Far it looks like numbers this year could be just as high. Some are living in School Sports halls. Others in what look like shipping containers. But the country that is taking in the most people compared to the size of its population is sweden. Where there is no lack of space, but there is a lack of suitable housing. Which is why asylum laws are being tightened up. But also why some refugees from the middle east are being sent right up to the arctic. Theyre not only experiencing their first snowy winter, but also having to get used to living in a ski resort. Reporter Rasha El Hassan likes being outdoors, but here, she doesnt leave the house with her kids much. And no wonder. In winter here, temperatures often fall to minus 20 degrees celsius or lower and the daylight is brief. The cold quickly numbs her to the bone, but she looks at the positive side. We didnt ever have cold like this in syria. Its kind of nice. Back home, we sometimes wished that it would snow. Reporter rashas son eis
Actress Juliette Binoche talks about some unusual turns in her career, and taking on greek tragedy. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill a new front opened today in the war with no apparent end in sight. Kurdish forces in iraq, with u. S. Support, launched an assault on a key city that links Islamic State holdings in two countries. American airstrikes hammered sinjar, on iraqs far northwestern border wi
Sweden for refugees. Fresh from his christmas holiday, barack obama uses his executive powers. Ill be here with all of todays the sport. Speculation that there will be a change at real madrid. Three of saudi arabias allies have joined its diplomatic dispute with iran. Bahrain says its cut ties with tehran. The uae says its down graded relations and sudan has down grade its diplomats from khartoum. Set fire of the Saudi Embassy in tehran. Saudi diplomats on their way home from tehran. As they were evacuated came similar action by some of the kingdoms allies. Among them neighboring bahrain. After two days of demonstrations by protestors from sheer shia majority. The gulf state closely allied to saudi arabia accused iran of blatant interference and support of terrorism. The rm actions followed th actii embassy fire. Well be cutting off all commercial relations with iran and will have a travel ban against people traveling to ir iran. Translator unfortunately, the government of saudi arabia
Hello there. Manic 5 00 p. M. In the french capital 9 00 p. M. In the french capital. Controversial new laws on asylumseekers requiring them to hand over valuables and wait longer to bring their families to join them. Rights activists say it could be illegal. Streets and skies paralyzed here in paris. Coffee and taxi in her Traffic Control big misery. Whether any solutions are inside. And the head of the Roman Catholic church means the leader of the Islamic Republic of iran. We have insight for you on what the pope at Hassan Rouhani had to say to each other at the vatican earlier on. Thanks very much for being with us. They are controversial come they even have some making comparisons to nazi germany. Migrantstions on entering denmark has been voted through by the Danish Parliament. They are level authorities to receive bibles worth more than 1300 euros. They will have to wait longer to bring families over to join them. The Danish Government says its intention is to discourage new asyl
Pope francis visits the holy sites for muslims and jews in the city on the final day of his middle east talks. Hello there. Welcome. So the European Parliamentary elections is the big story of the day. Let me show you preliminary results. They say the Peoples Party in light blue is set to win 212 out of 751 seats. That would make it the Biggest Group. It would have 59 seats fewer than before. One of the stories of the night, the gray area. This is the surge in so called others. Theres set to be about 100 meps in that group. Lets look more closely at countries voting. This is france where National Front storms to victory gaining up 19 on their previous election of votes shared to take 25 of the votes. Socialists, slight decline by 2 . Miserable result coming in third with 15 . Now standing ovation from supporters, won over disillusion supporters with a message blaming bureaucracy, high i prices, the global climbing influence. Lets show you the picture in britain. Preliminary results sho