A Haaretz report alleges Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was warned by the UAE president about a possible Hamas attack prior to Oct 7, which Netanyahu has called “a complete lie.” Now former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert tells me, “I have a good reason to believe that this is absolutel…Mostrar mais

In the occupied West Bank, we see “almost daily atrocities carried out against innocent people,” says former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. “Burning and shooting people in their homes, in their fields, everywhere they can find them. This is something that can’t be ignored…Mostrar mais

Read this and weep. Seriously. This corruption is not only criminal, it’s morally depraved: those Ukrainians pocketing defense $ lead directly to casualties on their own frontlines and risk their own nation’s survival. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/world/europe/uk...Mostrar mais

“This was a brutal war in which civilians were caught up.” After almost a millennium, the Bayeux Tapestry continues to tell a vivid story of the Norman conquest of England. I talk to Lord Peter Ricketts, who was instrumental in bringing the artifact from France, to a blockbuster…Mostrar mais

“I supported the [Iraq] war. I supported the intervention. I regret that now. I think it was wrong.” @RNicholasBurns was U.S. ambassador to NATO at the start of the Global War on Terror. He now says America’s “big mistake” was going into Iraq in 2003.

“The fundamental lesson that I learned on 9/11 is we need friends and allies in the world.” @RNicholasBurns was U.S. ambassador to NATO when Al Qaeda attacked. He tells me that, even with all of America’s power, “we need to be respectful of our allies.”

“What would drive a woman to think it actually is a good idea to murder her husband?” In her new doc An Eye for an Eye, Tanaz Eshaghian tells a gripping true story of murder, revenge and a family torn apart in Iran. She told me what drew her to follow this story up close.

“If you look at the life of Roy Cohn, you suddenly see into the soul of Donald Trump,” says historian Kai Bird, whose new biography explores the life of the notorious lawyer and mentor to Trump. “It’s an extraordinary thing to say, but it’s true.”

Having covered Mladic's monstrous crimes in real time, I had dared to hope Serbia would not do this. I had hoped that today's young Serbs' dreams of joining Europe, being in the democracy and human rights club, might add an element of common sense, morality and restraint. But mus…Mostrar mais

As we approach the anniversary of 9/11, a new @CNN film revisits the ‘Windows on the World’ restaurant, which sat atop New York’s Twin Towers: how it reflected the brilliance of the city it looked out on, and the tragedy it faced in September 2001.

35 years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union began, we revisited my tour inside a vodka factory in 1992, where I saw a Russian economy on the rocks.

In Nepal, more than a thousand people have died and thousands more are still missing after the horrifying glacial flood. In this report, @HanakoMontgome1 joins Nepalese police amid their ongoing search for the living, and the dead.

On #TheAmanpourHour this week: • Czech Pres. Petr Pavel on Russia's "hybrid warfare"; • As the world loses Gloria Steinem, we hear from the trailblazing feminist in her own words; • Get forgiveness or face execution: a gripping new documentary on a murder case in Iran.

Important perspective: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/opinion/gaza-ha...

“I have two grandchildren, born in the United States!” John Manley was Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister. While he recognizes the deep bonds between Canadians and Americans, he warns officials that “trust isn’t restored when a tariff is removed.”

Remembering one of the most important activists of our time. Revisiting some of our conversations over the past decade... here's Gloria Steinem in her own words

Gloria Steinem will go down in history as one of the most important activists of all time, leading a movement for the equality of half the world: its women. She lived a long and passionate life dedicated to this vital and basic cause. She did it with intellectual precision, emo…Mostrar mais

Data centers “are never at Mar-a-Lago. They’re never in the CEO’s neighborhoods. They’re always in working class communities.” Tennessee Democratic Congressional candidate @Justinjpearson says his constituents have seen no benefit from the explosive growth of AI data centers.

“It’s strange to hear talk about state terrorism from a man who directly orders to commit state terrorism on other countries, including my own.” Czech President Petr Pavel @prezidentpavel responds to President Putin’s claims that Ukraine’s threats towards Russian airspace might…Mostrar mais

“Russia is not succeeding [in Ukraine], even though Russian propaganda insists that they are,” says Czech President Petr Pavel @prezidentpavel. “For every square km that Russia achieves from Ukraine, they lose more than 1,000 people. The rate of casualties is higher than the ra…Mostrar mais

In the face of hybrid warfare actions by Russia, “NATO countries are more united,” argues Czech President Petr Pavel @prezidentpavel, while Moscow is “trying to create an atmosphere of distrust… to sow divisions… to discourage them from supporting Ukraine.”

I came face to face with Ratko Mladić in 1993 and today am reflecting on that time. We were brought up in the era of never again, and again was happening in Europe and the West. Democracies were doing nothing to stop what was happening in Bosnia. His death reminds me not just of…Mostrar mais

One of the world's most brutal murderers is finally dead. At 84 years old the former Bosnian Serb general, Ratko Mladić lived way longer than he allowed his tens of thousands of victims. The more than 7000 Muslim men and boys he had slaughtered in Srebrenica will be his enduring…Mostrar mais

Forty years since Paul Simon’s seminal “Graceland” album, what the great musician told me about working with South African artists to make it happen, and what the South African choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo told me about working on the record.

This week, President Trump talked up his relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. From my archives, one of the many previous attempts to charm the Kims into denuclearisation, when the New York Philharmonic played in Pyongyang.

