Jun 17 Watch 6:04 News Wrap: Putin praises Biden as ‘professional,’ emphasizes cybersecurity cooperation By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Thursday, Russia's President Vladimir Putin was back in Moscow offering new praise for his Geneva summit with President Joe Biden. A compromise proposal by Senator Joe Manchin to rewrite federal elections law picked up support and… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch 10:28 Watch Iraq’s secretive counterterrorism unit track down and extract an ISIS fighter By Leila Molana-Allen Seven years ago this month the Islamic State declared its caliphate, killing thousands in its years-long reign of terror in Iraq and Syria. The group may have lost its territory, but its fighters still plague Iraq. Special Correspondent Leila Molana-Allen… Continue watching
Jun 17 Ex-President Gbagbo back in Ivory Coast after acquittal By Yesica Fisch, Associated Press Gbagbo was extradited to the International Criminal Court at The Hague in 2011 and spent eight years awaiting trial on war crimes charges. A judge acquitted him in 2019, saying prosecutors had failed to prove their case. Continue reading
Jun 17 House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The repeal legislation was passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 268-161. Forty-nine Republicans voted for the bill. Only one Democrat, Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, voted against it. Continue reading
Jun 17 Editors of Hong Kong newspaper arrested under security law By Zen Soo, Associated Press Hong Kong police used a sweeping national security law Thursday to arrest five editors and executives of a pro-democracy newspaper on charges of colluding with foreign powers. Continue reading
Jun 17 Rafael Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon and Tokyo Olympics By Associated Press Rafael Nadal will not play at Wimbledon or at the Tokyo Olympics, saying Thursday he has decided to skip the two tournaments after "listening" to his body. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 8:13 Key takeaways from tense but ‘constructive’ US-Russia summit By Yamiche Alcindor, Meredith Lee The summit in Switzerland is over, and President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are headed home. As expected, there were no large breakthroughs from talks between the two leaders. Instead, both sides cast the talks as business-like, “positive”… Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch 8:19 Exploring the issues affecting US-Russia relations and the future of diplomacy By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn There was a lot at stake and a lot discussed Wednesday during President Joe Biden's meeting with Russia's president Vladimir Putin. Nick Schifrin explores the outcome of their summit with Fiona Hill. Hill served as senior director for European and… Continue watching
Jun 16 Watch 5:08 News Wrap: Federal Reserve projects rate increases in 2023 as economy recovers from COVID In our news wrap Wednesday, the Federal Reserve signaled it may raise a key, short-term interest rate — from near-zero — sooner than planned. The European Union called for lifting travel restrictions on Americans. North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un warned… Continue watching
Jun 16 ‘This is not about trust,’ Biden says of talks with Putin By Meredith Lee The meeting was the final and arguably the most anticipated part of Biden’s first foreign trip as commander in chief. Biden in the past has called Putin a “killer,” but in the days leading up to the summit, referred to… Continue reading