he's not willing to fight another election is a real dilemma not just for the election commission but are we heading back to the courts again. that is the big question it is a dig their member the law is kind of silent about a lot of this things that the constitution is clear about what happens even a sitting president is in this post what happens a candidate draws but again to believe the party that's the ruling party officials led by the president have been going around saying that the election is going to happen anyway and the president is going to be declared a winner and all

also aimed at the kenyan public hoping to regain their trust but the damage has been done the electoral commission is already starting with its credibility the chairman's admission that the commission is split and that conditions wouldn't allow for free and fair elections has only echoed an earlier supreme court ruling. last month the cotton old august presidential elections it says the commission had not been transparent and there were illegalities in the telling of results that named incumbent president a work in the art of the winner a rerun is planned for october twenty six opposition leader raila odinga has withdrawn saying as long as the electoral commission does not reform the polls would be a sham but this week the ruling jubilee party said elections would take place within the sixty day limit set by the court and that the opposition is stalling we have absolutely no problem and we told you be very clearly that whatever they agree with our competitors they don't have to be fired wife. can you want to is campaigning around the country while the opposition looks will public support for elect

the chairman of kenya's electoral commissions admitted the next week's election rerun may not be free and fair he says there's been political interference in the commission's work and a senior commission has resigned of lead to the united states saying she fears for her life. president trump is facing criticism over his handling of the deaths of full soldiers in. he's denied making insensitive remarks during a phone call to the widow of one of the men and a member of congress as she had she heard president drug making the comments the president himself says the story is fabricated kimberly how could reports. it's an unwritten rule of the u.s. presidency to act as the consoler in chief in times of grief outrage to the families of fallen soldiers has been a presidential role for republican and democratic presidents for decades but it's a duty an increasing number of americans say donald trump is not fulfilling this democratic congresswoman and longtime critic of the president is among them she says she overheard trump on tuesday calling a newly widowed woman at the airport where she was

lawmakers demand action the chairman of kenya's electoral commission has admitted that next week's election rerun may not be free and fair but. there's been political interference in the commission's operations saying a commissioner has resigned and fled to the united states saying she fears for her life and spain has warned it will suspend his autonomy of the region slated doesn't abandon his secession bid. has until thursday morning to clarify whether or not he is declaring independence from the rest of the country. four people have died in clashes between security forces and protesters demanding the resignation of the president in togo police fired tear gas at people defying a government bad on midweek protests but the reports. the nissim they family has ruled togo for half a century these protesters say it's time for a change. we want change we want jobs for our youth we don't want them the same a family in this country. we're really fed up with this regime have been in power for fifty years now and the did nothing to develop the country we want a nine hundred ninety two constitution bu

also aimed at the kenyan public hoping to regain their trust but the damage has been done the electoral commission is already starting with its credibility the chairman's admission that the commission is split and that conditions wouldn't allow for free and fair elections has only echoed an earlier supreme court ruling. last month the court an old august presidential elections it says the commission had not been transparent and there were illegalities in the talent of results that named incumbent president a work in the art of the winner a rerun is planned for october twenty six opposition leader raila odinga has withdrawn saying as long as the electoral commission does not reform the polls would be a sham but this week the ruling jubilee party said elections would take place within the sixty day limit set by the court and that the opposition is stalling we have absolutely no problem i'm told by you be very clearly that whatever their agree with our competitors they don't have to be fired what. can the outer is campaigning around the country while the opposition looks for public support for electo

aimed at the kenyan public hoping to regain their tranced but the damage has been done the electoral commission is already starting with its credibility the chairman's admission that the commission is split and that conditions wouldn't allow for free and fair elections has only echoed an earlier supreme court ruling. last month the court an old august presidential elections it says the commission had not been transparent and there were illegalities in the telling of results that named incumbent president a work in the art of the winner a rerun is planned for october twenty sixth opposition leader raila odinga has withdrawn saying as long as the electoral commission does not reform the polls would be a sham but this week the ruling jubilee party said elections would take place within the sixty day limit set by the court and that the opposition is stalling we have absolutely no problem i'm told by you be very clearly that whatever their agree with our competitors they don't have to be fired what. can the outer is campaigning around the country while the opposition looks for public support for ele

