Bill Gates: The importance of aid and philanthropy
Waihiga Mwaura, presenter of the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme, speaks to Microsoft co-founder and global philanthropist, Bill Gates.Mr. Gates, who is 69 years old, announced last month that he plan...
8 Juni 202522min
Carsten Breuer, the German chief of defence: Nato faces "very serious threat" from Russia
Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent, speaks to Carsten Breuer, the German chief of defence.General Carsten Breuer gives his assessment of the threat that Russia poses to the Western alliance Nat...
3 Juni 202522min
Tom Fletcher, UN Humanitarian Chief: Is the world doing enough to get aid into Gaza?
Tom Fletcher, Chief of Humanitarian Affairs for the United Nations, tells Fergal Keane, the BBC’s special correspondent, that Israel is subjecting Gaza to enforced starvation. Gaza faced an aid blocka...
1 Juni 202522min
Matt Garman, CEO of Amazon Web Services - what is the future of big tech?
Simon Jack, the BBC’s business editor, speaks to Matt Garman, chief executive of Amazon Web Services - part of the retail giant Amazon, and the world’s largest cloud computing company.Mr Garman starte...
27 Maj 202522min
Surviving Syria’s sectarian violence
Tim Franks speaks to a British-Syrian Alawite who came under attack, along with her family, during the sectarian violence on Syria’s coast in March.The Alawite sect is an offshoot of Shia Islam and it...
25 Maj 202522min
Dovilė Šakalienė, Defence Minister of Lithuania: Uncertain times for Europe
BBC Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale speaks to Dovilė Šakalienė, Lithuania’s Defence Minister.The Baltic nation, along with its neighbours Latvia and Estonia, share a border with Russia, and have ...
20 Maj 202522min
Doris Salcedo, Colombian artist - giving voice to victims of violence
In an interview from the BBC’s This Cultural Life, presenter John Wilson speaks to the Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. Her work is a response to the devastation of war, and tells the stories of its ...
18 Maj 202522min
Radosław Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland: Dealing with the growing threat from Russia
Kasia Madera speaks to Radosław Sikorski, the Foreign Minister of Poland.As a key, long-term ally to Ukraine, Poland has played a pivotal role in supporting its neighbour following the full-scale inva...
13 Maj 202522min
