Sep 20 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Sept. 20, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition of PBS NewsHour Weekend for Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014, dozens of Turkish hostages held by Islamic State militants are freed. Later, why can't retailers stop hackers from carrying out massive data breaches? And, in our signature segment,… Continue watching
Sep 20 Thousands of Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey after Islamic State attacks By Rialda Zukic Thousands of Syrian Kurds have fled to Turkey since Friday after Islamic State fighters attacked dozens of villages. Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch Promising Roma crackdown, far-right party gains ground in Hungary By PBS News Hour Over ten million gypsy, or Roma, people live in Europe today. In the small EU nation of Hungary, a rising tide of right-wing politics has led to deepening tensions with the country’s Roma minority. NewsHour's Stephen Fee reports. Continue watching
Sep 20 NATO general: Truce in Ukraine a ‘cease-fire in name only’ By Robert Burns, Associated Press NATO's top general said Saturday the two-week-old truce between Ukraine and pro-Russian militants fighting in the country's east is a "cease-fire in name only," and he said that by enabling a free flow of weapons and fighters across the border… Continue reading
Sep 20 ‘A desire to be recognized’: Why have Americans joined the Islamic State? By Nancy Benac, Deb Riechmann, Associated Press Their reasons for joining an extremist cause a half-world away are as varied as their geography and life stories. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Sept. 19, 2014 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, Iran’s foreign minister weighs in on how to deal with the Islamic State group. Also: Voters in Scotland reject U.K. independence, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba sells its first shares on the NYSE, daredevils get an extreme… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch Brooks and Dionne on ground troop debate, Hillary’s chances of running By PBS News Hour New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including conflict over President Obama’s strategy to rule out the possibility of using ground troops against the Islamic State, what… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch Alibaba’s stunning American IPO signals confidence in Chinese economy By PBS News Hour Within 10 minutes of its rollout on the New York Stock Exchange, Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba sold 100 million shares and earned $25 billion. Though not a household name in the U.S., it’s extremely popular in China and enjoys close… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch How will Scotland’s vote change the U.K. power balance? By PBS News Hour Since Scots decided to stay with the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised more powers for Scotland. Louise Richardson of the University of St. Andrews and David Rennie of The Economist speak with Judy Woodruff about the… Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch Scotland says ‘no thanks’ to independence By PBS News Hour Voter turnout in Scotland topped an unprecedented 85 percent for a referendum on whether to leave the United Kingdom. In the end, 55 percent voted to stay. And with the threat of separation gone, Prime Minister David Cameron renewed a… Continue watching