India and Canada are caught up in a tense diplomatic showdown over the assassination of a Canadian Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this week linked the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar to India's government. Both countries have since expelled top diplomats. Bloomberg columnist Bobby Ghosh joins Amna Nawaz to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Tensions escalate between Canada and India over killing of outspoken Sikh leader

The annual United Nations General Assembly met Tuesday as the world and many nations are facing myriad issues. During a speech Tuesday morning, President Biden sought to reassure underdeveloped countries that the U.S. will help them through these tough times. But his most forceful words were reserved for Russia, and its war against Ukraine. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Biden calls on world leaders to promote peace and stand with Ukraine against Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday addressed the United Nations General Assembly over the Russian invasion of his country and the ongoing war. Nick Schifrin, who is in Ukraine on assignment and has spent much of the last week with Ukrainian forces, joins Amna Nawaz from the city of Dnipro to discuss the speech and what he's learning on the ground. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Zelenskyy addresses UN in push to expand support for Ukraine

In our news wrap Tuesday, the five Americans freed in a prisoner swap with Iran are back on U.S. soil, forces in Azerbaijan fired on Armenian military positions killing at least five, India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat hours after Canada did the same to an Indian diplomat, and a Moscow court refused to consider an appeal by Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

News Wrap: Americans freed from Iran arrive back in the U.S.

It's the end of an ordeal for five Americans held for years by the regime in Iran, who were freed after high-stakes negotiations and began their journey home Monday. Jared Genser, human rights attorney and pro-bono counsel for the family of one of the detainees, joins Amna Nawaz to talk about the hostage release. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Five released Americans fly home after years of imprisonment in Iran

Five Americans imprisoned by the Iranian regime for years were released Monday in a complex deal between the U.S. and Iran. Some lawmakers have been critical of the Biden administration for making the deal, but U.S. officials have defended the agreement. Geoff Bennett speaks to Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer for the White House perspective. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Breaking down the U.S. deal with Iran that freed five Americans from captivity

The nation of Turkey sits at a crossroads of the world, and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is its preeminent leader. Reelected to office earlier in 2023, he has now been in power for 22 years. In an exclusive interview with Amna Nawaz, Erdogan discusses the state of NATO, Russia's war on Ukraine and why Turkey might soon end its bid to become a part of the European Union. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Turkey's Erdogan says he trusts Russia 'just as much as I trust the West'

In our news wrap Sunday, talks continued between automakers and the union representing striking auto workers, South Korea's president warned of deepening military ties between Russia and North Korea, the first two civilian cargo ships since the collapse of the Black Sea grain deal reached Ukraine, and Drew Barrymore backed out of bringing her talk show back on air amid ongoing Hollywood strikes. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

News Wrap: UAW president threatens wider auto worker strike amid wage dispute

In our news wrap Saturday, Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee grazed New England and made landfall in Nova Scotia, negotiations resumed between the UAW and big three automakers a day after thousands of auto workers went on strike, Libya is investigating the collapse of two dams that triggered this week's devastating floods, and North Korea's Kim Jong Un continued his visit to Russia. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

News Wrap: Lee makes landfall in Canada after lashing Northeast

It has been one year since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died after morality police arrested her in Tehran. Her death unleashed decades of pent-up anger over Iran's clerical rule and sparked the country's biggest protests in years. Human rights activist Nazanin Boniadi joins John Yang to discuss whether life has changed for Iranian women living under strict Islamic law in the past year. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

What's changed for women in Iran one year after Mahsa Amini's death

The deadly floods that inundated eastern Libya earlier this week have now led to a tide of the dead, with a death toll of more than 11,000. This amid a race that pits dignity and respect for those lost, against the threat of disease and further calamity. Stephanie Sy reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Devastation grips Libya after catastrophic flooding

In our news wrap Friday, New England residents are preparing for the impact of Hurricane Lee, climate change protests kick off worldwide, federal prosecutors say former President Trump is trying to intimidate potential witnesses in his Jan. 6 case and Birmingham, Alabama marked 60 years since the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church killed four young Black girls. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

New Wrap: New England braces for impact of Hurricane Lee

One year ago, a young Iranian woman died in police custody after she was arrested for taking off her headscarf, or hijab, required under the laws of the Islamic Republic. Huge protests followed, led by women. Tehran special correspondent Reza Sayah has the story of some of the women who participated in the protests and others who did not. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Iran tightens security before anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

Princeton graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov has been missing for six months. A dual Russian-Israeli citizen with family in the U.S., she was conducting research for her doctoral degree in Baghdad when she was believed to have been kidnapped by an Iraqi militia. Amna Nawaz spoke with her sister, Emma Tsurkov, about efforts to bring her home. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Princeton student's sister urges action months after suspected abduction by Iraqi militia

A new report sheds light on a rise in the number of people dying behind bars in Louisiana prisons, jails and juvenile detention centers. The Incarceration Transparency Project at the Loyola University Law School says there's been a 50 percent jump in deaths from 2019 to 2021. Roby Chavez, NewsHour's communities correspondent based in New Orleans, joins  John Yang to discuss. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

More people are dying in Louisiana prisons, some before getting a trial

In Libya, deep fears are becoming a horrific reality as the death toll from the devastating floods there has spiked to more than 11,000. Thousands are still missing, submerged in the muddy mire or washed out to sea. Stephanie Sy reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Catastrophic flooding sparks renewed scrutiny of Libya's divided government

Among the horrors of war, landmines and unexploded ordnances linger and kill for years afterward. Ukraine is littered with landmines and bombs from both sides. Clearing those explosives is a massive and complicated task, but two young Americans are working on a technological advancement that could make it easier. Special correspondent Jack Hewson reports with the support of the Pulitzer Center. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

New drone technology could make it easier to clear unexploded bombs, mines in Ukraine

Scenes of biblical devastation, the dead stacked in the streets and aid for the living too slow in arriving. That is the situation in North Africa where at least 5,100 are dead from flooding in Libya. The mayor of one city says the toll could be as high as 20,000. And to the west in Morocco, nearly 3,000 are now officially counted among the dead from the Friday earthquake. Ali Rogin reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Aid workers struggle to reach city in Libya where catastrophic flooding killed thousands

In his first trip outside of North Korea since the pandemic, Kim Jong Un met Vladimir Putin in Russia to discuss whether they each had something the other wants. It's a growing alliance that's sparking concern from the U.S. and its allies. Stephanie Sy discussed what it means for Ukraine and the world with Jean Lee and John Sipher. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Concerns grow as Kim Jong Un pledges support for Putin's war in Ukraine

Relief workers are responding to dual disasters in North Africa. The death toll in the Morocco earthquake has topped 2,900 while Libya counts at least 5,300 killed in catastrophic flooding. Special correspondent Alex Cadier reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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