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Aryana Sayeed: Afghanistan’s biggest pop star

She has braved death threats to campaign for women’s rights and artistic freedom

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Bill Bryson: US author demystifying the British

What has US author Bill Bryson learned from his gentle search for understanding?

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Staffan de Mistura: Can the international community still stop wars?

Is it time to acknowledge the irrelevance of the international peacemakers?

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Andrew Mitchell MP: What will Boris Johnson do next?

The scale of the Conservative Party triumph promises to have seismic consequences.

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Malcolm Gladwell: Should we trust strangers?

Stephen Sackur meets the author described as America's most famous intellectual

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Ayad Allawi: What if the US pulls out of Iraq?

Do rising tensions between the US and Iran spell disaster for Iraq?

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Vali Nasr: Have strategic realities in the Middle East changed?

Who’s gained and who’s lost after the killing of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani?

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Sir Antony Gormley: Britain's most successful sculptor

His inspiration is the human body, in fact, his own body.

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Douglas Silliman: What is Donald Trump's strategy in Iraq?

The former US ambassador to Iraq assesses the White House's possible next moves

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Seth Freedman: Spying for Harvey Weinstein

Who polices the shadowy world of private intelligence?

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Tony Garnett: Making TV with a radical purpose

Another chance to hear our 2016 interview with the pioneering film and TV producer

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Alexander Blackman: How should crimes on the battlefield be handled?

Former Royal Marine Alexander Blackman killed a wounded Taliban fighter in 2011

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Don Bacon: Will Republicans regret their loyalty to Trump?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Republican Congressman Don Bacon

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Mindu Hornick: Don't let Auschwitz memories erode

Mindu Hornick and her sister survived Auschwitz 75 years ago, but their family did not

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Patrick Suckling: Is Australia becoming a climate pariah?

The country's former Ambassador for the Environment analyses the government's approach

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Jean-Claude Juncker: What's next for the EU and Britain?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the outgoing EU Commission President

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Lauri Love: The realities of cyber security

What does an accused hacker's case tell us about the realities of cyber security?

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Ai Weiwei: Huawei, Hong Kong and being an artist in exile

China's most internationally-famous artist reflects on its political and cultural reality

• 23 mins

Ian Blackford: Does the SNP have a winning strategy?

The Scotish nationalists have plenty of passion, but do they have a winning strategy?

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John Kani: Art and activism

How hard is it to tell South Africa’s post-apartheid story?

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Len McCluskey: What's the future of the UK Labour Party?

The leader of the party's biggest financial backer on what it should do next

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Paul Krugman: Nobel Prize-winning economist warns of threat to America’s economic future

Is partisanship infecting every corner of today's realm of ideas?

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Agnes Callamard: Investigating the Khashoggi and Soleimani killings

Stephen Sackur interviews UN Special Rapporteur on extra judicial killing Agnes Callamard

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Halima Aden: Challenging supermodel stereotypes

Top models are deemed to have a look that attracts and sells. But how diverse is it?

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Tarana Burke: What difference has #MeToo made?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the woman who first coined the phrase "Me Too"

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Alan Dershowitz: Are the rich above the law?

Stephen Sackur cross examines one of America's most high profile lawyers.

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Dr Yasser Abu Jamei: Mental health in Gaza

What happens to a people living with trauma and collective despair?

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Professor David Heymann: The fight against coronavirus

Is the World Health Organisation moving fast enough?

• 23 mins

Mmusi Maimane: Can his new party become a force in South Africa?

Zeinab Badawi asks Mmusi Maimane about the state of South African politics

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David Tait: Speaking out about sexual abuse

Shaun Ley interviews David Tait, successful financier and survivor of sexual abuse

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