Conflict Zone is a TV programme broadcast by

Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...

. Its host is Tim Sebastian, and its format is of a twenty-minute long interview with one guest per episode.

History

In November 2015 Sebastian caused Ukrainian President

Petro Poroshenko Petro Oleksiyovych Poroshenko ( uk, Петро́ Олексі́йович Пороше́нко, ; born 26 September 1965) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. Poroshenko ser ...

some grief. In December 2015 Afghani president Ashraf Ghani revealed in conversation with Sebastian that "I don’t trust anyone." In March 2016 Sebastian interviewed Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah over his refusal to condemn the stabbing attacks on Jews. In April 2017

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of India MP Shashi Tharoor talked about corruption and

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

, amongst other subjects with Sebastian. In May 2017 Sebastian interviewed

Ehud Barak Ehud Barak ( he-a, אֵהוּד בָּרָק, Ehud_barak.ogg, link=yes, born Ehud Brog; 12 February 1942) is an Israeli general and politician who served as the tenth prime minister from 1999 to 2001. He was leader of the Labor Party until Jan ...

, the former Prime Minister of Israel. In April 2018, former

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Bertie Ahern Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern (born 12 September 1951) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008, Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997, Tánaiste a ...

walked out of an interview with Sebastian over the

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questions posed by the latter. In March 2019, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell walked out on an interview when he took issue with Sebastian, who had accused him of lying. In October 2020 while the country was in an uproar, Sebastian had Denitsa Sacheva, Bulgaria's labor and social policy minister on his show to discuss protests over a corruption scandal. On 26 June 2021 Carlos Ghosn walked out of a Conflict Zone interview. In February 2022 Sebastian interviewed Sammy Wilson, who maintained that "The EU has used and abused

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References

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