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Concorde was the epitome of elegance, speed and glamour, linking London and New York in little over three hours. The British-French airliner was in a class of its own. But on the 25th of July 2000 tragedy struck which meant the end of supersonic flight. A look back at the birth and demise of the king of the skies.

The British-French airliner was in a class of its own. But on the 25th of July 2000 tragedy struck.

Concorde: Myth and Tragedy

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After a few detours abroad studying and amassing internships, 28-year-old Aleksi moves back into her parent’s house on the Pelješac peninsula in Croatia. She refuses to take a job in the family winery as she waits on an offer for yet another internship in Berlin. To kill time, she takes abstract photographs with her cousin Lea and finds herself navigating three simultaneous relationships with very different men.

Uninterested by the responsibilities of adult life, a disaffected  Aleksi decides to spend her time chasing infatuations with various men.

Aleksi

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?

Why are their colours fading?

Saving Van Gogh's Works

Brazil is in the midst of a fiery and divisive election between ideological opposites. In one corner is the former left-wing president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the other is the incumbent right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro. Filmed over four months, this documentary shows Brazilian society polarised, angry and fearful as the campaign reaches its climax.

Lula vs. Bolsonaro

Brazil is in the midst of a fiery and divisive election between ideological opposites.

Brazil: Battle of the Titans

With a wave of strikes this summer and inflation at 10%, the UK seems to be in a febrile mood. Mapping the World examines the state of the British economy after several overlapping crises: the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and Brexit. How is the decision to leave the European Union affecting the island nation?   

Mapping the World

Mapping the World examines the state of the Britain after several overlapping crises: the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and Brexit.

UK: The Impact of Brexit

Tortured in huge internment camps, forced labour and mass sterilisations: The Chinese state’s attack on the Uyghur people, an ethnic minority in western China, is akin to genocide, with an estimated one million people arbitrarily detained. An in-depth look at how Beijing has committed grave human rights offences over decades.

Tortured in huge internment camps,China's attack on the Uyghur people is akin to genocide.

China: The Uyghur Drama

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Puccini’s last opera "Turandot" gifted the world one of the greatest operatic hits of all time: "Nessun Dorma". The world-class ensemble that Philipp Stölzl has assembled for his recent production of the work at the Staatsoper Berlin stars Elena Pankratova, Aida Garifullina, Siegfried Jerusalem, and René Pape. At the rostrum, moreover, will be grand maestro Zubin Mehta.

World-class opera from Berlin

Philipp Stölzl’s recent staging of Puccini’s last opera with a star-studded cast.

Puccini's Turandot

Naked looks for answers to complex questions: What does it mean to be born a girl or a boy, to live as a man or a woman, or to feel in between or neither? How does gender determine our lives? Diverse people speak frankly about their lives and renowned researchers discuss how gender has shaped humanity and societies worldwide.

The Honest Truth

Naked looks for answers to complex questions about gender, society and sex. 

Naked

In the 1960s and 1970s, a serial killer wreaked havoc in Silesia. After seven years of investigation, a man was finally arrested and tried for terrible murders of women. But a doubt remains: was he really the perpetrator of these macabre acts or a scapegoat of the Polish communist regime?

Was the man found guilty of a series of murders in Silesia in the 1960s and 1970s the real perpetrator?

Soviet Block Serial Killer

The pandemic didn't have to be as bad as it was. With prompt action, it may not have even left Wuhan. Censorship, procrastination and failure to act were the trademarks of the first few months of the COVID-19 outbreak. Policy makers and health agency leaders describe a deadly list of "missed opportunities".

The pandemic didn't have to be as bad as it was. With prompt action, it may not have even left Wuhan.

COVID: The First 100 Days

There have often been periods of warming in Earth’s history but never before has the temperature risen as quickly as today. Researchers are studying the last hothouse period, to understand what will happen to our oceans as the world heats up.

