A controversial election we. Are and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up spains Prime Minister calls on catalonia as leader to clarify his position on independence. The United Nations accuses me and mall Security Forces of a campaign of systematic torture rape and killings in state. And fox im getting fatter a new report paints a grim picture of the health of children and adolescents worldwide. And we start in kenya where police have fired tear gas a protest as unhappy at a new election law they fear it could lead to a walkover victory for the current president who are kenyatta in the rerun of the election later this month. There is widespread anger after parliament passed the new law it says if one candidate withdraws then the other automatically wins the presidency the Opposition Leader pulled out of the rerun on tuesday saying he didnt expect it to be free and fair protests have been taking place almost daily since the Supreme Court an old august election result won by kenyatta citing voting irregularities. This judge. Just as decided not to use pause. During its. Lives there is for me the minute joins us live now from nairobi and weve been hearing and seeing those large scale demonstrations hearing about Security Forces firing tear gas what would you know about it. Well felicity at this point the opposition has promised to have more protests Going Forward just before the election thats due to take place that were on that expected to take place im on the twenty six of of to october now these protests are expected weve seen a high security presence in in hot spots in the Central Business district of nairobi as well as in western kenya and consumer which is a stronghold of the Opposition Leader raila odinga so if these promises are to believe we are going to see an increase in protests in coming days the opposition has said that theres no way theyll be election later this month than this these protests could possibly be part of that campaign in terms of the instability that ricin with regard to the political situation in kenya at the moment where were now getting kyra see i gather from the parliament in the course is the way forward. But when these decisions of course come or questions about any Election Rerun on the twenty sixth. Well there certainly are more questions than answers at the moment even when we look at the amendments that were passed by parliament with regard to the electoral laws there is no certainty if indeed those amendments will apply to the Opposition Leader raila odinga his withdrawal which happened a day ago these amendments would allow for our president to work and we are to be declared the winner because a dinner with true but of course the may not be able to the may not happen retrospectively also one of the other issues is that of the high court which is walled that now candidates who had applied to the court to take part in the president ial election who who were prevented from doing so previously be following a Supreme Court ruling which spoke about only the two main contenders a dinger and a working out or taking part in the rerun high court has now said that other president ial candidates can also participate but will this happen at this point after the withdrawal is that election the rerun in jeopardy the opposition is saying that elections should take place in a minimum of ninety days from now fresh nominations new elections entirely but president working out a saying that he should be declared the president based on the withdrawal of is the Opposition Leader or at a minimum the keeping an eye on events there in kenya for us next leader spains Prime Minister has asked castle and leaders to clearly state if they have declared independence it is the first step before the government triggers article one five five which gives madrid the right to take away catalonia as political autonomy or insley has more from madrid. Dritte does not like being told what to do by the council lanse for once parliament was united as the journalist speculated the cabinets agreed the spanish lion back against the catalan demands that their independence will happen. The Prime Minister said you say it out loud and we will take back your powers no dice no deal if. Youve held a Cabinet Meeting and weve decided the Catalan Government must confess whether or not they have declared independence regardless of whether its going to take effect or not this is a requirement necessary before any other measures can be taken by the government including invoking article one fifty five. So back it goes to barcelona madrid no society there is split some separatists want to session now others are nervous half the population hates the whole idea how long should they wait we know there are very important governments and people around the world who are ready to assist in mediation weve got the group of the elders with coffee with a bank a move on with desmond tutu who are ready to exercise their mediation the only small detail which we are missing is that we have nobody on the other side of the table because it just said he was not accepting mediation. All the while europe looks on surely not another country fracturing itself there is no support at all in brussels for the Catalan Independence movements madrid knows that it is the side with the powerful friends many people in madrid regard roys statements his demand the council only a clarify its position on independence as a shrewd one by putting the ball straight back in catalonia of course it potentially exposes divisions inside the Independence Movements that might buy madrid some time