VOA NEWS October 27, 2017
From Washington, this is VOA news.
I'm Doug Bernard reporting.
Kenyans voted Thursday in the country's second presidential election although turnout appears
lower than it was for the August 8 poll.
And violent protests have erupted in some opposition strongholds.
Security issues have forced voting in several areas to be delayed until Saturday.
The Supreme Court has ordered a re-run of the first poll, setting regularities it planned
on the country's electoral commission.
From Nairobi, VOA's Jill Craig has the details.
Jacob Maina cast his vote in Dagoretti, an area of Nairobi that is considered a ruling
party stronghold.
"The people didn't show up like last time."
A poll worker in Nairobi's Mathare slum said that out of 656 registered voters at that
location, only about 50 people came to vote between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m. Thursday.
She said that during the August election, more than 200 voters cast ballots during the
same period.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga instructed his supporters to boycott this election after
his demands to delay the vote and replace members of the electoral commission were turned
down.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, the winner of the first election which the Supreme Court nullified,
said Thursday that "90 percent of the country is calm, is peaceful, and is voting."
Jill Craig, VOA news, Nairobi.
U.S. defense officials are briefing the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday about
the Islamic State ambush attack in Niger earlier this month that killed four American soldiers.
Defense Department officials are in the midst of an investigation into the attack that occurred
near the Niger-Mali border and took the lives of four servicemen.
President Trump said Wednesday he did not specifically authorize the mission.
This is VOA news.
Catalan President Carles Puigdemont has ruled out the possibility of holding a regional
snap election and has asked parliament to decide how to move forward as the secession
crisis from Spain continues.
During an announcement which was delayed, canceled and then rescheduled on Thursday,
Puigdemont said that there were not enough guarantees from Madrid that a snap election
would stop the imposition of direct rule in Catalonia.
Even in the Catalonia parliament, feelings are hardly single-minded.
Fernando Sanchez Costa is a Catalonia parliament member who wishes to stay within Spain.
"I hope that ... because it would be a very very, a very important mistake, a historical
mistake if he proclaims independence.
We can lose everything.
Everything.
Just because some people want to enter history and they want to be remembered in the books
of history."
On the other hand, Teresa Barbat, another Catalonia parliament member, is for independence.
"Right now would be zero to say, "Let's stop it.
Let's stop it because we don't want people to hard and just let..."
We'll see in some ... But I think that people wouldn't accept that, never, never.
We are now where people have decided to be."
Earlier today, Puigdemont said the Spanish government will worsen the crisis over the
re-push for independence if lawmakers go ahead with a threat to revoke its autonomy.
U.S. United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley Wednesday said she told South Sudanese President
Salva Kiir in Juba that the U.S. has lost trust in his government for continuing the
country's civil war and that that trust needs to be regained.
"I didn't come here to talk.
I came here to basically say the time for action is now.
We are not waiting anymore.
We need to see a change, and we need to see it right away."
Haley said she told Mr. Kiir the U.S. is "at a crossroads" and that every decision going
forward would be based on his actions.
In Turkey, eight rights activists were freed from jail in Istanbul by a court on Thursday.
Among them, German national Peter Steudtner.
"If you're really happy about what happened, to speak of me, I'm really grateful and I
can say we are really grateful for everybody who supported us legally, diplomatically and
with solidarity."
They are part of 11 who still await a verdict on terrorism charges and face up to 15 years
in prison in a case that has drawn international condemnation as Turkey cracks down on those
in a suspected coup.
I'm Doug Bernard.
That's the latest world news from VOA.
VOA NEWS October 28, 2017
From Washington, this is VOA news.
I'm Joe Parker reporting.
Catalonia declares its independence.
Catalonia's regional parliament declared independence from Spain today in a disputed vote that is
now likely to be declared illegal by Spain's Constitutional Court.
Separatist lawmakers erupted in applause as the vote was approved.
Most opposition lawmakers had already left the chamber in protest moments before the
vote.
No country has expressed support for the secession bid.
In response, the Spanish Senate in Madrid voted today to give wide-ranging powers to
the central government to rescind Catalonian autonomy and take control of the region.
The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, told reporters what happened today in the
Catalonia parliament is irrefutable proof of how necessary it was for the Spanish Senate
to approve the proposals that the Spanish government made.
Today the Catalonia parliament has approved something that, in the opinion of a big majority
of the people, not only goes against the law, but is a criminal act.
The Catalonian motion calls for beginning an independence process that includes drafting
Catalonia's new laws and opening negotiations on equal footing with Spanish authorities.
The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State announced today a cease-fire between Iraqi
forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga in northern Iraq, but quickly backtracked on the claim,
saying it is not an "official" cease-fire.
Army spokesman Ryan Dillon posted a clarification on Twitter to say "both parties are talking
with one another," but that a "cease-fire" had not been reached.
The Iraqi military and the Kurdish minority have been clashing for several weeks after
Iraqi troops moved to secure areas in northern Iraq.
This is VOA news.
U.N. agencies say bad roads and bad weather are compounding the difficulties of delivering
essential aid to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in small, congested
areas in Bangladesh.
Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva.
The International Organization for Migration reports more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees
are living in Cox's Bazar.
More than 600,000 have fled Myanmar over the past two months.
The others have arrived there following previous outbreaks of violence in Myanmar.
IOM spokesman Joel Millman says most new arrivals are living in crowded makeshift settlements.
He says the IOM has provided many thousands of shelter kits to help families.
