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The amazing and unknown story of how American secret services partnered with their erstwhile Russian adversary, Russia’s main military intelligence organization the GRU; or how climate change forced the two rival blocks to collaborate.

The world’s most powerful intelligence service, the CIA, engaged in the controversial area of climate change and extreme weather events in the immediate aftermath of the Cold War. This is the story of their cooperation with their Russian counterparts, the GRU.
A story full of high politics, intelligence and awesome science ensued. Mutual suspicions turned into unexpected friendships and a utopian vision underpinned high efforts to secure a better future for our World.
Their vision transcended diplomatic and ideological lines.

This is the sun, seen from the American Solar Dynamics Observatory’s satellite.
The shooting actually took four whole days. Do you see these arches? 

They rise up to several tens of times the size of the Earth!

Warning: the standard of foreign language teaching in Great Britain is falling dramatically. Conversely, Luxembourg and Latvia are actively developing language learning programmes.

There are warning signals in Great Britain that foreign language teaching is falling dramatically. In Luxembourg, learning three languages is obligatory for all children as soon as they start school. Children learn their first foreign language at the age of 9.

The nuclear age began with Oppenheimer in Los Alamos and returns with Putin’s war in Ukraine. After Hiroshima, Oppenheimer warned of its dangers but was ousted in 1954. This film uses declassified files to explore his guilt and legacy.

Accused of disloyalty in 1954, he was removed from decision-making. downfall.  Oppenheimer was then led to The “father of the atomic bomb” was one of the most surveiled men in the world. Using interviews, wiretaps and declassified FBI documents, the film explores the complex portrait of a man haunted by his remorse and the legacy he left behind.

The struggle for survival is not always fought with teeth or claws.Hair can intimidate, deceive, protect or warn — sometimes preventing conflict before it begins. From gorillas to decorator crabs, tarantulas to spiny rats, the art of keeping danger at bay sometimes comes down to a single filament.

The struggle for survival is not always fought with teeth or claws.Hair can intimidate, deceive, protect or warn — sometimes preventing conflict before it begins. From gorillas to decorator crabs, tarantulas to spiny rats, the art of keeping danger at bay sometimes comes down to a single filament.

The nuclear age began with Oppenheimer in Los Alamos and returns with Putin’s war in Ukraine. After Hiroshima, Oppenheimer warned of its dangers but was ousted in 1954. This film uses declassified files to explore his guilt and legacy.

Accused of disloyalty in 1954, he was removed from decision-making. downfall.  Oppenheimer was then led to The “father of the atomic bomb” was one of the most surveiled men in the world. Using interviews, wiretaps and declassified FBI documents, the film explores the complex portrait of a man haunted by his remorse and the legacy he left behind.

Beeps, bells, rhythms and melodies are part of everyday Japanese life. Music is everywhere in the city to direct, warn and alert.

A musical experience which extends in the jingles of train and metro stations. Behind these jingles are passionate composers.

This documentary traces SS commander Walter Rauff’s global journey after World War II. Through this story, set in the middle of the Cold War, this film sheds light on the hidden side of international geopolitics, the survival of Nazi criminal networks, and their enduring impact today.

Since the mid-2000s, newly declassified archives have exposed the extent to which Nazi criminals were reintegrated by various states after the Second World War. This documentary focuses on the story of Walter Rauff, an SS commander involved in the persecution and mass murder of Jewish people. His postwar journey reveals a dark and complex network that stretched from the Vatican to West Germany, Egypt, Syria, and even Israel. A network closely monitored by U.S. intelligence services who intended to use it to their advantage. Rauff later resumed his career under Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile, working as an unofficial advisor to the DINA (Chile’s secret police). His story exemplifies how Nazi ideologies and methods survived the war and were absorbed into repressive regimes around the world. The disappearance of Nazi war criminals did not mark the end of their influence. Their hateful ideology and brutal tactics persist through their ideological successors, still spreading today.

In half a century, Dubai has transformed from a small pearl-fishing port into one of the most prosperous and futuristic cities on the planet, rivaling New York, London, or Paris. With the war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran, this new Eldorado now faces the gravest crisis of its existence. Will the city of the future withstand this new threat?

Behind the skyscrapers and the glamour, the city operates like a private company, ruled without checks or balances by its emir. A capitalism without democracy, where millions of foreigners have no right but to work.
The film delves into the inner workings of this autocratic regime, held up as a global model, and questions its viability at a time when Dubai is cited as an example for the reconstruction of Gaza.

The documentary traces the long-standing ties between the mafia and American presidents, using Donald Trump’s rise as a common thread. Through insights from historians, journalists, former FBI agents, and former mobsters, it reveals the mafia’s influence on the United States’ politics and economy since Roosevelt.

An unknown chapter of American history is revealed – that of a democracy shaped, infiltrated and sometimes corrupted by organized crime groups. From the early days of the United States through the post-war period, the mafia infiltrated the heart of power, mixing criminal interests and political agendas. Through the eyes of mobsters, the documentary explores the rise of individuals like Lansky, Costello and Giancana, and their ties to presidents such as Roosevelt, Kennedy and Reagan.
 
Beyond the historical narrative, the series raises a troubling question: what is left of democracy when such a powerful criminal organization approaches and influences it without being stopped? Lansky’s dream of politics and organized crime serving one another may be on the verge of coming true. A burning alert as Donald Trump’s return to power revives concerns about the weaknesses of the American system.

In half a century, Dubai has transformed from a small pearl-fishing port into one of the most prosperous and futuristic cities on the planet, rivaling New York, London, or Paris. With the war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran, this new Eldorado now faces the gravest crisis of its existence. Will the city of the future withstand this new threat?

Behind the skyscrapers and the glamour, the city operates like a private company, ruled without checks or balances by its emir. A capitalism without democracy, where millions of foreigners have no right but to work.
The film delves into the inner workings of this autocratic regime, held up as a global model, and questions its viability at a time when Dubai is cited as an example for the reconstruction of Gaza.