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PBS News Hour - World
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Australia declares Bondi Beach shooting a terrorist attack amid spike in antisemitism
Two gunmen opened fire Sunday evening on a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach, sending crowds fleeing for safety. At least 16 people...
News Wrap: Zelenskyy meets with Witkoff and Kushner for talks to end war in Ukraine
In our news wrap Sunday, Zelenskyy met with U.S. representatives for more talks on how to end the war in Ukraine, crowds gathered in Gaza for the fune...
News Wrap: Trump vows retaliation for killing of Americans in Syria
In our news wrap Saturday, Trump vowed to avenge the deaths of two U.S. soldiers and an American civilian interpreter ambushed in Syria, Belarus freed...
Displaced Palestinians struggle with cold, malnutrition in Gaza months after ceasefire
More than two months after the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain dire. The United Nations estimates...
Beverly and Dereck Joubert reflect on 40 years of African wildlife photography in new book
For more than 40 years, Beverly and Dereck Joubert have lived with, photographed and filmed African wildlife. Their images bear witness not just to th...
Venezuelan opposition leader makes harrowing journey to receive Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Laureate Maria Corina Machado on Friday vowed to continue her political pursuit to create democracy in Venezuela. This week she braved an...
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians with impunity, halting West Bank olive harvest
Israel's cabinet voted to extend legal status to 19 previously illegal settlements late last night, formalizing more control of land in the West Bank....
Ukraine pushes for security guarantees against Russia as pressure grows on peace plan
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday floated a possible compromise to a Russian demand that Kyiv give up territory in the eastern Donet...
U.S. seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, escalating tensions with Maduro
The United States on Wednesday seized a tanker ship off the coast of Venezuela. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post that a warrant...
Syrian filmmaker gives an inside look at her return home after the fall of Assad regime
The Assad family's oppressive half-century rule ended one year ago this week, as Bashar al-Assad fled for Russia amid an insurgent takeover after he s...
U.S. plans to sell advanced AI chips to China amid economic and security concerns
In a move with major implications for national security and the race to dominate artificial intelligence, President Trump announced Monday that he wil...
European leaders rally around Ukraine after U.S. shifts strategy to the Western Hemisphere
The U.S. has been pursuing a solution to the war in Ukraine and recently highlighted those efforts as part of its new national security strategy. Heat...
National security strategist analyzes Trump administration’s new global policy
White House envoys met again with Ukrainian officials on Saturday to discuss Trump’s proposed path to peace. The administration’s national security st...
News Wrap: Arab leaders push for Israel-Hamas ceasefire to enter second phase
In our news wrap Saturday, Arab leaders gathering in Qatar said it’s time to move forward on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire, newly released 91...
Pentagon leaders brief lawmakers on U.S. boat strikes, fueling debate over legality
A new bipartisan divide has broken open after senior U.S. military officers showed Congress video of multiple strikes on a boat in the Caribbean in ea...
Dem congressman ‘deeply concerned’ about legality of boat strikes after viewing video
A classified briefing on the Pentagon's strike of an alleged drug boat opened partisan divides over whether the act constituted war crimes. Geoff Benn...
Corruption scandal rocks Ukraine as it fights for survival against Russia’s invasion
A sprawling energy-sector scandal is rocking Ukraine. Last week, the country was shocked by the exit of President Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Andriy Y...
Ukraine ambassador to U.S. on peace negotiations and corruption scandal
Ukrainian officials met with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff to continue negotiations over an American plan to end the war. Witkoff and Jared Kushner...
News Wrap: Israel receives remains believed to be one of last 2 Gaza hostages
In our news wrap Wednesday, Israel received remains believed to be those of one of the last two hostages still in Gaza, President Trump proposed rolli...
Lebanese farmers rush to salvage harvest as ceasefire with Israel fails to ensure safety
One year ago, Lebanon and Israel signed a ceasefire that was supposed to end a war between the militant group Hezbollah and Israel, a war that left mo...
