HARDtalk

Stephen Sackur speaks to Paul Caruana Galizia, whose mother Daphne was a journalist in Malta, and was assassinated for exposing endemic corruption and sleaze. Six years on, have Daphne's family won their fight for accountability and justice?

What does the Gaza war mean for Israel's Arab population? Stephen Sackur speaks to Israeli politician Aida Touma-Sliman, a Palestinian Arab member of Israel's parliament.

Stephen Sackur speaks to philosopher Stephen Cave, director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Technology and Humanity. He is at the centre of a growing debate about the merits of extending human longevity. Is it wise to seek to live forever?

Stephen Sackur talks to Alicia Kearns, Conservative MP and chair of the UK’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee. She has long warned of the threat to democracies posed by authoritarian regimes, led by China. Is 2024, with a host of elections looming, going to severely test the west?

Stephen Sackur interviews Israeli journalist and commentator Gideon Levy, a long-time critic of his country’s leadership. Three months into this war prompted by Hamas’s attack on southern Israel, what has happened to the Israeli mindset?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Prof Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian academic who has advised his government during nuclear negotiations. Iran actively backs Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen; but as the flashpoints in the Middle East multiply, is a regional war - with the US inevitably engaged - what Tehran really wants?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Mark Regev, spokesman for Israel’s prime minister. Israel’s relentless military response to Hamas’s murderous assault on 7 October has unleashed a humanitarian nightmare in Gaza. Is Israel’s strategy serving its own best interests?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Regina Ip, an influential pro-Beijing lawmaker in Hong Kong. For years China has been tightening its grip on the territory it took back from Britain. Pro-democracy activism, political opposition and press freedom have all been curtailed. So what is Hong Kong’s future?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Polish foreign minister Radek Sikorski. Poland has been a key pillar of the western alliance supporting Ukraine against Putin’s invasion, but is Ukraine's fatigue undermining that alliance? And is the new Polish government going to unite the country or divide it?