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Payment to Iran was used as ‘leverage’ for hostage release, admits State Department
JUDY WOODRUFF: The January release of American prisoners from Iran was accompanied by a $400 million payment, money the Islamic Republic had been owed for decades from a weapons sale that was never completed between the United States and Iran because of the revolution there. The Obama administration announced the payment at the time. But, lately,...
News Wrap: Teen shot in Milwaukee protests; 33 dead in Nepal after bus falls off cliff
JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: An 18-year-old was shot and seriously injured after a second night of protests in a Milwaukee neighborhood. It followed the fatal police shooting of Sylville Smith, a black man authorities say was carrying a stolen handgun. Dozens of officers clashed with protesters overnight, and four sheriff’s...
Ukrainian corruption probe uncovers references to Trump’s campaign manager
JUDY WOODRUFF: And how political unrest in Ukraine has made its way into the race for president of the United States. Before becoming Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort consulted for Viktor Yanukovych, the former Ukrainian president who fled to Russia in 2014 and later faced charges in the deaths of civilian protesters....
Why Russia could cut diplomatic ties with Ukraine
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Olympic highlights from Day 8: U.S. wins 1,000th gold medal
The U.S. earned its 1000th Olympic gold medal Saturday night after the American women’s team won the 4×100 meter medley relay. Simone Manuel, who on Thursday became the first African-American woman to win a gold medal in an individual event in swimming, swam with Kathleen Baker, Lilly King and Dana Vollmer in the event. “It really makes me...
Olympic highlights from Day 5: Japan’s ‘Superman’ is a legend, even if he won’t admit it
The U.S. team won gold by a large margin in women’s gymnastics on Tuesday, a rare feat in a sport often measured by tenths of a point. On Wednesday night, the competition in the men’s gymnastics all-around came even closer. Japan’s Kohei Uchimura, a six-time world all-around champion, was behind Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev by...
Olympic highlights from Day 4: ‘Final Five’ tumbles to gold, U.S. dominates in Rio pool
After her teammates Aly Raisman and Laurie Hernandez performed exceptionally on the floor, American gymnast Simone Biles only needed better than 7.591 for her routine to secure the Olympic gold medal for the U.S. on Tuesday. It wasn’t even close. Ladies and Gentlemen, the 4’8” giant, @Simone_Biles. https://t.co/8UlQsUiW6F...
Trump’s ideas on Russia alarming allies, many in U.S.
PHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump’s flurry of offhand remarks and abrupt zingers on Russia — praising Vladimir Putin, dismissing NATO — have jolted the world, not to mention the U.S. presidential campaign. RELATED LINKSTrump hedges on NATO protection against Russian aggression Pence appears to contradict Trump’s stance on NATO in PBS...
Why was there an attempted coup in Turkey?
HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: To help us understand the events in Turkey, I’m joined now from Washington by Eric Edelman, the former U.S. ambassador to Turkey during the Bush administration, and here in New York by David Phillips, director of the program on peace-building and human rights at Columbia University. Mr....
NATO reacts to Russia’s aggressive moves in Eastern Europe
JUDY WOODRUFF: But, first: We reported all last week on the fault lines between Russia and the West over the Russian-backed war in Ukraine and Moscow’s new, aggressive posture against NATO. Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty alliance met over the weekend in Warsaw, and we go to John Yang for an update. JOHN YANG: With us now to discuss...
