PBS News Hour - World

Attorney General Pam Bondi directed federal prosecutors to launch a grand jury investigation into accusations that members of the Obama administration manufactured intelligence about Russia’s 2016 election interference. Stephanie Sy reports on the latest development in the lengthy saga and Geoff Bennett discusses more with former prosecutor Steven Cash. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

This weekend, Hamas released a haunting video of 24-year-old Evyatar David, an Israeli hostage abducted from the Nova Music Festival during the Oct. 7 attacks. In the video, David appears so emaciated and pale that his father said he didn’t recognize him. David's family is pleading for urgent international intervention. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Matan Eshet, a cousin of Evyatar David. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

With new tariffs set to take effect on Friday, President Trump continued to battle and negotiate with several countries. He has said the new purchase of U.S. energy is a key to some of the biggest deals struck so far. But there are questions about whether these pledges will live up to the president’s claims. Stephanie Sy discussed more with David Goldwyn of Goldwyn Global Strategies. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

One year ago, a popular uprising in Bangladesh led to the deposal of its long-serving prime minister. It came as the country faces multiple long-term challenges related to climate change, public health and now, political instability and the threat of tariffs. In partnership with the Pulitzer Center, Fred de Sam Lazaro reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

The U.S. altered the course of history 80 years ago when it dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. It was an audacious move that ultimately led to the end of World War II. The motivation and secrecy surrounding its development and the devastating consequences of its use are the focus of a new oral history from Garrett Graff. He sat down with Amna Nawaz to discuss “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky.” PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Monday, at least 40 Gazans were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, over 3,000 Boeing workers who build fighter jets and weapons went on strike, a suspected killer is still at large days after police said he gunned down four people in Montana and wildfires in California, Arizona, Colorado and Utah are fueled by dry conditions and high temperatures. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Five years ago, one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history ripped apart Beirut's waterfront with a terrifying power. The blast, which many still refer to as "the bomb," was not terrorism, nor was it war. It was caused by issues that have plagued Lebanon for years, and still do: municipal incompetence and government corruption. Leila Molana-Allen reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Sunday marks one week since Israel began daily “tactical pauses” of fighting in parts of Gaza to allow more aid into the territory. But humanitarian groups say supplies are only trickling in, with violence continuing to kill aid-seekers as the hunger crisis worsens. Ali Rogin speaks with United Nations humanitarian office spokesperson Olga Cherevko about what she’s been seeing inside Gaza. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Sunday, Russia and Ukraine traded strikes while Zelenskyy announced the countries agreed to a large prisoner exchange, the Senate left D.C. for the summer, the Smithsonian said the administration did not ask them to remove mentions of Trump’s impeachments from an exhibit, former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith is under investigation, and Pope Leo XIV led Mass at the Jubilee of Youth. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli forces killed at least 10 people after opening fire near two aid distribution sites in Gaza, Russia claims it captured a village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, former Colombian President Uribe was sentenced to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery, and four astronauts arrived at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX rocket. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders