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In this episode of arts24, we meet Ghanaian-Dutch visual artist Joel Quayson, who won the 2025 Dior Prize for Photography and Visual Arts for Young Talents, one of the most closely watched awards in contemporary photography. Born to Ghanaian parents and raised in the Netherlands within a devout Christian household, Quayson’s work is shaped by the tension between faith, cultural heritage and queer self-expression. That deeply personal conflict lies at the heart of his prize-winning video “How do you feel?”, now on view at Paris’s Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP).

Angela Diffley is pleased to welcome Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. As a veteran Middle East negotiator under Republican and Democratic administrations, Mr. Miller argues that power, perception, and pressure shape outcomes more than goodwill or ideology. Today, Netanyahu’s influence is diminishing, and Trump is cornered by his own rhetoric. The US-Israel dynamic is transactional: The relationship may be functional, but it’s fragile.

In a dusty hospital basement on the outskirts of London, over 100 years of medical history lines the shelves, neatly arranged in row after row of cardboard specimen boxes. Largely forgotten until recently, it is hoped this unique archive will help unravel the mystery of the rising number of younger people getting bowel cancer. The archive contains tens of thousands of tumour and tissue specimens, some dating back to the early 20th century. Preserved in formaldehyde and paraffin wax, they come from patients treated at the UK’s national bowel hospital, St Mark’s, in northwest London. Researchers hope that examining the…

French figure skaters Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Beaudry pulled off an incredible exploit on Wednesday, winning Olympic gold in ice dancing after skating together for just a year. Cizeron, 31, and 33-year-old Fournier Beaudry, took the title ahead of reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the USA after the free dance finale. Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier took bronze. For Cizeron it is a second consecutive Olympic ice dance gold after he won the title at the Beijing Winter Olympics four years ago with Gabriella Papadakis. Cizeron and Papadakis retired from competition following their fifth world title in 2022 and…

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again BUSINESS © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 11/02/2026 – 10:59Modified: 11/02/2026 – 10:59 06:28 min From the show Reading time 1 min US President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of a new cross-border bridge between the US and Canada over concerns Washington has been treated unfairly over the course of the…

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again arts24 © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 11/02/2026 – 16:59Modified: 11/02/2026 – 16:59 12:18 min From the show Reading time 1 min In this episode of arts24, film critic Manon Kerjean reviews several new French releases: Alice Winocour’s “Coutures”, starring Angelina Jolie and Louis Garrel in a backstage drama about women navigating illness and industry…

In an interview with FRANCE 24, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese dismissed recent accusations of anti-Semitism against her as “shameful and defamatory.” She also warned that “the plan to fully destroy Gaza continues” and denounced Israeli measures in the West Bank, where “soldiers and settlers are spreading terror”. On February 8, the Israeli government took several steps to strengthen its control over the West Bank, facilitating land purchases and allowing Israel to seize control of areas under Palestinian Authority control, including religious sites. Albanese called the move “absolutely worrisome” and “illegal,” adding: “It shows that there…

France’s Julia ​Simon won the women’s 15-kilometre individual biathlon race at the ​Winter Games on Wednesday, making up for a single miss on the shooting range with a powerful skiing performance on the track ​to add ‌individual gold to a mixed relay victory. ⁠Simon’s compatriot Lou Jeanmonnot took silver, 53.1 seconds behind, with Lora Hristova securing ‌a surprise bronze for Bulgaria. However, it was Simon’s ⁠composure that stood out. After a season that started slowly, the 29-year-old peaked for the Milan Cortina Olympics, displaying ​nerves of steel to anchor the France team ‌to victory in the mixed relay on Sunday.…

“It’s not if there will be another pandemic, but when it will happen.” Dr Christian Happi and his team have just won a $100 million grant that enables them to expand their vital work to try to identify threats to provide the world with an early warning system for future pandemics. His project comes as many of his colleagues are facing huge funding cuts, with money being withdrawn from global health funding. The renowned professor of molecular biology and genomics spoke to us in Perspective.

🥇#Medals breaking and falling as athletes celebrate have sparked a growing row at #MilanoCortina and on social media. Games organisers say the issue has been identified and have asked athletes to return affected medals for repair.⛷️