NewsHour

Nov 20 2024 15 ep. 47 mins 1.3k
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Global news and analysis from the BBC World Service, twice a day, every day of the year. Join our leading team of presenters for the best interviews, features and analysis of world events.

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Biden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines

Nov 20 2024 45 mins  
A senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Gregory Meeks, says the US has no choice but to keep bolstering its military support for Kyiv.Also on the programme: The wife of Uganda’s opposition leader Kizza Besigye on her husband’s arrest; a BBC reporter’s encounter with the lookalike of the media personality Logan Paul; and a tribute to guitarist Vic Flick, famo

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai testifies in court for first time

Nov 20 2024 47 mins  
Jimmy Lai, one of Hong Kong's most influential pro-democracy figures, has testified in court for the first time in a national security trial that may see him sentenced to life in jail.Also in the programme: Washington is sending anti-personnel landmines to Ukraine in a reversal of previous policy as the Russian advance gathers pace; and we speak to Richard Flanagan, the first write

Senior Republican Senator on Ukraine and Trump nominations

Nov 19 2024 47 mins  
It is 1000 days since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and senior Republican on the Armed Forces Committee in the US Senate, Roger Wicker, has welcomed the decision by President Biden to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles against Russia, but argues that it should have come sooner. He tells Newshour: "The best way to combat the illegal breach of international law is

Moscow says Ukraine fired US-supplied long range missiles into Russia

Nov 19 2024 47 mins  
Moscow says Ukraine has launched American-supplied long-range missiles into the country, a day after Washington gave its permission for such attacks.Also on the programme: we speak to the wife of one of the 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong who have been given long jail terms; and, Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the centre of france's mass rape trial, makes her final statement

Russia accuses US of escalating Ukraine war with missile decision

Nov 18 2024 46 mins  
Russia has vowed to respond if Ukraine uses US long-range ATACMS missiles to hit its territory. We'll hear views from Ukraine, Russia and Germany. Also in the programme: armed looters hijacked almost 100 trucks carrying aid supplies into Gaza; and French singer-songwriter Charles Dumont, who composed Edith Piaf's "Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien", has died.(Photo: A resident carries out

Russia anger at US Ukraine missile decision

Nov 18 2024 48 mins  
President Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to hit Russia with American long-range missiles has prompted scorn in Moscow. What difference will the move by the outgoing administration make - and might other Western allies follow the US' lead?Also in the programme: We'll hear from Delhi, the Indian city which gasps under unrelenting toxic smog; and he leaders of the world's most powe

Biden allows Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US missiles

Nov 17 2024 47 mins  
US media say President Biden has made a major policy change, by letting Ukraine use long-range missiles to hit targets deep inside Russia. Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, has long called for the change. There's been no confirmation from the White House.Also in the programme: An Israeli airstrike in central Beirut is reported to have killed Hezbollah’s media chief; Russian o

Russia attacks Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Nov 17 2024 47 mins  
Russia has again targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure; we hear from the governor of one of the regions that has been hit. Also in the programme: Israeli airstrikes on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza kill at least forty-six people in a multi-storey building; why Maoris and their supporters are marching to protest against a proposed change to New Zealand’s founding treaty; and t

US and Chinese leaders to discuss “delicate transition” in Lima

Nov 16 2024 47 mins  
US and Chinese leaders to discuss “delicate transition” in Lima as President Biden holds his last talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on sides of APEC summit. Also in the programme: families of Israeli hostages in Gaza on Donald Trump’s hopes to secure the hostages release; and we ask what happened on the dark side of the moon nearly three billion years ago?(IMAGE: Presi

Zelensky says war will 'end sooner' with Trump

Nov 16 2024 47 mins  
President Zelensky says that with Donald Trump in power in the US, Ukraine's war with Russia will end sooner than expected: does this signal a big change in his thinking? We hear from a Ukrainian MP.Also in the programme: we hear live from South Africa where a stand-off continues between police and illegal miners at an abandoned gold mine; and we follow the Afghans leaving their ho