PBS NewsHour - Segments

U.S. and Taliban representatives spent months negotiating peace and American withdrawal from Afghanistan. But after canceling meetings in the U.S., President Trump says the talks are dead. Why did they collapse, and what are the prospects for ending the country's decades of violence and chaos? Judy Woodruff talks to Laurel Miller, former U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

It's been a week since Hurricane Dorian devastated the Abaco Islands and part of Grand Bahama. Many residents of the stricken areas have left their ruined homes or are waiting in lines for transportation out, because leaving is their best option. Meanwhile, rescue workers continue to recover bodies, but the death toll is still unknown. Amna Nawaz reports and talks to UNICEF's Naqib Safi.

In the United Kingdom, lawmakers rushed to complete work before Parliament disbands, approving a bill that requires Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay Brexit if he doesn't have a deal with the European Union by the October 31 deadline. But critics say Johnson's dismissal of Parliament until mid-October is a ploy to foil anti-Brexit machinations. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.

NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Lisa Desjardins to discuss the latest political news, including what's at stake in North Carolina's special congressional election on Tuesday, former Rep. Mark Sanford's announcement that he'll challenge President Trump in the GOP primary and the outlook for Congress, newly back from recess, to pass gun legislation.

"The Testaments" is the greatly anticipated sequel to Margaret Atwood's hit dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale." Though it's fiction, Atwood says she doesn't "put anything in that doesn't have a precedent in human history." Jeffrey Brown spoke with Atwood recently about how the current American political moment affected her decision to write the sequel, more than 30 years after "Handmaid."

Marca Bristo may not have been a household name, but her influence permeated American society. At age 23, Bristo was paralyzed from the waist down in a diving accident. She became a disability rights activist, working to improve access, fight discrimination and create a model for independent living. Bristo died Sunday at age 66. Judy Woodruff talks to former Sen. Tom Harkin about her legacy.

A tribute to American service personnel killed in combat during U.S. military operations overseas.

The American Psychological Association in 2018 published its first-ever psychological practice guidelines for boys and men. The guidelines look at how concepts of masculinity and the socialization of men may be contributing to higher rates of suicide, depression, health issues and violence in male populations. Christopher Booker reports on efforts to disrupt this culture in some unexpected places.

President Trump announced on Twitter on Saturday that he had canceled a secret Camp David meeting with the Taliban and Afghan officials, after the insurgent group "admitted" to a suicide attack in Kabul that killed 12 people, including a U.S. soldier. The Wall Street Journal's Kabul bureau chief, Craig Nelson, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the road ahead in ending America's longest war.

New York Fashion Week kicked off this weekend with designers' latest collections on full display. But global worries about the environmental impact and cheap labor involved in clothing production are sparking a growing movement in the industry toward sustainable clothing. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Dana Thomas, author of "Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes."

Since Rwanda's genocide ended in 1994, the East African nation has been led by the Rwandan Patriotic Front and current President Paul Kagame, who has been celebrated by many for bringing stability and economic gains to the long-struggling country. But to Kagame's opponents, his authoritarian rule is setting a dangerous precedent. Special correspondents Benedict Moran and Jorgen Samso report.

This weekend, an Austrian art project described as a "temporary art intervention" transforms a soccer stadium into a field of trees. In "For Forest: The Unending Attraction of Nature," spectators will see 300 trees in a setting designed to both inspire and warn future generations about the value of nature. NewsHour Weekend's Christopher Booker has the story.

The death toll continues to climb days after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, and government-run shelters there have reached their brinks, leaving thousands of residents sleeping in the streets and facing shortages of food, water and medical care that are exacerbating an already dire situation. Jenelle Eli of the International Federation of Red Cross joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss.

As work crews cleared roads from debris and checked power lines, North Carolina residents began assessing the damage on Saturday after Hurricane Dorian skirted the state's coast this week. Reuters reporter Amanda Becker joins Hari Sreenivasan from Nags Head, North Carolina, for the latest on the aftermath of Dorian.

Hurricane Dorian came ashore at Cape Hatteras in North Carolina Friday, still packing winds of 90 miles per hour and threatening a storm surge of four to seven feet. More than 330,000 homes and businesses across the Carolinas and southern Virginia lost power. But in the Bahamas, the situation is "dire and severe," as residents try to escape devastated areas like Abaco Island. John Yang reports.