Youre watching aljazeera life from a headquarters and im doubting obligates are also ahead eisel is driven out of its selfproclaimed capital of syria but the war against the group is far from over. Another legal setback for donald trump a court in hawaii stops the introduction yet again off his controversial travel ban. And Amnesty International accuses mean mars military affairs the systematic and Ruthless Campaign against the rogue. Hello chinas president appears to be consolidating his grip on power at the communist partys Nineteen Congress in beijing so in a sweeping three and a half hour speech she jinping laid out his political and economic plan for the next five years he highlighted chinas successes and vowed to further open its economy but he also warned of severe challenges like rising debts inequality and corruption by officials. Corruption is the biggest threat faced by party we can only get out of the historical cycle and ensure the long term stability of apology and a country if we persevered in the continuous fight against corruption to ensure that our government its officials and policies. Well critics accuse she if using his Anti Corruption campaign to purge political opponents hes already seen as chinas most powerful leader in a generation it wasnt just clean politics she touched on but also the. Dangers posed by Climate Change saying china must cooperate with other nations to ensure the survival of mankind so chinas Ruling Communist Party has kicked off its biggest political events and she also said china will continue to open its economy and deepen financial reforms. Adrian brown has more from the congress in beijing. Where president xi jinping spoke for incredible three and a half hours which proves if little else hes in good Health Healthy enough to perhaps rule china for the next fifteen twenty years even president xi jinping outlined a number of important issues during his address he said the china remained committed to fighting Climate Change you also warned against independence for taiwan and on the economy rarely he warned that china face severe challenges in the years ahead he also said that socialism with chinese characteristics the formula that has underpinned chinas economy for the last three decades was now entering a new stage he also warned that the campaign against corruption would continue that corruption has so far purged more than one point four Million Party members the party really has been through a very tumultuous time in the past few years and the our people is by no means over but on wednesday we got a picture of choreographed unity this congress of course is all about president xi jinping and the fact that he could emerge Even Stronger the party has been told that an important amendment will be made to the constitution which could possibly mean the thoughts and writings of xi jinping will become the partys guiding ideology in the future now we should know if thats going to happen next week when the Party Congress closes on wednesday and thats when the new leadership will also be unveiled but if she jinping gets his way he will emerge as the strongest leader china has had since chairman mao who led the communist to power sixty eight years ago lets break all of this down with a to go hes the director of the China National association of International Studies joining us from beijing thanks for speaking to us on aljazeera so he touched upon a lot of different as soon as he spoke about corruption he spoke about sovereignty he touched upon power as well as the economy for you what was the important the most important issue and that he spoke about and what was the message that he was sending across. Well the nineteenth Party Congress which is ongoing as we speak is the most important political event in turn of this year possibly for the coming five years president xi jinping has important speech which is very almost everything in their turn has been engaged in over the past five years both domestic coal as well as international and i think in very clear picture and in very clear terms he outlines the major challenges that china is faced with both the communist party of china as well as the Chinese Government the Chinese Military and the chinese nation as well as chinas position on the global stage and he every size to all the key challenges and the difficulties that china need to overcome and i think in this way his speech is full of confidence about chinas position in the world as well as chinas momentum of growth and he lays out all the hope for the Chinese People here in this country but also i think equally importantly he touches upon chinas International Role and what china need to do to further open up and engage the rest of the world so that we all together will build up for the common destiny of mankind there are a lot of interesting turns and one of the here is a persons are a way of cars to them already and you know a lot of people wondering that after this conference can we in fact emerge Even Stronger whats your take on that. There is no doubt that president xi jinping will emerge at the end of this Party Congress as a stronger leader a leader with greater courage and with greater support with the communist party of china and this will happen at the time when china is going to become very soon the biggest economy in the world a country with greater International Responsibilities and i think a stronger more coherent china is good news for the rest of the world there is no doubt that more members of the Central Committee more members of the political and more members of the