Jun 23 Watch 51:39 Monday, June 23, 2014 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, Secretary of State John Kerry visits Iraq to urge political reform. Also: Three Al Jazeera journalists are convicted on terrorism charges in Egypt, previewing Tuesday’s slate of congressional primaries, teaching young adults the skills to get… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch Crackdown on Al Jazeera journalists helps government control Egypt's narrative By Ariel Min The controversial convictions of three Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt are among the most high-profile cases in a general crackdown on dissent. Jeffrey Brown talks to Michele Dunne of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Michael Hanna of the… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch Egypt's conviction of Al Jazeera journalists sparks international outcry By PBS News Hour The Egyptian court where Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed were convicted on terrorism charges broke into pandemonium when their jail sentences were announced. Jeffrey Brown reports the trial was widely dismissed by Western officials… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch Can U.S. break away from World Cup 'group of death'? By PBS News Hour U.S. soccer fans watched Portugal extinguish an American victory with less than a minute left. The match ended in a tie of 2-2, but a win by the U.S. would have carried the team to the next round of the… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch Kerry urges Iraq's embattled premier to use more inclusive government to oppose ISIL By PBS News Hour Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stern warning during a visit with the Shiite-led Iraqi government, urging immediate and united action to stand against ISIL. Meanwhile government forces lost control of the entire frontier with Syria and Jordan and… Continue watching
Jun 23 Watch News Wrap: FBI recovers child victims of sex trafficking across the U.S. By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, a nationwide FBI operation has recovered 168 victims of child sex trafficking. The children are Americans and many had never been reported missing, said FBI director James Comey. Also, Syria handed over the last of… Continue watching
Jun 23 Margaret Warner recalls how Mohamed Fahmy helped NewsHour crew escape an attack By Margaret Myers In 2011, PBS NewsHour chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner and a television crew narrowly escaped the rush of an angry mob outside of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. It was the swift actions of journalist Mohamed Fahmy that safely… Continue reading
Jun 23 Kerry to Iraq leaders: Sharing power is critical to staving off civil war By Lara Jakes, Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press Meeting with all factions, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had a dire message to leaders of Iraq's bitterly divided Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish political coalitions who have lived through more than three decades of dictatorship, sanctions and wars. "This… Continue reading
Jun 23 Over the phone, Obama urges Putin to stop backing separatists By Associated Press Obama and Putin spoke by telephone on Monday morning. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Obama urged Putin to use his personal influence with those separatists to promote peace and stability in Ukraine. He says a diplomatic solution is still… Continue reading
Jun 23 World Cup 2014: What are U.S.'s chances after Portugal tie? By Larisa Epatko After the U.S. soccer team’s unexpected win against Ghana -- the team that had eliminated the United States in past World Cups -- fans bedecked in red, white and blue chanted, “We want Portugal! We want Portugal!” But what are… Continue reading