Apr 18 Watch 3:51 News Wrap: International inspectors again denied access to suspected chemical attack site By PBS News Hour In the news wrap Wednesday, a visit by international inspectors to the Syrian town of Douma, site of a suspected chemical attack, was called off Tuesday after a UN security team faced gunfire there. Also, Iran put its military might… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 7:08 North Korea willing to discuss dismantling nuclear program, says Trump official By PBS News Hour There’s no doubt that President Trump and Kim Jong Un intend to meet, said Victoria Coates, special assistant to the president, who noted that the tone coming out of North Korea is making the Trump administration “very hopeful.” Coates joins… Continue watching
Apr 18 WATCH: Trump says he hopes North Korea meeting is successful, but will 'respectfully leave' or cancel if it's not By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Associated Press The president said at a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Florida on Wednesday that he hopes to see the day when the two Koreas can live together in "safety, prosperity and peace."… Continue reading
Apr 18 Erdogan catches Turkey off guard by calling early elections By Suzan Fraser, Associated Press Erdogan announced that parliamentary and presidential elections, originally scheduled for November 2019 will now be held June 24, meaning that a new political system that will increase the powers of the president will take effect a year early. Continue reading
Apr 18 Miguel Diaz-Canel, 57, chosen as next president of Cuba By Michael Weissenstein and Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press The virtually certain unanimous approval of the National Assembly will install someone from outside the Castro family in the country's highest government office for the first time in nearly six decades. Continue reading
Apr 18 Watchdog agency chief rejects Russian claim of 2nd nerve agent in Skripal poisoning By Mike Corder, Associated Press The head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said the second nerve agent had "nothing to do with the samples collected by the OPCW team in Salisbury."… Continue reading
Apr 17 What to expect from Trump's meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Abe By Larisa Epatko Experts say both leaders will have to confront lingering tensions over trade and President Donald Trump's upcoming meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Continue reading
Apr 17 U.S. and North Korea talking at 'extremely high levels' ahead of meeting, Trump says By Jill Colvin, Zeke Miller, Associated Press At Mar-a-Lago with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump also confirmed that North and South Korea are negotiating an end to hostilities before next week's meeting between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Continue reading
Apr 17 UK: Nerve agent that poisoned spy was in liquid form By Associated Press LONDON — The nerve agent used on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was delivered in liquid form, British officials said Tuesday, as they revealed it will take months to clean up the toxic trail the poison… Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch 9:29 Did Trump have the authority to strike Syria? It's 'a gray area,' says Sen. Coons The airstrikes launched by the U.S., UK, and France to punish the Assad regime's alleged use of chemical weapons have renewed questions about presidential warmaking powers. Lisa Desjardins reports on the reaction to the strikes, then talks to Sen. Chris… Continue watching