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After two months of fighting, the Russian troops had their advance towards the West blocked by fierce Ukrainian resistance. Forced to leave the suburbs of Kyiv, the occupying army left behind mass graves and horrific accounts of rape and abuse in their wake. Russia is now turning its efforts to the Dobas and the coastline along the Sea of ​​Azov. In Kyiv, the return of spring is also the return of many residents who had fled.

 In Kyiv, the return of spring is also the return of many residents who had fled

Ukraine: Kyiv in Spring

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The Supreme Court is now made of a majority of ultra-conservative judges since President Trump's term in office. The court now looks set to overturn the Roe v Wade case which gave women the constitutional right to have an abortion if they so wish or need. This worrying step backwards for women's rights doesn't mean women won't have abortions. It means they'll die trying.

Abortion: A Threatened Right

This worrying step backwards doesn't mean women won't have abortions. It means they'll die trying

Mapping the World

ARTE Concert Festival welcomes a legend, Damon Albarn. He performs his new album live: The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows.

ARTE Concert Festival 2021

ARTE Concert Festival welcomes a legend, Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

Far away from the South Korean capital of Seoul is the Buddhist Gameunsa Temple. Three nuns live, pray and cook together here as they preserve the knowledge of centuries-old temple cuisine. The abbess of this small monastery is the charismatic Wookwan Sunim, revered in Asia as one of the best cooks in the world.

Far away from the South Korean metropolis of Seoul is the Buddhist Gameunsa Temple where three nuns live, pray and cook temple food.

Cooking in South Korea

It is impossible for them to stay in Russia. For these Russian citizens opposed to the Kremlin, the outbreak of war in Ukraine and the new laws restricting freedom of expression have forced them to leave everything behind. Their destination: Istanbul, as Turkey did not require a visa. It is a difficult exile with a host country that does not consider them as refugees and a homeland that views them as pariahs.

Russians Seek Refuge in Turkey

Russian Journalists Report

The internationally renowned bassist, singer and composer Avishai Cohen performs in an exclusive concert from the Maillon theatre in Strasbourg. Accompanied by drummer Roni Kaspi and pianist Elchin Shirinov, the jazzman presents his forthcoming album Shifting Sands.

Private Session at the Maillon Theatre, Strasbourg

IThe internationally renowned bassist, singer and composer Avishai Cohen performs from his forthcoming album Shifting Sands.

Avishai Cohen Trio

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A two-part documentary on the history of street dance. From Josephine Baker's "Cake Walk" to breakdance, set to be an Olympic sport in 2024 during the Paris Games, this is how streetdance conquered the world and social networks.

The Start (1/2)

This is how streetdance conquered the world

The Story of Street Dance

Three Japanese men have fallen under the charms of high school student Rinko, a character from the video game Love Plus. The game finally leads them to the seaside resort of Atami, where the virtual world and real life collides.

Three Japanese men fall under the charms of high school student Rinko, a character from the video game Love Plus

Petit ami parfait

The Maginot Line is a giant: Thousands of underground bunkers and concrete defences lining the French border, from Belgium to the Mediterranean. In its time it was celebrated as a technical masterpiece and thought to be impregnable, today it also stands for the trauma of the French defeat in 1940. The documentary looks at a military construction that is as fascinating as it is controversial.

The Maginot Line

Thought to be impregnable, the French defensive barrier did not halt the German invasion in 1940.

France's Forgotten Forts

The loss of biodiversity is highly alarming: our planet is currently experiencing the greatest extinction since the age of the dinosaurs. This film documents the extinction of species currently happening around the world. But it also highlights hopeful initiatives as committed men and women on every continent fight to save endangered species and work towards improving biodiversity.

Mankind's Great Challenge

Our planet is currently experiencing the greatest extinction since the age of the dinosaurs. 

Biodiversity or Extinction

At Lviv station, a convoy prepares to make its way to Kyiv. The driver in his cabin, is at the front of the train. In the other cars are volunteers and men going into battle. Without even picking up a gun, Evgeni, a train driver, is now on the de facto front line.