Hothouse Earth

Researchers are studying the last hothouse period 50 million years ago to understand what will happen to our oceans as the world heats up.

As the World Heats Up

Iran's youth is flooding social media with images of a generation in flux yearning for freedom. 10 young photographers unveil their hopes and dreams in this exclusive web series.

Iran #NoFilter: 10 young photographers unveil their hopes and dreams in this web series.

Iran #NoFilter

From his artistic breakthrough as part of the Secession in turn-of-the-century Vienna to his famous portrait of German chancellor Adenauer in 1966, Austrian painter Oskar Kokoschka’s works span the history of 20th-century Europe.

From turn-of-the-century Vienna to his famous portrait of German chancellor Adenauer in 1966, Austrian painter Oskar Kokoschka’s works span the history of 20th-century Europe.

Oskar Kokoschka - A European Artist

With two billion active monthly users, Instagram has conquered the world providing a photo-sharing platform for our ever more visual culture. This documentary examines how Instagram, launched in 2010 and bought by Facebook in 2012, has changed modern society: The app has created the influencer, transformed advertising, media and fashion but is also criticised for a rise in mental health problems in young people.

Instagram has disrupted advertising, fashion and fame. But has it turned its users into narcissists?

Instagram: Social Media for Narcissists

Ricardo Mendes was very young when his parents abandoned him at a Buddhist community in rural southern France. The experience for him and other children there was a nightmare: physical abuse, punishment through withholding food, sexual abuse of girls.
Elodie Emery and Wandrille’s documentary exposes numerous abuses within Tibetan Buddhism around the world and shines a light on a religious organisation that is often seen as benign. In reality, it is as mired in scandal as other world religions and has hierarchical structures that are an ideal breeding ground for abusers.

The Law of Silence

Shining a light on the numerous scandals in Buddhism whose hierarchical structures make abuse all too easy.

Abuse in Buddhism

Léo Delibes’ masterpiece returns to the Opéra Comique in a production conducted by Raphaël Pichon, staged by Laurent Pelly and featuring a superb vocal ensemble.

Sabine Devieilhe at the Opéra Comique

Léo Delibes’ masterpiece from the Opéra Comique.

Léo Delibes: Lakmé

The supermarket chains used to seem unbeatable, capturing the lion’s share of the grocery market. But for some years now they have been in crisis. In the wake of a fierce price war, retailers are resorting to increasingly aggressive commercial negotiation methods at the expense of suppliers, farmers and producers.
Further competition is coming from the tech giants as Amazon and Alibaba invest in the food industry. What are the implications of all these changes on working conditions, the quality of our food and the future of our planet?

The model of everything under one roof is looking increasingly strained. What is the future for food retail in the digital age?

Supermarkets: The End of an Empire?

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The bridge linking Crimea to Russia has been hit, railway cables have been cut in Germany, gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea have been sabotaged: Mapping the World looks at how infrastructure has become a target in the war in Ukraine.

Bridges, Rail, Cables: Targets in War

 Mapping the World looks at how infrastructure has become a target in the war in Ukraine.

Mapping the World Essentials

For over 20 kilometers, the new bridge stretches across the Kerch Strait and connects Crimea to Russia. Inaugurated in 2018 by Russian President Putin, it seals the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia with a monument in steel and concrete.

Russia: Building and Burning Bridges

A controversial new bridge over the Kerch Strait connects Crimea to Russia as President Putin consolidates his claim to the contested territory

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Ukraine recaptured significant stretches of territory from Russian occupation in September. Around the town of Izyum, they have discovered evidence of massacres.

Ukraine: Massacre in Izyum

In a predominantly bilingual country, the choice of using the Russian or Ukrainian languages has become highly charged. As the war continues, the derussification of Ukraine is gathering pace.

Ukraine: Language Wars

As the war continues, the cultural and linguistic derussification of Ukraine gathers pace.

