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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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00:13:22

Recognition of Palestine 'distracting attention' from...

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2025/09/23

The UN's Special Rapporteur on Palestine has told FRANCE 24 that France's recognition of a Palestinian state marks a real shift in European policy. Francesca Albanese points out that only a few European countries have now not recognised the state. However, she also said she is concerned that the recognition distracts attention "from what is needed" amid the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Albanese adds that "we cannot use Hamas as an excuse to hijack the Palestinians' self-determination". She

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00:09:14

'Some wounds have never been allowed to heal': Author...

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2025/09/23

The author of a new book which tells the story of the troubles in Northern Ireland that spanned three decades has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how his aim was to create a microhistory of the period by homing in on his own parish. More than 20 people died in the few square kilometres where Martin Doyle grew up. Doyle has spoken to people from both sides of the divide to document what happened to them in his book "Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place". He is also currently artist in residence at

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00:08:53

Prints for Wildlife photography project co-founders...

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2025/09/17

The co-founders of a wildlife photography project that aims to raise $2.5 million for conservation have spoke to FRANCE 24 about how they hope the project will send a "message of hope" to the world. The Prints for Wildlife project brings together over 375 wildlife photographers who have donated their pictures to be sold on the group’s website. The co-founders say the initiative has developed an incredible sense of community amongst their colleagues, adding that art always carries us through times of

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00:08:33

'No Country for Love': Yaroslav Trofimov on the cost...

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2025/09/16

"No Country for Love", now translated into French as "Ce pays qui n'aimait pas l'amour" is a novel based on real events written by Yaroslav Trofimov, who is also chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. Trofimov, who was born in Kyiv, features a lead character based on his grandmother who grew up in Ukraine during the Holodomor – the famine imposed on the country in the 1930s that killed millions – and then the outbreak of World War II. For Trofimov, the book covers one of

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00:09:26

'A space where you can be yourself': Amandine Gay on...

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2025/09/15

The director and producer of a new television series here in France has spoken of her delight at being able to feature France's LGBTQ+ community in a place where they feel safe. Amandine Gay is the woman behind "Ballroom" – a series that features the artistic competition of New York's ballroom culture, where the LGBTQ community combines fashion, dance and self-expression. She says the series shows how people get to know themselves and decide who they are going to be. She spoke to us in

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00:09:25

'Reframing Blackness': Author Alayo Akinkugbe on...

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2025/09/11

The author of a new book that examines the role and under-representation of Black people in traditional Western art has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how her youth as often the only Black person in the room led her to the idea for the book. Alayo Akinkugbe was born in Nigeria but studied in England from her early teens, right through until the end of her degree in art history from the University of Cambridge. She says she has combined both to write her book "Reframing Blackness: What's Black about

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00:07:44

Photojournalist Nicole Tung on the environmental and...

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2025/09/08

Seventy percent of fish stocks in Southeast Asia have been depleted in just 40 years, and both the environmental and the human cost is getting worse. That's the conclusion of a new photojournalism report which focuses on the fishing industry in the region. Its author says her photographs show the number of fish being taken out of the ocean is simply not sustainable. Her work also shows the appalling conditions for many of the fishermen themselves, who are treated little better than slaves – with

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00:08:33

Photojournalist Salwan Georges on capturing the fall...

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2025/09/04

The people of Syria had almost lost hope before the sudden fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, so today "hope is a new thing for them". That's the sentiment of an Iraqi-born internationally recognised photojournalist who grew up in Syria and returned there when the Assad regime fell in December 2024 to capture the fighting and its aftermath. Salwan Georges is a photojournalist for The Washington Post, and his work inside Syria is currently on display at the Visa pour l'Image photojournalism festival

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00:09:45

UN Habitat chief on promoting sustainable cities in...

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2025/09/03

As the number of people who are homeless around the world has reached 300 million, the head of a UN agency charged with trying to tackle the problem has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the global housing crisis. Anacláudia Rossbach is the executive director of UN Habitat. The organisation aims to provide a better quality of life for all in an urbanising world. The group is promoting socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities – a focal point for all human settlements. She spoke to us in

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00:09:09

'Moveable Feasts': A gastronomic journey around Paris...

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2025/09/02

"I'm always very hungry." Those are the credentials expressed by the writer of a new book that delves into the cuisine of Paris. Chris Newens is the author of "Moveable Feasts: Paris in Twenty Meals", which aims to explore the diversity of food in the French capital by travelling around its 20 districts to taste the food of different communities. He spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:10:56

French PM Bayrou's confidence vote an 'absolutely...

