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