CNN is simulcasting with CNN International tonight live coverage of the uprising in Lybia. Here is an updated programming schedule tonight. We'll keep this post updated as new developments come in.

8pm – Midnight ET Hala Gorani and Michael Holmes

Midnight – 1amET Jonathan Mann and Manisha Tank

1am – 2am ET Jonathan Mann and Rosemary Church

2am – 3am ET Rosemary Church

3am – 4am ET John Vause

4am – 5am ET Charles Hodson and Andrew Stevens

5am – 6am ET Carol Costello and Zain Verjee

CNN International today launched a new weekend edition of 'International Desk'. Anchored by Jonathan Mann, the 30 minute version of the program airs twice on Saturday and Sunday in the same time slot the weekend programs airs (1500 GMT & 1800 GMT).

Meanwhile, some viewers have expressed concern and outrage over CNN International's decision to reduce the main weekday European prime time version of 'International Desk' to 30 minutes (from 60 minutes).

Some example comments from the International Desk and Hala Gorani threads on the forum:

"Hala's IDESK is one of the best programs during the European primetime lineup. Cutting it down is the worst decision they've made so far." - Axl0706

"I can't believe this is happening! Don't they realised that the I-Desk is one the most popular shows ever?" - jualexandria

"IDESK has probably the best flow of any CNNI show, with the best coverage of news. And the whole 1 hour never drags down as it is so fast-paced. With this news, this show will be no different than some of the weekend WR or W1, which to me, is not a good thing." - Junk Junk.

"I can say one thing about tghis decesion: Boooooooooooooooooooooo!" -hound815

"They are going to regret this one. Hala's one of the most popular anchors on CNNI. I'd probably still watch, but DEFINITELY not as often, if it wasn't for her." - Cee

Fans have also been taking to the program's facebook page to vent their anger at the move, and a protest page has also been started on the social networking site. The 'Linking to Hala Gorani' blog also calls on viewers of the show to express their disappointment via CNN's feedback page.

The move to shave 30 minutes off the 1800 GMT weekday edition is apparently a result of 'Prism' being extended to 60 minutes from this Monday. The taped feature program that normally aired following that show moves to 1830 GMT. The 1500 GMT edition of 'International Desk' will still run for 60 minutes.

** Edit to clarify: the weekday European prime time version is reduced to 30 minutes from 60 minutes.

CNN has been awarded one of the most prestigious awards in international journalism - a Golden Nymph - for the networks coverage of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Within 24 hours of the devastating January earthquake, CNN had 8 reporting teams, totalling 34 people, on the ground, with more on the way. CNN's first reports were on air before most military and relief organizations arrived in affected regions.

CNN staff who contributed work in CNN's entry include:

Anderson Cooper
Ivan Watson
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Susan Candiotti
Chris Lawrence
Gary Tuchman
Jonathan Mann
Juan Carlos Lopez
Arthur Brice
Steve Kastenbaum
Neil Hallsworth
Dom Swann
Gil Delarosa
Tawanda Scott
Rick Hall
Phil Littleton
Jerry Simonson
Jonathan Schaer
Leopoldo Massud

Watch video of Deborah Rayner, Managing Editor of CNN Europe and Africa, and Cindy Strand, Director of Coverage - International News, accepting the award.



The award was presented on Thursday as part of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.

CNN Press Release: CNN correspondents share personal stories of covering Haiti in new half-hour documentary

One month after the devastating Haiti earthquake, CNN correspondents look back, look ahead, and share their unique personal stories of covering a catastrophe.



In Witness to Disaster, Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta, Jonathan Mann, Karl Penhaul, Ivan Watson and others share the most memorable moments they experienced while reporting from Haiti. What were the most compelling stories they covered? Who were some of the unforgettable people they met? How did this disaster compare to others they've witnessed?

They also tell us of the challenges that lie ahead – how are the people doing, one month on? How long will it take them to rebuild their lives? And what will become of them, once the world's attention starts to drift away?

Witness to Disaster premieres on CNN International on Saturday, 20 Feb at 1230 ET / 1730 GMT / 1830 CET.

Airtimes:

Saturday, 20 February
1230pm ET

Sunday, 21 February
7am ET
230pm ET
10pm ET

In addition to continuing coverage on air, CNN has created a special webpage featuring the latest news from the Haiti. It can be accessed at: cnn.com/haiti

If you want to find out how to help, visit cnn.com/impact.

We will be keeping this page updated with further developments. Below you will find updates and information about CNN's coverage in Haiti.

At right: Anderson Cooper and Victor Diaz Rua, Dominican Minister of Public Works in chopper en route from Santo Domingo to Port-Au-Prince.

