the last remaining minute ins from the so-called islamic state group a set to evacuate from the syrian city of raka the u.s. led coalition fighting the group says the evacuation aims to minimize civilian casualties as the battle for the city name is in and the jihadists are expected to

leave the city together with several hundred civilians used as human shields coalition forces have captured more than eighty percent of raka once i s's de facto capital. the oscars academy has expelled film producer harvey weinstein following an avalanche of sexual harassment allegations the academy announced it was taking the highly unusual step after an emergency meeting of its board some thirty women have now come forward accusing weinstein of sexual harassment assault and in several cases rape. a suicide bombing in the somali capital mogadishu has killed at least twenty people police say a truck packed with explosives detonated at a busy intersection lined with government buildings hotels and restaurants there was no immediate claim of responsibility but the islamist group al shabaab

frequently targets the city. the number of people killed by wildfires in california has risen to thirty eight with hundreds still missing the death toll is likely to keep rising thousands more people evacuated their homes on saturday as the fires spread fanned by high winds firefighters have made some progress in their efforts to contain the flames but they are still battling multiple blazes nearly six thousand buildings have been destroyed with entire neighborhoods reduced to piles of ash. as austrian voters prepare to go to the polls on sunday the country's center left chancellor has warned them against letting the country move to the right christiane kanto to rally in vienna that austria was at its most important crossroads in decades. polls show to bastin cooke's of the conservative people's party as the

clear front runner the thirty one year old foreign minister has won over voters with promises to clamp down on immigration. challenging canned social democrats for second place is the far right freedom party led by heinz christiane's. the party is anti immigration anti islam and anti european union and could be kingmaker if a coalition is required to form a new government. berlin's take a layer port has always been the hub for germany's second largest airline now after its aggressive acquisition strategy went into a tailspin the carrier is bankrupt and lost tons and is set to take over its turf after weeks of raw.