Episodes

  • News Wrap: Israel targets eastern and southern Lebanon with more deadly airstrikes

    News Wrap: Israel targets eastern and southern Lebanon with more deadly airstrikes
    Nov 16 2024
    In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 people in Lebanon and Gaza, a patient in California is being treated for a new form of mpox first seen in eastern Congo, prosecutors allege Sean "Diddy" Combs is trying to obstruct justice while awaiting trial in jail, and a much-hyped boxing event between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul was marred by Netflix streaming glitches. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    3 mins
  • The future of U.S.-China relations after Biden's final meeting with Xi

    The future of U.S.-China relations after Biden's final meeting with Xi
    Nov 16 2024
    President Biden met on Saturday for the third and final time during his term with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Their sit-down was on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru. William Brangham speaks with Nick Schifrin about Biden's goals for the meeting and what to expect when President-elect Trump takes the reins in two months' time. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    7 mins
  • Report highlights disproportionate killings of Indigenous environmental activists

    Report highlights disproportionate killings of Indigenous environmental activists
    Nov 16 2024
    Leaders at the United Nations' COP29 climate change summit are being pressed this year to address the rising threats to environmentalists and defenders of human rights. Ali Rogin looks at the challenges facing these activists around the world and speaks with Laura Furones, a senior adviser at the environmental watchdog and advocacy group Global Witness, to learn more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    8 mins
  • News Wrap: Biden in Peru for APEC Summit, one of his final appearances on world stage

    News Wrap: Biden in Peru for APEC Summit, one of his final appearances on world stage
    Nov 15 2024
    In our news wrap Friday, all eyes on President Joe Biden as world leaders gather at the APEC Summit in Peru for one of his final appearances on the world stage, climate experts are calling for an urgent overhaul of the United Nation's COP climate talks and Lebanon's caretaker prime minister has asked Iran to help secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    5 mins
  • How 'donations' from the West are inundating Ghana with toxic waste

    How 'donations' from the West are inundating Ghana with toxic waste
    Nov 15 2024
    When Americans no longer want a car, laptop or clothes, where do some of those goods go? Most end up in the Global South, where millions of people depend on repairing, dismantling or selling them for a livelihood. Environmental groups say this is a toxic trifecta of waste that inflicts damage to land, coastlines and health. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    10 mins
  • News Wrap: Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes killed at least 15 people there

    News Wrap: Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes killed at least 15 people there
    Nov 14 2024
    In our news wrap Thursday, Syrian state media says Israel carried out two airstrikes killing at least 15 people near Damascus, suicides within the U.S. military increased last year continuing a long-term trend, New Jersey declared a drought warning as parts of the northeast see the driest conditions experienced in nearly 120 years and the Pentagon poured cold water on reports of alien sightings. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    6 mins
  • News Wrap: Blinken pledges to rush aid to Ukraine in Biden administration's final months

    News Wrap: Blinken pledges to rush aid to Ukraine in Biden administration's final months
    Nov 13 2024
    In our news wrap Wednesday, Secretary of State Blinken pledged to rush aid to Ukraine in the Biden administration's final months, a U.S. government employee has been charged with leaking classified information about Israel's plans to attack Iran, the FBI revealed Chinese affiliated actors targeted telecommunications companies and drug overdose deaths appear to be showing a sustained decline. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    9 mins
  • News Wrap: U.S. will not limit arms transfers to Israel

    News Wrap: U.S. will not limit arms transfers to Israel
    Nov 12 2024
    In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. will not limit arms transfers to Israel after seeing some progress in boosting aid to Gaza, a judge delayed a decision on whether to uphold Trump's hush-money conviction, the airman who leaked classified military documents about the Ukraine war was sentenced and a judge blocked a Louisiana law forcing public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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    6 mins