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Its a meeting on the grandest of scales nearly twenty three hundred delegates representing the eighty nine million members of Chinas Communist Party and that the focus of it all one man president paying he is looking to cement his position in the party securing at least another five years at the helm of asias economic powerhouse she praised chinas achievements during his stewardship but he said the country couldnt stand still. Our country is at an important point of strategic opportunity in its development. The future is extremely bright. But the challenges are also extremely serious. Party comrades must set their sights far and high and think of danger in times of safety you would be willing to change and innovate. Be willing not to become stiff or stop. He listed some of the films that innovation should take a clean and clear internet space more openness to the world he promised to protect the rights of Foreign Investors but he left no doubt what the guarantee of prosperity would be socialism chinese style on the party rule thank you lets cross straight over to beijing and our correspondent mathias bulling is standing by there for a summit is whats expected to happen during this closed door session today what should we be looking out for there in beijing there is no doubt that he will consolidate his power in this congress and what we should be looking out for is how much that means how many of the people in the senate call me t. The Party Leading Group will be his people will be considered his people and also how he would be able to get his ideas to the Party Constitutional common it they will see. Well in his address president xi jinping said that china has zero tolerance for corruption within the Ruling Communist Party hell successful has his Anti Corruption drive been in recent years if we take the numbers it has been very successful one point three million officials have urged you to corruption if we see it as an element in power struggle it has been extremely successful he has been able to get rid of most of the people who will challenge is power i qs ing them off corruption or by. Proving that they have corrupt it has let the less successful in establishing an independent draft already that would function this week regardless of. The affiliations of our team members not of his clothes and hes even subject to investigation. Now the communist party in china of course is concerned about dissent understand that tough security measures have been imposed during the Congress Tell us more about that well its almost impossible to get even close and even close i mean within its own interest so off the side of the great hall of the people all the roads are closed. And. The people who want to enter the city even on the roads they will be controlled troublemakers which are registered in just series or people might say dont demonstrate or something they would not even get into the city its ok mathias stay with us for a while were going to take a look at the chinese president xi jinping will come back to just a minute from building china up as a global superpower to cracking down on corruption chinese president xi jinping first five years in office have transformed the worlds most populous nation she is expected to elevate his status by enshrining his political philosophy she jingping thought into the Party Constitution if his philosophy is added along with his name it would place him on a par with melted dung who founded modern china. His rise to power in the party was a long time in the making. At the end of two thousand and twelve the still relatively unknown season paying was elected general secretary of Chinas Communist Party and in a unanimous votes. A few months later in early twenty thirty he succeeded shushan tao as chinas president. His election was a compromise solution she emerged from political infighting and intrigue as the victor he was barely enough this before he announced his fight against corruption billions of un disappear from public coffers each year. But this historian john lee from notes doesnt win him only friends. How the chair way corruption is very widespread in the system every official has to fear being caught and punished and the she is therefore feared to love. She likes to portray himself as a man of the people and she arguably is although he grew up privileged his father a high Ranking Party official fell into disgrace in the one nine hundred sixty s. During the cultural revolution this or she banished to the countryside in shan she province where he lives in this simple cave dwelling. As a teen he became Party Secretary in the village and was eventually allowed to study in beijing. You know. We had a very high opinion of his father and we were all therefore under the illusion that the son of a reform must also be a reform argue that. She. She has improved relations with russia and let china to increasingly take on the role of the superpower he is sticking by its ally north korea but now adopt a more critical time about its dictator. The usa wants china to exercise more pressure on north korea but she is cautious for the west chinas Human Rights Violations remain a big problem under siege critics even more harshly persecuted than before the most recent example despite suffering from advanced terminal cancer dissident a nobel prize winner. Was forced to remain in jail until shortly before his death. She obviously enjoys being on the world stage especially with his wife the famous singer penley un with she at the helm china appears to be more martin but thats only partly true ultimately she stands above all for one thing the survival of the party that puts him where he is. All of a correspondent Still Standing by with us there in beijing mathias in a speech is to she listed chinas recent achievements saying that socialism with chinese characteristics meant that china had become a great power in the world what exactly is he referring to there. But in the recent years hes hes Foreign Policy has been much more assertive than his predecessors and there was a sentence in this issue day where he sat china after the period of standing up which refers to moloch saddams revolution and the period of becoming rich china is now becoming powerful so she g. P. D. Is clearly on his way to be more active on the on the International Scene and is more assertive towards his neighbors i think within these five years theres not one neighboring country there are few but most neighboring countries have seen conflicts and he has had if you can pains against Foreign Countries against japan against france at the time and against south korea there was the border conflict with india and there is this plan to expand chinese infrastructure and with this chinese power to huge parts of the wood in this one project so china is going to create play a greater role on the International Stage and it wants to play it by its own rules until spring up in beijing thank you so much. You. Lets take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today a federal judge in the u. S. State of hawaii has a block to present Donald Trumps third attempt at a travel ban just hours before it was set to go into effect judge said trumps order discriminated based on nationality and fail to show that people coming from the listed countries would be detrimental to u. S. Interests. In spain tens of thousands of protesters took the streets of barcelona on tuesday night to call for the release of two leaders of the catalan separatist movement there being a best get it for sedition in connection with the independence referendum earlier this month Spains Constitutional Court ruled the referendum illegal. And american author George Saunders has won the prestigious man booker prize for his novel lincoln in the bardo the book is tells the story of abraham lincolns grief after the death of his son saunders is the second american author ever to win the award worth more than