hello, everyone. welcome to the amanpour hour. here is where we re headed this week. playing politics or playing with fire? the republican party tanks a border security deal that it had spent months demanding. that is the kind of chaos that donald trump instills. you have voter i.d. to buy a loaf of bread. what the polls aren t telling you about donald trump s re-election chances. also ahead the remarkable resilience of ukraine s war-weary children, still forced into subterranean schools. the islamic revolution came to iran 40 years ago this weekend. 20 years later, there was hope for reform. democracy in iran is literally being born in these newspapers. the struggle continues today. finally, the edgy little play that could. kim s convenience comes full circle as it lights up london with its slice of asian life. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour in london. the world is once again watching a congress in disarray, with literally lif
really developing. it is not known what the chinese is trying to do with this thing despite the apology issued this morning. the chinese government saying it is wayward weather research balloon. let s get to it, and even more mounting at the hour. and first to kiley adwood who is here with me. what are you hearing from the state department about blinken s trip now being postponed, kiley? we just got off of the phone with the senior white house official, and they they this balloon is violating international law and sovereignty. and this morning, secretary blinken called his counterpart and said that the conditions are not right for this trip. so it is a last-minute cancellation. we don t have a date for when is going to be replanned. i asked what are the conditions for this trip to be rescheduled, and they would not say. they said that china regrets this, but what the united states is clear on is their assessment, that it is a chinese spy balloon, and it is over u.s. territo
of a police car causes shock and anger. real madrid win the champions league final, after a 1 0 victory over liverpool in paris. the spanish football side take the title for a record fourteenth time. the kick off was delayed by 30 minutes, as police used tear gas on some fans struggling to get into the stade de france. the cannes film festival awards have been announced. it has been awarded to sweden s ruben 0stlund. the leaders of france and germany have made a joint appeal to president putin to hold serious talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, as russia claims to have made strategically significant gains. ukraine has warned it may have to withdraw from severodonetsk, the easternmost city it still controls. it comes as the russian ambassador to the uk told the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. russian forces in action in eastern ukraine, where they re ma
of a black man being asphixiated in the back of a police car causes shock and anger. real madrid win the champions league final, after a 1 nil victory over liverpool in paris. the spanish football side take the title for a record 14th time. the kick off was delayed by 30 minutes, as police used tear gas on some fans struggling to get into the stadium more than 60 people were arrested. and the top prize at this year s cannes film festival has been awarded to sweden s ruben 0stlund. his movie, triangle of sadness, received the palme d or for outstanding film. the leaders of france and germany have made a joint appeal to president putin to hold seroius talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, as russia claims to have made strategically significant gains. ukraine has warned it may have to withdraw from severodonetsk, the easternmost city it still controls. it comes as the russian ambassador to the uk told the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in