Nov 19 Podcast: The women of the Islamic State By P. J. Tobia Women make up 10 to 15 percent of foreigners that have traveled to the so-called Islamic State. And these women play a critical role in building the state. For this week's Shortwave podcast, P.J. Tobia interviews Audrey Alexander, a researcher… Continue reading
Nov 18 Watch 7:54 Terror attacks bring greater urgency to finding migrant crisis solutions By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch 3:04 Why is France a target? Look to its alienated Muslim youth By Vanessa Dennis Friday’s tragedy was just one of a number of terrorist attacks suffered by Paris across the past decade. Former New York Times Paris bureau chief Elaine Sciolino offers her take on why France has been a target. Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch 2:45 Parisians fight terror with a simple act: returning to cafes By PBS News Hour Their country is in a state of emergency, but Parisians are back at their neighborhood cafes, taking solace in normal life and even showing a little defiance toward the attackers who killed so many people. Hari Sreenivasan reports from Paris. Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch Paris terror and the migrant crisis tear at Europe's open borders By PBS News Hour How to deal with hundreds of thousands of migrants, many fleeing from Syria? It's a question that was already tearing at the fabric of Europe before the attacks in Paris, with different countries taking very different stances. But after Friday… Continue watching
Nov 18 Watch 9:16 Mayhem in a Paris suburb as police search for mastermind By PBS News Hour French police made an early morning raid on an apartment in a suburb of Paris to disrupt another conspiracy for an imminent terrorist attack. Seven were arrested and two died, but the target was Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged ringleader of… Continue watching
Nov 18 UK to shut down coal-fired power plants by 2025 By Gretchen Frazee The UK plans to shut down all its coal-fired power plants by 2025 and replace the energy source largely with natural gas, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd announced Wednesday. Continue reading
Nov 18 Why the Islamic State hates France By Jessica Stern Why France in particular? While many experts focus on the Islamic State’s narrative of victory, I see a narrative of overcoming humiliation, and a chance to recover lost dignity. Continue reading
Nov 18 Chief suspect in Paris attacks died in raid, French authorities confirm By News Desk Updated: French authorities confirm that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the Belgian suspect behind the Paris attacks, died in a police raid Wednesday. Continue reading