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My interview with former Finance Minister seems to be causing quite a stir in #Pakistan.
Well worth watching the whole interview if you can... on
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The blatant bias of Dawn against PTI has now come out in the open. So much for Dawn's neutral and liberal credentials! Complete farce! Full marks to Stevan Sackur for exposing Dawn in his BBC HardTalk interview.
A lot of love for #Duterte here on Twitter. Seems unleashing deadly force in 'war on drugs' is a vote winner. For now.
Don’t miss this!
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Chairman @ImranKhanPTI 's Interview with @stephensackur will be aired at 08:30 PST tomorrow morning on BBC Hard Talk
Deeply depressing analysis of #Kashmir situation from . India has ‘murdered’ democracy, he says... the choice is to be a stooge or a separatist. ....And this is the voice of a Kashmiri ‘moderate’
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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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Fighting talk from on
But can he escape the legal straitjacket he’s in and mount an effective electoral challenge? Will he be allowed to run? Next few weeks could sink #Pakistan into political chaos…
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"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"
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This is worth a listen as Pakistani politics heats up in run up to election....
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Download @StephenSackur's podcast with Hameed Haroon, CEO of Dawn Media Group in Pakistan bbc.in/2NklgNY
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Deeply depressing analysis of #Kashmir situation from @shahfaesal. India has ‘murdered’ democracy, he says... the choice is to be a stooge or a separatist. ....And this is the voice of a Kashmiri ‘moderate’ twitter.com/BBCHARDtalk/st…
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My conversation with @BBCHARDtalk on key issues like Afghanistan, US-Pakistan relations, our relations with China and future of the region.
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Genius. But not sure I want to see the headquarters of the Sanitation Department twitter.com/AroonManoharan
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Fascinating, frank and personal conversation with
Surviving the porn industry, death threats, and so much more...
You won’t want to miss it. Monday
This interview is well worth your time….
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Watch @stephensackur interview @Julius_S_Malema on Hardtalk at 0330gmt, 0930gmt & 2130gmt Wednesday on BBC News outside the UK
My dear Dad, Robert Sackur, died yesterday aged 91. He was a farmer, soldier, sportsman, tree-planter, parliamentary candidate, history-buff and so much more. Most of all he was an amazing husband, Dad and Grandpa. I couldn’t be prouder of a wonderful man
Just recorded fascinating interview with Is #ImranKhan Govt really taking #Pakistan in new direction? We talk bail-outs, reform, media repression and #AsiaBibi. Don’t miss it!
Fascinating interview with - suspended from his media platforms, facing legal challenges, but refusing to be silenced…
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'I'm ready to face life imprisonment' says Pakistani journalist @HamidMirPAK who faces accusations of sedition and has been suspended from his TV job and newspaper column after speaking out against attacks on press freedom in the country
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You gotta love @stephensackur questions and how they addressed both narratives of President Magufuli. Also learnt opposition in #Tanzania needs mor evidence to back up their ‘lamenting’ I mean clearly dead bodies, abductions, horrendous laws just don’t cut it!
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Tomorrow Donald Trump will still be Commander-in-Chief of the world’s mightiest military power. Scary
#Philippines politics in the age of #Duterte - populism with menaces. Watch my interview with chief Duterte critic #AntonioTrillanes
Yes we will!
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Mr @stephensackur please ask an interview @BBCHARDtalk with our Tanzanian President @MagufuliJP to kindly respond to @tundulissutz's allegations against the government on his gunshot saga and matters on human rights, democracy violations and civic space withering...
Regards,
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Tomorrow I’m interviewing ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice of #Philippines #MariaLourdesSereno. Have a feeling many #Filipinos will have strong opinions on this one....
A BBC friend just found this pic in a shoe box... There’s so much to unpick here: Me covering the first Gulf War in 1991 aged 27. With hair. The size of the satphone(!) The fact that frontline reporters embedded with British Army had to wear uniform. Unthinkable now, surely?
