we are but suppose for what we are we're friendly unbelievably. you send me a phenomenal starting october fifteenth on d w. this is day eight of the news coming to your wife from berlin that is all story about protecting her and turned to the right elections begin in just a few hours and we're expecting to see again she immigration coalition take power we'll take a look at how a hardline stance has helped front runner sebastian courts support also coming up

the motion picture academy expelled mega producer harvey weinstein multiple women have accused him of sexual harassment and assault. and thousands of californians flee their homes as wildfires spread consuming an area the size of farmland. and sarah harmer welcome to the show thanks for joining us voting in austria is national elections begins in just a few hours and if the polls are to be believed the country is about to take a hard turn to the right the polling suggests that this election is likely to result in a coalition government between austria's conservatives and a far right populist party border security and refugee problems they have both been hot button issues in the run up to this vote. it's the party's final

push to get undecided voters on their side and around one in six haven't yet made up their mind. according to the polls the conservative people's party candidate the best in quotes is the clear favorite. i list will do everything to lower the tax burden on working people so that austrians on small to medium incomes have more money to live on. less create those who will come second it could be the hard right freedom party at an election rally in fianna its leader . warren photos of a repeat of the current santa left coalition. this new position with the it's the same old story when they smell power the social democrats in the people's party always end up colluding they go see a movie that's what some. but the social democrats say the real danger is an alliance between the conservatives and the far right populists. they want to right

wing austria that will put a stop to that and i'll tell you why we are not impressed we will stand against them. that is a third option at least in theory a coalition between the social democrats and the far right this time them already runs the government of one austrian region. or reporter proper says all the story and he joins me now on the line from vienna close thanks for being with us sebastian cortes is thirty one years old is the runaway favorite to become the next austrian chelsea or what can the rest of the world expect from a chancellor courts. so what if you were is less you're open to more national policies dealing with everything we talked about so we're going to complain the fall and move when. a minor must point didn't obviously you convince voters here for them to pressure proceeded to form

a new start in four to see the new party at all and this is the i'm all right thing but even before he was part of two government between people and socialist already for seven years in a row he's got to choose career seven years ago and the secretary pretty gratian he obviously convinced people he is a new guy on the block all right he's young he's charismatic it sounds like you convince voters but how likely is it that the far right freedom party is going to be joining close in government. in the end o.p.'s the adiz depends on the outcome at the end up this sunday but most probably an attempt to treat him popular would get into as a cause that second then then the native format according to the people's party then or approach to refugee school radicalism likewise the little bit different in that approach to europe but both parties feel if your business is very hard to keep

in mind and depends on how it is allied with money in the pan on the been viewed from the president then to cooperate to senate if the and as i read right wing extremists. we will be cautious here because we know the polls have been wrong in the past but if the polls are anything to go by it does look like austria is set to swing to the right what's driving that is it just the refugee issue or is there something else going on twelve. it's time for jesus who we've got the issue of heretical islam and the christians that are pretty good at getting boy. good for their country and likewise you see that in the campaign there is a frightening history bring them to the mall i think parties and their book is there. one voting procedure tomorrow in the physical but that they want to keep been thinking it's been said before and how not whoever it is that yes

three. all right so a lot of things look for tomorrow that's calls prompters reporting for us indiana thanks very much all preparations are also underway for regional elections the german state of lower saxony they come three weeks after national elections and they're being watched as an important barometer of voter sentiment as germany's party's try to form a coalition government and it's expected to be a tight race albanian polls for the christian democrats that's chancellor angela merkel's party slightly ahead in the lower saxony social democrats are close behind and the far right alternative for germany is expected to take about seven percent of the vote that's despite coming in third in the national elections. a turkish asylum seekers here in germany have accused the federal migration office of illegally handing over their information to turkish media as according to a report in the german news magazine spiegel one asylum seeker who wants to keep his identity secret said his personal information was published online by turkish

media toys to the country's secret service the academy of motion pictures has voted to expel producer harvey weinstein and after multiple women came forward to accuse him of rape and sexual harassment some of them big name stars. how quickly he has fallen harvey weinstein was hollywood's golden producer and i list a who mixed with america's top celebrities membership of the oscars academy is a seal of approval from the hollywood elite the decision to expel him was highly unusual. but the allegations against harvey weinstein are extremely grave act to ashley judd accused him of sexual harassment then others like rose mcgowan broke their silence she accused him of raping her now only to boost being broken more and more female actors is supporting those who speak out against sleazy hollywood bosses. and you know what i mean for the women to stand up and say no honey that's

