Rafik Hariri

Rafik Hariri was killed in an explosion in Beirut

On the 15th February, HARDtalk repeats an interview with former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri who was killed in Beirut this week.

Rafik Hariri and 14 other people were killed in a car bombing in Beirut on Monday.

A bomb blew up close to Hariri's motorcade injuring about 120 others.

Tim Sebastian spoke to Mr Hariri in November 2001 when he was still the country's prime minister.

They talked about the war on terror, the situation in the Middle East and relations with neighbouring Syria.

HARDtalk can be seen on BBC World at 04:30 GMT,1130 GMT, 1530 GMT, 1930 GMT, 0030 GMT

It can also be seen on BBC News 24 at 04:30 and 23:30