At least three dead in kenya as protest against a disputed election prevent voting in parts of the country. Follow that im for the steeple and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up no end to the standoff in catalonia as the regional president rejects the idea of early elections. Iraqi forces launch an offensive against the last strongholds in the country. After a year of mourning tom i say goodbye to came to my home at a ceremony in bangkok. At least three people have been killed on election day in kenya and if i. It has been marred by violence and an Opposition Boycott about a dozen others were injured in kissimmee one of several areas where election materials have not been delivered his interview is among four Opposition Strongholds where voting will now be held on saturday the government says its because of security challenges i made a miller has more from the capital nairobi. Protesters lighting fires and throwing rocks leaving some polling stations empty and Police Responding with tear gas or whats characterized voting day in nairobis Opposition Strongholds other polling stations have not opened a told officials too frightened to report for duty. Explaining ourselves very clearly. There is no reason for anybody to take any violent action against i b c officials i b c officials should be allowed to conduct their duty. And as they conduct their duties it is the right of a kenyan. In any particular part of the country to either decide to vote or not. The opposition called for its supporters to boycott the polls after a lack of reforms at the Electoral Commission also withdrawing its president ial candidate raila odinga at many polling stations voting did go on as normal even if in lower numbers compared to orcus election day in the ghettos that we have survived that where we have seen people being intimidated in some parts of the country or it is not a very good thing in terms of transparency to see video of the process while incumbent president to work in yard is assured of victory theres concern that some of his Jubilee Party supporters may stay home guaranteeing a low voter turnout by mid day at this polling station in kenya home county of. Less than a half of registered voters had cost the ballot. In organise this polling station had long queues this time despite the area being a governing Party Stronghold far fewer voters have turned up. With potentially six million opposition supporters staying away analysts say a poor voter turnout and the conduct of the Electoral Commission could impact the legitimacy of the selection. For media miller aljazeera nairobi lets cross now to aljazeera mohammed oh hes in nairobi forests and mo sadly there has been some violence give us the latest on the situation. Well in most parts and particularly in oppositions troll holes there was violence particularly young people relentlessly trying to stop vaulters from accessing the polling stations and also malta lobbying altogether polling station polling officials from taking polling material to the different stations where votes were supposed to have been cost has forced the independent electron bonders commission to extend the elections and postpone elections in at least four counties to saturday the twenty eighth now in kebede the oppositions stronghold a constituency that raila odinga himself has served in parliament for about ten years the been almost no vaulting taking place in one of the polling stations the Olympic Primary School where were used to see very long queues during election days there was no one in the playground where people usually stand in queues because of these young men who had demolished the wall of the School Access to the school and bond some of the. Classes that were being used for polling stations and the police have been firing tear gas and also live rounds and we can confirm the deaths of up to thirty people most of them in the western part of the country in the city and though it looks like the turnout is going to be follow it in your original election in organists what is the likelihood then of the opposition actually challenging the results yet again. Well there is every possibility of thats happening railroading as lawyers already looking at whats happening today and with a view of trying to use them in a court case years not made a secret of that he said he is going to continue putting pressure on the government to. Hold a second another election are fresh election which he says he will be able to participate in if they are held on the years already so you must also buy alliance a coalition is turned into a movement that existence movement and all he is seeking is to nullify the results of this election and analysts are saying that the elections with all the controversy and the violence weve seen today will very little in terms of legitimacy to the presidency of. In nairobi for us next my. Castle anyas president carlos pritam or has refused to hold a snap election unless spain Central Government agrees to certain conditions he says he hasnt received enough guarantees from the trace that it wont impose direct role of the autonomous region if a new election is held thousands of protesters have gathered outside the capital and government headquarters in anticipation of his speech well out of there as anderson is joins us live now from barcelona so andrew whats happening there right now. Well there are still demonstrations going on Pro Independence procession is groups demonstrating here i dont swear in barcelona but really its been a very confusing and tense day initially there were reports. Of series of reports in Regional Media newspapers t. V. That carlos opposed them all and actually decided to call a snap election thats not Regional Election which would really have matched the agreement that the poll i dont recall one five five for elections within six months and it was apparent that there was some sort of deal going on and that caused a lot of derision firstly we heard that the president was going to make an announcement and then that was described by his aides as suspended then he did appear and this is what he had to say. When she has been here. You know that i am willing to call an election so long as there are certain guarantees so that we can hold elections under normal circumstances those guarantees of not being provided and never elections are not warranted my duty was to try to hold elections and to do it honestly and truthfully in order to avoid any impact on our institutions so that was something of an anticlimax isnt it and whats been the response from the crowds. Well the crowds as i said they were confused they were just confused they were angry