electoral commission workers and at that time they were only around four who had arrived we are told a little more have arrived but still a very small number so peter it's very very unlikely that there's going to be an election in this area that was my next point. we're looking at pictures as you're talking to us of soldiers or security forces on the streets there is what looks like a mob further away in the camera shot the election itself in that area it's not that it's just happening slowly or it's a low turnout just to be clear we're not talking about the election not happening at all in that area the election is not happening at all in this area peter i can tell you that we even struggling this morning to get to a polling station that is open in this one polling station that we've got some which also doubles up as a tallying center the materials were there when we got there the materials had just arrived but then like i said officials of the electoral commission there were saying they just cannot get this materials to the polling centers that they're supposed to be getting to peo

full to the the supreme court fault of the electoral commission for and we do not expect results of such a day when the people in the four counties where elections was suspended hold the vote and now the electoral commission chairman has been talking in the past few moments talking about a forty eight pos sunt time out this is the most in the history of kenya. still there live from nairobi mall thank you. catalonia us president carlos put them all refuse to hold a snap election unless the central government agrees to certain conditions he says he hasn't received enough guarantees from madrid that it won't impose direct rule on the a ton of this region if a new election is held thousands of protesters have gathered outside the capital government headquarters in anticipation of his speech under sentence of live for us in barcelona hi there andrew that's what's been happening. jimmy right now in parliament which is just convened just finished its session it's had a big debate about what's happened of the dramatic events of the past week and i just bring you a few snippets from that to

well basically he had he says that the electoral commission has not meant met his eleven demands these are the irreducible minimum and that he says will be needed to deliver a fresh. fair and credible election he also says that among the commission is there are about four commissioners who are basically helps of the ruling party and they're in control of the entire commission and they want those people removed they also don't want all they want to the contract with the printing company that was printing the ballot boxes to be knowledge and then go for another tend with another company they also want the company that was providing electronic voting kits to you know that they want that contract abolished as well and then they go to another company that they say is more trustworthy so these are their demands and to be honest their demands that could not be met within the sixty day time limit that was given by the supreme court so now with no election coming up it's hard to say. for them they say that they're not going back the opposition says that they're not going back on their demands a

today and she says as much as she says that their issues within the electoral commission you have some kenyans who are saying or who are looking at her resignation as something that is political rather than something that is pointing to an issue within the electoral commission that needs to be changed before the elections and then you have another side of the country that says that they don't want to participate in the elections in fact there was some training of i see you electoral commission officials in western kenya which is a stronghold of the opposition and we had a lot of trainers from the from the electoral commission shoved off from the from whether it was supposed to have the training so you see a country that one side doesn't want to have elections and will participate in protests and then on another come another side of the country that is willing to have elections irrespective of reforms you know the tension it sounds like is growing leading up to next week's election day catherine and want to report in tonight in nairobi catherine thank you very much joiners president xi

and this is not the first time the electoral commission has postponed this vote and they only have until october thirty first to hold it so it's getting down to the wire how likely is this to happen. and and les prime minister. former prime minister. actually says something on monday which he has promised to say something on monday the situation will probably more likely remain the same with still waiting on the main ruling party to say anything about the voting process or the fact that he is now with ninety nine percent of the votes cost there's no statement from the party or president. so. we're kind of in an uncertain situation at this point catherine armando in nairobi thank you very much for your insights now to some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. secretary of defense jim mattis warned of saturday that north korea would face a quote massive military response if ever used its nuclear weapons tensions have been running high on the korean peninsula the north conducted its sixth nuclear test last month and tested missiles the regime claims are capable of reaching

this like i said comes as a relief electoral commission has not set a new date but it's unlikely that the election is going to happen between now and wednesday when the final resolve the final declaration of the winner is supposed to be. and obviously it's very clear that this we know is going to be who are really and catherine with the voter turnout being so low which is quite different isn't it to the original vote how do you think this will affect the legitimacy of whatever eventual result that we get. you know we've been seeing this resolved coming in through the. port all very extremely low of with a hand out i think it's at thirty four percent now and like you mentioned such a stark difference from what we sow in august in the last election i think it was seventy something percent a lot over who are looking at the supporters are higher saying that well the reason perhaps why these low voter turnout is not just because a right call for a boycott but these other there were security concerns people felt intimidated and just the apathy and fatigue because you know this country has b

