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Los Bitchos' swaying, psychedelic cumbia sound take Ground Control into the sky. A setting sun is the perfect context for this glittering set of surf-disco.

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Los Bitchos

With her heart on her sleeve and a steely glint in her eye, Jehnny Beth is here to urge you to live and love with the customary intensity she brings to all her live performances, whether it's part of her former band Savages or solo. Expect firebrand renditions of tracks from her debut album TO LOVE IS TO LIVE.

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The psychedelic Los Bitchos quartet bring sunshine and cumbia to Ground Control.

The incandescent Jehnny Beth brings her ravenous love of life to Paris' Gaîté Lyrique.

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In 2023, the elusive Slowdive stepped out of the shadows with their magnificent album Everything is Alive, giving new and longterm fans plenty of reasons to gaze at their shoes. Experience the heady fug worked up by these legendary Brits on this edition of Echoes with Jehnny Beth.

Echoes with Jehnny Beth

The legendary shoegaze of Slowdive glides onto Echoes with Jehnny Beth.

Slowdive

Fans of retro music pay attention: The Lemon Twigs are here to give the Ground Control audience a squeeze of their zesty new album A Dream is All We Know.

Ground Control Paris

The Lemon Twigs revive the rock spirit of the 60s and 70s.

The Lemon Twigs

The ever-evolving Fat White Family bring cuts from their latest album Forgiveness is Yours to Ground Control. Band members may be forever on rotation but thanks to the steely vision of frontman Lias Saoudi their queasy charm remains alluring.

Confrontational, scabrous and intelligent: It can only be Fat White Family, the dark underbelly of UK rock.

Fat White Family

The Kills are back, and they have every intention of putting the rock into La Route du Rock! Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince combine the classic hits with new material for a sardine-packed audience.

La Route du Rock 2024

Rock duo The Kills electrify La Route du Rock!

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Allegations against R. Kelly have dogged the R’n’B star for decades. With alleged sexual abuse and child pornography, can we still listen to R. Kelly songs?

R. Kelly

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To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.

50 Years of FIP Radio

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

Alternative icons Arcade Fire are known for their rousing performances, and this one, captured at the Bilbao BBK Live Festival, is no exception. A journey of pure poetic energy

Bilbao BBK Live Festival 2024

Canada's Arcade Fire live up to their storming reputation in Bilbao.

Arcade Fire

PJ Harvey plays a typically magnetic, no-nonsense performance to a packed audience at the Paris Olympia, bringing together some of her older hits with newer material from her tenth album: I Inside the Old Year Dying.

L'Olympia Paris

Cult songsmith PJ Harvey takes Paris' L'Olympia by storm with material from new album I Inside the Old Year Dying.

PJ Harvey

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Climate change is making the weather increasingly unpredictable and volatile. Extreme weather events are on the increase: In a matter of minutes, hailstorms can destroy an entire year's harvests and flash floods can take lives and destroy homes. What are the causes of these extreme phenomena? And how bad could they become in future?

Thunderstorms, Hail and Heavy Rain

Hail, thunderstorms, flash floods: Why are these extreme weather events happening?

Extreme Weather Events

Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

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Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

Forty years ago, in June 1982, Israel invaded southern Lebanon, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee by the Israelis. A small guerrilla group came together in secret to resist this offensive. Formed and supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, it officially declared itself in 1985 as Hezbollah: The Party of God.
Four decades later, this small group has grown to become one of the most important military and political forces in the Middle East. A party of resistance for some, a terrorist group for others, Hezbollah is admired as much as it is feared. But the organisation, practically a state within a state, is living through turbulent times as Lebanon is experiencing a major political and economic crisis.

As  Lebanon experiences an existential crisis, a focus on the history of militant group Hezbollah, a controversial organisation supported by Iran.

Lebanon: Inside Hezbollah

Since independence in 1943, Lebanon has been caught up in the conflicts of its neighbours. The Israel-Palestine war and Syria Civil War have gravely destabilised the country politically and economically.

Lebanon: Other Peoples' Wars

Since 1943, Lebanon has been caught up in the conflicts of its neighbours.

