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Gathered around their president Juliette Binoche, the jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival – which begins on 13 May – are a truly international panel, hailing from the Americas, Asian and African continents. They're tasked with choosing which one of the 22 films in competition walks away with the…

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the drop in pollution rates in Paris. There’s “On This Day” and “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, and plenty of good music. All that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the…

The Carnavalet Museum in Paris has delved into filmmaker Agnès Varda's family archives for an extensive exhibition highlighting her parallel career as a photographer, a practice she maintained fervently until her death in 2019.

Romanians head to the polls on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election re-run, five months after the previous vote was annulled over allegations of Russian interference – a decision that plunged the country into political chaos and mass protests.

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Marine Le Pen’s full embezzlement sentence. There’s “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, Ollia Horton’s “Happy Moment”, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa this week announced a judicial inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his ANC party deliberately blocked investigations and prosecutions of crimes committed during the apartheid era. Families of victims, who sued the government over its inaction, say they're satisfied but will continue their…

During the first 100 days of his second term in office, US President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders that have unsettled the commodities market and prompted investors to hold off from making new investments in African economies.

France has recognised additional sites at which Harkis – Muslims who fought alongside the French during the Algerian War – faced harsh living conditions following Algeria's independence. While the move will allow up to 6,000 more Harkis and their descendants to claim compensation, groups representing the victims say it doesn't…

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has brought with it a seismic shift in transatlantic dynamics, with rising trade tensions, reduced diplomatic engagement and growing uncertainty over the future of Western alliances. So what has been the early impact of his second term on EU–US relations and how is…