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Just a few kilometres off the coast of North Korea, the South Korean islands of Yeonpyong and Baeknyeongdo are at the frontline of tensions between the two countries. Last January, 60 shells were fired by the North, leading to the evacuation of Yeongpyong. Life on the islands is tense, as fishermen can attest.

The South Korean islands of Yeonpyong and Baeknyeongdo are at the frontline of tensions between North and South Korea.. 

Yeonpyeong: Between Two Koreas

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The Nobel prize, the Prince of Asturias Award, the National Medal of Arts: All prizes that Bob Dylan won but refused. Is this how he stays true to his counter-culture ideas?

Bob Dylan - New biopic on the counter-culture legend

TAPE - Bob Dylan

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.

Assad regime falls in Syria - What now?

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? 

Mapping the World Essentials

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.

Why housing dominated Ireland's recent elections

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

 Ireland's Housing Crisis

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.

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The Philippines has the fifth largest gold reserves in the world. 500,000 local people, often very poorest, dig into the swamps and dive down under the sea every day in the hope of finding the precious metal. Many of them are children who are sent into tight spaces to reach the gold.

Awarded the Prix Albert Londres - prestigious prize in journalism

In the Philippine swamp and under the sea, children risk their lives diving for gold. Awarded the French equivalent of a Pulitzer prize.

Philippines: Diving for Gold

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Gessler’s hat became a metaphor for enforced submissive behaviour. When William Tell refuses to salute the tyrannical Governor’s hat, his punishment is to put his son’s life in danger. Rossini’s opera, based on Friedrich Schiller’s play, is performed in Lausanne for the first time. With Jean-Sébastien Bou in the title role and Luigi De Donato in that of the Governor.

Rossini's epic last opera from the Opéra de Lausanne with 
Jean-Sébastien Bou in the title role as the Swiss folk hero.

Gioachino Rossini: William Tell

Every year for 45 days, Uruguay lives to the rhythm of Carnival. In Montevideo, the capital, carnival traditions are taken very seriously: Candombe, the special carnival music and dance developed by Afro-Uruguayans, is a highly prized art form and is inscribed on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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Every year for 45 days, Uruguay lives to the rhythm of Carnival and the country's traditional art form: Candombe.

Montevideo: Dancing to the Rhythm of Carnival

The Democratic Alliance has won elections in a German free state with a huge majority. But is its charismatic leader, Dominik Arndt, a threat to democracy? 
Maximilian Steinbeis's play depicts the meteoric rise of a populist minister-president whose dark persuasive power and cunning upsets the established order.
 Performed in the Federal Press Conference in Berlin and produced by award-winning theatre company, Nico and the Navigators.

A play by Nico and the Navigators

The Democratic Alliance has won elections in a German free state with a huge majority. But is its charismatic leader, Dominik Arndt, a threat to democracy?

A Citizen of the People

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.

Berlin to Brighton: The secrets of urban foraging 

We meet the urban foragers who are making tasty and nutritious meals out of what they find in the streets.

Re: Urban Foraging

Could there be a more beautiful association? One of the rarest jewels of British pop from the last thirty years in the historic venue responsible for preserving France's literary heritage. Beth Gibbons performs at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in the heart of Paris: Two indispensable figures working in the shadows in a quest for eternity.

Passengers: Bibliothèque Nationale de France

This rare jewel of British pop in the historic venue responsible for preserving France's literary heritage.

Beth Gibbons

Discover the intimate and elegant atmosphere of Basel’s indoor festival where great names of music perform in a cabaret club atmosphere.

Baloise Session

During the Cold War, when Germany was split between West and East, people still fell in love across the physical and ideological border. Some risked everything to cross over to join their partners.

Despite the Berlin Wall, people from East and West fell in love and wanted to live together. But how?

Love in the Cold War

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

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?

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

Extreme Weather Events

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.

