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Platforms like TikTok have become a marketplace for traffickers and people smugglers. They lure people here with supposedly safe passages and seemingly lucrative jobs. How has social media changed the illegal business?

Microcredits for the world's poor have long been considered the ideal way to combat poverty. But this film documents a bleak scenario -- in which microcredits have destroyed entire families. Over-indebtedness has driven some recipients to suicide.

Platforms like TikTok have become a marketplace for traffickers and people smugglers. They lure people here with supposedly safe passages and seemingly lucrative jobs. How has social media changed the illegal business?

REV puts the new Dacia Duster to the test. Innovations are helping Kenya address air pollution from the transport sector. And oil-rich Venezuela imports low-quality fuel from Iran, and it can cause vehicles to explode.

For thousands of years, the inhabitants of the Brazilian rainforest have been using medicinal plants. But this knowledge is in danger of disappearing. Leticia Yawanawa has an ambitious plan: she wants to preserve herbal medicine for posterity.

Platforms like TikTok have become a marketplace for traffickers and people smugglers. They lure people here with supposedly safe passages and seemingly lucrative jobs. How has social media changed the illegal business?

In Germany, five kilograms of berries are eaten per capita every year. And the trend is rising. The German harvest can‘t meet this demand and that's why many berries are imported. From places where their cultivation is bad news for both people and for nature itself.

It's both a challenge and a great opportunity for this East German city of 250,000 inhabitants. Chemnitz, named "Karl Marx City" when it was part of the GDR, was once a flourishing industrial center. But since the Berlin Wall fell, it has repeatedly made headlines because of right-wing extremist protests along with racist and xenophobic attacks.

In this episode, host Pamela Mtanga is learning everything about organic farming at Farmhouse58 in Johannesburg. Plus, the most stylish socks in the world, the five Must-Do's in Lagos, talking jerrycans.

Platforms like TikTok have become a marketplace for traffickers and people smugglers. They lure people here with supposedly safe passages and seemingly lucrative jobs. How has social media changed the illegal business?

REV puts the new Dacia Duster to the test. Innovations are helping Kenya address air pollution from the transport sector. And oil-rich Venezuela imports low-quality fuel from Iran, and it can cause vehicles to explode.

In India, Varanasi is considered a holy city. Millions of Hindus believe that people who die here, in this city on the Ganges, are lucky. Because if they are cremated here, they can break the eternal cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

How a young ecologist is helping to protect one of Europe's wildest forests / Why earthworms are key allies in helping forests adapt to climate change / How beavers help boost biodiversity / Why ancient trees are superstars at storing CO2.

REV puts the new Dacia Duster to the test. Innovations are helping Kenya address air pollution from the transport sector. And oil-rich Venezuela imports low-quality fuel from Iran, and it can cause vehicles to explode.

In Germany, five kilograms of berries are eaten per capita every year. And the trend is rising. The German harvest can‘t meet this demand and that's why many berries are imported. From places where their cultivation is bad news for both people and for nature itself.

Tooth decay, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, joint pain—a scientific review of studies says a whopping 45 negative health outcomes can come from eating too much sugar! But how much is too much? And how can we wean ourselves off the sweet stuff?

In Germany, five kilograms of berries are eaten per capita every year. And the trend is rising. The German harvest can‘t meet this demand and that's why many berries are imported. From places where their cultivation is bad news for both people and for nature itself.

How a young ecologist is helping to protect one of Europe's wildest forests / Why earthworms are key allies in helping forests adapt to climate change / How beavers help boost biodiversity / Why ancient trees are superstars at storing CO2.

Platforms like TikTok have become a marketplace for traffickers and people smugglers. They lure people here with supposedly safe passages and seemingly lucrative jobs. How has social media changed the illegal business?

Platforms like TikTok have become a marketplace for traffickers and people smugglers. They lure people here with supposedly safe passages and seemingly lucrative jobs. How has social media changed the illegal business?

In India, Varanasi is considered a holy city. Millions of Hindus believe that people who die here, in this city on the Ganges, are lucky. Because if they are cremated here, they can break the eternal cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

‘Never again' was the motto in Germany after 1945. This film shows how this commitment became a pillar of society. What measures are needed today to defend humanist values and preserve democratic achievements?

How a young ecologist is helping to protect one of Europe's wildest forests / Why earthworms are key allies in helping forests adapt to climate change / How beavers help boost biodiversity / Why ancient trees are superstars at storing CO2.

In India, Varanasi is considered a holy city. Millions of Hindus believe that people who die here, in this city on the Ganges, are lucky. Because if they are cremated here, they can break the eternal cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

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.

In this episode, host Pamela Mtanga is learning everything about organic farming at Farmhouse58 in Johannesburg. Plus, the most stylish socks in the world, the five Must-Do's in Lagos, talking jerrycans.

In India, Varanasi is considered a holy city. Millions of Hindus believe that people who die here, in this city on the Ganges, are lucky. Because if they are cremated here, they can break the eternal cycle of birth, death and rebirth.

In Germany, five kilograms of berries are eaten per capita every year. And the trend is rising. The German harvest can‘t meet this demand and that's why many berries are imported. From places where their cultivation is bad news for both people and for nature itself.

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.

Burns, strangulation, broken bones. The list of signs of torture is long and can be seen on some 27,000 photos showing dead Syrian civilians. The man who smuggled the photos out of the country calls himself "Caesar”.

REV puts the new Dacia Duster to the test. Innovations are helping Kenya address air pollution from the transport sector. And oil-rich Venezuela imports low-quality fuel from Iran, and it can cause vehicles to explode.

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.

Burns, strangulation, broken bones. The list of signs of torture is long and can be seen on some 27,000 photos showing dead Syrian civilians. The man who smuggled the photos out of the country calls himself "Caesar”.

In Germany, five kilograms of berries are eaten per capita every year. And the trend is rising. The German harvest can‘t meet this demand and that's why many berries are imported. From places where their cultivation is bad news for both people and for nature itself.

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.

How a young ecologist is helping to protect one of Europe's wildest forests / Why earthworms are key allies in helping forests adapt to climate change / How beavers help boost biodiversity / Why ancient trees are superstars at storing CO2.

Tooth decay, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, joint pain—a scientific review of studies says a whopping 45 negative health outcomes can come from eating too much sugar! But how much is too much? And how can we wean ourselves off the sweet stuff?

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.

Platforms like TikTok have become a marketplace for traffickers and people smugglers. They lure people here with supposedly safe passages and seemingly lucrative jobs. How has social media changed the illegal business?