fifty five thousand euro in a strange. Syrian our residents of rock are taking stock of their devastated city a day after it was declared liberated from the socalled Islamic State u. S. Backed Syrian Forces took control of almost all the city from on tuesday syrian city was the capital of the Islamist Groups supposed caliphate after an assault lasting for months they finally taste victory syrian fighters raise their flock in reckons main square. Its almost over we knew the main roundabout and we havent seen any i as fine as we havent seen any need the stadium either i think the city will be fully cleared in the next two days. But you know how do i feel im flying look at me im so happy. Jubilation on the spot known as the roundabout of hell over the past three years my ass used for public beheadings and crucifixions shoring the terror that characterized the militants reign. In twenty fourteen it was here that i celebrated its push into the city rocca was declared the defacto capital of itself styled culliford it became home to thousands of jihadists from around the world after a call by the i. R. S. Leader. To migrate to the syrian city its sort of was where they plan terror attacks across the globe this is rockers Municipal Stadium the militant sets up a prison here torturing people who oppose their rule its where many of the foreign jihadists were killed making a last stand after refusing an offer of safe passage. Small pockets of i asked militants still thought to be holed up in the city but theres another danger to be faced in these ruins booby traps and mines. The u. N. Says there has already been staggering loss of civilian life and rocca well over a thousand were killed in the battle for the city with hundreds more bodies feared buried in the rubble. Youre watching the news still to come with new coach your pint kiss on the hot seat we look at how byan are preparing for their Champions League clash with. Celtic. Well we are now able to cross over to to the turkish Syrian Border where were going to get more on the the taking of the city of iraq where the Islamic State had their stronghold in syria crossing to on ha dad he runs a radio thats a nonstate station broadcasting on air and online in syria he joins us now from the town of ghazi intent on the turkish Syrian Border thanks for talking with us this morning and now your Radio Station and its website have contact with all sorts of people around syria what are you hearing from people still inside rocco. Well basically the situation has been you know evolving over the past few months that he quickly. Some settlements would reached in order for some militants that would have left in the city some isis militants to actually leave but up and go to bed is good and this is why it would also thousands of civilians trapped into these areas thats what a city controlled by says so the news that were hearing is basically that these people out in a very dire situation they have. Very difficult and scary moments. They have not had access to i think out of communications the food resources would have any scars so they would have pretty. You know roots allies than them shape when they were liberated that they would finally. You know dillies them and able to have access to those services again. As we understand sorry i just was wondering whats going on again in rock and particularly what it means for the socalled Islamic State will rock as last be the beginning of the end for Islamic State. I think its all to do the end for the Islamic State slotnick state. You know all but a couple of months has expanded that he quickly took all the territories from the you know simi and. From different. You know groups and syria and had ak and then they found it so they have significantly. The International Coalition has launched its open ation to take all that up the most and so i think its auditee the end for them isis is no longer. Its not i think more than twenty percent. Of its you know people follow it over a couple of years ago so yeah this is that socalled caliphate it is now taking all but from. There the militant side of fleeing bad and out to out in a video the smaller towns that had not a significant does more sort of ducked but some of them much. Of it controlled but i think yeah this is this is the end that i would expect a couple of months before it isss its completely. You know he moved from c. B. S. And that out the secretaries are taken back by either the seat in the gmo arent. You know followed or other groups ok. There hes with the syrian media group and her opposition radio he talked to us from gaza in tampa on the turkish Syrian Border thank you very much thank. Well lets get some Business News and there have been some new developments in the negotiations on the north American Free trade agreement helena well terry im afraid the new developments all the fact that those talks between the us mexico and canada have hit a snag the three parties saying that there are still significant gaps left to wrangle over so theyve set a date for the next round of talks and that is the First Quarter of twenty eighteen now the u. S. Is threatening to leave the table but that would create more problems than it would solve and in that case the rules of the World Trade Organization would kick in now that would hit us reduces especially hard and its not just the three countries that a feeling nervous many foreign firms are hoping that a deal is reached as soon as possible. Meanwhile President Trumps efforts to reduce immigration of prompt countries to step up recruiting of tech talent that might want to found a home in the United States at the beginning of the year and was in opened a new Engineering Office in mexico city facebook has partnered up with local groups to develop technical talent in the region and oracle plans to hire thousands of additional employees at its offices in mexico as well. Wise line is a sense Francisco Tech firm with two hundred sixty employees based in mexico city and guadalajara it is invited socalled dreamers who could face deportation from the u. S. To apply for jobs in mexico but its not just americas dreamers that are moving their tech talent from around the world is now flocking to mexico for work the fact that nearing is a globalized profession that many of the things you need years learn in do share a common language which is and was allowed us to bring people from egypt from brazil from many parts of the wall and its very good for a while in mexico in general and wise line one of the key benefits of operating in mexico has been the ability to attract and relocate Foreign Workers with us since opening offices there in twenty fourteen the company has brought in workers from france india and china among other countries finitely mexico its a country willing to embrace every single talented person that my when i return or actually if its coming from a different country to be part of this ticket in this story we will welcome them and we want to raise them. Mexicos tech sector is enjoyed healthy job growth in recent years from mexico though there is a special urgency more than six hundred thousand undocumented immigrants of mexican origin may soon have to look for work abroad as a result of the trumpet ministrations decision to let dhaka policy expire. Now australia will be paying close attention to statements coming out of the communist Party Congress in beijing off china is all straight is largest export market the past signed a Free Trade Agreement back in twenty fifteen and im going to be talking to the australian minister a finance in just a moment but first lets take a closer look at the state of the australian economy now it has set a world record for going without a recession for the last twenty six yes since ninety nine. One the countrys economy has been growing something that most finance ministers can only dream of and thats largely thanks to an unparalleled who is materials its just got thousands of tons of Minerals Co