Is this a turning point in the war in Ukraine? In Russia, critics of Putin are raising their voices as the Russian military experiences setbacks and Putin meets Xi Jinping at the OCS summit.

OCS Summit: Putin and Xi Jinping

Three days after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 27 February 2022, Vladimir Putin announced that the nuclear deterrent would be put on ‘special combat alert’. Was this a threat of nuclear attack from the Russian president? Mapping the World takes a look at the geopolitics of  nuclear weapons from 1945 to the present day.

Ukraine: The Nuclear Option

Some six million people have already fled Ukraine. Among them, 730,000 Ukrainian refugees passed through humanitarian corridors that take them deep into enemy territory. Now they are huddled in isolated camps in the middle of the Russian countryside and many want to leave the country as quickly as possible.

Some 730,000 Ukrainian refugees are cooped up in isolated camps in the middle of the Russian countryside

Re: Ukrainian Refugees in Russia

With possible war crimes in Russia, many European countries are considering an embargo on Russian gas imports. The Baltic states are already finding alternative energy supplies.

An Embargo on Russian Gas

In 2017, Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev was living and working from the Russian-occupied "Donetsk People's Republic" in eastern Ukraine. Critical of the self-proclaimed republic, he used pseudonyms to protect his identity. But one day he was exposed which led to his imprisonment and torture in the notorious Izolyatsia prison

The story of Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev who was imprisonment and tortured in the Russian-occupied "Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine.

The Bright Path

Martin Ritter is a German organic farmer, with land in both Germany and Ukraine. All of a sudden, his livelihood is located in a war zone. With the help of the municipality of Ostheim, he decides to send aid to Ukraine and to welcome refugees.

Martin Ritter is a German organic farmer, with land in both Germany and Ukraine. When war broke out, everything changed.

Re: Farming in a War Zone

Located about 100 km east of Odessa, in southern Ukraine, the city of Kherson was quickly taken by Russian forces on 2 March. Since then, the inhabitants have been living under Russian occupation. Our Ukrainian colleague Svitlana Pavuk reports on daily life there for TSN 1+1.

Kherson: Life under Russian Occupation

Dispatches From Ukraine: Local Journalists Report

Several Russian missiles devastated the city centre of Vinnytsia on 14 July - despite being far from the front. 24 people were killed and about 100 injured. All the victims were civilians. Ukrainian journalists from TSN 1+1 Valerii Kuznetsov and Mykola Nazarenko visited this city, still mourning its dead.

Remembering the Victims of Vinnytsia

Several Russian missiles devastated the city centre of Vinnytsia on 14 July - despite being far from the front.

Dispatches from Ukraine: Local Journalists Report

Every week, a Ukrainian journalist gives their personal experience of the war. Journalist Anastassia Gorpinchenko lives in Kiev. She has just returned from a trip to the Donbass, close to the front line. There, the evacuation of civilians continues as best it can.

My Week of War (14th July)

Held for several weeks by the Russian arm, Ukrainian servicemen from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol were released in a prisoner exchange. For many Ukrainians, they have become a symbol of resistance to the Russian occupiers. TSN 1+1 journalists Yakov Noskov and Andrii Khupalka went to meet them.

Prisoners of War Return

Every week, a Ukrainian journalist gives us her "war diary". A personal story that captures what it's like when your country suddenly becomes a war zone. Journalist Anastassia Volkova grew up in the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine. The region is hard hit by the war. She returns there and discovers ruins.

A Week at War (8th July)

What it's like to go home and find piles of rubble where a life used to be.

Dispatches From Ukraine

Natalia and her daughter were injured in a Russian attack on Ukraine's Kramatorsk railway station in April. Her legs had to be amputated. In a report by TSN 1+1, Ukrainian reporters Natalka Voloshanska and Orest Maikut met the two at the hospital in Lviv, where they had been evacuated. Mother and daughter must both learn to walk again, with prosthetic limbs.

