welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur.enya has big ambitions to be the economic and infrastructure powerhouse of east africa, but that can't happen without political stability. and right now there are worrying signs of factionalism and fragmentation at the top of kenyan politics. my guest is william ruto, two—term deputy to president uhuru kenyatta. their partnership has papered over many political cracks in kenya, but is it starting to crumble? deputy president william ruto, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen sackur. let us talk about the security situation in kenya. last month saw another jihadist attack in nairobi. 15 people were murdered. why is the kenyan government seemingly incapable of eliminating the threat posed by al—shabab and the jihadists? terrorism is an international challenge. no country in the world has ever claimed to eliminate terrorism. we keep working at it. what i can tell you, stephen, is that we are getting better at dealing with this challenge. if the response of the attack was anyt

i'm stephen sackur. hungary is a relatively small country in the european union.ungary is led by a nationalist, populist prime minister, viktor orban, who believes his opposition to immigration and his defence of so—called christian values can transform notjust hungary but the whole of the european union. my my guests in his hungary's foreign minister, peter szijjarto. but can ‘0rbanism' win europe's battle of ideas? peter szijjarto, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much for the invitation. what is fascinating about being in budapest is in the past couple of days hundreds of posters have gone up to to pick thinkjean—claude juncker and an american business leader. the message is that the european union is threatening the security of hungary. why does your country feel the need to indulge in this propaganda? this is an election campaign so you should not be surprised about posters appearing in public areas... but this is nothing to do with the elections. it is simplya to do with the elections. it is simply a from the government to your people. it is absolutely th

and stephen sackur. today i havejourneyed welcome to huddle. and stephen sackur. i have journeyed to the south coast of england to meet one of the great women pioneers of photography journalism, one of the great women pioneers of photographyjournalism, marilyn stafford. she was born in the united states but she moved to paris where she became the proteges of the brilliant henri cartier—bresson. like him, she liked capture intimate portraits of ordinary people. she has worked in war zones and on fashion catwalks. and now, at 93, her work is being admired by a new generation. so, what gives her pictures their power? marilyn stafford, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let's start way back. you trained as an actress, you spend a while as a nightclub singer and yet you really found your creative voice in photography still. what was that about photography that really reached into your soul? i have been called an accidental photographer. because i really did not set out to do the photography at all. the photography was something that was just there. when i was a child, eve

welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur.his is suburban florida, peaceful, prosperous, seemingly at ease with itself. but the truth is, no corner of america is immune from gun violence, least of all florida, which just one year ago saw an horrific high school shooting which left 1a students and three members of staff dead. well, i've come here to meet cameron kasky. he survived that shooting, and he went on to found a remarkable student movement committed to taking on america's gun lobby. but one year on, has anything really changed 7 cameron kasky, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it's pretty much one year since you were part of the traumatic events at the high school in parkland. how are you today? today, it's a mixed bag. i'm an 18—year—old boy who's, like any 18—year—old boy, dealing with the trappings of being a teenager. i struggle with depression, anxiety. very normal things. but issues that are hard to talk about lately. do you struggle with ptsd? i mean, is there trauma that came out of what you went th

i'm stephen sackur. right now, venezuela is in the grip of political and economic chaos.en are claiming the presidency, protesters are out on the streets and the international community is divided in its response. well, today i am in miami to meet christian zerpa. until december, he was a justice on the venezuelan supreme court. now he is one of the highest profile defectors from their maduro regime. so does this erstwhile insider believes the socialist revolution is in its death throes? christian zerpa, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let us begin with your personal story. he used it with your personal story. he used it with me in miami and yetjust a few short weeks ago, you were a justice on the venezuelan supreme court. you could have stayed in your country to fight for truth and justice. you ran away. why? i understand very well that it is very dangerous to be an opponent to the maduro regime. dissidents, as you say, are in prison. you were not a dissident. you were an extraordinarily loyal functionary of the government. you expected a position of the supreme court an

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welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. last december‘s limited ceasefire deal between the warring parties in yemen has barely alleviated the suffering of the yemeni people. many millions remain in need of food and medical assistance. it remains the world's worst unitarian disaster. my guest today is the foreign minister of the yemeni governments, khaled hussein alyemany. is there any military or diplomatic initiative capable of saving yemen? khaled hussein alyemany in warsaw, poland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. minister, it is good to have you on the programme. let me start with words from the uk foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, that he made, the statement he made on the eve of this conference in warsaw, that you are attending on the middle east. he said we now have a shortening window of opportunity to turn the ceasefire in yemen into a durable path to peace. what are you and your government doing to keep this window of opportunity open? we're working with the international community, stephen, as you know