Ukraine: Keeping the Trains Running

Without even picking up a gun, Evgeni, a train driver, is now on the de facto front line

ARTE Reportage

Performing the Passion for Good Friday is one of the cornerstones of the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival. In 2021, we had the pleasure of listening to Johann Sebastian Bach's "St Matthew Passion", conducted by Raphaël Pichon.

Performing the Passion for Good Friday is one of the cornerstones of the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival. Conducted by Raphaël Pichon.

St Matthew's Passion: Johann Sebastian Bach

Russian artists have two choices: silence, or exile. There's been a mass creative exodus in recent weeks, including Russian rap stars like Face and Oxxxymiron. Art rockers IC3PEAK post protest videos that would get them arrested in Russia. TikTok star Nikita Sass bravely continues to post his opinion and stays. Few dare to do that.

How Russian artists are reacting to the war in Ukraine.

Cultural Resistance

A poisoned lake in Romania, carcinogenic mud in the south of France or radioactive wolves roaming the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Toxic Tour takes you to six places where beauty and ecological devastation go hand in hand.

Toxic Tour takes you to six places in Europe where beauty and ecological devastation go hand in hand.

Toxic Tour

Techno, house, garage or hip hop: electronic music is a driving force in pop culture today. Almost forgotten is its origins in the post-war classical avant-garde of Europe, with figures such as Pierre Schaeffer and Karlheinz Stockhausen. This documentary traces the history of electronic music from Europe to the great post-industrial cities of America, with exclusive interviews and little-seen archive footage.

The Sound That Changed Everything

This documentary traces the history of electronic music from Europe to the great post-industrial cities of America, with exclusive interviews and little-seen archive footage.

Electronic Vibrations

Do the wounds of the Civil War and Francoism explain the growing polarisation of Spanish political life, with a strong far left and the rise of the far-right Vox party?

Do the wounds of the Civil War and Francoism explain the growing polarisation of Spanish political life?

Spain, a Divided Land

Discover Pete Doherty and Frédéric Lo’s very first concert together. An intimate moment recorded in the Normandy coastal town of Etretat in the house where their new album The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime was created.

Discover Peter Doherty and Frédéric Lo’s new album from the house on the Normandy coast where it was written.

Peter Doherty & Lo : The Fantasy Life of Poetry and Crime

Women artists and thinkers give their view on women's progress. Alice Schwarzer, French icon of the women's movement, talks to us about 4,000 years of patriarchy and why women are still there are too nice. Viennese choreographer Florentina Holzinger doesn't give a damn about body norms and classic images of women. María Hesse, an author from Madrid, explores female sexuality.

Women artists and thinkers give their view on women's progress

Women's Rights in 2022: Progress or Backslide?

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Lockdowns, crop failures due to climate change and the war in Ukraine are all to blame for soaring prices around the world.

Geopolitics of Inflation

Mapping the World Essentials

Schools and hospitals have been bombed, civilians shot in the back of the head. The International Criminal Court is already investigating alleged war crimes in Ukraine as the conflict is ongoing.

Ukraine: Looking for Justice

A war of optics is raging on 9 May. Russia celebrates the victory over fascism, Ukraine shows defiance and it is Europe day in the European Union.

9 May: A War of Images

Visiting France on 4th May, Narendra Modi was warmly welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron. But the Indian Prime Minister did not condemn the Russian invasion, merely expressing his "concern". That's because India depends heavily on Russia for its supply of arms and energy.

India's Ukraine Problem

Why India needs Russia, and won't condemn the war in Ukraine

On May 9, Russia celebrated its victory day without a victory in Ukraine. Instead, President Putin further pushed the narrative of Russian victimhood, despite the fact that Moscow, not Kyiv, is the agressor. As the battle continues to rage, we take a look at Ukraine before and after the conflict.

Ukraine, Before and After the War

As the battle continues to rage, we take a look at Ukraine before and after the conflict

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?

On Tuesday 26 April, Gazprom announced that it was stopping gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria. The two countries had made it known that they refused to pay Russia in roubles. How could Europe cope with a possible European embargo on Russian gas?