CNN correspondents deployed so far (as of 7:00am ET - January 22, 2010):

On The Ground in Port-Au-Prince:

- Jonathan Mann (CNN International Anchor) (arrived 2:19pm ET, Jan. 13)
- Ivan Watson (CNN International Correspondent) (arrived 10:46am ET, Jan. 12)
- Anderson Cooper (CNN Anchor) (arrived 10:05am ET, Jan. 12)
- Neil Hallsworth (CNN Senior Photojournalist - traveling with Anderson Cooper)
- Susan Candiotti (CNN National Correspondent) (arrived 12:02pm ET, Jan. 13)
- Ross Levitt (Producer - Susan Candiotti)

- Jerry Simonson (Photographer - Miami Bureau)
- Gary Tuchman (CNN National Correspondent) (arrived 12:02pm ET, Jan. 13)
- Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN Chief Medical Correspondent) (arrived 2:19pm ET, Jan. 13)

- Danielle Dellorto (Producer - Sanjay Gupta)

- Juan Carlos Lopez (CNN En Español Correspondent) (arrived 2:19 pm ET, Jan. 13)

- Chris Lawrence (CNN Pentagon Correspondent) (arrived 3:08pm ET, Jan. 13)
- Steve Kastenbaum (CNN Radio Anchor)

- Arthur Bruce (CNN Wire)

- Rafael Romo (CNN Senior Latin American Affairs Editor)

- Jason Carroll (CNN National Correspondent, American Morning)

- Karl Penhaul (CNN International Correspondent)

- Elizabeth Cohen (CNN Senior Medical Correspondent)

- Brian Todd (CNN Correspondent, The Situation Room)

- Soledad O'Brien (CNN Anchor/Special Correspondent) - (arrived Jan. 17)

- Richard Roth (CNN Senior United Nations Correspondent) - (arrived Jan. 17)

- Lisa Desjardins (Capitol Hill Correspondent - CNN Radio) (arrived Jan. 19)

- Luis Carlos Velez (CNN En Español Anchor/Senior Business Producer)

- Hala Gorani (CNN International Anchor/Anchor, International Desk) (arrived Jan. 22 - coming in to replace Jonathan Mann)

- Christiane Amanpour (CNN Chief International Correspondent/Host, Amanpour) (arrived Jan. 22)

Key Videos:

- Sanjay Gupta aids 15-day-old baby with head injury

- Jonathan Mann Behind The Scenes

- Ivan Watson, 11 yr. old trapped

- Anderson Cooper with Bill Clinton

- Anderson Cooper package of a young girl rescued from rubble

- Exclusive video of aftermath

- Gary Tuchman walking on the street of Port-Au-Prince

- Ivan Watson at a clinic where wounded and dead sit on the streets

- CNN International Sports Anchor Mark McKay interviews professional soccer player Jozy Altidore about his family in Haiti

- 'People were dying below me'

- Haitian Health Crisis

- 'It was a horrible scene'

- Haitian President homeless

- Haiti's overrun clinics

- Anderson in Haiti

- Unite to help Haiti

- Walking Haitian streets

- World Food Program helps

- Gunshots in Port-au-Prince

- AC360 Daily Podcast: 1/13/2010

- Anatomy of disaster

- Haiti: Connecting online

Now that the holidays are over, we're getting back into the swing of things here at CNN Observations. We hope you had a great one!

• CNN International has (finally) launched updated pages for some of their programs, including their new program The Campaign Trail hosted by former Insight host and CNN/I Jonathan Mann. The new/updated program pages include The Campaign Trail, Inside Africa, International Correspondents, The Screening Room, and World Report.

• CNN's Washington D.C.-based America Bureau Justice Correspondent Kelli Arena has a new photo on her bio page:


• FishbowlDC is reporting that CNN Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash and CNN National Correspondent John King are engaged. Best of luck to the both of them!

A few observations from CNN/I over the last few days:

• Richard Lui, formerly of CNN Pipeline, and now of Headline News, was anchoring World News over the weekend

• Jonathan Mann has returned to anchoring, and has been seen hosting World News and, while writing this at 1535 gmt, Your World Today. He also continues to produce and present the Insight segments

• Also on Your World Today this afternoon, Bonnie Schneider has been hosting the weather. Bonnie very rarely appears on CNN/I screens

from a friend:

A serious fire has forced live programming from CNN's London HQ, Turner House, to be suspended until further notice. The fire, above a clothing department store on the adjacent Oxford Road - London's busiest shopping district - started just before 1900 bst (1800 gmt) Thursday. Half an hour later, World Business Today went on-air from the adjacent Turner House. However, this was quickly pulled off air as Atlanta took over live programming for the rest of the evening. Jim Clancy and Colleen McEdwards took turns with World Business Today, World News Europe and the evening edition of Business International.

Thirteen hours on, and fire crews are still on the scene tackling the blaze. All morning programming from Turner House in London has been suspended. CNN Today came from CNN Center this morning, with Michael Holmes and Jonathan Mann hosting. Mann also hosted Business International at 0700 gmt.

A large part of West-Central London has been cordoned off, with a quarter-mile exclusion zone in place until Saturday morning, according to Westminster City authorities. This area generally attracts between 250,000 to 500,000 shoppers a day. If the exclusion zone is a quarter-mile in each direction, then a large portion of Great Marlborough Street, where CNN London is based, is also included. Therefore, there is a chance that Turner House is currently empty. It is not known if the other networks to broadcast from Turner House, including the Cartoon Network and TCM, are affected.

There are fears that the building on fire may collapse. So far, there have been no reports of any injuries.

More here on CNN Observations as soon as it is available.

Update: I'm also hearing that the CNN London newsroom starting filling with smoke shortly after the fire started last night, and was therefore evacuated. I would imagine they'd have to turn off the air-conditioning/distribution in there to stop the smoke from coming in.

Additionally, Jonathan Mann is putting in quite a shift! He was live on Your World Today yesterday at around 12pm Eastern (1600 gmt). And then he was doing CNN Today at 12am Eastern (0400 gmt) this morning! He's still on right now, doing Business International until 7am Eastern (1100 gmt)!! I wonder if he's slept...