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How should Europe deal with its deluge of refugees?
GWEN IFILL: European Union officials say that the number of refugees and migrants fleeing to Europe reached a record high of more than 107,000 last month. The surge has reached Hungary’s southern border, where more than 2,000 people, most from Syria, crossed into the country yesterday and today, even as the government erected a border fence...
Pentagon to increase drone flights by 50 percent
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Faced with escalating aggression from Russia and China, the Pentagon is planning to increase its use of drones by about 50 percent over the next several years. The Pentagon decided to add Army and civilian-operated missions to the mix because the Air Force, which had been running about 65 combat air patrol...
NATO Commander: Russia’s use of force in Europe is a major threat
GWEN IFILL: General Breedlove, thank you so much for joining us. GEN. PHILIP BREEDLOVE, NATO Supreme Allied Commander: Oh, thanks for having me. GWEN IFILL: I want to start by talking about Turkey. How significant is it that Turkey has allowed us to start using Incirlik for a basing to attack ISIS? GEN. PHILIP BREEDLOVE: Those things that we are...
NATO steps up Ukraine mission in response to Russia
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As Iran talks continue, lifting arms embargo is non-starter for U.S.
JUDY WOODRUFF: The world’s major powers will continue to negotiate with Iran throughout the weekend, aiming to clinch an agreement that would curb that country’s nuclear program. A number of self-imposed deadlines have come and gone. For an update on where things stand, we turn to Michael Gordon of The New York Times, who has been...
News Wrap: As deadline looms, Kerry says Iran nuclear talks not ‘open-ended’
GWEN IFILL: The latest deadline in the Iran nuclear talks approached today, amid signs of discord. Iran’s state TV said negotiations are deadlocked because the U.S. won’t respect Iranian rights, especially on lifting sanctions. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry talked of real progress, even as he warned the Vienna talks are not...
Tense and fatigued, negotiators extend Iran nuclear talks past deadline
JUDY WOODRUFF: The latest deadline to reach a nuclear weapons agreement with Iran came and went today, with no deal to show for it. Iran, the United States, and five other major world powers will keep negotiating for a long-term agreement that tackles some of its most contentious issues. No new formal deadline has been set. And at the White House...
Pentagon chief to boost military support for U.S. allies, Baltic nations
WASHINGTON — Heading to Europe, Defense Secretary Ash Carter is carrying a strong message of U.S. military support for American allies and Baltic nations to help calm growing concerns about Russian aggression. A key theme at all his stops will be how the United States, NATO and other partners can best deal with the Kremlin in the wake of...
Charlie Rose on how Vladimir Putin sees the world
JUDY WOODRUFF: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin today blamed NATO ambitions to expand and the United States for fanning the flames of conflict in Ukraine. He did that at an international economic conference held in St. Petersburg. Part of the program featured an interview with Putin by PBS’ own Charlie Rose. Seated in front of an...
Refugees reached 60 million in 2014 as conflicts flared, U.N. says
The number of people forced from their homes due to conflicts around the world jumped again last year, according to an annual U.N. report released Thursday. About 59.5 million people were displaced worldwide in 2014, compared to 51.2 million in 2013, which at the time was the highest increase in a single year, said the U.N. refugee agency’s...
