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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.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO · VIDEO

    Award-winning Swedish author Linnea Axelsson on the plight of the Sami people

    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 Perspective.

    8 min

  2. 4 DAYS AGO · VIDEO

    What happened to Mehdi Ben Barka? New book shines light on 60-year mystery

    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 service Mossad and even the CIA. Ronen Bergman and Stephen Smith spoke to us in Perspective about their book "L’Affaire Ben Barka", or the "Ben Barka Affair".

    11 min

  3. 5 DAYS AGO · VIDEO

    'Every day the situation for Afghan women gets worse and worse,' campaigner says

    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 Borders, spoke to us in Perspective.

    8 min

  4. 6 DAYS AGO · VIDEO

    'One of the great French photographers': New Luc Delahaye exhibition opens in Paris

    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 Paume in Paris's Tuileries gardens. We spoke to the exhibition's curator Quentin Bajac in Perspective.

    9 min

  5. 23 OCT · VIDEO

    In conversation with Naomi Beckwith, one of the world's top curators

    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 United States and profoundly influenced the development of American culture. She spoke to us in Perspective.

    10 min

  6. 22 OCT · VIDEO

    Is TikTok luring children to death?

    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 failings of the European Union's Digital Services Act. Since 2023, the act requires platforms to identify and mitigate systemic risks to children's rights. In Perspective, we spoke to Lauren Armistead, deputy director at Amnesty Tech.

    9 min

  7. 20 OCT · VIDEO

    'Music finds its own way': Mádé Kuti on perpetuating his family's Afrobeat tradition

    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 Perspective.

    9 min

  8. 16 OCT · VIDEO

    NGO sounds alarm on 'drastically deteriorating' humanitarian situation in occupied West Bank

    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 Israeli military operation, and many are unable to access basic services such as healthcare. Yaeesh noted that one of her organisation’s partners, the Al Jaleel Health Centre in Jenin, had been attacked. She said employees “found out on social media”, where videos showed “Israeli soldiers playing and throwing” wheelchairs.

    8 min
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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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  • Channel
    FRANCE 24
  • Creator
    FRANCE 24 English
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © France Médias Monde
  • Show Website
    Perspective

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