Christiane Amanpour

A walk around the world! It’s the end of a 28-year journey for Karl Bushby, who returned home to England this week after an extraordinary trek that began in Chile in 1998. Here's what he told CNN about finding hope in humanity along the way:

This week marks the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A jubilant moment that changed history, but I saw rising economic anxiety in 1990, when East Berliners were nervous about the arrival of the free market.

North Korea has begun opening a spree of new barbecue restaurants. Is it a sign of new prosperity or just propaganda? @willripleyCNN reports.

On #TheAmanpourHour this week:
• Rahm Emanuel on what Democrats should do after a triumphant Midterms;
• @miaamormottley on her fight for slavery reparations;
• The leader of Israel’s Arab parties tells me how he plans to oust Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The problem with rural America is that we don't feel seen, we don't feel heard.” With her new novel “Partita,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver says she’s writing from the place she lives, as a Southern Appalachian.