others newcomers to the literary world including a university student who wrote most of her book on her commutes to work but for saunders he joins a distinguished group that includes some in rushdie hilary meant how margaret atwood and young martell the nugget of an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansell al jazeera london. these are the top stories on al-jazeera right now u.s. backed opposition forces have driven eisel from rocka capital and syria kurdish led syrian democratic forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle amnesty international is calling on the international community to take action to stop what it calls crimes against humanity and man maher and in a report the group says were henge a minority are fleeing a targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder rape and burning carried

out by security forces and rakhine state. president xi jinping is addressing china's ruling communist party at its nineteenth congress and beijing you can see this happening right now she says china will relax market access for foreign investment and expand access to its service sector he also spoke of the nation successes but told members there are still challenges ahead for. banks. when i say right now both the situation at home and abroad our own are going profound and complex changes the prospects for china are great but there are also severe challenges ahead all members of the party must look ahead and be vigilant be courageous and stay innovative. afghanistan's deputy interior minister says at least seventy one people have been killed in a series of attacks by the taliban forty one people died more than one hundred fifty others were injured in a suicide bombing and gun battle at a police training center in paktia province and at least thirty others were killed

in car bombings in the neighboring gazan province. rescue operations continue in somalia's capital for those still missing after the worst bomb attack in the country's history more than three hundred people were killed in saturday's attack there's been no official claim of responsibility for the blast somali president though mohamad or module is however a no doubt that it's the work of al-shabaab fighters a u.s. judge has blocked president donald trump's latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from several countries entering the united states the restrictions which would have taken effect this week to target people from iran libya syria yemen somalia chad and north korea legal experts expect a final ruling will ultimately go before the u.s. supreme court there are the headlines to the news continues on al-jazeera after risking it all. news has never been more available but the message is a simplistic and misinformation is rife and the listening post provides

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you most good you'll be able old boy moment where me helping your mum all but i'm livid she would be on the ground and can go if they go into warning you that you'll be on the detail to help when you all have. to go. oh yeah . ok and all. the men know well the dangers of the long river. up ahead the cave ghost passage will test. the legendary mekong river old mother of waters is vietnam's main waterway. it nourishes the six countries through which it flows including laos which borders

vietnam. after travelling five thousand kilometers from its source in the himalayas this is where the river vents its rate. over time it's carved out the cone fulls one of the widest waterfalls in the world. yet allow fisherman jump into the water without fear of hard for me and before that they're right one mark for one rule for a credit card guard with the rope up your carry on come get you if you are going to your didn't call our number but not god what if. son yang is fifty two. he says it's no coincidence he's never had an accident in forty years. oh he got shot i don't know if you need one would go back outside that about what bob would write up by a guy as that would be why we don't need it one boy be at that by what those would

do what. the full stretch over navy ten kilometers. allow call this region see found don't the full thousand on. land just south from the foals and countless waterways of the mekong. this is a familiar hunting ground for. getting there takes good balance and steady nerves.

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fishing take. no. noise and his colleagues catch up to one hundred kilos per day using a remarkable method. but it was not about. what i. feel what are. the current pushes the fish into their ingenious wooden ramps all they have to do is pick the fish out of the water.

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