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BECKY ANDERSON, CNN HOST, CONNECT THE WORLD: Well, this is a live look at the maritime traffic in and around the Strait of Hormuz after multiple
ships have reportedly been targeted there by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. One of those ships is Greek owned.
And I'm going to speak to Greece's Foreign Minister, minutes from now. It is 04:30 p.m. on the Southern Coast of Iran, 09:00 a.m. in Washington,
where President Trump extended the ceasefire just hours before the latest action unfolded in the strait. And it is 05:00 p.m. here in Abu Dhabi.
From our Middle East programming headquarters, I'm Becky Anderson. You're watching "Connect the World". Also coming up this hour, CNN sits down with
the Ukrainian President for a rare one on one interview. Going to get you the first news making clip from that Christiane Amanpour conversation
during the next two hours.
The stock market in New York opens about 30 minutes from now. This is the picture as we await the bell in futures indicating a slightly higher open.
We're going to start with the word of new attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says its forces fired on two
vessels in the strait.
You're looking at time lapse animation of those ships. The IRGC says its forces transferred the vessels to Iranian waters. Now this backs early
reporting by the UK maritime trade operations of at least two ships being fired on in the area. And it follows U.S. President Donald Trump's
announcement that he would extend a ceasefire due to expire just hours from now, to allow Iran to come up with what he calls a unified proposal to end
the war.
But he also says the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports in those critical waterways will remain in effect, something Iran insists must be lifted if
they are to negotiate peace. Well, the U.S., meantime, has now seized two commercial ships at sea linked to Iran. The latest happening thousands of
kilometers away from Iranian waters.
There is a lot going on. Eleni Giokos following what is going on in the strait, in and around the strait. She's in Dubai. Kevin Liptak is in
Washington. Eleni, in addition to these two ship seizures, Iranian media reporting a third vessel targeted by the Revolutionary Guard now disabled
of Iran's coast. What more do we know at this point?
ELENI GIOKOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, as you say back, this is really important that while we're not seeing military confrontation on land, if
the fight is in the seas at this point. And just hours after President Trump announced the extension of the ceasefire, without a time stamp on it,
the Iranians, you know, make their position very well known in the Straits of Hormuz and targeting two vessels.
That's according to the UKMTO, and then a third vessel is now in question. They saying they seized two vessels. And Kpler sent me this image, and
you've got two vessels that are very close to Iran at this point. The one is the MSC Francesca, that Iran says has links to Israel.
Now we've reached out to MSC, but importantly, and because of all our reporting, we know that the way Iran applies links to what they say are
enemies. They could be looking at, you know, financing, insurance, charter history, so we wait to see how they've applied that rule.
And then the second vessel that you see so close to Iranian waters, is a Greek owned vessel. It's the Epaminondas. It's Liberian flagged. And from
what we understand, according to Iranian state media, this is the second vessel that has been seized. And they say that the vessels that they
targeted specifically this morning were not operating with authorization, repeatedly violating regulations, and they say, manipulating navigation
systems.
And that is the reason that they've targeted these vessels. But the Epaminondas, which is really interesting if you just dig a little bit
deeper. It arrived in the Port of Khalifa, according to Kpler data, on the 27th of February. So just at the cusp of the start of the war, and it was
heading towards Mundra, India.
It was meant to arrive on the 24th of April, clearly stopped in its tracks. It was laden with cargo and then allegedly attacked. What we also know is
that now it is standing by in Iranian territorial waters.
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And one source told me, Becky, that Greek ship owners and Greek vessels and what we've also seen a lot of shadow fleet, generally have been braving the
Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war, but this escalation that we've seen today could even scare away some of the ship owners that have been
able to make this transit.
So, as we wait for more information, specifically from the UKMTO, around the status of these vessels. This is just an extra layer that, you know,
shippers are worried about. On Saturday, we saw gun fire against two Indian flag ships, according to Delhi. And that was, you know, creating a lot of
concern, and, frankly, scaring shippers' way.
This incident is just upping the ante for any trade right now passing through the Strait of Hormuz. And then the other thing that I've heard is
they worried about the Iranian checkpoints, and then they're very concerned about what happens when they hit the U.S. naval blockade.
ANDERSON: Thank you, Eleni. You're up to scratch then on what we understand to be going on in those critical waterways. Kevin, let me bring you in.
