Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thanks for joining us. California fire officials said today theyve turned a corner on the wildfires that devastated northern parts of the state for the past week. Still, 11,000 firefighters from california and surrounding states are battling 16 large fires in areas north of san francisco. The fires have already burned 218,000 acres, an area larger than new york city. And 75,000 people remain under home evacuation orders, down from 100,000 yesterday. The fires have killed at least 40 people, making this the states most lethal set of wildfires since modern Record Keeping b
It marks the end of an intense battle that started back in june so what now for i guess also coming up in neighboring iraq bongani is pushing ahead with an offensive to retake the disputed kurdish held areas as the u. N. And the u. S. Appealed for calm. And a prominent investigative journalist is killed in a car bomb attack and more into the e. U. Says its horrified at the death of deafening zia hassan accuses the mortys government of complicity. Whilst in the next sixty minutes the Champions League returns with bundesliga clubs looking to get back their winning ways as well as a blockbuster clash between christiana lauren aldos real madrid and harry kanes tottenham. And forgiving the hobby or weinstein sex abuse allegations stories of sexual high risk. And sweep across social media using the hash tag me to. Color a warm welcome to you im under. You a speck finds in syria have retaken rock on the city the socalled Islamic State considers its capital a commander of troops fighting isis
U. S. Backed forces say that they have overcome the final pockets of resistance from the extremists it marks the end of an intense battle that started back in june so what now for i us. Also coming up in neighboring iraq baghdad is pushing ahead with an offensive to retake disputed kurdish held areas as the u. N. And the u. S. Appealed for calm. And a prominent investigative journalist is killed in a car bomb attack in malta the e. U. Says that it is horrified at the death of death eagle you see her son accuses the maltese government of complicity. Plus from great hope to break misery south sudan is one of the worlds newest states but today millions of people there are reliant on food aid we have a special report on one womans struggle to survive and feed her family. Im sorry kelly welcome thanks for joining us. U. S. Backed fighters in syria have retaken rocket the city that the socalled Islamic State considers its capital troops fighting i say that they have captured one of the milit
To the militant group itself. Also coming up in neighboring iraq baghdad is pushing ahead with an offensive to read to take disputed kurdish held areas as the u. N. And the u. S. Appealed for calm. And from great hope to great misery south sudan is one of the worlds newest states but today millions of people there are reliant on food aid we have a special report on one womans struggle to survive and to feed her family. Plus calls for justice grow louder in malta following the murder of anticorruption journalist tough enough to leave. And following the Harvey Weinstein sex abuse allegations stories of Sexual Harassment sweep across social media using the hash tag me to. Im sara kelly welcome thanks for joining us. U. S. Backed fighters in syria have retaken rocca the city that the socalled Islamic State considers its capital now troops fighting i say that they have captured one of the militants last holdouts that is of course the citys hospital but there are still pockets of resistance
The u. N. And United States are appealing for calm on both sides. Fresh protests erupted at the catalan capital of barcelona. The government is refusing to drop its bid for independence. Plus, calls for justice growing louder in malta following the murder of an anticorruption journalist. Demonstrators take to the streets to pressure the maltese government. And from great hope to great misery, south sudan is one of the worlds newest states, but today, millions of the people there are reliant on food aid. We have a special report on one womans struggle to survive and feed her family. Brent im brent goff. Good to have you with us. Tonight, residence in the syrian city of raqqa are bringing to a close their first day free of the rule of the socalled Islamic State. The syrian city was the capital of the Islamist Groups socalled caliphate. Troops fighting i. S. Say they have captured one of the militants last holdouts, the hospital you see right there. But there are still pockets of resistan