2026-02-16 00:00 DW News 00:15 Choices - Dare to dream Avanti, an architecture student turned aspiring pastry chef, faces skepticism from her parents. Can she prove herself in the baking world? With Pooja Dhingra, India's Macaron Queen, as her guide, Avanti takes on challenges that test more than just her tastebuds. Will she rise to the challenge and make her baking dreams a reality? 00:30 Arts Unveiled: Experiencing and understanding the art world 01:00 DW News 01:15 Reporter DW 01:30 Afrimaxx 02:00 DW News 02:15 Sports Life 02:30 Euromaxx 03:00 DW News 03:15 Shift 03:30 REV 04:00 DW News 04:15 Dear Beautiful Beloved - Part 1 They evacuate elderly and sick people, set up medical stations and organize escape routes. New structures of protection, security and dignity are emerging in Ukraine, while war shapes everyday life. 05:00 DW News 05:15 Sports Life 05:30 DW News 06:00 DW News 06:15 Reporter DW 06:30 Tomorrow Today Shrinking shrews, crows that develop relationships with humans, and why we'll never be able to fly like birds. Animals can do incredible things, but they can also carry pandemic-causing pathogens. 07:00 DW News 07:02 Afrimaxx 07:30 Best of DW Vodcasts 08:00 DW News 08:15 Reporter DW 08:30 REV 09:00 DW News 09:02 Euromaxx 09:30 Global 3000 10:00 DW News 10:15 Nord-Ostsee-Kanal - Lotsen, Lasten und Verfall 10:45 Reporter DW 11:00 DW News 11:02 Eco India 11:30 In Good Shape Health, strength and a long life — can extra vitamins really deliver? In Good Shape takes a closer look at popular pills like zinc and vitamin C, and uncovers what research really says. 12:00 DW News 12:15 Sports Life 12:30 Euromaxx 13:00 DW News 13:15 Global 3000 13:45 Reporter DW 14:00 DW News 14:02 Nord-Ostsee-Kanal - Lotsen, Lasten und Verfall 14:30 Tomorrow Today Shrinking shrews, crows that develop relationships with humans, and why we'll never be able to fly like birds. Animals can do incredible things, but they can also carry pandemic-causing pathogens. 15:00 DW News 15:15 Shift 15:30 Eco Africa 16:00 DW News 16:15 Invasive Pilze - Lena Ganschow und die neue Bedrohung 17:00 DW News 17:15 Asia 2050 Each year, Asia contributes to emissions by constructing towers from concrete, timber, and steel, exacerbating the planet's decline and the increasing unpredictability of our climate. However, on the tropical island of Bali, a collective of designers, craftsmen, and social entrepreneurs is working with indigenous communities in what is known as a restorative economy. 17:30 Best of DW Vodcasts 18:00 DW News 18:15 Dear Beautiful Beloved - Part 1 They evacuate elderly and sick people, set up medical stations and organize escape routes. New structures of protection, security and dignity are emerging in Ukraine, while war shapes everyday life. 19:00 DW News 19:15 Her - Women in Asia What role do traditions play in women's lives? Is it important to move away from one's roots to lead an independent, self-determined life? Or is it more that the roots themselves provide a secure basis to move ahead? Three women from different Asian countries share their stories on what roots and tradition mean to them. HER sheds a light on how traditions and roots can have such different meanings 19:30 Eco Africa 20:00 DW News 20:15 Choices - Dare to dream Ketan, an e-commerce stylist, craves more than his corporate role after graduating from fashion school. With dreams of Parisian fashion shows and dressing A-list celebrities, he seeks guidance from renowned designer Payal Singhal. In this episode, Payal tests Ketan's potential and boundaries, pushing him to turn his fashion dreams into reality. 20:30 Global 3000 21:00 DW News 21:15 Invasive Pilze - Lena Ganschow und die neue Bedrohung 22:00 DW News 22:15 Best of DW-online Content 22:30 The 77 Percent From the waves of Robertsport to the roads of East Africa, this episode crosses borders. We ask why it's so hard to move within Africa, follow a truck driver on the Northern Corridor, and discover Seychelles' Creole culture. 23:00 DW News 23:15 Ultralibéralisme et dictature au Vietnam : le nouveau pays modèle du communisme Entre plages paradisiaques et montagnes verdoyantes, le Vietnam devient une destination prisée Mais derrière cette vitrine, des inégalités criantes subsistent.
