Day: March 22, 2025

Thousands of demonstrators in Istanbul have taken to the streets to protest against the arrest of the city’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu. He is one of a number of opposition figures who have been taken into custody in recent days. We speak to one man who has been on the street calling for his release. Also in the programme: Israel carries out multiple airstrikes in southern Lebanon; how the dismantling of the US Department of Education might affect one mother and her two autistic daughters; and famed boxer George Foreman passes away at the age of 76. (Photo: Police officers in riot gear stand next to demonstrators during a protest against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, 22nd March, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Murad Sezer)

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seeking to rally Democrats desperate for effective action now against President Donald Trump’s administration.

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, the Israel-Lebanon border sees the heaviest exchange of attacks in months, while Israel steps up its offensive in Gaza. The effect of sweeping cuts to NIH funding on major research projects across the country. How AI is being used to create fake images that are harming children. Plus, a look inside the U.S. Mint’s creation of a quarter celebrating Ida B. Wells. PBS News is supported by – https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

6PM ET 03/22/2025 Newscast
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IN A NUTSHELL 🚀 Kratos has secured a $1.45 billion contract to develop a hypersonic technology testbed for the Pentagon. 🔧 The MACH-TB 2.0 initiative aims to enhance U.S. capabilities through rapid, cost-effective hypersonic testing. 🛡️ The program addresses the need to close the gap with Russia and China, who have deployed operational hypersonic systems.

Today, on the Fox News Rundown Extra, the war in Ukraine from the perspective of someone who was a casualty. Our Fox News Senior Correspondent Benjamin Hall was nearly killed covering the war in Ukraine weeks after it started in a Russian attack on our news crew in March 2022. Two of his colleagues did not survive. Fox cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and freelancer Sasha Kuvshynova were killed in that bombing. Earlier this week, Benjamin Hall sat down with FOX News Rundown host Dave Anthony to discuss his latest book, “Resolute: How We Humans Keep Finding Ways to Beat the Toughest Odds,” where he shares his long, painful road to recovery and the physical and mental challenge he has faced since that Russian attack. We also spoke with Ben Hall to help preview Tuesday’s phone call between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir and to get his perspective on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and President Trump’s efforts to reach a peace deal. We often must cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with FOX News Senior Correspondent Benjamin Hall and get even more of his candid take on his recovery and the toll it took on him and his family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Israel-Lebanon border saw the heaviest exchange of attacks since Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire four months ago. It comes as Israel says it will intensify its offensive in Gaza until Hamas releases the remaining Israeli hostages. Josef Federman of the Associated Press joins John Yang to discuss the latest developments.