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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 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.

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.

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.

A dive into the world’s biggest cocaine-producing country, this investigation reveals the underground networks ruling a country on edge and the dynamics behind a chaos fueled by growing global demand.

Through a thrilling investigation that takes us into the impenetrable world of drug trafficking in Colombia, we follow the main sources of world cocaine production, which have poisoned the country for more than 50 years. Thanks to exclusive sources (go-fast crew members, journalists, politicians, incarcerated drug lords…), the investigation reveals the inner workings of a business that is thriving more than ever. A sprawling system that is once again leading Colombia towards instability while the United States are strengthening their presence and influence in the region.

The Arctic is warming up to four times faster than the rest of the planet. To understand what is happening there, the Tara Ocean Foundation has designed Tara Polar Station, a floating laboratory capable of drifting on the sea ice for twenty years.

On board, are twelve people—sailors, biologists, doctors—set out on a pioneering mission: nine months of testing in the heart of one of the most hostile environments on the planet. Storms, polar bears, technical malfunctions: faced with the unpredictable, the station and its crew are put to the test.
 
An extraordinary human adventure, an unprecedented technological challenge, and a scientific mission essential to understanding and protecting the future of our climate.

Oliver Stone is the guilty conscience of an America he never hesitates to expose. The director of Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK, and Natural Born Killers sees cinema as a quest for truth bordering on obsession, shaped by two major traumas that have forever marked America: the Vietnam War and the assassination of Kennedy.