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my guest today is minette batters. she farms right here, shes also president of the national farmers�* union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. its a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you would think that would be good news for farmers. is it? its — its quite extraor...

hes about to move on. so, what did his time at the top of the worlds largest aid agency teach him about one of the greatest problems mankind faces — how to ensure no one dies of hunger? david beasley, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, sarah. now, you have said that when you took on the job six years ago, you thought you could put the world food program out of business because you could solve world hunger. at that time, there were 80 million who you described as marching towards starvat...

and south american nationals trying to reach the united states. dozens of people were also injured in the incident. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. on the face of it, russias war on ukraine has galvanised a strong and united european response — sanctions on moscow, weapons supplies to kyiv and a readiness to host millions of ukrainians fleeing the war. but scratch the surface and there are significant variations. romania is notably reticent about th...

labour opposition mp diane abbott has been suspended pending an investigation into a letter that she wrote about racism in the observer. youre watching bbc news. now its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. west africas sahel region has long faced enormous challenges, poor governance, extreme poverty and environmental degradation, to name but three. but it also has a proud tradition of giving cultural riches to the world and my guest today is baaba maal, a world�...

chancellor olaf scholz promised dramatic change. my guest is the state secretary for economic cooperation niels annen. so has germany got a new strategic vision? niels annen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure. it is great to be here. lets start with the war in ukraine. i think there is no doubt that putins invasion of ukraine shocked germany. would it be fair to say it has also destabilised germany? no, i dont think so but it certainly shocked germany because a lot of our econom...

hello. im sumi somaskanda. more on those stories in the show, but we start with events in montana where republicans in the states house of representatives have voted to bar transgender lawmaker democratic representative zooey zephyr from the house floor. its republicans�* response to zephyr�*s plea for her colleagues last week to reject a bill that would ban gender—affirming care for minors. she said if they vote yes, she hopes they will see "blood on their hands." she has alread...

the romance scams that cost people thousands of dollars — the bbc speaks to a former gang member. and ahead of the oscars this weekend — newsday speaks to domee shi, director of �*turning red,�* nominated for best animated movie. the uk government has unveiled its plan to tackle illegal migration, aimed at stopping people crossing the english channel in small boats. the prime minster, rishi sunak, said the bill was "tough "but necessary and fair." however, the un refugee agency...

hello and welcome to the programme. a group of big american banks has injected 30 billion dollars into a smaller regional bank, first republic, which had been seen as at risk of failure. it comes as fears grow of a crisis in the global financial sector. shares in european banks hit a two—month low — after the eurozone�*s central bank hiked interest rates by a half—of—one percent. the us treasury secretary, janet yellen, has insisted the us financial system remains sound despi...

israel has the most far—right government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti, in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. lets start with the situation in the west bank, where you sit, in ra...

as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. a select few people amongst us have personal stories which stir compassion, admiration and solidarity, and one of them is my guest today — waris dirie, the somali—born model, writer and activist. she was raised in poverty, the daughter of a nomadic herdsman. she became the muse of fashion houses in new york and paris, but she chose campaigning over the catwalk, speaking out against female genital...