Apr 07 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 7, 2018 By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, April 7, the Texas National Guard will be deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border, and embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's security detail has cost taxpayers nearly $3 million. Also, a look at education issues in Oklahoma… Continue watching
Apr 07 Gaza buries journalist killed while covering mass protests By Faras Akram, Associated Press Yasser Murtaja died from a gunshot wound he sustained while covering protests near the Israeli border. Witnesses described a chaotic scene but said he was more than 100 meters from the border, wearing a flak jacket marked "press" and holding… Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 4:18 News Wrap: Israeli airstrike kills one on Gaza border In our news wrap Thursday, an Israeli air strike along the Gaza border killed a Palestinian, making the death toll 21 in a week's worth of violence. President Trump's chief economic adviser tried to calm worries about the prospects of… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 4:40 News Wrap: Death toll rises from Gaza-Israel border violence By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Monday, the death toll rose to 18 from Friday's violence along the Gaza-Israel border. Israel denied its soldiers used excessive force, saying protesters were throwing fire bombs and stones. Also, protests continued in India-controlled Kashmir. Separatist… Continue watching
Apr 01 Watch 24:57 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 1, 2018 By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Sunday, April 1, President Trump calls tougher immigration laws and says he will not back a deal for DACA. And, despite being attacked over four years of war, a Ukrainian plant crucial to the country's economy… Continue watching
Apr 01 Israel rejects calls for inquiry into Gaza violence By Josef Federman, Associated Press The U.N. secretary-general and the European Union's foreign policy chief have urged an investigation after Israeli troops killed several Palestinians at a protest at the Gaza border on Friday. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 31, 2018 By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Saturday, March 31, protests continue in Sacramento following a police shooting there of Stephon Clark and tensions rise after deadly demonstrations along the Gaza border. Also, residents in Cape Town, South Africa, are cutting back their… Continue watching
Mar 31 Watch 3:23 Funerals held for Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza By PBS NewsHour In an area near the Israel-Gaza border where violence erupted a day earlier, large crowds attended funerals Saturday for the 16 Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers. Thousands of Palestinians had marched to the border at the start of a demonstration… Continue watching
Mar 31 Israel says it will expand response if Gaza clashes go on By Fares Akram and Aron Heller, Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel will target “terror organizations” in Gaza if violence along the territory’s border with Israel drags on, the chief military spokesman warned Saturday, a day after thousands of Palestinians staged protests near the border fence. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 6:48 News Wrap: Syrian roadside bomb kills U.S., UK soldiers By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, an American soldier and a British soldier were killed in Northern Syria in the military campaign against Islamic State fighters. Also, Palestinian protesters confronted Israeli troops along the Gaza border in the bloodiest day there… Continue watching