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“During the recent conflict [in Iran], there was a pause, not a full stop or halt of the functions. Once the airspace opened up again, we re...

“There's this idea that you [can] sail your way to success or have some overnight success or kind of come upon success relatively easily. An...

‘The power of AI is that it's able to capture everything, it’s able to try to interpret everyone objectively. Human beings are imperfect in...

“When we only had reconnaissance drones, we learned fast. We began attaching warheads to the drones. Grenades, then homemade munitions that...

“I saw the damage, the loss. The buildings being destroyed, the infrastructure being completely damaged in that area. And it was sad and hea...

“If you play piano, bass guitar, saxophone, I don’t care - I'll play with you all night. That's how I did it. And I tell all my grandkids -...

“One thing I have learned from my childhood til now is that when you fall, you get up, dust yourself off, and do it over and over again. I’v...

“We were able to improve the health of the gorillas and people together. What we do is we improve the health and the livelihoods of the loca...

“I don't necessarily want it to be the most giant album of all time and be selling out stadiums. I want something that lasts and that feels...

Victoria Derbyshire speaks to survivors of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in prison in 2019 while awaiting a t...

“It was three submarines. We tracked them 24/7 for over a month to make sure that we are able to say to Putin, we see what you’re doing, we’...

“The fact that we are now the world's largest funder of the World Health Organisation should be a major embarrassment to every country on th...

Amol Rajan speaks to Simukai Chigudu, associate professor of African Politics at Oxford University about the legacy of empire and how to rec...

“These companies don't really care what governments do. Their priority is their shareholders, their own existence and the next quarter of gr...

“I think there's nothing off limits [with comedy] because it's subconscious, it's examining things. I find it quite interesting. And Monty P...

“I hope humanity will stop for a moment when four humans are on the far side of the moon and be reminded that we can do a better job as huma...

Winnie Byanyima, head of UNAids. has devoted her life to advancing human rights and equality, first in her home country Uganda, and then on...

“I don't think they failed. I think that more work needs to be done. Nigerian security agencies are working around the clock to ensure that...

“The global economy is full of uncertainty… business doesn't do that well with uncertainty. So with respect to trade… what is going on in th...

“Malaria is an all of society challenge. When you look at the environmental issues, addressing the breeding sites for mosquitoes, it’s an al...

“We put the money where Europe's priorities are. Many people may think defence is about tanks. No, defence is also about energy security. It...

“Donald Trump was indicating that they will attack Iran for a few days and then the system will collapse, and then they will repeat what the...

“The changing date was the war in Ukraine in February 2022, and then probably the new American administration. So we don't know where the wo...

“When you've been really nihilistic in your life when you're younger, and then you feel you've been given a second chance.” Emma Barnett spe...

“We need to get back to something where freedom of navigation and peaceful navigation is restored, and that will depend on some kind of deal...

“People are too gloomy about AI, particularly in the developing world it is seen as a threat, that people are going to be using AI systems,...

“The destruction of USAID is not only one of the cruellest acts that I've seen in my career, but of course also one of the dumbest.” Caitrio...

“One of the things that was going to combat gender inequality in our world was that sense of progress and then to see in the research that a...

“I have never made a movie I didn't believe was necessary for me or for someone in the world, whether to entertain or to connect at a spirit...

“Africa is flowing with resources from oil, diamonds, critical minerals. But at times we find that in our cities, at the bus stations, there...

“We stand and fight for survival. We are an independent state. We will definitely not lose this war” Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s International E...

Laura Kuenssberg speaks to former British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and former head of the British Armed Forces, Admiral Sir Tony Radak...

“Food is a human right that should be supported by everybody, no children should go to bed hungry, even less in a conflict." Caitriona Perry...

“They have said in private conversation through Oman that they're interested to have this matter being resolved through peaceful means. But...

**This episode contains distressing details of rape and sexual assault** Gisèle Pelicot: “I wanted the shame to shift to the other side…Sham...

"There is a public health disaster. There is an education disaster. It all can be traced to the same cause, which is the change technology h...

Aleem Maqbool speaks to Dame Sarah Mullally, shortly before being confirmed as Archbishop of Canterbury. She's the first woman ever to lead...

'What the regime does to women is even if they don't kill us, when you stop a woman from being herself, stop her from speaking the way she w...

“Even though we say we want to be self-sufficient, we don't think global solidarity must be dropped. Because if it gets dropped, the world w...

“Most Venezuelans are thinking about the future: Will things improve? Will deep changes come? Will we reunite as a people with our history,...

Katy Watson speaks to Julie Inman Grant, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner about the country’s social media ban for under 16s: “To keep kids...

'It's hard to be the only woman, I feel lonely sometimes because I’d like to have another woman colleague to talk to.’ The BBC’s Chief inter...

‘We're fighting to survive in our home town, in our country, and at the same time we're fighting for our future, for our independence’ Nick...

“Regardless of whether it's Trump or anybody else in the White House, we should expect something quite significant to be going on in terms o...

‘All they have seen is a 40-year rule that has resulted in high unemployment rates, poor services, and an increased violation of human right...

‘It's so far from your reality because I didn't know anybody and I was an immigrant’ Anita Rani speaks to the Beijing-born director Chloé Zh...

“There are those that believe the power of law should be replaced by the law of power” Anna Foster speaks to Antonio Guterres, Secretary Gen...

Nick Robinson speaks to Polish President Karol Nawrocki about Trump, Russia and the future of Europe. A historian and a boxer by background,...

I do believe US military action is a real threat, and the prospect of removing it depends on the ongoing conversations. The BBC’s South Amer...

“Rape and sexual violence against women and girls, babies, men and boys, is used as a part of ethnic cleansing and genocide.” We are in a ne...