March 15, 2025 - PBS News Weekend full episode

As the average cost of college in the United States soars, more young people are being drawn to skilled trades. It’s part of a career rethink among members of Gen Z, who have been called the “toolbelt generation.” Special correspondent Christopher Booker reports.

This week, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund told global leaders that Sudan’s humanitarian crisis is the world’s biggest and most devastating. A new UNICEF report says 30 million people in Sudan are in need of aid, more than half of them children. Many of them face daily threats of violence and sexual assault. Ali Rogin speaks with UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram to learn more.

A second round of violent weather is barreling across the central and southern U.S. after a deadly and destructive Friday night. The storms have spawned tornadoes and fanned wildfires and dust storms that claimed at least 17 lives. John Yang speaks with Matthew Cappucci, senior meteorologist at MyRadar, who is in Mississippi tracking the storms.

In our news wrap Saturday, Israeli strikes killed nine people in Gaza as talks with Hamas on the next phase of the ceasefire remain stalled, U.S. forces struck Yemen’s capital in an effort to stop Houthi attacks, the U.S. expelled South Africa’s ambassador, journalists at the federally funded news outlet VOA were put on leave, and two stranded astronauts are one step closer to coming home.