2026-02-17 00:00 DW News 00:15 Best of DW-online Content 00:30 Global 3000 01:00 DW News 01:15 Dear Beautiful Beloved - Part 1 They evacuate elderly and sick people, set up medical stations and organize escape routes. New structures of protection, security and dignity are emerging in Ukraine, while war shapes everyday life. 02:00 DW News 02:15 Best of DW-online Content 02:30 Arts Unveiled: Experiencing and understanding the art world 03:00 DW News 03:30 Close up: The Current Affairs Documentary 04:00 DW News 04:02 Afrimaxx 04:30 Best of DW Vodcasts 05:00 DW News 05:30 The Day 06:00 DW News 06:02 Best of DW-online Content 06:15 Dear Beautiful Beloved - Part 1 They evacuate elderly and sick people, set up medical stations and organize escape routes. New structures of protection, security and dignity are emerging in Ukraine, while war shapes everyday life. 07:00 DW News 07:02 The Day 07:30 Nord-Ostsee-Kanal - Lotsen, Lasten und Verfall 08:00 DW News 08:15 Best of DW-online Content 08:30 Close up: The Current Affairs Documentary 09:00 DW News 09:02 The Day 09:30 Eco Africa Creative ways of dealing with a non-native tree in East Africa. Plus: a once homeless Kenyan man sheltering sick birds and an avian solution to air strikes. 10:00 DW News 10:15 Des mines vertes, une solution à la crise climatique ? 11:00 DW News 11:02 The Day 11:30 REV 12:00 DW News 12:15 The Dip PolyMarket is the new hottest platform for betting on real world events. Olympic sports? Bet on it! Whether Fed Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will lower rates? Bet on it! Whether the US will strike Iran by the end of the week? Bet on it! Real money is on the line, and there are serious security and corruption risks with this level of anonymized betting. 12:30 Close up: The Current Affairs Documentary 13:00 DW News 13:15 Des mines vertes, une solution à la crise climatique ? 14:00 DW News 14:02 The Day 14:30 Eco India A clean air campaigner and entrepreneur healing degraded land in Uttarakhand. Plus: pinpointing polluters with the aid of AI and tackling single use plastic. 15:00 DW News 15:15 The Dip PolyMarket is the new hottest platform for betting on real world events. Olympic sports? Bet on it! Whether Fed Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will lower rates? Bet on it! Whether the US will strike Iran by the end of the week? Bet on it! Real money is on the line, and there are serious security and corruption risks with this level of anonymized betting. 15:30 Arts Unveiled: Experiencing and understanding the art world Which is a bigger threat to the world of books: being banned or being replaced by AI? Arts Unveiled explores the challenges that authors and illustrators face. Also, a visit to a pixel forest made up of 3,000 LED lights. 16:00 DW News 16:15 Dear Beautiful Beloved - Part 1 They evacuate elderly and sick people, set up medical stations and organize escape routes. New structures of protection, security and dignity are emerging in Ukraine, while war shapes everyday life. 17:00 DW News 17:15 Choices - Dare to dream Ketan, an e-commerce stylist, craves more than his corporate role after graduating from fashion school. With dreams of Parisian fashion shows and dressing A-list celebrities, he seeks guidance from renowned designer Payal Singhal. In this episode, Payal tests Ketan's potential and boundaries, pushing him to turn his fashion dreams into reality. 17:30 Eco Africa Creative ways of dealing with a non-native tree in East Africa. Plus: a once homeless Kenyan man sheltering sick birds and an avian solution to air strikes. 18:00 DW News 18:15 Close up: The Current Affairs Documentary 18:45 Reporter DW 19:00 DW News 19:15 Asia 2050 Each year, Asia contributes to emissions by constructing towers from concrete, timber, and steel, exacerbating the planet's decline and the increasing unpredictability of our climate. However, on the tropical island of Bali, a collective of designers, craftsmen, and social entrepreneurs is working with indigenous communities in what is known as a restorative economy. 19:30 Tomorrow Today Shrinking shrews, crows that develop relationships with humans, and why we'll never be able to fly like birds. Animals can do incredible things, but they can also carry pandemic-causing pathogens. 20:00 DW News 20:15 Ultralibéralisme et dictature au Vietnam : le nouveau pays modèle du communisme Entre plages paradisiaques et montagnes verdoyantes, le Vietnam devient une destination prisée Mais derrière cette vitrine, des inégalités criantes subsistent. 