Sep 17 Watch Scottish independence vote too close to call on election eve By PBS News Hour On the eve of Scotland’s historic vote for independence, it’s still unclear whether 4 million projected voters will decide to stay with the United Kingdom or break the union. Gary Gibbon of Independent Television News follows both campaigns for a… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Can U.S. mobilize regional allies to fight Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill speaks with retired Col. Derek Harvey, a former Army intelligence officer, and Steven Simon, a former National Security Council staff member, about the challenges for the U.S. in establishing a coalition to fight the Islamic State extremists. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Stay U.K. or go Scot free? Scotland weighs independence By PBS News Hour Scots are poised to decide whether to stay in a 307-year union with England or strike out on their own. The latest polls show a Scottish referendum on independence could go either way. From London and the British Houses of… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch News Wrap: Russia tests new intercontinental missile By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the Russian Navy test-launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile that can hold 10 nuclear warheads. Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko told his cabinet that the majority of Russian forces have left eastern Ukraine. Also, monsoon… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch News Wrap: WHO projects ‘exponential increase’ for Ebola By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the World Health Organization says that many thousands of new cases of Ebola are expected in the coming weeks in Liberia, origin country of more than half of all cases to occur so far in… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch British newspaper editor sentenced for phone hacking scandal By PBS News Hour A British court sentenced the former editor of Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World tabloid to 18 months in jail for his role in a phone hacking scandal. The practice of reporters hacking into the cellphones of private individuals in… Continue watching
Jun 22 Construction starts on ‘extremely large’ telescope By William Gansa The European Extremely Large Telescope will produce images 15 times sharper than those of the Hubble Telescope, and collect light faster than any other optical or infrared telescope. Continue reading
May 26 Watch Swinging both right and left, anti-EU sentiment sweeps Europe’s parliamentary elections By PBS News Hour Over the weekend, anti-establishment parties on both the right and the left made a strong showing in parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Spain, Greece and others. Matt Frei of Independent Television News reports from Paris on the… Continue watching
Feb 18 UK continues to issue ‘whole-life’ prison sentences, despite human rights concerns By Bridget Bowman The British Court of Appeal ruled that judges should continue issuing “whole-life” prison sentences. The ruling overturns a European court decision that said such terms violate a prisoner’s human rights. Continue reading
Feb 10 Watch News Wrap: Accidental car bomb explosion kills insurgents in Iraq By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a car bomb killed a group of 21 insurgents-in-training in Iraq when the explosive was accidentally detonated in an orchard; police arrested an additional two dozen suspects. Also, the Thames River burst its banks 20… Continue watching