not the way it's very beautiful because all those young girls who would have thought that's the way are now instead of like walking into that room thinking it's the only way about to sell their souls to the devil they can stand up and say no loser weinstein denies allegations of non consensual sex and says he's checked into rehab he's been sacked as boss of the one sting production company and now his exclusion from the academy of motion pictures and sciences seals his fall from the heights of hollywood. here's a look or stories are making headlines around the globe the u.s. led coalition fighting the so-called islamic state says they suffer due allowing most remaining only aspires to live syrians to be a rocket feared that you haunt us for the new civilians as human shields during the withdrawal coalition forces now capture more than eighty percent of raka a city that was once the de facto capital islamic state. a truck bomb explosion has

killed at least fifty people in the somali capital mogadishu police say the blast happened as security forces were trailing the truck there's been no claim of responsibility but the is the most militant group al-shabaab has carried out similar bombings in mogadishu in the past. four people have died after a corporal plane crashed into the sea on ivory coast the aircraft was chartered by the french military and it crashed shortly after taking off from the international airport the four dead were all moldovan citizens four french nationals were also injured. a couple freed from captivity in afghanistan have returned to camp it with three of their children canadian joshua boyle and his american wife caitlin coleman were held hostage by the taliban linked a commie network the extremists kidnapped them during a backpacking trip in afghanistan in two thousand and twelve they were freed by

pakistani soldiers earlier this week. when the u.s. state of california rising wildfires are killing people thirty eight people so far and many more forced to flee their homes the blazes have been burning for a week now and they're still growing. the winds make fighting the flames even more difficult fire crews have been working tirelessly to bring the blazes under control but many of the biggest fires have not yet been contained authorities say high winds and dry conditions mean residents should remain on high alert. you really want to impress upon people's please stay out of the you actually stand of the burned areas it still looks really dangerous. most of the victims have been elderly residents who did not evacuate in time in sonoma county one of the hardest hit regions authorities are still searching for those missing. are high

probability or it will be a bedroom so if we got in apply the bedrooms first of all sorts of bedrooms and then a work away out towards the house about ninety thousand hectares of land of being consumed by the flames since last sunday among the ashes the remains of this winery and sent to rosa so we lost pretty much the whole entire twenty seven thousand vintage more than five thousand seven hundred houses have also been destroyed leaving many homeless but just heartbreaking it's just with happened so fast and there's nothing you could do and it may know it's the f.b.i. was full cost as a predicting high temperatures and strong winds in the coming days. but the united nations has officially ended its mission to haiti after thirteen years the mission was deployed after the departure of the country's president but it has a lot of critics including some one met for a major health epidemic the united nations officially withdrew from haiti in early october this year their mission began in two thousand and four when the country was

teetering on the brink of civil war its head says she's happy with what's been achieved. overrule the contribution that the mission has needed to stabilize ations of the country speaks for itself but the mission has also come under considerable criticism many say it was responsible for one of the worst cholera outbreaks in modern times it's believed the two thousand and ten epidemic started here at this camp where nepalese un peacekeepers were based role sewerage from the camps made its way into nearby rivers from then the disease spread across the entire country. ten thousand people died nine hundred thousand were infected. i'm still suffering i have nothing left my children died from cholera. numerous haitians have also come forward accusing un troops of

the sexual abuse of women and minus the mission is left behind a troubling legacy in haiti despite making a major contribution to the rescue and reconstruction efforts after the devastating earthquake of two thousand and ten and the violent demonstrations taking place almost every day suggest the country is still far from stable. well turning some sailing news now team asked for i have won the first point scoring about this season's ball the ocean race off the coast of our country in spain the bowler took the lead early on and they never looked back it's in this rules in a minute faster than the closest challenger john fan rice team the main competition of all the russian race begins on twelve or twenty second with boat racing between twelve cities will want. staying with the sea and in southwestern france the world's top surfers took to the waves in the world surf league one of them was a hawaiian called john john and he wowed the crowd with his acrobatic turns take

a look at these three sixty s there are one of the most complex new rules in surfing and his near perfect performance could help john john move back to world number one that's where he finished last year. all right don't worry we haven't forgotten about the bundesliga we've got all of saturday's goals coming up after the break in our business leaders show hosted by chris harrington her berlin's game was no were they for its players kneeling is somewhat parity with u.s. teams and her players got in on the act before their encounter was shaka and they were applauded by the home crowd here in berlin and i felt players in the west have been protesting against police abuse of african-americans and that's angered president donald trump who believes there disrespecting the flag and the national anthem. quick reminder of our headlines this hour hollywood's academy of motion

pictures expelled star producer harvey weinstein after a lot of women came forward accusing him of rape and sexual harassment. and austrians begin voting in national elections in just a few hours time polling shows an anti immigration coalition is likely to take power. you're watching t.v. news coming to live from berlin don't forget you can always get the latest news on our web site that's t w dot com from the whole team here thanks for watching have a great weekend. see you find. discover. video and audio podcast and language courses. w.b.'s center.