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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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00:08:19

USAID cuts: 'If aid stops in a day, no one can...

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2026/01/21

A year on from the US announcing it was stopping all international aid, one leading charity has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how it is impossible to fill the gap and no one ever will. Just over a month after the announcement, 83 percent of USAID had been terminated, representing around 40 percent of all international aid. We spoke to Kevin Goldberg, who is executive director of the NGO Solidarités International. He told us that they are used to dealing with emergencies, but this was on a scale they had

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00:10:17

Trump's first year has been 'faster and more shocking...

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2026/01/20

US President Donald Trump's actions during his first year back in office have been "faster and more shocking than we even expected". That's the view of US domestic and foreign policy specialist Laurie Dundon. She told us that Trump's mind is set on the historical legacy he will leave and that he aims to upend how the US functions internally and how it is seen in the world. She spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:10:13

Iran's regime cannot 'hold its power just through...

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2026/01/19

The leader of a group that aims to unite Iranian students amid the violence in the country has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her belief that the Islamic regime cannot hold its power just through terror. Aïda Tavakoli is founder of the group We Are Iranian Students. She spoke to us after Iran's supreme leader for the first time publicly admitted that thousands of his own people have been killed in the huge demonstrations there. She spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:07:22

From a well-known musician to living in exile: Kyar...

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2026/01/15

Having worked as a singer-songwriter and visual artist in Myanmar, Kyar Pauk used his voice to speak out against the military junta that led a coup in 2021. Speaking to FRANCE 24, he describes how, when he learned that military authorities wanted his arrest, he was able to escape through the jungle in Thailand. "We went through the forest with a small bike for eight hours," he remembers.

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00:08:48

Amid continued sectarian violence, Syrians face mass...

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2026/01/14

More than a year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, many people living there are starting to rebuild their lives. However, sectarian violence has flared across Syria and according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, about 7 million people remain internally displaced. The violence has aggravated the humanitarian situation, as Dr Mohamed Alaa Ahmado, Programs Director at the NGO Mehad, tells FRANCE 24. Among the many challenges, he says, is the need for

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00:09:16

Agatha Christie's great-grandson on how her works...

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2026/01/13

Fifty years after her death, the legacy of Agatha Christie and her classic murder mystery stories is as strong as ever. Speaking to FRANCE 24, James Prichard, chairman and CEO of Agatha Christie Limited and the author's great-grandson, says the books' timelessness comes down to the fact that they are "essentially about people" and for better or worse, "we as people have not changed".

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00:09:24

Haiti faces humanitarian, healthcare strain as gang...

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2026/01/12

Sixteen years since the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed more than 200,000 people and flattened countless homes and infrastructure, disaster has given way to other crises. Today, gang violence continues to plague the Caribbean nation, displacing at least 1.4 million people in 2025 according to the UN. Civilians also have trouble accessing healthcare, as Claire Ha Duong, deputy programme manager at Doctors Without Borders tells FRANCE 24.

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00:11:48

A long-held desire: Why does the US want Greenland?

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2026/01/08

The Trump administration is signalling no retreat in its goal of acquiring Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory, after the White House said the president wasn't ruling out the use of military force. Speaking to FRANCE 24, Mikaa Blugeon-Mered, an expert on hydrogen geopolitics and Greenland, says the US president's rhetoric is "decredibilising" the NATO alliance. What's more, he adds, "out of all the NATO allies, Denmark is the best of all."

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00:07:36

Nepalese mountaineer on the risks and rewards of...

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2026/01/07

In October 2024, when he was just 18 years old, Nima Rinji Sherpa became the youngest person to climb all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks. It's valuable experience that now means he feels "confident" when "going to the mountains", even if there are risks "every time". Speaking to FRANCE 24, Nima Rinji Sherpa says he has witnessed death multiple times while climbing, adding that mountaineers need to stay calm and make "good decisions".

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00:07:59

Aid organisation warns of 'dire' conditions in Gaza,...

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2026/01/06

One of the humanitarian aid organisations affected by an Israeli ban from operating in Gaza and the West Bank says it is trying to negotiate with Israeli authorities to revoke the measure. Israel says the licences of the NGOs were removed after they refused to share full details of their staff. But Elsa Softic, deputy chief operations officer at Première Urgence Internationale, says her organisation has "serious concerns" about the new rules.

