welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur. 0ne welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur.hood each of us knows we will die. religion, philosophy and science wrestle with that fact and have in different ways and braced the quest for immortality. my guess today, stephen cave director of university of cambridge institute for technology and humanity is at the centre of a growing debate about the merits of extending human longevity. is it wise to seek to live

i'm stephen sackur., beijing's communist rulers saw the logic of maintaining the one country, two systems principle. so, how come some 26 years later, hong kong's autonomy looks more like a convenient fiction than a fact? my guest is regina ip, convenor of hong kong's executive council and leader of the new people's party. what does hong kong's fate tell us about beijing's worldview?

i'm stephen sackur.ctober the 7th. the result: 211,000 palestinians killed, including more than 10,000 children — that according to the hamas—run health ministry — and a humanitarian catastrophe engulfing the entire territory. my guest today is mark regev, chief spokesman for

i'm stephen sackur. a interview with a guest from 2014 whose remarkable story earned him accolades all around the world. certain swinton who died a year after i spoke to him help to rescue mostly jewish children from nazi persecution in czechoslovakia. he hated being labelled a hero but he was proof that individuals can make an extraordinary difference and now a major film extraordinary difference and now a majorfilm one extraordinary difference and now a major film one life extraordinary difference and now a majorfilm one life based on his story has been released. i travelled to his home in the english countryside to ask what had motivated him. sir nicholas winton, welcome to hardtalk. for most of your long life, your extraordinary story wasn't particularly well—known. but now it is known right around the world. do you like the fact that people now know exactly what you did in 1938 and �*39? i don't mind the story being told. i'm not so keen on the frills. what do you mean about the frills? well, you kn

i'm stephen sackur. in ukraine. increasingly, that looks like a serious case of overpromising and under—delivering. further american military assistance has been blocked by partisan warfare on capitol hill, and in europe, too, cracks are evident in the ukraine support network. my guest is radek sikorski, foreign minister in poland's new government. has support for ukraine become a burden that kyiv�*s allies are no longer ready to bear? radek sikorski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. hello. good to see you again, stephen. it's great to have you on the programme.

i�*m stephen sackur.in gaza. the case for genocide — the very worst crime humanity can commit — was brought by south africa and will now be the basis of a full trial lasting years. the israeli government is outraged. world reaction has been mixed. but in terms of the situation on the ground in gaza, nothing seems to have changed. my guest is ronald lamola, south africa�*s justice minister. could the war in gaza be a game changer in geopolitics? ronald lamola injohannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you very much. minister, it�*s great to have you on the programme.

i'm stephen sackur. politicians in the west scanning the 2024 horizon see storm clouds gathering.ermination to crush ukraine's resistance is undimmed. taiwan's coming election adds to fears of china's intentions. and in america, democracy itself is going to be tested in the presidential race. my guest is alicia kearns, conservative mp and chair of the uk house of commons foreign affairs select committee. is the weakness and vulnerability of liberal democracy about to be exposed?

i'm stephen sackur. of our own mortality. from childhood, each of us knows we will die. religion, philosophy and science all wrestle with that fact and have, in different ways, embraced the quest for immortality. my guest today, stephen cave, director of the cambridge institute for humanity and technology, is at the centre of a growing debate about the merits of extending human longevity. is it wise to seek to live forever?

i'm stephen sackur.esponse in gaza, there has been one ever—present fear — escalation of conflict across the middle east. the spill—over potential is obvious — in the west bank, across israel's northern border with lebanon, and right now in the red sea shipping lanes and in yemen. all of these theatres have one factor in common — significant iranian influence. my guest is mohammad marandi, an iranian academic who has advised his government during nuclear negotiations. how far will tehran go in its strategy of regional resistance? mohammad marandi in tehran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you on the show, professor marandi. now, viewed from where you are, the iranian capital,

welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. israel's post—october 7th assault on gaza continues unabated, and it appears to command the overwhelming support of the israeli public. but what of the roughly two million civilians who are arab israelis, many with family in gaza or in the occupied west bank. my guest is aida touma—sliman, a palestinian arab member of the israeli parliament. what does this war mean for the lives and the futures of israel's arab minority? aida touma—sliman injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, thank you, stephen. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. let me ask you a simple first question — how much has changed for you and for your community in israel since october the 7th? oh, you can think about it in this way. there was a life, that is not so easy before october 7th, but now it is unbearable after october 7th. we were thinking that our main struggle would be for peace, and the occupation of our own people in the west bank and gaza, and struggling for our rights to be equal citizens, and to

welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur.ore for foreigners to immerse themselves in conflicts very farfrom home. my guest today is a young british man, aiden aslin, who has a remarkable story. hejoined the ukrainian army. he was captured, tortured and sentenced to death by putin's forces. he survived thanks to a prisoner swap. but why did he risk everything in someone else's war?