Standing Committee of the political role in china will be very much close confidantes of president xi jinping if you look at the one specific issue that our correspondent adrian brown outlined he was saying that there is an expectation that there will be a now an announcement when it comes to the amendment of the constitution what do you think that is going to be. There is general expectation that new amendments will be written into the communist party of chinas constitution and it will include them are other things the major initiatives that president xi jinping over the past five years have unleashed in china and on the global stage and we still need to wait until we see the final version of the amendments and whether they will be adopted by the Party Delegates as to for example where there will be major changes in the structure of the leadership of the communist party of china as well as for example the limitation of the terms of office for example and i would say the general believe is that these new amendments will enable president xi jinping to become a more effective leader not only in the coming five years but most likely probably beyond the second term and into the future years and possibly even decades ok a victory we will see what comes out of the weeklong congress in beijing for the time being we thank you for joining us on aljazeera six members of pakistans elite police force and a civilian have been killed in an attack on a patrol car twelve other people were were injured in that blast in the city of quieter no one has claimed responsibility. The iraqi army says its achieved its goals in the operation to take back curtis held territory in the north its now in control of areas around mosul as in any way of province including the mosul down Kurdish Forces pulled out of several towns and oil fields in recent days faced by an Iraqi Military advance all the towns were seized by the over the past three years as part of the war against iso the iraqi offensive began on monday when iraqi troops moved into the contestant city of kirkuk the Prime Minister has had ordered his forces to take back kurdish held areas outside the autonomous region. Says kurdish hopes for an independent state are now a thing of the past Charles Stratford has more from erbil. Iraq the Government Troops and shia militia on the outskirts of kirkuk less than twenty four hours off the Kurdish Peshmerga forces withdrew from the oil rich city no one predicted the ease and speed with which Iraqi Government forces could take control of the oil fields and most of the remaining towns in the disputed areas of Northern IraqPeshmerga Forces withdrew in some areas without even firing a shot the iraqi Prime Minister says they no orders from erbil. They went against your instruction and didnt. Listen to many people who had fled kirkuk the day before began to return to life and now we dont know anything yet were about to enter but we dont know. Where else can i go i dont know where to go its better to go back were going back to our house and. Some arab residence in this ethnically diverse region celebrated the arrival of Iraqi Government forces. And. Now all of kirkuk is retaken and we are happy. Some of the peshmerga killed in the sporadic fighting with taken to a move in the kurdish region second city so many of the Regional Government hasnt released figures yet on how many killed the lead up to and this is tell them since last night we received twenty five corpses of troops killed in battles of kirk and its suburbs relatives of those killed in battles received twenty one corpses so far the bereaved relatives are gathering at the morgue to receive dead bodies of their sons you know bill many people say they are shocked and feel betrayed accusing the International Community of siding with the Iraqi Government against them. It looks like there was an international betrayal of the kurdish nation and that is due to the fact that we had a plan to move towards independence unfortunately we are facing a situation where we lost everything that we had before all this loss as a result of the fact that the kurdish nation is not united evidence of factionalism and rivalry between kurdish groups and Political Parties is growing in a Statement Released by the k r g president and head of the k d p party Massud Barzani said the withdrawal of peshmerga it was because of unilateral decisions made by some officials the peshmerga general command is blaming this incredibly quick withdrawal of peshmerga fighters from these territories as being as a result of what it describes as historical treason by some senior members of the p u k party one former senior aide to the p u k has called for a Transitional Government and says more constructive channels of dialogue should be set up with baghdad after the iraqi army has taken so much control of territory that the k r g was hopeful would be part of a future independent kurdish state president barzani is facing one of the biggest political crises of his life charles stuff at aljazeera north of erbil while there have been jubilant scenes on street the. Where u. S. Backed forces drove out of it self declared capital kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces raised their flag in the citys stadium after a four month battle from her thai thats on the turkish Syrian Border heres how. Kurdish fighters triumphantly into rock theyre celebrating the capture of the city which was eisel main stronghold in syria but taking iraq wasnt easy for. The Syrian Democratic forces a coalition of kurds and arabs backed by the us began the