Christiane Amanpour
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“Love is a force – and when it’s unleashed, it can actually have a powerful effect in the real world.”
After surviving a horrific assassination attempt, Salman Rushdie writes not just about death, but about life and love in his new memoir Knife. I spoke with him about it.
.Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic, tells Walter Isaacson how U.S. aid to Ukraine will change the military and psychological dynamics of the war. “The Russians are… suddenly facing a much steeper uphill path,” she says.
The UK Labour Party is “prepared to recognize a Palestinian state… [while] Israel’s got to be secure and feel safe,” says shadow foreign secretary David Lammy. “We do need a ceasefire, we need those hostages to come out, the aid has got to flow in.”
“When western democracies appear divided, really polarized, that can only benefit our fundamental opponents… in very autocratic countries,” says UK shadow foreign secretary David Lammy – and suggests he is less worried than some about the possibility of a second Trump term.
As the US approves a major aid package for Ukraine and the UK announces a 2.5% defense spending target, UK shadow foreign secretary David Lammy says “we must stand with Ukraine… Biden is absolutely right: when America is strong and allies are strong, the free world is strong.”
“We just want to give him a dignified burial”.
Overwhelming grief as a mass grave containing over 300 bodies has been uncovered at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza.
Nada Bashir reports
UNRWA has 'a very strong, solid, and quite extensive set of rules... more than any other UN organization,' says Catherine Colonna, who led the independent review of UNRWA's neutrality. 'Nevertheless... so many challenges for neutrality arise that some improvement may be needed.'
“You'll likely see a shift of population in the U.S. over the next couple of decades northward... and that means a potential revitalization for a lot of those communities.” Abrahm Lustgarten tells me how the climate crisis is reshaping America and how migration can be a positive thing.
“It’s a huge worry… Defense is going to be the first priority of the next political institutional cycle in Europe...it’s simply the realization… that our continent is at war”. Nathalie Tocci tells me what America’s European allies are most concerned about a second Trump term.
“It’s a reminder of the chaos premium that Donald Trump brings with him into American politics… that [he] doesn't appear to have any actual principles to help guide and anticipate his decisions.” Kori Schake 🌻🇺🇦 @kschake.bsky.social gives her take on Trump’s criminal trial and how it’s viewed abroad.
“Fighting for freedom makes us feel everything deeper, everything more emotionally.” Ukrainian maestro Oksana Lyniv, who leads Metropolitan Opera’s Turandot, tells me how her passion for conducting is shaped by the war in her homeland.
It’s the world’s biggest democratic exercise. Nearly a billion eligible voters in India go to the polls over the course of six weeks, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a third term. Will Ripley explains what’s at stake.