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 pro

author to receive the prize catherine stansell reports from london. lincoln. it was a book on the afterlife such in a washington graveyard during the american civil war that was bestowed with britain's top literary honor lincoln in the bardo sees u.s. president abraham lincoln trying to communicate to his eleven year old son who appears to be caught in a supernatural world between the living and the dead the story is told mostly in dialogue by dozens of spirits in the graveyard with a grief stricken lincoln at its center george saunders says the idea first came to him twenty years ago and he had some doubts about bringing it to life if i go in knowing what the story is supposed to be about it will just be that thing in disappoint everybody whereas if i kind of go in from another daury which for me is usually you know the sound of the language or in this case a lot of the structural things were kind of talking to me then the story that gets produced is higher than the one i could have imagined in advance so that's kind of a leap of faith that you know you think

yan martell the nugget of an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansell al jazeera london our website as al-jazeera dot com to get a moment take a look at al-jazeera dot com. these are your headlines on al-jazeera president xi jinping says china must cooperate with other nations to ensure the survival of mankind his comments on climate change came during a three and a half hour long speech at the ruling communist party congress in beijing he also said his country's fight against corruption remains a top priority. function. right now about 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 amnesty international is calling on the international community to take action to stop what it calls crimes against humanity and me and maher and in a report the group says revenge a minority are feeling a targeted campaign of widespread systematic murder rape and burnings carr

yann martel the nugget of an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansell al-jazeera london. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera the iraqi army says it's achieved its goals in the operation to take back kurdish held territory in the country's north it's now control of the areas around most of them very province the iraqi offensive began on monday in a setback to the kurdish administration's hopes for. the u.n. refugee agency is urging the bangladeshi government to speed up its vetting process as fifteen thousand refugees remain stranded at the border since sunday enjoy are crossing every hour from neighboring me in march with the u.n. says they need to be moved further inland to safety and better conditions. china's president appears to be consolidating his grip on power at the communist party's nineteen congress in beijing in a sweeping three and a half hour speech jumping laid out his political and economic plan for the next five years she also warned of severe challenges like rising debts inequality and corruption. corruption is the biggest threat fa

young martell the nugget of an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansell al jazeera london. to recap the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. backed opposition forces have driven eisel from rocka itself declared capital in syria kurdish led syrians in a crowd of forces raised their flag in the city stadium after a four month battle. i'm standing national is calling on the international community to take action to stop what it calls crimes against humanity and me and mark a new report the group says for henge a minority or flaying a targeted campaign of widespread and systematic murder rape and burning carried out by security forces and rakhine state president xi jinping as addressing china's ruling communist party at its nineteenth congress and beijing he says china will relax market access for foreign investment and expand access to its services sector he's been speaking for over three hours now also spoke at the nation's successes but told members there are still challenges ahead function. right now both the situation at home and abroad our own are going profoun

and yann martel the negative an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansell al-jazeera london ride over to peter now for the. thank you very much the reigning european club football champions real madrid have had to come from behind to salvage a one one draw at home against english club tottenham hotspur in the u.a.e. for champions league on tuesday rail trail the one mil winner f.l. very put the ball into the two sides continue to battle it out before christiana and all those penalty level that matters before half time well now leading spurs in group h. only on goal difference over in england there was a two one victory for manchester city against stirling and gabriel jessa's put city in a two goal lead before the italians pulled one barrack men remain three points clear of the top of the group if there were eight matches in total across europe on tuesday in group the liverpool hammered the meridor seven zero away from home spartak moscow were also big winners in group e. five one over severe there were also wins for shakhtar donetsk and rb leipzig. the draw

author to take the prize since it became a wild wide award in two thousand and fourteen catherine stansell is at the london . lincoln in the bar. it was a book on the afterlife such in a washington graveyard during the american civil war that was bestowed with britain's top literary honor lincoln in the bardo sees u.s. president abraham lincoln trying to communicate to his dad eleven year old son who appears to be caught in a supernatural world between the living and the dead the story is told mostly in dialogue by dozens of spirits in the graveyard with a grief stricken lincoln at its center george saunders says the idea first came to him twenty years ago and he had some doubts about bringing it to life if i go in knowing what the story is supposed to be about it will just be that thing in disappoint everybody whereas if i kind of going from another daury which for me is usually my you know the sound of the language or in this case a lot of the structural things were kind of talking to me then the story because produce is higher than the one i could've imagined in advance so that's kind o

yann martel the nugget of an idea he said he had twenty years ago grown into literary gold catherine stansellal-jazeera london. if you want to be al jazeera with. next with the full refusal to stay with us here. mark. a new television station in afghanistan is turning the focus on women it's on t.v. they are on camera in the guest chair and in the control room the founder of zone t.v. says this project couldn't wait this team is for those mothers and those to sit on those wifes living in afghanistan there's all this talking about their advice but they didn't see anything in a nation where education was forbidden for girls as recently as two thousand and one a network just for women is a mark of progress there's also a very real element of danger of course we are threatened but the conscious sit in the corner of our homes we have to go forward and develop ourselves and help bring peace and stability to our country. the russian orthodox church is deep pockets in the rap of the expansion may barrett's crucial role in putting his grip on power with some elevating the former k.g.b. officer to sain