we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was he was started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to the kind of exposure and investigation reveals how even the smallest devices deadly environmental and health we think ok will send our u.s. to china but we have to remember that air travel around death by design at this time on al-jazeera. china as the most powerful leader in a generation sets out a long term vision for the country's future tackling corruption and climate change and consolidating his grip on power.

you're watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and i'm doubting obligates are also ahead eisel is driven out of its self-proclaimed 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 china's president appears to be consolidating his grip on power at the communist party's 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 china's 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 he's already seen as china's most powerful leader in a generation it wasn't 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 china's 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 he's 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 china's 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 party's guiding ideology in the future now we should know if that's going to happen next week when the party congress closes on wednesday and that's 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 let's break all of this down with a to go he's the director of the china national association of international studies joining us from beijing thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera 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 china's 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

china's position in the world as well as china's 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 china's 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 person's 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 what's 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 china's 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 al-jazeera six members of pakistan's 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 it's 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 iraq peshmerga 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 didn't. listen to many people who had fled kirkuk the day before began to return to life and now we don't know anything yet we're about to enter but we don't know. where else can i go i don't know where to go it's better to go back we're 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 hasn't 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 al-jazeera 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 city's stadium after a four month battle from her thai that's on the turkish syrian border here's how. kurdish fighters triumphantly into rock they're celebrating the capture of the city which was eisel main stronghold in syria but taking iraq wasn't 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 al-jazeera we'll tell you why kenya's top electoral official has resigned just days before a presidential 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 they're 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 we've 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 that's going to be quite heavy that's where the sand on wednesday on thursday begins to pull away towards the east but ahead of it we've got this huge area of high pressure so for most of us in europe it's 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 that's 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 you're watching al-jazeera here's a reminder of the top stories china's president appears to be consolidating his grip on power at the communist party's 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 it's achieved its goals in the operation to take back kurdish held territory in the north it's now in control of areas around mosul is nineveh province the iraqi offensive began on monday in a blow to the kurdish administration's 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 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 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 let's make. sofie he's the president of the muslim association of hawaii joining us via skype from honolulu itself tell us why you're 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 it's 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 that's 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 he's not as simple as sign the declaration executive order it certainly has a long term fact it's one in berkeley has an. american children from those families that have been told to get on tuesday and that's common celebrate with them which is something that's completely discriminatory there's 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 they're 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 it's

death and it's 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 it's 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 aren't 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 al-jazeera as well but i think in this instance it's 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 israel's 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 week's rerun of the presidential vote won't 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 august's 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 she's saying about the reasons behind her resignation what impact this may have on next week's 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 he's come from the top tier of the commission so far she has said that she doesn't believe that there would be a credible election and she doesn't 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 it's far too late she doesn't 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 she's covered including the training of staff what we've 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 she's also spoken about how she doesn't believe commissioners within the commission are would be bipartisan in the decisions that they're making she says there's 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 they're concerned about the credibility of the vote and this is why the national super alliance for instance has said it won't participate in the election and that's why its leader raila odinga has pulled out so there are already

a number of issues dealing with this upcoming election and there's only intensifies the confusion around what exactly will happen and yes i mean it just isn't just a little dramatic phrase electoral commission. you're right it's 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 they're 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 it's 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 nations refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. it shows re-inject 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 al-jazeera. my ammo security forces are burning all our villages and killing our people which is why escape to bang the danish they're 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 so-called 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 it's completely torched below it is a buddhist village that's been left untouched. me and government says it will

investigate what's 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 al-jazeera 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 al-jazeera china's president appears to be consolidating his grip on power at the communist party's 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 pakistan's 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 it's achieved its goals in the operation to take back kurdish held territory in the north it's now control of areas around mosul is in the very province the iraqi offensive began on monday in a blow to the kurdish administration's 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 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 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 kenya's top electoral commissioner has resigned saying next week's rerun of the presidential vote won't be credible rosalyn says the commission had become a party to political crisis and is under siege those are the headlines on

al-jazeera 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 al-jazeera. 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 it's a battle full power.