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