21:00 DW News 21:15 Close up: The Current Affairs Documentary 21:45 Shift Online radicalization is splitting societies. Many blame social media and AI algorithms. Are these platforms becoming a danger to democracy itself? 22:00 DW News 22:15 Interview 22:30 Eco India A clean air campaigner and entrepreneur healing degraded land in Uttarakhand. Plus: pinpointing polluters with the aid of AI and tackling single use plastic. 23:00 DW News 23:15 Her - Women in Asia What role do traditions play in women's lives? Is it important to move away from one's roots to lead an independent, self-determined life? 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Animals can do incredible things, but they can also carry pandemic-causing pathogens. 05:00 DW News 05:30 The Day 06:00 DW News 06:02 Interview 06:15 Close up: The Current Affairs Documentary 06:45 Shift Online radicalization is splitting societies. Many blame social media and AI algorithms. Are these platforms becoming a danger to democracy itself? 07:00 DW News 07:02 The Day 07:30 The 77 Percent From the waves of Robertsport to the roads of East Africa, this episode crosses borders. We ask why it's so hard to move within Africa, follow a truck driver on the Northern Corridor, and discover Seychelles' Creole culture. 08:00 DW News 08:15 Interview 08:30 Global 3000 09:00 DW News 09:02 The Day 09:30 Made in Germany 10:00 DW News 10:15 My Near-Death Experience - My New Beginning What does dying feel like? What is it like to stand on the threshold of death — and turn back? 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In this episode, Payal tests Ketan's potential and boundaries, pushing him to turn his fashion dreams into reality. 19:30 Close up: The Current Affairs Documentary 20:00 DW News 20:15 Her - Women in Asia While the nuclear family of mother, father, and children, is still widespread in many Asian countries, it's changing. More and more children are growing up with single moms. Meet three mothers from different Asian countries and hear their stories. Farheen Ishtiaq Naqvi in Pakistan leads the life of a man in order to provide for her daughter. 20:30 Made in Germany 21:00 DW News 21:15 Dear Beautiful Beloved - Part 1 They evacuate elderly and sick people, set up medical stations and organize escape routes. New structures of protection, security and dignity are emerging in Ukraine, while war shapes everyday life. 22:00 DW News 22:15 Business Beyond The explosion in the food delivery business in Germany has opened up a market underpinned by shady practices. Students, predominantly from India, are lured to the country with the promise of a prestigious education. Once here, they must pay large sums to fund their university fees upon which their visas depend. 22:30 Eco Africa Creative ways of dealing with a non-native tree in East Africa. Plus: a once homeless Kenyan man sheltering sick birds and an avian solution to air strikes. 23:00 DW News 23:15 Asia 2050 Each year, Asia contributes to emissions by constructing towers from concrete, timber, and steel, exacerbating the planet's decline and the increasing unpredictability of our climate. However, on the tropical island of Bali, a collective of designers, craftsmen, and social entrepreneurs is working with indigenous communities in what is known as a restorative economy. 23:30 Made in Germany
2026-02-19 00:00 DW News 00:15 Business Beyond The explosion in the food delivery business in Germany has opened up a market underpinned by shady practices. Students, predominantly from India, are lured to the country with the promise of a prestigious education. Once here, they must pay large sums to fund their university fees upon which their visas depend. 00:30 Eco India A clean air campaigner and entrepreneur healing degraded land in Uttarakhand. Plus: pinpointing polluters with the aid of AI and tackling single use plastic. 01:00 DW News 01:15 Des mines vertes, une solution à la crise climatique ? 02:00 DW News 02:15 Business Beyond The explosion in the food delivery business in Germany has opened up a market underpinned by shady practices. Students, predominantly from India, are lured to the country with the promise of a prestigious education. Once here, they must pay large sums to fund their university fees upon which their visas depend. 