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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

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Donald Trump has decisively won the American presidential elections. But what will four more years of Donald Trump mean for the United States and the world? Our collection of documentaries and reportage on a divided nation.

Coverage and insight on the US elections

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are neck and neck in polls for the  US presidential election on 5 November 2024.

USA 2024: Presidential Elections

For decades there has been bloody fighting between Israelis and Palestinians. Numerous peace negotiations in recent years have failed, with only occasional fragile ceasefires. On Saturday, 7 October, hundreds of Israelis were killed and thousands injured in a Hamas attack on Israel. Israel's counter-attack has led to over 35,000 in Gaza dying.

Focus on the long-running Israel-Palestine conflict and its wider repercussions.

Israel-Palestine: A Never-Ending Conflict

Then complex world of geopolitics broken down into ten minute, bite-sized chunks. You'll never sound uninformed at the dinner table ever again.

Mapping the World

On 24 February, Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine. We follow the war day by day and provide background information with special insights, reports and documentaries.

War in Ukraine

Many of these journalists didn't expect to become war reporters. But then their homeland became a conflict zone. As armies picked up guns, they picked up their cameras.

A look at daily life in Ukraine, as filmed by Ukrainian journalists

Dispatches From Ukraine: Local Journalists Report

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Kosovo has a sincere admiration for the United States. When NATO intervened in 1999, a decision by President Bill Clinton, the USA was viewed as the country’s saviour in the face of Serbian aggression.

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When NATO intervened in Kosovo in 1999, the USA was viewed as Kosovo's saviour in the face of Serbian aggression.

Kosovo: The American Dream

China’s leader Xi Jinping promises prosperity for all and global leadership. But the reality is quite different: The Chinese economy is stalling with property prices falling and youth unemployment high.

Far from living the ‘Chinese Dream’, many young people are unemployed and disillusioned.

China's Disillusioned Youth

Ireland has a severe shortage of homes with hundreds of thousands needing to be built. With rents in Dublin spiralling, many families are homeless. Jordyn, Jonathan and their daughter Delilah have no fixed address and have to look for somewhere to spend the night every day.

Since the financial crisis, Ireland has had a severe housing crisis with many families left homeless.

Re: Ireland's Housing Crisis

The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to contain Mpox with a new and deadly variant causing havoc.

DRC: The Mpox Epidemic

Their fathers were American airmen shot down during the Second World War and taken prisoner by the Nazis. Many spoke very little about their traumatic experiences of captivity. Nearly 80 years later, five of their children travel to Germany and Poland to see for themselves the places that are inextricably linked to their family history.

Nearly 80 years later, five of children of American airmen taken captive by the Nazis visit Germany and Poland.

Re: On the Trail of Prisoner-of-War Fathers

On 5 August 2024, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh for more than 15 years, fled the country in a helicopter as mass protests led by young people and students, shook the country.

Bangladesh: The Gen Z Revolution

Mass protests led by young people and students led to the downfall of Bangladesh’s Iron Lady, Sheikh Hasina.

When she was young, Norma dreamed of a career as a dancer, but she had to give it up. Now that she's 67, she'll finally be able to fulfil her dream as part of an Edinburgh troupe exclusively for senior citizens; rehearsing a work for the Edinburgh Festival.

An Edinburgh based dance troupe’s intake is exclusively senior citizens.

Re: Never Too Old to Dance

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On the one hand, Iran, an Islamic republic led by an ayatollah, sworn enemy of Israel and the USA, with a mostly Shiite population. On the other is Saudi Arabia, a hereditary monarchy whose inhabitants are 90% Sunni. This episode focuses on two neighbours whose rivalry shapes the balance of power in the Middle East...

Two countries whose rivalry shapes the balance of power in the Middle East...

Iran & Saudi Arabia: Neighbours and Rivals

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Eastern European countries have felt directly threatened by Putin's expansionism. They are calling on support from Nato, whilst worrying about the isolationist turn that Donald Trump's administration could take.

President Trump & European Defence Policy

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Eastern European countries have felt directly threatened by Putin's expansionism.

Mapping the World Essentials

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.

No other state epitomises the American Dream more than California. Home of the tech revolution and highly fertile farmland, the Golden State has a lot of advantages but is also vulnerable: Earthquakes, wildfires and severe inequality threaten America’s most populous state.

The Californian Model

Home of the tech revolution and highly fertile farmland, the Golden State has a lot of advantages but is also vulnerable.

During the first televised debate of the 2024 US presidential elections, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris laid our their clearly different visions for foreign policy. Whereas Harris called for multilateralism with America’s allies, Trump set out his transactional ‘America First’ approach.

