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How smugglers stand to profit from Trump’s border wall | PBS NewsHour

▻http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/smugglers-stand-profit-trumps-border-wall

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JUDY WOODRUFF: The USA TODAY NETWORK published an ambitious project today exploring the complex world of those who live along the Southern U.S. border and how President Trump’s proposed barrier structure might affect them.

“The Wall” combines print reports, photographs, interactive maps and video.

William Brangham will be back to talk to one of the lead reporters on the series.

But, first, here’s one of its featured films, this one focusing on the cat-and-mouse game between U.S. authorities and the drug smugglers who try to evade them.

MAN: Some of these smuggling organizations have been in business 20, 30, 40, 50 years.

#murs #frontières #passeurs #smugglers

For Yazidis, the dangerous path to Europe seems safer than a return home

JUDY WOODRUFF: The plight of the Yazidi religious sect in Iraq was a major factor in pushing the United States to war against the Islamic State group last year.

Last month, their homeland in and around Sinjar, Iraq, was liberated, but thousands have no intention of staying.

Special correspondent Jane Arraf brings us the story of some trying to leave for Europe.

▻http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/for-yazidis-the-dangerous-path-to-europe-seems-safer-than-a-return-home/?platform=hootsuite
#Yézidis #Yazidis #réfugiés #asile #migrations

Obama say he is undecided on strike against Syria | The Raw Story
▻http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/28/obama-say-he-is-undecided-on-strike-against-syria

President Barack Obama told PBS NewsHour senior correspondents Judy Woodruff and Gwen Ifill on Wednesday that he was still undecided regarding a U.S. strike against Syria. He said he had no interest in an “open-ended conflict” in Syria, but added countries that used chemical weapons needed to be punished.