02:30 Close up: The Current Affairs Documentary 03:00 DW News 03:30 Nord-Ostsee-Kanal - Lotsen, Lasten und Verfall 04:00 DW News 04:02 In Good Shape Health, strength and a long life — can extra vitamins really deliver? In Good Shape takes a closer look at popular pills like zinc and vitamin C, and uncovers what research really says. 04:30 The 77 Percent From the waves of Robertsport to the roads of East Africa, this episode crosses borders. We ask why it's so hard to move within Africa, follow a truck driver on the Northern Corridor, and discover Seychelles' Creole culture. 05:00 DW News 05:30 The Day 06:00 DW News 06:02 Business Beyond The explosion in the food delivery business in Germany has opened up a market underpinned by shady practices. Students, predominantly from India, are lured to the country with the promise of a prestigious education. 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Also, a visit to a pixel forest made up of 3,000 LED lights. 10:00 DW News 10:15 Le Belize, terre des Mayas En Amérique centrale, les Mayas du Belize luttent pour la préservation de traditions millénaires, aux prises avec un habitat de plus en plus menacé. 11:00 DW News 11:02 The Day 11:30 Made in Germany 12:00 DW News 12:15 Business Beyond The explosion in the food delivery business in Germany has opened up a market underpinned by shady practices. Students, predominantly from India, are lured to the country with the promise of a prestigious education. Once here, they must pay large sums to fund their university fees upon which their visas depend. 12:30 Eco India A clean air campaigner and entrepreneur healing degraded land in Uttarakhand. Plus: pinpointing polluters with the aid of AI and tackling single use plastic. 13:00 DW News 13:15 Le Belize, terre des Mayas En Amérique centrale, les Mayas du Belize luttent pour la préservation de traditions millénaires, aux prises avec un habitat de plus en plus menacé. 14:00 DW News 14:02 The Day 14:30 Focus on Europe 15:00 DW News 15:15 Business Beyond The explosion in the food delivery business in Germany has opened up a market underpinned by shady practices. Students, predominantly from India, are lured to the country with the promise of a prestigious education. Once here, they must pay large sums to fund their university fees upon which their visas depend. 15:30 Nord-Ostsee-Kanal - Lotsen, Lasten und Verfall 16:00 DW News 16:15 Des mines vertes, une solution à la crise climatique ? 17:00 DW News 17:15 Her - Women in Asia While the nuclear family of mother, father, and children, is still widespread in many Asian countries, it's changing. More and more children are growing up with single moms. Meet three mothers from different Asian countries and hear their stories. Farheen Ishtiaq Naqvi in Pakistan leads the life of a man in order to provide for her daughter. 17:30 Focus on Europe 18:00 DW News 18:15 My Near-Death Experience - My New Beginning What does dying feel like? What is it like to stand on the threshold of death — and turn back? Three young women talk about their near-death experiences and how these moments changed their lives. 19:00 DW News 19:15 Ultralibéralisme et dictature au Vietnam : le nouveau pays modèle du communisme Entre plages paradisiaques et montagnes verdoyantes, le Vietnam devient une destination prisée Mais derrière cette vitrine, des inégalités criantes subsistent. 20:00 DW News 20:15 Her - Women in Asia What role do traditions play in women's lives? Is it important to move away from one's roots to lead an independent, self-determined life? Or is it more that the roots themselves provide a secure basis to move ahead? Three women from different Asian countries share their stories on what roots and tradition mean to them. HER sheds a light on how traditions and roots can have such different meanings 20:30 Focus on Europe 21:00 DW News 21:15 Des mines vertes, une solution à la crise climatique ? 22:00 DW News 22:15 Planète A 22:30 REV 23:00 DW News 23:15 Choices - Dare to dream Ketan, an e-commerce stylist, craves more than his corporate role after graduating from fashion school. With dreams of Parisian fashion shows and dressing A-list celebrities, he seeks guidance from renowned designer Payal Singhal. In this episode, Payal tests Ketan's potential and boundaries, pushing him to turn his fashion dreams into reality. 23:30 Focus on Europe
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