Rays of Hope

António Guterres' drive to serve those less fortunate saw him rise from a volunteer in the slums of Lisbon to the highest spheres of politics, eventually taking on the world's most important diplomatic role. Now in his final months in office, the ninth Secretary-General of the Un ...  Show more

Growing up in rural Spain, Alvaro Lario's parents managed a small fruit farm that sold melons in local villages. Now he is President of the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and is helping small scale farmers to thrive all around the world. "All of these p ...  Show more

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, amid concern about renewed tensions over Iran’s nuclear programme. Tehran insists that it is only developing nuclear power for civilian purposes but now Israel has warned that it cr ...  Show more

On a very special episode of We’re All Going to Die Radio, Jon sits down with the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi. Director General Grossi shares how the IAEA has adapted to address nuclear threats from the war in Ukraine, how Iran’s purs ...  Show more

Stephen Sackur speaks to Rafael Grossi, director general of the world’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. He’s been to Ukraine and has visited Putin in his continuing efforts to avert disaster at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant. Is the Ukraine war a l ...  Show more

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