Oct 20 Watch 6:31 What drove Canada's Liberal Party election upset By PBS News Hour Canadians woke up to a new political era, leaving behind nearly a decade of Conservative leadership. The Liberals won a resounding majority, ushering in Justin Trudeau as the next prime minister. Judy Woodruff learns more from John Northcott of the… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 3:43 Slovenia asks EU for help policing migrant crossings By PBS News Hour Slovenia says nearly 20,000 migrants have entered the country from Croatia since Friday. On Tuesday, police on horseback tried to herd thousands of people to packed reception centers while the parliament considered sending additional troops to help prevent illegal crossings. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 4:31 News Wrap: House GOP mull choice for speaker By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, House Republicans convened to discuss their choice for speaker, amid reports that Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is edging closer to running. Also, former Gov. Jim Webb dropped his bid for the White House after… Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch 54:37 PBS NewsHour full episode October 20, 2015 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, Canada’s Liberal Party makes a comeback. Also: How Slovenia and Greece are coping with the migrant crisis, a new study on treatment for schizophrenia, changing the guidelines for mammograms, how the oil boom brought football back… Continue watching
Oct 20 Meet Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau By News Desk Justin Trudeau, head of Canada’s Liberal Party, swept into power on Monday in a stunning defeat to the decade-long conservative leadership of Stephen Harper. Continue reading
Oct 20 Lessons learned from Cuban Missile Crisis, not so much in South Asia By Michael D. Mosettig Just about anyone with the slightest connection to the Cuban Missile Crisis 53 years ago has penned their recollections, including me. But few of those who were around then, and certainly subsequent generations, have much recall of a simultaneous conflict… Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 4:31 Wave of terror attacks widens gulf between Israeli, Palestinian authorities By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 6:40 Volkswagen owners left in limbo after emissions revelations By PBS News Hour Last month, some 500,000 U.S. owners of Volkswagen and Audi's so-called "clean diesel" cars learned they had been duped. Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against the company and more are likely as states, car dealers and consumers grapple with… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 5:16 News Wrap: UN draft climate accord faces criticism at Germany talks By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, as a week of UN climate talks opened in Germany, African states complained that their demands for the draft accord had been ignored. Also, a security firm says that China's agreement not to hack U.S. Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 7:35 How the children of Argentina's 'disappeared' are being reunited with their birth families By PBS News Hour During Argentina's military dictatorship, as many as 30,000 people simply “disappeared,” including some young, pregnant women, whose babies were then given to couples deemed sympathetic to the regime. What happened to those children, who are now adults? Retro Report, distributed… Continue watching