this is deja vu news live from berlin the deadliest fires and california's history are ripping across the north of the state leaving a trail of destruction emergency services are struggling to contain the blazes that have destroyed one country and reduced entire neighborhoods to ashes also coming up . united states and israel are pulling out of the united nations cultural agency in asco washington says the organization is deeply anti israel and has not made much needed reforms. and less than three weeks after national elections here in germany what the citizens want to see and chasseur on ackles new government will bring you the latest poll. plus the female superheroes fighting child marriage in ethiopia creators of the thai bad girls are breaking taboos by bringing hard topics into the club.

i'm brian thomas welcome to the show thirty one people are now confirmed dead in the wildfires raging across northern california making them the deadliest in the state's history and that death toll is expected to rise further with hundreds of people still missing the blazes have been burning since sunday in wine country north of san francisco firefighters have not succeeded in bringing the worst of the monitoring troll dry conditions and fierce winds have been hampering their efforts new evacuation orders have been issued with conditions forecast to get even worse over the weekend let's go now to a sonoma county where the fires have hit especially hard we're joined by mike the wall on the line is a journalist with k s r o radio a mike you've been taking a tour inspecting the situation in your community what did you find out there. and

i was able to take you to are of some of the most badly damaged areas that city today for the first time with the highway patrol i can tell you that witnessing the devastation in person is far more striking injury mattick than the pictures that you see on t.v. . to two neighborhoods coffee park is it a dense working class neighborhood leveled flat desolate in any direction you look at just flat ground where the upscale found grove neighborhood has more of the look of a war zone burned out vehicles piles of rubble where some of the city's most historic landmarks once stood i can say that the recovery here is going to take a very long time maicon hundreds of people are still missing do we know who they are where they are is there any hope of rescuing them at this point. so there is some hope that the numbers coming down hopefully once people come back into the area who had may not have checked in with the emergency services team here so they're hoping that that number is going to come down

a little bit but they're also well aware that the number of deaths will probably rise once they go into some of these areas the sheriff's office released an initial list of some of the identities of some of the residents who lost their lives in the fire most of the group identified was elderly which is necessary necessarily a surprise given the speed by which the evacuation was required but also it's not a surprise because a lot of these people are the easy to most easy to identify based on things like medical equipment and some of the serial numbers that they'll find there you know this isn't criticism as well because an emergency text message system was apparently not to alert people that that this fire was getting out of. yet there has been some controversy with that the local leaders here they made the decision that given the number of residents the area that would have received that message areas that may not have been affected by the fire it would have caused such a mass panic and gridlock of people who were in danger that the people who were in

danger would have been put in even more dangerous position given that it's definitely an issue that's receiving more and more debate as the recovery is going on ok and there's also word out that the saudis are looking into what caused this fire apparently there was a week power line that went down on what are you. don't have an official word on that obviously an investigation from this takes a long time but there's it's run the gamut and there's conspiracy theories that you'll hear it runs the gamut of there's people running around lighting fires to a downed power line which then was taken by the wind and spread quickly. a lot of people are waiting for these answers and. it's just going to take a long time to see what the investigation will end. ok briefly if you could mike what's the focus for authorities for firefighters right now. the focus is dealing with the wind heading into this weekend right into saturday is going to be the

turning point if if they can that will fend off the winds for this weekend if the effort turns to recovery if the winds get bad it could create some new problems for some of the more densely populated communities here and we've seen these problems all over again mike wald reporter with k s r o radio in sonoma county thanks so much might the united states has announced it is withdrawing from unesco the united nations cultural organization it created more than seventeen years ago washington says the organization is deeply anti israel has avoided reform and is too expensive the u.s. state department pointed to on pay dues are resistant to change and what it says is the organizations continuing anti israel bias for its part israel has now said it will also leave you know asco un body promotes cultural exchange and works on issues like girls' education it's also renowned for its world heritage site program protecting cultural sites like the statue of liberty and the city of venice. paris

