i'm amazed you believe raila odinga, but if you do... well, it's notjust raila odinga.sations. your own kenya human rights commission. i mean, people who were residents in the area around the swearing—in ceremony talked about live bullets being fired at people. the police always are at the butt of every complaint, but one of the things that people forget is the number of lives that the police save. but, raphael tuju, something's going on in kenya, isn't it? i mean, in the runup to the august election, the first one, we saw that the it chief of the electoral commission, chris msando, was murdered just days before the vote, and his body showed signs of torture. in october, before the second election, we saw another commission member flee for her life to the united states. something sinister is afoot. well, first of all, i regret the fact that this particular official was found dead. he had reported the previous year that his life was in danger. we were surprised that somebody who feels his life was in danger was in a nightclub until 12 midnight, one o'clock, alone, withou

raila odinga, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zainab.st with me, do you really believe you are president of kenya? don't i look presidential? you are wearing a smart suit. i really do believe i am the president. if you listen to what people are saying, for example, fm radio station, which obviously supports the government, they say things like your so—called swearing in ceremony is meaningless, where is raila odinga's state house, this was a farewell party for you. that is what kenyans are saying. there are a few kenyans who say that. of course, it's just a joke they are making. they know the occasion was a very serious occasion. it was aimed at ending the circus of elections last year, so that we can then move forward. you do notjust have to be in the state house as a president. as a people's president, we have a very important agenda that we want to put forward in order to bring this country back on track. there is no constitutional basis, raila odinga, for what you have done, declaring yourself people's president, saying you want to s

i am at the home of the veteran opposition leader raila odinga for this exclusive interview.gone and had himself sworn in as the people's president in an act which the government says amounts to high treason. is he acting irresponsibly, is legally and stoking tensions? —— illegally. raila odinga, welcome to hardtalk. honestly, do you really believe you are president of kenya? do i look presidential? you are wearing a sharp suit. i really do believe i am the president. if you listen to what people are saying, for example, alien fm radio station that supports the government, they say things like your so—called swearing—in ceremony is meaningless. whereas raila odinga's state house, a farewell party for you. that is what kenyans are saying. there are a few kenyans to say that. of course it is just a joke they are making. they know that the occasion was a serious occasion. it was aimed at ending the circus of the elections last year so that we can move forward. you do not... as the people's president we have an important agenda that we want to put forward in order to bring this c

genie: you found another article that is quite critical of raila odinga. analyst: this is from "the star," which is reportedly close to the government. you might take it with a grain of salt. the writer says odinga should not have held a mock inauguration. the promise to his followers is wearing thin cup of tea is past -- thewearing thin promise to his followers is wearing thin, and he is past his prime. genie: this is the centennial since british women got the right to vote. .nalyst: it was 100 years ago the representation of the people act was signed, allowing landowning women over the age of 30 to vote, the first step in allowing all women to eventually vote. let's start by showing you a few original posters from the time that illustrate how difficult the struggle was to get women to vote -- to get women the right to vote. this picture on the left with the women in the rowboat was one of the most iconic posters of the time. genie: there is a lot of interest these days in how relevant the suffragette movement is to the feminist movement today. analyst: th

the kenyan opposition leader, raila odinga, talking to zeinab badawi there.sa may has called on more women to enter politics in a speech in parliament this evening to mark 100 yea rs parliament this evening to mark 100 years since some women were given the vote for the first time. addressing female parliamentarians and campaigners, she said the suffragettes deserve greater recognition for their struggle 100 yea rs recognition for their struggle 100 years ago. we were there. in the oldest part of the palace of westminster, tonight reserved for hundreds of female parliamentarians, past and present. theresa may said this was the living legacy of the suffrage movement. every one of us is here today because the of the heroic, tireless struggle of those who came before us. women who led a campaign, not just for themselves or theirfamilies, but for generations as yet unborn. disrupting parliament was a key tactic for suffragettes, some invaded the commons chamber, others chained themselves to statues. archive: we have waited too long for political justice, we refuse