some were calling him a traitor behind me here in the square right in front of the seat of government students was shouting and all sorts of slogans now theyre sort of mollified to some extent because the president has said that its parliament now or have to decide the way forward he said that he had really tried Everything Possible to get dialogue he said no one can accuse me of not going all the way in order to in trying to avoid the impacts of article one five five being considered in madrid and likely to go ahead and that will obviously take. Straight away power from this Regional Government will sack this government so that includes posted on all the ministers with him and then of course direct rule comes in into place and it will be chaotic theres no doubt about it and he also said that as far as he was concerned what the government has done was showing no sign of lifting the repression and so really what you have here is a no action type of statement also pressure on him to call make a declaration of the result from the the this is described as illegal referendum on october the first to actually call the secession declare it big pressure to do that and his Coalition Partners threatened to pull out of the government if he did actually go for a snap election and more or less put off independence but the whole thing is in the air it is seen by some as damaging his credibility in taking this course of action but no one really knows what is going to happen next and certainly a long parliamentary session under way now will we think adjourn and then actually get into. Again on friday but really this is going all the way to the wire and it could so now its passing that while because article one five five is likely to get passed that certainly with this no no doubt with the support for it of a service and it will go ahead and that will mean direct and the taking of power away from the Regional Government here. In barcelona thank you. So as the protesters continue to demonstrate out and their scholars inside the Parliament Building lets go to madrid for that is in madrid by the looks of it maybe not lets take you live to madrid speaks out as there is absolute need hotter we know that the National Senate is discussing the governments plan to strip malls governments all of its powers how is that debate going to you know. Well going for the past hour or so we heard earlier the deputy Prime Minister gave quite a tough words against the. Regional government in catalonia saying that madrid has tried all its really to reach out to try to find some sort of starting point for corporation to try to get out of this crisis but they did reach anywhere she actually said that the only thing madrid got in return was a lot of noise and no action she went on saying that article one five five will be triggered that will happen. Friday when actually the senate meets again but this time to vote on this article on the bill that will trigger article one five five but weve been listening to the liberation now and one after the other whether theyre part of the ruling party other parties like the social. Is. Hearing again and again that this article needs to be triggered to impose the rule of law you keep on hearing again and again that this referendum was unconstitutional and is only causing chaos and article one five five is actually the only guarantor in the constitution that you will have the rights of citizens are held and also that the rule of law will be upheld so. No coming back at least for now from what we hear from the government even though i have to say that. Leading to the. Deliberations that are going on and. You know madrid was sort of looking at what was happening in barcelona reacting to every single statement happening in barcelona and vice versa but looking back at the entire day you get an impression the media side has really backed off from their position going to keeping an eye on the senate their hatred of them and how to thank you. I still had. On the program the u. S. Travelers face longer queues that airport is new security measures are imposed. And a former argentinean president is accused of trying to derail an investigation to benefits iran will have the details. Hello the northeast monsoon has tucked in now to china thats a good time of the year middle twentys to high twentys temperature wise from shanghai down to Hong Kong Loesch humidity sun in the sky but i think well see an increasing cloud in the next day or so because the tropical syphon just as the edge of your screen which is slowly moving north towards japan has a very slow move it will feed a lot of moisture a lot of cloud and so increase humidity seems likely in for example hong kong where the skies will go white but it should still be dry the monsoon is heading sas rapidly and falling apart through india in fact you can see its line takes you across still to care or lower i think well see some more rain but it looks pretty much dry for a good part of india all of bangladesh and a good part of myanmar as well which is a contrast of this time less than a week ago and that will keep moving slowly southward hang around in sri lanka the far side of india for another day or so or even a week for say a dry picture unsurprisingly across the Arabian Peninsula the tensions hovering from thirty to thirty eight typically not much in the sky and not much of a breeze are there is a little dusty humidity is exceptional its just actually a good time of the year for most. In a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. Sometimes we risk our lives in taking these roads with care that saving lives is a dangerous job the vaccine took on a good twenty four hours there are patients waiting for his mother to most of the life start threads of a week ago one of the gang stops on the course of the road attacking it with weapons risking it all guinea at this time on al jazeera. Welcome back and reminder the top stories on aljazeera at least three people have been shot dead in an Election Related Violence in kenya prompting officials to delay the vote in four counties. As president carters praise them all says he wont call a snap election until spains Central Government agrees to certain conditions. The Central Government in madrid is preparing to go one five five on saturday which would retake control of catalonia as political fire powers and finances in a bid to stop its secession drive. Iraqi forces of launched an assault to recapture al came and raw from eisel towns on iraqs western border with syria are among the armed groups last strongholds in the country i was there stephanie deca reports from a bill in Northern Iraq. Ready for the final phase the