Donald Trump then extending the ceasefire, any indication of whether this latest violence that we've seen in the strait is going to impact his
decision making at this point.
KEVIN LIPTAK, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, when you talk to officials, they don't suggest that this particular incident is necessarily
going to cause the president to change his mind, but I think the reality is still true that this ceasefire that the president has now extended is still
extraordinarily fragile, and any kind of tit for tat is going to cause fractures to emerge.
And you know, when the president announced this yesterday, we weren't even certain that this ceasefire was going to be extended. He extended it with
only a couple of hours to go. And I think when you listen to the president talking about it, it's pretty clear that he still thinks that this American
blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is providing the United States with an extraordinarily high amount of leverage to get the Iranians to the
negotiating table.
But just based on what we've seen today, it's evident that the Iranians, too, think that their position in the strait provides them some leverage as
they try and extract some concessions from the United States. And so, where all of this goes from here, I think, still remains unclear.
You know, on paper, this extension that the president put in place is open ended, but just in talking to officials this morning, it's clear that they
want some answers from the Iranians relatively quickly. The fear among the president's advisors is that there are divides in Tehran that the
negotiating team that was sent to Islamabad two weekends ago doesn't necessarily have the authority to sign off any final deal, and that the
Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei is essentially been non communicative.
And isn't necessarily in a position where he's giving his negotiating team clear indications of what Iran will be able to agree to. And without any
clarity there, they determined that it was not going to be practical to send JD Vance for another round of talks. It is evident that the president
wants diplomacy to work.
There is not a lot of appetite inside the White House for renewed bombing despite the president's bellicose rhetoric. Obviously, the war is very
unpopular in the United States, and the feeling is that the president just wants it to be over with. But what's going on in the strait you know, today
and over the last several days, I think, is just continued evidence that without a diplomatic solution in place, without an agreement and without a
deal.
The back and forth, the tit for tat is just going to continue causing enormous economic pain inside of both countries.
ANDERSON: Good to have you, Kevin. All right, just to reiterate, then, this is the developing news this hour. The Revolutionary Guard Corps claiming
they seized two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. And Iranian media reporting a third vessel, a Greek owned ship, was also targeted by the
Guard Corps and is now disabled off Iran's coast.
Joining us to discuss this is the Greek Foreign Minister, Giorgos Gerapetritis. It's good to have you, sir. Thank you for joining us. It's an
important day to have this discussion. Well, can you tell us about this Greek owned ship caught up in Iran's attack today and its crew?
GIORGOS GERAPETRITIS, GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER: Thank you Ms. Anderson for the invitation. I can confirm that there was an attack against the Greek
owned cargo ship, but I cannot confirm that this has been seized by the Iranians, so there are extensive damages. But at the moment, it's not been
detained.
ANDERSON: Has your office or any Greek government office that you know of heard from the crew or anyone directly involved with the Greek owned ship,
since it was targeted?
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GERAPETRITIS: We have already spoken to both to the owner of the cargo ship and the company which is actually monitoring the ship. All seafarers are
good in their health. There have been extremely white damages. But at the moment, there is no risk of having any further damage or the cargo ship to
be sunk.
ANDERSON: This was, as I understand it, Greek owned, Liberian flagged a vessel heading to India, as we understand it. Can you give us any more
details about the circumstances of that vessel.
GERAPETRITIS: Indeed, it was a Liberian flood and Greek owned ship. It was trying to get out of the Strait of Hormuz. It was a cargo ship, and it was
heading to a destination that I cannot confirm, unfortunately. The situation on the field is quite disturbing. Is not an easy and relaxed
situation, obviously.
So, we have sent an overall notice to all quick owned ships to be very mindful, to exercise maximum self-restraint and to avoid crossing the
state.
ANDERSON: Do you know of any Greek shipping companies or crews on Greek owned or Greek flagged ships who have worked directly with the IRGC and or
paid a toll fee for safe passage?
GERAPETRITIS: At the moment, I can confirm that there are 11 Greek vessels, Greek flag vessels within the Gulf, and they remain there. And we have at
least 40, 50, more, which are Greek owned, but other countries flag, I can confirm that there have been efforts in order to get out of the strait.
