Amanpour: Dr Sasa, Isabel Allende, James Patterson, Matt Eversmann and Ben Wedeman

Amanpour

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Dr Sasa, the envoy representing Myanmar's parliament to the U.N, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the escalating violence at the hands of the military in his country and the help Myanmar needs from the international community. Isabel Allende, author of "The Soul of a Woman", talks about her latest book and her journey as a feminist. Our Walter Isaacson talks to James Patterson and Matt Eversmann about their new book "Walk In My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors" about how crucial it is for Americans to understand the military better. Correspondent Ben Wedeman talks about the significance of Pope Francis' first visit to Iraq. 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 Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	Myanmar's new shoot-to-kill policy that's what Amnesty International calls the
0:17.4	hunters crack down on protesting. We have the latest on resistance to the coup and I'm joined by the UN envoy of the
0:26.4	Burmese Shadow Government. Then Isabel Ayende bears her soul, the great Chilean
0:32.3	author on her feminist odyssey. Also ahead.
0:35.6	What you really want to understand America? Read this. You will understand something
0:40.1	you didn't understand before. One of the best-selling novelists of all times,
0:44.3	James Patterson tells our Walter Isakson
0:47.0	why his latest book is his most important.
0:50.1	And finally. We're on the ground as Pope Francis makes the first ever papal trip to Iraq. Welcome. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London.
1:18.0	Me and Mars military junta has taken an even more deadly turn against pro-democracy demonstrators.
1:24.8	At least 54 people have been killed since the military overthrew Aung-Sung-Su Kyi's
1:30.0	civilian government on February 1st. 38 people were killed on Wednesday alone,
1:36.0	making this the most violent week. An Amnesty International says
1:40.3	everything points to troops adopting shoot-to-kill tactics and UN Human Rights
1:45.8	Chief Michelle Bachelet warns the number of dead could be much higher than we know.
1:50.4	Journalists trying to get the news and the truth out are also targets
1:54.7	and six reporters have been arrested. Today the United Nations Security Council
1:59.7	held a closed-door meeting to discuss the crisis but it appears that any statement will not include
2:06.0	an arms embargo against the military regime. Correspondent Paula Hancock has a closer
2:11.8	look now at this bloody week. and in Central Myanmar and aware it's about to turn deadly.
2:24.0	They duck and run for cover as security forces start firing.
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