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The 77 Percent
This week: Ghanian students plan the 77 Percent show on sustainable cities. We head to Accra to meet residents frustrated by the city’s sanitation. We experience how traffic jams hinder progress for schoolchildren, and debate how better urban planning can shape Ghana’s growing cities. In Uganda, we ride an eco-friendly bus, and finally, we meet Accra’s Buzstopboys, who keep the streets tidy.
Mapped Out
Kaliningrad is Russia's military stronghold surrounded by NATO states. Now it seems to have become a launchpad for Russian hybrid warfare operations in the Baltic Sea. Could it be a flashpoint for future tensions?
DocFilm
Major chocolate manufacturers have pledged to combat and eliminate child labor. They made this commitment more than 20 years ago. But even today, more than a million minors are still working on cocoa plantations. How is this possible?
Conflict Zone
Sarah Kelly interviews Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuanian Defense Minister.
Mapped Out
Kaliningrad is Russia's military stronghold surrounded by NATO states. Now it seems to have become a launchpad for Russian hybrid warfare operations in the Baltic Sea. Could it be a flashpoint for future tensions?
Focus on Europe
Opposition politician Peter Magyar is leading the polls in Hungary. A spirit of optimism prevails in the country. +++ In Glasgow, Scotland, a pediatric clinic uses computer games - to help.
Arts Unveiled
Which is currently a greater threat to the world of books: Being banned, or being replaced by AI? Arts Unveiled looks into the challenges faced by authors and illustrators, amongst others. Also: a visit to a pixel forest made up of 3,000 LED lights.
DocFilm
In April 1943, the first armed uprising against the Nazi occupiers breaks out, in the Warsaw Ghetto. Borne out of desperation and bound to fail, the revolt becomes one of the key events of World War Two.
Made in Germany
How much does US tariff policy impact car exports? Can the EU replace trade with the US by shifting to Asia? How is building sustainably progressing in India and Germany? And how is Medellín transforming: textiles and tourism instead of drugs?
Mapped Out
Kaliningrad is Russia's military stronghold surrounded by NATO states. Now it seems to have become a launchpad for Russian hybrid warfare operations in the Baltic Sea. Could it be a flashpoint for future tensions?
Conflict Zone
Sarah Kelly interviews Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuanian Defense Minister.
DocFilm
In April 1943, the first armed uprising against the Nazi occupiers breaks out, in the Warsaw Ghetto. Borne out of desperation and bound to fail, the revolt becomes one of the key events of World War Two.
Focus on Europe
Opposition politician Peter Magyar is leading the polls in Hungary. A spirit of optimism prevails in the country. +++ In Glasgow, Scotland, a pediatric clinic uses computer games - to help.
Mapped Out
Kaliningrad is Russia's military stronghold surrounded by NATO states. Now it seems to have become a launchpad for Russian hybrid warfare operations in the Baltic Sea. Could it be a flashpoint for future tensions?
Made in Germany
How much does US tariff policy impact car exports? Can the EU replace trade with the US by shifting to Asia? How is building sustainably progressing in India and Germany? And how is Medellín transforming: textiles and tourism instead of drugs?
Focus on Europe
Opposition politician Peter Magyar is leading the polls in Hungary. A spirit of optimism prevails in the country. +++ In Glasgow, Scotland, a pediatric clinic uses computer games - to help.
Conflict Zone
Sarah Kelly interviews Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuanian Defense Minister.
DocFilm
Ten of the world's fastest growing economies are located on the African continent. Companies in the field of science and innovation are being promoted. Climate-friendly ideas for the future are already being realized in African countries.
Eco India
With more and more people living in cities, how can we improve life in urban areas, ensure food security and ease the burden on the environment? From community and rooftop farms, to cave dwellings and clean air projects in India, Bangladesh and Spain.
Focus on Europe
Opposition politician Peter Magyar is leading the polls in Hungary. A spirit of optimism prevails in the country. +++ In Glasgow, Scotland, a pediatric clinic uses computer games - to help.
DocFilm
Major chocolate manufacturers have pledged to combat and eliminate child labor. They made this commitment more than 20 years ago. But even today, more than a million minors are still working on cocoa plantations. How is this possible?
