the european union tells its staff to delete the social media app tiktok to protect data and increase cyber security. and winter bites in southern california as los angeles braces itself for a rare blizzard. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it s exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and the un general assembly has voted to demand that moscow immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from ukraine. 1m countries backed the motion which has no legal weight while seven opposed it and 32 abstained, including one of moscow s staunchest allies china. this is how ukraine s foreign minister reacted to the vote. 1m countries, member states of the united nations, reiterated their unequivocal support to ukraine s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and they reiterated their demands to the russian federation to withdraw its armed forces from ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. the us am
the military takeover there. we start in the uk, which has seen the biggest day of strike action in more than a decade, according to the unions, with up to half a million people walking out in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. among those striking are train drivers from the aslef union impacting most train companies across england. bus drivers in london about 100,000 civil servants from over a hundred government departments. thousands of university staff from 150 universities across the uk. and teachers from the national education union. these aerial images show demonstrators marching past the bbc s headquarters in london. 0ur employment correspondent was with them nearby at whitehall. the scale of this. this is the biggest straight for more than a decade. there has been some sort of talk about, could this be the general strike? it is not that. there are unions who have decided not to strike today. it certainly could be a lot bigger. what s interesting is there are un
every american, and that is the economy, gas prices hit another record high today. we are very close to $5 a gallon as a national average. the biden administration, they just want you to suck it up and buy an electric car. how is that going to work out for you? because it s absolutely, according to them, nothing they re willing to do to bring down cost except for energy independence. when we have clean energy. one is that going to happen? first tonight with joe biden obviously cognitively impaired and struggling to communicate, the white house just rolled out a popular actor to help with the messaging surrounding gun violence. today uvalde native matthew mcconaughey, the actor, gave a very emotional speech about the horrific shooting in his own town. take a look. in the reality of what happened that day in the town i was born in set in. so the next morning, mark, camilla and myself set out. when we arrived a few hours later, i got to tell you, even from the inside of our ve
The u. S. Capitol. Amna and, saudi arabia and israel move closer to normalizing relations after decades of animosity, but many questions remain. I think its quite a high price and theres a lot of Wishful Thinking about the kind of gains that it could potentially bring. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. And friends of the newshour, including kathy and paul anderson, and camilla and george smith. Pediatric surgeon. Volunteer. Topiary artist. A raymondjames Financial Advisor tailors advice to help you live your life. Life well planned. The john s. And jane l. Knight foundation. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these individuals and 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. Amna welcome to the newshour. U. S. Senators are back to work in washington today after a monthlong rec
Palestinians even as israel keeps up its airstrikes. An hostages relatives plea for their safe return. More than 200 people were abducted by hamas during the attacks. Friends and family ask the Israeli Government to prioritize their release. I am nicole frolich. To our viewers on pbs and all of you joining us from around the world, welcome to the program. Israeli forces have continued to strike targets in the gaza strip throughout the day, including in the south of the territory, where israel told gazans to head for their own safety. When explosion in Southern Gaza killed and injured several people one explosion in Southern Gaza killed and injured several people. Report to say at least four people were killed. Hamas blames israeli airstrikes for the casualties. I asked dws reporter what israel is saying about airstrikes in the south of gaza. So the idea says it will strike targets across the entire gaza strip be at the north or south, wherever theres a threat by hamas aired hamas. Ther