We begin this hour with Putin’s political pawns, and the dangerous hostage diplomacy at play in the Kremlin. It’s now a year since the Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich became the first American journalist detained on espionage charges since the Cold War. Evgenia Kara-Murza, the wife of jailed Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza, discusses the fight to free Russia's political prisoners.
In a significant sign of growing dissent inside the Biden camp over the Gaza crisis, US State Department staffer Annelle Sheline resigned in protest this week. She tells Christiane why her job to advocate for human rights had become impossible.
Then, Zahiro-Shahar Mor, whose elderly uncle is still captive in Gaza, accuses the Israeli government of misleading the public, and failing the remaining hostages.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s Starlink internet satellite system has become vital to Ukrainian troops, especially its drone pilots. But now it’s being used against them by Russian soldiers, who were never meant to have access to it. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh investigates how Russia appears to be bypassing US sanctions.
From the Amanpour Archive this week, Christiane's 2015 interview with Gloria Steinem, whose tireless advocacy and undercover journalism made her a global feminist icon.
And finally, after seeing his family's home destroyed in Gaza, and fleeing one bombing after another, Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha eventually found refuge in Egypt with his wife and children. Christiane asks Mosab to read a poem inspired by the life and home he left behind.
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Ukraine's weakening support
Hostage horrors
The stalemate in Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
Special report: Life in the West Bank
US climate envoy John Kerry
Delayed aid is a ‘winning ticket’ for Putin
The hard work of making peace
Inside Gaza with Clarissa Ward
What does the new COP28 climate deal really accomplish?
Retired general makes case for supporting Ukraine
Why is Israel's Labor party leader resigning?
Journalists caught in the crossfire
Ukrainian Minister of Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin
Israeli Peace Activist Robi Damelin
The Church and the far right
Former State Dept. Dir. Josh Paul
What to watch for at COP 28
Isaacson on Kissinger
Behind the Palestinians released by Israel
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