take the pressure out of the immediate situation but also leave the crisis open ended. Where the protestors in barcelona go from here is a good question madrid would like nothing more than for them to turn on each other destroy their own movements that would rule out the need for mediation which madrid insists there is no place. And obviously joins us live now from the spanish capital and lawrence do you get any sense that madrid is actually laid a trap for the cattle and president. Yeah i mean clearly on one level you can regard it as a straightforward fairly plain piece of legal procedure. Basically saying mr catlin president just just say please you know do you want independence and that will allow us to get on with taking all your powers away under the terms of the spanish constitution but of course its very handy for madrid to be able to ask that question because they know perfectly well that the catalan president cant give them a straight answer to it because last night he fudged dates he tried to say to his left wing call base yes absolutely were going to declare independence but then so is much more conservative call base but were going to hang on for the time being and hes trying to straddle this thing thats pretty much irreconcilable and so its a very very piece of brinkmanship really by madrid and of course. Theres been no straight on what theyve said this is that they once mediation with two cats lands two spanish and three people from the European Union again as i said in the report. Well the unit really opinion doesnt want an independent counsel in you at all and so in that sense as well catalonia and the catalan president find themselves boxed in ultimately you can see whats happening madrid managed to get rid of the immediate sense of crisis because catalonia didnt declare immediate independence last night the whole things pushed down the road in that stalemate the time being very well because what they want to do in the fullness of time sure its still going to be madrid against barcelona that wont go away but what they want to do is turn the capital ends against each other because a situation in which they have nobody to negotiate with because the catholic Independence Movement movement is too busy fighting them very well indeed. The United Nations is accusing nirmal Security Forces of torture killings and the rape of children as part of what it says were well organized coordinated and systematic attacks against the hinge of muslims it says those Clearance Operations began before an attack by a range of fighters on august the twenty fifth which was given the reason given for the military crackdown what half a million revenger have fled to bangladesh since august and many more on the way youre a boomer has more from young. An away service in a sea of misery. This school is teaching english to a hindu refugees who fled mean mass military campaign before eleven year old so you know the conflict is ever present. In our village reckoned people came to our house to kill people and they burned houses so we cant stay there they were torturing or what United Nations investigators are prevented from going to main mosque conflict zone so they came here to bangladesh in what is now the Worlds Largest refugee camp more than half a million or hinge or have fled across the border from main mar to bangladesh since late august it was from them that the un heard testimonies of the military campaign of indiscriminate killing mass rape and the burning down of homes in yemen our Security Forces purposely to strides the property of the range of population scorched earth gatherings and entire villages in the penn state media only to drive the population out in droves but also to prevent the free range of victims from returning to their homes not only will hinge and not be allowed back to their homes but it wont belong to them anymore mean mars government announced last month that all birds land will become the property of the state aljazeera has yet to hear back from authorities about their response to the un report theyve previously denied u. N. Claims that the military campaign against the right thing to amount to ethnic cleansing its likely that ignore and dismiss this report to yarber Mohamed Al Jazeera young. And the United Nations announced its top official in mammal is leaving her position after nearly four years were not along and will complete her assignment at the end of the month and take up another role at you and her daughters have been months of control or think about her commitment to human rights especially. Norty she was strongly criticized on many issues within the current state. Still ahead on the program fifteen through what remains of their lives the families everything in california. On a major exhibition at opening in paris. Thought of control in front. Maybe late in the season but we seem to have a Tropical Development taking place not immediately the obvious on this chart we still got that breeze bringing showers on the coast of vietnam the Far Southwest of china and a very obvious line of rain this just drifted south still through sichuan still running up towards shanghai active weather that but that takes a backseat as a spinner starts to show just north of minnesota over luzon maybe just east of luzon this could be a tropical depression thats heavy rain if nothing else stretching up towards taiwan and the influence of increased cloud seems likely in the southeast corner of china including hong kong so to be cloudy and rather more humid by time we get to the end of the week that the southwest monsoon over India Pakistan and