Rudi Bakhtiar Rudi Bakhtiar Rudabeh “Rudi” Bakhtiar is a producer for Reuters in Washington, D.C. She is likely best known for anchoring "CNN Headline News Tonight", a prime-time national three-hour news cast in the United States. In addition, she has anchored other high-profile newscasts for CNN including "Anderson Cooper 360". She has over a decade of experience working for international news outlets including CNN, Voice of America, and Reuters News. In 1996, Bakhtiar joined CNN and held multiple positions in her 9 years at the cable news network including anchoring "CNN Headline News Tonight" on the CNN Headline News network. She has
CNN Philippines programs like "CNN Newsroom", "CNN Today", "International Desk", "CNN Money" and "CNN Money View", with bluer hue, with exceptions to their lifestyle programming, while newer bumpers for general segments and current affairs shows followed suit. The channel also changed their theme music for their newscasts and bumpers and added new programs, led by the Philippine edition of New Day. "Nightly News" was axed in favor of an expanded "Newsroom", making "CNN Philippines Network News" the sole lineal brand holdover from its "Solar" tenure. Personalities from other networks such as Pinky Webb joined CNN Philippines, where she is the main anchor