this is bbc news. the headlines: the movie producer harvey weinstein has been expelled from the film academy that runs the oscars. after denying numerous sexual assault allegations, including rape, harvey weinstein has been fired by his company, denounced by many celebrities and called a "depraved predator" by his own brother. a canadian man kidnapped with his pregnant wife in afghanistan has been giving distressing details of the five years they spent in captivity. joshua boyle told reporters that their captors from the haqqani network had raped his wife caitlan and murdered one of their children. thousands more people in california have been forced to evacuate their homes as emergency teams continue to fight a series of wildfires. a0 people have been killed in the past week and many more are missing. large parts of sonoma and napa counties and the city of santa rosa have been hit. now on bbc news, our world. more thani million refugees are now

in germany, having escaped the brutality of the world's war zones. for two years, we have followed a syrian family in their struggle to adapt to life in a small east german city, and a german family also struggling to adapt to refugees moving into their hometown. there's a problem with racism all over germany. it was never away, and it grew and grew. ..those who arrived at munich

railway station last night were welcomed with cheers and applause. but what happens to them after the applause dies down? gera, in the former east germany. a small city almost completely unfamiliar with immigration because of its isolated communist history, home now to a new population of refugees. around 2,000 are expected to arrive in the next few years. hello! well, are you going

to show me around? wow, that is a big handshake... this family is among them. they show me videos of life in syria, for the war they fled. daham worked in electronics in syria. his wife is from a family of farmers. da ham was imprisoned

by the syrian regime, accused of being involved with rebels. he suffered beatings while locked up. daham fled, making the epicjourney overland across europe on his own. he got asylum in germany and his family were flown over by the german government as part of family reunification. l, m, n, 0, p... across germany, 500,000 people applied for asylum in 2015. in gera, a small army of volunteers

fills local community centres to welcome them. ich liebe. du liebst. the arrival even spawned studies, local academics looking at their impact here. being a former gdr state, federal state, they are not experienced with any kind of lifestyle or ethnic diversity before 2012. the proportion of migrants is below 3%, and that is not what it is like in west german cities, for example. since they don't have any knowledge about them, they are quite easy to be manipulated by the right—wing extremist parties. do you think there is a problem with racism in a town like this? yes, there is a problem

with racism all over germany. and it is increasing. it was never away, it grew and grew. watching as these new changes unfold is this family. mum daniella, dad dirk, who has lived his whole life in gera, and their children. and on a trip to the city centre, dirk and daniella find refugees are already a key political issue in gera. vying for their future votes are both the far right afd, who are broadly anti—islam and anti—refugee. and on the far left, der linke. they are pro—refugees. from syria. syria?

it is now december, and that means the first time ever, the al—mohammed family gets to experience a german christmas market. cheering and applause. radio: ..opinion polls are turning, people are getting more

and more worried about what we will do about the massive influx of refugees into the country. we're looking at 1.1 million... today in gera, a demonstration by pegida, a far—right protest group expanding all over germany. chanting in german. "abschieben, abschieben," is "deport them". "people should go to the toilet in front of refugee homes." we are allowed to film... excuse me, can you stop blocking our camera 7 the black and the white,

i won't touch it, the black and the white are northern prussia, and the white and the red are southern prussia. i'm here because i love my city, i love my country... what are you worried about? i am worried about my family. i am worried about my race, the german people. they lose their normal blood. so the crowd is shouting now, "we don't want refugee homes". pegida. 200—ish against the refugees.

dirk wasn't demonstrating in gera, but his views towards refugees have hardened since i was last here. and he thinks it is especially unfair that germany is welcoming so many compared to the uk. lots of people will argue that germany is doing the right thing by being more generous. how many children are here? we have 299, and 12 from other countries. and how many refugee children? three. some of gera's other residents, like this teacher, are adapting to life more comfortably. morgen! this is nine—year—old mohammed,

daham's son, who has just started school. his classes entirely in german. are you talking to people about refugees, about who they are, where they have come from? some people in gera think that it is too much, and they have problems for us, and so on, and so on, but i haven't got a problem with it. children are not responsible for all the problems we have got around the world. and so we have to welcome the children. i want to help them, that's it. and the state here does as well. the increasing hostility towards refugees in gera is a worry

