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How can you treat unwell people in an institution that is itself unwell? Dr Jamal Abdel-Kader is the only psychiatrist at Beaujon Hospital near Paris. He is constantly running between the emergency room and the intensive care unit, treating patients as best he can. The overworked teams at Beaujon show a health system that is on the edge.

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<p>How can you treat unwell people in an institution that is itself unwell? Dr Jamal Abdel-Kader is the only psychiatrist at Beaujon Hospital near Paris. He is constantly running between the emergency room and the intensive care unit, treating patients as best he can. The overworked teams at Beaujon show a health system that is on the edge.</p>

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Many African migrants coming to France end up in the Paris suburbs such as Montfermeil. In a local hospital, a group of women healthcare professionals are helping vulnerable pregnant migrants who are often traumatised by their experiences.

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In Brussels, most single-parent families are headed by women. Being a single mother often means being poor with single-parent households four times more likely to fall below the poverty line. But support is there with the Single Parents' House.

In Brussels, most single-parent families are headed by women. Being a lone mother often means being poor with single-parent households four times more likely to fall below the poverty line. But support is there with the Single Parents' House.

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The German novelist David Safier profiles Daniel Magel, an 'everyday hero'. Born in Kazakhstan, he emigrated with his parents to Bremen. Alcohol, drugs and violence shaped his adolescence. But sport saved him. And now he works with youths and prisoners to show them its transformative power.

Sport saved him. And now he works with youths and prisoners to show them its transformative power

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"They called us: 'Tutsi! Tutsi!' They took you out of the tent and did what they wanted with you." 

Prisca, Marie-Jeanne and Concessa say they survived the Rwandan genocide and sought safety in refugee camps, only to be repeatedly raped and abused by the French soldiers sent there to protect them. All describe similar horrors: abduction from their tent, the gang rapes, and the photos of the assaults taken by the soldiers. “We naively thought that the white man was a saviour, that he would bring peace,” sighs one of the women. While French army denies all accusations of rape, the three women filed a complaint with the French courts in 2004 and 2012. The investigation is now at a standstill.

Rwanda: The Silence of Words

Three survivors of the Rwandan genocide level terrible accusations at the French army

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In the 1960s, a Soviet engineer goes on a mission to work on the Aswan dam in Egypt. Based on amateur film and archive material from the period, this poetic film shows the consequences of human progress.

Dreams of human progress through technology as a Soviet engineer goes to work on the Aswan dam on the Nile.

Hydroelectric Joy

When you think urban gardens and vegetable patches, you might think locally produced food and self-sufficient cities, but feeding a whole city with just a few rooftop vegetable gardens was never going to be likely. So why are more and more of them springing up? Could these green spaces also be used for education, therapy and social integration? Laetitia Limmois investigates.

This programme by France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Urban gardens are unlikely to feed a city, but could they be used for education and social integration too?

Urban Agriculture

Everything you ever wanted to know about the European Elections, but were afraid to ask, with Nikola Obermann.
Written by: Nikola Obermann
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the European elections, but were afraid to ask, with Nikola Obermann.

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Naama, Camille, Thomas, Hassan, Jason and Nicolas have all been diagnosed with schizophrenia – an illness that is different for everyone who experiences it. They tell us about what it’s like to live with that label each day, and the preconceived ideas it invites. Which of these are true and which are false?

This programme by French broadcaster France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

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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

AIR perform their iconic album Moon Safari at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Return to the tail end of the 1990s with this exceptional concert, when the "French Touch" scene was conquering hearts and minds from the European continent to Hollywood.

Royal Albert Hall

Air bring their totemic French Touch founding album to London's Royal Albert Hall.

Air play "Moon Safari"

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

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.

On 4 April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed, enshrining the creation of NATO just four years after the end of the Second World War. The primary objective of this military alliance of twelve European and North American countries was to prevent war in Europe and to counter the expansion of the Soviet bloc. Since its creation in the Cold War, the organisation has grown from 12 to 31 member states - including several former Eastern Bloc nations. Weakened by its turbulent history, NATO is facing a growing number of challenges: the difficulty of coordinating its members, the logistical obstacles in the event of an attack on European soil, and the threat, raised by Donald Trump, of an American withdrawal, at a time when European defence is almost entirely dependent on the United States.

A look back at the turbulent history of the military alliance facing unprecedented challenges in the face of Putin's Russia.

Putin, NATO, and Europe

Melbourne in 1986, a newsreader (Anna Torv) and a young reporter (Sam Reid) team up in the hope of getting ahead in their careers. This Australian series takes us behind the scenes of a TV news programme in a fast-paced drama.

1980s Melbourne is the setting for this smart drama taking us behind the scenes of the cuthroat world of TV news.

The Newsreader

Entire generations have learned about sex through mainstream porn, blurring the lines between personal desires and platform-driven fantasies. But if our sexuality is shaped by algorithms, can’t we take back some control? The post-porn movement is doing exactly that. Aimed at creating pornography that reflects honest, consensual sex – its creators are making waves online.

Can Post-porn Awaken Our True Desires?

What if porn reflected our true desires? Post-porn aims to be more ethical, more honest and more revolutionary.

Tracks

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

Mapping the World Essentials

Saudi Arabian citizens are languishing in prison, and some have even been sentenced to death. Their crime: they resisted expropriation of their homes for the Neom project, the city of the future built on a 170km line in the desert that is Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s pet project.

Saudi Arabia: Victims of Neom

Opposing the Neom project in Saudi Arabia can get you put in prison or killed.

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The former President of the United States is on a roll with some polls showing him favourite to win the election scheduled for November 2024. But what does he want to do if elected? A potential Trump second term is likely to be more radical than his first.

But does Donald Trump want to do if re-elected president? A potential second-term could be more radical than his first.

USA: Trump's Radical Election Programme

In Paris and other French cities, a new wave of cabaret is renewing the artform. The glittering and glamourous shows are often queer, self-referential, political, and very funny. Tracks takes you into the liminal spaces of the new underground cabaret.

Punk, Glitter, Glamour: The New Underground Cabaret

Tracks takes you into the liminal spaces of the new underground cabaret in France which is often queer, political, and very funny.

Julia Fischer sublimates Brahms's Violin Concerto alongside the Orchestre National de France, conducted by Cristian Măcelaru. An eclectic programme that also highlights works by Elsa Barraine and Claude Debussy.

Brahms, Debussy and Barraine

Julia Fischer performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Orchestre National de France.

Cristian Măcelaru & Julia Fischer

Yetundey is originally from Leipzig and mixes styles and influences. Layla Boe wants to make the German language smoother in her music.

Germany

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Ever more people are travelling abroad for medical procedures. Hungary is a major destination for dental health tourism from Germany as the price for implants and crowns are significantly cheaper whereas wealthy individuals from Russia and the Arab world come to Germany for the health sector’s reputation for quality care.

Going Abroad for Treatment

Ever more people are travelling abroad for medical procedures with Hungary a major destination for dental health tourism.

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The Houthis rule a third of Yemen with an iron fist, after ten years of civil war. Their ideology is as ferociously anti-American and antisemitic, as it is pro-Palestine with young people indoctrinated into a strict religious view of the world that burns with anger.

Yemen: Houthi Fury

The Houthis rule a third of Yemen with an iron fist, after ten years of civil war.

In 1983 legendary London gay-club Heaven was the setting for a memorable performance by Eurhythmics. The band had recently broken through into the mainstream and Annie Lennox had just become a global pop icon.  

In 1983 legendary London gay-club Heaven was the setting for a memorable performance by newly-famous pop duo, Eurhythmics.

Eurythmics Live from Heaven

The story of Thomas Niedermayer, the German businessman abducted by the IRA.

In December 1973, the doorbell of the German Niedermayer family in Northern Ireland rings late at night: Renate, the younger of the two daughters, opens the door. Two men tell her that her father's car has been damaged in an accident. Thomas Niedermayer is already asleep, but Renate wake up her father. He goes outside and is abducted, becoming one of the many ‘disappeared’ in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, an event that affects his family for decades.

The story of Thomas Niedermayer, the German businessman abducted by the IRA.

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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

In spite of Trump’s wall, thousands of migrants are continuing to cross the border from Mexico into the United States.

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?

Van Gogh's Disappearing Colours

The paintings of Vincent Van Gogh are losing their colours because the pigments used were vibrant but cheap

Gymnastics

Werner Pfeiffer is an experimental archaeologist and museum educator. Together with his colleague Pedro Cura and a team of archaeologists, he is returning to the Stone Age for four weeks. Living as hunter-gatherers for a month aims to gain insight into what life was really like thousands of years ago.

A team of archaeologists live as hunter-gatherers for a month to understand what life was really like thousands of years ago.

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