bangladesh has been just bursting further north again even going through a good year at little bit far north this time of the year they will start to regress again now as it should do so the heaviest rain although it will be some rain this far north heavy rains likely further down again hyderabad for example or be on that towards sri lanka now given that we had that burst of right up through the arabian sea as well so for the peninsula for a tie the three for turn to somalia but this cloud over here represents just cloud i think the sheriff is probably gone again now. Witness documentaries that open your eyes at this time on aljazeera. The top stories here on aljazeera at least in the kenyan capital nairobi have fired tear gas a protest is demonstrating against a new election which they say will give current president hu a walkover victory in a rerun election later this month. Spains Prime Minister has all. Whether they have declared independence for the government allowing madrid to take away the regions political autonomy. The u. N. Is accusing. Forces of torture killings and the rape of children of coordinated attacks against. Serious interior Ministry Says two people have been killed and six others injured in an attack on a Police Headquarters in the capital damascus at least three suicide bombers a said to have tried to storm the building two of the attackers were killed while the other detonated his suicide vest. Iraqs Prime Minister has formally declared victory over i saw in the city of her way chapitre all about he says the fight against the armed group has now shifted to the border with syria the last stretch of land in the country it still controls about he says he expects eisel to be completely defeated in iraq by the end of the year all governments of iraq turkey and iran have joined ranks in announcing measures against iraqs Kurdish Regional government if all those last months controversial referendum on the future kurdish the session from baghdad the nonbinding vote was supported by kurds in neighboring countries and as Charles Stratford finds out from question jack in Northern Iraq the pressure for kurdish state is being felt on both sides of the border with iran. These are new recruits members of the armed wing of the Iranian Kurdish Party thats been demanding greater rights for kurds in iran for more than seventy years. The Democratic Party of iranian p. B. K. I is banned in iran but the Kurdish Regional government of Northern Iraq has helped fund the party allowed its members to train here since the one nine hundred ninety s. Its fighters have served alongside iraqi patients helping the iraqi army and the International Coalition in the battle against leisel its ultimate aim is the same as the iraqi kurds a future independent state. The p. K. I. Claims it has thousands of fighters based in the mountains that border iran. As well as military training the recruits its all what the policy says and nonsectarian politics and state building and it fully supports the referendum that was held in the kurdish region of Northern Iraq on a future session. When i as a kurdish woman who lived as a member of Iranian Society feel the oppression of the Iranian Regime against us as kurds in iraq as a bowman and as a cut have been oppressed twice by the Iranian Regime thats why i have joined this party i believe that through this party i will reach my goals there are at least five million kurds in iran and many of them came out on the streets in towns and cities across the border celebrating the referendum that was held here in Northern Iraq a referendum that the Iraqi Government and neighboring countries including iran say was illegal and risks further destabilizing this region. These pictures uploaded on you tube are said to show some of those celebrations p. D. K. O. I. Says according to social media reports Iranian Police arrested around three hundred people came out and supported the kurdish referendum in iraq. But kurds will not destabilize security in the region if the regions government suppression against the kurds that has created the instability when there is an independent kurdish region in iraq it will be a motive for other kurdish nations in other parts of the region like the kurds in iran turkey and syria more than ninety two percent of those who voted in the Iraqi Kurdish referendum said yes to future session from iraq. Despite the threats from the governments in baghdad and korea and iran these iranian kurds share the same dream child Strafford Al Jazeera Jack in the rock. Indias Supreme Court has ruled that a man is committing rape if he has sex with his underage wife its a landmark decision for a country with one of the highest rates of Child Marriage in the world the court ruled be age of consent is eighteen for all purposes although considered illegal Child Marriage is. In india the death toll from Northern Californias wildfires continues to rise with at least fifteen People Killed well thousands of people have fled their homes others are now returning to find the houses completely destroyed jacob ward met one couple as they sifted through the rubble in santa rosa. And Lydia Gediman were the last people to get out of their neighborhood i thought that i could. Save our house down so i attempted for another fifteen twenty minutes. Down the whole the whole fence line Everything Everything i can touch and until i couldnt see any more. The disaster in Northern California claimed at least fifteen lives and more than two thousand buildings and at this point fire officials offer no predictions as to when they might have the fires