Sep 09 Watch 3:05 Queen Elizabeth marks her record reign with a rail trip By PBS News Hour In 1952, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II assumed the throne after the death of her father. More than 63 years later, her reign has lasted longer than that of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, who up until now had been the nation's… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 5:30 On the front lines of the refugee crisis, Hungarians worry about accepting newcomers By PBS News Hour In Hungary, the constant flow of images of refugees on the news -- with some media reports playing it up for the scariest possible impact -- have caused many to worry about the arrival of newcomers from the Middle East. Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 5:02 News Wrap: Al-Qaida rebels capture key Syrian air base By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, al-Qaida rebels and other captured a key air base in Syria. The victory means that virtually all of a major province is free of government control. Meanwhile, there are growing signs of a Russian military… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode September 9, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, European nations address the massive influx of migrants and refugees. Also: Republicans attempt to delay a vote on the Iran nuclear deal, thousands put their lives on the line to keep Western wildfires from spreading, the… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 5:01 Desperate conditions push refugees in Lebanon to dream of Europe By PBS News Hour While the surge of refugees in Europe is relatively new, Lebanon has been inundated by fleeing Syrians for four years; a quarter of the country's residents are refugees. In Beirut, some families are living in the rubble of bombed-out houses. Continue watching
Sep 09 Photos: Hundreds of migrants and refugees wait in limbo at Hungarian border By William Brangham, Saskia de Melker, Jon Gerberg A PBS NewsHour crew reports from the Hungarian border this week, as the flood of migrants and refugees into Europe continues to overwhelm. Correspondent William Brangham, and producers Saskia de Melker and Jon Gerberg posted these photos from a makeshift… Continue reading
Sep 09 Officials: U.S. to increase number of refugees by 5,000 next year By Mary Clare Jalonick, Bradley Klapper, Associated Press Officials say the United States is prepared to increase the number of refugees it resettles by 5,000 next year as European countries struggle to accommodate tens of thousands of refugees from the Middle East and Africa. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Refugees break through police at overflow camp in Hungary By PBS News Hour At the Hungarian border, a fence erected by the government is being built to keep refugees and migrants out -- a stark contrast to the response of other European nations, which are debating how and whether to let more people… Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 6:41 Winning new Democratic support, Iran deal passage is all over but the shouting By PBS News Hour Three remaining Senate Democratic holdouts announced they will back the Iran nuclear deal, bringing the number of supporters to at least 41 votes. That's enough to block majority Republicans -- who unanimously oppose the deal -- from disapproving the agreement. Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch 3:47 Lesbos struggles to register unending waves of migrants By PBS News Hour On the Greek island of Lesbos, 4,000 people a day are coming to shore. Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Independent Television News visits a municipal park that’s been taking over by migrants who are waiting to be processed before they can leave… Continue watching