But I am not in a position to confirm that there was toll fees paid to the Iranian government or the Revolutionary Guard for this, but indeed, there
have been some small number of cases of tankers that have been out of the Strait of Hormuz.
ANDERSON: You say that -- you can't say whether or not they paid a fee in order to get through that strait. I'm struggling to understand why you're
unable to provide that information, apologies.
GERAPETRITIS: Because I do not have this information because this has been kept by the ship owners. There are some, you know, industrial secrets that
cannot be revealed. So, to the extent of my knowledge, I can confirm that there are some cases that have been out, but I cannot say whether there was
a toll fee paid --
ANDERSON: Understood. Will Greece investigate any ships that are alleged to have worked directly with the IRGC, which of course, is a designated terror
organization by the European Union.
GERAPETRITIS: If there is some strong evidence to support any kind of interlink with terrorist organizations, obviously the Greek authorities
will take action accordingly. At the moment, there is not such information or such feedback, so I cannot say that we're going to do further
investigation.
We are coordinating with the other EU member states in relation to coordinated action to investigate such cases. But at the moment, we do not
have any hard evidence about it.
ANDERSON: How do you expect these Iranian attacks on -- as we understand it, three ships, at least at this point, to impact this ceasefire that the
U.S. President just extended hours ago. What's your assessment at this point?
GERAPETRITIS: This is not a constructive approach. I have first of all to comment on President Trump's initiative to extend unilaterally the
ceasefire. It's important that we exhaust any possible means of diplomacy in order to resolve the conflict. It is absolutely critical, not only for
the two countries, for Iran and the United States, but also for the globe, because it strongly affects the economy of all states.
So, it is important to carry on further diplomacy. I urge the Iranian authorities to exercise maximum self-restraint when it comes to such a tax
freedom of navigation is not negotiable.
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ANDERSON: Greece is heavily involved in the EU's naval mission Aspides protecting ships, of course, in the Red Sea. EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja
Kallas told me just recently that there are discussions about expanding that mission to include the Strait of Hormuz.
Can you confirm that, that is a possibility that's been discussed at the EU ministerial level, and how Greece responded to that idea?
GERAPETRITIS: This has indeed been discussed among the EU Foreign Ministers, and there are some other initiatives, basically from the United
Kingdom and France to the fact that there is a future operation, essentially -- operation in the Strait of Hormuz. At the moment, we have
not, as yet, decided to extend the mandate of the Aspides Operation.
As rightly pointed out, Greece is among the few countries that have provided battleships to actually assist the situation in the Red Sea, which
is also quite volatile. Our original position is that we do not exclude a European operation in the Gulf, but this can only happen if the armed
conflict is at least seized or over.
ANDERSON: Understood. Briefly, can you just give us a sense of the impact on the Greek shipping industry of this conflict, very specifically, what is
going on in the strait. And indeed, the impact that Greece has had, the knock-on impact as so many countries around the world are feeling from this
energy supply and other product supply issues.
GERAPETRITIS: As you rightly mentioned, Greece has the largest merchant fleet, so obviously there is a tremendous ramification upon the Greek
economy and the Greek Shipowners community. At the moment, as I mentioned, we have 11 Greek flags and other 40, 50 ships which are essentially locked
within the Gulf.
We do suffer from certain prices concerning oil and crude oil and other petroleum products, but we expect to encounter further increases in prices
in other goods. At the moment, we have significant inflation when it comes to specific goods such as fertilizers and oil products, but we expect that
there's going to be a domino in other prices.
We coordinate our action with our EU partners in order to see how we manage the situation. Today, the Greek Prime Minister announced a significant
package of financial measures for vulnerable people to address issues of shortage or price increases in terms of the use of petroleum.
We will carry on supporting people to address the situation. But the truth is, Ms. Anderson that unless we have a true, sustainable, resilient peace
in the region, the economy will be insignificant turbulence worldwide.
ANDERSON: Giorgos Gerapetritis, it's really good to have you on, sir, an important conversation. I very much appreciate your time today. Thank you.
Well still to come, why it is becoming increasingly unclear to the U.S. who is in charge of Iran as efforts to secure a peace deal and extend this
ceasefire hang in the balance.
