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Legacy account. 28 years of in-depth interviews with world leaders and opinion formers. March 1997 to March 2025
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    Mar 1, 2025
    1/ Ahead of HARDtalk’s closure later this month, we’ve been through 27 yrs of archive to bring you some of the highlights… “We exchanged some hard blows, him and I” – Hugo Chavez Venezuela’s late president gave a press conference on his 2010 Caracas tussle with Stephen Sackur
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    Dec 1, 2020
    Pakistan’s anti-corruption body alleges former finance minister Ishaq Dar has assets "beyond his known sources of income" @stephensackur asks Ishaq Dar just what does he own? And will he return to Pakistan to answer these allegations?
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    Jan 30, 2024
    Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets He spoke to @stephensackur last year about what he sees as a political crackdown in Pakistan 📻
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    Aug 3, 2023
    "Unfortunately, the country has been taken over by fascists, and they are petrified of elections" - @ImranKhanPTI The former Pakistan PM says the authorities are afraid of his party, accusing them of "dismantling a democracy" bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c0…
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    BBC World Service - The Interview, Imran Khan: Is Pakistan heading for political chaos?
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    Aug 3, 2023
    "Unfortunately, the country has been taken over by fascists, and they are petrified of elections" - @ImranKhanPTI The former Pakistan PM says the authorities are afraid of his party, accusing them of "dismantling a democracy" bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c0…
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    Aug 13, 2019
    President of @jkpmparty, @shahfaesal, tells @stephensackur that "it's my generation which has now got the taste of betrayal" over India's actions in #JammuKashmir
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    BBC HARDtalk
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    May 23, 2023
    Don’t miss Wednesday’s interview with leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters ⁦@Julius_S_Malema⁩
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    Dec 12, 2018
    Should #Pakistan be ashamed of supporting Saudi Arabia after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi? No says Finance Minister @Asad_Umar
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    May 24, 2023
    South Africa’s EFF leader @Julius_S_Malema says he would arm Moscow because ‘Russia is in a war with imperialism’ ‘I will go beyond the friendship with Russia. In the war I will align with Russia and I will even supply the weapons’, he says of Putin’s war on Ukraine
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    Jul 21, 2023
    “Now it’s Ukraine, tomorrow it could be us” – Gabriel Boric The President of Chile says the invasion of Ukraine “violates international law” and Russia “should withdraw” bbc.co.uk/news/world-605…
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    Mar 11, 2021
    ‘We will not die of starvation but we will die if we have no freedom’ says @DrSasa22222 Special Envoy to UN for Myanmar’s Parliament
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    May 17, 2024
    “Ukraine must win this war….no matter what” says Finland’s President @alexstubb “It is facing a huge aggressor which is violating all rules of war”
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    BBC HARDtalk
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    Apr 21, 2017
    That time Nina Simone tried to shoot a record company executive #HARDtalk20
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    May 28, 2021
    “Pakistan’s army respects human rights… they are one of the most civilised armies of the world” Information Minister @fawadchaudhry defends Pakistan’s security services against abuse accusations and says they played a vital role fighting terrorism 📻 bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…
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    Aug 9, 2021
    Imran Khan 'is not a very powerful prime minister' says banned Pakistani journalist @HamidMirPAK who also says Prime Minister Khan is 'helpless' and 'cannot help me'
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