iraqi Prime Minister has given the go ahead now the task of these men is to push out of the last areas of western anbar specifically which is the border town with syria the group still holds. We have been encountering some sporadic attacks but they are weak especially since the last defeat the most solid in and help the enemy is in desperate situation right now and hopefully will retake all the remaining areas from. Iraqs army and unbar Police Together with progovernment sunni tribal fighters and the hash shabbier shia militias are part of the offensive. We are now engaging in the offensive to retake. We have received full military support from the iraqi army to participate in this offensive the tribal fighters have now become a supporting force in this offensive we aim to help that and after we retake these areas we will take control of security with the help of the iraqi forces. The campaign will also be backed by Coalition Air support and ground advice the towns of time or the last few territories isis still controls in iraq many here feel that it wont be a long protracted battle but ridding eisel of its territory in iraq does not mean the groups threat has been eliminated it is still capable of carrying out large scale attacks the announcement of the all crime offensive comes at a time when iraqi forces together with shia militia are involved on another front sporadic fighting with the Kurdish Peshmerga in the aftermath of that controversial secession referendum is putting huge pressure on air beale and the leadership many kurds believe that this offensive is an attempt to divert attention from sporadic fighting were seeing northwest of there along the border with iraq and many believe ultimate aim is to reassert federal control over the border crossings that the kurdistan Regional Government currently controls Stephanie Decker aljazeera. Well the iraqi Prime Minister says his government wont accept anything but the cancellation of the kurds secession i doubt a body is in terror on for talks with iranian leaders but countries have large kurdish populations and oppose any talk of separation iraqs kurdish Regional Government had offered to freeze its possession but iraq says that doesnt go far enough. Following developments for us from tara. Iraqs Prime Minister heather all about the into her own for talks with iranian leaders the main topic of discussion the kurdish referendum for that is calling for a separate state for rocky kurds living in the north of the country no doubt about it was feeling like he was in a politically supportive environment here and ron had a very strong message for rockys back home nothing short of a complete no mention of the referendum vote for a freeze or suspension will not be enough for his iranian hosts had an Even Stronger message irans first Vice President this after hungary say that the vote was an act of sedition known for iraq is likely to push a political model similar to rons encouraging its Kurdish People to pursue rights and representation but within a National Framework that keeps the country forward to that end also reached out a hand of friendship say that Northern Iraq is still a part of iraq so two very clear signs from leaders of both iran and iraq here in the horizon today that theyre both on the same page and that neither country will tolerate any compromise to iraqs territorial integrity. The u. K. Defense secretary has angered human Rights Groups by appearing to british politicians to stop condemning saudi arabia saying its affecting almost sales to riyadh Michael Fallon told the house of Commons Defense Committee that a fighter jet deal was being compromised many british politicians have openly criticized saudi arabia over its intense Bombing Campaign in yemen the u. N. Says the war there has killed more than ten thousand people and injured more than forty thousand. To repeat to this committee that obviously. The other person some of saudi arabia in this power is not a. Leader but we need to do Everything Possible to encourage saudi arabia towards but i believe they will commit to we continue to work with. Passengers flying to the United States now face tougher security measures on departure and the regulations imposed by the trumpet ministration could include short security interviews at check and stocking concerns about delays to has been speaking to travel as a paris is already at port. The new security measures were introduced by france here and passes all the airport adding to the delays that some passengers are facing on transatlantic flights to the United States also of course theres been a lot of fog but the American Administration who are responsible for safety say that as threats evolved so too must the Counter Measures to combat them Security Officials say these new measures should make it more easy to detect any explosives that might have been planted on any parts of the electronic equipment and the passengers curing for this flight to new york this afternoon on air france anyone particularly bothered by the list of questions they faced some raises some questions what you got to listen to what he said if questions about what this nation. State is that he would say. About. The difference i think its a good start but its not. Very efficient for the moment because there is just a question and everybody could lie about it. Theres no checking so the white house say these steps are necessary for the countrys National Security and that only designed to increase the safety for passengers if that is the case and how long before these sort of cues a scene on short haul flights and domestic flights. Also tinas former president cristina kitchener has been ordered to testify in an investigation into one of her countrys deadliest bombings eighty five people were killed when a Jewish Center in buenos aires was attacked for kitchen is accused of covering up the role of a reigning security forces. To raise about reports from when. It was a death that shocked argentina ill bet a county man was found with a shot in the head in january two thousand and fifteen he was a prosecutor investigating the bombing of a Jewish Community center in the capital one are scientists more than eighty five people were killed. He was found and day before he was scheduled to testify before congress against former president Cristina Fernandez and her alleged ties with iran. While the world says that this is the right time to seek justice and. The Previous Administration controlled the Justice System and had managed to block the investigation now there is an investigation that will hopefully let us know what happened Cristina Kirchner has already attended this courthouse