[9], In July 2018, Sackur was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Warwick. You can unsubscribe at any time. Brazil's newly-elected president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has pledged to protect the Amazon and to reach zero deforestation by 2030. He was also the moderator of BBCs worldwide broadcast of a debate on climate change with a panel of five world leaders from South Africa, the Maldives, Sweden, Australia and Mexico. [3], Sackur was based in Cairo, Egypt, between 1992 and 1995 as the BBC's correspondent in the Middle East and he later moved to Jerusalem in 1995 until 1997. "We have the time to dig deeper with our guests. Stephen has also been the BBC Middle East Correspondent in both Cairo (from 1992 to 1995) and Jerusalem (from 1995 to 1997), covering the peace process, the assassination of the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the emergence of the Palestinian Authority under the late Yasser Arafat. Stephen: Usually I have a cordial conversation with my guest when the microphones are switched off--but not always. In the course of seven years presenting HARDtalk he has taken the show "On the Road" for a host of exclusive interviews around the world - Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea (the worlds longest serving dictator), Burmas military leader turned reformer President Thein Sein and many more. Stephen: You're welcome Ebenezar, I'm looking forward to taking this stroll with you. Hardtalk is a unique interview show, says Stephen Sackur who has occupied the HARDtalk hotseat for the last seven years. 2023 BuzzFeed, Inc. All rights reserved. Furthermore, Stephen is a podcaster and currently hosting the HARDtalk podcast. Stephen Sackur speaks to Flix Maradiaga, the former opposition leader and presidential candidate imprisoned by Nicaragua's veteran autocrat Daniel Ortega. The President of the Eurogroup of EU finance minsters and Portuguese Minister of Finance, Mrio Centeno deflected criticisms that Europe suffered from a lack of unity in responding to financial stimuli for Eurozone countries affected by Covid-19 on Thursday. jQuery('.sib-default-btn').each(function (index, el) { ]]> On the very day of Hugo Chavezs death I saw an interview with him on the BBC programme Hard Talk with Stephen Sackur. var indexArray = []; But I never did! How could she possibly have remained in Mugabes cabinet for three years after his thugs murdered her husband? Its called Hardtalk, and on 3 April it will celebrate its 20th birthday. 05 December 2022 | 09:45 | THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OF SPACE, 05 December 2022 | 14:30 | SPACE SUSTAINABILITY VERSUS SUSTAINABILITY OF SPACE, . Broadcasting across BBC World News,. if ((jQuery(el).attr('id') == "invisible")) { Ethnic considerations are never absent when voters cast their ballots, and the race and religion of Singapores prime minister still matter to Singaporeans, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in a wide-ranging interview with the BBC on Wednesday (1 March). how many generations of humans since jesus; city of houston mobility permits; what happens when you ignore god's signs; uss porter collision report Well, read what well-known atheist Daniel Dennet said in an interview with the BBC a few weeks ago, with host Stephen Sackur. The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is shocked and horrified that BBC HARDtalk Anchor Stephen Sackur offered genocide as one of two "realistic options" facing Armenians in Artsakh. 5 illness a clear example of risk management in practice as he put it but took the time to address participants by video on the idea of an ethical code of conduct in science. (Philippians 4v4, CEV), 1--United Nations, International Day of Happiness, http://www.un.org/en/events/happinessday/. //-->