Perspective

The head of one of the main relief agencies trying to help the people of Sudan says the situation in the country is the worst it has ever been. She says the month of April has been the bloodiest for civilians in the conflict so far, with over 500 people slaughtered in the North Darfur region alone following months of famine. Sudan is facing a continuing spike in violence in the devastating civil war that is now in its third year and has claimed tens of thousands of lives. In Perspective we spoke to Mathilde Vu, advocacy manager at the Norwegian Refugee Council.

The general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the importance of May Day, or International Workers' Day. Esther Lynch is in Paris to join the demonstrations here as she says the day is about celebrating how workers' friendship with each other – and their solidarity and unity – have won the rights that have been gained. Her organisation warns, though, that Europe should do more to protect jobs, and ensure it is not bullied out of its social model. She spoke to us in Perspective.

"We knew he would come in swinging, and he did swing." That's the analysis of US political expert Jeremy Ghez, who says that US President Donald Trump has a worldview that disrupts decades of US foreign policy, but what really matters to him is his brand name in defence of the middle classes. As part of our special coverage of Trump's first 100 days back in power, Ghez spoke to us in Perspective. We also hear from our Los Angeles correspondent Wassim Cornet on the Trump administration's unprecedented attack on US higher education.

An Irish artist whose work has become synonymous with social injustices has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how he wants to take revenge, not by violence, but by painting. Brian Maguire has dedicated his artwork to trying to help marginalised groups as a way of expressing his anger about how some people can fly, when others have to walk. His work is on display now at the Irish Cultural Centre here in Paris. He spoke to us in Perspective.

A winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how she wanted to be a makeup artist in her small village in northern Iraq before her life was nearly destroyed by the Islamic State group. In 2014, when Nadia Murad was just 21 years old, IS group terrorists attacked her community, killing hundreds of people, including her mother and six of her nine brothers. Along with nearly 7,000 other Yazidi women and children, she was abducted and like many of them was raped, beaten and tortured for several months. Now, though, she is a powerful voice for all survivors of genocide and sexual violence. Her story is documented in her book "The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity and My Fight Against the Islamic State". She spoke to us in Perspective.

A French astronaut who has been to space three times on board the Space Shuttle has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the US's aim to put a man on the Moon once again. The Artemis programme is well underway, with the aim of going to the Moon this side of 2027, for the first time since 1972. Jean-François Clervoy is involved in the mission himself: he is a Venturi Space ambassador. The company is working with NASA on some of the technology required for the programme. He spoke to us in Perspective.

An Iranian filmmaker who has been documenting the life of a woman in Gaza for her film that has been accepted for the Cannes Film Festival has told FRANCE 24 how she continues to send her messages, even though she knows she was killed in an Israeli air strike. Sepideh Farsi had been following the life of Fatma Hassona, but a week and a half ago, the day after they heard the film had been selected for Cannes, Hassona was killed, along with nine members of her family. The director of "Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk" spoke to us in Perspective.

The curator of a new exhibition here in Paris on artificial intelligence has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the technology’s wonders, but also its dangers. The exhibition at the Musée du Jeu de Paume in the Tuileries Gardens in central Paris uses art to tell the story of AI through the ages, with a series of exhibits and artistic works. The exhibition also aims to show the distinction between analytical AI, such as facial recognition; and generative AI, which is more creative. We spoke to chief curator Antonio Somaini in Perspective.

The translator who has translated into French the latest collection of poems by the late US civil rights icon Maya Angelou has spoken to FRANCE 24 about the pressure of getting it right. Santiago Artozqui has just finished translating her collection entitled "I shall not be moved" in English and "Rien ne me fera plier" in French. He told us that Angelou "had a voice, had something to say and knew how to say it". He spoke to us in Perspective.

Does life on this planet belong in tidy, static categories? Or is it a dynamic swirl of complexities? That question is at the heart of a book that tackles the subject of every living thing. It centres on the differing arguments of two men from the 18th century: Swedish doctor and biologist Carl Linnaeus, who espoused the "tidy" theory; and French naturalist Georges Louis de Buffon, who had a more complex way of looking at things. The book explores the clash of their conflicting worldviews that has continued well after their deaths. The author of "Every Living Thing: The Great and Deadly Race to Know All Life", Jason Roberts, spoke to us in Perspective. His book has now been translated into French as "Tout ce qui vit et respire" or "Everything that lives and breathes".