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00:08:06

'When you educate a girl, everything changes': CAMFED...

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2025/12/17

The CEO of a huge organisation that has helped millions of girls across a series of African countries has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how the group she now runs helped her when she was a girl. Angeline Murimirwa was able to continue her education thanks to CAMFED, the Campaign for Female Education. It has now been running now for over 30 years, reaching over 8 million girls throughout Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Malawi and Kenya. We spoke to her in Perspective.

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00:09:16

Lifting the lid on 'To Catch a Predator': Director...

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2025/12/16

The award-winning director of a new film that delves into the seedy world of sexual predators and paedophilia has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the ethics of making it. David Osit is a three-time Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary film director. His latest project is the film "Predators", which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The film lifts the lid on "To Catch a Predator", an American television segment of 20 years ago that set traps for sexual predators. We spoke to him in

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00:05:28

'A difficult lover': Writer Elaine Sciolino on the...

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2025/12/15

As the doors of the world's most visited museum, the Louvre, remain closed amid a strike, one its greatest supporters has spoken to FRANCE 24 about its energy and its vital importance to cultural heritage. Staff there are taking action after a series of problems, most notably the heist of French crown jewels in October. Elaine Sciolino is former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times and author of the book "Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum". She told

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00:10:17

'If one reporter is killed, 50 others will rise':...

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2025/12/11

"Killing the journalist won't kill the story." That's the message from the organisation Forbidden Stories. The group's mission is to take over investigations from journalists who can no longer carry on, either because of extreme intimidation or because they have actually been killed over their stories. Much of the group's work these days is linked to environmental issues. In Perspective, we spoke to Laurent Richard, journalist and founder of Forbidden Stories.

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00:08:34

War in Gaza was like a 'science fiction movie': MSF's...

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2025/12/10

A doctor who spent over 700 days working in hospitals in Gaza during Israel's war there has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the horrors he witnessed, and his hopes for a real ceasefire in the future. Dr Mohammed Abu Mughaiseeb is deputy medical coordinator for MSF's operations and left Gaza back in September. He told us how medical staff had to do operations on the floor without anaesthetic, while at the same time trying to survive in a war zone. He spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:09:15

'We must break the cycle of impunity for Russian...

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2025/12/10

One of the world's leading peace campaigners has told FRANCE 24 that the cycle of impunity for Russian troops must be broken to bring justice in Ukraine and prevent the "next Russian attack" on another nation. Oleksandra Matviichuk is head of the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties, one of the laureates of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. She works tirelessly to document war crimes in Ukraine, campaign for the release of illegally detained people in Russia and occupied Ukraine,

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00:09:40

'Lessons in joyful mathematics' with French...

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2025/12/09

Cédric Villani is one of France's top mathematicians, working across several fields of the discipline. He's won a number of titles and awards for his work. A professor at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University and member of France's Académie des sciences, Villani is also the author of the new book "Leçons de mathématique joyeuse" – literally "Lessons in joyful mathematics". He spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:09:04

Syria's transition from dictatorship 'will take...

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2025/12/08

A leading French journalist who covered the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria a year ago has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the immense challenges the country faces. Arthur Sarradin is a regular contributor to Libération newspaper and Radio France, amongst others. He says the first thing he noticed when he arrived after the fall of Assad was the silence. He also says that after the fall of a dictatorship, there remains the heritage of that dictatorship, which will take years to get over. He

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00:08:02

'I'm interested in how people exist in our minds':...

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2025/12/04

A renowned author has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she's fascinated by the way people exist in our minds, and the ideas we have about those people. Claire-Louise Bennett's new book "Big Kiss, Bye-Bye" follows the narrator as she moves from the city to the countryside. The move leads her to confront her different memories and think about the people who have come in and out of her life. The author spoke to us in Perspective.

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00:08:28

'For Maduro, the calculation is whether he can...

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2025/12/03

One of the world's most renowned experts on Venezuela has told FRANCE 24 that the calculation for Nicolas Maduro is whether he can survive the current crisis, as US President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on the Venezuelan leader to go – even offering him safe passage out of the country. Christopher Sabatini is Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, the US and the Americas Programme at Chatham House. He said there will come a point when Trump has to move on from verbal threats if

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