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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington for what's now an extended visit to President Trump. But their talk of an imminent ceasefire has yet to come to fruition. Instead, Israel's renewed offensive in Gaza has killed hundreds more in recent days, while the country's Defense Minister is proposing to move 600,000 Palestinians into a concentrated area of Rafah. James Elder has just returned from a recent trip for UNICEF and joins Christiane in the studio.  Also on today's show: Galia David, Mother of Evyatar David, Hostage held by Hamas; Tamir Hayman, Former IDF Intelligence Chief; Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump claimed that Gaza ceasefire talks are "going well" as he met with Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu in Washington, who was also optimistic after the meeting, even saying that peace between Israel and the entire Middle East was possible under Trump's leadership. While the world waits for an agreement, the people of Gaza continue to be bombed, with over 60 people reported killed there today. Noa Landau is the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, which has done extensive investigative reporting on this war, and she joins the program from Tel Aviv.   Also on today's show: economist Ernie Tedeschi; NYT reporter Caroline Kitchener; award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins ("Purpose")  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: As Gaza ceasefire talks continue in Doha, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington, DC to meet with US President Donald Trump. Could a deal between Israel and Hamas be within reach? Israeli journalist Nadav Ayal explains.  Plus: Texas braces for more rain after floods kill over 80. We get the latest on the ground.  And: As extreme weather events become more frequent, how can we prepare?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A deadly week in Gaza saw hundreds of Palestinians killed. The world now waits for a possible ceasefire, which would bring some relief to a population already facing a fuel crisis and food shortages. Chris Lockyear is the Secretary-General of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and joins the show from Geneva.   Also on today's show: Ukrainian Journalist Nataliya Gumenyuk; Ari Shaw Director of International Programs, UCLA Williams Institute  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: The House continues to debate the GOP’s major domestic legislation, we speak to Annie Grayer about the latest developments.  Next: NYT immigration reporter Hamed Aleaziz, who has been on the frontline of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown - he embedded with ICE on one of their operations - joins the show.  Then: CNN's Nick Patton Walsh's exclusive report on North Korea tripling the number of troops they’re sending to Russia’s front lines.  And: A look back at Christiane’s 2019 interview with the outgoing Vogue Editor in Chief Anna Wintour.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After more than six weeks of testimony, the jury in the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial found the media mogul guilty on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, but acquitted him of the most serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Ann Olivarius — a British American lawyer who specializes in discrimination, sexual harassment and assault — joins the show to discuss.  Also on today's show: Amos Hochstein, former senior adviser to President Joe Biden; author Jeff Goodell, "The Heat Will Kill You First" & climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: After a marathon, multi-day debate, the Senate has passed Donald Trump's massive "Big Beautiful" tax and spending bill. What will it mean for America's fiscal future? Brianna puts that question to two top former presidential advisers.  Plus: Trump goes after federal courts as judges face a torrent of threats. Brianna speaks with two who understand this all too well: US District Judge Esther Salas - herself a victim of violence - and former Venezuelan federal criminal Judge Eliazar Javier Saldivar.  And: New reports shed light on the grave consequences of USAID shutting its doors.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Bianna speaks to Heorhii Tykhyi, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson about the recent barrage of Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine and what the US and EU can do to aid Ukraine's war effort.  Plus: We bring you a harrowing report from Gaza on the death of a three-month-old girl from starvation. Max Rodenbeck from the International Crisis Group joins the show to discuss.  And: Former CDC Director Tom Frieden reacts to RFK Jr.'s plans to make America healthy again.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As world leaders met at this week's NATO summit in the Netherlands, Christiane's exclusive interview with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The two discussed the fallout from the Israel-Iran conflict, a resolution in the war in Gaza, Canada-U.S. relations, Trump's demand NATO allies boost defense spending by 5% and whether Ukraine can still count on U.S. support. Then, former White House Arms Control Coordinator, Gary Samore talks to Christiane about whether Iran will continue to pursue its nuclear program and how the origins of Iran's nuclear ambitions began. From her archives this week, Christiane's rare 2007 visit to Iran's nuclear plant in Isfahan, one of the three targets of the recent attacks by the U.S. and Israel.  And finally, Christiane pays tribute to the wonderful war reporter, Rod Nordland, who passed away earlier this week after a six-year battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The primary goal of Israeli and American attacks on Iran was to remove the country's "existential" nuclear threat. But what if the attacks have the opposite effect, motivating the Iran to pull of the non-proliferation treaty and resume their nuclear program covertly? In parliament, Iranian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to suspend cooperation with the IAEA. This means that Iran would halt inspections, reporting and oversight activities. Iran always insisted its nuclear program is peaceful. For some perspective, we bring you Christiane's 1995 report on her visit to Iran's earliest nuclear power plant in Bushehr.   