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Christiane Amanpour has decided to leave CNN after 43 years with the network, according to reports from Deadline and BBC Entertainment & Arts.
Amanpour is CNN's chief international anchor. Deadline reports that she plans to reduce her schedule at the end of 2026 and leave the network in June 2027. The report does not specify the exact day of her departure.
According to Deadline, Amanpour communicated the decision to CNN staffers in a memo. BBC Entertainment & Arts reports that her coverage has included wars in Rwanda, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Iran.
The supplied reports do not identify a successor or describe Amanpour's plans after CNN; that information remains unestablished in the available source material.