Tonight on Amanpour and Company, Friday, June 26th, 2026
Bojan Pancevski
Author, "The Nord Stream Conspiracy" / Chief European Political Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Summer is officially underway. But in Russian-occupied Crimea, residents are facing fuel shortages, rolling blackouts and cancelled summer camps. It's all part of a new phase in Russia's war, as Ukraine expands its campaign into the invaders' heartland. A growing fleet of Ukrainian-produced drones is targeting the supply routes that keep Putin's war machine running. Ukrainian officials say the goal is to isolate the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula and make Putin's war more difficult to sustain. President Zelensky says the pressure is working. The expanded campaign comes after Ukraine launched its largest-ever drone assault on Moscow. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Kremlin is pressuring Belarus to open a second front as Russia struggles on the battlefield. With this war's tactics increasingly focused on sabotage and covert attacks on critical infrastructure, one of its biggest mysteries remains unsolved. Shortly after the 2022 invasion, explosions ripped through the Nord Stream gas pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea. Investigators are still trying to figure out who was responsible. Wall Street Journal chief European political correspondent Bojan Pancevski's thrilling new book, "The Nord Stream Conspiracy," reveals the inside story. The author talks to Christiane about one of the most consequential acts of sabotage in recent history, and the secret team believed to be behind it.
Wafa Mustafa
Co-director, “Maybe Tomorrow”
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Waad Al-Kateab
Co-director, “Maybe Tomorrow”
Not only is Putin facing serious setbacks in Ukraine, he also lost a major ally when Bashar al-Assad was forced to flee Syria. For the families of Assad's victims, however, the end of al-Assad's regime has not provided the answers they need. More than a decade ago, this program broke the story of a Syrian military defector — known only by the code name "Caesar" — who had preserved thousands of images that provided some of the first irrefutable evidence of the Assad regime's systemic torture, starvation and execution of detainees. Today, tens of thousands of Syrian families are still searching for their missing loved ones. The documentary "Maybe Tomorrow" is a story of loss, love, and a daughter who refuses to let her father be forgotten. Christiane spoke with Wafa Mustafa and acclaimed filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab about their powerful new film.
Cal Newport
Professor of Computer Science, Georgetown University / Host, "Deep Questions" Podcast
Leaders of some of the world's biggest AI companies have warned of potentially catastrophic consequences from the technology they're building. But computer science professor Cal Newport says this messaging is misleading. Newport joins the show to discuss why he believes the AI industry should stop what he calls "doom trolling."
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