PBS News Hour - World

Nov 20 2024 25 ep. 8 mins 53.1k
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Learn more about your world through in-depth analysis and on-the-ground reports. (Updated periodically) PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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An inside look at how gang warfare in Haiti has devastated daily life

Nov 20 2024 10 mins  
Despite a UN-approved security mission that deployed in June to try and restore some order, large swaths of the country remain under gang control and violence is endemic. Special Correspondent Marcia Biggs and videographer Eric O'Connor traveled there for a look at the depth of the crisis. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

On 1,000th day of war, Ukraine hits targets inside Russia with U.S.-made missile system

Nov 19 2024 5 mins  
One thousand days ago, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine marked that grim milestone with a first, using a long-range American missile system to hit a target inside Russia. Also Tuesday, Russia updated its nuclear doctrine that says it could use nuclear weapons if attacked by a conventionally armed country supported by a nuclear power. Nick Schifrin reports

After devastating hurricane, Grenada demands global action on climate change

Nov 19 2024 54 mins  
Delegates at the U.N. climate summit are frantically trying to strike a deal that would provide as much as $1 trillion per year for developing countries to help them withstand the impact of climate change. No country is watching the talks more closely than Grenada. Hurricane Beryl, energized by warmer waters, caused catastrophic damage there in July. Special correspondent Laura Tre

News Wrap: Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 21 people

Nov 18 2024 5 mins  
In our news wrap Monday, Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least 21 people in two regions, Israeli strikes pounded Lebanon's capital just blocks from parliament and other government landmarks, President Biden urged Congress to pass $100 billion in emergency aid following hurricanes and toxic smog is blanketing parts of northern India where pollution levels are 50 times what's de

Attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Europe heightens tensions and antisemitism fears

Nov 18 2024 6 mins  
Jewish community leaders in the Netherlands are urging their Muslim counterparts to start discussing ways of reducing tensions caused by the conflict in Gaza. Divisions have deepened in the Netherlands and France following two recent soccer matches involving Israeli teams. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant begins his report in Paris. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.o

Ghana becomes dumping ground for the world's unwanted used clothes

Nov 18 2024 8 mins  
An estimated 20 million people are thought to earn their livelihoods in the global waste industry by collecting, disposing, repairing or repurposing a wide range of materials and products. However, the cost and consequences of handling waste are borne far more heavily in developing nations. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the impact of waste f

News Wrap: Biden administration allows Ukraine to fire long-range missiles into Russia

Nov 17 2024 4 mins  
In our news wrap Sunday, a senior U.S. official confirmed that Ukraine will be allowed for the first time to fire American-supplied missiles into Russia, an Israeli strike killed a senior Hezbollah official in Lebanon, Ohio's governor denounced a march that displayed swastikas, Biden became the first sitting U.S. president to tour the Amazon, and USA Gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi d

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

Nov 16 2024 3 mins  
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 glitc

The future of U.S.-China relations after Biden's final meeting with Xi

Nov 16 2024 7 mins  
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 su

Report highlights disproportionate killings of Indigenous environmental activists

Nov 16 2024 8 mins  
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 s