Aug 28 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Aug. 28, 2014 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, Ukraine accuses Russia of making a military advance across the border. Also: Speeding up human trials of a new Ebola vaccine, providing for unaccompanied child migrants, reinventing Chicago’s community colleges and the creative process behind designing… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch What's driving Russia to raise the stakes in Ukraine? By PBS News Hour As Kiev accuses Russia of an outright invasion, Hari Sreenivasan gets a closer look at rising tensions on the ground from The New York Times’s Andrew Kramer, reporting from Donetsk. Then Jeffrey Brown talks to Andrew Weiss of the Carnegie… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch Ebola's spread hastens preparations for vaccine testing By PBS News Hour An Ebola vaccine may be ready for human testing as early as next week. Though the vaccine is in its first stage of testing with humans, it showed favorable results in an infected monkey. Gwen Ifill learns more from Dr. Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch Ukraine accuses Russian forces of invasion By PBS News Hour Ukraine claims Russian forces are on Ukrainian soil, and are helping rebels open a new front in the southeast. Kiev confirmed the rebels have captured the town of Novoazovsk, leaving the port city of Mariupol vulnerable to attack. At the… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch News Wrap: Islamic State executes captured Syrian fighters By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Islamic State militants reportedly executed more that 150 Syrian soldiers taken during recent fighting. Meanwhile, President Obama tamped down expectations for military action in Syria, saying the U.S. priority is to fight Islamic State in… Continue watching
Aug 28 Obama condemns Russia for Ukraine violence; rules out U.S. military involvement By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press Ukrainian officials say two Russian military columns have rolled into the southeastern part of Ukraine after missiles were fired at a border post. Continue reading
Aug 28 Obama: 'no strategy yet' for U.S. military action in Syria By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Barack Obama played down the prospect of imminent U.S. military action in Syria on Thursday, saying "we don't have a strategy yet" for degrading the violent militant group seeking to establish a caliphate in the Middle East. Continue reading
Aug 28 Ebola outbreak could affect 20,000 people before it's over By Ayan Sheikh, Sarah McHaney Controlling the epidemic could cost $490 million and will need the help of thousands of local health workers and hundreds of international experts. Continue reading
Aug 28 Changing the face of leadership in Nepal By Larisa Epatko They grew up in two different countries -- Claire Charamnac in Singapore and Claire Naylor in Nepal -- where they both became conscious of the disadvantages women faced. When they came together at Georgetown University, they decided to do something… Continue reading