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Im stephen sackur. women are still fighting for equality all over the world. even in long established democracies like the uk, plenty of evidence suggests that from the workplace to the law courts, there is an awful long way to go. my guest today, baroness helena kennedy, has been trying to loosen the grip of the patriarchy in the british legal system for five decades. is she winning the battles that really matter? baroness helena kennedy, welcome to hardtalk.

Now on bbc news its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. black and white americans have always had vastly different experiences within their countrys justice system. you see it in so many different data sets, from police violence to incarceration to sentencing. its impossible to understand without reference to americas history of institutionalised racism. understanding it is one thing, the real challenge is how to change it. my guest is bryan stevenson, civil rights lawyer and found...

And royal patronages. and will no longer use the title his royal highness. it follows the news on wednesday that the prince must defend an accusation of sexually assaulting virginia guiffre in a us civil court case. he denies the allegation. theres been more allegations of parties held at the uk prime ministers residence — downing street — that would have breached coronavirus rules. the events reportedly took place last april — the night before prince philips funeral. borisjohnson was away...

Only building bridges, but making sure they are bridges that have the kind of structure and integrity that you can walk across on both sides and make everyone feel lifted up and hopeful about what we can achieve. bryan stevenson, i wish we had more time, but we dont. thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. my pleasure. hello. after a fairly grey, drizzly sort of day on monday, more places will see the sunshine on tuesday. clearer air is working its way south across the uk behind this c...

At home, in the street. thats all fine. none of that depends on saying trans women are literally women, or trans men are literally men. those two things have been pushed together by trans activism, but they can be detached. kathleen stock, we have to end there. i thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. thank you. hello there. it was another windy day for many on tuesday, but the winds will be a notch down for the day ahead, as will the amounts of sunshine — actually, its been the sun...

Now on bbc news its hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. of all the front lines in the so—called culture wars, none has stirred up more vitriol and bad blood than the argument over sex, gender and identity. how should society regard people who transition away from the biological sexual category theyre born into? and what represents the truth of who we are — biology, or self—identity? well, my guest is kathleen stock, a british academic, whose work has gener...

Ukraines president zelensky has accused russia of deliberately targeting the theatre, something russia denies. now on bbc news its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from brussels. im stephen sackur. every time you hear an eu leader condemn vladimir putins invasion of ukraine, its worth remembering one key fact, every day eu nations are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into putin coffers, thanks to europes reliance on russian oil and gas. my guest today is the eu commissioner for energy kadri ...

Addiction to russian fossilfuels? commissioner kadri simson, welcome to hardtalk. commissioner, would you accept that as we speak today, european union nations are still addicted to russian oil and gas? thats true that we are too dependent on imported russian fossil fuels. not only oil and gas but also coal and even nuclear fuel. and i called it an addiction, which implies dependency, thats fair, isnt it? there is a profound dependency on russias fossil fuels. i think that this is a very good mo...

We do see how fundamentally for example, germany has changed the policy and decisions theyve made and its a clear testament that they have understood that they undermined the concerns of a neighbouring countries towards putin and his regime. commissioner kadri simson, thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. thank you. hello there. the weather is really

Stephen Sackur speaks to Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, a key player in the development of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.