where u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson delivered the news to the unesco general secretary of the organization's headquarters and to israel bias on the part of the un educational scientific and cultural agency is the main reason for us withdrawal you know esko said the decision was regrettable united states is a founding member of unesco the whole idea that tat you can build peace through education science account chair communication. is fair basically an american idea previously the largest financial contributor to unesco the u.s. stopped paying its contributions in twenty eleven after palestine was admitted to the organization with white support the decision plunged unesco into financial crisis. the u.s. has withdrawn before under ronald reagan in one thousand nine hundred five when it accused the agency of being caught until western before returning to the fold in october two thousand and three the european parliament said the latest withdrawal

is the wrong move not insight and fun especially in times of globalization and digitalisation in times where we are experiencing more and more radicalization in extremism you know s.q. is a very important institution as a model of creating cooperation on education science and culture and building bridges through the institute's you want israel join the u.s. and leaving unesco later in the day washington will no have only observer status with the agency. now for some of the other stories making the news plays and both new york and london are looking into sexual assault allegations against i would producer harvey weinstein now that as a fourth woman accuses him of rape new york investigators are reviewing an assault case from two thousand and four police in london meanwhile have received a new claim of assault dating back to the one nine hundred eighty s. . a security guard killed in the last vegas gun massacre a week ago has been buried in that city's memorial park twenty one year old eric

silva were thoughtful hoping concert goers escape the festival venue without attack happened he was one of fifty people killed in the shooting. in vietnam at least fifty four people are now confirmed dead in severe flooding and landslides affecting central and northern regions some thirty thousand homes have been submerged in the rising waters which have damaged key infrastructure crops and livestock. so. well less than three weeks ago germany voted in national elections and today we have the results of the first opinion polls of the new parliament from in for tests elections all support for government parties including jazz for all americans conservatives fall to historic lows and it also heralded the entry of the far right newcomers the alternative for germany. as germans went to the polls i'm glad makeovers probably hoping for

a better result than she got the conservatives remain the strongest political force but suffered historic losses macko c.d.u. c.s.u. the liberal f.d.p. and the greens and now set to form a so-called jamaica coalition the party's colors of the same as the country's flag germans seem confident that america can forge these four different parties into a governing coalition three quarters of those polls buy in for test emap think they'll strike a coalition deal only one in five think they'll fail. one of the criticisms levelled at makerere is that she had taken her conservative look too far to the left many of them want to return to more conservative roots and those quotes were especially vocal for america the very insistent party the c.s.u. . asked what political direction america's conservatives should take only

a fifth of her spondon thought they should become more conservative a court so they should maintain the current course well almost half of all people surveyed thought the conservatives should become more centrist. posters in protest i asked people whether they thought the parties have been honest during the campaign about their plans for after the election the greens and the f.t.p. came out best the other parties were all level pegging but the f.t. isn't clear last place only a quarter of respondents believed they'd been honest about their intent. and if there were an election this coming sunday the results would be similar to last month. the c.d.u. c.s.u. on thirty two percent the s.p.d. on twenty percent unchanged the f.t. loses almost two points to stand at eleven percent level pegging with the n.d.p.

not far behind the left party and the greens both but ten percent. for us president donald trump will give a much anticipated speech today in which he said to lay out a more confrontational approach towards iran now that could include a decision not to recertify the iran nuclear deal which was negotiated in two thousand and fifteen by tehran and six world powers including germany now the other signatories to that deal have spoken out against such a move the german foreign minister igor gabriele has warned the doing so would drive a wedge between europe and the u.s. and push the go into a common position with russia and china. now under the deal tehran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief international inspectors say iran is in compliance with the accord but the trumpet ministration disagrees saying tehran is violating the spirit of the deal. to find out more about the u.s.

president's objections did abuse carolyn its more i spoke with claire lopez at the center for security policy that's a conservative think tank in washington she began by asking her what she thinks donald trump's decision on the iran deal might be it is expected that the president will announce that he will not recertify the so-called c.p.o. a joint comprehensive plan of action or nuclear deal with the rand beyond that we're not completely sure what the other steps might be that he will take but it's expected he will not recertify what cook be the next scenarios and accept so we're going to see well the possibilities would include that either he takes no further steps at all or he could go back to congress and ask congress to re impose sanctions against iran and we're not really sure if that's what he's