Mapping the World

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

The Painting that Divides Humanity

Gymnastics

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

The Mona Lisa's Eyes Don't Follow You Around the Room

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

In Ireland, the River Shannon meanders between wet marshes and green plains before ending its journey at Limerick, in an estuary populated by dolphins. A trip along Ireland’s longest river to discover the people and landscapes of the Emerald Isle.

A trip along Ireland’s longest river to discover the people and landscapes of the Emerald Isle.

The Shannon: Ireland's Great River

AIR perform their iconic album Moon Safari at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Return to the tail end of the 1990s with this exceptional concert, when the "French Touch" scene was conquering hearts and minds from the European continent to Hollywood.

Royal Albert Hall

Air bring their totemic French Touch founding album to London's Royal Albert Hall.

Air play "Moon Safari"

Entire generations have learned about sex through mainstream porn, blurring the lines between personal desires and platform-driven fantasies. But if our sexuality is shaped by algorithms, can’t we take back some control? The post-porn movement is doing exactly that. Aimed at creating pornography that reflects honest, consensual sex – its creators are making waves online.

Can Post-porn Awaken Our True Desires?

What if porn reflected our true desires? Post-porn aims to be more ethical, more honest and more revolutionary.

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Georgia hosts the only Pride march in the Caucasus region. In this country, where homosexuality was a crime until 2000, the pro-Russian government equates LGBT struggles with Western propaganda. Against a backdrop of high tension and open discrimination, the Queer artistic community In Tbilisi is resisting.

Georgia's Queer Scene

Against a backdrop of high tension and open discrimination, the Queer artistic community In Tbilisi is resisting.

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into the political landscape and daily life. But behind an increasingly smooth and respectable façade lies an ideology that remains fundamentally racist and violent. An in-depth focus into an ecosystem of extreme ideology in France, Germany, and Belgium.

Inside Europe's Far-Right Movement

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into politics and daily life, but remains fundamentally violent and racist. 

White Power

On 4 April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed, enshrining the creation of NATO just four years after the end of the Second World War. The primary objective of this military alliance of twelve European and North American countries was to prevent war in Europe and to counter the expansion of the Soviet bloc. Since its creation in the Cold War, the organisation has grown from 12 to 31 member states - including several former Eastern Bloc nations. Weakened by its turbulent history, NATO is facing a growing number of challenges: the difficulty of coordinating its members, the logistical obstacles in the event of an attack on European soil, and the threat, raised by Donald Trump, of an American withdrawal, at a time when European defence is almost entirely dependent on the United States.

A look back at the turbulent history of the military alliance facing unprecedented challenges in the face of Putin's Russia.

Putin, NATO, and Europe

The planet's jet streams are being affected by rising temperatures in the Arctic. These streams are part of a wind system that circulates at high altitude around the Earth, and they have an influence on extreme weather events. Changes in them are bad news for life on Earth.

How Climate Change Makes Storms Worse

Changing jet streams are bad news for life on Earth

Winds of Change

The United Kingdom, with its four constituent nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has seen a number of crises in recent years with the Scottish independence movement, Brexit, and tensions in the Royal family weakening the UK’s unique political system.

UK: A Disunited Kingdom

The United Kingdom, with its four constituent nations, has been shaken by a number of crises in recent years.

The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh are losing their colours. The paints he used were vibrant, but cheap, and degraded within months of painting. It's now impossible to appreciate the true beauty of his works, as his flamboyant flare for colours has slowly turned drab. If nothing is done, the Sunflowers which are still a beautiful gold today could well turn brown. Should we just accept they can't be saved?

Van Gogh's Disappearing Colours

The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh are losing their colours because the pigments used were vibrant but cheap

Many Europeans in search of meaning and spirituality look to religion for answers. Some are turning to Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam. More and more Christians who have converted to Islam are settling in southern Spain.

More and more Christians who have converted to Islam are settling in southern Spain.

Re: Young Europeans Converting to Islam

Yetundey is originally from Leipzig and mixes styles and influences. Layla Boe wants to make the German language smoother in her music.

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In Paris and other French cities, a new wave of cabaret is renewing the artform. The glittering and glamourous shows are often queer, self-referential, political, and very funny. Tracks takes you into the liminal spaces of the new underground cabaret.

Punk, Glitter, Glamour: The New Underground Cabaret

Tracks takes you into the liminal spaces of the new underground cabaret in France which is often queer, political, and very funny.

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