Japan: The End of Pacifism

This vertical slum was a hotbed of crime, but also full of factories, cheap shops and a strong community.

Citizens of North Korea trying to flee the country risk their lives as China hunts them down.

A new generation of tea growers are revitalising Georgia's plantations, abandoned after the fall of the USSR.

The tankas have been part of the cultural landscape in southern China for centuries. But today their distinctive way of life is under threat.

From 15 to 17 June, G7 leaders are meeting in Évian, France.. But what can a club that now accounts for only around 30 per cent of global GDP still achieve?

Masha Borzunova meets a Russian deserter who tells how he went from being a war hero to an ostracised traitor of his country.

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.

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

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

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

As youth crime rises, some EU nations want to lower the age of criminal responsibility and jail minors.

Fueling Cambodia's construction boom are brick factories where workers are paid a pittance, trapped in debt bondage.

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

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

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?

Lulu's young, and carefree. And pregnant. She's not ready. What now? 

Nick Cave brings the full force of his live performance, filled with mystical fervour and passionate celebration, to Paris.