Says i solicit responsible for the deaths of four american servicemen and four soldiers from the jack. W. Watching aljazeera live from doha also coming up Kurdish Peshmerga forces say theyre stopping iraqi troops from advancing on more disputed territory. China enshrines president xi jinping has political philosophy into the constitution. Im Andrew Thomas with tourists in the rural chinese village where team a paying spent his formative years all explaining why this place mats is president as it is policies congress hate his grip on power. The top u. S. General says he believes a group linked to eisele is behind the ambush that killed eight soldiers in need he warned that i still is trying to establish a physical presence there as it loses ground in iraq and syria meanwhile the widow of one of the Fallen Soldiers has made a t. V. Appearance she accused President Donald Trump of being insensitive in a condolence phone call his gabriel and his own them. The United States top military officer said the families of soldiers killed in the share deserve answers for american and for nigerian soldiers were killed during a brazen ambush on what was supposed to be a routine reconnaissance patrol few details are known but dunford said all signs are pointing to one group and it is an isis affiliated group and i think what you bring up is what were dealing with in many places is isis and Al Qaida Isis in this case they try to leverage local insurgencies. And connect those local insurgencies globally this is the challenge that were dealing with and so our initial assessment is these are local tribal fighters that are associated with isis the incident took place in a remote area of new shares border with mali the region that also includes neighboring countries of chad mauritania and burkina faso is facing an ongoing challenge against armed groups to help with the fight the u. S. Has around at thousands of troops in the up from one hundred in two thousand and thirteen they share intelligence and help train local forces the incident in e. J. Or has caused political ramifications as well the widow of sergeant lead David Johnson said President Donald Trump was insensitive when he called to offer condolences to president. Gore but he hers anyway. And now is what made me cry because i was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he thought. My husband a something the president disputes i had a very respectful conversation with the widow of sergeant like David Johnson and spoke his name from the beginning without hesitation trump tweeted the pentagon has also come under increased criticism from prominent lawmakers. In the death of the u. S. Soldiers and overall transparency of u. S. Operations in africa this is an endless war without band ballenger is no limitation on time of geography you got to tell us more the u. S. Has about six thousand soldiers stationed across africa the killing of the troops in niger has prompted the pentagon to begin a review of how it conducts its missions across the entire continent gabriels on go. To your. Let me know if i see much in Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi Government forces near a key oil pipeline in the north the areas just suffice couple war in iraq supported with syria and turkey commanders say they stopped Government Troops advancing towards the south of the time stephanie has more now from the kurdish capital bill. This is a significant area it is along the border with syria the fighting took place around america mahmoudiya it is tense this is an area around forty kilometers south of the fish Border Crossing the Border Crossing with iraq and syria lies of a strategic location because its very close to also turkey so you have turkey iraq and syria another important element to that area is the Oil Pipelines that run through there particularly the akercocke sand the oil pipeline that runs to turkey so this is something i think is significant to watch right now what you have is the kurds wanting to saying that they agreed on a deal to go back to positions they held before two thousand and fourteen that is of course when the fight against isis started whats interesting is that the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said the same thing just two days ago that this was all about taking positions that were held by both sides just before the fight against isis started with iraq you seem to want is to return to territory held all the way back to nineteen ninety one when the blue line was imposed this is a no fly zone having to do with the gulf war pretty. The kurds are being attacked by Saddam Hussein it is complicated but its about who controls what territory and now that your forces have sort of stopped fighting i saw that kannan common enemy is gone theyre now starting to turn their guns on each other and of course trying to get crucial and significant territory the chinese president s name and ideology have been added to the constitution cementing his status as one of the most powerful leaders in decades but was made on the final day of the communist Party Conference she thought in the footsteps of former leaders to him and on shopping shes described his concept is central to making china a great socialist country by twenty fifty and to thomas from beijing. After their weeklong congress these are the members of the communist party poor thing out of the great hall of the people behind me getting on the buses in Tiananmen Square to go back and spread the message over to china what is that message thats come out of this congress well first and foremost that president xi is an absolute control of his party not only is