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Amanpour interviews - February 2024

Thursday, 29 February

Amanpour questions top Netanyahu adviser on deadly aid incident
Christiane Amanpour speaks with Mark Regev, Special Adviser to the Israeli Prime Minister, after the Gaza Health Ministry says over 100 Palestinians were killed amidst IDF gunfire and a stampede around aid trucks in Gaza City.
Kara Swisher: 'So much toxic waste flowed into the digital veins of the world'
Biden tone shift on Gaza 'nice but not effective': Former State Department official

Wednesday, 28 February

Halting UNRWA services would only 'plant the seed for further hatred,' says agency's chief
Christiane Amanpour speaks with Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner General of UNRWA, as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens and the aid organization is under intense scrutiny.
'We're a myth-making state': Lawrence Wright on Texas

Tuesday, 27 February

Top aid worker visits Gaza: I'm shaken by what I saw
Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, tells Christiane Amanpour that he's never seen anything like the devastation in Gaza.
'This is the face of the Russian world': Bucha, two years on
Jodie Foster & Kali Reis on kicking butt in 'True Detective'

Monday, 26 February

'Gaps are still wide' on hostage deal, says Israeli analyst
Bianna Golodryga speaks with Axios reporter and CNN Political and Global Affairs Analyst Barak Ravid about the reported progress on a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.
'Israel has essentially weaponized mass starvation and disease,' says analyst
'We are much richer than Russia, we should team up' says French MEP
Corruption allegations are 'harassment,' says Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus

The Amanpour Hour

Situation critical as aid delay leaves Ukraine outmanned and outgunned
Christiane Amanpour sees the desperate situation in Ukraine firsthand, as Putin's relentless invasion grinds into a third year.
"Every day of debate in one place means another death": Ukraine's Foreign Minister on need for aid
Poison politics and the true trigger point for Putin's invasion

Friday, 23 February

'It's a bloody carousel': Amanpour describes scene at a Dnipro hospital
CNN's Christiane Amanpour visits one of Ukraine's busiest trauma centers, Dnipro's Mechnikov Hospital, where military personnel make up most of the casualties.
Fiona Hill: America is the weak link in Ukraine's defense
'The Ukrainians are fighting this war for us,' says German Foreign Minister

Thursday, 22 February

A Tale of Two Cities in Ukraine
CNN's Christiane Amanpour shows us how people in Kyiv and Kharkiv are trying to carry on with daily life despite the war.
We will 'tighten the noose' on Putin, vows US State Department's Victoria Nuland
Putin 'will do the same' in his next term as president, says former Russian lawmaker
Ukraine MP: It's not in the interest of the U.S. to help Putin

Wednesday, 21 February

How Ukraine is trying to plug the gaps on its frontline
Christiane Amanpour meets a Ukrainian sergeant, who tells her there is a catastrophic shortage of people and weapons on the frontline, and she witnesses how soldiers at a rehab center are being given a second chance at life
10 years after James Foley's murder, his mother Diane is rejecting hatred
Acclaimed Russian-Ukrainian choreographer brings the battlefield to ballet

Tuesday, 20 February

Ukrainian resilience two years on
CNN's Christiane Amanpour travels to a military cemetery in Lviv to meet with Ukrainians who lost their loved ones.
'Every day of debate... means another death,' says Ukraine's Foreign Minister
'The Zone of Interest' director sees ourselves in the perpetrators of the Holocaust

Monday, 19 February

President Zelensky: Our main weapon today is our people
Christiane Amanpour speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference, ahead of the second anniversary of Russia's full scale invasion.
'This is the dictator's handbook in real life': Estonia's Prime Minister on Navalny's death
'It will not slow me down': Alejandro Mayorkas responds to historic impeachment

The Amanpour Hour

Zelensky: 'Putin kills whoever he wants'
With the death of fierce Putin critic Alexey Navalny hanging over the Munich security conference, Christiane speaks to Ukraine's President Zelensky and asks can Ukraine win this war?
The painful legacy of war in Afghanistan
'True Detective' stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis on making the show their own

Friday, 16 February

Hillary Clinton: Navalny's death 'a result of Putin's brutality'
On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Christiane Amanpour talks to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the sudden death of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny.
Navalny is 'immortal' as a symbol of resistance, says Russian historian
Navalny is going to be a 'role model for future generations', says Russian author
'My heart breaks': Wife of imprisoned Russian dissident reacts to Navalny's death