Focus on Lebanon's state within a state

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

Lebanon: Inside Hezbollah

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

The number of migrants crossing the border from Mexico into the USA has increased over the last few years. The USA’s southern frontier and how to welcome (or not) migrants into the states is a major issue at this year’s presidential elections. ARTE visited both sides of the border to find out more about this burning issue.

USA: Trump's Wall

Migration continues to be a burning issue, and could be a decisive topic at November's presidential election.

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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

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.

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

DRC: The Mpox Epidemic

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. 

Mapping the World

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

14-year-old Matas is sent to a rehabilitation centre for adults on a remote farm in the Lithuanian countryside. Here he is confronted with a strictly regimented daily routine and has to live together with addicts and former prisoners. The male community does not always get along, yet is united in dealing with trauma and addiction.

14-year-old Matas is sent to a rehabilitation centre for adults on a remote farm in the Lithuanian countryside. 

Murmuring Hearts

Every day in Beirut, missiles are raining down on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, as the Israeli army seeks to destroy Hezbollah's command centres and weapons stores, hidden in the heart of a district that is home to hundreds of thousands of people.

Every day in Beirut, Israeli missiles are raining down on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital

Lebanon: A Firestorm

The Czech Republic is on its way to legalising cannabis and Prague could be the next Amsterdam. However, the market is already booming - even without legalisation. Addiction counsellor Radek Jurnikl sees this every day in his work on the streets of Prague

The Czech Republic is on its way to legalising cannabis and Prague could be the next Amsterdam.

Re: The Czech Cannabis Boom

In September 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to introduce Bitcoin as legal tender. From now on, all companies accept the cryptocurrency from their customers, as well as the US dollar. "A crazy idea," says former economist Peter Bofinger. The price of bitcoin is far too volatile, and it's a dangerous bet - one that the president thinks he can pull off.

Cryptocurrencies: The Future?

Bitcoin can be a dangerous bet, especially when it's a nation's finances at stake

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Over 60,000 pregnancies have resulted from rape in the 14 American states where abortion has been banned since 2022, even in cases of non-consensual sex. The right to abortion is still a deep dividing line in American society and a major issue at this year’s presidential elections.

USA: Abortion - The Price of Pain

The right to abortion is still a deep dividing line in American society and a major issue at this year’s presidential elections.

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

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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.

A year after Javier Milei was elected president, Argentina is facing an existential crisis. The populist president is shaking the foundations of the country by revisiting the national narrative of the military dictatorship that terrorised Argentina from 1976 to 1983.

Argentina: Guardians of Truth

The children of torturers of the former military dictatorship are now showing solidarity with the victims of their parents.

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.

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.

China's Disillusioned Youth

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

Michigan is a key swing-state in the 2024 elections and young voters could be decisive. ARTE Reportage goes in search of Generation Z in the Detroit area.

Michigan, USA: How Will Gen Z Vote?

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.

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.

Kosovo: The American Dream

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

The booming goldmines in the amazon rainforest in Bolivia is causing both deforestation and causing serious health problems for the local population. They are being poisoned by mercury, used in the gold extraction process.

Bolivia: Cursed Gold

The booming goldmines in the amazon rainforest in Bolivia is causing both deforestation and causing serious health problems for the local population.

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.

Yekutiel Epstein is a 17-year-old Israeli. He identifies with the views of Rabbi Meir Kahana, a radical Israeli-American whose Kach party was banned in Israel in the 1990s for racism. His ideas were marginal for a long time, but are now making a comeback, more than 30 years after his death. On the ground, on social networks and even in the Israeli parliament, Yekutiel Epstein and his far-right allies are pushing to extend Israeli sovereignty over all the occupied territories and to expel the Palestinians entirely.

Israel's Ultra Nationalist Youth

Religious ultra-nationalist youth dream of a Greater Israel with no space for the Palestinians.

With dwindling water from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, the Mesopotamian Marshes are drying out. Jassim Al Asadi is fighting to save this unique ecosystem, vital for local people.

Iraq: The War of Thirst

With dwindling water from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, the Mesopotamian Marshes are drying out.

