Tarek al-Hashimi - Vice President of Iraq
Tarek al-Hashimi is in a very strange position: he is Iraq's vice president but right now he is a de facto fugitive in Turkey. He is being tried in absentia on charges of sponsoring death squads insi...
30 Aug 201223min
Brian Sayers – Syrian Support Group
While some Arab states are actively funding the Syrian opposition, the West has publicly refused to provide arms. The US, in particular, has been criticised for its reluctance to get involved beyond ...
28 Aug 201223min
Maajid Nawaz - Chairman of Quilliam, counter extremisim organisation
Maajid Nawaz is a British born Muslim who became a radical Islamist. He was arrested and imprisoned in Hosni Mubarak's Egypt but when he emerged from prison he renounced his former views and launched ...
27 Aug 201223min
Rob Davies - South Africa's Minister for Trade and Industry
Stephen Sackur talks to Rob Davies, South Africa’s Minister for Trade and Industry.The labour unrest in South Africa’s platinum mines has claimed the lives of dozens and produced the kind of violence ...
24 Aug 201223min
Angélique Kidjo - Musician and Activist
Angélique Kidjo has been hailed as Africa's premier diva, known for her passionate voice and fierce determination to help African girls fulfil their potential. Three decades ago she left her home cont...
22 Aug 201223min
Lord Hanningfield - Former Conservative Peer
The expenses scandal tarnished those at the very heart of British democracy. Some politicians in the so-called Mother of Parliaments were shown to be greedy and a few criminal. A handful went to jail ...
19 Aug 201223min
Lord Moynihan - Chairman of the British Olympics Association
Katya Adler speaks to Lord Moynihan, Chairman of the British Olympics Association and Director of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games. London 2012 has been a resounding success, appla...
17 Aug 201223min
Sharon Bowles - Chair, EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee
Katya Adler speaks to Sharon Bowles, Chair of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.The Eurozone crisis has been a test not only for Europe's politicians but also its insti...
15 Aug 201223min
