Cryptocurrency has become a global phenomenon in recent years. More mainstream financial institutions are now embracing crypto assets, while two countries have adopted Bitcoin as legal tender. But there are many concerns around the technology and its capacity to disrupt traditional financial systems, even as Russia's war in Ukraine has highlighted its potential as a geopolitical tool. Sean Lee, senior advisor at the Crypto Council for Innovation joins Kate Moody to talk about the future of cryptocurrencies.

Swarnalatha Reddi moved to Chennai, India’s automotive hub, to work in Mahindra’s R&D division. The young engineer is hoping to help Mahindra make the move to electromobility.

Kim Kardashian is to pay $1.26 million for "unlawfully touting" cryptocurrency and breaking the rules set out by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The exiled Iranian is one of the world's most important artists, whose works also cover women's rights in Iran. She speaks about her new film "Land of Dreams" and the situation in Iran.

In Cuba, the socialist project begun by revolutionary hero and former president Fidel Castro is teetering on the verge of failure.

A recent policy change has the US turning Venezuelan asylum-seekers away at land borders, although officials say a limited "parole program" will help. As rights groups decry the change, Venezuelans are stuck in limbo.

Talking Europe speaks to Eamon Ryan, the leader of the Irish Green Party and minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport in the current coalition government in Dublin. We caught up with him after he attended a signing ceremony for the Celtic Interconnector, a project that will link the electricity grids of Ireland and France for the first time.

The EU is picking up speed with climate protection regulations. For imports from abroad, a carbon tax will soon be introduced. But poorer countries could be unfairly disadvantaged by this.

100 years ago, prices in Germany were soaring by 50% each month, a loaf of bread cost millions of mark. How did the young republic rein in inflation?

FRANCE 24 spoke to Hamed Esmaeilion as to why he believes the Iranian authorities intentionally “sacrificed” the 176 passengers of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 shot down on January 8, 2020. Esmaeilion told Marc Perelman why the ongoing protests in Iran “can't be silenced and will continue until the end of the Islamic regime”.

Award-winning French journalist Samuel Forey joins us for Perspective to discuss his newly-released book, which retraces six years of reporting from the Middle East. He tells us more about why he decided to become a war reporter and also reacts to the devastating twin earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Iranian authorities brutally cracked down on demonstrations in recent months. But even though the wave of protests has subsided, the spark of resistance is still growing in Iranian society.