Apr 01 Watch 24:57 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 1, 2018 By PBS News Hour 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 News Hour 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 News Hour 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 News Hour 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
Mar 21 Israeli military confirms it hit Syrian nuclear site in 2007 By Aron Heller, Associated Press The Israeli military confirmed on Wednesday it carried out the 2007 airstrike in Syria that destroyed what was believed to be a nuclear reactor, lifting the veil of secrecy over one of its most daring and mysterious operations in recent… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch 5:18 Syria’s war keeps raging, amid threats of a new Hezbollah-Israel conflict By PBS News Hour What began seven years ago as an uprising against the Assad regime has become a regional proxy war. Now there is talk of another war in the offing, one between Hezbollah and Israel. What would that look like, and how… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 8:28 What Trump and Netanyahu unity means for Mideast peace, Iran deal By PBS News Hour Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed an enthusiastic crowd at AIPAC in Washington on Tuesday, while facing deep political and possibly criminal problems back at home. Nick Schifrin talks with Aaron David Miller of the Wilson Center about Netanyahu’s chance… Continue watching
Mar 05 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: Trump ‘not backing down’ on tariffs plan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, President Trump insisted that he is going ahead with plans to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. House Speaker Paul Ryan said through a spokeswoman that he’s “extremely worried” the tariffs could incite… Continue watching