We look at reactions as Indians prepare to vote in mammoth elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hailed for having elevated India to the international stage, but criticised for curbing the rights of minorities.

In this week’s special edition of Access Asia, we focus on India as the country's record-breaking election gets under way. In the past few years, India's ranking in the World Press Freedom Index has plummeted.

Austrian police have arrested two young couples from Bavaria after they visited the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Officers took action when they saw a woman in the group performing a Nazi salute.

Every year, spear hunters kill hundreds of pilot whales on the Faroe Islands. Why do the residents of the island cling to this tradition?

In this Science segment, we look at how AI is attempting to complete unfinished or lost works by great artists like Klimt but also Beethoven, Schubert and Rembrandt. Scientists use all the information they can to train algorithms called "neural networks" to imitate the style of the artist or musician and guess the logical sequences. FRANCE 24's Julia Sieger tells us more.

Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized in New York following the overturning of his 2020 rape conviction by the New York Court of Appeals. According to his attorney, Arthur Aidala, Weinstein was admitted to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan for a series of tests.