here contained. It wasnt just the speed of the flames or the incredible heat that devastated this community it was also the fact that in the age of the smartphone people here say that they seem to have almost no warning at all adam and lydia say they got lucky their baby woke them at one of the morning and you could hear explosions in the background we dont know what it was but it was the trees never exploding and you didnt receive any kind of war now you know all along there is nothing so i really never tells message no there is nothing now the gammons are tallying the cost. I had a Baseball Card collection pie about twenty thousand dollars worth and see id tell collection of my five thousand star wars collection of my five thousand and thats all gone thats right here a scene repeated throughout the state today as residents return to sift through the ashes jake aboard aljazeera santa rosa california. At least thirteen inmates have been killed in two days the fighting between rival gangs at a jail in mexico prisoners started fires and what than two hundred of them one clash with Security Forces police say they have now restored calm as a reports. Gunfire as rival gangs battled it out inside cut the rate imprisoned in northern mexico. Guards were taken hostage and some were seen on the roofs being beaten by prisoners. The fight started as one of the gangs who were kept separate and began protesting on monday night it was relative calm and Tuesday Morning but fighting restarted when one of the prisoners were killed reports say his body was burnt. Security Officials Say lethal force have to be used to control the situation after several attempts at negotiations failed there are concerns that the number of dead may rise and also. We cant rule out that the number of deaths might increase eight people have suffered serious injuries in addition to the thirteen who have already passed away there are many more with less serious injuries from the fights those who lost their lives have not been identified yet officials are doing the counting and investigation is underway. Outside the prison gates anxious relatives demanded information and struggled to comprehend what was happening. This woman says she only wants confirmation that her relative inside is dead. This is the second and rest in the streets and this year following a series of riots in the jails. Mexican prisons are notorious for Gang Activity criminal Networks Running drugs kidnapping extortion and human smuggling ring their rivalries to prisons many of which are overcrowded. Reforms in the criminal Justice System before next years election have been proposed but with deep rooted corruption and political intervention there seems to be no easy or quick fix some of the job of their. South sudan is going through a fuel crisis petrol stations run dry on a daily basis despite the country having billions of barrels of oil in reserves with no functioning power grid fuel from the black market is the only option but at a cost many cannot afford under there is have a morgan reports from the capital juba. This may not seem the best way to prepare for exams but man think peter says its the only way her brothers them study she says feel is too expensive for her family. Because theres no power in the house so we use candles we cant pay for the fuel that is used to run the generator in our neighborhood fuel is expensive and comes from the black market its cheaper to get candles be used for a day south sudan has the largest oil reserve in africa according to experts but it has no means of processing its own oil instead it relies on its neighbor sudan to do so but two years of war and low Oil Prices Last here has damaged the economy this has resulted in hard currency crisis making it hard for traders to bring in fuel most suppliers now prefer just of private sectors leaving many stations in the country empty despite the shortage of fuel at petrol stations you can find it being sold on the street from recycled Water Bottles but at a price eight dollars a gallon about forty third thats nearly ten times more than the official price of seventy cents at petco face. There are government subsidies on imported fuel but because the black market is more profitable subsidies along with other issues are contributing to the country shortage few shortages its because. Were subsidizing his expression you know the fuel is being subsidize. That is one issue that we are facing. Every three months i give them said to me. Smuggling fuel part of the country and there are people who are actually taking the fuel to the black market so that they make more money and this is the work of the police and the National Security to address it so that they stopped or not its those who are actually doing illegal activities by trading with fewer lawmakers have recently proposed lifting the fuel subsidies but some analysts say if the government does this the Short Term Impact will be damaging it could have an impact on you know income. Because the transport would skyrocket although it is to put it out because the fuel is not a. Subsidy at least keeps it down and automatically the food out of the census supplies may also increase in prices now that knows she cant afford the cost a few but she hopes it doesnt soon extend to do one thing that loads her home at night and force her and her family to live in darkness he will morgan aljazeera juba the World Health Organization is warning that the number of obese children in developing countries is soaring he says raise the worst in the middle East North Africa and parts of asia while levels among kids in