for the al—mohammed family. there have already been ten attacks here on refugees in their homes. and after school, talk turns to returning to syria. a subject daham and his wife don't agree on. you want to go back? so this is a big debate? she wants to go back and you want to stay. daham is still learning german,

still training for a job, desperate to work. news on car radio: whether merkel or schultz becomes chancellor, one thing is certain — the german political mainstream is set to move to the right. 1.5 years on, and daham finally has the job he was waiting for. this looks — everything here looks so complicated. stephan is daham's new boss. we had the idea of actually looking among those people who came in 2015, 2016, who we assumed

there would have been quite a few qualified workers. why did you think that? well, because, here, the saying is that syrians are the engineers of the middle east. by late 2017, daham's daughter is about a foot taller, and the population of gera is visibly changing. the number of people in the city defined as foreign is doubled from around 2,500 to almost 5,000. a third are syrians. when did you open? ah! hello! the family have been allocated a bigger house now, because there's a new baby — their first born in germany. may i sit next to you?

you're so german! apart from her getting noisier... how has life changed since i was last here? september's german election saw huge gains for far right party the afd, alternative for germany. in gera, they won more votes than angela merkel‘s party, who won. so there's another one. a party with posters like these took almost 30%. look how big you are!

hello! nice to see you again. dirk and daniella don't even usually vote. in fact, dirk hasn't for decades. but this time, they both turned out for the afd. what does the government need to do to make you feel happier, to make you feel like people are integrating more? do you think your views are racist? for daham, for very different reasons, life is also increasingly frustrating. he got asylum for three years. but the rest of his family have a different immigration status — a protection status — and have to have it renewed every four months. it feels like life is still very difficult.

do you think it would be any better in your eyes? —— anywhere else? do you feel like this whole journey is easier for men than women? do you feel like you've had

to make a huge sacrifice? good morning. well, after hitting category 3 status on saturday, a rarity for the eastern atlantic, hurricane 0phelia here on the chart to the south of the azores will weaken as it pushes towards our shores in the next 2a hours. but it is already having an indirect impact. because to the west of it, whilst dragging cold air to the atlantic, to the east warm air is being pushed in our direction. muggy conditions out there at the moment. we start the day with temperatures widely the teens. conditions still warmer than it should be at this time of year

across the northern scotland. wet and windy here, with gales around the hebrides. windy start in scotland and ireland, with outbreaks of rain becoming more extensive throughout the day, but not as heavy as we start with. south and east, lots morning cloud, fog in the hills, but that will break up later. after the wet start it will dry up in the hebrides. the winds will ease down. across scotland, lots of cloud, with the occasional rain. same too in northern ireland. there could be a splash of rain in cumbria by the time we hit mid—afternoon, but much of england and wales will be dry. breeziest west, with nothing untoward at all. but cloudier compared to some eastern areas. where the cloud breaks, temperatures will be above what you see here. maybe as high as 23 celsius in one or two spots. that is where should be at the stage in october. by monday morning, hurricane 0phelia is getting closer. no longer a hurricane, but will still be a substantial storm, the core of which likely to affect the republic of ireland. southern and western areas in particular. we will see winds strengthen

through the morning, particularly around irish sea coasts, the celtic coast as well. the northern ireland could see damaging and destructive winds of 70 or even 80 miles an hour. later during the day, a cool day in the north. further east, a bit of a breeze, but not a bad day. temperatures could reach 23 or 24. monday night into tuesday, the centre of a low pressure system as it is scotland with heavy rain hit throughout the night. strongest of the winds in the south of scotland and northern england as we go to tuesday morning rush hour. that could have an impact. you can see that low pressure pushing eastwards throughout tuesday. so the rain eases off and brightens up. the further south you are, the more pleasant it will be. temperatures in the high teens. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is gavin grey. our top stories: harvey weinstein has been ousted by the board that runs the oscars. the academy said he longer merited the respect of his colleagues. distressing details emerge

after a canadian couple are released after five years held hostage in afghanistan. it will be of incredible importance to my family that we are able to build a secure sanctuary for our three surviving children to call home, to focus on edification, and to try to regain some portion of the childhood that they have lost. more people have been forced to leave their homes by wildfires in california. at least a0 people are known to have died. and touchdown — as one of the world's most isolated