i'm stephen sackur.ng to do whatever it takes to ensure vladimir putin's defeat in ukraine. increasingly, that looks like a serious case of overpromising and under—delivering. further american military assistance has been blocked by partisan warfare on capitol hill, and in europe, too, cracks are evident in the ukraine support network. my guest is radek sikorski, foreign minister in

i'm stephen sackur.land of malta. her name was daphne caruana galizia. in life, she refused to be silenced about the scale of corruption in her homeland. in death, she has become the inspiration for a continued struggle forjustice and accountability. a struggle now led by her three sons, one of whom, paul caruana galizia, is my guest today. what are the lessons of this tragic death in malta? paul caruana galizia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you here and, indeed, also a pleasure to read your book. you've just published it — a death in malta: an assassination and a family's quest forjustice, you call it. you've worked on this book for a long time. it is six years since your mother was murdered. working on the book, do you feel you have come to understand her in a new way? a different way?

i'm stephen sackur. when chinese sovereignty was restored in hong kong, beijing's communist rulers saw the logic of maintaining the one country, two systems principle. so, how come some 26 years later, hong kong's autonomy looks more like a convenient fiction than a fact? my guest is regina ip, convenor of hong kong's executive council and leader of the new people's party. what does hong kong's fate tell us about beijing's worldview? regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the national security act that your parliament enacted lastjuly. you know, you created a

i'm stephen sackur. for almost two years, the us and its european allies have been pledging to do whatever it takes to ensure vladimir putin's defeat in ukraine. increasingly, that looks like a serious case of overpromising and under—delivering. further american military assistance has been blocked by partisan warfare on capitol hill, and in europe, too, cracks are evident in the ukraine support network. my guest is radek sikorski, foreign minister in poland's new government. has support for ukraine become a burden that kyiv�*s allies are no longer ready to bear? radek sikorski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. hello. good to see you again, stephen. it's great to have you on the programme. let's begin with a simple thought. the portents for ukraine in its grim battle against vladimir putin's forces in ukraine, the portents are really very negative, are they not? the supply of weaponry and of money coming from kyiv supporters is drying up. how concerned are you? that's not quite right. i was in kyiv within

i'm stephen sackur.anean island of malta. her name was daphne caruana galizia. in life, she refused to be silenced about the scale of corruption in her homeland. in death, she has become the inspiration for a continued struggle for justice and accountability — a struggle now led by her three sons, one of whom, paul caruana galizia, is my guest today.

i'm stephen sackur.een pledging to do whatever it takes to ensure vladimir putin's defeat in ukraine. increasingly, that looks like a serious case of overpromising and under—delivering. further american military assistance has been blocked by partisan warfare on capitol hill, and in europe, too, cracks are evident in the ukraine support network. my guest is radek sikorski, foreign minister in poland's new government. has support for ukraine become a burden that kyiv�*s allies are no longer ready to bear?

i'm stephen sackur.ws we will die. religion, philosophy and science all wrestle with that fact and have, in different ways, embraced the quest for immortality. my guest today, stephen cave, director of the cambridge institute for humanity and technology, is at the centre of a growing debate about the merits of extending human longevity. is it wise to seek to live forever? stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story.

you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackurlming support of the israeli public. but one of the roughly 2 million civilians who are arab israelis, many with family in gaza or in the occupied west bank. my guest is aida touma—sliman, a palestinian arab member of the israeli parliament. what does this wall mean for the lives and the futures of israel's arab minority?

i'm stephen sackur. does israel's continued military assault on gaza represent an act of genocide? thanks to south africa's intervention, the question is now before the international court ofjustice in the hague, something which most israelis have greeted with a mix of disgust and disdain. my guest today is gideon levy, journalist, commentator and long—time critic of his own country's leaders. three months into this war, prompted by hamas�*s attack on southern israel, what has happened to the israeli mindset? gideon levy in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it's such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, it's a pleasure to have you on the show. let's begin with a very basic fact — you are one of your own israeli government's fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. you've certainly been an arch critic of the israeli military strategy in gaza. given all of that, i just wonder how you feel sitting in tel aviv watching the international court ofjustice consider the case of genocide filed against israel. i was watching it with a lot of sadness, depr

welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. in war, not all soldiers are fighting on or for their own soil. thanks to the internet, it has become easier than ever before for foreigners to immerse themselves in conflicts very farfrom home. my guest today is a young british man, aiden aslin, who has a remarkable story. hejoined the ukrainian army. he was captured, tortured and sentenced to death by putin's forces. he survived thanks to a prisoner swap. but why did he risk everything in someone else�*s war? aiden aslin, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is just over a year since you were released from captivity after being held by the pro—russian forces in occupied donetsk. looking at you, your physical scars have healed. what about your mental scars? erm, definitely my physical scars have definitely healed or, like, i'm now a lot bigger compared to when i was released. i'm sure everyone would remember the images. i was a lot skinnier than i am now. but i think mentally, you know, i'm mentally better than i was, especiallyjust co

