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Judit Varga: How far is Hungary prepared to go in its defiance of the EU?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Hungary's Justice Minister Judit Varga

• 23 mins

Pawel Jablonski: Why is Poland blocking the EU's budget?

Poland's deputy foreign minister discusses his government's standoff with the EU

• 23 mins

David Nabarro: How can countries minimise Covid damage?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation’s special envoy for Covid-19

• 23 mins

Jeremy Hunt: Britain's battle with Covid-19

Has the pandemic exposed weaknesses in the UK and its leader?

• 23 mins

Gedion Timothewos: Is Ethiopia sliding into civil war?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Ethiopia’s Attorney General

• 23 mins

Anthony Gardner: How will Joe Biden handle foreign policy?

Are there lessons to be learned from Trump's disruption of foreign policy norms?

• 23 mins

Ishaq Dar: Pakistan's power struggle

A former finance minister is trying to rally opposition to Imran Khan's government

• 23 mins

Owase Jeelani: Making life and death decisions

Stephen Sackur speaks to the paediatric neurosurgeon Owase Jeelani

• 23 mins

Dr Anthony Fauci: Highly likely US Covid vaccinations just days away

Anthony Fauci is Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

• 23 mins

David Beasley of the World Food Programme: Is the world set for new famines?

Will 2021 be even worse than 2020 for those experiencing extreme hunger?

• 23 mins

Bernardine Evaristo: Is British culture changing?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other

• 23 mins

Christopher Ruddy: Is the media amplifying division in America?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the CEO of the conservative Newsmax media group

• 23 mins

18/12/2020 GMT

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

• 23 mins

Hermann Hauser: Is Europe failing to create tech champions?

Facebook, Amazon, Huawei, Alibaba. All American and Chinese. Where are the Europeans?

• 23 mins

Neil Ferguson: Did the UK get its Covid strategy wrong?

We speak to the epidemiologist whose modelling of Covid-19 saw the UK lock down

• 23 mins

Admiral James Stavridis: The aftermath of the capitol riot

The President remains Commander in Chief, but how tenable is that for the next two weeks?

• 23 mins

Alan Rusbridger: Fact v fiction

How do we ensure that fact prevails over fiction?

• 23 mins

Virologist Barry Schoub: South Africa's covid situation 'is bleak'

Barry Schoub chairs South Africa's ministerial advisory committee on Covid-19 vaccines

• 23 mins

Alan Dershowitz: Trump's second impeachment

Should President Trump be impeached again - and how will he defend himself?

• 23 mins

Tamara Rojo: Ballet in a pandemic

Do the arts face a Covid crisis?

• 23 mins

Kenneth Chan: Is democracy lost in Hong Kong?

Activist and founding member of the Civic Party, Kenneth Chan, on Hong Kong's autonomy

• 23 mins

Lina Khan: Can big tech companies be tamed by US antitrust laws?

Lina Khan, associate professor at New York's Columbia Law School, wants to tame big tech

• 23 mins

Yuli Edelstein: Israel's Covid-19 vaccination programme leads the world

Why isn't Israel's speedy roll-out of the vaccine having more impact on infection rates?

• 23 mins

Leonid Volkov: Protests on the streets of Russia

We speak to Alexei Navalny’s chief of staff Leonid Volkov about the Russian opposition.

• 23 mins

Thomas Byrne: Ireland's twin challenge

Ireland's Europe Minister on Covid vaccine supplies and the country's strategic vision

• 24 mins

Madawi Al-Rasheed: Can the Saudi Crown Prince's authority really be challenged?

Stephen Sackur asks exiled activist Madawi Al-Rasheed: what next for Saudi Arabia?

• 23 mins

Dr Soumya Swaminathan: Is vaccine inequity undermining the fight against Covid?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the World Health Organisation's Chief Scientist

• 23 mins

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Has Belarus’s revolution stalled?

Stephen Sackur speaks to the Belarusian opposition leader

• 23 mins

Evan Medeiros: How should Biden approach China?

Where do US-China relations stand after Donald Trump's presidency?

• 23 mins

Laurie Santos: Can we learn how to be happy?

A psychologist assesses the mental health impact of Covid-19

• 23 mins