TV Programm für Deutsche Welle (Engl) am 17.11.2025

On Location

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While heat and drought reduce the groundwater in many places, water consumption continues to rise. Is it possible to reverse this global trend by using water more sparingly in households, industry, and agriculture?

This time it's all about mosquitos! We travel to restored peatlands in Germany, where researchers are studying populations of different species, and look behind the scenes in labs studying the insects.

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Online radicalization is splitting whole societies. Many blame social media and AI algorithms. Are these platforms becoming a danger to democracy itself?

A new generation of environmental journalists is making a difference in Ghana. Also: saving Uganda's gorillas and endangered seabirds in South Africa and Norway.

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Eight years after Mugabe's fall, Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe is haunted by repression, fear, and division. Is the opposition failing, or is the ruling party too ruthless to be challenged?

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Online radicalization is splitting whole societies. Many blame social media and AI algorithms. Are these platforms becoming a danger to democracy itself?

On Location

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Tradition, chaos, constant upheaval: This is Istanbul. Some 16 million people live in this crowded city on the Bosporus. For many, it is a center of creativity. For others, a place that swallows them up.

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A new generation of environmental journalists is making a difference in Ghana. Also: saving Uganda's gorillas and endangered seabirds in South Africa and Norway.

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The Nuremberg trials started 80 years ago and marked a milestone in the establishment of international law. The images of high-ranking Nazis in the dock are seared into our collective memory.

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Threats of so called "de-dollarization" have been bubbling up for years. Whether its Trump's tariffs, the US's aggressive sanctions regime or monetary policy -- all have been used by governments around the world to float the idea of moving away from the Greenback. But how realistic is this plan, really?

Could Africa's greatest opportunity come from a funding crisis? As USAID pulls back, the stage is set for a high-stakes debate at the Human Rights Festival. Join us at the DW 77 Percent Street Debate, where bright young minds will discuss whether the continent will become less dependent on American aid funding and instead work towards self-sufficiency.

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This time it's all about mosquitos! We travel to restored peatlands in Germany, where researchers are studying populations of different species, and look behind the scenes in labs studying the insects.

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Tradition, chaos, constant upheaval: This is Istanbul. Some 16 million people live in this crowded city on the Bosporus. For many, it is a center of creativity. For others, a place that swallows them up.

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Threats of so called "de-dollarization" have been bubbling up for years. Whether its Trump's tariffs, the US's aggressive sanctions regime or monetary policy -- all have been used by governments around the world to float the idea of moving away from the Greenback. But how realistic is this plan, really?

In 1961, Hannah Arendt attended the trial of Adolf Eichmann, Nazi bureaucrat of the Holocaust and saw in him the "banality of evil." And a new novel asks how right-wing hatred arises. Stories of guilt and silence.

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The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close up" is informative, gripping and visually powerful.

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This episode of Afrimaxx celebrates bold African artistry. From optical illusions with host Meling Balloo in Mauritius to coffee culture with Esther Atieno in Kenya. In Nigeria, the Loud Urban Choir is redefining choral music.

Eight years after Mugabe's fall, Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe is haunted by repression, fear, and division. Is the opposition failing, or is the ruling party too ruthless to be challenged?

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News in Review

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Threats of so called "de-dollarization" have been bubbling up for years. Whether its Trump's tariffs, the US's aggressive sanctions regime or monetary policy -- all have been used by governments around the world to float the idea of moving away from the Greenback. But how realistic is this plan, really?

Tradition, chaos, constant upheaval: This is Istanbul. Some 16 million people live in this crowded city on the Bosporus. For many, it is a center of creativity. For others, a place that swallows them up.

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News in Review

While heat and drought reduce the groundwater in many places, water consumption continues to rise. Is it possible to reverse this global trend by using water more sparingly in households, industry, and agriculture?

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Threats of so called "de-dollarization" have been bubbling up for years. Whether its Trump's tariffs, the US's aggressive sanctions regime or monetary policy -- all have been used by governments around the world to float the idea of moving away from the Greenback. But how realistic is this plan, really?

The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close up" is informative, gripping and visually powerful.

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News in Review

A new generation of environmental journalists is making a difference in Ghana. Also: saving Uganda's gorillas and endangered seabirds in South Africa and Norway.

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Queer people who live in rural areas and come out often face major challenges. While the LGBTQ+ community has battled to secure its place in urban centers, out in the provinces, worlds frequently collide.

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Malta's hand-painted buses, each one unique, once ferried locals and tourists alike. Now few remain, lovingly restored by specialist coachbuilders. We also ride with police on speed patrol and test the VinFast VF 6.

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Threats of so called "de-dollarization" have been bubbling up for years. Whether its Trump's tariffs, the US's aggressive sanctions regime or monetary policy -- all have been used by governments around the world to float the idea of moving away from the Greenback. But how realistic is this plan, really?

The weekly half-hour program delivers in-depth reporting on topical political issues and newsworthy events. Revealing the story behind the stories, "Close up" is informative, gripping and visually powerful.