Trump and Hegseth distance themselves from follow-on strike on suspected drug boat
The first attack in the Trump administration’s campaign in the Caribbean has become the most contentious. A U.S. official tells PBS News the military...
Witkoff and Kushner meet with Putin for latest talks to end Russia’s war with Ukraine
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday. They were there for the latest...
‘From Hell to Heaven’: American describes teen son’s release from Israeli jail
The day before Thanksgiving was the real celebration for an American family living in the occupied West Bank. Mohammed Ibrahim was released after near...
White House says U.S. fired twice at alleged drug boat, raising bipartisan legal concerns
The White House confirmed that the military fired twice at a suspected drug boat during its campaign of airstrikes in the Caribbean. A source familiar...
‘That 2nd strike was a violation of the laws of war,’ former senior military lawyer says
For perspective on the U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats and the legal concerns, Geoff Bennett spoke with retired Maj. Gen. Steven Lepper....
Peace remains elusive for Lebanese Christians as Pope Leo visits war-torn country
On his first international trip as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV is carrying a message of unity and peace to the Middle East. Sunday in Lebanon, he challenged...
News Wrap: Netanyahu asks Israel’s president for pardon amid corruption trial
In our news wrap Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu asked the country’s president for a pardon in the midst of his corruption trial, Homeland Se...
The story behind one man’s historic descent of Mount Everest on skis
When adventurers talk about Mount Everest, most often it's about climbing the world's highest peak. In October, Jim Morrison became the first person t...
News Wrap: Trump declares Venezuela’s airspace ‘closed’ after weeks of escalating tensions
In our news wrap Saturday, Trump declared Venezuela’s airspace to be considered closed despite not having the legal authority to do so, Russia carried...
Top Zelenskyy aide resigns in midst of Ukraine corruption scandal
A political earthquake in Ukraine has taken place as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andrii Yermak, the country’s second-most-powerful...
News Wrap: Death toll rises from massive Hong Kong fire
In our news wrap Thursday, the death toll climbs from a massive fire in Hong Kong, a 16-year-old American citizen was released from an Israeli prison...
News Wrap: Hong Kong high-rise fire kills dozens
In our news wrap Wednesday, a massive fire across apartment buildings in Hong Kong killed dozens, Taiwan's president announced a special $40 billion m...
War rages in Ukraine as push for peace complicated by leaked call from U.S. negotiator
U.S. officials said they are making progress toward a document designed to end the nearly four-year, grinding war in Ukraine. But the push for peace i...
News Wrap: Trump says there’s progress in U.S. effort to end Ukraine war
In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump says there's progress in the U.S.-backed effort to end the war in Ukraine and he's dispatching two envoys to...
China ‘cannot peacefully coexist with democracies,’ says Taiwan’s deputy foreign minister
President Trump spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week, and the Chinese government said Xi outlined what it called China’s "principled" positi...
‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ follows Ukrainians forced into combat in Russia’s invasion
The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is just a few months short of the four-year mark. PBS's Frontline, working with the Associated Press, will...
Ukraine and U.S. revise peace plan as origins questioned
U.S. and Ukrainian officials worked to bridge gaps in a plan designed to end the nearly four-year-long war. Both sides say the U.S. has agreed to edit...
Officials meet in Geneva for Ukraine talks as peace plan’s author called into question
In Geneva on Sunday, U.S. officials put the heat on Ukraine to accept a peace deal to end the war with Russia or else. The author of the plan became a...
News Wrap: Israel hits Beirut with deadly strike targeting a Hezbollah leader
In our news wrap Sunday, Israel carried out an airstrike in Beirut nearly a year after it agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, 50 of the 303 children...
New film ‘That Night’ tells story of woman who survived fire at infamous Iranian prison
Thousands of Iranian protesters were arrested in the months after the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, following her arrest for improperly wearing her hi...