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Perspective

FRANCE 24 English

Every morning, FRANCE 24 speaks to a key business, social or cultural player, or a leading voice in the field of humanitarian action, sport or science. From Monday to Thursday at 9:35am Paris time.

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00:09:30

Reporters Without Borders head on group's list of...

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2025/11/03

The director general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the "series of crises" affecting journalism. Thibaut Bruttin hit out at the "return of violence against journalists" and the "erosion of support" for the protection of journalism. Bruttin was speaking to us to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. This year, his organisation is unveiling what it calls a list of 34 "press freedom predators" who attacked journalists and the right

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00:07:39

Award-winning Swedish author Linnea Axelsson on the...

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2025/10/30

An award-winning author has spoken of her verse novel which centres around the lives and traditions of her own Sami people. The Sami are indigenous to northern Scandinavia, including Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. Linnea Axelsson's book "Aednan: An Epic", or "Aednan - Terre-Mère" in French, tells the story of two families. It won Sweden's most prestigious literary award, the August prize. She is in Paris for an evening of poetry being held at the Swedish Institute and spoke to us in

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00:10:55

What happened to Mehdi Ben Barka? New book shines...

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2025/10/29

The authors of a new book on a murder mystery that has gripped political life in France and Morocco for 60 years have spoken to FRANCE 24 about their discoveries. The disappearance of Moroccan opposition politician Medhi Ben Barka from the streets of Paris exactly 60 years ago, just a day before he'd been due to be received at the French President's Élysée Palace, shocked both countries. Since then, a thousand possible theories about what happened have emerged, some involving the Israeli secret

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00:08:14

'Every day the situation for Afghan women gets worse...

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2025/10/28

A leading campaigner for women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan says the recent cutting off of the internet in the country led many women there to "completely" lose hope for the future. Mursal Sayas says that "every day" the situation for women gets "worse and worse", with more and more restrictions. She says that Afghan women knew it would be this way when the Taliban returned to power just over four years ago. Sayas, who is an Afghan writer, journalist and founder of the association Women Beyond

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00:09:24

'One of the great French photographers': New Luc...

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2025/10/27

A new exhibition here in Paris is exploring the talents of a man deemed one of the greats of French photography. Luc Delahaye worked in the 1990s covering major conflicts as a photojournalist including Afghanistan, Rwanda, Bosnia, the Gulf, Chechnya and Lebanon. Yet afterwards he decided he wanted to turn his attention more to art as he tried to explore new formats in his desire to produce larger images. "Luc Delahaye – Le bruit du Monde" or "The noise of the world" is on at the Musée du Jeu de

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00:10:04

In conversation with Naomi Beckwith, one of the...

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2025/10/23

The Deputy Director and Chief Curator of one of the world’s leading art museums — the Guggenheim in New York — has spoken to France 24 about how her new exhibition in Paris is her love letter to France. Naomi Beckwith is currently in Paris, working temporarily at the Palais de Tokyo on her exhibition 'Echo Delay Reverb – American Art – Francophone Thought.' She explained that it tells the story of how the flourishing of new ideas in 1960s France — its philosophies and theories — migrated to the

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00:08:49

Is TikTok luring children to death?

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2025/10/22

New research shows that children who go onto the social media app TikTok and make enquiries about mental health will quickly find depressive content, and that within a few hours they are bound to see content from users expressing the will to kill themselves. That research from Amnesty Tech is entitled "Dragged Into the Rabbit Hole". The organisation says the findings highlight TikTok's ongoing failure to address its systemic design risks affecting children and young people, and also illustrate the

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00:08:52

'Music finds its own way': Mádé Kuti on perpetuating...

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2025/10/20

The grandson of the pioneer of Afrobeat Fela Kuti, and the son of African musical royalty Femi Kuti, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how he is carrying on the family tradition. Mádé Kuti is now redefining Afrobeat, whilst at the same time remaining true to his family history and the genre's political, musical and cultural roots. This Monday evening, he is in concert in Paris at La Maroquinerie, and he also has a new album out entitled "Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From?". He spoke to us in

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00:07:50

NGO sounds alarm on 'drastically deteriorating'...

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2025/10/16

As a fragile ceasefire holds in Gaza, the occupied West Bank remains a flashpoint. Since October 7, settler violence and Israeli demolitions have reached unprecedented levels. Speaking to FRANCE 24, Anne-Claire Yaeesh, Handicap International’s Director for the Palestinian Territories, said these developments have “completely changed the face of the West Bank”. According to rights groups, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced since January, following the launch of a large-scale

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00:09:56

French PM’s ‘dramatic’ move to freeze pension reform...

