Amanpour

TONIGHT: Guantanamo

Col. Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo, talks about his mission to close the facility.

Col. Morris Davis, the former chief prosecutor at Guantanamo, talks about his mission to close the facility.

What time is Amanpour on?

Check showtimes to see when the program airs on CNN where you are. Or watch online.

Check showtimes to see when the program airs on CNN where you are. Or watch online.

Olympic Games virus

June 6th, 2012
07:26 PM ET

by Lucky Gold.

(CNN) - While the world waits to see if Israel will attack Iran’s nuclear program, is it possible that  the United States is already at war with Tehran?

David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times and author of “Confront and Conceal,” said Wednesday on Amanpour that it all began “in a quiet meeting between him (President Obama) and President Bush just days before the inauguration, in 2009, when President Bush said, ‘Look, there are two programs you’re going to want to hold onto.  One of them is drones, the other is Olympic Games.’”

“Olympic Games,” said Sanger, “is an effort to get into the Iranian centrifuge system with a computer worm that was a very elaborate effort to get through the defenses the Iranians had built up…send in a worm that would speed up or slow down those centrifuges until they began to blow up.”
FULL POST


Filed under:  Christiane's Brief

FULL-LENGTH EDITION: Syria & Part II of Mariela Castro

June 6th, 2012
02:30 PM ET

Part 1:  Valerie Amos: 'Syrian people need help' The UN Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs talks about the difficulty of delivering aid in Syria. Part 2: Castro's daughter on Cuba's future In the second part of this rare exclusive interview, Mariela Castro talks about the political future of the island.  Part 3: Mariela Castro on AIDS in Cuba Raul Castro's daughter talks about the actions Cuba has taken over the years in response to the AIDS epidemic.

Close

Valerie Amos: 'Syrian people need help'

Valerie Amos, the UN Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs talks about the difficulty of delivering aid in Syria.

Close

Castro's daughter on Cuba's future

In the second part of this rare exclusive interview, Mariela Castro talks about the political future of the island.

Close

Mariela Castro on AIDS in Cuba

Raul Castro's daughter Mariela talks about the actions Cuba has taken over the years in response to the AIDS epidemic.

Episode #34: Tuesday, June 5, 2012


Filed under:  Christiane Amanpour • Latest Episode

Explainer: What al-Libi's death means for al Qaeda

Explainer: What al-Libi's death means for al Qaeda
Abu Yahya al-Libi, the deputy leader of al Qaeda, was killed in a drone strike Monday, U.S. officials said.
June 6th, 2012
02:20 PM ET

(CNN) - Abu Yahya al-Libi, al Qaeda's No. 2 man, was killed in Pakistan on Monday, according to U.S. officials.

Al-Libi's death was "another serious blow to core al Qaeda," White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

Al-Libi, 49, was a well-regarded figure in jihadist circles and had emerged as one of the terrorist network's most important clerics and propagandists, appearing in countless videos in recent years.

He was killed by a CIA drone strike, according to U.S. officials. Drone strikes remain a highly contentious issue between the United States and Pakistan.

FULL STORY


Filed under:  Christiane Amanpour

Raul Castro’s daughter Mariela on gay rights & Cuba’s future

June 6th, 2012
11:33 AM ET

A rare and exclusive interview with a Castro. Mariela Castro is the niece of Fidel Castro and daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro. In this exclusive interivew with CNN's Christiane Amanpour she opens up about her fight for acceptance of gays in Cuba, as well as the political future of the country.

Close

Mariela Castro's fight for gay rights

Raul Castro's daughter Mariela talks about her fight for gay rights and Cuba's political future.

Close

Castro's daughter on Cuba's future

In the second part of this rare exclusive interview, Mariela Castro talks about the political future of the island.

Close

Mariela Castro on AIDS in Cuba

Raul Castro's daughter Mariela talks about the actions Cuba has taken over the years in response to the AIDS epidemic.


Filed under:  Best Interviews • Christiane Amanpour

Amanpour on CNN en español

June 6th, 2012
11:03 AM ET

The Spanish-language edition of Amanpour airs on CNN en español with subtitles in all of Latin America at the following times:

Saturdays
7:00PM ET PAN/MX
11:30PM ET PAN/MX

Sundays
5:00AM ET PAN/MX
8:30AM ET PAN/MX
5:00PM ET PAN/MX

Mondays
4:30AM ET PAN/MX

The U.N.’s Valerie Amos on private moments with the queen:

June 6th, 2012
09:32 AM ET

CNN's Christiane Amanpour asks the U.N.'s Valerie Amos about Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee.


Filed under:  Christiane Amanpour