several by that time just to be questions about the accusations made by prosecutor. Plame her administration had a secret deal with iran that guaranteed iranian officials that were allegedly involved in the attack against the Jewish Community center in one thousand nine hundred forty. Four years ago argentina signed a memorandum with the iranian government that would allow argentine authorities to interrogate suspects nice man said that the administrations real motive was to do business with tehran. Says that the investigation against kirschner is politically motivated that. The riddle its from interpol when they were lifted insists that we wanted the iranians to walk around freely we want to the solution because nash and tina you cannot be judged a few not present we want an argentine judge questioning the suspects last sunday Christina Kirshner was elected a senator or she has become a staunch critic of the Current Administration since leaving office businessmen and politicians close to her have been detained accused of corruption on wednesday former planning minister who was detained and stripped from immunity i mean that is. The same justice used by the Previous Administration is being used by some sectors of this one the truth is most argentinians do not trust the Justice System because the real structural problems are never discussed. The circumstances surrounding the murder of albert attorney remain a mystery in the meantime the families of the victims of the Community Center bombing continue to await answers and justice. I defeated i want to cite is an explosion at a fireworks factory in indonesia has killed at least forty seven people and injured dozens blast happened at an Industrial Complex in the city of tangerang west of the capital to carter because of the explosion still being investigated sorry as he has more from jakarta. A firecracker factory exploded in the city of tongue twenty five kilometers or west of. Local residents reported hearing a loud explosions before seeing a cloud of smoke above the warehouse more than half of the factory workers were killed or injured many of the dead burned beyond recognition families have been asked to identify the bodies by dental records or by the jewelry victims all wearing according to Police Officers and rescuers many of the bodies were found trapped at the back of the warehouse possibly trying to find a way out management are being questioned by Police Investigating the cause of the blast the factory has only been operating the last two months employing around one hundred people now after a year of mourning thailands late king is being cremated can come up all or done your day who died last year aged eighty eight was the worlds longest serving monarch his five day funeral ceremony began on wednesday during hundreds of thousands of mourners scott heidi reports from the capital bangkok. Its culminating a year of mourning and reflection the people of thailand have said goodbye to the king jr day. Enduring late monsoon rains and searing heat hundreds of thousands of thais clad in black descended upon bangkok. Bucket come sunk that arrived in the predawn hours well have to continue with our lives but i will do good things for him so his majesty will not have to worry. Full of ceremony and tradition a procession carrying an opulent turn left the royal palace for the two and a half a kilometer journey to the royal crematorium crafted over the last eight months the elaborate crematorium is designed to represent a mythical mountain sending the late king to heaven here and one applause thousands have gathered there laying santa would flowers on this replica of the world crematorium dozens have been set up across bangkok and across thailand giving thais the opportunity to actively participate in their kings funeral when you get loose on the side of that was a young boy when he met. His father was the kings tutor for twenty six years in switzerland when some thai people do not abandon us he said if the thai people have been. Abandoned then and that was his and you and hes profound. He wanted to to be there for thai people in thailand has progressed greatly under king some feel thats part of the grieving yes for the man but also for the period of transformation he led the nation through i think first and foremost people weeping because theyre saying goodbye to a part of themselves a part of their collective identity that was form and shape during the kings time he was called father by many thais even viewed by some as a demagogue this is. As. Traditional dances and performances will carry on throughout the night marking the end of the year of mourning its got rather aljazeera bangkok. Thank. God to remind you of the top stories on aljazeera at least three people have been shot in Election Related Violence in kenya. To delay the vote in four counties about a dozen others were injured in the opposition stronghold of kisumu which is one of the four counties where voting materials have not been delivered overall forty three people have been killed in Election Related Violence since the august election victory of president kenyatta that was later overturned by the Supreme Court prompting thursdays rerun of a docent this update from my writing. Well in most parts and particularly in oppositions through all holes there was violence particularly young people relentlessly trying to. Vaulters from accessing the polling stations and also not allowing all together polling station polling officials from taking polling material to the different stations where votes were supposed to have been cast. Independent electron blunders commission to elections and elections in a blue. Counties. Catalonia as president says he wont call a snap election until spain Central Government agrees to certain conditions. Wisdom or says he hasnt received enough guarantees from madrid that it wont impose direct rule on the autonomous region if a new election is held thousands of protesters have gathered outside the catholic government headquarters to show their support for tomorrow he says up to the Catholic Parliament to move forward with a mandate to split from spain. The iraqi Prime Minister says his government wont accept anything but the cancellation of the kurds secession bit. He is in terre arm for talks with the iranian leaders both countries have large kurdish populations and oppose any talk of separation. Iraqi forces of last an assault to recapture. The towns on iraqs western border with syria are among the groups last strongholds in the country. And those were his headlines here on aljazeera from me in about twenty five minutes time risque dont get me is coming next stay with with us