Of Opposition Leader Morgan Chiang Rai the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson arrives in lebanon as part of his middle east tour. And its wave has it in one thousand eight hundred up exhibition that showcases the artist and technology that heralded a moment of unprecedented cultural change. South africa is awaiting a changing of the guard after jacob zuma resigned from the presidency sumos told a step down by the governing a. N. C. Party his nine year term has been plagued by numerous corruption scandals well the stage is now set for a. N. C. Lead a civil vom opposed to become the countrys next president he will face an election next year but in the meantime hell be dealing with the many challenges including high unemployment and crime family the mother reports from johannesburg. A reluctant announcement from an embattled president i have therefore coming to the decision to resign as president of the republic with immediate effect even though i disagree with the decision of the lea
The state of the news live from poland spains Prime Minister gets tough on catalonia and its push for independence Mariano Rajoy warns the region of grave consequences if it refuses to follow the rule of law well bring you reaction to that speech and politics and work out what it could mean for catalogs or talk of. The all. Im phil gal welcome to the program spains Prime Minister has just addressed the countrys parliament over the impasse with catalonia but a lot of the jorge criticized the region for flouting spanish law undermining the crushing democracy and threatening spains you want to say that after its recent referendum on independence also called for clarity on catalonia tonight is moving this constitutional crisis challenging katz a mandate is to cite clearly whether they have declared independence or not Prime Minister hoist said the government could invoke article one five five of the spanish constitution to take over a director of catalonia if its they just might go out on
Teachers and others should be able to spank kids harder in their state. And a big cat, a man facing a deadly disease. We begin tonight in the ukraine. The Central European country is in turmoil with its capital city under siege. A threemonth long protest took a brutal turn of violence, and lives have been lost. Youre looking at live pictures of fighting between the police and demonstrators in kiev. Its the worst we have seen since the protests started in november. At least 18 people have been killed so far, and hundreds injured. And the opposition met with the countrys president today. And just a few minutes ago today, that those talks have failed to bring about a resolution to end the violence. Ander earlier today, Vice President joe biden asked the president of ukraine to use restraint and pull back his military. They issued a travel warning for the american citizens in the region. And we want to go to Richelle Carey with it. Reporter john, it was a Pivotal Moment in the protests in
Mistake and a bad thing, what kind of consequences . Im not going to outline what the consequences would be. Obviously, i think the International Community would look closely at any intervention by the russians or anyone else. But im not going to stand here and outline consequent says. What does that mean, the International Community would look closely at . Trying to warn the russians away from doing something that would be bad, and the best you can say the International Community will look closely . There will be consequences, but that is not our goal, our first path. That whenyou believe you say the International Community, i am presuming that you mean the united nations, but you do realize that any attempt to punish russia with the Un Security Council is not going anywhere, right . I understand what you are saying, matt, but i am not going to much further other than to say there are a lot of countries that are watching that feel that territorial integrity is an important component w
Resembling astronauts on the way to a fully fueled rocket, we donned special shoes and hard hats, then boarded a bus that would get us as close to the meltdowns as the laws of physics, and common sense, would allow us. And its friday, mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the weeks news. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. Friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff this was a day of deepening crisis in crimea, amid growing signs of a possible bid to break away from ukraine. Ukrainian leaders accused russia of a military invasion and occupation of crimea. Newshour correspondent kwame holman has our report on the days events. Reporter the situation in crimea approached a d