REV
German co-driver Timo Gottschalk has won the Dakar Rally twice. First in 2011, alongside Nasser Al-Attiyah, and more recently in 2025, with Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Of his 17 starts at the event, Gottschalk has only two wins to show for them. As he says though, winning the Dakar isn’t easy, and requires luck. And total commitment to the art of co-driving.
Conflict Zone
Sarah Kelly interviews Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuanian Defense Minister.
Focus on Europe
Opposition politician Peter Magyar is leading the polls in Hungary. A spirit of optimism prevails in the country. +++ In Glasgow, Scotland, a pediatric clinic uses computer games - to help.
In Good Shape
Mental health problems in professional football. A taboo to be broken. Plus: how a working mother and German university students are improving their well-being and beating depression and burnout. And why psychotherapy can help improve eczema.
DocFilm
Ten of the world's fastest growing economies are located on the African continent. Companies in the field of science and innovation are being promoted. Climate-friendly ideas for the future are already being realized in African countries.
REV
German co-driver Timo Gottschalk has won the Dakar Rally twice. First in 2011, alongside Nasser Al-Attiyah, and more recently in 2025, with Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Of his 17 starts at the event, Gottschalk has only two wins to show for them. As he says though, winning the Dakar isn’t easy, and requires luck. And total commitment to the art of co-driving.
Conflict Zone
Sarah Kelly interviews Dovile Sakaliene, Lithuanian Defense Minister.
Made in Germany
How much does US tariff policy impact car exports? Can the EU replace trade with the US by shifting to Asia? How is building sustainably progressing in India and Germany? And how is Medellín transforming: textiles and tourism instead of drugs?
DocFilm
For years, Sofia suffered from eating disorders and depression. By talking openly about the issue, she hopes to help others.
REV
German co-driver Timo Gottschalk has won the Dakar Rally twice. First in 2011, alongside Nasser Al-Attiyah, and more recently in 2025, with Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Of his 17 starts at the event, Gottschalk has only two wins to show for them. As he says though, winning the Dakar isn’t easy, and requires luck. And total commitment to the art of co-driving.
DocFilm
Ten of the world's fastest growing economies are located on the African continent. Companies in the field of science and innovation are being promoted. Climate-friendly ideas for the future are already being realized in African countries.
DocFilm
For years, Sofia suffered from eating disorders and depression. By talking openly about the issue, she hopes to help others.
REV
German co-driver Timo Gottschalk has won the Dakar Rally twice. First in 2011, alongside Nasser Al-Attiyah, and more recently in 2025, with Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Of his 17 starts at the event, Gottschalk has only two wins to show for them. As he says though, winning the Dakar isn’t easy, and requires luck. And total commitment to the art of co-driving.
Best of DW Podcasts
Select DW podcasts enrich the program with current analyses of world politics and its influence on our daily lives. There will also be space in the program for lively discussions about social standards and taboos.
DocFilm
For years, Sofia suffered from eating disorders and depression. By talking openly about the issue, she hopes to help others.
DocFilm
It’s the smallest and most mysterious army in the world: the Pontifical Swiss Guard. The film accompanies these men of faith and combat, from their recruitment in Switzerland to their military training in the heart of the Vatican.
Focus on Europe
Opposition politician Peter Magyar is leading the polls in Hungary. A spirit of optimism prevails in the country. +++ In Glasgow, Scotland, a pediatric clinic uses computer games - to help.
REV
German co-driver Timo Gottschalk has won the Dakar Rally twice. First in 2011, alongside Nasser Al-Attiyah, and more recently in 2025, with Saudi Arabian driver Yazeed Al-Rajhi. Of his 17 starts at the event, Gottschalk has only two wins to show for them. As he says though, winning the Dakar isn’t easy, and requires luck. And total commitment to the art of co-driving.
Made in Germany
How much does US tariff policy impact car exports? Can the EU replace trade with the US by shifting to Asia? How is building sustainably progressing in India and Germany? And how is Medellín transforming: textiles and tourism instead of drugs?