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Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
World-renowned journalist Christiane Amanpour and ex-husband Jamie Rubin, a former US State Department official, unpack today’s defining global crises. Drawing on decades of insider experience in global affairs, reporting from conflict zones, and grilling world leaders, they explain how we ended up where we are – and where we might be going. Forget about a new world order – right now, there’s no world order. From Trump and Putin to the war in Ukraine, China’s global rise, and chaos in the…
Episodes
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Are Hegseth's days numbered & what does the future hold for Christiane?
Is Pete Hegseth already plotting an exit strategy? Christiane & Jamie respond to a question about whether the Defense Secretary - aka Secretary of War - might…
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Israeli Elections: will a new round of the Iran War come next?
This week's historic elections in Israel are the first time the country has voted since the October 7th attacks, and the election may ultimately turn on a…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Protests in France, Musk's grip on Ukraine & rebuilding trust in America
Are protests in France spiralling out of control, or do they point to a deeper breakdown in trust between the public and its political leaders? Christiane and…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Does Trump's White House have a woman problem?
After Katie Zacharia lasted just 5 days as White House Press Secretary, Christiane and Tina Brown ask: is this story part of a wider pattern that shows Trump…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Has Pete Hegseth lost it?
Why has JD Vance condemned the idea of livestreaming Nidal Hasan’s execution, and what does it reveal about divisions within the Republican Party? Christiane…
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Is Trump now funding Putin’s war machine?
President Trump has announced a deal with Russia, lifting his own diesel sanctions and committing to spend $4bn of American money to Russian fuel, in return…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Could Trump really invade Canada?
Christiane and Tina answer your questions on Trump's threats to make Canada the 51st state. Canada has reportedly prepared for the possibility of a US…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Time for America to scrap the death penalty?
The gruesome botched execution of Christa Pike has prompted an international debate about the use of the death penalty. Should it prompt America - the only…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Is the Iran War coming to Europe?
Christiane and Jamie answer your questions on the five men arrested over a suspected plot at RAF Fairford, one of the military bases the UK let the US use to…
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Why did Trump let Xi off the hook?
Xi got the pomp, the pageantry and a trip to see the US Constitution. America got a promise of two pandas. In this episode, Christiane and Jamie ask what…
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Q&A: Should the US fight the Houthis & will Merz be forced out?
Saudi Arabia wants to take the fight to the Houthis, so why is Washington so reluctant to help? Christiane and Jamie unpack what's holding the US back, and…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Is the world turning its back on Trump's America?
How do you negotiate with a government you can't predict? That's the question preoccupying presidents and prime ministers this week, as leaders gather in New…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: The race for AI supremacy & a new escalation in Ukraine?
Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei has called the US–China AI race his "toughest dilemma", Christiane and Jamie ask – how worried should we be that artificial…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Is Trump making America weaker?
Is Trump's war with Iran making America weaker? Christiane and Jamie examine what the conflict is costing the US – from military resources and its position in…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: A historic far-right win & are we biased against Trump?
The AfD has won the Saxony-Anhalt state election - the first far-right win in a German election of this kind since the Nazi era. Christiane explains why it's…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Did 9/11 put the US on a permanent war footing?
Twenty-five years after 9/11, Christiane and Jamie dedicate a special episode to their memories of the day the world changed forever. Christiane becomes…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Trump’s failed diplomacy and a coup in the Kremlin? With Matt Frei
The CIA director has just been to Moscow, just as his predecessor did weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. That warning was ignored. Will this one be?…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Is the 'Court of Trump' collapsing? With Matt Frei
Why have Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin both surrounded themselves with advisers who tell them only what they want to hear? And is this same fatal flaw the…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Fear & silence: inside the Taliban's Afghanistan - with Lyse Doucet
Five years after the Taliban swept back into Kabul, just how devastating has the impact been on the lives of Afghanistan's women and girls? And is the world…
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Q&A: Europe’s border crisis & AOC for President?
