Three weeks after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado finds herself supporting US intervention in her native country. Mishal speaks to Maria Corina on recent US boat strikes, Nicolas Maduro’s fate and the need for strength to secure peace.

03:24 - "I had to go into hiding"

03:51 - Impact of the Nobel Peace Prize 

05:38 - US Military build up

10:21 - Prospect of US ground strikes 

13:10 - Is Machado speaking to the Trump Administration? 

16:00 - Prospect of regime change

18:50 - Venezuela after Maduro

23:04 - Machado's economic vision

26:04 - What is the Venezuelan opposition planning next? 

28:23 - "We are ready to take our government"

34:22 - Why Machado thinks this time is different

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After successfully pushing for Brexit, political disruptor Nigel Farage announced his retirement. Last year, he returned to frontline politics as the leader of Reform UK, an insurgent party that’s never held national power but is now polling ahead of Labour and the Conservatives. Mishal speaks with Farage about dismantling consensus politics, Britain’s future relationship with the European Union and what he thinks Donald Trump is getting right.

4:02 - “We’ve not had enough change”
7:10 - Working in the City of London in the 1980s
11:46 Alignment with the European Union
13:33 “Everything in life’s about risk”
16:24 “Make Britain Great Again”
21:00 The Bank of England
25:19 “Putin is a very bad dude”
30:15 Immigration and ICE raids
35:12 Economic plans
46:14 Reading to prepare for government

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney talks to Mishal Husain about trade battles, Vladimir Putin's miscalculations and what he's learned from Donald Trump.

3:41 - Mark Carney's parents and his path to power
4:58 - What does he miss about his old life?
6:34 - Did President Trump help him get elected?
14:05 - "I've learned lots of things from President Trump"
16:42 - Ukraine and NATO
22:18 - Putin's miscalculations
22:49 - Next steps on a Palestinian state
25:00 - The climate crisis, where is the old Mark Carney?
35:10 - What does a prime minister's weekend look like? 

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