Podcast Episodes

More than 60 drown in Mediterranean

More than 60 people are dead after a wooden boat sank off Italy’s southeastern coast on Sunday. On board were migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, and Iran. Dozens are still missing and an u…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The invasion of Ukraine, one year later

One year ago today the world changed when Russia marched across the border into Ukraine. To mark the anniversary, Christiane is in Kyiv, a city everyone thought would fall in a couple of days. But 36…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Special report: First look at a town battered by Russian fire

The brutality of war has been a daily tragedy for almost a year in Ukraine. Cities, towns and villages on the eastern front are now reminders of devastation and suffering. The town of Vuhledar in Bak…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Strengthening NATO’s alliance to protect Ukraine

Christiane is in Kyiv marking one year since Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden has spent three days in Ukraine and in neighboring Poland shoring up America’s supportin…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Exclusive: Czech President-elect Petr Pavel

All eyes were on Eastern Europe today as Joe Biden was welcomed in Poland, where he pitted the war in Ukraine as the defense of democracy against autocracy. Tomorrow Biden meets with the so-called Bu…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

What Ukraine needs entering second year of war

US President Biden paid a surprise visit to Kyiv this morning to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s large scale invasion of Ukraine. The trip comes just after a heated Munich Security Conference …

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Is Germany ready to back Ukraine's defense for the long-haul?

It's been nearly a year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and there's no end to the war in sight. Today at the Munich Security Conference, President Zelensky said Ukraine was fighting so the west d…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Nigeria at a turning point

At a time when global democracy is under pressure, this month’s elections in Nigeria could prove critical. Africa’s largest economy is at a turning point, with the population growing and getting youn…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Exposing autocracies is Nicaragua and Russia

Exposing autocracies is Nicaragua and Russia 

It’s a dirty trick used by autocracies across the world: taking their would-be opposition off the street and throwing them in jail, stopping any other pr…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Special report: Huge protests in Israel

The US, the UK and Europe are condemning the Israeli government’s plans to permit 10,000 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, arguing it will “undermine efforts to achieve a negotiated two…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago