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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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00:08:40

Protecting Colombia's Rio Atrato: 'If the river does...

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2025/05/29

An environmentalist who's been fighting for the protection of Colombia's Atrato River has spoken to FRANCE 24 about why the waterway is vital for the environment and for the local Indigenous community. The Atrato was protected nearly 10 years ago after people got together to persuade Colombia's constitutional court to force the government to take action. Special protections are now in place. But campaigners say the measures do not go far enough. Rodrigo Rogelis, researcher and deputy director of the

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00:10:01

Why online privacy is vital: Insights from messaging...

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2025/05/28

The president of Signal, a secure messaging app, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the urgent need to protect personal data. Meredith Whittaker highlighted how a handful of big tech companies collect vast amounts of information – often with little oversight and frequent misuse. She emphasised the need for structural change to regulate how companies handle user data. Signal is advocating for stronger privacy protections while defending freedom of expression. She spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:08:35

‘We are all in denial’: Le Scouarnec trial draws...

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2025/05/27

A feminist group in France working to combat sexual violence spoke to FRANCE 24 about the case of former French surgeon Joël Le Scouarnec, who is accused of sexually abusing hundreds of his patients, many of them children. The case is due to conclude this week. However, it has received far less publicity in France and worldwide than the recent Gisèle Pelicot trial, prompting questions about why this is the case.

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00:09:19

US historian Ana Lucia Araujo on reparations for...

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2025/05/26

The author of a new book on the lack of reparations for the 12.5 million people shipped across the Atlantic in the slave trade has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how none of them or their families are yet to be internationally compensated. The trade is described in the book as surely one of the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era – all to help grow the sugar, tobacco, indigo and coffee trades. Many people perished on the African shores or during the voyage. The book

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00:10:35

Remembering Cesaria Evora: Paris exhibition honours...

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2025/05/22

The curator of a new exhibition in Paris dedicated to the legendary barefoot diva, Cesaria Evora, spoke to FRANCE 24 about the singer's profound influence on world music. Evora began her career as a teenager, performing for sailors in her native Cape Verde, but it wasn’t until the age of 50 that she was discovered in Paris. Evora's deep captivating voice singing songs in the Morna style soon became famous across the planet. Curator Emilie Silva joined us in Perspective.

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00:09:13

Anthropologist Pedro Cesarino explores Amazonian...

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2025/05/21

Leading anthropologist Pedro Cesarino speaks to FRANCE 24 about his new book, “Les vautours n'oublient pas” (The vultures never forget), which was inspired by the struggles of young Indigenous people in the Amazon. Caught between ancestral traditions and a modern world of mining, corruption, and violence, they live at the crossroads of two conflicting realities. Through the story of a mother searching for her missing son, Cesarino highlights the deep fractures in Brazilian society.

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00:07:07

Gaza needs hundreds of aid trucks daily, Norwegian...

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2025/05/20

Hundreds of aid trucks are needed daily to meet the food needs of people in Gaza, not just the five allowed in by Israel yesterday, says Ahmed Bayram, media advisor for the Norwegian Refugee Council. Speaking to us in Perspective, Bayram stressed that aid must "gush" into the enclave and called for increased diplomatic pressure to make that happen.

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00:10:08

Romanian presidential election ‘volatile and...

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2025/05/19

A silent majority in Romania was mobilised to ensure the win of pro-European candidate Nicusor Dan in Sunday’s presidential election, according to Sorin Ionita, president of Bucharest-based think tank Expert Forum. Ionita, who spoke to FRANCE 24, said the uptick in votes from the first to the second round went to show “how volatile and how emotional the elections were”, adding, “it’s something that doesn’t happen every day in politics.”

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00:10:45

Putin trying to gain time in talks with Ukraine,...

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2025/05/15

Ukraine and Russia are holding their first direct talks in three years this Thursday, but Russian President Vladimir Putin is skipping them, after his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky challenged him to a face-to-face meeting. Instead, a lower-level Russian delegation has been sent to Istanbul for the negotiations. After landing in Ankara for a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Zelensky was set to decide whether he would attend the talks, having previously said that he

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00:05:23

Visionary American trumpet player Theo Croker on...

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2025/05/14

Theo Croker, a Florida-born trumpet player, composer and producer, has a background in jazz but is known for pushing the boundaries of genres and mixing different musical styles. The Grammy-nominated artist tells FRANCE 24 that going "against the norm" and thinking "outside of a box or genre" were always part of his personality. His new album, "Dream Manifest", which will be released in June, continues in this vein. He says the record gives listeners an "uplifting feeling to manifest your dreams",

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00:07:37

South Africa's Phindile Ndlovu on 'great honour' of...

