PBS News Weekend full episode, May 27, 2023

Saturday on PBS News Weekend, how the United Nations plans to fix the world’s plastic pollution problem. Then, the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar grows as fighting in the civil war intensifies. Plus, with U.S. maternal mortality rates on the rise, we look at what health services are available to expectant and new mothers.

WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
News Wrap: Negotiators narrow in on debt limit deal

How the UN aims to sharply reduce plastic pollution by 2040

How the U.S. is addressing its maternal mortality crisis

Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis worsens as civil war ramps up

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00:00 – Intro
01:58 – News Wrap
04:37 – The Plastic Problem
12:05 – Maternal Health
18:11 – Myanmar in Crisis