Also on today's show: Gary Samore, former White House Coordinator for Arms Control; Elaine Sciolino, author of "Adventures in the Louvre"; Mark Henson, Dir. of Federal Advocacy and Government Affairs, The Trevor Project  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Could US strikes in Iran pave the way for a ceasefire in Gaza? And could progress toward a ceasefire in Gaza help dial down tension in the West Bank as well? Christiane speaks with Mustafa Barghouti, a longtime Palestinian politician and former peace negotiator.  Also on today's show: Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; David A. Graham, Staff Writer, The Atlantic  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At today's NATO summit, President Trump devoted a great deal of his press conference to the US's strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. After a back and forth over a leaked Pentagon report suggesting the strikes only set back Iran's nuclear program by months, Trump said it was preliminary and "inconclusive." Then he got another report by Israel's Atomic Energy Commission, saying the US attack on Fordow "destroyed the site's critical infrastructure." Iran itself also said the facilities were badly damaged. David Petraeus served as the Commander of Centcom and Director of the CIA and joins Christiane to discuss this all.  Also on today's show: former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, now Co-Chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations; former CDC epidemiologist Dr. Fiona Havers, who quit after actions by RFK Jr.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NATO leaders are gathering in the Netherlands for their annual summit at the same time a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Iran war appears to be holding. Can diplomacy succeed if the ceasefire survives? Among the leaders urging that path is Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney. Christiane sat down with the Prime Minister in the Netherlands today.  Also on today's show: EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas; Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics and Politics, U.C. Berkeley  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

First: Christiane’s exclusive conversation with the Iranian deputy foreign minister on how it could respond to U.S. involvement and still holding out hope for nuclear negotiations once this war is over.  Then: If regime change is also Israel's goal. Who is waiting in the wings to take over? Christiane speaks with former State Department adviser and Iran expert Vali Nasr. Also: From her archives, Christiane looks back at a moment of hope inside and outside Iran for a peaceful transition to freedom and stability. Dreams well and truly dashed in the intervening years. And: Film director Wes Anderson speaks with Christiane about his new film "The Phoenician Scheme," the inescapable signature style of all his movies, and hiring Kate Winslet's daughter. Finally: As Berlin pays tribute to the legendary artwork of wrapping the Reichstag by Christo and Jean-Claude this week, Christiane revisits her conversation with Christo and what he told her about the project and how his own history as a refugee informed his art and unstoppable drive.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Israel's attacks on Iran and Iran's retaliation have brought the United States to the edge of entering another war in the Middle East. It is exposing divisions within President Trump's cabinet and the MAGA movement over American involvement abroad. As former Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen has an insider's view of war in the Middle East. He joins Christiane to discuss this all.  Also on today's show: investigative journalist and author Carol Cadwalladr on the dangers of techno-authoritarianism  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Israel continues to attack Iran, it says Tehran crossed the red line after striking a major hospital in southern Israel. Iran says it was targeting a nearby technology park, but Israel says it was a deliberate attack on civilians. Correspondent Fred Pleitgen is in Tehran and brings a report from outside the state television building that Israel attacked.  Also on today's show: Vali Nasr, Author, "Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History"; Jeff Flake, Former Republican US Senator / Former US Ambassador to Turkey; Barbara Walter, Professor of International Affairs, U.C. San Diego / Author, "How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Will the US join Israel in its offensive against Iran? President Donald Trump says, "I may do it, I may not do it." Residents of Tehran have been called upon to evacuate and are mired in traffic gridlocks trying to leave. Meantime, Israel continues to strike leadership targets and nuclear sites. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, rejected the U.S. President's call for unconditional surrender in a taped video message aired on State TV. Majid Takht-Ravanchi is Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, and is a key player in the nuclear negotiations. He joins Christiane in an exclusive interview from Tehran.  Also on today's show: Andrei Kelin, Russian Ambassador to the UK; author Hala Alyan (“I'll Tell You When I'm Home”)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump took to social media to warn Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei that he's an "easy target" and calling for unconditional surrender, adding to the fears of Iranians who are desperately trying to leave the capital since Trump told all 10 million to "immediately evacuate." Just before Israel launched its massive attacks, the International Atomic Energy Agency declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation agreements for the first time in 20 years. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi joins Christiane from Vienna.  Also on today's show: Jon Finer, Former US Principal Deputy National Security Advisor; DNC Chair Ken Martin  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iran's state television channel says that it has been attacked by Israel. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country's air force "controls the skies" over Iran's capital city. Christiane Amanpour switches roles and joins Bianna to analyze this intense moment.  Also on today's show: former US State Department official Richard Haass;  New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser; Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Strikes on Iran continue as Israel plunges the Middle East into dangerous new territory. Iran vows retaliation and launches hundreds of drone strikes against Israel. On today's show we ask key experts and insiders where all of this is headed.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices