TV Programm für Deutsche Welle (Engl) am 20.04.2024

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Like many fathers, street artist Alex Face is worried about his daughter's future in Thailand. Bangkok might be under water soon - a fate faced by other cities. Alex's graffiti is a call to action. And city planners are transforming their surroundings into landscapes that fight floods. Street artist Alex Face sprays the truth on walls: his daughter standing knee-deep in water.

Lifestyle Europe

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Visually impaired people can play and enjoy football. But do they get enough support? Germany's women's blind football team is still fighting for recognition and funding. They were only able to attend the World Championship in Birmingham through a crowd-funding campaign. The reigning European Champions, led by star player Thoya Küster, aim to impress at the tournament.

Africa

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Around the world, cities keep growing, creating gridlock, crowded sidewalks and failing infrastructure. Despite the crowds, loneliness is a problem, too. Learn how smart tech can improve the quality of urban life.

What does it take to be a fighter? This episode is about pushing your physical boundaries. We meet Nigerian kickboxing champion Jibrin Inuwa Baba, who takes us into the world of traditional Dambe boxing. We look at boxing and mixed martial arts around Africa. We find out how athletes with disabilities conquer their game and the 77 Percent's Okeri Ngutjinazo takes on a challenge of her own.

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The gap between rich and poor continues to widen in many developed nations. The result: more and more people are finding themselves homeless, with women making up the fastest growing affected group.

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This time, presenter Bello Dlamini-Gama visits Eswatini's primary arts and culture hub Malandela's Lifestyle Centre. Plus, fighting crime with art, weaving the past and the present and customized cakes too pretty to eat.

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Around the world, cities keep growing, creating gridlock, crowded sidewalks and failing infrastructure. Despite the crowds, loneliness is a problem, too. Learn how smart tech can improve the quality of urban life.

Tim Sebastian interviews Krišjanis Karinš, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. (First aired March 20 2024)

This documentary takes a look behind the scenes at Mexico's drug mafia. Along the way, it uncovers a dangerous yet often-overlooked group of actors - the lawyers. What role do they play in the cartel system?

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Visually impaired people can play and enjoy football. But do they get enough support? Germany's women's blind football team is still fighting for recognition and funding. They were only able to attend the World Championship in Birmingham through a crowd-funding campaign. The reigning European Champions, led by star player Thoya Küster, aim to impress at the tournament.

How nutritious are algae? How bad for your health are energy drinks and soft drinks? How did spider eyes evolve? Can snakes act as warning sensors for impending earthquakes? How can we make old buildings more earthquake-proof?

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"At last I feel at home in my body!" These are Robin's first words after the mastectomy, a complex operation to remove female breasts. "A total liberation," says Robin, who is clearly over the moon.

An allergy is a reaction to something that's normally harmless like pollen, animal fur or eggs. What explains the hypersensitivity? And what's behind the worldwide increase in allergies? Can we do anything to protect against them?

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Lifestyle Europe

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Visually impaired people can play and enjoy football. But do they get enough support? Germany's women's blind football team is still fighting for recognition and funding. They were only able to attend the World Championship in Birmingham through a crowd-funding campaign. The reigning European Champions, led by star player Thoya Küster, aim to impress at the tournament.

The gap between rich and poor continues to widen in many developed nations. The result: more and more people are finding themselves homeless, with women making up the fastest growing affected group.