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2025/09/01

A week ahead of the confidence vote on the French government, a political expert has described it as an "absolutely wild gamble". Andrew Smith says that while French Prime Minister François Bayrou has been saying he has not taken a summer holiday since he's been trying to find an answer to France's budgetary crisis, the PM may instead be taking forced holidays in September after his government falls. Smith, who is a historian of modern France at Queen Mary University of London, says the

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00:08:02

'Absolutely no need' to send National Guard to DC or...

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2025/08/28

US President Donald Trump is facing sharp criticism from Democrats, who accuse him of pushing the limits of presidential power. The latest flashpoint is Trump's deployment of the National Guard to tackle crime in Washington DC and now he's warning Chicago and New York could be next. California Governor Gavin Newsom called Trump's tactics akin to those of a dictator, when Guard troops hit his state back in June. But Trump insists it's a necessary move to restore order in America's cities. In

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00:07:18

Fighting war-fuelled cholera in Sudan: NGO sounds...

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2025/08/27

War-torn Sudan is in the grips of one of its worst cholera outbreaks in years. More than 100,000 people have been infected by the disease and over 2,400 lives lost since the outbreak was declared last year. The war has been fuelling the crisis, forcing mass displacement and as people move, so does the disease. Cholera has now crossed into neighbouring Chad, where thousands have sought refuge. In the east of the country, at least 68 deaths have been reported in just one month. Aid agencies are

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00:08:16

'Afghan women are leading the resistance against the...

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2025/08/25

It's been four years since the Taliban swept back to power in Afghanistan and the worst fears about their return have indeed come true, especially for the country's women and girls. The Taliban have issued dozens of directives stripping them of their rights – even the most basic ones linked to education, employment and presence in public spaces. And although the international community has issued condemnation after condemnation, these have translated to few impactful concrete actions. In

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00:09:38

Nobel laureate Serge Haroche on the importance of...

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2025/07/17

Serge Haroche won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2012 along with American physicist David Wineland for their work on studying quantum phenomena when matter and light interact. The study of matter at its most fundamental level may be hard for many people to wrap their heads around, but as Haroche tells FRANCE 24, study in this field has led to the inventions of life-changing devices. "The GPS is based on atomic clocks; magnetic resonance imaging, which is used in medicine, is also based on quantum

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00:09:01

UEFA Euro 2025 highlights attention given to women's...

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2025/07/16

As the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 breaks attendance records in Switzerland, FRANCE 24's Perspective programme discusses a boost in support for the women's league and how it's covered in the media. A French broadcaster that was supposed to show a group stage match between France and the Netherlands on Sunday night decided to show the men's FIFA Club World Cup final between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea instead. For retired French footballer Laura Georges, the decision was disappointing. "As the main

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00:08:11

'There must be a joke in this': British comedian Mark...

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2025/07/15

About a year after receiving the all clear from doctors, British comedian and broadcaster Mark Steel released his book "The Leopard in My House: One Man's Adventures in Cancerland". Setting it apart from other offerings in the genre is Steel's dry humour that shines through during some of his bleakest moments. Speaking to FRANCE 24's Perspective programme, he said it's all part of the job: "I think the terrible thing is, the mind of the comic goes 'if I get through this, there's a show in

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00:07:38

Clothes discarded by UK consumers choke Ghana's...

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2025/07/10

Ghana is already known as a "fast-fashion graveyard", but a new study has shown unwanted clothing is now being dumped beyond urban areas. Reporters at Unearthed, working with Greenpeace Africa, found mounds of clothes from brands including Next, Primark and H&M clogging areas of the protected Densu Delta. Sam Quashie-Idun, the head of investigations at Greenpeace Africa, told FRANCE 24's Perspective programme that one particular dumpsite now "looms taller than a two-storey building".

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00:08:38

Aboriginal-led inquiry finds genocide committed...

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2025/07/09

As Indigenous Australians mark NAIDOC Week – a time to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples – the country is grappling with the findings of a landmark Aboriginal-led inquiry. The commission found that First Peoples in the state of Victoria suffered genocide and crimes against humanity from the beginning of British colonisation. "Between the 1830s and 1851, it is estimated that the Indigenous population of Victoria was reduced from 60,000 to

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00:07:46

Author Jonas Hassen Khemiri on 'The Sisters', his...

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2025/07/08

The award-winning author of a new book has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how it is the voices and hearing the chatter of his characters that inspires him to write. Swedish-Tunisian writer Jonas Hassen Khemiri's new book "The Sisters" in English or "Les Sœurs" in French follows the lives of three sisters and a curse that weighs on them. In the book they spend 35 years trying to break the curse "Everything you love, you will lose". He spoke to us in Perspective.

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