going to do or not. the enter national atomic energy agency did they really have access to all areas of countries that might be working on nuclear weapons no absolutely not and this is the main problem with the nuclear deal with iran and that is that ever since one nine hundred eighty eight when iran's nuclear weapons program began under ayatollah khamenei the iranian regime has had a clandestine secret nuclear weapons program it was first revealed to the world in two thousand and two by the iranian opposition the national council of resistance of iran but there's no reason to believe that even after that revelation they stopped and indeed the n.c.r. or national council of resistance of iran issued this report just today it's called iran's nuclear core an inspected military sites and that's the real problem because the nuclear deal the way with iran does not address sites that the arrhenius hold

off limits military sites for example at parchin where the i.a.e.a. itself has strong suspicions that nuclear warhead r. and d. has been going on would you say that further sanctions would be the right decision to make for the united states i think sanctions wouldn't harm anything but let's remember that during the period. of let's say two thousand and eleven twelve thirteen when the sanctions international sanctions were biting down the hardest against the iranian regime that is when we actually saw the iranian regime accelerate its nuclear weapons program and ballistic missile program more than before so i don't think sanctions are at all effective in getting iran to stop what the regime considers the sea not quite known they must have nuclear weapons deliverable nuclear weapons and nothing is going to stop them. seriously

seriously concerned except force interesting opinions thank you so much thanks for having me it was clear lopez of this church center for security policy talking to did abuse carolyn i still to come on the show the super girls to the rescue they're ready to meet the cartoon characters on a mission to change attitudes towards girls and women and he's. all that moved on to her berlin deal we've been covering this week it said for take off but there is a player wants to see it remain on the ground not just one not just one brian it actually has sparked controversy in the whole aviation sector low cost carrier certainly ryanair wants to take the deal to european competition authorities the german will not fully commission is looking at starting an antitrust investigation but investors at least they welcomed the takeover pushing lufthansa stock to

a fifteen year high now on the deal germany's number one airline is buying up half of the country's second largest carrier the deal will leave tons in a much better position to compete with foreign budget airlines like easy jet and ryan air which dominate europe's short haul routes in a moment we will look a bit deeper into that deal with cost of course but first some facts and figures. everyone knew it was coming and now it has happened so will incorporate air berlin's assets into its expanding subsidiary. will pay approximately two hundred ten million euros and will take eighty one of about one hundred thirty least aircraft from air berlin seven hundred employees will become lufthansa staff and a further thirteen hundred can reapply for their jobs doesn't go with us but for the all this is a big step. and i think it's an important decision for germany's position in the

aviation industry because we're capable of providing a secure future for three thousand employees which is not necessarily the case before and i have to admit we have to ensure that europe too has strong global players. for the german very union the three thousand positions offered by lufthansa are not enough because they leave five thousand five hundred employees out of the deal. this is not good news for air berlin employees because right now it seems like only a fraction of the workforce will have the ability to apply for a job. we don't think that's ok his getting a big piece of the cake but is taking no responsibility for those who work at air berlin. many passengers are skeptical about the takeover they fear less competition in the skies will have negative consequences for everyone. surely tickets will become more expensive and

they'll be a monopoly which is not in the interest of passengers. but. you can see but it's unfortunate for passengers of both lufthansa and air berlin it's sad really. will have to do even less for its customers and. the stock market on the other hand is welcoming the news. climbed up to three point two percent reaching their highest peaks in early two thousand and one despite the few. the acquisition is still subject to approval by german and european antitrust authorities. all right joining me now in the studio is my very aviation savvy colleague chris duff corba the first of all that deal would you say it's a good one is the best that ebeling could get well it depends who you ask if you ask lou times are for them it is a gigantic coup their low cost subsidiary euro wings in which the herbal imports will be integrated it doubles in size just from one day to the other just like that that is very rare and it doesn't have to go through painfully slow growth in this

low cost market which is dominated by other players so for it is it is a big coup if you look at the air berlin staff well it's a it's a rather sad scenario scenario for them of one the fly personnel pilots and flight attendants they have good chances of being rehired or taken over by loved ones or if they get rehired they're going to have to go through some pay cuts up to forty percent that's what trade unions say and if you look at the ground staff and people working in the back office their chances of keeping their jobs over ok when you say that with the pay cuts i understand now what that lady in the report to meant when she said that service will probably suffer now we hear that obviously competitors on top the about it but authorities monopoly commission etc they all want to look into it why. there's narea is that tons of takes over eighty one planes of the