Trump-Harris: Opposing World Views

During the first debate of the presidential elections, Trump and Harris laid our their clearly different visions for foreign policy

The vast capital of Indonesia, home to 31 million people is sinking as sea levels rise. If no action is taken, the megalopolis will be underwater by 2050.

Indonesia: Jakarta is Sinking

The vast capital of Indonesia, home to 31 million people is sinkingand could be entirely underwater by 2050.

Russia boasts a handful of "Western experts" who agree with the Kremlin world view. These German, Belgian and French experts are regular guests on Russian propaganda TV channels. Fake News finds out who these people are and what their views actually are.

The Kremlin's Western 'Experts'

Russia boasts a handful of "Western experts" from Europe who regularly appear on Russian TV channels. 

Fake News

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Renowned intellectual and author of over a dozen essays, Ivan Krastev examines European unrest over the last 30 years. The crises of the past ten years are symptoms of a West in crisis. Migration, demographics, a pandemic and now a war in Ukraine, it all poses serious challenges to our democracies. It's like we've closed off our future.

An interview with renowned Bulgarian intellectual and political scientist, Ivan Krastev about the future of Europe.

Interview with Ivan Krastev

The 2024 presidential election looks like a dead heat between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The swing state of Wisconsin is a microcosm of the United States and one of the major battlegrounds for the tight contest. No surprise that the Republicans held their convention here and both Republicans and Democrats are campaigning hard to win the mid-west state. What do the people of Wisconsin want? And who will win the state this time?

The swing state of Wisconsin is a microcosm of the USA and one of the major battlegrounds for the presidential elections.

US Elections: Showdown in Wisconsin

The Olympic Games puts the host country in the spotlight and Paris 2024 is no different. This major event is a security and logistical challenge as well as a golden opportunity for nations to project soft power across the world.

The Olympic Games puts the host city and nation in the spotlight and Paris 2024 is no different.

Geopolitics of the Olympic Games

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What planet will we leave to future generations and what can we do today to make sure that our legacy is a good one? Six scientists and philosophers offer their visions of the present and the future in a thought-provoking film essay.

What Future Generations Will Think of Us

What planet will we leave behind us and how will future generations look back on us?

Who We Were

What effects does pride have on a sense of community? In Poland, Jagoda Marinić observes pride in many forms: Women are proud to fight abortion laws. National pride is expressed in the desire to uphold the memory of fallen soldiers. And LGBTQIA+ communities see pride in the fight for their rights.

Europe with Jagoda Marinic

Jagoda Marinić visits Poland to see how feelings of pride affects Polish society in contrasting ways.

Nice to Meet You: Poland

Mamadou is back in Gandiol, his home village in Senegal, after spending eight years living illegally in Spain. He want to be a positive force in his community, build a future for his country and, along with his wife Laura, chase his dreams.

After spending eight years living illegally in Spain, Mamadou is back home in Senegal where he wants to build a future.

Doxandem - The Dream Chasers

Ex-footballer turned anti-poverty activist Neven Subotić had the world at his feet. But it wasn't enough. He knew something was missing and turned to books to help him find meaning in his life. What he read changed his outlook, his way of thinking, and his future. 

In the Words of Ex-Footballer Neven Subotic

Ex-footballer turned anti-poverty activist Neven Subotić discusses the books that changed his life.

The Book That Changed My Life

In this episode, Ronja explores what can give us hope for the future even when things seem bleak. At Leopoldplatz, she meets one of the most hopeful people in Berlin: DJ Bombay sells curries from his food truck and is always in a good mood. "I've been through so many crises in my life that nothing can knock me out," he says. Then there's  boxer Mazen, who loses every fight and still goes on. Nun Sister Mechthildis meanwhile is full of hope and happiness, living away from the hustle and bustle of life in her convent.

Don't Lose Hope!

In this episode, Ronja explores what can give us hope for the future even when things seem bleak.

Streetphilosophy

Jan explores all the different ways of being alone. He searches for gold in a field with Wolfgang Herkt and his metal detector. After long hours of solo searching, Wolfgang says: "Being alone helps with difficult decisions because there are no distractions." The author Kathrin Weßling is the opposite: she communicates 24/7, writes books and constantly posts to social media. But loneliness lingers... not least of all for refugees. Evgeniy Zamyatin, who works as a lawyer for Alexei Navalny's anti-corruption foundation, fled to Berlin, far from friends and family.

Face Loneliness!

Jan explores all the different ways of being alone.

The pandemic, the climate emergency ... Everything seems extremely fragile at the moment. But is it possible to grow with crises? If so, what is the key? How can adaptability and courage make you more resilient?

The solution to having your plans upset? Don't make plans

Be Antifragile!

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In Leicester, England, the Unglamorous Music Project aims to get older women, in their sixties and seventies, into playing music. They have 66 days to learn an instrument, write a song and perform in public.