For all those asking... interview will air on tomorrow, December 12th on and Well worth making time for!
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Just recorded fascinating interview with @Asad_Umar Is #ImranKhan Govt really taking #Pakistan in new direction? We talk bail-outs, reform, media repression and #AsiaBibi. Don’t miss it! @BBCHARDtalk
This was a terrific interview! Catch it if you can....
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Actress @TheMahiraKhan speaks candidly with @stephensackur about social issue film #Verna and more for @BBCHARDtalk
I’ve been in #SouthAfrica for the last ten days. Interviews with plus a documentary on the impact of ‘load shedding’ nightmare on 🇿🇦 economy and politics. Watch it all on
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Coming up today on Hardtalk, @stephensackur interviews ANC Secretary General @MbalulaFikile in Johannesburg
The response to my interview with Armenian PM has been extraordinary - in both #Armenia and #Azerbaijan. The world needs to hear from both sides. So how about it ? Or any other senior minister in #Baku?
I remember this interview very clearly. I suspect he does too.
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A reminder that when Boris Johnson was asked about his own £250,000 a year second job with the Telegraph, he dismissed the payments as "chicken feed."
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Fascinating to see how this remarkable interview with is stirring debate in #Philippines
#Duterte supporters tell me I shouldn’t give her a platform. Nonsense. But of course there is an open invitation to the President to come on
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"Media organisations used to be gatekeepers...Now that the gatekeepers are tech companies...we're seeing...the growth of...fascism all around the world"
Journalist Maria Ressa on the fight for press freedom in President Duterte’s Philippines
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Was there a ‘deep state’ plot to bring down the South African Govt? Where’s the evidence? And if there was, what does that tell us about the state of the #ANC?
Important interview with ‘Mr Fix’
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South Africa’s Transport Minister @MbalulaFikile says delayed response to recent violence in the country gave plotters “a field day”
“But for all the days they had, the plotters, they couldn't achieve that result”
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What a glorious day.... I’m interviewing on his Lake District farm. A dream assignment for a farmer’s boy...
Unbearable to watch, yet vital we do. This is happening in the east of Europe right now...
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Its unbearable to watch. Ferocious from impunity, Lukashenka's police are hunting protesters in private apartments, threatening to use gas if the people don't go with them
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Who is going to lead #Zimbabwe in the post-Mugabe era? has youth and energy but can he beat #mnangagwa and the #ZANU machine?
Some personal news... I’ve had a squamous cell tumour removed from my scalp. Huge thanks to everyone in #DSLU at #GuysHospital for fabulous treatment and care. I’m happy to say I’ll be back at very soon.
NB: Take care in the sun, everyone
#lovemyhat
To everyone who watched and listened to my interview with .... an important clarification from
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The reason Kulbhushan Jadhav’s name was deleted from the TV version of the HARDtalk interview with Asad Umar has a simple technical explanation.
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I’m hugely grateful to #WarwickUniversity for my Honorary Degree. I am ridiculously proud to be a Doctor of Letters! #ThankYouWarwick
Graduation Day! Thrilled to be given honorary Doctorate by Geneva School of Diolomacy and International Relations. Thank you !
The state of Russia’s politics…
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Russian Senator Olga Kovitidi just said that World War II never ended and that Germany is still a Nazi regime
I’m just back from #Zimbabwe and I really want you to watch my reports on
Drought, infrastructure breakdown, economic crisis, widespread hunger.... The world needs to know
Thanks to
Maybe this should be my new look in the studio? More gravitas, maybe? Thanks again to from Dr Sackur😉
Fighting fit, and rehearsing my new moves...yelling and finger-jabbing! When are you coming to London for new style ?
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Glad you realised that now! 
hope you’re feeling better xx twitter.com/stephensackur/…
hope you’re feeling better xx twitter.com/stephensackur/…Bill Turnbull was a superb broadcaster and journalist, and a lovely, lovely man. He used his illness to do no end of good. He’ll be so much missed
I just had the enormous privilege of an afternoon in the company of James Lovelock. About to turn 102 and full of wisdom about our planet and ourselves.
