“We do not deserve to be a bargaining card.”

Amin Salam, Lebanon’s Economy Minister, says his country has earned the right to be more peaceful and stable.

BBC HARDtalk asks what the government is doing to prevent further escalation in the region

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Did the International Court of Justice’s order on the conflict in Gaza change anything on the ground?

Our exclusive interview with Judge Joan Donoghue, former president of the court, is available here

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“We are officially in a state of war”

Lebanon’s economy minister Amin Salam warns the conflict between the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah and Israel has already escalated dangerously

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“Without the Western support, the chances of Ukraine to prevail in this war are very, very, very low”

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says that without extra US assistance, Ukraine could lose its war with Russia

“Our goal is not to start a full war but at the same time we need to find the smart way to act to what happened here” – Danny Danon

Israel’s former UN ambassador says his country will “make sure the leaders of Iran will think very carefully next time”

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I loved doing BBC HARDtalk with Stephen Sackur.We discussed me playing Mitch Winehouse in @BacktoBlack, John Adams in Franklin for Apple TV,finding the balance between authenticity & diversity in acting and liking people you don’t politically agree with.

'I am prepared to die for the causes that I believe in' – Zimbabwean opposition politician

Job Sikhala, recently released after nearly two years in prison, says he will not relent in his struggle for democratic freedom in Zimbabwe

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Will Guyana's people feel the benefit of the country's oil and gas riches? Stephen Sackur has been on the road to find out

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“The UK government has to stop arms sales to Israel' - Humza Yousaf

The First Minister of Scotland says if the UK continues to provide arms, it will be “complicit in the killing of innocent people”

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Just interviewed Scotland First Minister Humza Yousaf. Clearest break yet with UK govt on Israel. He says: ‘if the UK govt continues to provide arms [to Israel] that makes the UK complicit….The evidence that we have seen certainly suggests war crimes have been committed’

“We have the lowest rate of deforestation in the world… Guyana will still be net zero”

President Irfaan Ali says Guyana won’t take lectures on climate change as it exploits its huge offshore oil and gas reserves

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Are vast oil and gas riches a blessing or a curse?

Stephen Sackur is on the road in Guyana

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“They cannot ask the Dominican Republic to solve the Haitian problem,” says Luis Abinader

The President of the Dominican Republic tells HARDtalk that he will not halt deportations as the crisis unfolds in neighbouring Haiti

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Have lessons been learned from the Birmingham Six injustice?

Listen to the full interview with campaigning writer and journalist Chris Mullin

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“These are the most painful months in my history,” says the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN

Riyad Mansour says “it is within our national interest to put our house in order and to try to unify our ranks”

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Navalny aide Leonid Volkov has been attacked with a meat hammer in Vilnius
 
Lithuanian police are investigating the assault, described by the Putin critic as “a gangster greeting” from Russia’s President

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Listen to Stephen Sackur’s interview with writer Sathnam Sanghera
 
As the British son of Indian immigrants, he wanted to look afresh at the legacies of the British Empire. Why has his work stirred up so much hate?
 
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After the death of President Putin’s most powerful political opponent, is the anti-Putin movement out of options?

Listen to the full interview with Alexey Navalny’s former Chief of Staff ⁦Leonid Volkov⁩ bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

“There is a deep bleeding hole in my heart”

Alexey Navalny’s former Chief of Staff Leonid Volkov says “it’s hard for me to get used to this new world where Alexey isn’t here anymore”