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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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00:12:49

Iran: 'Going back to war is not in anyone's...

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2026/04/22

A risk management analyst has spoken to FRANCE 24 about what it means, amid the ceasefire, if the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed. Paymon Azmoudeh is a senior consultant with the risk and compliance practice at Forward Global. He says he thinks the calculation on all sides is that going back to war is not in anyone's interest. He explained to us in Perspective what it means if the status quo continues with the ceasefire largely holding, but the economic impasse ongoing.

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00:09:26

'Poems help me wrestle with my fears': Pulitzer...

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2026/04/21

A former US Poet Laureate has told FRANCE 24 how we should stop making poems feel like puzzles, and instead embrace them as a way to help us in our perilous times. Tracy K. Smith is now a Harvard professor and the author of five poetry collections, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Life on Mars". Her book "Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times", is being discussed here in Paris this Tuesday. She spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:10:17

'Situation is dire' for displaced people in Lebanon,...

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2026/04/20

Less than a week after a fragile ceasefire was announced in Lebanon, a senior Anglophone journalist in the country has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the devastation people are seeing as they start to return home. Thousands of homes have been destroyed in the conflict, and more than a million people displaced. Iva Kovic-Chahine, the head of L'Orient Today, also told us how people are closely following the peace process between Iran and the US, as Lebanon has become something of a card played by Tehran

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00:07:44

Bohlale Mphahlele: Inventor of Alerting Earpiece on...

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2026/04/16

A woman who came to the world's attention at the age of just 16 has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how helping women has been an honour for her. Now 22, as a teenager Bohlale Mphahlele invented what she calls the Alerting Earpiece, designed to help protect women against sexual predators. She spoke to us in Perspective about how she continues to fight for women today.

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00:08:30

'At every single step there is death and danger': The...

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2026/04/15

On the third anniversary of the start of the war in Sudan, which has killed tens of thousands of people, an aid worker from one of the main NGOs still there has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the starvation of the people. She also spoke about the incredible way the Sudanese come together to try to help each other.

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00:09:28

Intimacy coordinator Paloma Garcia Martens on...

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2026/04/14

An intimacy coordinator has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how their role is to ensure that everyone's humanity is respected on a film or television set. Paloma Garcia Martens has made a career working on some of Europe's top film and television shows, giving advice primarily to actors and actresses about how to achieve the perfect love scene with someone you probably don't want to be with, while being watched by potentially hundreds of crew. Her book is entitled "L’intimité sur un plateau", or "Intimacy

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00:08:35

‘Change is feasible’ in Hungary after Magyar victory:...

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2026/04/13

Reactions have been pouring in after the election of Peter Magyar as Hungary’s next prime minister, defeating Viktor Orban after 16 years in power. In Perspective, we spoke to Financial Times South-East Europe correspondent Marton Dunai, who said Magyar’s two-thirds majority gives him a powerful mandate and makes real change in Hungary now feasible.

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00:09:38

'Sheer terror rained from the sky': Arab Reform...

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2026/04/09

The Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative told FRANCE 24 how chaos erupted during Israel’s attacks on Beirut. Nadim Houry was on the phone with colleagues as Israel struck around a hundred targets in just ten minutes. He said the attacks on Lebanon could stop immediately if Donald Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu to make clear that the US would no longer supply Israel with weapons. He spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:08:42

Ex-NATO general: 'I was worried my former colleagues...

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2026/04/08

A former NATO general tells FRANCE 24 he feared his former colleagues would become war criminals overnight. Michel Yakovleff says US forces are trained to refuse unlawful orders, such as wanton destruction of infrastructure, which is exactly what US President Donald Trump threatened before the two-week ceasefire was announced. He says the war in the Middle East is pointless, and that he does not see Trump returning to violence no matter the outcome of the forthcoming peace talks. We talked to him in

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00:08:04

NGO on Gaza: 'We don’t share the same definition of...

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2026/04/07

As another ten people have been killed in an airstrike in central Gaza, an NGO speaks to FRANCE 24 about the ongoing catastrophic situation for Palestinians, both in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. The latest incident comes despite a fragile ceasefire put in place last October. As the world's attention has turned towards the war in and surrounding Iran, millions of Palestinians still need basic help just to survive. In Perspective we spoke to Elsa Softic, deputy chief operations officer at

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00:09:01

AI technologies could have saved ‘thousands of lives’...

