In our news wrap Thursday, Gaza health officials say Israeli airstrikes killed at least 40 people with one strike hitting a tent camp that Israel had designated as a safe zone, South Korean investigators are carrying out a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over last month's declaration of martial law and 10 people were hurt in a shooting outside a nightclub in New York. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Jan 02, 2025•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast American investigators have arrived in South Korea to help investigate the crash of a Jeju Air flight. On Tuesday, we learned the airport's internal guidelines questioned the placement of a barrier at the end of the runway. Stephanie Sy reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 31, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast The U.N. Human Rights Office says Israel's operations in Gaza have pushed the health care system "to the brink of total collapse" and may be a violation of international law. Israel accuses Hamas of integrating into hospitals and using staff as shields to attack Israel. Nick Schifrin discussed more with Dr. Zaher Sahloul of MedGlobal and Assaf Orion, a retired Israeli brigadier general. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 31, 2024•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast In our news wrap Monday, South Korea's acting president ordered an inspection of the entire aviation sector after a plane crash killed 179 people, President Biden announced $2.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, the Taliban says it will close all non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan that employ Afghan women and the U.S. Treasury revealed Chinese hackers stole documents earlier this month. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 30, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast South Korea is in mourning following the deadliest air disaster ever on the nation's soil. Jeju Air Flight 2216 was landing in the southwestern city of Muan following a five-hour trip from Bangkok, Thailand, when tragedy struck. Ali Rogin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 29, 2024•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast In our news wrap Sunday, Azerbaijan's president officially blamed Russia for the deadly crash of an Azerbaijani airliner, a new report says Israeli hostages were tortured while being held by Hamas, an Israeli airstrike on two hospitals killed seven people in Gaza, Netanyahu underwent prostate surgery, Georgia's new president was inaugurated, and HBO and Cablevision founder Charles Dolan died. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 29, 2024•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast In our news wrap Saturday, Putin issued a rare apology following the deadly crash of an Azerbaijani airliner, Israeli troops forcibly arrested the head of one of northern Gaza's last functioning hospitals, a winning ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot was sold in California, and film star Olivia Hussey died at age 73. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 28, 2024•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed more than 220,000 people across 12 countries. Ali Rogin speaks with Daniel Bogado, director and executive producer of the new documentary "Tsunami: Race Against Time," for more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 28, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast In our news wrap Friday, South Korea's parliament impeached acting president Han Duck-soo after he decided against appointing three judges to the court reviewing the impeachment of his predecessor, the White House sees signs Russian defense systems may be to blame for a plane crash and Palestinian health officials say Israeli soldiers raided one of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 27, 2024•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Unrest is brewing in Syria's coastal plains, home to the Assad family's Alawite sect. Earlier this week, a group of regime loyalists staged an ambush on the now-governing rebel forces, killing 14. With the Shia Alawite sect making up only 10 percent of the population in the majority Sunni country, Syria's de-facto ruler is trying to keep tensions from boiling over. Simona Foltyn reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 27, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are early indications a Russian air defense system may have hit the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, a U.S. official says. Some of the speculation focuses on damage to the plane's tail section that could have been caused by shrapnel from an exploding missile. Stephanie Sy reports and William Brangham discusses the crash with retired Army Col. Robert Hamilton. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 26, 2024•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast In our news wrap Thursday, five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a TV broadcast van, Israel escalated attacks on Houthi rebels in Yemen, authorities in Finland detained a ship with suspected Russian ties to investigate whether it damaged a major undersea power cable and Australia is facing some of its worst fire conditions in years. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 26, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Now that the Assad regime in Syria has fallen, the full scale of that government's production and distribution of illicit drugs is coming to light. Leila Molana-Allen reports from the drug factories in Syria. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 26, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Since the 1980s, temperatures in the Arctic have risen at nearly triple the global rate. This past summer was the wettest on record, while a heatwave in August set records in northern Alaska and Canada. Digital producer Casey Kuhn explains how the warming affects those who call the Arctic home. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 26, 2024•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast In our news wrap Wednesday, at least 38 are dead after an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed in Kazakhstan, Ukraine says Russia launched an extensive missile and drone attack on the country's energy and fuel infrastructure, disrupting heating services for 500,000 people and researchers in Siberia unearthed what may be the best-preserved body of a woolly mammoth ever found. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 25, 2024•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has brought relative calm in northern Israel, but the road to recovery is long. Tens of thousands have been displaced due to Hezbollah's rocket attacks. Producer Karl Bostic traveled to Metula and Kiryat Shmona along the border with Lebanon to meet families who finally got to visit their homes after 14 months of war. Jeffery Brown has the story. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 25, 2024•5 min•Transcript available on Metacast Scientists have found the beginnings of a young universe that may offer insights into the beginnings of our own Milky Way Galaxy. Geoff Bennett and Miles O'Brien discussed why scientists are excited by the discovery, one that has a little holiday sparkle of its own, so to speak. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 25, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast In our news wrap Tuesday, American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide due to a technical issue, a strike by Starbucks employees expanded to some 5,000 baristas, a man accused of setting a woman on fire in the New York City subway was charged with murder, famine conditions are spreading amid Sudan's civil war, and Bill Clinton has been discharged from a Washington, D.C. hospital. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 24, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast With the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the scale of his regime's mass killings and executions are coming to light more and more each day. The United Nations said this week the new Syrian government was receptive to receiving help gathering evidence and prosecuting individuals responsible for war crimes. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 24, 2024•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast New Zealand has long been known for its progressive policies, including efforts to correct and address historical wrongs against its indigenous Māori population. But as Ali Rogin reports, a new right-wing government has reversed many of those policies and triggered mass protests in the Pacific nation. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 24, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast In our news wrap Sunday, the U.S. military says an American fighter jet was mistakenly shot down over the Red Sea in a friendly fire incident, Israeli airstrikes killed nearly two dozen people in Gaza, the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany reopened two days after a car plowed into a crowd there, and more than 100 million Americans are expected to travel for the holidays. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 22, 2024•3 min•Transcript available on Metacast In our news wrap Saturday, Germans are mourning the victims of an apparent attack at a Christmas market, Israel blamed Houthi rebels for a missile attack that injured 16 people in Tel Aviv, world champion skier Lindsey Vonn is back on the slopes after more than five years of retirement, and baseball legend Rickey Henderson died at age 65. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 21, 2024•2 min•Transcript available on Metacast As the humanitarian crisis affecting children in Gaza continues to deepen, UNICEF says there's also a great need in Lebanon and Syria. John Yang speaks with UNICEF spokesman James Elder about what he saw on a recent trip to the region. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 21, 2024•7 min•Transcript available on Metacast American diplomats were in Syria for the first time since the U.S. shut its embassy in Damascus in 2012. They met with Syria's new ruler, Ahmed al-Sharaa, and announced the $10 million bounty the U.S. placed on him would be removed. For perspective on the latest developments, Geoff Bennett spoke with Theodore Kattouf, the U.S. ambassador to Syria during the George W. Bush administration. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
Dec 20, 2024•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Overnight in the occupied West Bank, a mosque was vandalized and set on fire by Israeli settlers. Attacks against Palestinians there have increased greatly since the Oct. 7 terror attacks. Israel describes the West Bank as one of seven fronts it is fighting on, stoked by Iranian support of militants. Nick Schifrin reports from the Jenin refugee camp, the epicenter of much of the violence. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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