Oct 12 Watch 7:06 What can stop the extreme violence against Rohingya Muslims? By Travis Daub The mass exodus from Myanmar continues for Rohingya Muslims, who are fleeing what the U.N. has called “a textbook case of ethnic cleansing.” Judy Woodruff speaks with Eric Schwartz of Refugees International and Daniel Russel of Asia Society about the… Continue watching
Oct 12 LISTEN: What Americans heard in mysterious sonic attacks in Havana By Josh Lederman and Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press The Associated Press has obtained a recording of what some U.S. Embassy workers heard in Havana in a series of unnerving incidents later deemed to be deliberate attacks. Continue reading
Oct 12 How a Rohingya mother escaped her village’s terrors in Myanmar By Tania Rashid “They started looting everything. We ran outside and before we knew it we watched our village set ablaze,” said Dildar Begum, one of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh. Continue reading
Oct 12 Protests banned in Kenya after opposition leader pulls out of presidential election By Michael Boulter Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga have been holding regular demonstrations in multiple cities to push for election reforms before a re-run of Kenya’s presidential election later this month. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 8:02 What Iranians think of the nuclear deal and Trump’s tough words By PBS News Hour Sunday marks a deadline for President Trump to certify whether the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran is in the interest of the U.S. and whether Iran is complying. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Reza… Continue watching
Oct 11 Watch 6:35 Iran nuclear deal will remain valid regardless of U.S. decision, says EU policy chief By PBS News Hour President Trump is expected to decertify Iran’s compliance with the international nuclear agreement struck in 2015. Judy Woodruff speaks with Federica Mogherini, foreign policy chief for the European Union and one of the nuclear deal’s chief negotiators, on whether the… Continue watching
Oct 11 A Trump retreat from the Iran deal would damage trust in U.S. dealmaking, EU ally says By Larisa Epatko "This is not a way of making deals, not in foreign policy, not in private businesses, and I think President Trump understands this perfectly well," European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini told PBS NewsHour. Continue reading
Oct 11 Trump disputes NBC report that he wanted a big increase in U.S. nuclear weapons By Robert Burns, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants the U.S. nuclear arsenal in "tiptop shape" but has not asked that it be greatly expanded. Trump was responding to a news report that he had said that he wanted what amounted to… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 4:37 Trump may scrap the Iran nuclear agreement. Here’s what you need to know By PBS News Hour, Nick Schifrin Facing a looming deadline, President Trump is expected not to recertify Tehran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, leaving it to Congress to vote on whether to snap back sanctions, and possibly kill the deal. With fierce debate over what the… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 3:45 Swim lessons help refugees put trust in once-perilous seas By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the sea is a constant reminder of a trauma for the refugees who crossed the water in search of security. But a group of swimming instructors in Lesbos, Greece, is working to… Continue watching