Also this inspiring observation: ‘I could never have imagined life after 100 could bring so much joy’ #Gaia❤️
This has cheered me up.... twitter.com/Reuters/status
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“There is nothing in international law that gives #Catalonia the right to secession.” #Spain’s Foreign Minister @JoespBorrellF tells @StephenSackur
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I’m getting all sorts of *heated* reaction to my interview with
Hope it prompts a serious debate about free media and protection of journalists in #Pakistan
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Pakistan’s Information Minister @fawadchaudhry on freedom of expression and journalist safety. Podcast with @stephensackur here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3
This is a stunning investigation. Want to understand how Putin’s power system works? Read this…
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Last week we published an investigation into the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller. One of Putin's closest friends. The person who has been running the state gas monopoly for more than two decades. One of the richest people in the world.A thief and a criminal
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Height has suddenly become a burning issue in US politics... I can confirm neither the Mooch nor I was wearing Cuban heals for this pic. Btw this is a interview you should NOT miss
My Dad is 89 today. Back in ‘66 and ‘70 he ran for Parliament and lost both times. Decided to stick to farming. Good decision Dad! (but we could use some of your wisdom and honesty today)
Of course I would consider it! Always keen to talk to people with a fascinating story to tell...
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Dear @stephensackur of BBC: Would you consider a one-on-one interview with LOURDES SERENO, the ousted Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court? Filipinos are fed up with journalists who are TOO OBSEQUIOUS to ask the right questions. But you're an exception we'd like to hear.
Worth watching if you missed it first time around....
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BBC HardTalk On The Road in the Philippines ---------- @stephensackur youtube.com/watch?v=7oza89
What a joy to get out of the studio and do some filming for our end of year review. Warning: it won’t be the cheeriest thing you’ve ever seen... 😔
London this locked down Christmas-time: empty streets, but still a little magic in the foggy air...
Thank you!
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Stephen Sackur makes me not give up the notion independent, critical, credible, journalism that interrogates power is still possible. No room for sycophancy. The level of reading and prep he pours into his interview come through shining. @stephensackur
Absolutely no shame in losing to a team with this guy in it. Luka, go win the World Cup! 👏
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When he was 6, his grandfather was shot dead.
His family became refugees, in a warzone.
He grew up to the sound of grenades exploding
Coaches said he was too weak and too shy to play football
Today, Luka Modric just led Croatia its first ever #WorldCup final.
Tears of joy!
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“We are ready to leave the past behind us” says a senior figure in the Tigray People’s Liberation Front
Getachew Reda says TPLF is ready to address political problems in a “peaceful” manner to bring respite in Ethiopia's civil war
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The scenes from Washington are sickening. We all need to see America confront and vanquish political thuggery.
Beautiful. And they communicate with each other too....
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On my way to London for a few hours. Going to stop by @BBCHARDtalk and talk to @stephensackur about the controversy surrounding my recent interview. Nervous and excited. My defense mechanism of choice today is called “The Jeremy Clarkson,” so be warned 
Meanwhile, in news you couldn’t make up...
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Now that it’s confirmed: József Szájer, the MEP busted during a gay gangbang, is not only a close ally of PM Orbán, he personally re-wrote Hungary's constitution to include the following line: "Hungary shall protect the institution of marriage as the union of a man & a woman..." twitter.com/panyiszabolcs/…
‘Let the grid collapse… there’s going to be a revolution’.
A must-watch interview with
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Economic Freedom Fighters’ @Julius_S_Malema warns of anarchy, looting and leaderless revolution if South Africa’s power grid collapses
‘I’m not wishing it, I’m saying it’s going to happen,’ he says
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My 88 year old Dad is in hospital this Christmas after major surgery. The commitment, kindness and skill of the staff at #Yorkhospital has been awesome. I absolutely ❤️ our #NHS. Happy Christmas!