Russian Gas: Who Is Ready for an Embargo?

Victor Orban personally endorsed right-wing populists in the recent French and Slovenian elections. Both candidates lost with a newcomer, Robert Golob, winning in Slovenia.

Slovenia: Setback for Populists

The Ukrainian president has proposed a new meeting with the Russian president to end the war. If negotiations were to take place, the Kremlin is likely to demand that Ukraine become a neutral state and renounce its wish of joining NATO. Finland has long been neutral, but its position on this issue is now shifting.

Ukraine-Finland: Neutrality in Question

If peace negotiations were to take place, the Kremlin is likely to demand that Ukraine become a neutral state like another Russian neighbour, Finland.

Viktor Orban won his fourth consecutive electoral victory in April. The Prime Minister of Hungary welcomes Ukrainian refugees, despite been strongly hostile to other refugees in the past. For twelve years, the leader of the Fidesz party has imposed his model of the illiberal democracy on the EU, which is at odds with some fundamental values of the bloc.

The EU and Viktor Orban's illiberal democracy

Hungary's Viktor Orban welcomes Ukrainian refugees, despite being strongly opposed to other refugees in the past

After the covid years which led the Saudi kingdom to limit the number of pilgrims, one million pilgrims are allowed to come this summer for the Hajj, the annual summer pilgrimage to Mecca. Mohamed Ben Salmane's Saudi Arabia is reviving a fundamental element of its power at a strategic moment: The West is criticising the Saudis for not helping Europeans wean themselves of Russian oil.

Saudi Arabia: Pilgrims Return

Some in Moscow are pointing out that Vladimir Putin’s popularity is holding up as he positions himself as a strongman and war leader defending Russia’s greatness against the West. A persona he has been cultivating since the 1990s.

Vladimir Putin: War Leader

As Washington announces the delivery of heavy military equipment to Ukraine, the Kremlin needs to show it also has support. Belarus, which serves as a base to transport Russian equipment and soldiers to Ukraine, is also one of the worst dictatorships on the planet.

Belarus: Vladimir Putin's Supporter

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

With suspected war crimes in Ukraine, the UN General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council. 93 countries voted in favour, 24 voted against, 58 countries abstained. a sign of a crumbling international consensus?

Is the United Nations Obsolete?

In peacetime, Ukraine and Russia account for around 30% of world wheat exports. With the war restricting trade, Mapping the World looks at who depends most on Ukrainian and Russian wheat exports.

How the War Affects Food Supplies

The French presidential election campaign has been dominated by foreign policy issues as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and NATO membership have been top of the agenda.

France: A Foreign Affairs Election?

Why did the Russian army retreat to southern and eastern Ukraine? What did we know, before this war in Ukraine started, of Russian military power? Was it overrated? How does it measure up to American and Chinese military powers?

Russia's Military Might

What did we know, before this war in Ukraine started, of Russian military power?

Most of Mariupol's infrastructure has been destroyed. The city is a strategic port on the Black Sea, as it's not far from Crimea (annexed by Russia) and located in the Donbas, which is already under the influence of the Kremlin. As the invasion falters, the Russian army has fallen back to the separatist region, hoping that there at least, they can secure a victory.

The Kremlin Saves Face in the Donbas

The Russian army has fallen back to the Donbas, hoping that there at least, they can secure a victory

Regular bite-sized shorts on different aspects of the war in Ukraine from a geopolitical perspective.

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Ukraine: Before and After the War

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 how he has shaped China.

The New World of Xi Jinping

A breakaway region of Moldova that is not recognised internationally, Transnistria is largely pro-Russian. The war in Ukraine has awakened fears that Russia will try to annex the region.

Moldova: Transnistria and Russia

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa has still not overcome its many problems: Endemic violence, economic and racial inequalities, state corruption. However, the rainbow nation has a lot to offer: tourism, natural resources and a leadership role on the African continent.

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa has still not overcome its many problems: Endemic violence, economic and racial inequalities, state corruption. 

