Jun 28 Watch 8:07 Will Britain’s Grenfell fire tragedy spur change for social services? By PBS News Hour The deadly Grenfell Tower fire is raising questions about the ways the United Kingdom cares for its poorest citizens. Prime Minister Theresa May has promised a national investigation into the tragedy and the flammable material believed to have accelerated the… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 5:12 How a sophisticated malware attack is wreaking havoc on Ukraine By PBS News Hour Governments and industries the world over are trying to deal with a new cyberattack, originating Tuesday in Ukraine and spreading rapidly through Europe and beyond. The new attack shows signs of greater technical sophistication than one in early May, but… Continue watching
Jun 28 Homeland demands more security on international flights to U.S. By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Homeland Security Department is demanding that airlines around the world step up security measures for international flights bound for the United States or face the possibility of a total electronics ban for planes. Continue reading
Jun 28 Mattis says Syria’s government taking U.S. threat seriously By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Syria's government has taken seriously the U.S. warning against launching another chemical weapons attack, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday. Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH LIVE: Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russian interference in European elections By News Desk A former State Department official and several others will appear Wednesday in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify on Russian interference in European elections. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch 6:29 Walking the Silk Road, where globalization got started By PBS News Hour The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days. Salopek began his "Out of Eden" walk four years ago in Ethiopia. Now Hari Sreenivasan catches up… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 3:37 White House warns Syria not to prepare another chemical weapon attack By PBS News Hour The Trump administration delivered a new stark warning about the use of chemical weapons to the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad, saying the U.S. had detected "potential preparations” to use the banned weapons again; an April chemical attack that… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch 3:10 News Wrap: Cyberattack hits European companies, Ukraine power grid By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 27 WATCH: Rex Tillerson, Ivanka Trump unveil annual human trafficking report By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The United States asserted Tuesday that Myanmar is no longer one of the world's worst offenders on human trafficking, while removing both Myanmar and Iraq from a list of countries that use child soldiers. Continue reading
Jun 27 Pentagon says it detected ‘active preparations’ by Syria for chemical attack By Robert Burns, Associated Press The Pentagon said it detected "active preparations" by Syria for a chemical weapons attack, giving weight to a White House statement hours earlier that the Syrian government would "pay a heavy price" if it carried out such an attack. Continue reading