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The unclassifiable Róisín Murphy shows how difficult it is to pigeonhole her once again at Paris' Ground Control, where she displays all the richness and eclecticism of a discography stretching back to the 90s.

Ground Control

Róisín Murphy

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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Protean pop star Róisín Murphy on stage at Paris' Ground Control.

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At first celebrated by the music industry, Kate Nash broke with the commercial demands of major labels after her second album, choosing to manage everything herself. A decision proven wise in the intervening years. From her debut Made Of Bricks (2007) to the intimate and eclectic collection Yesterday Was Forever (2018), the British singer has established herself as one of the great names of international pop.

Reeperbahn Festival 2024

Over the last twenty years, this multi-talented Briton has seen her career rocked by a number of twists and turns. She has emerged stronger, both humanly and artistically.

Kate Nash

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

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

Twee-pop melodies and acerbic lyrics about the difficult passage to adulthood: It can only be Glasgow's own Belle & Sebastian. A classic indie band who have been blending arty inclinations with spry guitar pop since the 1990s.

Elbjazz Festival 2024

Bittersweet indie pop from Glasgow inviting you back into your memories.

Belle & Sebastian

Simple Minds perform their cult album New Gold Dream in the unique setting of the Théâtre Antique de Fourvière, along with some of their other timeless hits.

Nuits de Fourvière 2024

The Scottish rock legends take over the ancient theatre of Fourvière.

Simple Minds

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

Still relatively unknown, this young singer has already been making a name for herself with her unique visual and sonic universe. With its hyperpop accents, frantic vocoder and bubblegum aesthetic, her first single ‘Skirt On Pants’ shows that Kässy is firmly rooted in her time.

A girly energy and a modern sound with familiar accents: A newcomer on the international scene.

Kässy

When international superstar Beyoncé wanted some new dance moves for her latest video, she chose little known Mozambique dance trio Tofo Tofo to create the choreography.

Beyoncé

When international superstar Beyoncé wanted some new dance moves for her latest video, she chose little known Mozambique dance trio, Tofo Tofo to create the choreography.

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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.

Tracks

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.

ARTE Reportage

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

In the last 50 years, the proportion of asthma and allergy sufferers in industrialised countries has risen from five to 30 per cent. This is likely due to the lack of diversity of microbes in our increasingly germ-free environment. This documentary look at how microbes affect our health and how we can plan urban space to renew our contact with the natural world.

Could microbes hold the key to understanding the increase in a number of chronic conditions and allergies?

The Power of Microbes

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.

In recent years, works by photographers who lived in the GDR before the fall of the Berlin Wall have been rediscovered and reappraised.  An exclusive look at a world that no longer exists.

Propaganda and Daily Life

An exclusive look at photography from the GDR, a world that no longer exists.

GDR Photo Shoot

Migrants intercepted at sea of the coast of Italy can now be taken to asylum centres in Albania, where their applications will be processed. The aim of this agreement between Rome and Tirana is clear: to dissuade migrants from attempting the Mediterranean. An issue at the heart of European political debate.

Migration: The Meloni Model

Italian Prime Minister Meloni has had two reception centres for asylum seekers set up in Albania. The aim: to deter migrants.

Mapping the World Essentials

More convicts than cells, Europe’s prisons are facing a crisis and it’s forcing big questions about the penal system and rehabilitation. This ARTE Europe weekly, we’re behind bars to find out the impact on inmates as well as solutions.

Are Europe's prisons at breaking point?

Europe’s prisons are hitting breaking point with overcrowding. But what does that mean for life behind bars?

ARTE Europe Weekly

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

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

Germany

Girlhood - Women in Rap (1/4)

The immune system is as vital to the human body as the heart or the lungs. It protects us from harm survival but can also turn against us. This documentary looks at the latest scientific discoveries around this complex and fascinating system, and how it can be strengthened.

The immune system is as vital to the human body as the heart or the lungs. It protects us from harm survival but can also turn against us. 

Our Immune System - A Powerful Guardian

All in their mid-twenties, models Vivian, Lisa, and Tanja chase personal fulfillment and career triumphs. As they grapple with societal pressures, their friendship turns into rivalry, their bodies becoming battlegrounds in a relentless pursuit of beauty, love, and success.

Three models juggle the pressures of love, career, and self-image in a seemingly glamorous world.

Models

The Houthis rule a third of Yemen with an iron fist, after ten years of civil war. Their ideology is as ferociously anti-American and antisemitic, as it is pro-Palestine with young people indoctrinated into a strict religious view of the world that burns with anger.

Yemen: Houthi Fury

The Houthis rule a third of Yemen with an iron fist, after ten years of civil war.

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"

Italy, led by Giorgia Meloni's far right is set to make access to Italian nationality easier. The country follows the example of Germany which also relaxed the requirements for acquiring citizenship in June. But with almost one million people having obtained the nationality of a European Union member state by 2022 - is a brighter and more diverse future ahead for the EU?

Has it become easier to obtain citizenship in Europe?

Italy is set to ease its stringent citizenship laws for foreigners. But where does the rest of Europe stand?

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

How are extremist Israeli settlers taking over land on the West Bank? Data Sources reveals the extent to which illegal outposts contribute to harassing and ultimately driving out the Palestinians from their homes. A strategy supported by the Israeli government.

Colonisation on the West Bank

How extremist Israeli settlers are using violence to seize the land from Palestinians on the West Bank.

Data Sources

It’s the sound from South Africa that went global during lockdown: Amapiano mixes deep house with traditional music to create a sound that is spiritual and celebratory, and for some its a way of life. Tracks went to find out more about it.

Amapiano: The Sound of South Africa

House music was born in Chicago but South Africa has given the genre its own spin: Amapiano.

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