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Amanpour
Amanpour is CNN International's flagship global affairs interview program hosted by Chief International Correspondent Christiane Amanpour.
We start with the fallout from a brutal military coup in Myanmar, all but forgotten by the wider world, while atrocities playout in plain view. In a new investigation, correspondent Anna Coren examines videos that show two rebel PDF soldiers being tortured and killed, part of a pattern of horrific violence at the hands of the military, which they deny.
Also on today's show: Noah Feldman, Author, "To Be A Jew Today"; Vivek Murthy, US Surgeon General; Janti Soeripto, President, Save the Children US
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Mar 27, 2024
Donald Trump made history when he became the first US President to be impeached twice, and now he's making history again, becoming the first former president to be criminally prosecuted. Anthony Scaramucci was once a dedicated Trump supporter and spent a notorious 11 days as the White House communications director. Since 2019, he has opposed the former president’s re-election and joins Christiane to discuss.
Also on today's show: actor Olivia Colman & director Thea Sharrock, "Wicked Little Letters"; author Charles Duhigg, "Supercommunicators"
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Mar 26, 2024
We start tonight with terror and trauma around the globe. In Russia, four men from Tajikistan have been charged in the attack on the concert hall in Moscow which killed at least 137. Russia continues its assault on Ukraine with heavy missile attacks across the country. Meanwhile, in the Middle East the death toll in Gaza reaches over 32,000 amid fears of an Israeli offensive on Rafah. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel joins the program from Brussels to d...Show moreiscuss the challenges ahead.
Also on today's show: Peter Pomerantsev, Author, “How to Win an Information War”; Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General, Médecins Sans Frontières; actor Regina King, "Shirley"
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Mar 25, 2024
We begin this hour with the very latest on the Moscow terror attack, and the Princess of Wales’ cancer diagnosis, from CNN's Fredrika Whitfield. Then, the pursuit of health and happiness, in an emotional conversation with America's highest-ranking doctor, Vivek Murthy. The US Surgeon General, who wears his heart on his sleeve talking about his own struggles with loneliness, was in London for the World Happiness Summit this week. He says unchecked social media is like driving without speed limits...Show more - and he’s worried young people are losing the muscle memory to make meaningful human connections in the real world. Meantime, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he’s pressing ahead with plans to evacuate more than a million civilians from Gaza's southern city of Rafah, before ramping up his offensive on Hamas. Critics say it will only make the humanitarian catastrophe worse. This week the International Rescue Committee (IRC) called the imminent famine in Gaza "a profound failure of humanity," and "entirely preventable." IRC chief and former UK foreign secretary, David Miliband, joins the show. From the Amanpour Archive this week, the last Soviet leader’s lost legacy, and Russia’s path to dictatorship. We revisit Christiane’s 2012 conversation with Mikhail Gorbachev, and the legacy Putin has spent decades dismantling. And finally, the poison pen letter scandal that rocked Britain. Oscar-winning actress Olivia Colman and director Thea Sharrock discuss their new movie Wicked Little Letters, and the satisfaction that get from swearing.
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Mar 23, 2024
Evelyn Farkas is a former official of the US Defense Department and head of the McCain Institute. She joins Bianna Golodryga from Kyiv, which was struck by Russian missile strikes for the first time in six weeks yesterday, to talk about the feeling on the ground among Ukrainians and the support of the United States.
Also on today's show: Michael Froman, President, Council on Foreign Relations; Rodrigo García, Film Director / Son of Gabriel García Márquez; actor Ian McKellen
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Mar 22, 2024
Gabrielius Landsbergis is Lithuania’s Foreign Minister and one of Ukraine's fiercest allies. He has repeatedly chastised Western allies for doing far too little, too late for Kyiv. Landsbergis is currently in the United States to drum up urgent support for Ukraine and joins Christiane to discuss the current state of the war.
Also on today's show: Rafael Grossi, Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency; Ryan Calais Cameron, Playwright, “For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy”
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Mar 21, 2024
Israeli military action continues to devastate the civilian population in Gaza. A three-day siege at Al-Shifa hospital is ongoing, though thousands are sheltering there. The IDF claims the site is being used by "senior Hamas terrorists," saying it's killed ninety of them. The bombardment is pushing Gaza towards a devastating humanitarian crisis: A UN-backed organization reports that half of Gaza, more than a million people, is on the brink of catastrophic hunger. David Miliband is President and ...Show moreCEO of the International Rescue Committee. He is a former British Foreign Secretary and is himself a child of holocaust refugees.
Also on today's show: Israeli Knesset member Ofer Cassif
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Mar 20, 2024
On today’s program, we examine wars the international community is failing to contain, and the man-made famines they are creating. First to Haiti, where gangs rule, and national security forces are low on ammunition and leadership. Correspondent David Culver reports from inside a Port-Au-Prince hospital.
Also on today's show: Roberto Álvarez, Dominican Republic Foreign Minister; Raghad Jaraisy & Ofer Dagan, Co-Chief Executives, Sikkuy-Aufoq; Leslie Kaufman. Reporter, Bloomberg
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Mar 19, 2024
With a record of 87% of the vote, Vladimir Putin won a landslide election in Russia, solidifying his grip on power and securing a fifth term. Correspondent Fred Pleitgen looks at Putin’s re-election and what six more years of his leadership mean for Russia and the rest of the world.
Also on today's show: Richard Haass, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations; Andrew Weissmann; Former US Prosecutor & Co-Author, "The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary"; Eric Klinenberg, Author, "2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed"
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Mar 18, 2024
In Russia this weekend, an election that's more of a rubber-stamp on Putin’s eternal presidency. Any real opposition to him or his war in Ukraine has been brutally crushed - both inside and outside the country. Christiane speaks to John Sullivan - America’s ambassador to Moscow under Presidents Trump and Biden.
Meantime, with northern Gaza on the brink of famine, the first aid ship is arriving from Cyprus. And for the first time in weeks, a UN food convoy managed to reach Gaza city using a new m...Show moreilitary road. But experts say it's not nearly enough to stem the suffering. In a world exclusive interview, Queen Rania of Jordan tells Christiane how her country is helping get airdrops to starving people.
Then, Christiane speaks to NASA administrator Bill Nelson just after the latest SpaceX rocket launch. It is a critical time for NASA. Its just had its budget cut. Its Artemis manned moon mission is behind schedule. And now China and Russia are talking about a nuclear power plant on the lunar surface. Nelson explains how the moon's untapped resources will help us get to Mars - plus its search for a new crop of wannabe Martians!
From the Amanpour Archive this week: Christiane's report from 90s Haiti - and the country's unending cycle of violence and poverty - just before the US restored President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power.
And finally, in our Letter from London, it's the return of a smash hit play the Guardian calls "a moving meditation on Black masculinity and Black life in Britain." It’s called “For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue gets too heavy." It’s back in the West End after a sellout first run. That's where Christiane met playwright Ryan Calais Cameron.
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Mar 16, 2024