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Angus Deaton: The cost of the 'deaths of despair'

He won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2015. His new work looks at 'deaths of despair'

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Leader of Ireland's Sinn Fein party Mary Lou McDonald

Sinn Fein won the most votes at Ireland's election last February. Is it still as popular?

• 23 mins

Sir Jeremy Farrar: 'I do believe there will be a vaccine' in 2020 and 2021

Sir Jeremy Farrar is a scientific advisor to the UK government

• 23 mins

Vanessa Neumann: Did Venezuela's opposition miss their chance?

Is support waning for Venezuela's opposition?

• 22 mins

07/08/2020 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

• 23 mins

Chris Packham: 'Finding the good in the bad' of Covid-19

Naturalist Chris Packham says new sustainable economies can emerge after Covid-19

• 23 mins

Raoul Nehme: Can Lebanon be saved from collapse?

We speak to Lebanon's economy minister following the resignation of the entire government

• 23 mins

Nikol Pashinyan: Peace for Armenia and Azerbaijan?

We speak to the Armenian Prime Minister about their conflict with Azerbaijan.

• 23 mins

Wu'er Kaixi: China's crackdown on Uighur dissent

We speak to Wu'er Kaixi, a Chinese political dissident in exile since Tiananmen

• 23 mins

Abdalla Hamdok: Exclusive interview with Sudan's Prime Minister

Has the euphoria that followed last year's revolution given way to harsh realities?

• 23 mins

Kishore Mahbubani: Has Covid-19 weakened the West?

A former Singaporean diplomat says the pandemic has shifted the global balance of power

• 23 mins

Katie Hill: When a politician's nude photos are leaked

What does a former Congresswoman's case tell us about sexism and modern politics?

• 23 mins

Natalia Kaliada: Where do Belarus activists go from here?

An exiled artist gives her thoughts on the protests against Alexander Lukashenko

• 23 mins

Natalia Pasternak: Brazil's battle between science and politics

We hear from the microbiologist who has hit out at Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro

• 23 mins

Sam Harris: A place for conversation in an angry world

Is extremism and intolerance drowning out reasoned debate?

• 23 mins

Alfre Woodard: The artist and the activist

A veteran screen actor discusses making art in America's current political climate

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UN Secretary General António Guterres: Is multilateralism dead?

Is the pandemic is unleashing a tsunami of scapegoating, hate and xenophobia?

• 23 mins

Laura Kövesi: Can the EU's 'corruption buster' deliver?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the EU's first public prosecutor

• 23 mins

Frank Luntz: Can Donald Trump win?

We speak to the veteran Republican party pollster and consultant Frank Luntz

• 23 mins

Gitanas NausÄ—da: Will people power take Belarus in a new direction?

The Lithuanian president discusses the geopolitics at play in neighbouring Belarus

• 23 mins

Douglas Ross: Can the new Scottish Conservative leader preserve the UK?

Polls suggest more and more Scots want out of the United Kingdom - can Ross preserve it?

• 23 mins

Rafael Grossi: Is the world's nuclear watchdog being undermined?

We speak to the new chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency

• 23 mins

Thomas Chatterton Williams: Race, identity and power

A mixed-race American writer who challenges the so-called 'woke' culture

• 23 mins

Leonid Volkov: What next for Russia's opposition?

Alexey Navalny's chief of staff discusses the future of the anti-Putin political movement

• 23 mins

Yusef Salaam: How to reform the US criminal justice system

Poet and activist Yusef Salaam on the chance of real change in the US justice system

• 23 mins

Paolo Gentiloni: Can Europe's economy recover?

Zeinab Badawi speaks to the European Commissioner for the Economy

• 23 mins

Leroy Logan: How hard is it to root out discrimination in the police?

Leroy Logan was one of London's top black policemen until his retirement seven years ago

• 23 mins

James Rebanks: Sustainable food in a growing world

Are this shepherd's ideas for more sustainable farming compatible with affordable food?

• 23 mins

Joe Henrich: Is Western society 'weird'?

A Harvard professor argues the West's cultural power has skewed our view of normality

• 23 mins

Narendra Taneja: How well has India handled the coronavirus crisis?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the national spokesman for India's ruling BJP

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