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In Leicester, England, the Unglamorous Music Project aims to get older women, in their sixties and seventies, into playing music.

Granny Punk in Leicester

Mariusz would never have become the artist he is now if Poland had not joined the European Union. He now creates striking murals in cities all over the world.

Europe of Artists

Mariusz Waras, Street Artist

In a career spanning more than half a century, Alain Delon made over 80 films, thrilling audiences and critics alike with his performances. .As the world-famous French actor passed away on 18 August at the age of 88, we say goodbye to a legend of cinema.

As the world-famous French actor passed away on 18 August at the age of 88, we say goodbye to a legend of cinema.

Alain Delon: Legend of French Cinema

The portrait photographer Stéphane Lavoué describes 11 photo shoots with personalities from the fields of politics, art and sport. He’s not here to talk about the medium of photography. Instead, he describes every minute – and sometimes every second - of portrait creation.

The portrait photographer Stéphane Lavoué describes 11 photo shoots with personalities from the fields of politics, art and sport.

A Photographic Pause: Florent Manaudou

Publishing house Marotta&Cafiero left the upmarket streets of Naples to set up shop in a crime-riddled neighbourhood. That was back in 2010, when the mafia reigned supreme and drug trafficking was rife. In 2017, the publishing house decided to open a book shop in the neighbourhood, which has flourished ever since.

Known locally as “book dealers”, this Naples publishing house has flourished in a neighbourhood riddled with crime.

Books over bullets in Naples

Europe as a source of inspiration: Meeting artists from across the continent whose works spring from Europe’s cultural diversity.

The American director Peter Sellars was invited to the Salzburg Festival. For the 2017 edition he staged The Clemency of Titus by Mozart.

Carte Blanche to Peter Sellars

Square Artiste: Peter Sellars

Through the eyes of artists

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

World famous for its artistic freedom, budget cuts in the German capital have upended its cultural scene. For weeks, artists have been taking to the streets of Berlin in a fight to protect the arts. Elsewhere in Europe, similar restrictions are in place. From Bulgaria, where nationalists are mobilising against unpopular performances. To Slovakia, where artistic directors who speak out are being cancelled. Now, a Europe-wide alliance of over 200 artists is demanding the EU Parliament take action.

Is Culture Under Attack in Europe?

With shrinking budgets and political meddling in Europe's culture sector, many workers are feeling the heat.

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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.

Together with Panama and Suriname, Bhutan is one of only three countries in the world with a negative carbon footprint. Its strictly protected forests, which cover 70% of the country, absorb three times as much carbon as it emits. But now the glacial lakes in the mountainous nation are threatening to overflow as a result of climate change.

Bhutan: Green Paradise in Danger

Together with Panama and Suriname, Bhutan is one of only three countries in the world with a negative carbon footprint.

Far from living the ‘Chinese Dream’ maybe young people are unemployed and disillusioned.

Hundreds of thousands have fled Lebanon since September as a result of the Israeli bombing raids, including many Syrian war refugees, who have to flee conflict again.

Syria-Lebanon: Endless Exile

Plastic is everywhere – so much so that it’s hard to imagine life without it. But plastic damages both the environment and our health and contributes to global warming. Talks in Busan to create a global treaty on ending plastic pollution failed after negotiators clashed on the issue of cutting production. We look at whether Europe is doing its part to stem the tide of plastic.

What is the EU doing to fight plastic pollution?

After talks over a global treaty on plastic pollution failed, the EU needs to work harder to reduce our dependence on plastic.

Interview with political scientist Ivan Krastev

Pan-European interview with Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev.

"Make people fear the future and democratic institutions are paralysed"

After Trump’s resounding win in the presidential election, ARTE Reportage heads to West Virginia to find out how Trump supporters experience the final days of the campaign and the result.

USA: Inside Trump's America

A visit to West Virginia to find out how Trump supporters experience the final days of the campaign and the result.

After Kamala Harris lost the presidential election, the democrats and their supporters in the state of Colorado are trying to process this defeat

USA: Democrat Blues

The democrats and their supporters in the state of Colorado are trying to process the defeat of Kamala Harris.

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is a cartographer and activist from the Fulbe people in Chad. Land and water are becoming scarce as desertification advances in the Sahel region at a rate of 4km every year.  That's why she travels all over the country to draw maps with the people, to prevent conflict linked to depleting resources.

Chad: Mapping the Future

In Chad, participatory mapping projects are preventing conflict linked to depleting resources.

The Assad clan, in power for decades, has fallen in a matter of weeks. Toppled rebels led by Abu Mohammed Al-Joulani. But who is he? And what hope of peaceful coexistence for Syria’s mosaic of peoples.

