Looks as if things are falling apart at Kenyas Electoral Commission headquarters rather than a calm bear one of seven commissioners has resigned alleging political interference she says threats have been made on the lives of Staff Members including her own commissioners are serving political interests and theyve been last minute changes to technology and electronic transmission of results hours later the commissions chairman gave a stern warning with good political changes and he said thirty of stowe. Therefore call understood our work in adversity. But. The chairmans appeal was 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 chairmans admission that the commission is split and that conditions wouldnt allow for free and Fair Elections has only echoed an earlier Supreme Court ruling. Last month the court an old august president ial elections it says the commission had not been
Youre watching algis there im so robin in doha these are all top stories the Spanish Government says it will trigger article one five five to suspend catalonia as political autonomy the move comes after catalan president. Warned his Regional Parliament could vote on a formal declaration of independence if madrid did not agree to talks three weeks ago catalonia voted in favor of independence in a highly controversial referendum that spain said it was illegal. For. The Central Government of spain noted this morning the failure of the president of the cattle and government to answer the very clear request as to whether he would proclaim independence of the town of this community in the absence of a clear response we note that he has not answered our request and therefore we will continue procedure of triggering article one five five of the constitution to restore legality in catalonia at least forty three Afghan Soldiers have been killed after an album vehicle exploded at a military camp
Hello again on this in doha these are the top stories here at aljazeera the u. S. Secretary of state has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on cata for refusing to engage in talks Rex Tillerson says theres an unwillingness on the part of the saudi led quartet to negotiate despite being ready to engage. From washington d. C. Tillerson gave this interview martine to Bloomberg News in which it was marked a change in tone from the u. S. Secretary of state you know back in july we heard optimism from tillerson as he went into his last round of meetings in the middle east he was practicing shuttle diplomacy between qatar and saudi arabia he expressed hope that the resolution would be reached very soon but that was three months ago and there has been very little progress to show and so today his statements to bloomberg expressed that frustration that tillers and has and in the words of the secretary of state laid the blame for this stagnation in talks at the feet of these walk
And all of the problem in doha with the headlines on al jazeera the iraqi army has claimed control of all of chemical provinces after intense fighting with Kurdish Peshmerga forces the army says they captured the last town album called play which is situated in the ad being with the help of shia militias Stephanie Deca reports from the front line with some peshmerga feel the being betrayed. The new front line opened early friday iraqi forces together with haskell shabbier shia militias move towards peshmerga positions now to the kurdish its around thirty kilometers south of erbil on the road to kirkuk. Yes theyre attacking it out and cooperate and not attacking from dbase also and theres nothing we can do about it im urging the Coalition Forces to come in and help as it hit the peshmerga no doubt we have martyrs that. A steady stream of reinforcements were sent throughout the day blankets and mattresses packed in with the soldiers ready to defend their positions many here feel betrayed