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2026/04/06

The health of humans, animals, and the entire ecosystem is inextricably linked. This message is at the heart of the One Health Summit, currently underway in France, where global health leaders are gathering. The summit aims to explore future strategies, particularly using emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, to ensure – and even improve – the delicate balance between these elements. We spoke to Antoine Tesnière, who advised the French government during the Covid pandemic, about how

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00:11:10

'NASA wants to be back on the moon in a sustainable...

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2026/04/02

As the Artemis 2 mission blasts off for the Moon, an expert has spoken to FRANCE 24 about NASA’s plans to return sustainably. Olivier Sanguy, head of Space News at the Cité de l’Espace (Space City) in Toulouse, southern France, says reusable spacecraft could significantly reduce costs. He spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:08:47

'The scale of sexual violence is horrific': MSF head...

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2026/04/02

Sexual violence has become a hallmark of conflict in Sudan, according to a new report from MSF, as the country approaches the fourth anniversary of its civil war. The report highlights the scale of devastation inflicted on civilians in Darfur, set against an even longer history of repeated cycles of violence and atrocity. It reveals that in 2024 and 2025 nearly 3,400 survivors of sexual violence sought care at MSF health facilities across northern and southern Darfur – 97 per cent of them women and

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00:09:49

'Cultural heritage belongs to all of humanity':...

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2026/03/31

A leading Iranian archaeologist has told FRANCE 24 that the destruction of Iranian archeological sites is destroying part of human history. Sepideh Maziar is a senior researcher and lecturer at Goethe University Frankfurt and a founding member of the Society for Iranian Archaeology. Along with her colleagues, she has built an interactive map of sites in Iran that have been damaged. The aim is to try to preserve the memory of the Iranian people and their achievements amid the constant bombing. We

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00:09:17

Singer-songwriter China Moses on why her music is not...

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2026/03/30

A Franco-American jazz and soul singer has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her love for music and her deep reservations of streaming platforms like Spotify. China Moses is the daughter of jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and director Gilbert Moses. Her latest album is called "It's complicated". She spoke to us in Perspective about how her music is published, staying off most streaming devices.

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00:08:24

Author Barry Hoffner on overcoming grief by...

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2026/03/26

A man who suffered extreme grief after the sudden death of his wife has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his project to travel to every single country in the world, and how it brought him out of his grief. Barry Hoffner first took one trip and found that his reconnection with people was helping him to heal. He discovered a way of shifting from grief to the idea that there was something left in life. His book is entitled "Belonging to the World: A Journey from Grief to Connection in Every Country on

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00:09:35

'Make cheese not war': How France's Larzac protests...

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2026/03/25

The author of a new book has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how the Larzac protests in France from 1971 became a modern-day template for demonstrations across the world. The protests began after the French government announced a huge extension of a military base on the Larzac plateau, referring to the farmers living there as "a few peasants" in "French Siberia". This sparked much anger, and residents ended up swearing oaths never to be forced from their land, pioneering regional radicalism for years to

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00:08:19

'Paris started with an openness to queer people':...

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2026/03/24

A leading author is speaking in Paris about the French capital's ability to draw gay and bisexual people to it. Rasheed Newson's talk is entitled "From Baldwin to Today: Queer Black Expats in Paris". He says that many queer African Americans seeking freedom and creative possibility have come to Paris due to its openness to queer people. Newson is the author of the bestseller "My Government Means to Kill Me", and has a new book is coming out shortly, "There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood: A Novel". He

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00:08:17

'I'm proud when we can turn our diversity into...

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2026/03/23

One of the world's top authors, whose books have been translated into more than 25 languages, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about his pride in being European. The Danish author Jens Christian Grøndahl, who has had notable success at home and in France, says he loves the fact that in Europe you can travel for just a few hours and be in a completely different cultural setting, but at the same time the people share the same roots.

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00:08:31

'My children became my purpose': Author Stuart J....

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2026/03/19

A man who lost his wife after she was shot dead in her car in the Philippines a decade ago with their children in the back seat has spoken to FRANCE 24 of the trauma of such an event, and how his family has got through what happened. Stuart J. Green lost not only his wife, but also his job and the country he'd been living in for 25 years, leaving him with three traumatised children to look after. He found little help in the world of literature, so he decided to write his own book to try to help

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