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By narrowly beating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro for the presidency of Brazil, the man who goes simply by Lula has staged a stunning political resurrection. Now the country transitions from Bolsonaro' s far-right authoritarian presidency, back to Lula’s worker party socialism. But Bolsonaro has yet to concede defeat. So, what does Lula's return mean for the Americas, and the world? Former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda joins the show to discuss. Also on today's show: US Senate candidate Evan McMullin; investigative journalist Linda So; CNN's Anderson Cooper. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The beleaguered country of Haiti now stands on the verge of complete collapse. In September, armed gangs seized a critical fuel terminal -- placing a stranglehold on food, water and power. Hospitals are shutting down. Millions of Haitians face food deprivation. Earlier this month, Haiti's transitional leader, Ariel Henry, requested an armed intervention by international forces, to restore peace and some security. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the UN is preparing a resolution in support of an assistance mission. But so far, no country has stepped up to lead. Why is that? Sara is joined by Haiti's Ambassador to the US, Bocchit Edmond. Also on today's show: Dr. Manfret McGhee, father of St. Louis high school shooting victim; Kimberly Mutcherson, Co-Dean, Rutgers University Law School; Nobel prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vogue has been setting trends for decades, led by its legendary editor Anna Wintour, and since 2017, Edward Enninful has overseen its British counterpart. He is the first Black person and first man to hold the role. His agenda-setting, star-powered reign has attracted readers and buzz, all fueling speculation that he was gunning for Wintour’s job. But in a revealing conversation with Christiane, Enninful puts the rumors to rest. He tells her how, in his words, he went from dorky immigrant to exotic model, and how he learned to stand up and stand out, making himself A Visible Man. Also on today's show: author Zarifa Ghafari; author Stacy Schiff. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A categoric denial from the Russian Ambassador to the UK today, as Andrei Kelin tells Christiane that Moscow using nuclear weapons is “out of the question,” in a revealing interview. This after the British, American and French governments sent Moscow a stern warning this week, fearing Russia is preparing for an escalation in Ukraine by planting false flag alarms. But the ambassador’s firm stance may not calm fears; after all, Russian officials said all along they were not going to invade Ukraine, yet they did. Kelin is a veteran foreign service officer whose portfolio has included arms control and NATO relations, and he sat down with Christiane at the ambassador’s residence in London. Also on today's show: US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry; Russian investigative journalist Yevgenia Albats. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Without any evidence – and despite denials by Kyiv and Washington – Moscow is claiming that Ukraine plans to use a “dirty bomb” on its territory. Ukraine’s foreign minister calls the story a “pure Russian lie” and says no one should be fooled. As the grinding military battle continues, Ukraine makes hard fought gains in the east and south while Ukraine’s citizens are hunkered down for a possible winter of energy blackouts after vital infrastructure was hit by Russia. President Zelensky’s chief diplomatic adviser joins the program. Also on the program: bestselling author Jon Meacham details Abraham Lincoln’s most difficult decisions in his new book And There Was Light, plus Scott Jennings and Tom Perez discuss the upcoming midterm elections. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a tumultuous several weeks, Britain has a new prime minister and possibly some stability. The former chancellor Rishi Sunak takes over after the implosion of Liz Truss, who in turn took over after Boris Johnson had to resign. Sunak will be the first person of color in the post, and at 42, the youngest in two centuries. To discuss the challenges ahead, Christiane speaks with editor of The Spectator magazine Fraser Nelson, and Ayesha Hazarika, a former Labour Party adviser. Also on today's show: Clea Newman Soderlund, daughter of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, talks about her father's posthumous memoir Paul Newman: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man; MacArthur Fellowship winner Reuben J. Miller; Edward Enninful, Editor-in-Chief at British Vogue. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From Bosnia to Syria to Ukraine, war crimes are an all-too-common reality wherever conflict arises. The failed promise of “never again” after the Holocaust rings hollow time and time again, and with fewer survivors living to tell the tale with every passing year, testimonies like today's first guest become more vital than ever. Tova Friedman was just five years old when she was taken to Auschwitz, where several members of her family were killed. Now she is sharing her life story in a new memoir, The Daughter of Auschwitz. She joins the program alongside her co-author, journalist Malcolm Brabant, to discuss what compelled her to tell her story now, in all its painful details. Also on today's show: Johanna Hamilton & Yoruba Richen, co-directors of the new documentary, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks; AOL co-founder Steve Case. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Resigning after just 45 days in office, Liz Truss has cemented herself as the United Kingdom’s shortest-serving prime minister. She presided over a period of chaos: her economic plan tanked the pound and sent markets into freefall, raised interest rates and threw ordinary people into panic about their mortgages and the cost of living. Her slew of tax cuts for the wealthy has been ditched now by her new chancellor Jeremy Hunt. Now, the Conservative Party will hold yet another leadership election, aiming to have another prime minister in place by next Friday. But the calls for a general election are growing louder. Can – and should – the Conservative Party really govern Britain right now? Former Conservative MP and minister Sir Alan Duncan joins the program, followed by Labour MP and Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Also on today's show: Robert Draper, author of Weapons of Mass Delusion; wildly popular Iranian singer Googoosh. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Millions of Americans have already turned out in early voting for this year’s midterms in a number of states, setting up a battle between two competing visions for America. While Republicans hammer home messages on inflation and the economy, Democrats focus on defending democracy and the rights of women and families. But with President Biden facing low approval ratings on the economy, it's a tough political environment for Democrats right now. Correspondent Jeff Zeleny looks at a closely-watched race in Michigan. Also on today's show: Nic Robertson on the realities of Russia's war; Ben Macintyre, author of Prisoners of the Castle; US Senate Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse; Matthew Delmont, author of Half American. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Concern is growing about Elnaz Rekabi, the 33-year-old Iranian athlete who competed in South Korea on Sunday without a mandatory hijab. On social media today, Rekabi said there was a problem climbing with the covering, apologized, and said she was returning to Iran. Now rights groups based abroad are raising the alarm about what might happen to her once she’s home. It comes amid ongoing protests by Iranian women and male allies, sparked by the death of police custody of Mahsa Amini. Amini was an Iranian Kurd, and that community has borne the brunt of the regime’s crackdown. Now some are fleeing across the border to Iraqi Kurdistan and joining armed opposition groups. Correspondent Nima Elbagir traveled there to learn more about this budding insurgency. Also on today's show: British MP Crispin Blunt, the first Conservative Member of Parliament to call for new Prime Minister Liz Truss' ouster; author Anand Giridharadas; Gina Kim, executive producer of Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What's happening in the UK right now has heads spinning around the globe. New Prime Minister Liz Truss is already scrambling to survive. Her new chancellor Jeremy Hunt today brought down the axe on nearly all of her tax-cutting plan after it sent the markets spiraling. To make sense of all of this, Christiane spoke to Rory Stewart, former conservative party MP and cabinet minister, and economist Mariana Mazzucato. Also on today's show: Frank Tsai, the founder of China Crossroads, which works closely with academic and business figures in China; Rana Faroohar, a global economic analyst for CNN and columnist at the Financial Times; actor Jeremy Strong and director James gray discuss their new movie Armageddon Time. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s a dangerous time for Russians speaking out against President Vladimir Putin – though many still bravely do so. Russian human rights group Memorial has been working since the 1980s to expose abuses by the Russian state. The Nobel committee recognized this in awarding the group this year’s Peace Prize, which it shares with Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties, and an imprisoned Belarusian human rights advocate. Christiane speaks with its Chairman Jan Raczynski about the Nobel honor and his fight against repression. Also on today's show: Defending Democracy Together cofounder Sarah Longwell; artist Barbara Chase-Riboud. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Temperatures are falling in Europe, so the urgency is rising to get Ukraine ready for winter warfare. NATO defense ministers have just wrapped up two days of meetings in Brussels, with Germany, the Netherlands and France rushing air defense systems to the country after Russia launched a wave of missile attacks that killed civilians. The alliance also says it will go ahead with its annual nuclear exercises planned for next week, amid Putin’s veiled threats about tactical nuclear weapons. For more on this, Christiane speaks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Also on today's show: Professor Vali Nasr, a former State Department official, gives his take on the continuing Iran protests; Chase Strangio, deputy director for transgender justice at the ACLU, discusses misconceptions about transgender health and rights. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s nearly one month since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died after being hauled in by Iran’s morality police, and protesters are still in the streets. It’s the biggest threat to the regime in many years. At the frontlines are women and even schoolgirls fighting for freedom and defying strict laws on the wearing of the hijab. But these protests are also about the dire economic reality facing the country. CNN International Correspondent Jomana Karadsheh joins the show, followed by University of Tehran professor Mohammad Marandi. Also on today's show: photographer Tyler Mitchell; Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman; Angela Lansbury from the archives. