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dmytro kuleba, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i think we have to begin with the military situation. details are limited, but would you accept that right now the ukrainian counteroffensive has not succeeded in punching a significant hole in russias defensive line in your country? we are moving forward. thats the most important thing. when we speak with our generals and with independent experts, they all say that in the counter—offensive, the most important thing is to keep moving for...

gideon levy in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. its such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, its a pleasure to have you on the show. lets begin with a very basic fact — you are one of your own israeli governments fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. youve 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 conside...

this time, its much closer to the fishing town of grindavik. people living nearby have already left the area and local authorities have declared an emergency. jessica parker has this report. this was a worst case scenario thats now unfolding in front of the worlds eyes. a wave of molten rock is carving its way into what was a thriving fishing town. grindavik�*s been evacuated, again, but abandoned homes and businesses lie in the path of an overwhelming natural force. this, it appears...

theyve doubled work patterns. theyve gone quasi—war mobilisation without full mobilisation. they seem to be able to find spare parts for tanks and ships from abroad through what they call parallel imports or smuggling. so, russias leader buckles down for a long war and was apparently dismissive of the recent african peace initiative, preferring to continue to fight. but could he be toppled if ukraines counteroffensive succeeds? i think a major reverse in the south which threatens cri...

alicia kearns, welcome to hardtalk. now, you are chair of the uk parliaments foreign affairs select committee. you have to take an overview of what is happening across foreign policy. would you agree that right now the bandwidth of foreign policy thinking is very much taken up by israel, by the war in gaza? absolutely. and this is one of the challenges that democracies have. we need to make sure that we cant say, "well, we only "have bandwidth to focus on one conflict," because unfortu...

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. youve just published it — a death in malta: an assassination and a familys quest forjustice, you call it. youve 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 t...

of football fun. we all have a mate who takes it too far on a night out and that was man city players last night as they celebrated winning the treble. can you really blame them, though? that is very good work, lads! you are all caught up now. bye! this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk from manchester. im stephen sackur. this city styles itself the capital of the nort...

alicia kearns, welcome to hardtalk. now, you are chair of the uk parliaments foreign affairs select committee. you have to take an overview of what is happening across foreign policy. would you agree that right now the bandwidth of foreign policy thinking is very much taken up by israel, by the war in gaza? absolutely. and this is one of the challenges that democracies have. we need to make sure that we cant say, "well, we only have bandwidth to focus on one conflict," because unfortun...

the problem is, mrjohnson has been accused of committing a "clear breach" of the ministerial code, again, by only informing the appointments watchdog about his newjob half an hour before the announcement. well, the daily mail has already released his first column, but the topic is not what you might expect it to be. titled: "the wonder drug i hoped would stop my 11.30pm fridge raids for cheddar and chorizo didnt work for me. but i still believe it could change the lives of millions" fo...

intelligence, the supremacy of the algorithm, represents one of those transformational moments for humankind? im not sure that it does. but there is a fair chance that it will have transformative effects. it is all commonplace to compare it to the fire, or to the rise of industrial machinery starting in the 18th century. it remains to be seen whether it will be as important for our productivity and our lives, but we are already seeing some of its deep effects on how we organise our dem...