Syria: After the Dictatorship

The Assad clan, in power for decades, has fallen in a matter of weeks. Toppled rebels led by Abu Mohammed Al-Joulani. But who is he? 

After 25 years of negotiations, the EU’s agreement with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay could finally be sealed by the year’s end. But European farmers are mobilizing, accusing Brussels of sacrificing agriculture to boost industry. While agriculture is just one part of this sweeping free-trade deal, it’s at the heart of the controversy. But are the farmers’ fears justified?

Why are farmers angry with the EU-Mercosur deal?

Dubbed the “meat for cars” deal, the treaty between the EU and four Latin American countries is reigniting fury among European farmers.

South Korea has managed to build a modern economy with a highly educated workforce, leading the world in many sectors. How did it achieve this feat after the devastating war with the North in the 1950s?

South Korea's Economic Miracle

South Korea has managed to build a modern economy with a highly educated workforce, leading the world in many sectors. 

More and more city dwellers are getting a taste for foraging for food in the concrete jungle. They harvest herbs by the roadside and pick wild vegetables from cracks in the asphalt. From Brighton to Berlin, we meet the urban foragers who are making tasty and nutritious meals out of what they find in the streets and parks of major cities.

 From Brighton to Berlin, we meet the urban foragers who are making tasty and nutritious meals out of what they find in the streets.

Re: Urban Foraging

27-year-old German alpinist Jost Kobusch wants to climb Everest, alone, without oxygen and in Winter, when the roof of the world is deserted. 

Re: Alone on Everest

Tackling the World's Highest Peak

Between 2020 and 2022, during the fighting between Tigray and the armies of Ethiopia and Eritrea, their soldiers used sexual violence as a weapon of war: It is estimated that at least 120,000 women were raped, who are now campaigning for justice.

Tigray: Rape as a Weapon

Two women are fighting to help victims of rape during the Tigray war and make their voices heard.

In the Tenderloin neighbourhood of San Francisco, thousands of homeless drug addicts are in thrall to Fentanyl, an opioid painkiller 50 times more potent than heroin. With 700 drug-related deaths every year, the Californian city is in a drug death spiral with dead bodies regularly found on the street.

USA: San Francisco Ravaged by Fentanyl

With 700 drug-related deaths every year, the Californian city has a huge problem with Fentanyl and other drugs.

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Reduncy schemes are increasing in the car industry as car sales slow down in the EU. The car industry is facing two challenges. First is a slower transition than expeceted to electric cars and second is the increasing competition from Chinese manufacturers.

European car manufacturers are struggling. How can they shift to electric and stay in the race against Chinese competitors?

Is Europe's car industry breaking down?

The UK Parliament is discussing a new euthanasia law. The law aims to allow people with less than six months to live to have access to assisted suicide in England and Wales, if agreed to by two doctors and a judge. Up until now, assisted suicide has been against the law, punishable by a prison sentence up to 14 years.

In the UK, 73% of people are in favour of the right to assisted dying.

The right to die law in the UK

John Malkovich’s premiere of "Arms and the Man" in Bulgaria ignited nationalist outrage. Extremists accused the play of ridiculing the country's heroes and stormed the Ivan Vazov National Theatre where it was being shown. In a politically-unstable Bulgaria, the arts are facing growing threats from far-right groups. 

A play directed by John Malkovich and performed in Sofia enraged Bulgarian nationalists, who called it an insult to the country.

Bulgarian Nationalists Riled by National Theatre Performance

All over Europe, prices are rising with rampant inflation. At the border bazaar in Łęknica, Poland  this is not the case: Local stalls and shops have to keep prices low so as not to scare off German customers - the main buyers who cross the border looking for bargains. But low prices are not without consequences in a country where inflation is one of the highest in Europe. How do you make money, live with dignity and not lose customers in the process?

All over Europe, prices are rising with rampant inflation. At the border bazaar in Łęknica, Poland  this is not the case: Local stalls and shops have to keep prices low so as not to scare off German customers - the main buyers who cross the border looking for bargains. 

Re: Polish Border Bazaars

Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have become amputees due to the war with Russia. The Berlin-based humanitarian organisation Life Bridge Ukraine specialises in prostheses and is training up staff to work in a future orthopaedic centre in Kyiv.

 Berlin-based Life Bridge Ukraine specialises in prostheses and is training up staff to work in a future orthopaedic centre in Kyiv.

Re: Protheses for Ukraine

Cheaper, greener and right on trend, 87% of Europeans already buy second-hand clothing. To be sole online, in trendy vintage shops or as rags, tons of used clothing travels around the world every day. It's a market that today is worth 128 billion euros and this will only grow with the overproduction of fast fashion. But what are the real costs to the planet and humans of the second-hand clothing market?

Is second-hand clothing really the solution to overconsumption?