El Salvador: Die Maras wollen die Macht (2015)

Salvador : un Etat sous contrôle (2015)

El Salvador: Gangs Battle for Power

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Salwador: Państwo pod kontrolą

<p>After only a generation of gang wars, MS 13 and Barrio 18 are thinking of entering politics. Thanks to the 60,000 members of these criminal groups, and the 600,000 families working for them, they actually have a shot at making it in El Salvador's politics.</p>

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In El Salvador, the "maras", criminal groups operating in Latin America, are spreading terror and sending homicide stats soaring. Next stop? Politics!

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.

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Two years ago, the M23 militia went on the offensive again in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. This armed group controls part of the North Kivu region, massacring and expelling civilians and waging a merciless war against the authorities. A report on a forgotten conflict.

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In the intergenerational housing project "Village des Générations" in Angers in western France, 70 senior residents spend time with the toddlers from the local crèche every day. The inclusive initiative helps older people with loneliness and allows the youngest to learn from their elders.

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What exactly is Hamas? Is it the Muslim Brotherhood's instrument to keep people in Gaza under Islamic law? Has it been manipulated by Israel to discredit the Palestinian Authority and sabotage the two-state solution? Or is it a pawn of Iran to attack Israel?
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Hamas, with its extremist ideology, has never stopped advocating for the destruction of Israel. Why?

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After the end of the Second World War, American Major Steve Arnold is tasked with finding out which side the famous conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, who had decided to stay in Nazi Germany, was on. Was the legendary figure of classical music a Nazi?

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On the night of 24 April 1974, a peaceful uprising put an end to the Salazar dictatorship, paving the way for a democratic Portugal.

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Is it possible to eradicate smoking from society? As the UK takes steps to relegate smoking to the ash heap of history with a potential generational smoking ban, we look at changing circumstances though out the continent.

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A joyous return to the stage for Zach Condon and his European folk-focussed indie project Beirut. This is music as imagined landscape, a romantic sweep of Europe's past through the eyes of an American troubadour. From his Balkan-tinged debut in 2006, through a bohemian France dreamed up on 2007's The Flying Cup Club and on towards the Dutch and Mexican influences of his later material, Beirut is clearly the work of a singular vision while remaining hauntingly familiar, a half-remembered dream of a past life. Latest album Hadsel was inspired by a short time spent exiled in northern Norway, an emotional return to form released in 2023.

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Under the baton of Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra performs works by Lili Boulanger, Romualdas Gražinis and Anton Bruckner.

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Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra.

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For one of Europe’s smallest countries, Slovakia has a lot to offer: Unspoilt nature, a host of castles, a unique inland delta on the Danube and countless hot springs. An invitation to discover a beautiful land in the heart of Europe.

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Kham Meslien

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