police in kenya shot and killed at least two people during protests against the electoral commission opposition supporters defied a ban on demonstrations calling for reforms to prevent fraud in the rerun of the presidential presidential poll in two weeks' time. france's form of culture minister. has been named as unesco's new director general she succeeds bulgaria's it in a book of a and a turbulent time with the united states and israel saying they'll withdraw from the un's cultural agency then israelis are preparing to vote in sunday's regional elections for twenty three governorships the opposition parties are predicted to win most of the seats as nicolas maduro his presidency is embroiled in political and economic crises. austria's anti immigrant freedom party has ended its election campaign with a rally in vienna immigration has been a major issue ahead of sunday's votes party's leader heinz christian kids the government governing coalition of trying to swap out people for muslims as the headlines the news continues but first today's inside story. turkish troops cross the border

s electoral commission and now the calle g. says it is under straight from the same forces it worked with to defeat in northern iraq the peshmerga say they have voluntarily withdrawn from an area south of kirkuk in order to ease tension with nearby iraq each government forces. being deployed to kirkuk and neither the k r g all the baghdad government willing to talk face to face unconditionally about the results of the controversial referendum there are mounting phase of a potential new conflict in northern iraq. al jazeera. the family of freed after being held hostage in pakistan for five years has returned to canada boyle and his american wife coleman was seized by the taliban linked group while hiking in afghanistan the couple had three children in captivity it was incredible and now i've been waiting to hear that voice. and then to hear her voice . and have it sound exactly like the last time i talked to you know taking your pregnant wife to a very dangerous place to me and and the kind of person that i am it is unconscionab

s electoral commission and now the k r g says it is under straight from the same forces it worked withto defeat eisel in northern iraq. the peshmerga say they have voluntarily withdrawal from an area south of kirkuk in order to ease tension with nearby iraq each government forces but with thousands of pressure being deployed to kirkuk i needed the k r g all the baghdad government willing to talk face to face unconditionally about the results of the controversial referendum there are mounting phase of the sensual new conflict in northern iraq it's all stuff at al-jazeera the bill. a spokesman for man was there on the song city has told the reuters news agency she's appalled at the way enjoy a crisis but needs to tread carefully to not inflame the situation she's been on the pressure for not condemning the army's alleged abuses against the muslim minority most of the refugees who fled me and bangladesh are badly traumatized by what they've experienced in a camp a cox's behind our mohammed jiang june met one woman who lost most of her family for resume a big there is nothing but pain. and

fears of others for me to miller is following developments from the capital nairobi kenya electoral commission is faced by quite a dilemma at least three thousand six hundred polling stations didn't open on election day and that represents at least one point seven million voters who haven't cost their vote they say that they would extend the deadline by which the polling station should open but that given no clear indication of when that will happen it's almost impossible for the commission to hold elections in the opposition stronghold in the western part of kenya and other parts of the of the country where the opposition has boycotted the election so far incumbent president who are kenyatta has garnered about seven point three million votes in theory allowing him to begin his second term in office but the commission faced by this dilemma around whether or not to announce results with out certain polling stations opening and as well as the withdrawal of opposition leader raila odinga from the election does create a number of questions around legitimacy and activist rather activist has already

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 carrying out the election so getting them to come to work was a problem because of security reasons many of them come from this region and people know them so there was a lot of fear and like i said people very relieved this four counties we're talking about have a little over three thousand polling stations collectively have one point eight million voters the electoral commission itself has not announced a new date for the election but i really doubt it's going to happen anywhere between now and wednesday which is the final day to declare the we know who very likely. as we're seeing is going to be king after julie and katherine voter turnout will be incredibly low i will this affect the legitimacy of whatever eventually result comes out. and th

and this is not the first time the electoral commission has postponed this vote and they only have until october thirty first to hold it so it's getting down to the wire how likely is this to happen and and less prime minister. former prime minister. actually says something on monday which he has promised to say something on monday the situation will probably more likely remain the same we're still waiting on the main ruling party to say anything about the voting process or the fact that he is now leading with ninety nine percent of the votes cast there's no statement from the do you believe party or president who kenyatta so. we're kind of in a in an uncertain situation at this point catherine armando in nairobi thank you very much for your insights. now on to some other stories making news around the world u.s. secretary of defense jim mattis warned saturday that north korea would face a quote massive military response if pealing ever used its nuclear weapons tensions have been running high on the korean peninsula the north conducted its six nuclear test last month and tested missiles