South Africa and its Demons

Since 2020, Cuba has deployed 3,000 medical professionals to 42 countries including Mexico, Andorra, South Africa, Italy, Kuwait and France. This policy of cooperation has been one of the strengths of Cuban diplomacy for over 50 years. The fees charged for this support is a massive money-maker for Havana: some $10 billion in 2019, according to the World Trade Organisation.

Cuba: Humanitarian Diplomacy

Cuba has managed to control Covid and provide the rest of the world with medical assistance

The students of The Stars of the Desert programme are to become the new Bedouin elite. The alumni of this course go on to have amazing careers, thanks to the help of Jewish teachers who until then were only used to meeting Bedouins on the fringes of society. But the programme has also suffered a backlash from other Bedouins, who suspect Israel of only wanting to use this project to extend its influence.

The students of The Stars of the Desert programme are to become the new Bedouin elite

Israel: The Stars of the Desert

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

The 11 days of conflict between Israel and Hamas in May 2021 left more than 200 Palestinians and 13 Israelis dead. The physical and psychological damage in Gaza is significant. As Gazan’s rebuild their homes they also try and rebuild their mental health.

Rebuilding Gaza: Body and Soul

As Gazan’s rebuild their homes after the Hamas-Iraeli conflict, they also try and rebuild their mental health.

Covid is spreading mainly in overcrowded disadvantaged neighborhoods. The measures, very strict, are saturating the hospital system of the territory. The new Fanchang Hospital, built with Chinese assistance, currently has more than 50,000 patients. Health authorities, too, have different opinions. Some advocate the abolition of mass testing and say a complete lockdown of the city is impossible, while others say Hong Kong should take inspiration from the mainland.

Is Hong Kong's covid policy causing as many problems as it claims to solve?

Hong Kong: China's Covid Victims

Patrycja and Eryk have left their native Poland and their hometown of Wrocław. The two had no longer felt welcome in their own country because of growing anti-Semitism. In search of their Jewish identity, they started a new life in Tel Aviv, where they must adjust to a new language, and new jobs. But the young couple is full of energy and confidence.

Patrycja and Eryk have left Poland because of anti-Semitism, and must now make a life for themselves in Israel

Re: Israel or Europe?

Almost 60% of the Brazilian population is now food insecure and around 20 million Brazilians suffer from hunger... This is Twice as many as in 2018. A situation further aggravated by the COVID-19 epidemic that has caused more than 600 000 deaths and ruined the economy.

Hunger in Brazil

Almost 60% of the Brazilian population is now food insecure and around 20 million Brazilians suffer from hunger.

In the Idlib region, the last enclave still held by the opposition to Bashar Al Assad, many Syrians are following the situation in Ukraine with concern: they know that the future of their country also depends on the outcome of this war in Europe. After 11 years of war in Syria, which has cost the lives of at least 500,000 people, they still dream of freedom and democracy.

After 11 years of war, the people of Idlib still dream of freedom and democracy

Syria and Ukraine: The Same Fight?

Incisive investigative documentaries and reportage

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Annabel Thomas is the first woman to run a whisky distillery in Scotland. What's more, it is the only distillery that strives to be fully organic and climate neutral with a zero waste policy.

Re: First Lady of Whisky

A New Path for Scotch

Anne suffered a stroke shortly after giving birth to her second child and has since been unable to move or speak, although she is fully aware of her surroundings. Doctors are hoping to harness the power of technology and AI to help her communicate with her family once more. Oskar Zlamala  is also hoping that AI will help him with his degenerative eye disease that threatens to blind him. 

Anne suffered a stroke after giving birth to her second child and can't move or speak. New tech could help

Re: The Mum Trapped in Her Own Body

Every summer thousands of Thai people travel to Sweden for temporary jobs picking berries in the country’s northern forests. But are these jobs a good deal for the workers?

Re: Thai Berry-Pickers in Sweden

In Poland, a country with a well-known meat-heavy national cuisine, the number of vegans is growing rapidly. One of them is 34-year-old Alicja Rokicka, who has been vegan for ten years. Alicja writes a nationally respected and award-winning food blog.

