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maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it's a pleasure. well, it's great to have you on the show. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro�*s rule is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. so, how come you've now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition to fight in next year's presidential election? for years, we, the venezuelan people have been explaining to the world the way nicolas maduro has been rigging elections an...

and all the main news stories straight after hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. nicolas maduro, venezuela's authoritarian socialist over the past decade, he's overseen a crumbling economy, of venezuela's population — and yet, he is still in power, and the opposition�*s big idea, the creation of an alternative government, has foundered. my guest, maria corina machado, is currently frontrunner amongst opposition candidates — but does she have any realistic chance of toppling venezuela's strongman? maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, st...

albin kurti, to cool it — and quickly. will he listen? and if he doesn't, could kosovo see a new round of balkan bloodshed? prime minister albin kurti, welcome to hardtalk. welcome to pristina and thank you for having me. well, it's a great pleasure to be in your office. prime minister, how close has kosovo come to seeing a renewal of conflict in the last few months? it has been very heavy because the two extremist terrorist organisations, which are being financed by serbia, and from where they also receive their orders, civil protection and the northern brigade have been very acti...

presidentjose ramos—horta, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure to have you in the studio. i think it's fair to say you've given most of your life to the struggle for freedom in timor—leste, east timor, as we used to know it, and you have served as its president, not just once, but twice. you decided to come back in 2022 to seek the presidency again. was that a tough decision, to come back? yes. on a personal basis, yes. it was not in my plan, but then mr xanana gusmao, now prime minister, whom i deeply respect, he asked me to run again... ..to put...

ambassador vassily nebenzia, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. ambassador, i want to begin with some words said recently by the uk foreign minister, david cameron. he said this: "the lights are flashing red right "across the global dashboard. "it is hard to think of a time when there's been so much danger, insecurity, instability in the world." would you agree with him on that? i would. and where do you see the instability at its most dangerous? the most pressing thing today is, of course, the middle east. you cannot deny it. it's obvious. it is a conflict that is fraught with...