Sep 11 Watch 6:44 What life in transit looks like for refugee families in Europe By PBS News Hour At Budapest's main train station, hundreds of refugees and migrants wait for hours for trains to Austria and beyond. Some have been on the road for weeks and months, trying to get away from death and devastation and make new… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 5:05 News Wrap: More than 10,000 migrants reach Austrian border in 24 hours By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, hundreds of migrants gave up waiting for special Austrian trains raining from the Hungarian border, starting the 40 mile walk to Vienna by foot. Also, a construction crane collapsed into the side of Mecca's Grand… Continue watching
Sep 11 U.S. to welcome 10,000 more Syrians. How are they picked? By Larisa Epatko Heeding international cries for the United States to do its part to help migrants, President Barack Obama has ordered the administration to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. over the next year. Here's how it will work. Continue reading
Sep 11 Hungary enacts tougher laws on illegal immigrants By Michelle Harven Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that beginning next week, immigrants found crossing into the country illegally will be arrested. Continue reading
Sep 11 Crane collapse at Grand Mosque in Mecca kills over 87 people By Amanda Gomez At least 87 people have been killed and almost 200 more injured after a crane fell on Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mosque in Mecca on Friday according to The Guardian. Continue reading
Sep 11 Cuba to pardon 3,500 ahead of Pope visit By Jaclyn Diaz Cuba has declared it will pardon over 3,500 prisoners in the next 72 hours as a humanitarian gesture ahead of Pope Francis’s visit to Cuba next week. Continue reading
Sep 11 Quiz: 5 things to know about Europe's migrant crisis By Larisa Epatko Europe is grappling with tens of thousands of migrants and refugees crossing its borders. Take our 5-minute quiz to learn more about the migrant surge. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 9:23 Trove of fossils from a long-lost human ancestor is greatest find in decades By PBS News Hour Scientists have discovered a new human-like species, deep in a cave system in South Africa. Researchers have said that the discovery could change our conception of human ancestry. For more on the discovery, Jeffrey Brown speaks to Jamie Shreeve of… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 8:27 What does Moscow get from offering Assad military support? By PBS News Hour What do we know about Russia’s military involvement in Syria? Gwen Ifill speaks to Pavel Baev of the Peace Research Institute Oslo and Steven Simon of Dartmouth College. Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 2:20 Russia ramps up support in Syria, causing worry in the West By PBS News Hour As the Islamic State gains more ground in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad has increasingly turned to Russia for support. Videos on social media in recent days appear to show Russian military presence in that country, causing concern in the U.S. Continue watching