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2025/05/13

As one of the most renowned and well-loved musicals, auditioning for "The Lion King" seemed somewhat out of reach for Phindile Ndlovu. "I thought 'maybe it's too big for me, maybe they won't take me'," she tells FRANCE 24. Ultimately, though, the South African native went on to play Rafiki — the shaman of the Pride Lands — in both the Spanish and French versions of the production. "I think I'm the only person in my family who actually got to be an artist and go outside of South Africa," she says

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00:06:49

Spanish conductor on how Ukraine's cultural scene...

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2025/05/12

After more than three years of war in Ukraine, simple cultural pleasures like seeing a comedy show or going to the theatre have become both moments of refuge and an act of resistance for the people of Kyiv. Foreign artists have almost stopped travelling to the country since Russia's full-scale invasion, but one of those who have is Spanish conductor Félix Ardanaz. Speaking on FRANCE 24's Perspective programme, Ardanaz recounted his experience in leading a performance of "Carmen" at the National

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00:08:40

Next pope needs 'steady diplomatic hand', faces...

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2025/05/08

As cardinals voted for a second day to choose the next head of the Catholic church, speculation continued over which names might be put forward inside the Sistine Chapel. Whoever the next pope may be, he will have to tackle issues both within the church and on an international scale. On FRANCE 24's Perspective programme, cultural anthropologist Marc Loustau says the next pontiff would need "a steady diplomatic hand" amid a changing global order. He adds that Pope Francis "tried to use his moral

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00:08:28

Photojournalist tells of 'shocking' reality for...

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2025/05/07

Despite ongoing peace talks, fighting continues in parts of DR Congo between local forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. The M23 has taken control of much of the eastern part of DR Congo since January – its first major advance being the capture of Goma in North Kivu province. Award-winning photojournalist Hugh Kinsella Cunningham has been documenting these takeovers as well as their impact on civilians. Speaking on FRANCE 24's Perspective programme, he described how civilians were ordered by the

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00:08:09

NollywoodWeek organisers promise 'more daring' and...

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2025/05/06

Nollywood – Nigerian cinema – is the world's second-largest film industry in terms of output and has evolved a great deal since emerging in the 1990s. However, it still faces challenges as a relatively young industry, including profitability. One of the international events helping to shine a spotlight on films made in Nigeria and other African countries is the NollywoodWeek Film Festival in Paris. As the twelfth edition gets underway this week, we speak to Serge Noukoué and Nadira Shakur, the

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00:06:39

War in Sudan: 'People are having to eat charcoal or...

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2025/05/05

The head of one of the main relief agencies trying to help the people of Sudan says the situation in the country is the worst it has ever been. She says the month of April has been the bloodiest for civilians in the conflict so far, with over 500 people slaughtered in the North Darfur region alone following months of famine. Sudan is facing a continuing spike in violence in the devastating civil war that is now in its third year and has claimed tens of thousands of lives. In Perspective we spoke to

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00:08:03

'All improvements in working practices have been won...

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2025/05/01

The general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the importance of May Day, or International Workers' Day. Esther Lynch is in Paris to join the demonstrations here as she says the day is about celebrating how workers' friendship with each other – and their solidarity and unity – have won the rights that have been gained. Her organisation warns, though, that Europe should do more to protect jobs, and ensure it is not bullied out of its social model. She

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00:14:59

US politics expert Jeremy Ghez: 'We knew Trump would...

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2025/04/30

"We knew he would come in swinging, and he did swing." That's the analysis of US political expert Jeremy Ghez, who says that US President Donald Trump has a worldview that disrupts decades of US foreign policy, but what really matters to him is his brand name in defence of the middle classes. As part of our special coverage of Trump's first 100 days back in power, Ghez spoke to us in Perspective. We also hear from our Los Angeles correspondent Wassim Cornet on the Trump administration's

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00:08:24

Irish Painter Brian Maguire: 'I want to take revenge...

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2025/04/29

An Irish artist whose work has become synonymous with social injustices has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how he wants to take revenge, not by violence, but by painting. Brian Maguire has dedicated his artwork to trying to help marginalised groups as a way of expressing his anger about how some people can fly, when others have to walk. His work is on display now at the Irish Cultural Centre here in Paris. He spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:11:36

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad: 'I never...

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2025/04/28

A winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she wanted to be a makeup artist in her small village in northern Iraq before her life was nearly destroyed by the Islamic State group. In 2014, when Nadia Murad was just 21 years old, IS group terrorists attacked her community, killing hundreds of people, including her mother and six of her nine brothers. Along with nearly 7,000 other Yazidi women and children, she was abducted and like many of them was raped, beaten and

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