🇬🇧 NEW CNN Anchor & Correspondent 📺 🇺🇸 • Let’s explore together… 🌎 • Story? DM or Ben.hunte@cnn.com

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Hello from CNN London! 🇬🇧 I’ll be making my debut as a CNN Anchor & Correspondent very soon… For all stories, keynotes, panels & chats: Ben.hunte@cnn.com or DM ✉️ I can’t wait to explore LGBTQ stories and breaking news from across the world 🏳️‍🌈 🌍
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Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 Ten years ago, I started my journalism career reporting on LGBTQ lives. So much has changed since then. What’s giving YOU hope in 2026? This is what just happened on my CNN show 📺
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All eyes on US President Trump’s next moves after his Tuesday deadline to Iran, while indicating he wants a deal. My discussion with @BenInLDN on @CNN from @TheNationalNews newsroom
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.@CedricLeighton W/ @BenInLDN Latest information on the rescue of our downed serviceman inside Iran 4.5.26 210 am ET
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Yesterday talking with @CNN's @BenInLDN on US options for the use of ground forces in the #IranWar‌ and the challenges of opening the Straits of Hormuz. I also talk about the challenges of shallow missile magazine depth for the US and Israel in terms of missile defence capabilities, and the economic inequity of defeating $20,000 Iranian Shaheds with million dollar missile systems.
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Always good to start my week on @CNN and @cnni with @BenInLDN talking Trump, DHS and Iran from @SurreyPolitics at @UniOfSurrey. This could be Trump's most dangerous week yet.
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RT @JeffStorobinsky: .@CedricLeighton with his latest thoughts from earlier this morning on Iran W/ @BenInLDN 3.23.26 t.co/Gw3ksF
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"President Trump has entangled the U.S. in a war without a clear objective and no exit strategy... Iran has a collective leadership,... but the IRGC is seizing power." Conversation with Mr. @BenInLDN on @cnni (Atlanta) March 16, 2026.
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In Iran updated estimates from authorities indicated 600,000 to 1 million households leaving homes to seek safety - hoping this is temporary. An average family size of 3.2 people equals up to 3.2 million individuals now displaced inside the country. Our update with @BenInLDN
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A year of stress and paperwork… 🇺🇸✅ My EB-1 green card is approved. I’m officially a US PERMANENT RESIDENT! And I’m finally free to leave America for the first time in nine months 🇬🇧 Huge thanks to CNN, Warner Bros Discovery, and my former bosses at the BBC & VICE. Onwards!
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This morning, I had the honor of joining @cnnbrk and @cnn with Anchor @BenInLDN to discuss the latest updates on # NancyGuthrie's disappearance. We also discussed the high visibility of this case in relation to other missing-person cases and the impact this is having on others.
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Let the court decide: Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav @heraskevych is in the Court of Arbitration for Sport now challenging his disqualification from the Milano Cortina winter Olympics. Thanks to @CNN's Ben Hunte for having me on to discuss the important test case. #MilanoCortina2026 #Olympics #Ukraine
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RT @JeffStorobinsky: .@CedricLeighton w/ @BenInLDN The VERY, Very latest on Venezuela UPDATED 1.3.26 330 am ET (10 minutes) https…
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Happy New Year! 🎉 Come behind the scenes with me to anchor my first NYE shows on CNN 📺
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Broke down the Drake lawsuit dismissal on @CNN with my friend @BenInLDN. 💥 He started from the charts… now he’s in court? Not anymore. ⚖️ Felt disrespected — now dismissed. The law said, “Take Care.” #NothingWasTheSame #CaseClosed #LegalTea #CNN
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We’re awaiting the official North Korean state TV broadcast of Friday night’s rain-soaked military parade in Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un revealed what NK calls its biggest & most powerful nuclear weapon yet: Hwasong-20 ICBM @BenInLDN @whannyuanc @yoonjung_seo @BradLendon @imgawonbae
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My dream job has truly been unlocked. Thank you @CNN 📺🇺🇸 The news is wild and intense, but I’m so grateful to my CNN Newsroom overnight team for making our Atlanta studios feel like home. …and it’s only the start!!! See you this weekend (7-9AM UK) 🌍
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The starvation campaign & Hamas’s grotesque video of emaciated hostage Evyatar David digging his grave are aimed at pressuring Israel to stop the war and let Hamas survive. And, can @SEPeaceMissions broker a real deal to bring the hostages home? Today on @cnni with @BenInLDN.
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Let's do this again :-) @CNNI NewsRoom w/@BenInLDN from @CNN @Atlanta
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18 May 2025
RT @brianstelter: I'm joining @BenInLDN as CNN continues late-night coverage of a ship striking the Brooklyn Bridge
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This year’s Pride events could look very different… Some of the world’s biggest brands are now backing anti-trans policies. Others are quietly ditching DEI projects. Should companies with questionable LGBTQ records still have a place at Pride? 🏳️‍🌈
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