slated for october twenty sixth a digger said he's pulling out of the poll because kenya's electoral commission atten fulfilled his demands for reform adding that the rerun of the election would likely be worse then the first wave of the kenyan supreme court and ordered a new valid response to a legal challenge filed by. two or earlier we spoke to our correspondent catherine on one toe in nairobi and we asked her to tell us more about this shocking announcement. it is quite a shock but then when you look at it said you look at the days coming to this particular moment we've seen that the opposition there were signs that the opposition could or wouldn't participate in the election if that demands were not met this saying that they have eleven demands and these demands the electoral commission i guess to meet and this is the only way that they can be assured of a free and fair and credible election come the twenty or whenever the election should be held that we have heard from president who can ya to seeing that right loading has moved to remove himself from the rerun election is his constitution

has not met any of the demands now the electoral commission has made some sort of changes within its system it did give a completely new team that will handle the elections and it did do away with low and officials who were accused of tampering with the last election but according to the main opposition this is not enough they say that until their eleven demands are met they will not participate in the election and they say that if. it does not participate in the election come twenty sixth of october there will be no election taking place. i was catherine of wonder in nairobi to sport and some football news from the united states where the national team's coach bruce arena has resigned this after the u.s. crashed out of qualifying for next year's world cup read it was called on last november to replace you're going to play this man china next to her dozens of giant panda cubs have made their public debut as a conservation reserve in the southwest of the country all of the cubs that were born this year and ranging in ages from one to five months it's been an unusually successful year

opposition supporters have been staging demonstrations against the electoral commission. and calling for electoral reforms commission officials say some of the opposition demands are and reasonable and there is simply no time to implement them the political situation in the country is worrying many i'm afraid of what fellas i think have moved on i am a strong feeling that. they've accepted that species. and that. in order to go on a conflict that. people would accept that and. already. everywhere everywhere kenya is in uncharted territory politically and constitutionally the law isn't clear on what happens in a situation like this the constitution does not envision an eventuality where no reelection is held within a sixty day legal timeline which expires at the end of the month lawyer save no election is held by the deadline there will be a constitutional crisis president who has been busy campaigning he says he's ready for an election with all without trial. should he be declared the winner in induced anyway then the legitimacy of his presidency will inevitably be questio

has not met any of the demands now the electoral commission has made some sort of changes within its system it did give a completely new team that will handle the elections and it did do away with low and officials who were accused of tampering with the last election but according to the main opposition this is not enough they say that until their eleven demands are met they will not participate in the election and they say that if. it does not participate in the election come twenty sixth of october there will be no election taking place actually in two thousand and seven sparked violence and left more than a thousand people dead we're about to see that happen again. well there is a great worry that the country could be slipping towards the edge given the current what the current situation is but so far it is more focused on how police react to protesters and that's the debate right now. the country split right in the middle and half of the country feel aggrieved and they want to you know express disagreements on the streets and they should be allowed to however the other half of th

chairperson of the electoral commission one. has said that even. the returning officers the chiefs the both sides of the electoral commission in the constituencies even a feel for some reason or that security or any other reason that the election is not able to take place then they have the authority to console or postpone this election perhaps for the election to be carried out a later date we spoke i said to one of the returning officers who said that he is waiting it's still too soon he's waiting for the end of the day to be able to make that call and before he makes that call he has to do a lot of consultations but then again the low the constitution also says that all the results from the two hundred ninety constituencies have to be an announcer that could be a problem and that's also being interpreted in different ways as some lawyers i've spoken to said that just the fact that electro materials and they are not able to get to some places that can be used by the election commission to justify why an election was not held but then again that's

well the electoral commission says that this election will now happen on saturday and people here are saying well it's not going to make a difference it's going to be the same situation same story we're going to make sure that voting doesn't happen in this region so these procedures easier talking about this areas these are for constituencies in this region called in all there are about one point three million voters and a lot of the people that we've been talking to today are saying that they are not going to allow voting to take place at all alia daryn we were at a polling station in fact it was a struggle just getting open polling stations when finally found one we spoke to the returning officer that you know one of the officials of the electoral commission who said that the challenge the biggest challenge they've been having is just getting materials to this polling stations roads had been blocked by groups of young men so that was a problem and not just because of security reasons but people they did not have people just to transport this material transporters service providers w