Tens of thousands of people breached Spain's North African border and Europe is reliving the nightmare of 2015. Christiane and Jamie unpack why this moment has…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Disorder & dysfunction: inside Trump's White House - with Maggie Haberman
Maggie Haberman is one of the few journalists to have been granted behind-the-scenes access to Trump's second term. This week, she joins Christiane to talk in…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Is Poland Putin's Next Target & Netanyahu Defies Trump
A leaked US intelligence assessment suggests Putin is considering an attack on a NATO country and America's weapons stockpile is dangerously depleted after the…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
How’s Trump’s new American Empire going?
Did the capture of President Maduro give Trump the confidence to start a war with Iran? Christiane and Jamie trace how January's Venezuela gamble led directly…
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Q&A: The most unpopular US conflict ever & why is Trump so hostile to journalists?
How do you challenge a president who calls you fake news and walks out? Christiane reflects on the futility of confrontational questioning, and why she'd…
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Imran Khan: how did a national hero become a 'political prisoner'?
Imran Khan - the legendary cricketer and former Prime Minister - has now spent three years in a Pakistani prison. The UN says he is being held in solitary…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: India's 'Cockroach' Protests, Ukraine's path to NATO & another term for Trump?
A 22-year-old international student launched India's "Cockroach Party" and has successfully forced the education minister to resign. Christiane and Jamie…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal: what was he thinking?
Has Trump fired the starting gun on a nuclear arms race in the Middle East? His controversial deal with Saudi Arabia has sparked alarm - but is it already on…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Chaos at the ICC, Hegseth's testosterone screening & Christiane responds to Iran critics
The ICC is in crisis. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has threatened to dismantle the International Criminal Court 'brick by brick', and with Chief Prosecutor…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Did Zelensky just sabotage his own war effort?
Ukrainian President Zelensky has shocked allies by sacking his Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, just as his country seemed to be gaining momentum in its…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Lindsey Graham's legacy, UK's new PM and why is a 'trash can' standing for office?
With the death of Lindsey Graham, Christiane and Jamie examine what's been lost - and what his career revealed about the bargain so many Republicans have made…
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Was Iran Plotting To Assassinate Trump?
How real is the alleged Iranian plot to kill Donald Trump? Is it a genuine assassination plan, or another case of Israeli intelligence getting it wrong?…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Is this America's most humiliating war in history?
Trump says the Iran ceasefire is over - so how worried should we be about a return to full-scale war? Christiane and Jamie break down the latest tit-for-tat…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
250 Years Of America: Is Trump Tearing It Apart?
America has just marked 250 years of independence, but how much does the world's superpower really have to celebrate? Christiane explains how Trump is remaking…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: US and Israel’s ‘special relationship’, the World Cup and who polices Trump’s board of peace?
Nearly four months after the Strait of Hormuz was disrupted, how are the many Asian countries dependent on its oil managing? Christiane and Jamie also discuss…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Is Putin panicking?
Putin has publicly admitted that Ukraine's strikes are causing real damage inside Russia. With fuel being rationed in Siberia and supplies in Crimea running…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Trump's staying power, the rise of the far-right & Israel's nuclear double standard
Christiane and Jamie contrast the political accountability between presidential and parliamentary systems - why does Donald Trump remain while Keir Starmer…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Iran deal on a knife-edge, Trump vs Netanyahu & yet another UK Prime Minister resigns
The US and Iran have held their first round of peace talks, but has there really been any progress? Is Tehran actually likely to allow nuclear inspectors back…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Musk the trilionaire, the two-state solution and is Trump cashing in?
Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire - but should we celebrate or worry? Christiane and Jamie debate how his leap from electric cars and SpaceX…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Who won the Iran War?
The war in the Middle East has stopped, but can either the US or Iran genuinely claim victory? Christiane and Jamie unpick what the Memorandum of Understanding…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: CBS under attack, Iran's ransom price and has Mamdani delivered?
Is the gutting of 60 Minutes leading us down a dangerous path? Christiane doesn't hold back on what CBS's parent company is doing to one of the most successful…
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Is Israel trapped in a Forever War?
