Jan 23 Poland to ask Germany for sign off on sending tanks to Ukraine By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is pushing Europe to send more military hardware to Kyiv amid complaints that Germany is being too slow in helping to thwart Russia’s invasion. Continue reading
Jan 22 Russia official warns West of ‘global catastrophe’ for arming Ukraine By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press The speaker of the lower house of Russia's parliament warned Sunday that countries supplying Ukraine with more powerful weapons risked their own destruction, a message that followed new pledges of armored vehicles, air defense systems and other equipment but not… Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 2:11 News Wrap: President Lula fires Brazil’s top army commander In our news wrap Saturday, Brazil’s president fired Gen. Julio Cesar de Arruda after calling some members of the army complicit in the Jan. 9 capital riot, Ukraine’s president attended the funeral of officials killed in a helicopter crash, the… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 3:38 News Wrap: Protests in Peru demand ouster of president and call for new elections In our news wrap Friday, Peru braced for more protests of crowds demanding the ouster of the country's new president and new elections, the Church of England has formally apologized for its treatment of LGBTQ people and what it calls… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 10:15 U.S. and European nations sending more arms to Ukraine, but not tanks By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Ukraine is still battling through a winter of war and still appealing for tanks to help turn the tide against the Russians. The U.S. and dozens of other countries wrestled with that question for more than five hours at a… Continue watching
Jan 19 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Biden tours flooding and storm damage in California In our news wrap Thursday, President Biden got an up-close look at the ravages of storms that have swept California, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued an urgent appeal to Western nations today for tanks and air defense systems and more… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch 2:38 Ukrainian interior minister among 14 killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv By Nick Schifrin, Shoshana Dubnow For the first time in nearly 11 months of war with Russia, a Ukrainian cabinet member is dead. Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi was killed when his helicopter went down in a suburb of Kyiv. In all, at least 14 people… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 5:11 News Wrap: Flood and mudslide threats force more evacuations in California In our news wrap Tuesday, much of California caught a break from the rain but communities are still facing flooding and mudslide dangers, the White House rejected criticism that it's been slow to answer questions about classified documents being found… Continue watching
Jan 17 Ukrainian first lady urges foreign leaders to ‘use influence’ to stop Russia-Ukraine war By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Ukraine's first lady warned world leaders at the World Economic Forum's annual gathering that not all of them were using their influence as Russia's invasion leaves children dying and a world struggling with food insecurity. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 5:21 Russian strike kills dozens of civilians as Western nations pledge more aid to Ukraine By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The death toll from a Russian strike in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro rose to 40, with dozens still missing. The rescue efforts continue, but officials acknowledge little hope of finding anyone alive. It was one of the deadliest single… Continue watching