Jan 20 Watch 6:06 Former NATO chief Stoltenberg on how the world is responding to Trump’s return By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi President Trump vowed that the State Department will have an "America first" foreign policy. Nick Schifrin discussed how the world is responding to Trump's inauguration with Jens Stoltenberg, the most recent secretary general of NATO who will become the chairman… Continue watching
Jan 20 Watch 4:18 News Wrap: 3 Israeli hostages released as ceasefire appears to be holding By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Israeli hostages have been reuniting with loved ones as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding, humanitarian aid trucks are flowing into Gaza as part of the agreement, a British teen pleaded… Continue watching
Jan 20 WATCH: Saying he wants to be ‘peacemaker and unifier,’ Trump vows to rename ‘Gulf of America’ By Hannah Grabenstein President Donald Trump said in his second inaugural address Monday that he would “build the strongest military the world has ever seen.”… Continue reading
Jan 20 Hamas returns 3 Israeli hostages and Israel frees 90 Palestinian prisoners as ceasefire takes hold By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Dozens of Palestinian prisoners have been freed by Israel after three hostages left Hamas captivity in an exchange that took place after 15 months of collective grief and anxiety. Continue reading
Jan 20 Pope Francis calls Trump’s plans of mass deportation of immigrants ‘a disgrace’ By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis says Donald Trump's plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a "disgrace."… Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 5:29 Father of U.S.-Israeli hostage hopeful for son’s release as Gaza ceasefire gets underway By John Yang, Andrew Corkery Three women are back on Israeli soil for the first time in 15 months since they were kidnapped in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and held captive in Gaza, as a long-awaited ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect… Continue watching
Jan 19 Taliban deputy presses leader to end education bans on Afghan women and girls By Associated Press A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy. Continue reading
Jan 19 Trump’s inauguration will be the first in U.S. history to be attended by foreign leaders By Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump invited Chinese President Xi Jinping and conservative world leaders such as Argentine President Javier Milei and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni to the inauguration. Xi is sending his vice president as his representative. Continue reading
Jan 19 Supporters of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon riot over his formal arrest By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said Sunday that he remains defiant in his refusal to answer questions over the probe into his declaration of martial law last month. Continue reading
Jan 19 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks on start of Gaza ceasefire and release of Israeli hostages By Associated Press President Joe Biden on Sunday said “the guns in Gaza have gone silent” under a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas he outlined in May. Continue reading