My first podcast series with @global has arrived. Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files with Jamie Rubin He was in the room. I was on the frontline. 20 years married. 7 years divorced. Now we’re picking up the conversation again. 🎧 Launching 13 May 🔗 Listen @GlobalPlayer

“He led not by being the loudest person in the room, he led by showing a moral imagination… listening.” Remembering a pivotal figure for peace: @thantmyintu tells me about his grandfather, U Thant and the often forgotten key role he played in resolving many conflicts,

“We have fake news since the beginning of written documentation… however, since we have the internet... fake news is spreading very, very fast, and it's omnipresent.” The inimitable Werner Herzog tells me about his search for the truth—“Truth has no future, but truth does not

@dsmolansky And I spoke with former U.S. official @Cartajuanero about his concerns over where this might be headed:

I also spoke this week with Machado’s close ally @dsmolansky about the current situation in Venezuela and the ongoing U.S. military build-up.

I spoke with the new Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado last August, in the wake of elections outside observers agree her party won, and she told me what drives her to keep going even as a crackdown was underway.

“He might be erratic in his methods, but he has consistency of ideas.” Veteran French diplomat Sylvie Bermann tells me she’s optimistic Donald Trump will continue diplomatic efforts in Ukraine, after his initial success in Gaza.

After initial success on a Gaza ceasefire plan, veteran conflict negotiator Oliver McTernan tells me the question for Donald Trump is whether he has the “political and moral courage to take the next step.”

Here's an extract of Meron's powerful poem.

Today, I’m sharing the words of Holocaust survivor, legal titan, and veteran of multiple international war crimes tribunals, Theodor Meron, who sent me a poem he wrote, shortly before the Gaza ceasefire was announced.

“We’re all holding our breath.” Speaking from Gaza, @MSF’s Nour Alsaqqa described to me how people there are reacting to a ceasefire deal and the utter destruction meted out on Gaza in the past two years. She joined me alongside @Oxfam’s Bushra Khalidi in the occupied West Bank.

"It's a very tough thing to know there were decisions taken by the government of Israel that meant our loved ones did not survive... we are left with a very broken heart." @Lifschitz_sha whose father was killed after being taken hostage on October 7th says, "I think this

Looking at the massive military build-up targeting Venezuela in the Caribbean, former Biden National Security official @Cartajuanero tells me, “this really looks, walks and talks like a regime change preparation.”

I asked Venezuela’s opposition leader @dsmolansky whether he would support a Trump administration attempt to overthrow Nicolás Maduro. He told me, “I support the dismantling of a drug cartel that is running my country for almost 27 years.”

“Think about it. Think about the fact that Rafah is more destroyed than Hiroshima. Most of the cities in Gaza are more destroyed than Nagasaki.” Reflecting on the war on Gaza, Israeli journalist @nirhasson says people must be clear-eyed about the death, the destruction, and its

‘It’s the same plan — it could’ve been done ten months ago’ @amanpour & @JamesP_Rubin discuss Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan, which resembles the same plan Jamie worked on with Tony Blinken prior to Trump’s re-election Christiane Amanpour Present: The Ex Files 🗂️ on @globalplayer 🎧

🚨 New episode! Trump says he has a peace plan for the Middle East — will it be more than a shaky ceasefire? Plus @amanpour & @JamesP_Rubin discuss the US shutdown and rising anti-immigration rhetoric Listen to Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files 🗂️ on @globalplayer 🎧

“When I was 10 I read Tarzan and fell in love…and that wretched Tarzan what did he do? He married the wrong Jane.” As we remember the remarkable life of primatologist Jane Goodall, I revisit my 2017 conversation with the woman who changed our understanding of the world.

After the Taliban shut down Afghanistan’s internet this week, from my archive, a bittersweet look back to the last time the country freed itself from the Taliban’s tech crackdown. It shows just how far the country came only to be dragged backwards by their draconian rule again.

It's no secret women in Afghanistan face brutal oppression by the Taliban since their return to power in 2021. But as @AmandaDCNN reports, they continue to fight back, including in the world of sports, with @FIFAcom recognizing the Afghan women's refugee soccer team.

On #TheAmanpourHour this week: · America’s battles at home and abroad with @SenatorShaheen · Director @benny_safdie on "The Smashing Machine," & transforming @TheRock into a mixed martial artist · Fmr. CNN president Tom Johnson talks dealing with depression, & memoir "Driven"