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ANDERSON: Well, in the state, say Louisiana man is facing charges for allegedly lying to authorities about the gun used to kill eight children in
Shreveport on Sunday. Police say Charles Ford admitted that he kept the gun that Shamar Elkins later used in his truck.
He previously said he never had the firearm. Well, as a convicted felon, Ford is banned from possessing guns. CNN's Isbel Rosales has been following
the very latest, so she's joining us now from Atlanta.
ISABEL ROSALES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, Becky. Shamar Elkins used this very gun that we now have a picture of to kill eight children, seven of it of
those children being his own children, and according to Shreveport police, he used that gun on them as they slept.
At least some of the children were killed in that manner, execution style, according to the police department. Now I spoke with Corporal Chris
Bordelon who described this gun to me as an assault style pistol, a rifle with a rifle caliber on a pistol platform. He says that this sort of gun is
becoming more common with gang activity, although he says that Elkins was not connected to a gang.
Now, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Western District for Louisiana track the ownership of this gun to the original owner, and then it led them to
Charles Ford, 56 years old, who, as a convicted felon, is not allowed to legally possess a gun. Now he is charged with making a false statement to
federal agents about this weapon.
And according to the criminal complaint, he initially denied having possession of this gun, but then admitted to officers that indeed he did
have this gun stored underneath the seat of his truck that Elkins rode in the truck, and he suspected of Elkins stealing this gun from him, and he
noticed that it was gone just last month.
But then when he confronted Elkins about it, and Elkins became offensive. He says to it, he let it go. That's a direct quote, in a statement
announcing the charges ATF Special Agent in-charge, Joshua Jackson, said this, holding people accountable does not stop with the person who pulled
the trigger but also includes those who give access to and proliferate firearms that are later used in violent crime.
Now this man, Ford, Charles Ford, has not entered a plea. He is to remain in custody until a detention hearing that's scheduled for this Friday. We
have reached out to the public defender's office, but have not heard back, Becky.
ANDERSON: It's good to have you, Isabel. And you and I talked about just how disturbing, devastating this story is and it's not an easy one to
cover. It's a story that really has touched me this week. As bleak as many of these headlines I can cover can be. This story of a father killing his
own kids really strikes a chord, doesn't it?
CNN is covering all the angles from the investigation to the community impact this story inside from forensic psychiatrists who examine the
motives of unthinkable killings like this one. It's a difficult but fascinating read that you can find on our digital platforms.
And remember, you can follow me on socials @beckycnn for links to a variety of CNN's coverage. Well, the second round of peace talks between the U.S.
and Iran appears to be overshadowed by uncertainty surrounding divisions within the Tehran regime and who is actually in charge.
Well, as we've been reporting, U.S. President Trump extended the ceasefire to give tech runs quite seriously fractured leadership more time to unify
around a proposal, as Pakistan attempts to mediate an end to the wall. As my colleague Mostafa Salem reports in a CNN piece, quote, until now, a deal
without a supreme leader's blessing was not a deal the Iranian body politic could hold together.
However, Iran may have entered a new phase where the visible buy in of the leader is no longer required.
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Well, for more on this, let's bring in Sina Toossi, he's a Senior Fellow with the Center for International Policy. And talk to us about what we do
know about Iranian leadership right now. I mean, I've spoken to a lot of people, some of whom agree with Donald Trump that there is, you know,
serious fracture within the leadership.
Others who say that may be the case, but it really doesn't matter when it comes to negotiating a deal. So where do you stand?
SINA TOOSSI, SENIOR FELLOW WITH THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL POLICY: Yes, well, you know, Mojtaba Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, the son of the former
supreme leader who was assassinated in the U.S.-Israeli strike. He's been MIA, you know he, we don't know where he is.
He hasn't appeared publicly. He hasn't given a public address. He's just issued statements in text form. He is someone who, you know, before this
war, was always a mysterious, enigmatic figure. He'd never really had public appearances, so it's unclear, you know, there are reports that he
may be injured, potentially heavily injured.
But also, just the security considerations that I imagine, that Iranians are trying to put into overdrive. You know, in the face of many
assassinations of their prominent figures and military and political officials, that he's just potentially in hiding. But I think on this
broader question of fractures in the Iranian leadership, you know, the Iranian decision-making process has long been one that within this system,
within this political system of the Islamic Republic that has many factions and factions and many rivalries.