rich countries appear to have picked well such as use data from the past forty years predicting that by twenty twenty two there will be more obese children and adolescents than underweight ones in one nine hundred seventy five there were one hundred million obese adults around the world the study published to coincide with world obesity day found that by twenty sixteen that number had jumped to six hundred and seventy one million by the end of last year there were fifty million obese girls and seventy four million obese boys in the world market as r. T. From Imperial College was the lead researcher on the study i doubt and especially children are being targeted by by Large Food Companies with unhealthy food advertising priced placed in the stores in a way that it actually encourages them to use it and their tools that governments have it they have used it in the past for things like tobacco tax it regulate it limited revising especially to children and make sure that those foods become harder and harder to to get. Now paul gauguin is one of frances most Famous Artists best known for his paintings of polynesian women if they think of style also influenced a Younger Generation of artists including picasso and materialists is the subject of a major exhibition opening in paris but is the touch of bottle explains aspects of his time in the South Pacific a still considered taboo by many in france paul gauguin has struggled for artistic recognition all his life the frenchwomans bold use of color and abstract depictions of reality shocked Nineteenth Century art lovers but today hes considered a trailblazer a new exhibition in paris is Prestigious Group l. A. Celebrates one of the worlds most famous postimpressionist. His art totally surprised it was like nothing else at the time it was without concessions it was wild in fact he often called himself wild it really shocked people some people supported him but it wasnt until the start of the Twentieth Century that people realized he was such a revolutionary gogo was fascinated with tribal arts and other cultures when success in europe eluded him he left for france as colonies in the South Pacific its a period that has come to define him but not without controversy the paintings created by go into e. T. Are some of his most popular he was obviously captivated by the people and the colors but some critics say that this period of his life has become so romanticized in france the perhaps it ignores some uncomfortable realities. Tahiti was under French Colonial rule and the artist enjoyed many of the systems privileges he married a thirteen Year Old Girl and had numerous lovers of a similar age but these aspects of gogos life are rarely discussed in france. A new film about his time in thai he has been attacked by those who say to avoid some hard truths. Professor starrs x. Written extensively about gauguin he says criticizing french culture and the colonial past is simply to hear the history of cholera zation is still very touchy issue in france much more than in the u. K. Or the us for many people in the head you go guys nothing but a. Drunkard who basically looted. Pretty nation and the haitian culture and art to make a living how gauguin chose to live it is unlikely to matter to the millions of people who enjoys art but others may find it enriching to have a clearer picture of the man behind the paintings Natasha Butler aljazeera paris. And reminder of the top stories on aljazeera police in kenya has fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against a new election law which they say will give the current president a whore kenyata a walkover victory in a rerun election later this month and also says that if one candidate withdraws then the other automatically wins the presidency for minimal has more now from the capital nairobi. Although certainly are more questions than answers at the moment even when we look at the amendments that were passed by parliament with regard to the electoral laws there is no certainty if indeed those amendments will apply to the Opposition Leader raila odinga as withdrawal which happened a day ago these amendments would allow for our president to work and you are to be declared the winner because adin got withdrew but of course the may not be able to the may not have been written specter of spains Prime Minister has asked castle and leaders to clarify whether or not they declared independence it is the first step before the government triggers article one five five which gives madrid the right to take away the regions political autonomy on tuesday catalonia as leader carlos freedom will step back from announcing full independence and signed a symbolic declaration instead to allow for negotiations with madrid the un is accusing miramar Security Forces of torture killings and the rape of children as part of a well organized coordinated and systematic attacks against the hinge of muslims it says those Clearance Operations began before an attack by a hinge of fighters in august which is the reason given for the military crackdown. Syrias interior Ministry Says two people have been killed and six others injured in an attack on a Police Headquarters in the capital damascus at least three suicide bombers are said to have tried to storm the building iraqs Prime Minister has formally declared victory over. I doubt a body says the fight against the armed groups has now shifted to the border with syria the last stretch of land in the country but it still controls. Of most of the latest headlines here on out is there more from me in twenty five minutes say with us witness is next