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2025/10/15

France’s new Prime Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has proposed freezing President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform in a bid to avert a no-confidence vote. The concession meets a key demand from the Socialist Party, whose support is crucial in parliament. Paul Smith, a French politics expert at the University of Nottingham, told FRANCE 24 he was surprised Lecornu “went as far as he did” by suspending Macron’s flagship economic reform until the next presidential election. He added that “an

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00:16:41

'We won't allow it': French-Israeli peace activist...

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2025/10/14

Hours after returning from a Gaza peace summit in Egypt alongside President Emmanuel Macron, French-Israeli activist Ofer Bronchtein told FRANCE 24 that negotiations must continue following a historic hostage and prisoner swap. Bronchtein, co-founder and president of the International Forum for Peace, warned, “I really hope nobody is going to look for an excuse [...] to go back into fighting.” He was instrumental in pressing Macron to recognise a Palestinian state at September’s UN General Assembly,

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00:04:05

Norwegian Refugee Council hails Gaza peace deal as...

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2025/10/09

A leading NGO official has spoken to FRANCE 24 abut her intense relief after the announcement of a peace deal for Gaza. Shaina Low works for the Norwegian Refugee Council. She spoke to us about her and her colleagues' reaction to the news, and what is needed now in term of humanitarian aid to help Palestinians in Gaza. She spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:09:51

French political crisis not solved, but there are...

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2025/10/09

A leading commentator on French politics has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how France's political crisis has not yet been solved, but there do seem to be "potential routes forward". French President Emmanuel Macron has confirmed that he will name a fourth prime minister in just over a year before Friday night. France is now moving away from the likelihood of snap parliamentary elections. Outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu appeared on national television last night where he said a way forward is

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00:11:05

Best-selling author Katriona O'Sullivan on her memoir...

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2025/10/08

The author of a highly acclaimed book about poverty and how it affects children has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how the worst part of her own difficult childhood was feeling that she was not loved. "Poor" is the story of Katriona O'Sullivan, who grew up in abject poverty and chaos in a family of five children. She became pregnant and homeless at just 15 years old and barely survived for the next five years. Yet O'Sullivan has not only survived – she has thrived, become an academic and published her

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00:04:44

Aid worker back from Gaza City: 'There was not a...

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2025/10/07

An aid worker who has just returned from Gaza City has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the latest situation there. Hunter McGovern from Doctors Without Borders left when the NGO was forced to abandon its work due to the encroaching Israeli forces. He says there was an "absolute breakdown" as they pulled out, and that for the people who live there, no 10 minutes went by without the noise of either the destruction of buildings or drone strikes. He spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:08:20

October 7, two years on: Israel is 'using force in...

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2025/10/07

An Israeli trauma and therapy expert, who himself has refused to continue serving in the Israeli military, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the pain that the region is suffering. Doctor Tuly Flint says that when a society does not stop to contemplate, it blindly goes on using force so that it feels nothing. A few months into his service in the military, he signed a refusal letter stating that he refused to "blindly serve a government that sends its army to fight a war that has become needless". He

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00:06:45

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Top oncologist on how...

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2025/10/01

One of Europe's leading oncologists has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how huge advances in technology are helping women who have and are recovering from breast cancer. Doctor Joana Ribeiro from the Gustave Roussy Institute says that, for example, a new AI-based tool is allowing more personalised treatment. She says that despite the advances, there is still so much still to learn about breast cancer. She spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:09:41

Ukrainian soldier and poet Yaryna Chornohuz on life...

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2025/09/29

A Ukrainian soldier has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her life in the Ukrainian trenches, and why writing poetry has helped her get through the war. Yaryna Chornohuz's poetry book that she wrote on the front line won the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine for Literature in 2024. It has now been translated into English as "Dasein: In Defence of Presence", or in French "C'est ainsi que nous demeurons libres". This Monday evening, she is also appearing in Paris at the Theatre de la Ville, in

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00:09:28

Gaza-born artist Malak Mattar on her show calling for...

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2025/09/25

A Palestinian artist who left her home in Gaza shortly before the October 7 attacks to pursue a masters in fine art in London has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her work. Malak Mattar became the first Palestinian artist to ever have a solo show at the world-renowned Central Saint Martins arts and design college. She says with her exhibition "Falasteen", the Arabic name for Palestine, she channels rage, love and hope into her paintings. She told us the exhibition was a call for "life, equality and

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00:09:03

NGO Handicap International on the dangers of...

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2025/09/24

Some 1,200 people have been killed in Syria and many others injured by landmines or improvised explosive devices since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad almost a year ago. Now the NGO Handicap International is trying to prevent more deaths, and help those already injured. We spoke to Noor Bimbashi, Senior Advocacy and Policy Officer for the NGO. She has just returned from three weeks in Syria. She told us in Perspective that the people of Syria are one of the most hopeful she's ever met.

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