News Brief: American Detainees Freed, Israel Strikes Targets In Syria
President Trump hailed his diplomacy with North Korea’s leader for winning their freedom. Several countries are fighting in Syria and the conflict there between Israel and Iran has heated up.
Cannes Film Festival Opens Amid #MeToo Movement
The Cannes film festival began this week on the French Riviera. It’s the 71st edition this year. But some things are entirely new, like a phone hotline for victims of sexual harassment.
European Leaders Mull Next Steps After U.S. Pulls Out Of Iran Deal
David Greene talks to Sir Simon Gass, former British Ambassador to Iran, about how the Trump administration’s exit from the Iran nuclear deal impacts Europe.
Simmering Military Conflict Between Israel And Iran Heats Up
David Greene talks to Jane Ferguson, of the PBS NewsHour, about Iran firing 20 rockets into the Golan Heights. Israel responded with its largest-ever attack on Iranian military targets in Syria.
With The U.S. Out Of The Iran Deal, What Happens To Jailed Americans There?
President Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran leaves the fate of Americans held prisoner there uncertain. There could be as many as half a dozen U.S. citizens in Iranian prisons.
‘Pope Cannot Claim He Was Misinformed’: Chilean Abuse Survivor After Vatican Meeting
Francis invited survivors of clergy abuse to the Vatican so he could apologize and listen. Juan Carlos Cruz says he told the pope, “I don’t want this to be a public relations exercise.”
Trump Meets 3 Americans Held In North Korea As They Return To U.S.
The dramatic release of the trio, two who were arrested just over a year ago and the third held since 2015, comes amid a thaw in relations between Washington and Pyongyang.
Haspel nomination clouded by her past – but also by today’s context
Gina Haspel says she will not resume the Central Intelligence Agency’s brutal interrogation programs of the past. As a CIA official in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Ms. Haspel supervised waterboarding and other questioning techniques conside…
President Trump Expected To Greet 3 Americans Released From North Korea
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on his way back from North Korea with three U.S. detainees who were released.
Trump Administration Orders Boeing To Cancel Deal With Iran
Aircraft giant Boeing looked at deals worth billions of dollars with Iran. Now the Trump administration is preventing them as it pulls out of the nuclear agreement. But the company wasn’t counting on the deals anyway.
Former Iranian Nuclear Negotiator Weighs In On U.S. Decision To Leave Nuclear Deal
A former Iranian nuclear negotiator, Seyed Hossein Mousavian, weighs in on how President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal is playing out in that country.
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