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The myth of Monaco: from a remote fishing village to one of the richest countries in the world.

Central and eastern Europeans tell their stories of how their countries were transformed into communist states after 1945.

How did Iran become the sworn enemy of Israel and the United States, despite being allies of Iran’s Shah in the 1970s? A look at shifting geopolitics and war in a troubled region.

Often underestimated or even ignored, the far-right threat now represents an imminent danger. 

Freedom and religion, capitalism and war: what American history teaches us about the country’s identity.

Abortion, firearms, police violence: American society seems more divided than ever.

Texas, a testing ground for the MAGA movement, is a bastion of conservatism and home to dynamic young companies.

After being crushed in Iraq and Syria, members of Islamic State reinforced their presence on the African continent.

José fled El Salvador after receiving death threats from local gangs and entered the USA illegally. From detention centre, to freedom, to his first job, a film crew follows José over several months as he tries to build his American Dream in a country increasingly hostile to migrants.

While the Red Army was advancing towards Berlin in 1944, Stalin was already planning to incorporate Eastern Europe into his sphere of influence.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania view the Ukraine war as a threat to their own security.

With Netanyahu’s government wanting to annex the West Bank entirely, how credible is the two-state solution?

In 1956 a miracle saves the finances of the micro-state: the glamourous American star Grace Kelly.

After the First World War, the Société des Bains de Mer is drowning in debt, while a revolt is brewing in Monaco.

The myth of Monaco: from a remote fishing village to one of the richest countries in the world.

Part 2 explores how the figure of the self-made man has contributed to the development of American-style capitalism.

Qatar, in little over a generation, has become one of the richest countries in the world. A focus on how the gulf state plans to reach new heights.

Ten years after the fall of Islamic State, the bells of the rebuilt churches are ringing again in Mosul.

 In the democratic-leaning city of Philadelphia, the birthplace of the nation, local people are firmly against Donald Trump’s whitewashing of American history.

Who is Kim Yo-jong? A focus on Kim Jong-un's little sister at a tense time in North Korea's relations with the West.