government arrested a second lawyer involved in tuesday's mock inauguration of opposition leader raila odinga protesters clashed with police in the capital nairobi a lawyer was taken from his home in a dawn raid we're going to step aside and go what he proclaimed himself the people's president to protest last tuesday election three private television stations that have planned to broadcast the event remain off the air despite a courtroom in allowing them to resume operations catherine saudi has more on that from nairobi. it's four days and there's three television stations a steal off despite a court order for resumption of services until a case that has been filed by a human rights activist is hired and the time and in the next two weeks we also know that three journalists went to court to block police from arresting them they've gotten some reprieve the court has ordered that they should not be arrested until their case is determined and very early this morning police raided and arrested one of your position of politicians has called me when i mean very fiery he says the self declared leade

government arrested a second lawyer involved in the tuesday's mock inauguration of opposition leader raila odinga protesters clashed with police in the capital nairobi where lawyer. was taken from his home in a dorm raid we're going to stood beside of danger when he proclaimed himself the people's president to protest at last year's election three private television stations that had planned to broadcast the event remain off the air despite a court ruling allowing them to resume operations i least two people have been killed and nineteen others have been injured and a rocket attacks on turkish towns in the border with syria. turkey's government says the rockets were fired from a kurdish enclave on the syrian side of the border there's been more than two weeks of intense fighting along the border after turkey launched an offensive to clear it of syrian kurdish forces known as the y. p.g. . and those are the headlines that he's going to continue here on al-jazeera after inside story of ossie in half an hour of life. they say knowledge is power but education funding is declining worldwide and no way

they've been in trouble because they were broadcasting among a no go ration of opposition leader raila odinga police in nairobi fired tear gas during protests against the government's decision to forcibly halt live coverage of the mox waiting in n.t.v. and katie and news have both resumed broadcasting but citizen television is still off air. a prominent american investigator into the illegal ivory and rhino trade has been stabbed to death of his home in the kenyan capital seventy five year old esmond bradley martin had spent decades investigating the illegal practice which threatens the two species with extinction he also served as the un special envoy on rhino conservation. cape town has pushed back days erode the day it may have to turn off most taps because of a long drought by nearly a month officials say it's now expected to be may the eleventh there in to subpoena to a reduction in agricultural demand for water so they may not need to make the drastic move the berlin wall the barrier that divided the german city during the cold war era has now been done for as long as it was up the wall

politician has been charged for his role in a controversial swearing in ceremony opposition leader raila odinga the good of a good lesson here on the left was at last week's ceremony for didn't get to clear himself the people's president rejecting all who are kenya his reelection in october has been released on bail after being charged with treason i'm awful assembly and engaging in organized criminal activity. they're up to date those are current headlines stay with us though innovate africa is next in trade in the story of how a thirteen year old boy is using technology to stop lions attacking cattle we'll see a little bit later. this is innovate africa a new series highlighting innovation and creativity across a continent on the rise today. how to become an online catalog not gonna your college degree to the next twenty four hours on be too close to the on the go on. mobile phones revolutionizing famine in kenya it's almost like an agricultural unpacking crops d.n.a. in the search for new food sources for africa.

treason he was arrested after taking part in a mock swearing in ceremony for opposition leader raila odinga she good or so was seen here on the left and was next to last week when he declared himself the people's president rejecting who can unite as reelection nigga who holds both canadian and kenyan passports. is an independent african policy analyst joins me now from washington d.c. good to have you with us live on al-jazeera sir it seems that desperate times call for desperate measures and either mr kenyatta or his government must be pretty worried to have acted in this way. i think. at the same time though you know i'll go out on a limb been say there might be. a silver lining on this because events moving too quickly the government is reacting quickly on the other and mr a his so board is pretty incensed still about what went on in the in the elections now. deportee mr me. the silver lining may be that may be allowed things to to calm down because the trying to charge him in the courts the minute that he was i rested and brought to court today in kenya tuesday in kenya we know the stre