this you can use electoral commission has faced numerous challenges since the announcement on september first the chairman of the commission has not quite conceded that he's under siege and still insists the commission can deliver an election on the twenty sixth the main opposition party insists the commission must get its house in order before it hold an election opposition supporters have taken to the streets demanding reforms within the commission but government supporters like james say the electoral commission is already capable of organizing a repeat poll. that we're lecture commission should stay as it is and shouldn't be changed it's independent and it will respect the democratic rights of kenyans i believe there will be voters in every polling station in the country. so i do think. as we approach the twenty sixth of october kenya remains a divided country on one hope you have a population that is willing to support incumbent president to who kenya and his family party and the other half of the population that the board's made up in the right allowed now according to this part o

this is official announcement by the electoral commission has come as no surprise for millions of kenyans the commission had already said that the outer was leading the race with ninety eight percent of the vote it's now said of that the turnout for this election is set at thirty eight percent revised a number of times in these last few days which would be a concern for many kenyans around the mandate of the work in yard to anger the gentleness of this vote this is of course of to the opposition party to this rerun they had argued that the electoral commission was unable to run a free fair and credible election they wanted a number of reforms and when this wasn't done they boycotted ultimately twelve million kenyans that didn't go to the polls on election day and at least six million of those people voted for the opposition in the august election so the concern here is that millions of kenyans didn't have the opportunity to vote because of violence and clashes we'd seen especially in opposition strongholds the conditions under which the electoral commission had to operate elections didn't

the electoral commission met and this is what they found.ommission has held consultations in that room with the various political parties which participated in the october election. first up the opposition party represented by the presidential candidate. after that meeting the opposition said they had not agreed on anything. the opposition party has set out certain conditions that must be met before they can participate in the august 26 election, among them the sacking of some of the officials who took pa rt of some of the officials who took part in the august the 8th election, including the chief executive of the commission. they also want the commission. they also want the commission to discontinue its contracts with some of its suppliers, including the printing firm and a french firm that supported its technology. they have also raised concerns with the electronic transmission system, which they want audited fast. but none of this, they say, has been met. we still insist that the demands must be met for the purposes of holding an election

to even a distribute electoral material the commission says they don't need results from these areas because the large margin by which we were kenyatta leads the course wouldn't be affected by an outstanding one point eight million votes ok still ahead on al jazeera going to have the very latest from the federal district courts and the white house briefing room on our top story this hour that is those grand jury indictments donald trump's former campaign manager plus. our mcleod report on the remarkable return to be audible has been seen in britain for centuries and the controversy it's causing by its ability to take down trees at the train whole landscape. we have still got some more unsettled weather radar for cost of parts of the middle east chiefly that's going to be around the the black sea in the caspian sea see this area which is streaming in once again it'll put. some snow into georgia pushing across the media. in ankara hopefully turkey will get a chance to brighten up northern parts of syria i mean northern areas of iraq could see a little bit damp weather to go through the

and now the chairman of the electoral commission himself is saying, that i cannot guarantee a free and fair election. he is saying my own staff don't listen to me. just imagine, the chairman of the commission, because they have all been bribed or intimidated by the government. >> glor: do you believe this is a tipping point for kenya? >> you know, this will definitely be a tipping point for kenya if they proceed with the election in a situation where everybody is acknowledging that it cannot be free and fair. >> glor: but if they proceed on october 26th despite what you are saying, i guess that just to return to this, if raila odinga is not endorsing that in anyway, you don't believe that the potential for violence and danger is in-- it's there regardless. >> well, the most important thing is this. you cannot expect the democracy which we are, that to ask somebody please participate in an election which will be more rigged than the last onement because as you know, they have introduced new laws in the middle of this election, which will make it harder to neglect ate it by the supreme c

be electoral commission will decide what happens next but if any of its. decisions can be contested in court kenya faces one of many possibilities including declaring incumbent president are working as the only remaining candidates the winner of the rerun all holding elections and then declaring kenyatta the winner all holding fresh elections within ninety days with new nominations for president while kanada says he should be declared president ordering guys pushing for fresh elections in a pronouncement. to be believable and the conduct of. the conduct of the commission. has been to be. whether it's a faltering economy or an ongoing political feud all kenyans are guaranteed at this point is uncertainty for me al-jazeera nairobi. spain has given a hard landing in a callous procurement until monday to say whether or not his declared independence of catalonia goes ahead with the session the spanish government says it will take away the region's political autonomy largely reports from madrid. madrid does not like being told what to do by the council lands for