offensive in june i said fighters held ground for five months but the armed groups defense lines were eventually broken by a continual wave of strikes and shelling. We control rocket but as you know there are mines that we need to clear and we have to make sure there are no are still fighters hiding in tunnels we are now clearing all the areas we captured civilians continue to flee to safe areas this is a family that has just a refugee camp controlled by the. Tens of thousands of people have been affected by the fighting they mostly live in poorly equipped camps north of the city. I heard the news of a cease fire and took my family but then we came under fire the journey was tough because we had to walk through entire areas reduced to rubble now that iraq is under their control fighters got the order to move south towards daters or i sells last area of control in syria and advance that is likely to put the kurds on a collision course with the syrian army which is also launching an offensive from the southwest to capture the oil rich province the two have recently been competing to expand their military gains in iraq and there was over the counter rocket is a major setback for either which is now trying to hold ground in a vast desert area on the border with iraq by losing fertile lands and on. Field the group deprived of crucial financial means it desperately needs of this critical moment and it was hoping to use syria and iraq as a starting point for its self declared islamic state. Still ahead on aljazeera well tell you why kenyas top electoral official has resigned just days before a president ial election. And why israel has shut down two major t. V. Provider is in the occupied west bank. Hello there all storm ophelia has now moved away from ireland but while it was with us it certainly left a bit of destruction in its wake and we saw well people trying to stand up against those strong winds that these pictures are from the west of on and we can see the waves well theyre coming on shore there and a fair amount of wind damage as well so that system then as i say swirling away away from us now working its way steadily towards the northeast but is joining quite a bit of cloud behind it as well this actually is fairly good news because in spain and portugal weve had a lot of wildfires recently and fortunately it looks like the rain will help against those then because this area of cloud should bring us a fair amount of rain and some of thats going to be quite heavy thats where the sand on wednesday on thursday begins to pull away towards the east but ahead of it weve got this huge area of High Pressure so for most of us in europe its actually following and settled and pretty warm at the moment as well vienna all the way up at around twenty degrees that fine sunny weather also extends a bit further south so most of us along the northern parts of africa seeing that settled spell too but not quite all of us because the rain thats working its way across spain and portugal is also just nudging its way into the northwestern parts of africa too so expect a fair amount of plaid a few showers there in parts of our area on wednesday and it turns heavier on thursday. With. Hello again youre watching aljazeera heres a reminder of the top stories chinas president appears to be consolidating his grip on power at the communist partys Nineteenth Congress in beijing in a sweeping three and a half hour speech he jumping laid out his political and economic plan for the next five years the iraqi army says its achieved its goals in the operation to take back kurdish held territory in the north its now in control of areas around mosul is nineveh province the iraqi offensive began on monday in a blow to the kurdish administrations hopes for independence there have been jubilant scenes on the streets where u. S. Backed forces drove eisel out of for itself the car capital crudest lead Syrian Democratic forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle. A judge has blocked u. S. President Donald Trumps latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries entering the United States the restrictions which would have taken effect this week targeted people from iran libya syria yemen somalia and chide the latest court ruling does not apply to north korea and venezuela which are also subject to a ban legal experts expect a final ruling will ultimately go before the u. S. Supreme court lets make. Sofie hes the president of the Muslim Association of hawaii joining us via skype from honolulu itself tell us why youre pleased with this ruling and why it was important for hawaii. Yes hi thank you for having me this travel ban that discriminates against an entire population of over one hundred million men women children and just based on the nation of letters in relation its certainly an american and unacceptable so this is a huge victory again we want to first when we took a quarter of the muslim band version one and version two this is that their version because quite frankly just in north korea and in them as well thats not changed if this is a clear discrimination against people when no other reason than being born in that country and that stinks i believe that you were speaking on behalf of the Muslim Association of hawaii right now but tell us why you think this is important for how why itself well why is a multicultural beautiful place to which people this is going to affect travel this kind of fact students coming to our university is going to. Folks that are here for business so hes not as simple as sign the declaration executive order it