Nov 17 Watch 11:27 With Islamic State as a common enemy, can Russia and the West cooperate on Syria? By PBS NewsHour Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to cooperate with the French military, as both countries bombed targets in Syria. What are the prospects of Russia cooperating to help end the Syrian civil war? Gwen Ifill gets reactions from former… Continue watching
Nov 17 Russia says bomb downed passenger plane in Egypt By News Desk Russia’s security service said Tuesday for the first time that last month’s crash of a passenger airliner in Egypt was caused by a homemade explosive device. Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch 5:38 How will the Russian sports cheating scandal affect future Olympic games? By PBS NewsHour An independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency has uncovered systemic cheating by Russian track and field athletes in international sports, much of it at the behest of the Russian government. The report recommended a lifetime ban for five runners. Continue watching
Nov 07 ‘Noise’ heard in last moment of recording from downed Russian plane By News Desk The head of Egypt's investigation into last week's Russian airliner crash in the Sinai Peninsula said Saturday the cockpit recording registered a noise in its last second. Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 4:37 Adjusting its stance, Russia strategizes for possibility of Metrojet terrorism By PBS NewsHour Russia stopped all flights to Egypt after the nation's security chief recommended it wait until investigators concluded what caused the breakup of a passenger jet over the Sinai Peninsula. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner joins Judy Woodruff to discuss… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch 2:03 Thousands of tourists stranded in Egypt as Russia probes Metrojet cause By PBS NewsHour Tens of thousands of tourists have been stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh due to suspended flights after the deadly Metrojet disaster. Now some of the wreckage has been taken to Moscow for explosives testing, in the wake of suggestions that an… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch 2:44 Russia, Egypt dispute British talk of Metrojet bombing By PBS NewsHour Prime Minister David Cameron defended his decision to stop British flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh as Russian officials insisted any talk of a bomb destroying the downed Metrojet airliner is just speculation. Meanwhile, Egypt's government maintained that the crash… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch 5:15 News Wrap: Talk grows of Islamic State bomb on downed Metrojet plane By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Wednesday, the Associated Press and other news outlets reported that U.S. intelligence believes that Islamic State militants planted a bomb on a Russian airliner that broke up and crashed in the Egyptian desert Saturday. Also, a… Continue watching