You know, decisions on foreign policy were made through the National Security Council, the Supreme National Security Council that, over there,
encompasses many different factions and officials from different bodies. And the Supreme Leader has always had veto power over their decisions, but
this body helps drive decisions by consensus.
Now, right now, in this war, you know, this body still exists. There's a secretary. It has become more hard line. But you know, according to
Ghalibaf, the Iranian Parliamentary Speaker who headed the delegation in Pakistan, the first round of talks, that process is still ongoing, that the
decision-making process is intact, that they are building consensus.
And I think more so than these negotiations stalling because of fractures on the Iranian side, it seems to me that the bigger constraint is Trump's
contradictory approach. You know, he's been all over the place over the past week, especially, and as well as this U.S. blockade of Iran that is
ongoing and escalating.
ANDERSON: So, the Trump Administration certainly seems to believe that the Iranians can get organized enough to present a plan at some point. And he
said that until such time as that happens and talks conclude one way or another, he'll keep this ceasefire in place, given what you've just said.
I wonder how tenable or untenable this status quo is likely to be at this point, already, we've seen, you know, Revolutionary Guard activity against
vessels in the strait. We know the U.S. blockade continues. So, give us what you've just been suggesting, how does that impact any progress at this
point?
TOOSSI: Well, there's multiple timelines at play. I mean, the function of Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was to raise global energy prices
and all the knock-on effects that we've seen that, that has had for economies across the world, including the U.S. economy, where the average
price of gasoline is over $4 nationally now.
And the blockade, what Trump is doing with the blockade now is, in a way, a double blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, whereas previously in these 40
days of the war, Trump actually lifted sanctions on Iranian oil at sea. And at the time, Treasury Secretary Bessent framed it as an effort to, we're
going to let Iran export some more oil right now.
But it's going to ultimately hamper the overall Iranian strategy of increasing the price of energy, because there's going to be more oil on the
market, and the prices are going to go down now it seems like the logic is inverse, where the U.S. is going to contribute to the functional impact of
the Strait of Hormuz blockade by you know, that the Hormuz is still blocked, and now the U.S. is going to blockade Iranian oil exports.
So, this is all just furthering the shortage of energy in the global markets. And I think that Iranians are playing with that. They're playing
for --
ANDERSON: Yeah. What's the bottom line here? Yeah, what -- 60 seconds, what's the bottom line here?
TOOSSI: Yes. Well, the Iranians are thinking that time is on their side, that as the millions of barrels of oil remain behind the Strait of Hormuz,
the global knock-on effects in terms of the economy stock markets, that they're just going to accumulate over time, that they can weather the storm
of the blockade of their ports.
They have alternative routes. But I think at the end of the day, we need a middle ground diplomatic solution. Trump has a contradictory approach. He
said there was a deal last week. Now you know, he's extending the ceasefire unilaterally.
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ANDERSON: Yeah.
TOOSSI: I think the risk of conflict is very high actually, and so we need a middle ground diplomatic solution.
ANDERSON: Sina, it's good to have you, as we get to Wall Street for the opening bell. It is interesting just to point out that the DOW, the S&P and
the NASDAQ, all about three quarters of 1 percent higher this Wednesday. Perhaps some relief that this ceasefire is extended, ringing the bell
today, GE Vernova.
We will get back to those markets to see just how the indices open, up next. I've got some expert insight onto what these markets are doing and
why, after this.
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ANDERSON: Welcome back. I'm Becky Anderson in Abu Dhabi. Time here is just after half past five. You're watching "Connect the World". Just after half
past nine in New York. Let's see how stocks are getting on. The bell ran couple of minutes ago to usher in the Wednesday trading session, and that
is the state of play, up about three quarters of 1 percent across the board.
We're also watching oil prices. They are heading higher after Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced that it had seized two vessels in the Strait
of Hormuz and transferred them to Iranian waters, not doing any harm to the sort of somewhat optimistic investor in these stock markets.
Amir Bakr, sorry, Amena Bakr is the Head of Middle East Energy and OPEC+ insight at Kpler. Kpler offers data and analytics for global trade. She
joins us from Dubai. Look, I want to have a look at these oil prices. There are futures and a spot oil price debate going on at present.