In Poland, a country with a well-known meat-heavy national cuisine, the number of vegans is growing rapidly

Re: Poles Go Vegan

Silvia Pérez runs a small restaurant in Spain. Her business has suffered badly from the lockdown, but now she is receiving emergency aid in a local currency which she can spend at nearby businesses. It's a win-win as companies in the area get a boost in revenue, and citizens see their purchasing power go back up.

In Catalonia, two cities use a local currency to help locals recover from the economic fallout of coronavirus

Re: Local Currencies

In Northern Ireland tensions are high as the realities of Brexit and the Northern Ireland protocol become apparent. ARTE meets members of the loyalist community leading up to 12 July, Orangemen’s Day.

Re: A Brexit Powder Keg

Tensions in Northern Ireland

Muslims that renounce their religion can be shunned by their family and receive death threats. Apostasy is condemned by the Koran and those who turn their back on Islam may be subject to divine punishment. ARTE Re: follows four Muslims who no longer believe in Allah.

When Muslims Stop Believing

ARTE Re: follows the journey of four Muslims who no longer believe in Allah.

Re: Losing my Religion

We can't function without them, so why can't we pay them better? Key workers across the economy take care of the elderly and the sick, work in fields in poor conditions, and keep towns fed by transporting truckloads of produce. Those who matter the most somehow get valued the least. Some are now pushing to end this social injustice by introducing a new philosophy of work.

We can't function without them, so why can't we pay them better?

Re: Better Pay for Key Workers

In the midst of a pandemic, Danny McCubbin opened a community kitchen in Mussomeli, Sicily. In this area hard hit by the pandemic, The Good Kitchen offers meals to poorest, but is also a space where everyone can meet. It's a new start for Danny, who worked alongside well-known chef Jamie Oliver for 15 years.

In the midst of a pandemic, Danny McCubbin opened a community kitchen in Mussomeli, Sicily

Re: Danny and the Good Kitchen

Who are these people sitting on the streets in Germany begging for money? Are they part of an organised gang? To find out, the ARTE Regards team followed young mum Narcisa for a year. The team heads back with her to her native village, a desolate shanty town in rural Romania, where her life is blighted by extreme poverty and a lack of basic services.

Who are these people sitting on the streets in Germany begging for money? Are they part of an organised gang?

Re: Organised Begging

In 2017, the Uka family left Albania to go to Germany. The rejection of their visa application forced them to turn back. Five years later, their humble home is barely recognisable and they have to adjust to the life they left.

In 2017, the Uka family left Albania to go to Germany, but were forced back

Re: Deported to Albania

Five years ago, ARTE met two wives of Turkish political prisoners. Banned from leaving the country, they called themselves "hostages" of Erdogan. They've since managed to flee to Germany and England. But uncertainty still hangs over their future.

anned from leaving the country, the wives of political prisoners call themselves the "hostages" of Erdogan

Re: Erdogan's Hostages

Maria and her two grandchildren had to walk and hitchhike from their village near Odessa to get to safety in Romania. But some are going in the other direction: Natalia and Dima need to go back to Kharkiv to be with their children. Putin’s invasion has turned Ukrainians’ lives upside down.

Re: Fleeing Putin's Troops

Seven years ago, gay Russian couple Artiom and Bulat wanted to enjoy Gay Pride in Berlin with sexy outfits. Shocked by how expensive fetish underwear was, Artiom sat down at his sewing machine at home in Novosibirsk and tried his luck. Marketing expert Bulat recognised the potential of the product. Today the two have a factory for sexy underwear - in the middle of homophobic Siberia...

Meet the gay Russian couple who make sexy men's underwear - in the middle of homophobic Siberia...

Re: Sexy Underwear for Men

With the loss of the Abkhazia region in the early 1990s and the annexation of South Ossetia by Russia in 2008, Georgia has lost significant territory. David Katsarava, like many Georgians, fear further encroachment into their territory: Their fears are well-founded as according to local reports, Russian soldiers are taking more territory, field by field.  

Georgia has lost significant territory with the annexation of South Ossetia and many Georgians, fear further encroachment by Russia.

Re: Georgians against Russian Occupation

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