06/12/2023 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

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Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza: What Rwandans think of the UK migrant transfer deal

The UK government paints President Kagame in positive hues. What do his opponents think?

• 23 mins

Sandra Day O'Connor: The first female US Supreme Court judge

Sandra Day O'Connor has died age 93. Re-listen to our 2006 interview

• 23 mins

Izzeldin Abuelaish: Can Palestinians still believe in forgiveness and peace?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to a Palestinian doctor and acclaimed author

• 23 mins

Paul Caruana Galizia: Can his family get justice?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the son of an assassinated Maltese investigative journalist

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Naftali Bennett: Has Israel responded unwisely?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Israel’s former prime minister

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22/12/2023 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

• 23 mins

2023 in review

Stephen Sackur looks back at thought-provoking interviews from the past year

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Past notes

A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2023

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Aida Touma-Sliman: What does war mean for Israel's Arab population?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a Palestinian Arab member of Israel's parliament

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Stephen Cave: Should we want to live forever?

HARDtalk speaks to the director of the Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity

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Alicia Kearns: How much will 2024 test the West?

Stephen Sackur talks to the chair of the UK’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee

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Sir Nicholas Winton: A Holocaust hero

A 2014 interview with a man who saved more than 600 children from Nazi persecution

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Gideon Levy: What happened to the Israeli mindset?

Stephen Sackur interviews Israeli journalist and commentator Gideon Levy.

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Mohammad Marandi: Is Middle East conflict what Iran really wants?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an academic who has advised the Iranian government

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Mark Regev: Is Israel serving its own best interests?

Stephen Sackur talks to a spokesman for Israel’s prime minister

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Regina Ip: What is Hong Kong's future?

China has tightened its grip on Hong Kong, and pro-democracy activism has been curtailed

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Naomi Alderman: Apocalypse soon?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the novelist and computer game creator

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Radek Sikorski: Will Poland's new government unite or divide the country?

Stephen Sackur interview's Poland's foreign minister

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Jasvinder Sanghera: Abuse and the Church of England

Stephen Sackur speaks to Jasvinder Sanghera, a lifelong advocate for survivors of abuse.

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Ronald Lamola: Is South Africa's genocide case against Israel a geo-political game changer?

Stephen Sackur speaks to South Africa's justice minister

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Abdalla Hamdok: Can Sudan find peace?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the country's former prime minister

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José Ramos-Horta: Peace and reconciliation

Stephen Sackur speaks to José Ramos Horta, President of Timor-Leste

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Vassily Nebenzia: Is Russia influencing global opinions?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Russia’s permanent representative to the UN

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09/02/2024 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

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Cornel West: Could enough votes taken from Joe Biden help Donald Trump get elected?

Cornel West, philosopher and activist has launched his own bid for the White House.

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Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Sergiy Kyslytsya: Does Ukraine feel betrayed?

Partisan warfare in Washington DC is blocking aid to Kyiv. What does Ukraine think?

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Bassem Youssef: Can laughter ever provoke political change?

When political tensions escalate, does humour get pushed out?

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Alexey Navalny: The interview

Stephen Sackur interviewed Alexey Navalny in 2017.His death has been reported by Russia.

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Nikolai Denkov: Is Bulgaria a weak link in Europe's security?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Bulgaria’s prime minister

• 23 mins

HARDtalk: Defying Putin

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

• 23 mins

Jens Stoltenberg: Is Russia really preparing for a war with Nato?

Sarah Montague speaks to its Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

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Ciarán Hinds: Is Northern Ireland a creative powerhouse?

Stephen Sackur interviews the world-renowned actor

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Salome Zourabichvili: Where does Georgia's destiny lie?

Sarah Montague talks to the president of Georgia

• 23 mins

20/03/2023 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

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Sathnam Sanghera: Britain's imperial legacies

Stephen Sackur speaks to a writer re-examining the legacy of the British Empire

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Leonid Volkov: Is the anti-Putin movement out of options?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an ally of Russia’s late opposition leader Alexey Navalny

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Riyad Mansour: Why are the diplomats failing?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN

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Claude Joseph: Can anything save Haiti?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the country’s former acting prime minister

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Jan Egeland: Is the international community failing to protect the most vulnerable?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council

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Chris Mullin: Have lessons been learned from the Birmingham Six injustice?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a former politician and justice campaigner

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Luis Abinader: Will the Dominican Republic help Haiti?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of the Dominican Republic

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Judith Butler: Gender and identity

Stephen Sackur speaks to the philosopher and author

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On the road in Guyana

Will the South American country's people benefit from its record economic growth?

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Mohamed Irfaan Ali: Is oil a blessing or a curse for Guyana?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the president of Guyana

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Lila Rose: Could abortion be banned in the entire US?

Stephen Sackur speaks to one of America’s fiercest opponents of abortion rights

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Tom Shakespeare: Redefining disability

Stephen Sackur speaks to a bioethicist and disability rights campaigner

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Naomi Alderman: Power and technology

Stephen Sackur speaks to the novelist and computer game creator

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Humza Yousaf: Is the SNP's supremacy in Scotland under threat?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Scotland’s first minister

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Job Sikhala: Is change possible in Zimbabwe?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an opposition politician who plans to challenge Zanu-PF's rule

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Eddie Marsan: Do the arts neglect working-class people?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the acclaimed British actor

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Danny Danon: Will Israel listen to its allies?

Stephen Sackur speaks to an Israeli MP and former ambassador at the United Nations

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Arseniy Yatsenyuk: Could Ukraine lose?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Ukrainian prime minister

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Richard Haass: How should the US respond to global risks?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a veteran US diplomat

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Daniel Dennett: Philosophy and atheism

Another chance to hear the 2013 interview with the acclaimed philosopher

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Joan Donoghue: Has the ICJ ruling changed anything in Gaza?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the former president of the International Court of Justice

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Amin Salam: Can Lebanon's government avert catastrophe?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Lebanon’s economy minister

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Ami Ayalon: Is Israel fighting an unwinnable war?

Stephen Sackur speaks to a former chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency

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Mihai Popșoi: Is Moldova the new Russian battleground?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Mihai Popșoi, Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova.

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