It was the assassination attempt that rocked Monaco. In an exclusive report, @mchancecnn digs into the details around the bombing attack against a Ukrainian millionaire, and the Ukrainian single mother behind it.

On #TheAmanpourHour this week: • As Gaza peace talks stall, US doctors tell me about the “horrendous” conditions there; • Abhijeet Dipke on leaving the US to lead India’s "cockroach" protests; • “Baby Reindeer”’s Richard Gadd on his hit new drama “Half Man”.

“We weren't thinking of a sort of a global shock. But now it is a global shock.” Martin Griffiths was U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. He tells me lives are being lost, as wars in Ukraine and Iran choke off critical food supplies.

“At the moment we’re going nowhere slowly”: veteran diplomat @RichardHaass sees no compromise, and no deal coming, for stopping the war in Iran.

“Both sides... are losing.” Veteran diplomat and self-proclaimed skeptic @RichardHaass says that, with Israel failing to destroy Hamas, and Hamas delivering nothing to its people but misery, neither side is prepared to take on the hard work of making peace.

“We’re still committed to the deal,” say Hamas. In an exclusive interview, I spoke with Basem Naim, a senior Hamas political bureau official, about the US-brokered peace agreement, a future political settlement, October 7th, and the war in Gaza. He was in the room with Jared Kush…Mostrar mais

President Zelensky is “losing credibility in Ukraine,” says anti-corruption activist @dkaleniuk, after Zelensky’s ex-Defense Minister’s surprising call for an election.

“It might be a romcom next”: After creating “Baby Reindeer,” and now “Half Man” on HBO, Richard Gadd jokes with me about his next project.

“Doctors are actually supposed to bear witness to crimes and are supposed to report them when they see them.” Dr @FerozeSidhwa tells me about his time working in Gaza, what he witnessed, and why he and colleagues are speaking out. “International journalists are barred and Pales…Mostrar mais

In Ukraine, @npwcnn sees a rare sight firsthand: a Patriot missile launcher, sitting empty and unused, as they plead for more interceptor missiles. It’s the only way Kyiv can take down Russian ballistic missiles, but this launcher hasn’t been used in 10 weeks, its engineer says.

Moments of hope and progress have been ripped away in Afghanistan. From my archives this week, how women were beginning to rebuild their lives when the Taliban first fell only to lose it all when they returned to power five years ago.

Miracles and nightmares amid the rubble of Colombia’s earthquake. @David_Culver reports on the incredible efforts by rescue workers and volunteers to pull life from the ruins.

From inside Kabul, Afghan women's rights activist Mahbouba Seraj tells me there's no difference between the first time the Taliban took over in the 1990s and now. Today, she feels like the world doesn't care about the women of Afghanistan.

On #TheAmanpourHour this week: • 5 years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, an activist in Kabul describes the "hell" women there now live in; • Star conductor @GustavoDudamel on moving to NY & helping Venezuela; • Author Beeban Kidron on holding social media titans accountable.

Why classical music will never go out of fashion! Maestro Gustavo Dudamel tells me "it's a moment of connection, it's a moment of interaction, it's a moment of empathy and when you understand that, that it's not only the technical thing, that it's not only the historical thing-…Mostrar mais

"The protest has been successful... The biggest victory is that people have become fearless in questioning the government, because there was a trend happening in India where people were afraid of speaking up." @abhijeet_dipke founded the Cockroach Janta Party after the chief jus…Mostrar mais

“I was heartbroken that the government of my own country was calling me a national security threat,” co-founder of India’s Cockroach Janta Party @abhijeet_dipke says. “I am a patriot & I love my country, just not in the way this government expects me to. But I do love my country.…Mostrar mais

“We have people dying in Afghanistan right now”: John Sopko served as U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. He says America is betraying the trust of every Afghan who believed its promises of protection.

“They have an ideology. And that ideology is not going to let them give women any kind of freedom.” Afghan woman’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj tells me that under Taliban 2.0, just like under Taliban 1.0, life for women and girls in Afghanistan will always be restricted.

“If we can help Ukraine… defeat Russia’s aggressive foreign policy… then we’re doing something that’s in our interest.” Amidst reports of dwindling US weapons stockpiles, fmr. Pentagon official @EvelynNFarkas says that it’s still in America’s interest to support Ukraine with weap…Mostrar mais

This is amazing www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/tru...

“80 people, like a flock of birds that could pivot and twist and turn on a dime without a visible leader – that, to me, is the magic of what successful democracy could look like, and that becomes part of the American experiment.” Cellist @YoYo_Ma explains to @biannagolodryga how…Mostrar mais

Join me in Doha! 🌍 #CNNGlobalPerspectives lands in Doha on October 29, marking the first Global Perspectives edition in the Middle East and Gulf region. Convening the world's top leaders and visionaries from the region and beyond, we’ll explore the ideas and forces shaping our f…Mostrar mais

This Sunday the new CNN Original Series “Decades in Sports” explores how sport has transformed America and the world. So, we reflect on the power and the joy of sport with one of the greatest athletes of all time: Rafael Nadal.

Getting enough sleep in a world as stressful as ours can be seem impossible, but could help be just around the corner? @HanakoMontgome1 looks to the future of rest with this report on Japan’s burgeoning sleep tech industry.