Lithuania is calling for a tougher stance on Russia and China, but is Europe listening?

Our interview with Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister, is available here
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‘Universities are exploding, in part because they’ve never made clear boundaries before’

American social psychologist Jonathan Haidt addresses protests against the war in Gaza that are engulfing US campuses

'Let's take the phone away...let's give them back a normal human childhood’

American social psychologist Jonathan Haidt sounds alarm over damage he says smartphones and social media are doing to children's mental health.

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“A novel… is the only place, I think, in the human world, where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy” – Paul Auster

The great American writer, who died this week, on the enduring power and beauty of literature

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“If [Israel] continues on the path… this will be the end of the Zionist dream”

Former Israeli security chief Ami Ayalon says that only a two-state solution can safeguard the dream of “Israel as a Jewish democracy”

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“The war against terror is a war against an idea. And there is no way to destroy or to defeat an idea by the use of military power” – Ami Ayalon

Former Israeli intelligence chief says while Israel might be winning on the battlefield, it is failing to defeat Hamas’s ideology

“We do not deserve to be a bargaining card.”

Amin Salam, Lebanon’s Economy Minister, says his country has earned the right to be more peaceful and stable.

BBC HARDtalk asks what the government is doing to prevent further escalation in the region

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Did the International Court of Justice’s order on the conflict in Gaza change anything on the ground?

Our exclusive interview with Judge Joan Donoghue, former president of the court, is available here

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“We are officially in a state of war”

Lebanon’s economy minister Amin Salam warns the conflict between the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah and Israel has already escalated dangerously

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Former ICJ President tells of “disappointing” impact of court’s Gaza order in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

“We hoped at the time that our closely watched order would be more of a contributor to a solution” says Joan Donoghue in exclusive interview

“Without the Western support, the chances of Ukraine to prevail in this war are very, very, very low”

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk says that without extra US assistance, Ukraine could lose its war with Russia

“Our goal is not to start a full war but at the same time we need to find the smart way to act to what happened here” – Danny Danon

Israel’s former UN ambassador says his country will “make sure the leaders of Iran will think very carefully next time”

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I loved doing BBC HARDtalk with Stephen Sackur.We discussed me playing Mitch Winehouse in @BacktoBlack, John Adams in Franklin for Apple TV,finding the balance between authenticity & diversity in acting and liking people you don’t politically agree with.

'I am prepared to die for the causes that I believe in' – Zimbabwean opposition politician

Job Sikhala, recently released after nearly two years in prison, says he will not relent in his struggle for democratic freedom in Zimbabwe

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Will Guyana's people feel the benefit of the country's oil and gas riches? Stephen Sackur has been on the road to find out

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“The UK government has to stop arms sales to Israel' - Humza Yousaf

The First Minister of Scotland says if the UK continues to provide arms, it will be “complicit in the killing of innocent people”

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Just interviewed Scotland First Minister Humza Yousaf. Clearest break yet with UK govt on Israel. He says: ‘if the UK govt continues to provide arms [to Israel] that makes the UK complicit….The evidence that we have seen certainly suggests war crimes have been committed’

“We have the lowest rate of deforestation in the world… Guyana will still be net zero”

President Irfaan Ali says Guyana won’t take lectures on climate change as it exploits its huge offshore oil and gas reserves

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Are vast oil and gas riches a blessing or a curse?

Stephen Sackur is on the road in Guyana

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