The king of thailand is presiding over buddhist funeral rituals for his late father, King Bhumibol adulyadej who died a year ago after seven decades on the throne. The funeral urn was blessed by monks at the grand palace in bangkok ahead of a series of elaborate processions. Andrew plant reports. A funeral procession on a scale rarely seen before. A chance for tens of thousands of thai will to say a final farewell to the only motorbike most of them have ever lived under. Monarch. The body of the former king kept since his death in october last year in the throne hall of the royal palace. After ruling for more than 70 years this is the beginning of a finaljourney, transported towards a spectacular golden crematorium representing heaven, taking more than a year to build, here, his body will be cremated. This procession will last much of the day. His body will be carried atop a huge wooden chariot pulled by 222 soldiers, and led by his son, the new king, and members of the royal family, h
Thailands beloved king from upon tens of thousands of mourners attend a five day long ceremony in bangkok for the monarch. And emotional release in turkey a german human rights organizer is freed from prison on bal does this signal german turkish relations could be on the mend. Welcome to the show im brian Thomas Police in western kenya have reportedly been shooting live ammunition and tear gas to break up protests as kenya goes to the polls for a rerun of his president ial election the Opposition Leaders of called for voters to boycott the ballot and in nairobi supporters of Opposition Leader rollo dana were throwing stones to stop people. From getting into polling stations are doing us says todays vote is quote a sham in areas where president hu rukun yaba has support voting has proceeded but in smaller numbers compared to the vote in august the Kenyan Supreme Court nala five that election because of irregularities in the voting process. Did abuse catherine o. Mando joins us now from
A final farewell for titans came home the poem five days of sort of money and ritual a mom accused by millions as a father figure well bring you the latest from bangkok. Im phil gail welcome to the program. Police in western kenya have reportedly been firing live ammunition and tear gas to break up protests as the country runs its president ial election Opposition Leader ran a danger has described todays vote as a sham and called for a boycott in the capital nairobi mr odinga supporters have been throwing stones at people trying to enter polling stations voting has proceeded in areas that support the president but turnout appears to be lower than in august. Can you see green caught an old that results because of voting and counting irregularities. Lets get more from t. W. Correspondent catherine and wonder who joins us from the kenyan capital nairobi welcome catherine so weve been getting those reports of clashes between opposition protesters and the police tell us more about whats bee
A final farewell full time and hes a kingpin we pop five days of ceremony and ritual for the moment you buy millions as a father figure second life to bangkok. The german human rights organizer is freed on bail from a turkish prison so does this signal an improvement in relations between the left. And in the german cup topside leipzig guided by a munich played even right to be at last nights big match had all the drama fans expected to let you know which clock on top in the final six hours. Im phil gayle welcome to the program. Police in western kenya have reportedly been shooting live ammunition and tear gas to break up protests as the country runs its president ial election Opposition Leader run out of danger has described todays vote as a sham and called for a boycott in the capital nairobi mr a dingo supporters have been throwing stones at people trying to enter polling stations voting has proceeded in areas that support president kenyatta but turnouts appears to be lower than in j
Alone welcome m p t w watching aljazeera live from doha also ahead iraqs Prime Minister rejects the kurds offer to freeze their referendum on secession as he travels to iran to meet leaders there. At least forty seven People Killed in an explosion at a fireworks factory in indonesia. And protests against madrids plans to seize control of catalonia as the Regional Parliament meets to discuss that issue. Violence has erupted in Opposition Strongholds in kenya where protesters are rallying against the president ial Election Rerun voting got underway early on thursday except for consumer. Stations remain closed over security concerns the police there fired live rounds and tear gas to disperse the crowds one person was killed the Opposition Leader ran a i saw his supporters to boycott what he calls a sham election the Supreme Court and all the first poll held in august because of irregularities. The. Requesting them humbly that they should turn out in large numbers thats their vote make the