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Amanpour

Accident? Or assassination?

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

First: Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed dead in a plane crash. We explore the extraordinary demise of Wagner's chief and what it says about Putin's Russia.   Then: The elephant not in the room. Frontrunner Donald Trump skips the first Republican debate on the day he's due to hand himself in at an Atlanta jail.  Plus: Wildfires devour Greece. We bring you the latest from the ground.  And: As Hawaii picks up the pieces from its own devastating wildfires, Governor Josh Green joins the show.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Amampur. Here's what's coming up.

0:10.0

We have nothing to do with this situation, that's for sure, but I think everyone realizes who has.

0:16.4

Yevgeni Progulsion presumed dead in a plane crash, the extraordinary demise of Wagner's chief and what it says about Putin's

0:25.4

Russia. Then we have to face the fact that Trump is the most disliked politician in

0:30.6

America. The elephant not in the room. As frontrunner Donald Trump

0:35.5

skips, we unpack the first GOP debate on the day he's due to hand himself in

0:41.8

at an Atlanta jail.

0:43.4

Plus, wildfires devouring Greece,

0:49.4

will have the latest from the ground and...

0:51.5

We are bracing for the worst and we will pray that it is better

0:55.9

than that. As Hawaii picks up the pieces from its own devastating wildfires my

1:01.6

interview with Governor Josh Green. We've had a very warm welcome to the program,

1:13.0

and I'm going to be

1:15.0

a very warm welcome to the program, everyone.

1:21.0

I'm Paul Newton in New York sitting in for

1:23.9

Christina Montpur more than 24 hours after a fatal plane crash that killed that

1:29.8

Russia says killed Wagner leader and founder of Guinea

1:33.1

Progosian.

1:34.1

President Putin has described him as, quote,

1:37.2

a man of difficult fate.

1:39.7

President Putin also described him as talented,

1:42.1

the man who two months ago attempted a mutiny against

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