Thursday, 15 February

Faltering support for Ukraine is 'affecting the solider on the battlefield', says former NATO commander
Christiane Amanpour speaks to Kurt Volker, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO, and Philip Breedlove, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, as world leaders prepare to gather at the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
'I wasn't prepared for this rolling nightmare': A British historian on America's guns

Wednesday, 14 February

Women are the key to combating the climate crisis, says leading scientist
After winning his landmark defamation case, climate scientist Michael Mann joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the environmental crisis playing out across our planet.
'It's about proposing not imposing': Vatican adviser on same-sex blessings

Tuesday, 13 February

Most Palestinians and Israelis 'do not want a two-state solution', says former Jordanian foreign minister
Christiane Amanpour speaks to former Jordanian foreign minister, Marwan Muasher, about what he sees as the future for Gaza and the region.
'Art as an act of defiance': Matt Damon on new documentary about U2's work in Bosnia

Monday, 12 February

'Bombing of civilians' not doing Israel any good, warns US senator
Independent senator for Maine Angus King discusses his concerns around an expected Israeli ground offensive in southern Gaza, and he explains why he thinks supporting Ukraine is key to US security.
'All of our society is so wounded,' says Israeli peace activist
The reality of life in Gaza right now, according to a former Middle East correspondent

The Amanpour Hour

Veteran Democratic strategist on what the polls don't tell you
Clinton campaign veteran Simon Rosenberg says "damaged goods" Trump is making the GOP resort to increasingly desperate measures.
GOP snatches defeat from the jaws of victory as border bill tanks
Amanpour relives transformative time in Iranian homeland

Friday, 9 February

Tough talk doesn't fix the crisis: Author Jonathan Blitzer on border politics
The author of "Everyone who is here is gone" says as long as Washington keeps tripping up on negotiating reform, acute stress at the border won't go away.
'There is a protest brewing somewhere in Russia,' says historian Nina Khrushcheva

Thursday, 8 February

Justices in Trump ballot case 'were looking for an off-ramp,' says political analyst
Christiane Amanpour speaks with CNN Senior Political Analyst John Avlon about the Supreme Court hearing on former President Donald Trump's eligibility to hold office again.
Meet the cast and creator bringing "Kim's Convenience" to life on stage in London

Wednesday, 7 February

Netanyahu and Biden are clearly 'not on the same page,' says former U.S. diplomat
Christiane Amanpour speaks with Richard Haass, former U.S. diplomat and former president of the Council on Foreign Relations, on the negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza and U.S. plans for the day after the war.
How Ukraine can win, according to NATO's former Deputy Secretary General
Imran Khan's sister says 'the right to vote' is being taken away 'from the people of Pakistan'

Tuesday, 6 February

'I'd rather be us than them': Democratic strategist looks ahead to November election
Despite gyrating poll numbers and reports of eroding Democratic support, veteran politico Simon Rosenberg says he feels good about Biden's reelection odds
Who are the Houthis? A former captive and conflict expert explains

Monday, 5 February

'I felt that there was a potential existential threat coming from Russia': Former Finnish Prime Minister on his return to politics
Christiane Amanpour speaks to Finnish presidential candidate Alexander Stubb about his country's unique position, as the newest member of NATO, ahead of next week's presidential runoff.
'It's inevitable' that life will be found beyond earth, says top NASA official

The Amanpour Hour

Gore: 'We've got to stop using the sky as an open sewer'
Eco-activist and former VP Al Gore says "we've got to switch away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible" if we want to save our planet from catastrophic climate change.
Gore rips MAGA Republicans for playing 'petty' politics over Ukraine aid
AI heralds 'most productive decade in history of our species,' says Mustafa Suleyman

Friday, 2 February

U.S. sanctions on Israeli settlers 'send a very strong signal,' says Middle East analyst
Bianna Golodryga speaks to Aaron David Miller, former U.S. State Department Middle East negotiator, after U.S. sanctions target four settlers accused of directly perpetrating violence or intimidation in the West Bank.
Why Ukraine's top army chief is calling for a redesign of battlefield operations

Thursday, 1 February

'Everyone is going to get much, much, much smarter,' says AI pioneer
Christiane Amanpour speaks to artificial intelligence pioneer Mustafa Suleyman, author of "The Coming Wave" and Founder of InflectionAI. He says AI will bring 'the most productive decade in the history of our species'.
'Our film is not afraid': Jeffrey Wright on pointed satire in 'American Fiction'