certainly has a long term fact its one in berkeley has an. American children from those families that have been told to get on tuesday and thats common celebrate with them which is something thats completely discriminatory theres a question now you know people wondering if the Supreme Court is going to take up this issue do you see it heading in that direction and if so what will be the outcome. Time i think it is going to go the Justice Department has already said theyre going to appeal this case we anticipated just like your first and second to go to the Supreme Court both felix really confident that the government and the trump ministration they knew they were going to win it would not be wrong for ben number two and created this religion which is. Even more dangerous because its death and its been and not just one hundred twenty days like the previous one i think we have one every challenge so flock. Of the future challenges its very clear that the most. And the most follow through and does not supersede the laws and constitution of this great country ok a hacking once after we thank you for joining us from hawaii itself i thank you. Israel has shut down two major Media Service providers in the occupied west bank and a military force impounded their equipment and close their offices eighteen palestinians have been arrested including two journalists and have Braun Harry Faso joining us from adama and the occupies occupied west bank excuse me to tell us what exactly happened there kerry. Well it was an extremely large and coordinated operation overnight as you say eight offices of three palestinian Media Companies were raided in four cities. Hebron and bethlehem equipment was confiscated from these offices and in some instances they were sealed with notices saying that they must not operate again for at least another six months now these are companies which themselves arent broadcasters they are Service Providers so they provide camera equipment staff and other facilities to broadcasters from around the world i mean major names such as the b. B. C. C. N. N. France twenty four russia today on occasion aljazeera as well but i think in this instance its pretty clear that the israeli army is targeting the arabic speaking networks affiliated to groups such as hamas Islamic Jihad and hezbollah certainly t. V. Has been something that the israeli army has repeatedly attacked in the past accusing it of brainwashing it brainwashing young palestinians accusing it of of praising attackers of Israeli Soldiers and civilians the israeli army released a statement saying that it would continue to take action against incitement to terror the Palestinian Government has called that a lame excuse saying that it should be seen in the context of israels insistence on carrying out attacks against palestinians and the palace in ministry of information syndicate of journalists is calling for a protest in front of the u. N. Building in a couple of hours time ok very fast that thank you. Kenya is tall electoral commissioner has resigned saying next weeks rerun of the president ial vote wont be credible rosalyn at homebase says the commission had become a party to a political crisis and is under siege she says her staff faced intimidation and threats the Supreme Court found irregularities in augusts original vote which president of workin yachts a wall on sparking protests from opposition groups are joining us in the capital nairobi to tell us what more shes saying about the reasons behind her resignation what impact this may have on next weeks votes. Well at this point the Resignation Letter coming from a doctor can be really is an indictment of the i. V. See especially where from a considering that hes come from the top tier of the commission so far she has said that she doesnt believe that there would be a credible election and she doesnt believe there would be a free and fair vote not in this Political Climate she says while they might have been a chance for the i. V. C. To make changes that would allow for a critical vote its far too late she doesnt feel that her role in her role in the commission should be able to serve the country while now there are a number of issues that shes covered including the training of staff what weve seen in the last few weeks is anti i. E. C. Protests in a number of locations most of them. Opposition party strongholds and in many instances i b c staff has been able to train at these locations more visitor potential polling stations she says their staff they see threats to their life it is also mentioned the same in a separate interview now shes also spoken about how she doesnt believe commissioners within the commission are would be bipartisan in the decisions that theyre making she says theres a lot of political influence and this is really why the election should not go away here she said if the commission was being responsible they would say we are able to hold a free and Fair Election next week and we are only eight days away from the election opposition parties are critics of the i. V. C. Of all said theyre concerned about the credibility of the vote and this is why the National Super alliance for instance has said it wont participate in the election and thats why its leader raila odinga has pulled out so there are already a number of issues dealing with this upcoming election and theres only intensifies the confusion around what exactly will happen and yes i mean it just isnt just a little dramatic phrase electoral commission. Youre right its just the latest dramatic twist in the story so just very briefly