about one hundred thirty that urban land has now the remaining parts that have not been snatched up out of towns that they are still up for grabs and according to the trust of stories they need to be bought by someone they're not supposed to disappear from the market if they did that would mean even more power to lose tons and then the whole deal could be scrapped all together now rabbi on the over on the horizon well there is easy jet they have. been in talks with evelyn about for about a dozen planes but there has been no deal signed yet there are other. other companies that you know may swoop in if easyjet doesn't get their way so there are talks but they haven't been finalized what does this mean for passengers just briefly there is the fear of growing tickets because ticket prices for that matter because on routes where air berlin and moved on used to be competitors. is now taking on its own subsidiary that doesn't sound like much competition to me ok cost of coal but they're very own aviation experts thank you so much for this

well investors are the private stock exchange shrugging off geo political strife in the face of good growth prospects german blue chips hopped over the thirteen thousand mark for the first time on thursday that's on the back of surprisingly robust gains in september among which traditionally is hit is hitting the doldrums eurozone growth is looking up the euro has been quite low boosting the appeal of german exports. and the dax has opened in positive territory this morning hovering very close to the thirteen thousand mox it will certainly keep an eye on that one but first we need to pay attention to super girls they have a big mission a big job ahead of them in ethiopia it's the adolescent girls are often struggle to find a path into a healthy and secure adult life access to education is limited and girls often face

traditional practices like child marriage but one ethiopian t.v. producer wants to turn all of that around let's go now to ethiopia to find out how an animated series with female superheroes is taking on the resistance to change. captivation on their faces this school and. it's showing pupils the first episode of. means wisdom and herrick in the series three heroines fight for the equality of girls and women. one out of. before age fifteen and most of them will never go back to school. they are. to succeed in that it. wants to change this it's important to the programs creators that children can identify with the show so they organize screenings of

the pilot episode at local schools to see if people like a. different question. so there. is something to their hearts something they know who they can connect with. after watching the show the children write down what they liked or didn't like and which story lines they want to see continue. i thought it was great because it was about. i've never seen anything like it. is the brainchild of. the train she could no longer ignore the plight of young women in ethiopia. so i seen how can he saw this huge problem on his neck and in beauty and kindergarten everywhere so i start thinking how can a reach millions of children in my country with less course there was quality

education. dr weitz has already produced three successful t.v. and radio series which educate children across ethiopia in a fun way. she hopes to bad girls will become a success and help challenge taboos we're starting from hardcore sounded like stop only married. the thing is you know that is why the part of animation is very interesting because it is animation it is fiction and so people can pick a distance and. comfortable to talk about it and that's what we want the first instinct is talking about it. but it's not always easy. sometimes i get those treated you know shouldn't take me pierce to be to this point and you know i should reach more kids than by now you know and all east africa it's so slow because of so many broke bureaucratic. procedures oh not support or.

just the d. today by years. distributing the programs is difficult and resources are scarce social entrepreneurship is not yet common in ethiopia their policies don't self-will us because we're still look as a business person so we've been passed past the same way where the media would go we're fluent in the readers we are in smaller resorts we have to do a lot. but the team behind to back girls is strong and motivated and they won't give up in the face of these obstacles that still negotiating with t.v. broadcasters. so in football now and in the bundesliga tight stood guard host cologne a team that is at rock bottom that despite

a successful last season more clone coach peter staggers future it's on the line in that match tonight. to make it plain cologne stinks at the moment and is taking the heat for it he was the hero who brought the club back to the top flight a few years ago after winning the second division but that's in the past can c.t. fifteen so far and only managed to score two goals have left cologne dead last still searching for a first team with. me always making with my state of mind won't get better with each defeat but it's my job i'm the one who's responsible my job. and i ask of my players that they face the challenge and move forward and make decisions to help us get past this situation when things are really bad i have to come up with solutions that they don't go untouched in oddly enough the cologne stuttgart fixture hasn't

gone the home side's way since two thousand with host stuttgart showing signs of a shaky defense cologne holds out hope for its maiden victory. and will have more on that game later tonight don't forget you can find out more about these and other stories on our website dot com you can also follow us on twitter and facebook for now though from the entire news team thanks so much for being us.

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