Sep 22 Watch 5:27 In Puerto Rico after Maria, ‘we’ve got nothing and we don’t know for how long we’ll go without’ By PBS News Hour Stories from storm victims in Puerto Rico are emerging after Hurricane Maria knocked out communications and power on the island. It could take years for some Caribbean islands to fully recover as the storm continues to move across the region… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 7:02 News Wrap: Kim Jong Un threatens to ‘tame’ Trump By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Kim Jong Un responded to President Trump’s threats to North Korea by warning the president that he would face consequences “beyond his expectations” and further escalating the war of words between the two leaders. Also,… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch in 360: Rescuers search for survivors in collapsed apartment building in Mexico City By William Brangham Hundreds of rescuers worked Wednesday night to find four women believed to be trapped in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in the La Condesa neighborhood in Mexico City. Volunteers removed the rubble by hand, carrying it away in… Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH LIVE: Day 4 of UN General Assembly debate By Joshua Barajas World leaders deliver speeches for a fourth day at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Friday. You can watch them here. Continue reading
Sep 22 Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘madman’ amid new sanctions against North Korea By Matthew Pennington and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Trump's move to punish foreign companies that deal with the North was the latest salvo in a U.S.-led campaign to isolate and impoverish Kim's government until his country halts its missile and nuclear tests. Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch 8:45 Why Melinda Gates thinks the U.S. must protect foreign aid By PBS News Hour As President Trump stressed his “America-first” approach in remarks to the United Nations this week, Bill and Melinda Gates hosted a conference to unveil the results of a three-year-long Gates Foundation study on the world’s major health issues. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 2:48 Hurricane Maria’s destructive tear across the Caribbean By PBS News Hour Hurricane Maria lashed the Dominican Republic with heavy wind and rain on Thursday, a day after the storm pounded the island of Puerto Rico. The hurricane ravaged other islands across the Caribbean, including Dominica and St. Croix in the U.S. Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 6:23 In Mexico, a race against time to rescue earthquake survivors from the rubble By PBS News Hour Hundreds of rescuers in Mexico continued to search for survivors Thursday after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday left at least 270 dead. A collapsed school in Mexico City sparked a desperate search for a girl that gripped the country,… Continue watching
Sep 21 WATCH: Haley says world leaders ‘appreciated how blunt and honest’ Trump was in UN speech By Joshua Barajas U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley gave an update from the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Continue reading
Sep 21 PHOTOS: After earthquake strikes Mexico, community comes out to help By Larisa Epatko Volunteers formed lines to carry buckets of debris away from damaged sites. Other helpers distributed bottles of water to work areas and neighbors cooked food for the rescuers. Continue reading