Christiane was in Beirut until last Sunday. By the time she arrived back in London, the Lebanese capital was once again under Israeli bombardment and the…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Trump’s dealmaking “mastery”, capitalism vs democracy & do sanctions work?
On this week’s Q&A, Christiane and Jamie are asked whether Donald Trump’s self-styled reputation as a master dealmaker stands up to scrutiny, as US-Iran talks…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Does Putin want to start a war with NATO?
After a Russian drone struck a building inside NATO member Romania, Christiane and Jamie ask the question on every western leader's mind: does Putin actually…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: The Pope’s AI warning, Iran at the World Cup & is Russia still meddling in US politics?
This week, Christiane and Jamie discuss Pope Leo’s warning that AI could end up starting more wars, and ask whether the technology now poses a genuine threat…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Trump strikes Iran again: a sign of desperation?
The Iran ceasefire hangs by a thread after the latest round of US strikes on Iranian military sites and IRGC boats. Is this a sign that Trump is about to…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Trump's mental health, Epstein files accountability & Israel's death penalty
With growing numbers of doctors and experts publicly questioning the president's mental fitness, Christiane and Jamie tackle the most uncomfortable question in…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Iran, Cuba, Greenland: does Trump have a plan, or just a list of places to conquer?
After a bruising few months of war, and with his ratings at an all-time low, could Trump be about to target Cuba? Christiane & Jamie dissect the President's…
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Q&A: MAGA’s trust in Trump, US-EU divorce & Iran's Lego fightback
Christiane and Jamie tackle the question of why so many MAGA supporters still trust President Trump despite rising costs, broken promises and foreign wars…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Is Putin losing his nerve...and the war?
What's been happening in Ukraine while the world has been watching the Iran War? Something has shifted - and not in Putin's favour. This week, Christiane and…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Trump's plunging ratings, Vance vs Rubio & Israel without Bibi?
Christiane and Jamie answer your questions on the global fallout from the conflict in the Middle East - is anyone paying attention to the millions in…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
US-Iran War: what is going on? With Tina Brown
Are the US & Iran really getting closer to a peace deal, as Trump claims? With the American blockade in the Strait of Hormuz now suspended, and talks between…
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Q&A: US-Iran stalemate, can Trump be forced out & journalists under fire
In this week’s Q&A, Christiane and Jamie are asked how much chaos President Trump could yet cause for the US, what it would take for him to be removed from…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Trump assassination attempt, Putin's threat to NATO & Iran Latest
The suspect might now be in custody, but after the latest assassination attempt against President Trump, Christiane & Jamie look at why there seems to be so…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Is Iran's pain threshold higher than Trump's? Plus Hormuz blockade & Virginia redistricting
In this week’s Q&A, Christiane & Jamie are asked whether Donald Trump’s confrontational “Art of the Deal” approach with Iran follows the same pattern seen in…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Are world leaders no longer afraid of Trump?
With so much uncertainty over negotiations and the future of the conflict between the US & Iran, Christiane reveals that people she's speaking to believe there…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Could Trump be charged with war crimes?
In this week’s Q&A, Christiane and Jamie are asked whether Donald Trump was drawn into conflict with Iran by Benjamin Netanyahu, what impact decreasing global…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Is Trump losing his marbles?
Is Donald Trump fit to be President and leader of the free world? With people increasingly questioning the Commander in Chief's mental acuity, Christiane and…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Iran’s leverage, Hormuz tolls & will Trump leave NATO?
In this week’s Q&A, Christiane and Jamie discuss whether Trump’s handling of Iran has created a dangerous new source of power for Tehran - one that could end…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Can Trump and Iran reach a lasting deal?
What happens when Trump threatens to wipe out your civilisation? In this week’s episode, Christiane and Jamie discuss Trump’s ultimatum: re-open the Strait or…
- Christiane Amanpour Presents: The Ex Files
Q&A: Trump’s Iran strategy, Putin’s gain and why allies are turning away
In this week’s Q&A, Christiane and Jamie examine what the Iran war could mean for the Republican primary - and for two of its most prominent voices on foreign…