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“There is a strength in being vulnerable” @professorgreen tells @stephensackur. “As soon as you are honest, you can deal with it” #UniMentalHealthDay #GangGreen
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@BBCCarrie is the very best of the BBC. I am proud to be her colleague. The fact she’s had to quit her post to fight for equality is shameful. #IStandWithCarrie
On the Med. With families enjoying a beach-side sun set. Guess where?
Respect!
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I LOVE this Turkish long-haul driver's breakfast set up. Yogurt, eggs, tomatoes, honey, flatbread, olive oil. Nothing comes between this man and his Mediterranean diet 
I’m in Florida for a week to record a series of interviews. No better way to prepare than a walk on the beach....
Modi v The Farmers - a political and economic battle for the soul of #India.... a fascinating interview ⬇️
HARDtalk - Yogendra Yadav: are India's farmers' protests a defining moment for India? - BBC Sounds
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Forget politics this is the instant reaction of a decent, compassionate man...
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I'd never seen this clip, or heard this story, before this evening.
Joe Biden hugging Corey Hixon at the funeral of his father, Chris Hixon.
Chris was a teacher who died in a school shooting, attempting to disarm the gunman.
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Yeah, I think you’re right
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Replying to @stephensackur
#BorisJohnson is due a Hard Talk, I think
I feel very lucky to be in #NewYorkCity to record a series of interviews.
It is SO good to be back!
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One of my favourite reads of the last year.... and today I got to interview the author. Thank you 🙏
I was the BBC’s US correspondent for more than five years, 97-02. I don’t recognise the country I’m seeing right now
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Minnesota police arrest CNN reporter and camera crew as they report from protests in Minneapolis cnn.it/2AlGl9s
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Try to catch my interview with Nancy Pelosi in the coming hours. Very punchy conversation on Ukraine, China, the Trump trials, Biden’s fitness and a whole lot more
‘President Trump step up’
Joe Biden proving himself to be the eternal optimist
Just interviewed renowned historian of totalitarianism and Holocaust
How relevant is history of fascism to today’s politics? Big question, compelling response - don’t miss on Monday
Today I cracked... recorded my first ever interview in my #Birkenstocks
My toes will NOT appear on TV, I promise...
#lockdownchic
Just a few years ago he was a comedian, actor, TV producer. Now he’s a President and leader of a nation in a fight for its life. Extraordinary
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.@ZelenskyyUa's tv address to the Russian (!) people might be the most moving speech that I've ever seen in my entire life. The whole world needs to see, understand and share this crucial Ukrainian message.
#StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Україна #Russia #Россия
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Glad to see my interview with Deputy President William Ruto has become a hot topic in #Kenya
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We totally get that Yemen’s important but the Man Utd captain’s just been in a fight so we’ll have to pass tonight. Really sorry.
Courage in the face of relentless intimidation…
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“The Chinese government want to threaten you by going after your family”
Pro-democracy activist @nathanlawkc says he will continue to speak up, despite Hong Kong police placing a bounty on his head and interrogating his family
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I don’t normally share my football passions on Twitter, but can I just say I am VERY excited about #MarceloBielsa. #LUFC.
Walked through lockdown London today and there was somerging stirring in the soil and in the air. #SpringIsComing
If Trump v Biden is stressing you out watch these two striving for the top.... ❤️
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The rhetoric is getting ever darker…
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Alexander Dugin says that foreign friends want to come to Russia to die in the event of nuclear war as Russia is fighting against evil
Another twist on RT chief Margarita Simonyan's fatalistic warnings that "Putin will use nukes and Russians will go to heaven"
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The BBC is 100 years old today…and I’ve got a few letters to show you. @BBC @BBCNews #BBC100
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Here’s a thread and some thoughts about #skincancer. Last week I had an operation to deal with a tumour on my scalp. It’s an SCC - eminently treatable. I am very lucky