his name going to be in shrine into the communist partys constitution that was confirmed on tuesday his court will be part of the constitution hes also stamped his authority on the personnel in the party there was a seventy percent turnover in the membership of the Central Committee of the communist party the four hundred members of that the overwhelming majority of the new appointees officially elected but appointees they are she supporters on wednesday will find out the membership of the all important political and the seven Member Standing Committee that politburo again we can expect to see she supporters dominating that so the next five years will be absolutely his he is new era as he calls it the specifics well this congress was very light on what that is but this will be shes era so an important time perhaps to take stock of where she has come from particularly the religious right but he says turns in the man he is today. When shes paying waved in liang jai ho in the early one nine hundred seventy s. It was a rural village where people lived in caves and in poverty now people ride in on electric shuttle buses most villagers have left their home turned into an open air Tribute Museum honoring the man whos now president. Some very young tell a sanitized version of the she story what he learned here what he did here and how loved he was visitors see the bed in which the flea infested she is said to have slept they hear how he built dams and dug wells most groups are brought here by communist Party Workers and photographed in front of shes wise words. Cheating thing was born the son of a Senior Communist Party member in beijing but in one thousand nine hundred nine his father fell out of favor the family was banished by chairman mao during the cultural revolution at fifteen she was sent to remotely angle her he spent seven years farming in fertile land living and working alongside some of the poorest people in china they were his formative years she became a leader of the local branch of the communist party hed go on to more senior roles all over china until becoming president five years ago she never forgot her returning for a visit to years ago the village has become an important part of who he is the president with the common touch here i am happy and excited this is where uncle she started his long march all his hard work began here the official she story one of hard work honesty innovation and empathy means the president sounds authentic when he demands those qualities of Party Members and of the chinese at large this is essential thing park extension of the sheeting paying brand what these people have come to see for themselves is the setting for a story that hundreds of millions of Chinese People are reading about daily in state media and learning about in schools at the entrance to the enjoy her workers are expanding the car park and building a grant ticket whole two and a half thousand people already visit every day but a lot more expected for many years to come after thomas aljazeera liang jaya her central china. Campaigning from top in kenya ahead of thursdays Election Rerun its the second vote this year after the Supreme Court and no president to hold a kenyattas victory in august and the Opposition Leader raila odinga says he Wont Take Part nor recognize the result Catherine Sawyer reports from nairobi. Kenya is on sale or at least on a stage at a theater in the capital nairobi this is a rehearsal of a satirical play showcasing the countrys Political Uncertainty over the repeats president ial election and whats at stake. This year. The most sought after values peace democracy are respected regional economy things the director says are being put a triscuit going to double down too because of the lessons. Comes out of him. Now and has to be affected by. Out in the real world many people are equally concerned about whats going to happen after the election most kenyans even those in the rural areas are very much aware and engaged in the politics of the day many say theyve lost confidence in the ability of the Electoral Commission free and Fair Election but when you ask people whether or not theyre going to vote the opinion is largely divided along partisan lines in kisumu in the west of the country almost everyone is fiercely loyal to Opposition Leader. They say they will not vote for governor visits the family of a seventeen year old boy sage who have been shot by police he says hell pass a million sure no election happens in his region when you have a government. Which is important its really on the people real the people among. The people have a right to rebel. Who are supporters. Keen to vote but theres concern about their mettle commission itself the commissioner has resigned the c. E. O. Has taken a leave of absence and the chairman says the commission is under siege from outside influences and he cannot guarantee a credible election in the current polarized environment unfortunately what we have now is essentially a dialogue of the deaf sides are talking at each other rather than with each other the most ideal situation would be for a party especially the Electoral Commission to go back to the Supreme Court and seek a Binding Authority advisory many people including the biggest groups Civil Society politicians and even the Electoral Commission have asked for dialogue between president to king arthur and dr dean but the guy says the election must be postponed and reforms carried out kenya time sists it must go one. Aljazeera nairobi still to come here on aljazeera. On wednesday in bangkok where thais are preparing to say a final farewell to their late king and