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The midterms are four weeks away, with the economy and abortion rights at the top of people’s minds as they prepare to vote. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe, polls show confidence is at an historic low, with over half of Americans disapproving of the court’s performance. And as its new term gets underway, a raft of cases could drastically impact huge swathes of life in America, including voting, LGBT rights, and climate regulation. Joining us to discuss is former US Attorney General Eric Holder. Also on today's show: Reza Aslan, author of An American Martyr in Persia; Richard Reeves, author of Of Boys and Men. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden and world leaders are condemning Russia’s massive missile strikes against Ukraine and have vowed to continue supporting its fight for freedom. The strikes are viewed as Russia’s revenge for the downing of parts of the key bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland, as well as weeks of Ukrainian gains on the battlefield. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has cut short a tour of Africa where he was appealing for the continent’s support, and he joins the show to discuss. Also on today's show: Karim Khan, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Court; Yeganeh Rezaian, Senior Researcher, Committee to Protect Journalists; Astead Herndon; national politics reporter, New York Times. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Women have been at the forefront of ongoing protests in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the so-called morality police three weeks ago. In a country infamous for crushing dissent, these women are trying to force authorities to pay attention to their demands, sometimes at their own peril, as Jomana Karadsheh explains. Following her report Christiane is joined by Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel laureate and human rights lawyer who was Iran's first female presiding judge before being demoted following the 1979 revolution. Also on today's show: celebrated journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault, author of a new memoir, My People; Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Washington is watching fast-moving developments on two fronts, in Ukraine and in North Korea. Kim Jong Un fired two shortrange missiles into North Korea’s eastern waters, just two days after sending a missile over Japan. It amounts to 24 missile tests so far this year, the highest number since Kim came to power 10 years ago. Meantime in Ukraine, officials there say a number of Russian missiles have struck the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, some leveling large parts of residential buildings. This while President Zelensky says his forces continue to make important gains both in the east and in the south. To dig into all this, Christiane speaks with US National Security Spokesperson John Kirby. Also on today's show: John Ridley, writer, director and executive producer of Five Days At Memorial, a new documentary about Hurricane Katrina; actor Wendell Pierce. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A deliberate muddying of the facts about its invasion of Ukraine has been Russia’s game plan -- it now brushes off talk of military setbacks by saying it's "regrouping.” But widely circulated videos of Russian soldiers paint a very different picture. Correspondent Melissa Bell reports, followed by an interview with Andrey Kortunov, Director General of the Russian International Affairs Council, a think tank with connections to the Russian foreign ministry. Also on today's show: Oscar-nominated actor Stanley Tucci, host of the hit travel series Searching for Italy; Oscar-nominated director Immy Humes, author of The Only Woman. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world is watching Iranians young and old confront the Islamic regime amid fears of a worsening crackdown. It's day 18 of unprecedented protests that erupted after the death in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Jomana Karadsheh spoke to one of the student protesters. Following her interview, Christiane speaks Fatemeh Shams, an assistant professor of modern Persian literature at the University of Pennsylvania, who took part in anti-government protests of 2009 before fleeing Iran for the US. Also on today's show: Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukraine President Zelensky; Parag Khanna, author of MOVE: Where People Are Going for a Better Future; Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Maggie Haberman. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US and its NATO allies are swiftly warning of retaliation and catastrophic consequences for Russia should President Putin follow through on pledges of nuclear warfare. Many are wondering just how far Putin will push it, as Ukraine continues to bust through Russian lines after weeks of a successful offensive in the east and now the south. The key city of Lyman in Donetsk is now back in the hands of Ukrainian forces. Correspondent Nic Payton Walsh was the first TV journalist to visit the city and he joins the show to discuss. Also on today's show: US Senate Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, a senior member of both the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees; former Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim; Scott Armstrong, author of Adrift: America in 100 Charts. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UK has been swept up in a week of economic and political turmoil, with Prime Minister Liz Truss’s Conservative government coming under increasing pressure over its controversial tax cut plan. Financial markets are roiled, the British pound tanked, and the IMF issued a rare rebuke. Meanwhile in Italy, the electoral success of Giorgia Meloni marks a lurch to the far right that will see a party with roots in neo-fascism enter power for the first time since World War II. And in the US, the latest January 6 hearing had to be postponed due to the devastating arrival of Hurricane Ian. Political chaos often acts as inspiration for Armando Iannucci’s work. He’s beloved for his comedies, looking at the absurdity of politics in The Thick of It, Veep, and The Death of Stalin. His latest work, Avenue 5, is a sitcom about a tourist spaceship thrown off course. But as he explains to Christiane, his goal isn’t just to poke fun at those in power, but increasingly to try and shore up our fragile democratic norms. Also on today's show: Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Jodi Kantor; comedian Hasan Minhaj. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the strongest storms ever to hit the US is causing catastrophic flooding and destruction across hundreds of miles. Speaking this morning, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the storm is “basically a 500-year flood event,” and the government confirms that Ian produced “one in a thousand-year rainfall” in some Florida locations. It embodies a trend in recent hurricanes, as warmer water – driven by climate change – fuels stronger, more destructive storms. UC Santa Barbara Professor of Environmental Politics Leah Stokes is a climate policy expert and joins the show to discuss. Also on today's show: historian Nina Khrushcheva on what's behind Putin's annexation of Ukrainian territory; Katy Hessel, author of The Story of Art Without Men; Brennan Center for Justice Sr. Fellow Ted Johnson. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's day 223 of Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine and the president is upping the ante. It’s believed he will move this week to annex the areas under Russian occupation, after claiming an overwhelming mandate in sham referendums there. Ukraine, Europe and the US reject the whole process and Kyiv says Putin will try to make residents there fight for the Russian military. Meanwhile inside Russia, people – mostly men – are voting with their feet: they continue to flee the country in droves, desperate to avoid Putin’s forced mobilization, as Melissa Bell reports. Also on today's show: former US National Security Council Senior Director Fiona Hill; Jennifer Egan, author of The Candy House; AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s just six weeks until the midterm elections, which often sees the party in power get a “shellacking,” as President Obama once put it. Democrats are bracing for a result that could cost them all or part of Congress and reduce President Biden’s power. The Senate's longest-tenured member, Democrat Patrick Leahy is set to retire after 48 years in Congress. He joins the show from Capitol Hill. Also on today's show: Raffaele Trombetta, Italian Ambassador to the UK; Luke Mogelson, author of The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For ten straight days protests have engulfed many parts of Iran, the most widespread since the Green Revolution of 2009. State media and human rights groups say dozens have been killed in the violence so far. Despite internet restrictions and the harsh reaction of security forces, the protests show no sign of abating. In fact, they’re spreading – demonstrations took place outside Iranian embassies in London and Paris over the weekend. To discuss, Christiane speaks with Marjane Satrapi, the French-Iranian author best known for her illustrated memoir Persepolis, about growing up in Iran during the revolution. Also on today's show: Chile's new President Gabriel Boric; Joshua Prager, author of The Family Roe: An American Story. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“A sham.” That is what Ukrainian and western officials are calling the so-called referendums underway in four occupied regions of Ukraine on whether to become part of Russia. There are reports of coercion and threats, and ballots are being delivered to people’s houses. The votes are expected to pave the way for annexation of large chunks of territory. Crucially, this would allow President Putin to claim that the western alliance is in direct confrontation with his country. It all comes as Russians are fleeing the country by land and by air in droves – after the Kremlin ordered hundreds of thousands of reservists to join the fight. Australia’s foreign minister says her government is considering expelling the Russian ambassador over Putin’s nuclear threats. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong also says she encouraged her Chinese counterpart to help end the conflict in Ukraine when she met with him at the United Nations on Thursday. She joins Christiane outside the UN to discuss. Also on today's show: Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko; author/humorist Andy Borowitz; Amir Nizar Zuabi, Artistic Director of The Walk. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Women in Iran are ripping off their hijabs and cutting their hair in the streets as an outpouring of anger takes place across the country. Demonstrators are mourning and protesting the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old woman who died after being arrested by Iran’s morality police, who enforce the country’s strict dress codes for women. The authorities say Mahsa Amini had a heart attack, but her family say that’s a lie. Christiane had hoped to put all this to the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in an interview on Wednesday night. But at the last minute, he refused to sit for the interview unless Christiane wore a headscarf. It’s an unprecedented request; Christiane has interviewed every Iranian president since 1995, including on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, and this had never before been an issue. So tonight, Christiane gets reaction to the protests from Senator Chris Murphy – who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – and an Iran expert. Also on today's show: Holly Dagres, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council; Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund; Susan Glasser & Peter Baker, coauthors of a new book on Donald Trump, The Divider. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christiane is at the United Nations, where world leaders are gathering for their first in-person general assembly in three years – just as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin decided to call up 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine. It’s a massive escalation amid his troops’ recent setbacks on the battlefield and comes just after officials in several occupied regions of Ukraine said they will hold referendums on formally joining Russia this week. It adds to a perfect storm of global crises, yet organizations like the UN seem largely incapable of working as a mechanism for peace and stability. Spain is a key NATO member and announced a boost in military spending when it hosted NATO’s summit in Madrid this summer. Its prime minister Pedro Sanchez joins Christiane in New York. Also on today's show: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen; Jennifer Berkshire, co-author of A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The UN General Assembly got underway today in the shadow of war. While the focus is on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there are worries as well about China and Taiwan. Joining the show to discuss is Michael Beckley, coauthor of Danger Zone: The Coming Conflict with China. Also on today's show: Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, historian Camille Joseph. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Britain, a day of mourning, gratitude, and change. The world witnessed the funeral for a British queen, a ritual never before seen on live television, and – for the first time in most people’s lives – the United Kingdom welcomed a new king. Now, the world turns to what lies ahead: the reign of Charles III. Today's guests include: Sir David Manning, former British ambassador to the US; Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney; former Director of Royal Communications for Buckingham Palace Sally Osman; New York Times London bureau chief Mark Landler; composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The incredible lines of people waiting to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as she lies in state are stretching to five miles and more, as the Palace says it is preparing for one of the biggest ceremonial events since World War II. Hundreds of heads of state and dignitaries will gather in London for the Queen’s state funeral on Monday. The Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell – the nation’s second most senior bishop – will be offering one of the prayers during the service. He also led the 70th Jubilee service at St Paul’s Cathedral this summer and has even done a jigsaw with Her Majesty. He joins Christiane to talk about this moment and his memories. Also on today's show: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas, National Association of Evangelicals President Walter Kim. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line up for miles to say farewell to their Queen. Simon Schama is a scholar of monarchy in Britain and around the world, awarded a knighthood for services to history in 2019. He joins Christiane outside the Palace of Westminster, where the Queen is lying in state. Also on today's show: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Chief Executive of the Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change Aisha Khan. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rivers of people are stretching for miles through the British capital, crisscrossing the Thames as mourners queue to see the Queen’s coffin in the Palace of Westminster. Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state until 6:30am on Monday morning, the day of her state funeral. Her coffin’s procession to Westminster saw the kind of pageantry on display that is unique to Britain, as Isa Soares reports. She is followed by Patricia Scotland, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, and historian Timony Garton Ash. Also on today's show: Abbas Gallyamov, a former speechwriter for Vladimir Putin; Iuliia Mendel, former press secretary for Ukraine President Zelensky. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Queen’s coffin makes its way today to her London home, after leaving Scotland on a Royal Air Force jet. After one more night at Buckingham Palace, the Queen will lie in state for four days at Westminster, and preparations are underway for as many as two million people who want to pay their respects. King Charles III and Queen Camilla will meet the coffin at Buckingham Palace, following their historic trip to Northern Ireland. To react to the latest, Christiane speaks with three experts: Catherine Haddon, Senior Fellow, Institute for Government; historian Elizabeth Norton; British broadcaster Bidisha Mamata Also on today's show: former British Prime Minister Theresa May. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tributes to the now late Queen Elizabeth II haven't quieted the calls for more devolution around the United Kingdom and overseas, to shake off vestiges of the former British empire. To discuss this, Christiane spoke to Sir David Manning, a former British Ambassador to the United States. Meanwhile, following a stunning Ukrainian counter offensive in Kharkiv, and for the first time since his February invasion, Putin is facing mounting criticism from his own side. Loyal commentators have asked whether he miscalculated or was misinformed. Deputies from 18 municipal districts in Moscow, St. Petersburg and elsewhere are now calling on him to resign. The former Commander of American forces in Europe, General Ben Hodges, joined Christiane from Germany. Also on today's show: former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams; Baroness Beeban Kidron, member of the House of Lords. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

King Charles III has addressed the United Kingdom as it mourns the loss of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Before the address, he met with the British prime minister and the public today, shaking hands and even being kissed on the cheek by one woman. It is the first full day of his reign and a new era for Great Britain. Church bells rang out across a nation in mourning and gun salutes were fired to honor the Queen’s 96 years. Across the world, national monuments have been lit up in tribute to Queen Elizabeth and newspapers have dedicated their front pages to mark her passing. Joining the show today are the Queen's former Communications Director Simon Lewis; former British PM Tony Blair; former US Secretary of State John Kerry; US presidential historian and biographer Jon Meacham. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we take a look back at the Queen's extraordinary life with help from historian Simon Schama, former UK Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch, and former UK MP Alistair Burt. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The emergency around Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant intensifies and Kyiv now says it’s considering shutting down the Zaporizhzhia complex. Ukraine blames Russia for shelling the plant and for using it as a military shield, while Russia blames Ukraine. But will Moscow agree to a safety zone? Vladimir Chizhov is Russia’s envoy to the European Union and joins the show from Brussels. Also on today's show: Kenyan President-elect William Ruto; Caitlin Dickerson, staff writer for the Atlantic; Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson, and Josette Maskin from the indie band MUNA. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Britain has its fourth prime minister in six years, after Liz Truss visited Queen Elizabeth II in Scotland for the royal handshake, a formality that propelled her to head of government, and to become the third female prime minister of the country. Thus ends the Boris Johnson era, signified by high drama, a litany of scandals, and a country in deep crisis. The challenges facing Prime Minister Truss are monumental, with high inflation and soaring energy bills. To discuss her daunting in-tray and the UK’s future on the international stage, Christiane speaks with Labour member of the House of Lords Valerie Amos and Britain’s former man in Washington Peter Westmacott. Also on today's show: International Atomic Energy Agency Director Rafael Grossi; Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s official: Liz Truss will become the UK’s next prime minister. Two months after Boris Johnson announced he would be leaving his post, the country’s foreign secretary took 57% of Conservative Party members’ votes, beating her rival Rishi Sunak by a smaller margin than expected. What can the UK and the world expect from a Prime Minister Truss? Veteran British journalist Andrew Neil joins the show to discuss. Also on today's show: Journalist Zhanna Nemtsova, daughter of slain Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov; Carlo Rovelli, physicist and author; David Robinson, son of Jackie Robinson, baseball's first Black player. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The setting was symbolic, the stakes were high, and the president minced no words. Joe Biden used a primetime address to rebuke Donald Trump and Republican extremism. In a speech outside Philadelphia’s Independence Hall – considered the birthplace of America – Biden warned that MAGA forces could crush democracy. The man who started his presidency preaching unity and refusing to use his predecessor’s name has made a choice to confront what he sees happening in the Republican Party. Meanwhile in an interview, former President Trump suggested he might pardon some Capitol insurrectionists. It made for a split screen laying bare the two Americas and the two vastly different choices facing the country months before the midterms. Political commentator S.E. Cupp joins the show to discuss. Also on today's show: author Josh Mitchell; musicians Nick Sanborn & Amelia Meath of the indie pop duo Sylvan Esso. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, according to a long-awaited – and much-delayed – report from the United Nations. Beijing has denounced the report, saying it’s based on “disinformation.” Correspondent Anna Coren reports, followed by WSJ Chief China Correspondent Lingling Wei and Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Jeanne Shaheen. Also on today's show: Historian Nicole Hemmer, whose new book Partisans explores the conservatives who remade US politics in the 1990s and how that decade paved the way for Donald Trump’s presidency. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The tributes have been pouring in as the world marks the passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, who died last night at 91. A titan of the 20th century, he was the last leader of the Soviet Union, who raised the Iron Curtain and – along with his American partner President Ronald Reagan – ended the Cold War. Ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Christiane spoke with President Gorbachev about the dissolution of the Soviet Union and his reflections a decade on. They had another, very different conversation in 2012, just after Vladimir Putin's re-election, during which he expressed worries about the authoritarian tendencies taking shape in Russia. Also on today's show: Nina Khrushcheva, historian and great-granddaughter of Nikita Khrushchev, who put up the Berlin Wall in 1961; former US Ambassador to Russia Thomas Pickering; Adam Entous on his New Yorker piece, The Untold History of the Biden Family. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iraq’s capital city has seen violent protests that left at least 21 dead after weeks of tensions. The spark was ignited after influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Twitter that he was quitting politics for good. This comes after his supporters were unable to form a government, despite winning the most seats in parliament last year. Al-Sadr’s announcement sent a shockwave through Baghdad and his loyalists stormed the so-called Green Zone, prompting al-Sadr to apologize to the nation for the violence and urged protesters to go home. Correspondent Ben Wedeman has the latest. For more on the unrest, and to explain the background, Sara speaks with Feisal Amin al-Istrabadi, who as Iraq’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations had firsthand experience of Iraqi politics and diplomacy. Also on today's show: Craig Whitlock, author of The Afghanistan Papers, which examines how that country's war was sold -- and mis-sold -- to the public; Jason Reid, author of Rise of the Black Quarterback; Global Citizen CEO Hugh Evans and Grammy Award-winning musician Angelique Kidjo on the 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“I have not seen destruction on this scale … it’s overwhelming.” Those are the words of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister after seeing the utter devastation in his country right now, as monsoon rains and floods have killed a staggering 1,100 people. Horrifying video shows towns completely inundated, with people desperately searching for shelter and food, as Anna Coren reports. Her report is followed by an interview with Pakistani Minister of State for Foreign Affair Hina Rabbani Khar. Also on today's show: James Crawford, author of The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World; Julie Ha & Eugene Yi, co-directors of Free Chol Soo Lee; Rachel Crane, CNN Innovation and Space Correspondent. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world is struggling with rising prices and slowing economies in the wake of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. As the cost of food and energy spikes, inflation in the double digits is becoming a more common occurrence. At the end of this week, America's top economists will gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and all eyes are on what the chair of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell will say. So what can we expect and how will it impact working families? Axios Chief Financial Correspondent Felix Salmon joins the show to discuss. Also on today's show: Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court; Edward Buckles Jr., director of the new documentary on Hurricane Katrina, Katrina Babies. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ukraine is marking its independence day today, exactly six months since Russia launched its war to crush it. Although Kyiv cancelled events amid fears Russia might carry out missile strikes, the country quietly but resolutely celebrated its history, its culture, and its resilience in the face of a formidable threat. President Zelensky has reiterated his stance that the war will not end until Ukraine regains every bit of territory lost to Russia, including Crimea. So, will US and European assistance help achieve that? Sara speaks with an adviser to Ukraine's defense minister, Yuriy Sak. Also on today's show: Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas; CNN Corresponent Audie Cornish. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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China is experiencing the worst heatwave in decades, which comes as the United Nations recently declared access to a clean and healthy environment to be a human right. It’s just one of many pressing issues for UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet – and China is sure to be forefront of her mind. Bachelet is facing intense scrutiny over a long-delayed report into China’s treatment of the Uyghurs, stalling what many see as a vital chance to hold China to account. Bachelet’s tenure comes to an end this month and she’s vowed to release the report before leaving office – giving her just a matter of days. Sara Sidner sat down with Bachelet for an important interview. Also on today's show: Orlando Figes, author of The Story of Russia; Alex Pritz, director of The Territory, a new documentary about the Amazon rainforest. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices