TV Programm für Deutsche Welle (Engl) am 21.01.2026

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It's an adventurous journey into a remote and fascinating world: in the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, expensive delicacies thrive, atolls appear to be on the brink of disappearing, and a massive nuclear waste site is at risk of bursting.

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An European biotech company is developing a lab-grown alternative to one of the world's most ubiquitous and controversial ingredients: palm oil. But this oil is made from fermented yeast -- and doesn't drive deforestation and loss of wildlife. Does this small company have the potential to disrupt a growing, $70 billion industry?

Communities in Ghana name environment chiefs to fight climate change; plus Mali's motorcycles go electric and sculptures in Zimbabwe help boost conservation.

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Climate extremes ranging from flooding to destructive heat waves are destroying farmland in Pakistan, threatening long-term food shortages. But climate-smart agriculture can help adapt to these changes.

While epidemics threaten farms, labs and breweries are making meat substitutes. Plus: sober bars in New York, gold prospectors in China and tokenization.

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An European biotech company is developing a lab-grown alternative to one of the world's most ubiquitous and controversial ingredients: palm oil. But this oil is made from fermented yeast -- and doesn't drive deforestation and loss of wildlife. Does this small company have the potential to disrupt a growing, $70 billion industry?

Our lives, livelihoods and much more depend on water. Floods, water scarcity and pollution all impact us. How do we best manage this precious resource?

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"Everyone who survived has a story that you simply can't believe." Charlotte Knobloch survived the Holocaust - because farmer's wife Kreszentia Hummel passed her off as her own, illegitimate child and kept her hidden on her farm.

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An European biotech company is developing a lab-grown alternative to one of the world's most ubiquitous and controversial ingredients: palm oil. But this oil is made from fermented yeast -- and doesn't drive deforestation and loss of wildlife. Does this small company have the potential to disrupt a growing, $70 billion industry?

Greenland should become part of the United States - at least, that's the opinion of US President Donald Trump. Talk of the US acquiring, or perhaps even seizing, the world's largest island with its vast mineral wealth has been causing concern not only among Greenlanders.

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More and more city dwellers are collecting food in the asphalt jungle. They harvest herbs by the roadside and grow wild vegetables in cracks in the concrete. For these modern foragers and hunters, the food is free, tasty and more varied than in the supermarket.

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Microplastics in food and water, chemicals in canned goods, pesticides on fruits and vegetables - what do these substances do to our bodies? In Good Shape uncovers the hidden health risks.

This week on the 77 Percent, we explore the obsession with the "perfect body" on the African continent. From social media pressure and celebrity influence to personal struggle, we travel to Nigeria to meet a young woman chasing an ideal image, head to South Africa to unpack body dysmorphia in the queer community, and end in the gym, inside the demanding world of bodybuilding.

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An European biotech company is developing a lab-grown alternative to one of the world's most ubiquitous and controversial ingredients: palm oil. But this oil is made from fermented yeast -- and doesn't drive deforestation and loss of wildlife. Does this small company have the potential to disrupt a growing, $70 billion industry?

"Everyone who survived has a story that you simply can't believe." Charlotte Knobloch survived the Holocaust - because farmer's wife Kreszentia Hummel passed her off as her own, illegitimate child and kept her hidden on her farm.

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While epidemics threaten farms, labs and breweries are making meat substitutes. Plus: sober bars in New York, gold prospectors in China and tokenization.

An European biotech company is developing a lab-grown alternative to one of the world's most ubiquitous and controversial ingredients: palm oil. But this oil is made from fermented yeast -- and doesn't drive deforestation and loss of wildlife. Does this small company have the potential to disrupt a growing, $70 billion industry?

Ukraine: In the "Steppe Wolves" unit, older volunteers support troops on the frontlines. +++ In Italy, Arianna Sacripante and Giorgio Minisini aim to redefine the sport of synchronized swimming.

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Who was Leni Riefenstahl? Was she a highly accomplished and innovative artist, or an unscrupulous confidante of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime? How do we evaluate her work: as art or as propaganda?

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Nearly all of Latin America's crises have been shaped by the United States. In the 1980s, the US supported anti-communist forces in Nicaragua and the controversial strongman Manuel Noriega in Panama.

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While epidemics threaten farms, labs and breweries are making meat substitutes. Plus: sober bars in New York, gold prospectors in China and tokenization.

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An European biotech company is developing a lab-grown alternative to one of the world's most ubiquitous and controversial ingredients: palm oil. But this oil is made from fermented yeast -- and doesn't drive deforestation and loss of wildlife. Does this small company have the potential to disrupt a growing, $70 billion industry?

Our lives, livelihoods and much more depend on water. Floods, water scarcity and pollution all impact us. How do we best manage this precious resource?