we find out why an increasing number of people are being locked up during the sensitive time. And the screening of the oscar and the insult is cancelled out of palestinian Film Festival. Hello there sunshine and showers as usual for the southeastern parts of asia but some of us seeing more than our fair share for look at the satellite picture we can see this bright white blob of cloud in the far eastern part of your screen that is all storm its a tropical depression its not expected to do too much in the way of damage but what it is doing is intensifying the rains over parts of the philippines so in the south here were seeing some very heavy rains there is a likely to stick around as we head through the day on wednesday as well and they do extend across towards parts of vietnam save it now and for some of us in the southern parts of thailand were likely to see some rather intent as elsewhere there will be far more in the way of dry weather in between our showers as we had down towards australia theres a bit of a cooler change coming for some of us mostly out of this system here its shifting its way eastwards it is bringing a little bit of wet weather but its the real temperature change that were noticing so familiar with then in that cooler weather were looking at a maximum of sixteen on wednesday and then even theres likely to be a few more shots as we head into thursday towards the west theres a chance of seeing want to more showers on thursday in perth as well as all weather system works its way towards us but new zealand is the north island with what most of the dry weather currently theres cooler weather on its way with the rain in the south island with. In a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. Sometimes we risk our lives in taking these roads lets gather saving lives is a dangerous job its a vaccine so its on a good twenty four hours there are patients waiting for these medicines who must be in pain lives earth risk of a recruit go one of the gang stops on because of the road at that can do it with what for them risking it all guinea at this time on aljazeera. Welcome back here without us here on live from doha your top stories this hour the u. S. Military believes an isolating to group was behind an ambush that killed four american servicemen and four soldiers from the chair general Joseph Dunford is warning eisel this trying to establish a physical presence there as it loses ground in iraq and syria theres been more fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga and Iraqi Government forces near a key oil pipeline in the north of the areas just for fresh cup or close to the iraqi border with syria and turkey. And the chinese president s name and ideology have been added to the nations constitution on the final day of the communist Party Conference it makes paying one of the countrys most powerful leaders in decades. Now the u. S. Is considering sanctions against me in ma for its treatment of the range of muslims the state Department Says it may use a human rights law to target leaders or groups involved in the violence in Rakhine State more than six hundred thousand were injured have fled to bangladesh to escape a military crackdown the me and army denies accusations of ethnic cleansing. The United Nations is warning sri lanka to speed up the investigation into war crimes committed during its thirty year conflict special rapporteur pablo to career has been visiting the country on his latest Fact Finding Mission and victims say they are fed up with talking they want justice and elfin and as now from colombo. Another visit another statement pablo digraph has been in sri lanka for two weeks hes been reviewing what the country has and hasnt done to promote justice and human rights the all to me to. What we call. Indecision in options. In congress save. The envoy says the Transitional Justice process has been represented as a threat to the majority singhalese community and of interest to one of the minorities only the tamils but for families of victims the need for answers is key rather as underage watched uniformed military personnel take a husband eight years ago in the market when the cook and a motorbike blocked our vehicle in traffic and a white van pulled alongside they held a pistol to the drivers head and said steven get out and bundled him into their vehicle and theres been no trace of him since and life has been hard bringing up three children alone now its time to move house a time when she misses her husband even more but assurances to bring truth and justice mean little after years of searching. High profile people keep coming here but this isnt benefiting us theyre just talking about their views theyre not actually doing anything. For frustration is a code in the north where people surrounded the president when he visited last week they demanded the release of what they see as Political Prisoners and concrete action on ensuring justice after the wall by to polish citizen and told protesters he is willing to discuss their concerns. But comments from him and leading government figures that war heroes would never be tried drew the raptors attention i note with concern in their use of frederick about war heroes never being brought to trial and. This seems to me to muse ruby saying to the target of Transitional Justice how come to believe him issues by suggesting that it is a generally anti security agenda and also by forgetting that no one who has committed the violations of human rights or the loss of war deserves to be called a hero digraph added that such a promise could not be legally enforced the special rapporteur that have the fi