Mapping the World Essentials

A crucial dilemma for Greenland: Mine their rich natural resources or concentrate on agriculture?

China uses the threat of a deadly drug to force America’s hand in international diplomacy.

How did the United Arab Emirates become influential on the world stage and a key player in the  the Middle East?

Could strengthened ties between France, Gemany and Poland be key for Europe's future defence?

On Sunday 8 December 2024, Syrians woke up to the news that Bashar Al Assad had fled the country.

Hundreds invested their savings into Swiss gold and were disappointed. Were did the gold go?

Report on a forgotten conflict between the M23 militia and DRC government troops.

Railway workers are worried as large-scale privatisation is planned by new president Javier Milei.

Whilst other European rail companies are gradually phasing out this mode of transport, ČD Night, a small Czech company, is trying to expand its network of sleeper carriages.

Qatar has long relied on football to increase its prestige, from buying French club Paris-Saint-Germain to sponsoring Barcelona. With TV rights selling for astronomical amounts, football is much more than just a sport.

After weeks of confinement to protect the Chinese capital from COVID-19, Beijing begins to glimpse the light at the end of the tunnel 

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.

With Putin's wars and Trump's return, Europe is forced to rethink its security and autonomy.

Hybrid warfare and new technologies are putting intelligence services under serious pressure worldwide.

In 2016, he was one of the main supporters of Brexit. Today, his credo is the fight against immigration.

Arson, sabotage and destabilisation operations: Russia has stepped up its covert activities on European soil.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

With growing incursions since the start of the war in Ukraine, the EU hopes to implement an anti-drone shield.

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

As the world heats up, cities around the world are responding to the challenges of climate change with fresh ideas.

The city of stars on the steppe is the largest space launch facility in the world and crucial to the Soviet space programme.

Loulou is the hilarious story of the unbreakable friendship between Loulou and her three best friends Alice, Marie and Max. Season 1 follows the four friends as they deal with her unplanned pregnancy. And when her child appears in season 2 it's just the beginning of Loulou’s travails.

A hunter, an activist and a tattoo artist:Three Greenlandic women talk about their pride in belonging to the Inuit people.