expect we have expected that the opposition wouldn't participate in this election but what the electoral commission is doing now and there is electoral law that makes provision for this is that it will make the final declaration with out holding elections in about four counties about twenty five constituencies who didn't vote they say that any vote there wouldn't make much of a difference to the final result so far from the little commission they've said that. has won the election with four with the. pardon me and ninety eight percent of the vote and that's with about a forty three percent turnout now this election hasn't been without its a criticism and difficulties apart from the opposition pulling out we're also looking at an electoral commission who has given different numbers around how many people have actually voted initially saying forty eight percent of the electorate dropping that down to thirty three now say forty three percent and this seems to be based on a calculation around how many constituencies actually voted as opposed to the ninety million kenyans who are rigid to vote. all this

electoral commission is whether or not they'll meet constitutional requirements if elections don't take place within a mandated period in all two hundred ninety constituencies around kenya so what we really expect despite the untidiness of this entire saga what we really expect is that president to who kenyatta will continue with his second term and then we'll have the situation where at least forty five percent of kenyans have voted for another party the opposition or haven't voted at all. and that's a significant amount of people martin almost half the electorate not turning up at the polls and what does that mean in terms of their democratic rights this is what we heard from many of the opposition supporters in these weeks that what would this election really mean if they don't turn up to vote and what would it mean to the jet timoci of the selection and president uhuru kenyatta taking up the second term in office it really calls into question a number of issues around democracy in kenya if six million people ultimately are disenfranchised this is what the opposition says and this is

at least two people have been shot dead during protests against kenya's electoral commission rallies have been taking place despite a government banned by the police in nairobi disperse protesters with tear gas opposition supporters took to the streets ahead of planned presidential election rerun. in south africa the president jacob zuma says he's disappointed after the supreme court of appeal up held a ruling reinstating hundreds of corruption charges against him the accusations relate to an arms deal dating back to the early one nine hundred ninety s. mr zuma had appealed against a twenty sixteen high court ruling to review the decision to set the charges aside . in the u.k. the big car ride company has filed an appeal against the london transport regulator that's t.f. else decision to strip it of its operating license is large the documents at a british court saying it wants to continue quote constructive discussions with t f l while the decision is being made to transport for london stripped of its license last month citing safety concerns. those are your headlines the news conti

they are demonstrating against kenya's electoral commission which they believe won't conduct a free and fair rerun of this election. but are doing a 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 were kenyatta and should stand in new elections you cannot go to an election. so i think of what i like i think that is the best option but we are not but. because of the pressure so we are out there that we are not happy. police fired tear gas at protesters and then. nairobi was. adamant. on any reforms. election. kenya's constitution is not clear on what happens once a candidate with flows from iran but parliament has now passed amendments to electoral laws that could allow kenya to be named the winner. twenty six and the president speeds i mean that's based then it's very easy to say that we'll have a president with. respect from all pagans be electoral commission will decide what happens next but if any of its decisions can be contested in court kenya faces one of

i think that they're interested in what these comments coming from the electoral commission are certainly wiring for many kenyans the commissioner or rather the chairman was caving in his attack against the political leadership saying that in the here and in the operations of the commission that technically the commission is ready to hold these elections but if the political interference that would affect the credibility of the election we also know that the opposition has a boycott of the election at following on the following the ruling of the supreme court that they would be a rerun because they had found fault with the i.c.c. previously around the august their presidential election so the opposition says they will protest on election day and the i.c.c. has said it's also important to look at the concerns of the opposition in that is with pool from the election and about six million kenyans won't have the opportunity to do both boys they all vote along the lines that they want to and this isn't something that should be ignored so there's so many questions arising around the credibility

electoral commission of failing to make the changes necessary credible. and at least fifteen people are dead in the u.s. state of california continue to spread for a third day the. state's famous country and. people from their homes. buildings have been destroyed. the united states is offering millions of dollars for information about two senior hezbollah officials the state department says telhami and full of show could have played a key votes and hezbollah attacks targeting u.s. citizens should those accused of being involved in the major attack in beirut in one thousand nine hundred three two hundred forty one u.s. service personnel were killed it's important to recall that hezbollah hasn't developed its military and terrorist capabilities on its own it has become the global threat it is today for one reason tehran's deep and abiding assistance the iranian regime has built and bankrolled has a lot of film of instability throughout the region and across the world this is all come at the expense of the iranian people whose resources are being diverted to