May 21 Number of unaccompanied child migrants surged in recent years By Michael D. Regan More than 300,000 children have been discovered unaccompanied in recent years, up from 66,000 children in 2010 and 2011, according to a UNICEF report. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 25:04 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 20, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, May 20, President Donald Trump visits Saudi Arabia on his first trip abroad as commander-in-chief. Later, Iran re-elects President Hassan Rouhani, and Kenya works toward universal access to electricity. Alison Stewart anchors from New York. Continue watching
May 20 Watch 9:08 Kenya races toward goal of electrifying every household By Sam Weber, Melanie Saltzman Kenya has made rapid gains in connecting households across the country to the electrical grid, as part of a goal to achieve universal access to power by 2020. Over the past three years the East African country has connected 12.4… Continue watching
May 20 Watch 2:59 Trump signs Saudi arms deal on first foreign trip By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia Saturday on his first stop abroad as commander-in-chief. During the visit, he signed several deals with Saudi King Salman, including a military sales worth billions and a commitment to cooperate on defense. Ben Hubbard,… Continue watching
May 20 Watch 3:31 Iran re-elects President Hassan Rouhani By PBS News Hour Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has been easily re-elected to a second four-year term, capturing 57 percent of the vote in a race that has implications for wars in Syria and Yemen. He’s considered a moderate who sought the nuclear disarmament… Continue watching
May 20 Watch 2:48 Protests erupt in Yemen as Trump visits Saudi Arabia By PBS News Hour Demonstrators on Saturday took to the streets of Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, to protest President Donald Trump’s visit to the Saudi Kingdom. For two years, Yemen has been embroiled in a civil war between the country’s Saudi-backed government and the Houthi… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 25:03 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode May 14, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, May 14, international condemnation follows North Korea's missile launch, and a growing number of conservative Republican voices are calling for action on climate change. Later, learn what's behind America's rising maternal mortality rate. Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 3:46 What’s behind America’s rising maternal mortality rate By PBS NewsHour The U.S. has the highest rate of mothers dying during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum of any developed country -- 26 women for every 100,000 live births. Last week, NPR and ProPublica published a joint investigation into the reasons why mothers… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 3:52 How should the U.S. respond to North Korea’s missile launch? By PBS News Hour North Korea successfully tested a missile early Sunday morning. The last time the U.S. engaged North Korea in talks about its weapons programs was 2008, when former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Christopher Hill served under the Bush administration. Now… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 10:02 Rising conservative voices call for climate change action By Saskia de Melker, Laura Fong, Stephanie Sy Climate change is one of many issues seen as dividing Democrats and Republicans. A dominant wing of the GOP has denied climate change exists, as some Democrats have tried to reduce air pollution and push for alternative forms of energy. Continue watching