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Sumatra landslide survivors criticize deforestation, monoculture

Survivors are blaming more than just heavy rain for the catastrophic landslides. They’re blaming deforestation and the rapid expansion of monoculture plantations for turning their mountains into ticki...

Categories
Catastrophe, Nature and Environment, Climate
Production
2025-12-07
Duration
00:02:02
Languages
English
Editor's Choice

Survivor of deadly Indonesia floods faces uncertain future

Floods and landslides have killed at least 860 people in Indonesia. Many villages remain buried under mud and debris. On the island of Sumatra, DW's Jakarta correspondent met a woman who lost her home...

Categories
Catastrophe
Production
2025-12-05
Duration
00:02:18
Languages
English
Editor's Choice

Flood rescue efforts intensify in Indonesia

Indonesia's president is under increasing pressure to declare a national emergency on the island of Sumatra, where floods and landslides have killed at least 836 people. DW joined an aid flight to an ...

Categories
Catastrophe
Production
2025-12-05
Duration
00:02:21
Languages
English
Editor's Choice

Women push for political power and equality in new Syria

A year after the Assad regime's fall in Syria, women only hold a few seats in the newly elected parliament. Activists decry this as male dominance over the country’s political life and vow to fight fo...

Categories
Human Rights, Society, Equality
Production
2025-12-05
Duration
00:03:39
Languages
English
Editor's Choice

Raising awareness about femicide in Kenya

In Kenya, the number of women killed each year has been rising, but femicide is not even a legal term. The NGO Usikimye is working to change that and to raise awareness about gender-based violence. ...

Categories
Crime, Human Rights, Law and Justice, Society, Equality
Production
2025-12-04
Duration
00:03:00
Languages
English
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NATO, EU reaffirm Ukraine support, eye frozen Russian assets

As NATO pledges billions to buy US arms for Ukraine, the EU is planning to tap frozen Russian assets to aid Kyiv, sending a message of solidarity and warning Moscow that prolonging its war will come a...

Categories
Conflicts, Politics, Society
Production
2025-12-04
Duration
00:02:16
Languages
English
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Ukrainian surgeons rebuild lives amid war and loss

As Russia's war in Ukraine drags on, both sides suffer heavy losses. DW met a surgeon couple volunteering to treat wounded Ukrainian soldiers. After an attack, they even had to operate on their own fa...

Categories
Conflicts, Politics, Society
Production
2025-12-03
Duration
00:02:37
Languages
English
Editor's Choice

'Robo-dog' Oxford researchers' new weapon in fight to save forests

Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a four-legged robot to help protect Europe's forests from overexploitation and extreme weather. "Robo-dog" maps woodlands tree by tree to improve...

Categories
Nature and Environment, Science, Technology, Climate
Production
2025-12-03
Duration
00:02:04
Languages
English
Editor's Choice

Destiny Rescue scam charity accused of abusing girls in the Philippines

A DW investigation has found that a respected charity ran a rescue operation that resulted in girls being allegedly abused by men sent to save them....

Categories
Human Rights, Law and Justice, Society
Production
2025-12-02
Duration
00:04:07
Languages
English
Editor's Choice

River heat pump to supply hot water in Germany

A model neighborhood is being built on one of Europe's largest construction sites: a river heat pump will supply hot water to Bremen’s Überseeinsel. ...

Categories
Nature and Environment, Technology
Production
2025-12-01
Duration
00:03:00
Languages
English