"Medical needs in the camps are extremely high, especially considering that many of
the refugees would have walked long distances to reach Bangladesh, with many having experienced
physical and sexual abuse along the way."
Lisa Schlein, for VOA news, Geneva.
Millman also says the IOM has set up emergency and primary health care services for 53,000
patients.
He says a child-delivery facility and a patient-stabilization unit are available for many refugees.
Arab media accused Qatar this week of helping to transport Islamic State militants from
Syria and Iraq to the south of Libya.
The latest against the [Gulf Sea] Gulf emirate by a coalition of countries including Saudi
Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
The coalition imposed sanctions against Doha in June for allegedly supporting terrorists.
Edward Yeranian looks at the accusations
The coalition imposed sanctions against Doha in June for allegedly supporting terrorists.
In late August, Chad closed the Qatari embassy in N'Djamena, accusing Qatar of trying to
destabilize the country.
Chad's foreign minister, Ibrahim Hussein Taha, accused Qatar of supporting opponents of his
government.
He says that Qatar supports and sponsors Chadian groups opposed to the government, both in
Libya and in Qatar.
Earlier this month, a military spokesman for the Libyan National Army, under the command
of General Khalifa Hafter, told Arab media that Qatar was helping to bring Islamic State
terrorists to the south of Libya.
Edward Yeranian, for VOA news, Cairo.
Residents of a displaced persons camp in South Sudan say they were deeply disappointed when
a visit by U.S. envoy Nikki Haley was cut short Wednesday, with several residents accusing
the French charity that runs the camp of preventing Haley from seeing their wretched living conditions.
Officials said at the time that the reason why the trip was cut short is because of security
concerns.
Joe Parker reporting from Washington.
That's the latest world news from VOA.
VOA NEWS October 29, 2017
From Washington, this is VOA news.
I'm Philip Alexiou reporting.
Catalonia's deposed President Carles Puigdemont vowing on Saturday to keep fighting for independence
after the Spanish central government ordered him to accept his cabinet's dismissal.
The Spanish region of Catalonia is now under the direct control of Madrid.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy dissolving Catalonia's parliament just hours after the
regional body voted in favor of independence from Spain.
In addition to dismissing the regional parliament, Rajoy has called for snap Catalan elections
on December 21 and has stripped Catalonia's most senior police officials of their powers.
In a pre-recorded statement, Puigdemont said that he would continue working to build a
free country and that only the regional parliament has the authority to dismiss the Catalan government.
At least 20 people, including a Somali politician, were killed when [a car] a pair of car bombs
ripped through Somalia's capital Saturday.
That's two weeks after a huge bomb killed more than 350 people.
(Officials in Madobe Nunow, the interior minister of Southwest state of Somalia was among the
dead.)
Officials said Madobe Nunow, the interior minister of Southwest state of Somalia, was
among the dead.
More than 40 people were injured in the two explosions.
The first blast occurring at the popular Nasa Hablod Two hotel, which al-Shabaab gunmen
stormed after detonating a car filled with explosives at the hotel's gate.
The second car bomb exploding near the former parliament building, causing unknown damage.
An earthquake striking in a mountainous region in [northwestern] northeastern, rather, Afghanistan
late Saturday could be felt in nearby Pakistan.
The U.S. Geological Survey recording a 5.2 magnitude quake.
No reports of injuries or damage so far.
This is VOA news.
A U.S. federal grand jury has approved the first charges in an investigation of Russian
influence on U.S. elections, according to several major news outlets.
VOA's Sarah Williams has more.
The grand jury's action, resulting from the probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller,
was first reported by CNN on Friday evening.
It quoted sources as saying anyone who is charged could be taken into custody as soon
as Monday.
The exact charges are unclear.
Reuters, The Wall Street Journal and NBC News have subsequently issued similar reports.
All the reports have been attributed to unnamed sources.
White House officials not commenting on the president's activities on Saturday, but he
was seen by VOA News exiting the north portico of the residence, clad in slacks, a windbreaker,
and what appeared to be white golf shoes and a baseball cap before entering a black vehicle
for the 40-minute ride in the presidential motorcade to his private club along the Potomac
River not far from Washington.
CNN reporting that the lawyers working for Mueller's team were seen entering the federal
courtroom in Washington, D.C. on Friday, where the grand jury meets to hear testimony.
The Iraqi Kurdish parliament will meet Sunday to redistribute powers away from President
Massoud Barzani, who is under pressure to step down following an independence referendum
last month.
The parliament had already decided to halt Barzani's governmental activities and, on
Saturday, said it would read out a statement from Barzani during the upcoming meeting.
Despite securing an overwhelming "yes" vote in the independence referendum, Barzani finds
himself in a tough position after Iraqi federal forces moved to reclaim territory near the
city of Kirkuk.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi calling the referendum vote illegal, and in response
he sent his forces to retake control of disputed areas that were in control of the Kurds.
The U.N. children's fund warning potentially life-threatening malnutrition is soaring among
Rohingya refugee children who have fled to Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, to escape violence
and abuse in Myanmar.
Lisa Schlein reports with more.
The U.N. children's fund does not know the extent of acute malnutrition among Rohingya
child refugees.
So, UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado says a nutrition survey is underway that will provide
vital data when it is completed in November.
"What we already know is that the combination of malnutrition, sanitary conditions, and
disease in the refugee settlements, is potentially catastrophic for children."
More than 600,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Cox's Bazar since August 25 to escape violence
and persecution in Myanmar's Northern Rakhine State.
And that's the news.
I'm Philip Alexiou.
That's the latest world news from VOA.
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