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now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks to american writer carl hiaasen.n florida to meet the author, carl hiassen. his writing is fuelled by anger and corrupt politicians, crooked businessmen and environmental vandals. crooked businessmen and environmentalvandals. so, crooked businessmen and environmental vandals. so, is crooked businessmen and environmentalvandals. so, is this the place where the american dream turned sour? carl hiaasen, welcome to hardtalk. happy to have me on, thank you. here we sit in florida, the state you were born in, raised in, have worked in all your life, and you're still here. what keeps you, in this state that you confess is crazy? um... i think it's where my family is from, i think one of the things about writers as you have to care about what you write about, and as messed up as this state is, as absolutely screwed up and insane, i still care about it. my family is here. either that or i'm just too lazy to leave. i will also say there are weeks when you see the stream of headlines that come out of florida where even a diehar

i'm stephen sackur. last december‘s limited ceasefire deal between the warring parties in yemen has barely alleviated the suffering of the yemeni people. welcome to hardtalk. here we sit in florida, the state you are born, raised and work on all your life and you are still here. what keeps you in the state that you confess is crazy? i think it is where my family is from. you need to care about what you write about and eat it is, as messed up as the state is, i still ca re messed up as the state is, i still care about it. all my family's here. either that or i'm just too lazy to leave. but i will also say that there are weeks where you see the stream of headlines that come out of florida, where even a diehard floridian says, there's got to be some place better to live, and less crazy. and i have those weeks where ijust go, whatam i doing here? take me back to your childhood, because you have portrayed it as a state that was very different. and we're going back to the 1950s and early 1960s, when you were a

welcome to hardtalk whitney, stephen sackur.nly in zero, north carolina, to meet the author carl hiaasen. he is writing is fuelled by anger at crop politicians, crooked businessman and environmental vandals. so is this the place where the american dream turned sour? carl hiaasen, welcome to hardtalk. happy to have me on, thank you. here we sit in florida, the state you were born in, you're still here. what keeps you in a state that you confess is crazy? um... i think it's where my family is from, i think one of the things about writers is you have to care about what you write about, and as messed up as this state is, as absolutely screwed up and insane as this state is, i still care about it. all my family's here. either that or i'm just too lazy to leave. but i will also say that there are weeks where you see the stream of headlines that come out of florida, where even a diehard floridian will say, there's got to be some place better to live, and less crazy. i have those weeks where ijust go, what am i doing here? take me back

welcome to hardtalk, i am stephen sackur.s is suburban florida, peaceful, prosperous, seemingly at ease with itself. but the truth is no corner of america is immune from gun violence, least of all florida, whichjust one year ago gun violence, least of all florida, which just one year ago saw an horrific high school shooting which left 14 horrific high school shooting which left 1a students and three members of staff dared. i left 14 students and three members of staff dared. i have come here to meet cameron kasky. he survived that shooting and he went on to found a remarkable student movement committed to taking on america's gun lobby. but one year on, has anything really changed 7 lobby. but one year on, has anything really changed? cameron kasky, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is pretty much one year since you were part of the traumatic events at the high school in parkland. how are you today? todayit in parkland. how are you today? today it is a mixed bag. i am an 18—year—old boy who is like any 18—year—o

i'm stephen sackur. right now, venezuela is in the grip of political and economic chaos.iming the presidency, protesters are out on the streets, and the international community is divided in its response. well, today i'm in miami to meet christian zerpa. until december, he was a justice on the venezuelan supreme court. now he's one of the highest—profile defectors from the maduro regime. so does this erstwhile insider believe the socialist revolution is in its death throes? christian zerpa, welcome to hardtalk. muchas gracias. let us begin with your personal story. here you sit with me in miami, and yetjust a few short weeks ago, you were a justice on the venezuelan supreme court. you could have stayed in your country to fight for truth and justice. you ran away. why? i understand very well that it is very dangerous to be an opponent of the maduro regime. dissidents, as you say, are imprisoned. you were not a dissident. you were an extraordinarily loyal functionary of the government. you accepted a position in the supreme court and you were chosen because you had been so