Mother and Daughter Bomb Survivors

Natalia and her daughter were injured in a Russian attack on Ukraine's Kramatorsk railway station in April.

French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy goes to Ukraine to film both the front lines and civil resistance. He calls on Europe to act to defend democracy.

French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy goes to Ukraine to film both the front lines and civil resistance.

Why Ukraine?

In the Donbass, hundreds of civilian volunteers are risking their lives to supply Ukrainian soldiers on the front line, organise the evacuation of civilians and the wounded, and distribute food and medical aid to displaced people.

Ukraine: Volunteers in Donbas

Every week, a Ukrainian journalist gives us their personal account of the war. Anastasia Volkova grew up in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. The area has been hard hit by the war and it is almost impossible for relief workers to reach people in need.

My Week of War (24 June)

In northern Ukraine, many men have left their jobs to join the Ukrainian military. In the trenches they are organising themselves to defend the border against Russian and Belarusian forces. Reported by Ukrainian journalists Ruslan Yarmoliuk and Vitaly Ovsiannikov for TSN 1+1.

From the Classroom to the Trenches

In northern Ukraine, many men have left their civilian jobs to join the Ukrainian military. 

In Russia, many of the protestors opposing Putin’s war in Ukraine are women. The Telegram channel FAWR (Feminist Anti War Resistance) has quickly attracted 30,000 followers. Among them is Paladdia, a young designer who has already been sent to prison twice for her activism.

Many of the protestors opposing Putin’s war are women. ARTE meets the Feminist Anti War Resistance

Russia: Women Against War

The pearl of the Black Sea has been seriously threatened by the Russian army, but its urban centre has been spared shelling. The conflict now seems to have shifted to the southeast and is centred on Kherson and the Donbas.

Odesa: Pearl of Ukraine

The pearl of the Black Sea has been seriously threatened by the Russian army, but its urban centre has been spared shelling. 

Every year Russia celebrates Victory day on 9 May to mark the end of the Second World War with great pomp and ceremony. The story of a steadfast Soviet Union defeating the forces of fascism looms large in the Russian imagination, a story that Vladimir Putin uses to his own ends.

 The story of a steadfast Soviet Union defeating the forces of fascism with looms large in the Russian imagination, a story that Vladimir Putin uses to his own ends.

Russia: Putin's World View

Following the conflict with special insights, reports and documentaries.

War in Ukraine

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One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold, just like Hong Kong. Can the burgeoning democracy on China’s doorstep, driven by digital technology, resist the Middle Kingdom’s advances?  

One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold.

Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow

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

With Europe’s population ageing, the marketing industry is increasingly targeting the over 60s by using older models in campaigns. At the same time “granfluencers” are emerging as powerful players on social media.

The Boom in Senior Models

With Europe’s population ageing, the marketing industry is increasingly targeting the over 60s by using older models in campaigns.

Re: Granfluencers

Since the Taliban retook Kabul in August 2021, the humanitarian situation has deteriorated considerably. Afghanistan remains the world's largest producer of opium and the country also has high rates of addiction. The Taliban is trying to rid the country of heroin addicts, with particularly brutal methods.

The Taliban is trying to rid Afghanistan of heroin addicts, with particularly brutal methods.

Kabul: Rehab Hell

Two Lufthansa pilots are tasked with bringing a grounded Airbus A340-600 back into service.

Bringing Planes Back to Life

Two Lufthansa pilots are tasked with bringing a grounded Airbus A340-600 back into service.

Re: Europe's Aircraft Graveyard

For months Turkey has been in the grip of a monetary crisis coupled with rampant inflation. The price of bread, by far the most important staple food in the country, has doubled in a year. Even the middle class is now finding it increasingly difficult to get by.

Turkey's Food Crisis

For months Turkey has been in the grip of a monetary crisis coupled with rampant inflation. The price of bread, by far the most important staple food in the country, has doubled in a year.

