The popular CNN welcomes Christiane Amanpour divorcing husband after 20 years | General news

Christiane Amanpour, CNN host, and her husband, Jamie Rubin, divorce after 20 years of marriage, according to a friend. The couple, both journalists, fell in love with "late margaritas" while he was working in Sarajevo torn apart by the war.

They tied the wedding at a wedding in 1998, in Italy, in the presence of John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife Carolyn, diplomat Richard Holbrooke, Clinton badistant Sidney Blumenthal and former badistant to National Security Advisor James Steinberg

Despite the plans for divorce, the couple last weekend appeared to their only child, Darius. "Graduate of the 500-year-old English-language boarding school for boys, Tonbridge School in Kent."

Christiane Amanpour, 60, host of the Amanpour show, recently took control of Charlie Rose at the time of Jamie, a 58-year-old former diplomat, journalist and secretary of state for Bill Clinton's then-public affairs, writes and advises for the Ballard Partners lobbying firm (19659004). with them in 2008) who has just completed high school

Christiane Amanpour, born to an Iranian father and a British mother in London and raised in Tehran, is an emeritus journalist who has won the highest honor. countless awards, including Emmys and Peabodys, as well as numerous honorary doctorates and diplomas for his work.

Amanpour moved to the United States to study journalism at the University of Rhode Island, which she got summa cu mude, before being hired by CNN at the Foreign Office in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1983.

Amanpour's first major mission was to cover the Iran-Iraq war, and she has since reported Major crises of many hotspots of the world, including Iraq, Afghanistan, the Palestinian territories, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda and the Balkans.

She also interviewed leading political figures and leaders from around the world, from former British Prime Minister T Ony Blair, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to Muammar Gaddafi and even to the Dalai Lama.

In 2013, the couple announced that they were returning to London and Christiane called Jamie a "true hero" to settle in England

Jamie, who helped raise their son, served in the state department under President Bill Clinton, before joining Sky News as presenter, and later commentator.

He graduated from Columbia University, where he also received a master's degree in international affairs and was a member of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2008.