Spot oil being the current market price for immediate delivery and payment of physical crude. How do they differ? And if there is a difference today,
what does it tell us about this crisis? I think this is important.
AMENA BAKR, HEAD OF MIDDLE EAST ENERGY & OPEC+ RESEARCH AT KPLER: Yeah, there is a divergence between the two. The paper markets basically are
markets that factor in and what traders think will happen in the future. And that's why we're seeing the diversions in price here, because it's
based on sentiment versus the physical market, where you get the actual movement and delivery of the physical barrels, and we are seeing a delta
between the two.
The market very much believes that we might be close to ending this conflict. And there have been a lot of headlines to kind of, you know, sway
sentiment, and you saw them very clearly, Becky, and the past few weeks of you know U.S. officials always kind of talking to the market, making sure
that prices stay lower.
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And that's what we've been seeing, and that's why the kind of flat price has been reflective of that sentiment.
ANDERSON: The International Energy Agency, of course, calls this the largest supply disruption on record, bigger than the oil shocks of the
1970s. Lufthansa Group, for example, says it's cutting 20,000 flights through October due to the surge in fuel costs. I know that you have been
pretty vocal about suggesting there is somewhat of a sort of perhaps misunderstanding, mispricing, misestimation of where this is at and where
we might be headed.
What is your take on supply chain disruption that we are starting to see and the way that the market is currently pricing crude?
BAKR: Well, the market is underpricing, that's for sure. And I mean, we were not seeing any resumption of traffic. We monitor traffic very, very
closely on a daily basis, and we're still seeing those numbers in the single digits. So, we're not seeing any improvement from her moves.
We're not seeing a recovery from any of the Middle Eastern states that have shut in production. And by the end of April, Becky, we're expecting around
700 million barrels to be lost. That's just from Middle East producers. So that's a huge supply shock. And I don't think that still, that hasn't
resonated into the prices.
It happens gradually, but when it hits, it hits hard, and that still, I think, is left to be, you know, realized by the world economy and various
countries.
ANDERSON: And you watch these this data and analyze what it's telling us on a daily basis at Kpler. And we're asking all the friends of the show today,
Amena, who do you consider the winners and losers as things stand right now? What are you seeing?
BAKR: Well, in terms of, I mean, just in terms of oil markets, I think the U.S. has offered a number of waivers here that have helped some countries.
Russia is one of them. I mean, they've had their crude being sanctioned for the longest time as they were continued their war with Ukraine.
So having that waiver, you know, being able to export more of its crude, has been beneficial for Russia, but it's also been beneficial to the U.S.
We've seen a number of tankers getting diverted to the U.S. So, there's more loading from that. And unfortunately, I mean, here in the Gulf, where
a lot of the production has been shut in, the only two countries that have been really able to export are Saudi Arabia and the UAE through the east
west pipeline, and then the UAE through Fujairah.
But we've seen kind of a big loss of producers in this region.
ANDERSON: It's always good to have you, Amena, thank you very much indeed.
BAKR: Thank you.
ANDERSON: Well, let's move away from conflict. After over 200 days of Arsenal leading the way is today, the day Man City, go back to the top of
the premier league table. More on that after this.
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ANDERSON: Right, Arsenal have been topped of the English Premier League table for over 200 days this season. But as we can just about see, the
finish line just weeks away. Is that going to change? Amanda Davies, joining me now, Amanda.
AMANDA DAVIES, CNN WORLD SPORT: Oh yes, it's that time of the year, isn't it, Becky? Where we know Manchester City love turning the screw. They
haven't lost in April, since 2021. Tonight they face Burnley.
ANDERSON: Wow.
DAVIES: A team they have beaten in 18 of 19 meetings, including a five one victory earlier this season. And this is a match that is very much going to
influence both the top and the bottom of the table. Burnley, of course, a threat of relegation. Manchester City looking to overturn Arsenal at the
top.
As you said, they have got the momentum after that huge victory on Sunday over their nearest rivals. And there's just that sense, isn't there for all
that Arsenal and Mikel Arteta have done is this once again, going to be Manchester City's time to shine, but we've got more football and plenty
more other news, including an interview with the Women's Tennis World number one Aryna Sabalenka coming up in just a couple of minutes, Becky.
ANDERSON: Excellent stuff. That's "World Sport" up after this short break.
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