Re: Bread for the People

As wildfires in California become more widespread and fierce every year, the state fire department is adapting its strategy: deliberately setting fire to sections of bush as they fight fire with fire.

As wildfires in California become more widespread and fierce, the state fire department is adapting its strategy: deliberately setting fire to land.

California: Fighting Fire with Fire

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the People’s Republic’s centenary in 2049. This well-documented portrait of the Chinese president gives an unprecedented insight into his politics and shows how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

In Depth

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China is a country of contrast from the busy heartlands of the East to the vast empty expanses of the West. A focus on the world most populated nation.

China: One Country, Many Facets

Is a new cold war really happening online? From the first attacks by Chinese hackers on US websites in the 2000s to the recent theft of European diplomatic documents and the 5G rollout by Chinese tech giant Huawei, an in-depth investigation into China's increasing tech might and aggressive cyberwarfare.

Is a new cold war really happening online? An in-depth investigation into China's increasingly aggressive cyberwarfare.

Chinese Cyberwarfare

Tortured in huge internment camps, China's attack on the Uyghur people is akin to genocide.

China is seeking to gain a foothold in the arctic as it furthers its ambitions to be an ever bigger global player. But China’s strategic move has not gone unnoticed by other players in the arctic region: the Americans, the Russians and the Europeans.

China is seeking to gain a foothold in the arctic as it furthers its ambitions to be an ever bigger global player.

China in the Arctic: Secret Ambitions

China’s fight against COVID used to seem exemplary. But with brutal and inhumane lockdowns imposed on many cities to fight the Omicron variant, citizens are angry and the Zero Covid strategy is stretched to breaking point. Could Xi Jinping be in trouble?

COVID Puts Chinese Regime under Strain

China’s fight against COVID used to seem exemplary. But with brutal and inhumane lockdowns imposed on many cities to fight the Omicron variant, citizens are angry. Could Xi Jinping be in trouble?

Since 2021, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping are rivals on the world stage with China now positioning itself to take the lead in all areas - economic, military, diplomatic, cultural and political.  An overview of the Sino-American competition to be world leader, which could be decisive for the 21st century.

USA vs China

An overview of the Sino-American competition to be world leader, which could be decisive for the 21st century.

China carefully controls the information that its people have access to, and Google, Facebook and Twitter flag up uncomfortable truths that would be better forgotten. But the country still wants to use the internet: so instead China, has developed its own sanitised ecosystem of plaforms. Nothing is anti-government or pro-democracy, and most users are flooded with messages of consumerism and entertainment. 

If I Were From Beijing (1/6)

China has developed its own sanitised ecosystem of social media plaforms

China, Country of Censorship

Over the past five years, CCTV, the major Chinese public broadcaster, has broadcast hundreds of forced confessions during prime time. It's a strategy of national humiliation that targets all those who dare to question Beijing's power. 

China: Forced Confessions

Beijing's strategy of national humiliation

Today, China is the second largest economic power in the world. But China's ambition doesn't seem to be global conquest: instead, it wants to ensure the submission of its neighbours.

China Takes Centre Stage

Today, China is the second largest economic power in the world. What does that mean for its neighbours?

Stories of Conflict

China: The Repressive Economic Giant

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Російське вторгнення в Україну не тільки приголомшило Європу, а і зміцнило загальноєвропейську самосвідомість та самоідентичність. Співчуваючи мільйонам українських біженців, розпорошених по всьому Європейському континенту, «ARTE» пропонує україномовним глядачам ряд матеріалів, що мали б не тільки розповісти їм про події на Батьківщині, а і вселити в них надію, показавши, які культурні програми і концерти солідарності з Україною проходять у різних куточках Європи. (ARTE is offering a selection of content in Ukrainian).

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Підтримуємо мільйони українських біженців у Європі: «ARTE» пропонує їм сюжети про події на Батьківщині, а також трансляції концертів солідарності, що проходять у різних куточках континенту. 