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Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSWhy Saudi Arabia rolled back its Yemen military action Kerry hopes to win pause in Yemen war as he heads to talks How Iran views Yemen conflict, nuclear sanctions GWEN IFILL: Fighting raged across Yemen today on land and in the air, in the countdown to a cease-fire. In recent weeks, more than 1,400 people have been killed, and 150,000 forced to flee, in what’s become a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Chief foreign affairs correspondent...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Saudi Arabia and the United States called today for a five-day cease-fire in the Yemen conflict. Secretary of State John Kerry said it would allow aid to reach millions of civilians. Kerry appeared with the Saudi foreign minister in Riyadh. The Saudis agreed to stop bombing, provided that Shiite Houthi rebels, and their Iranian supporters, won’t try to exploit the lull. JOHN KERRY, Secretary of State: We strongly urge the Houthis and those who...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Thousands of Nepalese gathered today for prayer, ritual and ceremony, marking the end of a traditional Hindu mourning period held after the massive earthquake. The death toll has grown to more than 7,800 people. Another 15,000 have been injured. Engineers are continuing to inspect thousands of damaged houses around Kathmandu. The earthquake also wrought considerable destruction and damage to religious, cultural and heritage sites throughout the...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, British Middle East expert Emma Sky joined the U.S.-British civilian operation there, advising Coalition Provisional Authority Chief Paul Bremer and top U.S. military commanders, including Generals David Petraeus and Ray Odierno. Emma Sky explores the mistakes that were made in her new book, “The Unraveling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq.” In the latest addition to the NewsHour Bookshelf, chief...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSWhat you need to know about Britain’s election Heightened anxiety and vigilance in U.K. after Paris attacks How will Scotland’s vote change the U.K. power balance? JUDY WOODRUFF: Across the pond in the United Kingdom, Election Day is just hours away. Hari Sreenivasan reports on a race that’s too close to call and one that could determine the U.K.’s future as a member of the European Union. HARI SREENIVASAN: It’s the coveted front door British...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSWhat you need to know about Britain’s election Conservatives Win Most Seats in UK Elections How will Scotland’s vote change the U.K. power balance? DAN BALZ, The Washington Post: Well, it’s likely to be some strange bedfellows. And it’s also likely to take a long time. Five years ago, it took five days to form a new government. And this time, it could take — it could take a matter of weeks, because the uncertainty is whether to the...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSDemand for ivory fuels dramatic surge in elephant poaching Demand for Illegal Ivory Explodes in Asia, Where Industry Expands Despite Ban Forensic Clues Aid Fight Against Ivory Trade JUDY WOODRUFF: It’s a global crisis years in the making, poachers killing African elephants, a species on the verge of extinction, faster than they can reproduce. Much of the money from the ivory trade goes on to fund global terrorism and criminal networks. It’s...

African elephants walk with their young on the Serengeti. Image by Cathy Hart/ Design PicsPerspectives and Getty Imates document.createElement('audio'); http://www.pbs.org/newshour/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/How-smugglers-move-black-market-ivory-on-Craigslist.mp3 Experts say the African elephant could be extinct within a decade. Between 2010 and 2012 alone, 100,000 African elephants were poached — killed for their tusks. That’s a dead elephant every 15 minutes, much faster than the animals...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRELATED LINKSDallas gunman identified as jihadist terrorism suspect FBI investigates Muhammad cartoon contest attackers How did the Charlie Hebdo attacks affect rising Islamophobia in France? JUDY WOODRUFF: Now the latest on the weekend shootings in Garland, Texas. Two attackers were killed there Sunday outside an exhibit and contest of cartoons considered offensive by many Muslims. Today, a major militant group weighed in. The post on their radio Web site...