on tuesday after they tried to broadcast a mock inauguration ceremony held by opposition leader raila odinga. and nine hundred fifty miners who were stuck underground in south africa have all been rescued trapped in the beatrice coal mine during a power blackout electricity since been restored but those are the headlines now let's get you back to our work station that's watching life in l. . when charlie found out about the palestine orchestra he was and foozie asked eric because of his background to go palestine and share all his time with with all these people that you know he loved that he loved me there and i hope he can continue. there is something about music and it depending on the style that you're doing but for me when i when i'm playing and performing especially if you get taken into a world where you know you're you're thinking about your music only you know you're not thinking about what's happening back home and you're dealing with issues that are difficult at home or and in your family or your friends or anything like that you're in you're in the moment of the music and it's ki

government arrested a second lawyer involved in choose days walking or gratian of opposition leader raila odinga protesters clashed with police in the capital nairobi where the lawyer me going on the guna was taken from his home in a dawn raid three private television stations that have planned to broadcast the event remain off the air despite a court ruling allowing them to resume operations a father distraught over the sexual abuse of his three daughters has destructed a court hearing for u.s. gymnastics dr laurie nasser randall margrave's lunged at nasr who is already facing up to two hundred years in prison for abusing the girls while working as the doctor of the usa team. the judges said there is quote no way unquote she will punish margrave's he has sends apologized for his outburst. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera off to partition borders of blood by for now. i. every evening here at the wall the border soldiers from india and pakistan put on a display of showmanship nationalism and hostility. seventy years ago the british drew a line on a map dividing their

treason he was arrested after taking part in a mock swearing in ceremony for opposition leader raila odinga seen here on the left was next to it in the last week when he declared himself the people's president rejecting hudak and yet as reelection the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has met the colombian president juan manuel santos in bogota the country's peace efforts with rebel groups as one of the topics discussed as was the crisis in neighboring venezuela. we had a very extensive exchange on how we can work together along with others in the region through the lima group optimally through the oas to restore democracy in venezuela and there is this is our only objective is to save it as well to return to its constitution return its duly elected assembly and to hold free and fair elections and give it as well and people the right for their voices to be heard in elections shares a wall street have been seesawing rapidly between positive and negative territory after sharp losses on monday which calls fulls and markets around the world the dow jones industrial average open two percent

forced off the air for broadcasting footage of the symbolic inauguration of opposition candidate raila odinga. odinga took second place in a presidential vote last year that was later overturned by courts, who cited mismanagement by the electoral commission. odinga boycotted a revote in october, paving the way for an easy victory by incumbent president uhuru kenyatta. in the united kingdom, the labour party is considering forcing homeowners to send lots -- sell lots to construct affordable housing. the proposal comes after party leader jeremy corbyn said this week that if elected prime minister, he would immediately purchase a dozen homes for homeless residents. in the pacific island nation of the maldives, a court has thrown out terrorism charges against former president mohamed nasheed and several other former politicians. mohamed nasheed was the maldives' first democratically elected president, known internationally for his work on climate change. in 2012, he was ousted in what he called an armed coup by supporters of former dictator maumoon abdul gayoom and has since been living in exile

treason and he was arrested after taking part in a mock swearing in ceremony for opposition leader raila odinga the good are seen here on the left was the next year last week when he declared himself the people's president rejecting huda kenyatta as reelection good or holds both canadian and kenyan passports. the supreme court of the maldives has revoked its earlier order to release several imprisoned opposition leaders a day after the president declared a state of emergency and arrested two of its judges you mean a bill to you is accusing them of being part of a plot to overthrow him he's also ordered the arrest of a former president who says half brother assam a binge of his reports. just hours after the state of emergency was declared in the island nation of maldives this board carries a prominent opposition leader to the country's main jail on a remote island the. moment of the un was arrested on charges of bribery which the opposition says this politically motivated. his family released a video earlier in which he urged his supporters not to lose hope. when this police came to arrest me i'