i'm stephen sackur. six years ago, a remarkable investigative journalist was assassinated on the mediterranean island of malta. her name was daphne caruana galizia. in life, she refused to be silenced about the scale of corruption in her homeland. in death, she has become the inspiration for a continued struggle forjustice and accountability. forjustice and accountability — a struggle now led by her three sons, one of whom, paul caruana galizia, is my guest today. what are the lessons of this tragic death in malta? paul caruana galizia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you here and, indeed, also a pleasure to read your book. you've just published it — a death in malta: an assassination and a family's quest forjustice, you call it. you've worked on this book for a long time. it is six years since your mother was murdered. working on the book, do you feel you have come to understand her in a new way? a different way? yes. so, the funny thing about the boo

i'm stephen sackur.srael has been waging a relentless war in gaza since hamas�*s assault on southern israel on october the 7th. the result — 2a,000 palestinians killed, including more than 10,000 children — that according to the hamas—run health ministry, and a humanitarian catastrophe engulfing the entire territory. my guest today is mark regev, chief spokesman for israel's prime minister. amid all the accusations of war crimes and a charge of genocide, is israel's response to the trauma of october 7 serving its own best interests? mark regev injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me, stephen. it's a pleasure to have you on the programme. as i said, we are more than 100 days into this war. you are inside the israeli government. is there any discussion inside your government as to whether the current strategy you're pursuing in gaza is working? so, the overall strategy, the goal remains what it was at the beginning, to destroy hamas�*s military machine, to have our hostages released, retu

i'm stephen sackur.october the 7th. the result — 2a,000 palestinians killed, including more than 10,000 children — that according to the hamas—run health ministry, and a humanitarian catastrophe engulfing the entire territory. my guest today is mark regev, chief spokesman for israel's prime minister.

i'm stephen sackur.easures to prevent genocide in gaza. the case for genocide — the very worst crime humanity can commit — was brought by south africa and will now be the basis of a full trial lasting years. the israeli government is outraged. world reaction has been mixed. but in terms of the situation on the ground in gaza, nothing seems to have changed. my guest is ronald lamola, south africa's justice minister. could the war in gaza be a game changer in geopolitics? ronald lamola injohannesburg, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you very much. minister, it's great to have you on the programme.

i'm stephen sackur.spoke to him at the age of 106. mostlyjewish children from nazi persecution in czechoslovakia. now, he hates the label of hero, but his life is proof that an individuals can make an extraordinary difference. now a majorfilm based on his story has been released. i travelled to his home in the english countryside to ask him what motivated him. sir nicholas winton, welcome to hardtalk. for most of your long life, your extraordinary story wasn't particularly well—known. but now it is known right around the world. do you like the fact that people now know exactly what you did in 1938 and �*39? i don't mind the story being told. i'm not so keen on the frills. what do you mean about the frills? well, you know as a journalist, better than i do, what i mean. _by —— by the

i'm stephen sackur.sponse in gaza, there has been one ever—present fear — escalation of conflict across the middle east. the spill—over potential is obvious — in the west bank, across israel's northern border with lebanon, and right now in the red sea shipping lanes and in yemen. all of these theatres have one factor in common — significant iranian influence. my guest is mohammad marandi, an iranian academic who has advised his government during nuclear negotiations. how far will tehran go in its strategy of regional resistance? mohammad marandi in tehran, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you on the show, professor marandi. now, viewed from where you are, the iranian capital, does it feel right now like the middle east is on some sort of inevitable slide toward a multi—front war?

i'm stephen sackur. one of the key drivers of human thought and behaviour throughout history has been knowledge of our own mortality. from childhood, each of us knows we will die. religion, philosophy and science all wrestle with that fact and have, in different ways, embraced the quest for immortality. my guest today, stephen cave, director of the cambridge institute for humanity and technology, is at the centre of a growing debate about the merits of extending human longevity. is it wise to seek to live forever? stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's a great pleasure. you believe that our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they wouldn't be around us any more if they didn't. the mouse that didn't care about surviving wouldn't pass on its genes. so we come from a long line of creatures that are determined to keep going. but we have these big brains, that's part of our survival

i'm stephen sackur. politicians in the west scanning the 2024 horizon see storm clouds gathering.ed. taiwan's coming election adds to fears of china's intentions. and in america, democracy itself is going to be tested in the presidential race. my guest is alicia kearns, conservative mp and chair of the uk house of commons foreign affairs select committee. is the weakness and vulnerability of liberal democracy about to be exposed?

i'm stephen sackur.er name was daphne caruana galizia. in life, she refused to be silenced about the scale of corruption in her homeland. in death, she has become the inspiration for a continued struggle forjustice and accountability.

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welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur.family in gaza or in the occupied west bank. my guest is aida touma—sliman, a palestinian arab member of the israeli parliament. what does this war mean for the lives and the futures of israel's arab minority?

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