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Behind the wheel of her ‘Iron Horse’, a Toyota Camry, Orazkhan Manabayeva earns her keep as a taxi driver in her hometown of Ayagoz in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan. She is the only women to work in the profession and at 75 years old, she is the eldest as well.

The worst natural disaster in Spain in recent years hit on 29 October 2024. Torrential rain in the region led to devastating floods that overwhelmed many towns and villages. With more than 220 people dead, local people are angry at the authorities for not providing proper warning.

A Sunni Islam film noir set in the bustling city of Cairo. That is what Swedish director Tarek Saleh set out to make in his film Cairo Confidential (2022). The political thriller, inspired by a true story and starring Fares Fares and Tawfeek Barhom, was complicated by the fact that the director is persona non grata in Egypt, his father’s country. A look back at the making of an acclaimed film.

In his heyday in the 1980s and 1990s Thierry Mugler dressed women like no one else, accentuating the female figure to create invincible heroines in his fashion shows. Portrait of a remarkable creator, who started out as a ballet dancer, and who never stopped reinventing fashion and himself.

In the Baltic Sea an undersea cable linking Germany to Finland has been mysteriously damaged. How did submarine communications cables become targets? And why does Finland have a particularly tense relationship with Vladimir Putin's Russia?

The Democratic Alliance has won elections in a German free state with a huge majority. But is its charismatic leader, Dominik Arndt, a threat to democracy? Maximilian Steinbeis's play depicts the meteoric rise of a populist minister-president whose dark persuasive power and cunning upsets the established order. Performed in the Federal Press Conference in Berlin and produced by award-winning theatre company, Nico and the Navigators.

The New York Times calls him the ‘Mozart of Generation Z'. A multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and arranger, Jacob Collier embraces every musical genre. Known for his unexpected and enthusiastic stage performances, this British artist has already won six Grammy Awards and has more than a dozen nominations to his name. In 2025, he will be competing for Album of the Year, alongside such international stars as Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Taylor Swift.

54 min Available until 25/11/2029 The Zeiss Planetarium in Berlin is the host for Musicverse , a series of concerts enhanced by AI-generated visual elements.

52 min Available until 18/11/2029 Filmed at the Zeiss planetarium in Berlin, Musicverse features concerts accompanied by AI-generated projections in real time.

On 5 August 2024, Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh for more than 15 years, fled the country in a helicopter as mass protests led by young people and students, shook the country.