NewsHour
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15 Episodes
Small island nations threaten to leave COP29
UN climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan have reached a critical stage, but a resolution of the main sticking point - how much wealthier nations should pay poorer ones to help them respond to climate change - does not appear in sight. The BBC’s Mark McGrath gives us the latest after…
Israel strikes central Beirut
Israeli airstrikes have flattened a residential building in the centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 60 injured, according to Lebanon's health ministry. The eight-storey building was completely destroyed without warning in the capital's densely-populated Basta district. We hear from a…
COP29 talks go into overtime amidst wrangling
Rich and developing countries alike have criticised the draft climate agreement at the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, which has now gone into overtime as wrangling continues. Newshour hears from Johan Rockstrom, Director of the Postsdam Climate Institute.Also in the programme: The disappearance of French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal; and sinkholes in…
Deadline for COP29 climate summit expires, with no sign of an agreement
A new draft of a global climate agreement at the COP29 summit proposes rich countries provide two hundred and fifty billion dollars annually over the next decade to help poorer nations combat global warming. Africa's delegation denounced the figure as "unacceptable". Also, is Russia giving North Korea weapons -- as…
Israel denounces ICC's decision to issue arrest warrants
Israel and allies denounce the International Criminal Court's decision to issue an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. Newshour hears from former MK Ruth Wasserman Lande.Also in the programme: Matt Gaetz withdraws nomination for US attorney general; and Ukrainians evacuating from the east.(Picture:…
ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas commander
The International Criminal Court has issued arrests warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister and the former defence minister for crimes against humanity. A warrant has also been issued for a Hamas leader who's believed to be dead. Also on the programme, Russia has struck Ukraine with what may be an…
Biden agrees to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines
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…
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai testifies in court for first time
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…
Senior Republican Senator on Ukraine and Trump nominations
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…
Moscow says Ukraine fired US-supplied long range missiles into Russia
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…
Russia accuses US of escalating Ukraine war with missile decision
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…
Russia anger at US Ukraine missile decision
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…
Biden allows Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US missiles
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…
Russia attacks Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
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…
US and Chinese leaders to discuss “delicate transition” in Lima
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…