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Alaska and Dirty Oil

Alaska i czarne złoto

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Most Alaskans support Donald Trump’s plan to increase oil and gas production in areas of the Arctic currently protected. For the fisherman RJ Kopchak this is unthinkable. He lives in the small town of Cordova close to the site of the one of the worst environmental disasters in history.

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<p>Most Alaskans support Donald Trump’s plan to increase oil and gas production in areas of the Arctic currently protected. For the fisherman RJ Kopchak this is unthinkable. He lives in the small town of Cordova close to the site of the one of the worst environmental disasters in history.</p>

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Most Alaskans support Donald Trump’s plan to increase oil and gas production in areas of the Arctic currently protected.

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Suleiman B. Masoud is Muslim like 1% of the El Paso population. Originally from Palestine, he feels integrated into American society although since Donald Trump’s election he is worried.

American Trip (10/10)

Suleiman B. Masoud is Muslim and feels integrated into American society although Donald Trump’s election concerns him.

Keeping the Faith

Donald Trump promised to build a wall on the Mexican border to stop illegal immigration. Farmer Jim Chilton has wanted this for years. He accuses the Mexican Sinaloa cartel of sending over thousands of migrants carrying tonnes of marijuana into the US over his land adjacent to the border.

American Trip (9/10)

Donald Trump promised to build a wall on the Mexican border. Farmer Jim Chilton has wanted this for years. 

A Cowboy by Trump's Wall

Since Donald Trump’s election hate crime has increased in the USA. Karen Wortham is convinced that her president is partly responsible. In Savannah, Georgia she evokes the sensitive subject of slavery.

American Trip (8/10)

In Savannah, Georgia  Karen Wortham brings up the sensitive subject of slavery.

Black and White

Donald Trump has increased American military spending but this won’t necessarily help army veterans. Kelly Winshurst and her husband receive no pension from their time in the army.

American Trip (7/10)

Donald Trump has increased American military spending but this won’t necessarily help army veterans.

Serving Your Country

Jack Bergeson is 17 years old and standing for election as the next democratic governor of Kansas, a state with no minimum age for election. The high-school student is participating in the state primaries against much more experienced candidates in a strongly republican state.

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Jack Bergeson is 17 years old and standing for election as the next democratic governor of Kansas.

A Teenager in Politics

Times are tough in Greensburg, Kansas. In 2007 a tornado almost completely destroyed the town. The local community saw this as an opportunity and decided to reconstruct according to highest environmental specifications. Greensburg is the first ultra-Republican and Green city in the USA

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In 2007 a tornado almost completely destroyed the Republican town of Greensburg. They decided to rebuild green.

Green and Conservative

The Pine Ridge Indian Reserve in South Dakota is one of the poorest in the USA where most of the 20,000 native-American inhabitants are unemployed. Darlene High Hawk found a job as a cleaner in the only motel in the area. She is disillusioned by politics but hopes that Washington provides opportunities for young people.

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Darlene High Hawk hopes jobs will come to her Indian reserve.

Trump and the Maid

Every day in the USA there is an average of 121 suicides. In the mid-west state of South Dakota the teenage suicide rate is so high they call it an epidemic. For pastor Corey Harouff the solution is clear: young people need to find God.

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 In the mid-west state of South Dakota the teenage suicide rate is so high they call it an epidemic.

God Against Suicide

Only 5,000 miles from North Korea, Alaska fears a nuclear attack from Pyongyang. Eric Hecker is a survivalist, actively preparing for a disaster along with the local militia he has created numbering some 100 members.

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Alaska fears a nuclear attack from Pyongyang. Eric Hecker is a survivalist actively preparing for a disaster.

Alaska and North Korea

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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

Ordinary Ukrainian citizens are preparing to resist the Russian invader by joining the army and helping the resistance in any way they can.

Ukraine: Resisting the Agressor

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought the people of Kyiv together like nothing else. Calling on the spirit of the Maidan Revolution of 2014, they are ready to resist.

Ukraine: Maïdan Spirit

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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

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.

France's Defensive Barrier

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

The Maginot Line

The literary source for Richard Strauss’s opera immortalizing the degeneracy of Herodes Antipas, King of Judea, and his step-daughter Salome, was supplied by Oscar Wilde. It tells of Herodes, who is keeping the prophet Jochanaan captive inside a cistern. Salome tries to seduce him and on being rebuffed, forces her stepfather to serve her the prophet’s head on a silver platter.

Directed by Christof Loy in Helsinki

Rejected by the prophet Jochanaan, Salome forces her abusive stepfather to exact revenge.

Richard Strauss: Salome

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.

South Korea: Magic Temple Food

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

Geo Reportage

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

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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

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 have fallen under the charms of high school student Rinko, a character from the video game Love Plus

Petit ami parfait

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

In 2020, for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, Philippe Jordan and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra recreated the mythical evening of December 22 1808, when  the composer presented his Sixth Symphony, also known as his Pastoral.

Philippe Jordan recreates the evening of December 22, 1808, when Beethoven presented his Pastoral symphony

Philippe Jordan Conducts Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony

An investigation into a little-known story from the Second World War. Having planned and executed their mass murders, the Nazis meticulously eliminated traces of their crimes against humanity between 1942 and 1944: The so-called Operation 1005.

How the Nazis Covered up their Crimes

The Nazis meticulously eliminated traces of their crimes against humanity between 1942 and 1944: The so-called Operation 1005.

Operation 1005

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.

South Africa and its Demons

Live from the Teatro Real in Madrid, an adaptation of Prokofiev’s flamboyant masterpiece by the ever-radical Calixto Bieito.

An adaptation of Sergei Prokofiev’s flamboyant masterpiece by radical director Calixto Bieito.

Prokofiev’s "The Fiery Angel" at the Teatro Real in Madrid

We will be able to upgrade our brains with a microchip, blurring the boundaries between man and machine in a way that we've never seen before. But what will happen to us when our computers become smarter than we are? Helen Fares is on a mission to test the limits of the human brain.

Homo Digitalis

Helen Fares is on a mission to test the limits of the human brain

The Upgraded Brain

Since its invention in the 19th century, the bicycle has allowed Western women to move around independently. Today, it is the turn of women in Arab countries to discover its power. Though at first glance innocuous and common, the bicycle is unexpectedly feminist.

The Freedom to Cycle

Though at first glance innocuous and common, the bicycle is unexpectedly feminist

Gymnastics

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.

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