Jul 25 Watch 10:29 When a migrant’s desperate journey becomes a deadly journey By PBS News Hour The NewsHour’s Malcolm Brabant was there, and the cameras were rolling, as the Doctors Without Borders rescue ship he was on came across a horrific scene: More than 20 migrants dead on an unseaworthy ship that was taking them from… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 7:18 For child migrants, the desperate journey to freedom is especially dangerous By PBS News Hour The boat trip from North Africa to Italy has ended in death and heartbreak for many migrants. It has been especially tough on children, many of whom come by themselves. In the second of a three-part Desperate Journey series from… Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch 9:03 Aboard a Mediterranean rescue ship, migrants share horror stories from Libya By PBS News Hour The sea route from Libya to Italy is dangerous, even deadly, for African migrants and refugees who are desperate to cross. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from a Doctors Without Borders rescue ship that’s attempting to save people victimized in… Continue watching
May 25 Watch Did Afghan troops manipulate the U.S. into bombing Doctors Without Borders hospital? By PBS News Hour Last October, U.S. forces bombed an Afghan hospital in Kunduz, killing 42 people. An Army inquiry last month found that the attack was an accident, but Matthieu Aikins of the Nation Institute blames Afghan troops who told the Americans that… Continue watching
May 03 Watch 3:35 News Wrap: Hospital bombed in government-controlled area of Aleppo By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the UN Security Council demanded protections for hospitals in war zones after rebel rocket fire struck a hospital in a government-controlled part of Aleppo, killing at least four. Also, a U.S. Navy SEAL was killed… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 3:10 After attack on Aleppo hospital, Syria cease-fire ‘alive, but barely’ By PBS News Hour An airstrike smashed a hospital supported by the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders overnight in Aleppo, Syria, killing dozens including one of the region's last pediatricians. Other attacks followed, punctuating the collapse of a cease-fire in the country's largest… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 3:27 News Wrap: U.S. soldiers disciplined for accidental Afghan hospital bombing By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, 16 U.S. military personnel, including a general, reportedly received administrative punishments for the mistaken bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan last year that killed 42. Also, Vice President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 5:47 Hospitals and doctors under attack in Aleppo ‘difficult to replace’ By PBS News Hour Twenty-seven people were reportedly killed by a suspected Syrian government airstrike on a hospital in Aleppo. Hari Sreenivasan learns more about the bombing and the medical facility that was targeted from Pablo Marco of Doctors Without Borders. Continue watching
Apr 28 Airstrike destroys hospital in Syria as cease-fire falters By Larisa Epatko Airstrikes in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo destroyed a hospital Wednesday night, killing at least 27 people including 14 patients and staff. Continue reading
Mar 16 More than 12 punished for mistaken Afghan hospital attack By Robert Burns, Associated Press WASHINGTON — More than a dozen U.S. military personnel have been disciplined — but face no criminal charges — for mistakes that led to the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital that killed 42 people in Afghanistan last year,… Continue reading