In 2024, India experienced the longest heatwave in its history. Temperatures soared to over 50°C in the capital, New Delhi, and up to 56°C in Nagpur, in the centre of the country.

India: Life at 50 Degrees

In 2024, India experienced the longest heatwave in its history with temperatures soared to over 50°C.

The massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th 2023 has profoundly affected Israeli society, awakening terrible memories of pogroms and the Holocaust. As Israel tries to deal with this trauma, attitudes are hardening to the suffering of the Palestinian people.

Israel: Commemorating October 7th

The massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th 2023 has profoundly affected Israeli society with attitudes hardening towards Palestinians.

The number of Israeli operations in Palestinian resistance strongholds in the West Bank is increasing. Operation Summer Camps, launched at the end of August 2024, is the longest Israeli military operation in the West Bank since the battle of Jenin during the second intifada.

West Bank: The Battle of the Camps

The number of Israeli operations in Palestinian resistance strongholds in the West Bank is increasing.

In a derelict hotel known as a Hezbollah stronghold, a few kilometres north of Nabatiyeh, around sixty Shia families have found refuge. They all come from villages close to the border with Israel.

Lebanon: The War with No Name

The fighting between Israel and Hezbollah on Lebanon's southern border is turning villagers' lives upside down.

 "Gaza. Life" is the name of journalist Rami Abu Jamus' WhatsApp group, in which he has been sharing news from his everyday life in Gaza with his friends for many years. From 7 October 2023, "Gaza. Life" became his digital diary about the war.

Surviving in Gaza

A year of war in Gaza: the digital diary of journalist Rami Abu Jamus and his family. 

Once a year, the idyllic little French town of  Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal. This is the real deal.

Relive the festival!

Once a year, the quiet city of Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal.

Hellfest 2024

A Divided World- ZONE EVENT

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, citizens of East Germany had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. New-found freedoms were a breath of fresh air for many but in the chaos leading up to reunification with West Germany, the experience was also disconcerting.

Freedom and Anarchy

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germans had to get used to a new way of consuming, working, and living. 

The Last Summer of the GDR

In 1972, in Germersheim, West Germany, the second edition of the British Rock Meeting saw some of the most prestigious bands of the day take to the stage, including Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Rory Gallagher and Status Quo at an enormous gathering of the hippie generation.

The German Woodstock - Focus on the counter culture event in Germany

The 1972 British Rock Meeting was an important cultural event for the hippie generation in Germany.

The German Woodstock - Germersheim '72

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

Enclaves, loaned territories, disputed areas and microstates: This is the series that looks at places with absurd borders.

More absurd geopolitics: A new season of Crazy Borders

The series that looks at 10 places with complicated and absurd borders.

Crazy Borders

Rowing, and the eight in particular, has a long tradition that is not just about sport: political influence, relationships and women's fight for equal rights have also played a major role. This documentary follows the German men's eight as it prepares for Paris 2024 as well as the historic Boat Race between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

With all eyes on the Olympic Games in Paris, the documentary sheds light on the myth of the eight-man rowing team.

Eight on Board: A History of Rowing

In April 1974, left-wing factions in the Portuguese military staged a coup against the authoritarian regime which had been in power for half a century. The uprising was largely peaceful and went down in history as the Carnation Revolution. But the path to a democratic Portugal was not easy and not without obstacles.

Carnations against Dictatorship

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

Portugal

From Lucrezia Borgia to Malinche to Marie Curie: Women’s contributions have often been downplayed or misrepresented in the history books. Duels of History (re)tells their stories.

Re-telling history from a new perspective

Women’s contributions to history have often been downplayed or misrepresented. Duels of History (re)tells their stories.

Duels of History

The Marchioness Casati was admired throughout Europe for her incredible parties and expensive tastes. She was an eccentric patron of the arts, and her face appears again and again in the works of all the notable painters of her day. But she would rip through her inheritance by the age of fifty and end up wondering the streets of London, going though rubbish bins.

The Lost Ones

The Marchioness Casati went from living in a palace to eking out an existence on the streets of London