A threeday european tour. Before the meeting, john kerry focused his remarks on backing the israeli stance on Irans Nuclear program. We have made clear and we are adamant that words are no substitute for actions. And what we will need, all of us, in order to be satisfied with respect to the United Nations sanctions, to the demand of the iaea, as well is to our own security requirements, we will need to know that actions are being taken which make it crystal clear, undeniably clear, failsafe, to the world that whatever programs are pursued is indeed a peaceful program. Russia has reduced the charges against the socalled arctic 30 detained in a direction action against russias first Arctic Offshore Oil rig last month. The 28 greenpeace activists and to journalists are no longer accused of piracy come of that are still facing charges of hooliganism that could land them in jail for up to seven years. At hearing on wednesday where bail was denied him a one of the greenpeace activist said th
Leading the way in wind energy, im so proud. Its just amazing. Issue one, israel versus hamas. Secretary of state john kerry is trying to broker a cease fire to halt the two and a half weeks of fighting between israel and hamas, the Palestinian Movement that controls the gaza strip. The violence began on june 12 when three israely teenagers were kidnapped and murdered, presumably by politics. On july 2nd, the body of a Palestinian Youth burned to death in an alleged riprizal killing was discovered outside of jerusalem. Riots broke out, hamas rockets fired into israely for 10 days, israel used air strikes to try to stop the rocket attacks. Aimed at clearing gaza of the rockets and tunnel networsham uses to bombard israel. So far, some palestinian and the israelis have been killed. As of friday, some 800 palestinians have been killed and 37 israelis. The number includes many civilians. What does hamas want from a ceasefire and what does israel want from a ceasefire . What hamas wants is
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Reaction to the tragic shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager, by a Police Officer prompted a media frenzy, to be sure. Outraged protest and thousands of hours of opinion by pundits and politicians pointing just how difficult it is for Americans Still to deal with issues of racial inequality. A recent pugh survey found that only 37 of white americans believe Michael Browns death raised important issues about race, while 80 of africanamericans say that it did. Joining us now from providence, rhode island, to discuss where we need to go as a country is dr. Tricia rose, director of the center for the study of race and ethnicity in america at brown university. Tricia rose, good to have you on the program. Let me jump right in with this pugh study, i guess im not fascinated. I saw these same kinds of numbers after rodney king in l. A. , same kinds of numbers after Trayvon Martin not too long ago. I guess the
The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The kohlberg foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. As fears grow of a widening war across the middle east, here in our shop we find ourselves talking about another war. The great war, or first world war, as it would come to be called, triggered 100 years ago this month when an assassin shot and killed austrias archduke ferdinand in sarajevo. Through a series of tangled alliances and a cascade of misunderstandings and blunders, that single act of violence brought on a bloody catastrophe. More than 37 Million People were killed or wounded. In america, if we remember at all, we think mostly about the battlefields
The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The kohlberg foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. As fears grow of a widening war across the middle east, here in our shop we find ourselves talking about another war. The great war, or first world war, as it would come to be called, triggered 100 years ago this month when an assassin shot and killed austrias archduke ferdinand in sarajevo. Through a series of tangled alliances and a cascade of misunderstandings and blunders, that single act of violence brought on a bloody catastrophe. More than 37 Million People were killed or wounded. In america, if we remember at all, we think mostly about the battlefields