Nov 09 Watch 5:38 How will the Russian sports cheating scandal affect future Olympic games? By PBS News Hour 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 News Hour 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 News Hour 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 News Hour 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 News Hour 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
Nov 04 U.S. diplomats: Russian strikes have not halted Islamic State By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Two top U.S. diplomats said Wednesday that 85 to 90 percent of Russian air strikes in Syria have killed moderate opposition forces and civilians and that Moscow's intervention has done little to stop Islamic State militants. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 6:01 News Wrap: More unconfirmed clues emerge in Metrojet investigation By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, U.S. officials say images shot from space may offer clues to a Russian airliner’s destruction over Egypt. Also, a Turkish crackdown on alleged followers of a major opposition leader intensified; at least 44 people accused… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 4:55 What we know so far about the Metrojet mystery By PBS News Hour What downed a Russian airliner and killed 224 people on its path from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg? The cause remains far from clear. Gwen Ifill speaks to Alan Diehl, a former National Transportation Safety Board investigator and author of… Continue watching