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

To me, the most beautiful word, and I've said this for the last couple of weeks, in the dictionary today, and

any, is the word tariff.

Europe faces the great unknown. Who will lead America? And what will that mean for America's

allies? France's European Affairs Minister Benjamin Haddad joins from Paris. Then actors Francesca

Faridani and Norbert Leo Butts on Vladimir. Their new play charts the fight for press freedom

in Russia in the shadow of Putin's rise.

And...

This is in a big danger for us for Ukrainians.

Tennis star Elina Svitolina on the horror unfolding in Ukraine.

Thousands of children taken for adoption by Russian families.

Plus...

Periods of social change and radical social change

often correspond with periods of high political violence in society.

Political violence expert Robert Pape warns Hari Srinivasin

there could be another January 6 type event.

Welcome to the program, everyone, I'm Bianca Guadriga in New York, sitting in for Christiana Amunpur.

Well, America's pre-election jitters are being felt around the world. In Europe, there is talk of Trump-proofing,

buttressing alliances, on-shoring support for Ukraine, building up Europe's military and defense capabilities, as leaders anticipate a potential return by Donald Trump. Debates about Trump's right-wing authoritarianism

echo similar tensions in Europe, including in France, where this summer Marine Le Pen's National

Rally Party performed strongly in parliamentary elections.

Meanwhile, Russia is flexing its muscles.

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