how is this all going down in nairobi. Well so far the ib thing has not responded to requests for comment on the resignation they say theyre not in a position to do so yet we had been waiting for confirmation from the ib three about just how these elections would happen in also dr conrad mentioned how their last minute changes to technology and the way results would be transmitted come election day so this is only made a bad situation worse in terms of the credibility around the election where at least forty four percent of the country who voted for the opposition was not participating anymore well will be further reassured you know position that this election should not happen ok thank you. Amnesty international is accusing me and maher forces of killing hundreds of muslim men women and children its calling it ethnic cleansing and a crime against humanity when he reports. The exodus continues this drone footage we shot on monday by the United NationsRefugee Agency u. N. H. C. R. It shows reinject crammed down to muddy banks after fleeing me and across the net to bangladesh and misty International Says there are escaping crimes against humanity being committed by the me and military it says Security Forces are carrying out a systematic organized and Ruthless Campaign against the ranger based on interviews with victims and witnesses amnesty says soldiers are raping murdering and burning their way through villages in northern Rakhine States. The accusations of bank done by recent arrivals in bangladesh spoken to by aljazeera. My ammo Security Forces are burning all our villages and killing our people which is why escape to bang the danish theyre taking all rwanda men into forced labor camps making them work without pay and beating them up they also looting our livestock and goods if we protest they beat us and even kill us. This round of violence began in august when running jet fighters attacked Government Security posts the response from Security Forces was a socalled clearance operation that they said came to an end on the fifth of september but latest satellite images show the burning has continued according to Human Rights Watch the village at the top of this picture was intact after september the fifth now its completely torched below it is a buddhist village thats been left untouched. Me and government says it will investigate whats happening in Rakhine State which the United Nations calls ethnic cleansing it also says it will begin a process of verification and repatriation soon but for so many who continue to flee there is nothing to go back to and no faith in what the government says when hey aljazeera three days of National Mourning have begun in portugal after forty one people died in wildfires emergency teams fighting the blazers were helped by rain and lower temperatures on tuesday there is rising public anger as people accuse the government of a lack of preparation sixty four others were killed in fires in central cortical portugal in june. The headlines on aljazeera chinas president appears to be consolidating his grip on power at the communist partys Nineteenth Congress and beijing in a sweeping three and a half hour speech jumping laid out his political and economic plan for the next five years he also spoke of the need to weed out corruption in the country. Corruption is the biggest threat faced by our party we can only get out of the historical cycle and ensure the long term stability of our polity and a country if we persevered in the continuous fight against corruption to ensure that our government its officials and policies clean six members of pakistans elite police force on the civilian have been killed in an attack on a patrol car twelve other people have been injured in the blasts in the city of quotes and no one has claimed responsibility the iraqi army says its achieved its goals in the operation to take back kurdish held territory in the north its now control of areas around mosul is in the very province the iraqi offensive began on monday in a blow to the kurdish administrations hopes for independence and there have been jubilant scenes on the streets of iraq where u. S. Backed forces drove out of itself declared capital curtis led democratic Syrian Democratic forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle. A judge has blocked u. S. President Donald Trumps latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries entering the United States the restrictions which would have taken effect this week targeted people from iran libya syria yemen somalia and chad the latest court ruling does not apply to north korea and venezuela which are also subject to restrictions. Israel has shut down two major Media Service providers in the occupied west Bank Eighteen palestinians have been arrested including two journalists in hebron kenyas top electoral commissioner has resigned saying next weeks rerun of the president ial vote wont be credible rosalyn says the commission had become a party to political crisis and is under siege those are the headlines on aljazeera inside story is coming up next they with us. News has never been more i think but the message is simplistic and misinformation is rife in listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging Mainstream Media narrative at this time on aljazeera. The Iraqi Government to seize control of the disputed all rich city of kut cook and Kurdish Forces retreated from all the major contested areas in the north so how will this affect the kurds push to secede from baghdad this is inside story. Hello again james but its a battle full power