Jul 19 Watch 3:58 News Wrap: 'We have your backs,' says Obama in open letter to cops By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama penned an open letter to law enforcement officers condemning attacks on police. Also, airstrikes aimed at Islamic State forces in northern Syria killed at least 56, according to opposition activists. Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch 12:06 After failed coup, Erdogan emerges stronger and Turkey's secularism weaker By Marcia Biggs Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have emerged from Friday’s failed coup stronger, but the rule of secular law may suffer. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports and Hari Sreenivasan learns more from chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner and… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch 53:50 PBS NewsHour full episode July 18, 2016 By PBS News Hour Monday on the Newshour, the Republican National Convention convenes in Cleveland. We get a preview of the events, delve into Donald Trump’s life story, plus a look at the divides in the GOP. Also: What a failed coup in Turkey… Continue watching
Jul 18 Ax attack on German train leaves four wounded By News Desk A teenager wielding an ax and a knife wounded four riders on a train passing through south German state of Bavaria late Monday. Continue reading
Jul 18 Photos: A mother's story of survival in drought-ridden Malawi By Sebastian Rich As one of the worst droughts ever recorded in Southern and Eastern Africa continues, photojournalist Sebastian Rich has been documenting the desperate lives of the most vulnerable affected in Malawi and Mozambique for UNICEF. View a collection of his photos. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 24:19 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 17, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this episode for Sunday, July 17, three police officers were shot and killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the country’s fourth high-profile officer-involved shooting in two weeks. Later, on the eve of the Republican National Convention, two biographers share… Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch 4:41 More than 6,000 detained in Turkey after failed military coup By Marcia Biggs The Turkish government, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, detained 6,000 people after this weekend’s failed military coup, including three generals and hundreds of soldiers. On Sunday, tens of thousands marched through the streets of Ankara in a show of… Continue watching
Jul 17 Officials push to bar Russian Olympic delegation if doping allegations true By Omar Etman Antidoping officials are preparing to request a complete ban of the Russian delegation from the Summer Olympics if allegations of a state-run doping scandal at the 2014 Winter Games are verified. Continue reading
Jul 17 Photos: Black Lives Matter movement takes hold in London, where police shootings are rare By Corinne Segal Recent police killings in the U.S. have inspired protests throughout the country and around the world. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch 25:08 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 16, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, July 16, the Trump-Pence ticket makes its debut, just two days before the GOP convention begins. Later, a failed coup attempt in Turkey leaves hundreds killed. And, from Nice, France, the latest on the investigation… Continue watching