Tonight on Amanpour and Company, Thursday, July 2nd, 2026

Rose Gottemoeller
Former NATO Deputy Secretary-General / Lecturer, Stanford University
Search-and-rescue operations are underway in Kyiv after the Ukrainian capital was blitzed by Moscow overnight. Russia reportedly bombarded the city with more than 70 missiles and hundreds of drones. Most were intercepted, but those that got through killed more than 20 people, injured dozens more, and sent thousands of Ukrainians fleeing to metro stations for shelter. According to Kyiv, most of the Russian strikes hit ordinary residential buildings. This after Putin has absorbed weeks of increasingly effective Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia, with Moscow and Crimea as prime targets. Today, while inspecting the devastation in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the U.S. and Ukraine have resumed talks to end the war. He called on President Trump's envoys to come and see for themselves. Zelensky says he plans to talk to Trump at the NATO summit in Turkey next week. Joining Christiane is Rose Gottemoeller, former NATO Deputy Secretary-General.

Ami Ayalon
Former Director, Shin Bet/Former Commander-in-Chief, Israel Navy
Israel is marking the grim milestone of 1000 days of constant war with vigils for the 1200 people killed by Hamas on October 7th, as well as nationwide protests calling for an official inquiry into the government's handling of the disaster and the lead-up to the attacks. Israel's retaliatory actions killed over 73,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, and despite a nominal ceasefire, the fighting continues in Lebanon and Gaza. Some 1000 days later, it's a politically dangerous moment for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, who faces elections in the coming months amid calls to resign. Ami Ayalon, former head of Israel's security service, joins the show from Haifa.

Dahlia Scheindlin
Israeli political analyst/Author, “The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel"
Fallout from the war in Gaza has tarnished Israel's relationship with its most important friend and supporter, the United States of America. Israeli political analyst Dahlia Scheindlin joins the show from Tel Aviv.

Jason Stanley
Chair of American Studies, University of Toronto/Author, "How Fascism Works"
Controversy continues to swirl around President Trump's immigration agenda as he pushes through a series of sweeping changes. From recent Supreme Court rulings terminating protected standing for Haitians and Syrians, to fast-tracking refugee status for white South Africans, the administration's actions have sparked outrage across the country. This comes less than six months after two Americans were shot and killed in separate incidents involving federal immigration officers in Minnesota. Author Jason Stanley, Chair of American Studies at the University of Toronto, joins the show to explain what he believes immigration policy reveals about broader democratic values.

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