the stations have been shut down monce they tried to air th inauguration of opposition leader raila odinga this week. odinga's supporters say president uhuru kenyatta rigged last year's election. back in this country, the state , partment's top career diplomm shannon, announced he's retiring after 35 years. he cited personal reasons. his departure comes as president trump faces criticism for not filling a number of top diplomatic posts. lle arizona state house today ex a republican lawmaker over allegations of sexual harassment. don shooter is believed to be the first state lawmaker to be dismissed since the "me-too" movement began. others have resigned or been stripped of leadership positions. and on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained 37 points to close at 26,186. the nasdaq fell 25 points, and the s&p 500 lost almost two points. still to come on the newshour: should the white house release a controversial memo about the asssia investigation? urkey clashes with u.s. backed kurds, i speak to the ecrkish ambassador. thomics of fighting cancer, and much more. >> woodruff: a

tuesday after they tried to broadcast a mock inauguration ceremony held by the opposition leader raila odinga catherine story reports from the kenyan capital nairobi lunchtime news at n.t.v. one of three t.v. stations switched off by the communications of of kenya on tuesday the news bulletin was only available online cutting off millions of iranians nationwide who can't afford the internet. here's why opposition leader right loading the taking an informal oath swearing to be as he called himself the people's president tens of thousands of his supporters. gratian a tuesday government wants t.v. stations against providing live coverage because of security reasons the directive was ignored by some the government allowed the event took place so i don't get the sense of what is legal but is allowed to take place. and then it will be. an offense i don't i don't understand the ministers. why they are allowed the event but cannot allow coverage the high court has now ordered the resumption of t.v. services until a challenge to the government ban is had in two weeks the cabinet secretary in charge of

immigrant i was arrested after taking part in a mock swearing in ceremony for the opposition leader raila odinga last month that was held in protest over last year's elections a judge said the order to deport him was illegal and that his kenyan passport must be returned to him when the holes jule kenyan and canadian citizenship. if european prime minister. submitted his resignation early mariam says he'll stay in his really needs all the transition of power is complete he says he's tried to solve the crisis in this country and is resigning to be part of the solution years of anti-government protests have left hundreds dead and tens of thousands detained he took office in ten to twelve joins us live in the studio you've reported extensively from that region how significant is this quite significant peter. undersell an overall from the beginning many so he must have a placeholder. what's happened during the last three years of protests by the or more on the mahatma who are the two main pillars communities in the country is definitely what's for him leaving office because he's been accused of being

three stations were closed because they were broadcasting a mock inauguration of opposition leader raila odinga police in nairobi fired tear gas during protests against the government's decision to forcibly halt a live coverage of the mock swearing in n.t.v. and katie and news have both resumed broadcasting but citizen television is still off air. the european union's chief brags its negotiator has warned the u.k. urgently needs to clarify what relationship it once with europe after leaving the e.u. michel bonnie is making his first official visit to the united kingdom since negotiations began bonnie's been speaking to the u.k. brags that secretary david davis and prime minister theresa may at downing street has warned the time has come for the u.k. to make a choice over the nature of its future trade. customs union. for the. market. to trade on goods and services. another. time. choice. has been following the events in london. we're entering the critical next stage of bricks in negotiations focusing on the to be a transition period when britain formally leaves the european union on the twenty

government arrested a second lawyer involved in tuesday's mock inauguration of opposition leader raila odinga protesters have been fighting with police in capital nairobi a lawyer mcgoohan him a goner has been taken from his home in a dawn raid we're going to stood beside a dingo when he proclaimed himself the people's president to protest about last year's election three private television stations that had planned to broadcast the event remain off the air despite a court ruling allowing them to resume operations catherine soy has more that from nairobi. it's four days and there's three television stations a steal off despite a court order for resumption of services until a case that has been filed by a human rights activist is hard and determined in the next two weeks we also know that three journalists went to court to block police from arresting them they've gotten some reprieve the court has ordered that they should not be arrested until their case is determined and very early this morning police raided and arrested one of the opposition politicians he's called me when i meet very fiery