Nov 22 Watch 3:41 Bataclan survivor: Attacks in Paris ‘no excuse for racism’ By PBS News Hour When terrorists attacked six locations in Paris last week, the concert hall -- the Bataclan -- saw the worst bloodshed. Eighty-nine people died there. One survivor was a 31-year-old English woman, who spoke to NewsHour special correspondent Malcolm Brabant in… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 3:15 This cartoon is teaching children in France how to cope after the terror attacks By PBS News Hour Cartooning has been a part of French culture ever since King Louis XIV ruled France 300 years ago. This week, the NewsHour’s Stephen Free visited the editors of a French magazine, who are embracing that tradition in explaining the Nov. Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 6:04 How the French are burning garbage to heat homes By PBS News Hour In a little more than a week, a recovering Paris will host world leaders for the next UN climate change conference. They hope to come to agreements on how to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Paris itself is innovating one way… Continue watching
Nov 21 Watch 6:14 The new reality of being young, French and Muslim By PBS News Hour France has one of the largest Muslim populations in Western Europe. Now that homegrown Muslim terrorists have victimized France again, many young French Muslim citizens are grappling with how they are perceived. The NewsHour’s Stephen Fee has more from Paris. Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch 8:00 Confirming death, France laments lack of intelligence sharing over Paris suspect’s movements By PBS News Hour The so-called mastermind of the Paris attacks was killed in a battle with police in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis on Wednesday, confirmed authorities. While the French Assembly voted to extend a national state of emergency for three months, Belgian… Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch 3:04 Why is France a target? Look to its alienated Muslim youth By Vanessa Dennis Friday’s tragedy was just one of a number of terrorist attacks suffered by Paris across the past decade. Former New York Times Paris bureau chief Elaine Sciolino offers her take on why France has been a target. Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch 2:45 Parisians fight terror with a simple act: returning to cafes By PBS News Hour Their country is in a state of emergency, but Parisians are back at their neighborhood cafes, taking solace in normal life and even showing a little defiance toward the attackers who killed so many people. Hari Sreenivasan reports from Paris. Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch 9:16 Mayhem in a Paris suburb as police search for mastermind By PBS News Hour French police made an early morning raid on an apartment in a suburb of Paris to disrupt another conspiracy for an imminent terrorist attack. Seven were arrested and two died, but the target was Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged ringleader of… Continue watching
Nov 18 Why the Islamic State hates France By Jessica Stern Why France in particular? While many experts focus on the Islamic State’s narrative of victory, I see a narrative of overcoming humiliation, and a chance to recover lost dignity. Continue reading
Nov 18 Chief suspect in Paris attacks died in raid, French authorities confirm By News Desk Updated: French authorities confirm that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian suspect behind the Paris attacks, died in a police raid Wednesday. Continue reading