Austrian cabinet fractures as Kurz ousts far-right minister

Kurz, a conservative, ended his coalition with the nationalist Freedom Party (FPO) on Saturday after leader and Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache was caught in the apparent sting operation offering to fix state contracts for a woman posing as a Russian oligarch's niece.The fight took a new turn when Kurz told reporters he would propose to Austria's president removing Interior Minister Herbert Kickl from office after Kickl refused to go voluntarily, as Strache has.