Jan 28 France, Germany unite in face of Trump refugee ban By Associated Press France and Germany formed a united front Saturday in the face of President Donald Trump's halt in the U.S. refugee program. Continue reading
Jan 23 Watch A meeting of nationalist leaders sows division in Europe By PBS News Hour A day after President Trump's inauguration, European right-wing leaders met in Koblenz, Germany, to issue a rallying cry for voters to upset the establishment in key elections across the continent. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports that their message, seeking to… Continue watching
Jan 23 If Trump ends America’s world leadership role, who will step up? By Josh Lederman, Associated Press China and Russia are among the aspirants for greater economic and military influence, while an ambivalent Germany could emerge as the West's moral compass. Continue reading
Jan 14 Merkel supports international cooperation in advance of Trump presidency By Michael D. Regan and Associated Press German Chancellor Angela Merkel is stressing as she awaits Donald Trump’s inauguration that the world’s problems need solving in cooperation. Continue reading
Dec 29 Analysis: 10 elections to watch in 2017 By James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign Relations Millions of people around the world went to the polls this year. The results provided plenty of surprises. British voters defied the pollstersand voted to leave the European Union. Colombians did much the same in … Continue reading
Dec 23 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: FBI says ISIS is urging holiday attacks on the U.S. By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the FBI is warning that Islamic State supporters are urging attacks on holiday gatherings and churches in the U.S. Also, the suspect who plowed a truck into a Berlin Christmas market has been shot dead. Continue watching
Dec 23 Berlin attack suspect killed in shootout with Italian police By Joshua Barajas Anis Amri, a Tunisian man who was suspected of crashing a truck into a Christmas market full of shoppers in Berlin, was shot and killed by Italian police in Milan early Friday. Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch Why German surveillance failed to stop the Berlin attack suspect By PBS News Hour The man suspected of carrying out an attack on a Christmas market was well known to German authorities. Anis Amri was under surveillance for six months and slated for deportation, but his home country refused to accept him. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Dec 22 Trump denounces Berlin attack, vows tough immigration plan By Jonathan Lemire and Julie Pace, Associated Press Donald Trump, when asked if the Berlin attack would cause him to evaluate the proposed ban of Muslims in the U.S., said "You know my plans. All along, I've been proven to be right, 100 percent correct."… Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch 4:42 Berlin attack suspect is a ‘nightmare’ for authorities By PBS News Hour The manhunt stemming from Monday’s Christmas market massacre in Berlin has spread across Europe, and there’s a new suspect. His name is Anis Amri, and he is a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Tunisia. Judy Woodruff speaks with special correspondent Malcolm… Continue watching