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Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira Sep 23, 2025

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Tradition dictates that the first country to address the UN GA every year is Brazil, which is at loggerheads with the US over the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro - a staunch ally of Donald Trump. While the US president made some positive remarks about his new Brazilian counterpart, he criticized the country, saying it was doing "poorly." Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira joins the show.

Also on today's show: Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon; Columbia University history professor Adam Tooze

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The Push for a Two-State Solution Sep 22, 2025

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As world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly, the future of Israel's war in Gaza tops the agenda. The UK, Australia, Canada and Portugal have led the latest push to formally recognize a Palestinian state, with France set to join them today. Joining the show to discuss is former French Prime Minister Dominique De Villepin.

Also on today's show: Hussein Agha, former adviser to Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas; Robert Malley, former US Middle East peace negotiator; NYT staff writer Jonathan Mahler

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Britan roled out the red carpet for Trump: What did it get them? Sep 20, 2025

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A royal welcome for President Trump on his historic second state visit to the United Kingdom. Christiane speaks to Britain's former ambassador to the United States, Peter Westmacott from Windsor.

Then, with world leaders gathering for next week's annual UN General Assembly in New York, UNGA's new president, former German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock speaks to Christiane about the pressing global challenges ahead, as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza continue to rage.

Plus, CNN's Rafael Romo shares the truly incredible journey of how one mother in Chile was reunited with her twin girls 45 years after they were stolen from her during Pinochet’s dictatorship.

And, movie star and author Matthew McConaughey opens up to Christiane about what inspired him to start writing poetry, his deep faith, and sharing the screen with his mother and son in his newest film, "The Lost Bus." From Christiane's archives, a look back at the life and legacy of Hollywood icon and leading man, the late Robert Redford.

And finally, as America marks 238 years since the signing of its constitution, fears over free speech abounds in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination.

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Can/Will Ukraine 'Make a deal' with Russia? Sep 18, 2025

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Prior to embarking on his UK state visit, President Trump alarmed many allies after he again asserted that Ukraine President Zelensky is "going to have to make a deal" with Russia. Leading those negotiations is Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov. He joins Christiane for an exclusive interview from Kyiv.

Also on today's show: UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock; media analyst Brian Stelter; US House Democrat Sara Jacobs

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The Trumps in the UK Sep 17, 2025

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Britain is throwing all the royal pageantry that it can muster for President Trump's unprecedented second state visit. The President and the First Lady were greeted earlier by King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle. Meanwhile, some took to the streets in London to protest the US leader's visit. Royal correspondent Max Foster joins the show from Windsor Castle.

Also on today's show: Former US Ambassador to EU Gordon Sondland; Former UK Ambassador to US Peter Westmacott; World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee

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UN Accuses Israel of Genocide Sep 16, 2025

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Israel's ground offensive into Gaza City has begun. It comes as a United Nations independent inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The Israeli government rejects the findings, maintaining that it's acting in self-defense against Hamas. To discuss this all, Professor at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs Nadav Eyal joins the show from New York.

Also on today's show: Firas Maksad, Managing Director of the Middle East and North Africa at the Eurasia Group; NYT Chief Africa correspondent Declan Walsh & Sudanese political analyst Kholood Khair; NYT reporter Sheera Frenkel; a 2018 interview with actor/director Robert Redford, who died today at 89

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What Radicalized Suspect in Kirk Killing? Sep 15, 2025

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With Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the shooting of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, due to appear in court Tuesday, investigators are pointing to “dark internet” culture as a factor that potentially radicalized him. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and his supporters are calling for a crackdown on political opposition. David Frum was a speechwriter for George W. Bush, who now analyzes politics and culture as a staff writer at The Atlantic. He joins the show to discuss.

Also on today's show: Journalist & filmmaker Petra Costa; Susan Mayne, former director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

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Martin Luther King III on the need for civility in America & what the U.S. response to strikes in Qatar & Poland should be Sep 13, 2025

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Following the murder of Trump ally Charlie Kirk, Christiane speaks with human rights activist Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of the late civil rights icon. The two discuss the rising political violence in America and the need to seek civility.

Then, Michigan's Democratic Senator, Elissa Slotkin, speaks with Christiane about what America's foreign policy should look like, following Israel striking inside Qatar and Russian drones entering Polish airspace.

Plus, freed Israeli hostage Liat Beinin Atzili & filmmaker Brandon Kramer join Christiane on set in London to discuss his new film "Holding Liat," looking at how Liat's family fought for her return from Hamas captivity while also grappling with their own moral outrage over the war in Gaza and desire for peace and reconciliation.

Also, Isobel Yeung reports on the UK government's decision to designate Palestine Action a terrorist group.

And twenty four years after 9/11, Christiane reflects on her own coverage in the chaotic days after the attacks, and goes back to her report from Afghanistan from December of 2001, where she and her team found evidence of Osama Bin Laden's plans, his Al-Qaeda training camp, and the last place he was known to have lived before fleeing.

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Al Jazeera Gaza Bureau Chief Wael al-Dahdouh Sep 12, 2025

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This week, an Israeli strike targeted Hamas leaders in Qatar as they discussed the latest proposal to end the war in Gaza. As Israel pursues a full-scale invasion of Gaza City, those covering it on the ground face ever greater danger. Since October 7th, the CPJ counts at least 189 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza. Wael al-Dahdouh is Al Jazeera's Gaza Bureau Chief and he joins the show from London.

Also on today's show: Liat Beinin Atzili, former hostage held in Gaza & Brandon Kramer, Director, "Holding Liat"; Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University

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Martin Luther King III on Political Violence Sep 11, 2025

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America is reeling and the world is shocked after conservative youth activist - and staunch Trump ally - Charlie Kirk was assassinated. Acts of violence such as these are not isolated, or unique to one side of the political aisle. Martin Luther King III has experienced this violence firsthand as the son of the civil rights icon who was assassinated in 1968. He joins the show from Atlanta.

Also on today's show: Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Founding Director, Polarization and Extremism Research Innovation Lab at American University; British artist Jenny Saville; author Dan Wang ("Breakneck")

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