Politics Episodes

Boris Johnson has tried to distance himself from a legally required request for a Brexit extension by stressing to the EU it was sent to Brussels at Parliament's bidding.

Reviewing the fake news and political blockages that may have contributed to the referendum result, delving deeper into the "Leave" campaign and the complex relationship between the UK and Europe. We ask: what does post-Brexit Britain look like?

Paul Moreira investigates how Russia manipulates public opinion, undermines democratic governments and attempts to alter world events. Russophobia is massive.

More than half the population live below the poverty line. The ANC is rife with corruption. Hatred between communities, racially-motivated violence... is the Rainbow nation under threat?

A hundred years ago, Mata Hari faced the firing squad as a convicted German spy. Was she a dangerous spy, whose boldness and sexuality threatened the establishment, or a victim entangled in a climate of blame and desperation as WWI dragged on?

He's the world’s most enigmatic and dangerous dictator, cultivating an air of secrecy around himself and never giving interviews. He's now closer than ever to developing nuclear weapons. But what do we really know about Kim Jung Un?

We reveal how the oil industry has been secretly funding scientific studies, launching false media reports and systematically deceiving the public about climate change - since 1946. Now, the first lawsuits have been filed.

A family business of West Virginia’s billionaire governor has maxed out a taxpayer-funded subsidy program meant to help farmers through the U.S. trade war with China.

Amsterdam's red light district is famous for skimpily-clad prostitutes posing in lit-up windows. But residents are fed up with all the tourists and littering.

Despite an official ban, birds are being killed in droves in Cyprus, and sold as a delicacy. This is having dramatic ramifications for the bird population.

After the debate, the candidates made their case for why they should be president and attacked President Donald Trump in the process.

Voters gathered on Tuesday to watch a dozen Democratic presidential candidates partake in a spirited debate over health care, taxes, gun control and impeachment.

What is the Electoral College and how does it work?

"In two years’ time, the world has moved from synchronized upswing – in other words, accelerating growth – to a synchronized slowdown", she said.

Protests were held in the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota on Thursday night, as President Donald Trump held a rally. There was also a heavy police presence. Some of the demonstrators set Trump hats on fire.

President Donald Trump was defiant in the face of an impeachment probe Thursday as he sought to convert the threat to his presidency into a weapon on the campaign trail. He held a rally in Minneapolis on Thursday night.

Minority communities have been voicing their support for Turkey's Operation Peace Spring, which aims to clear PKK/YPG terrorists from northern Syria and create a peace corridor

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

British police are testing controversial high-tech facial-recognition cameras. But critics say this technology raises serious privacy concerns. Now, a court will decide.

President Macron says Notre Dame will be rebuilt in five years -- but that's a tall order. Architects say the current plan won't work. And local residents are concerned about lead emissions that were released as the cathedral burned.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is accused of planning to deport Syrian refugees. There are 3.6 million refugees in Syria right now, and many of them are worried about their future.

"In two years’ time, the world has moved from synchronized upswing – in other words, accelerating growth – to a synchronized slowdown", she said.

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

Voters in Alabama's capital have elected the first black mayor in the city's 200-year history.

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

House Democratic freshmen, who now support an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, are explaining their decision across the country at fiery town halls.

Argentina's leftist candidate Alberto Fernandez, the likely winner in this month's polls, holds a campaign rally attended by hundreds of supporters.

The Global Conversation asks Emily O'Reilly why she wants to be re-elected for another five-year term.

Rep. Adam Schiff, leader of the House Intelligence Committee impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, says the record of Trump's phone call with Ukraine President Zelenskiy is the equivalent of the Watergate tapes.

Owen Jones has attended the Tory conference to find out what grassroots members think of Boris Johnson. Has the mission to 'get Brexit done' pushed the party further to the right? And do its moderate members have a home there anymore?

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sent a message to President Donald Trump: “I’m not going anywhere.” Biden on Wednesday laid out his most forceful pushback yet to Trump’s baseless attacks and rebuked Trump's dealings with Ukraine.

Democratic presidential candidates sent well wishes to Sen. Bernie Sanders Wednesday during a gun policy forum in Nevada. Sanders was expected to attend, but he ended up undergoing a heart procedure for a blocked artery.

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

Jimmy Carter is celebrating his 95th birthday, becoming the first U.S. president to reach that milestone.

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

The Citizen Journalist Makhosandile Zulu hosted the newly elected leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Velenkosini Hlabisa as they discuss issues that are affecting South Africa.

Vermont's Phil Scott became the first Republican governor to support an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker said the proper responsibility for Congress is to investigate.

Hillary Clinton on Thursday said President Donald Trump, the man who beat her in the 2016 election, posed a "clear and present danger" to the future of the country. Clinton was speaking at an event in Washington, DC.

Tesa Arcilla is joined by politicians and journalists to discuss the major political issues that are defining and dividing Europe today.

Six years ago, his book "Capital in the 21st Century" sold 2.5 million copies after being translated into 40 languages. Arguably the most famous French economist in the world, Thomas Piketty is back with a controversial new book "Capital and Ideol...

Tourists from all over the world come to Berlin looking for traces of the Wall, but 30 years after its fall they're hard to come by. Now guided tours help to fill in the blanks.

Using ships and airplanes, organizations like Sea-Watch try to rescue refugees in distress. DW accompanied the crew of the Moonbird on a reconnaisance flight over the Mediterranean.

Niyazi Kizilyurek is the first Turkish Cypriot to represent the Greek part of the island at the EU Parliament. The MEP has made it his goal to overcome Cyprus' internal division and border conflicts. He cites German reunification as his role model.

The EU's Border Agency Frontex is to undergo a huge expansion. Its first deployment beyond the EU's borders, in Albania, is to be the first of many. The goal is to beef up border security, but critics accuse Europe of closing its doors.

People in the Irish enclave of Drummully Polyp fear the introduction of a hard border. Some 200 live in Drummully, which is almost entirely surrounded by Northern Ireland. Many think the return of checkpoints could also lead to a return to violence.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden called the transcript of President Trump's call with Ukraine's president 'very revealing.' Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, speaking at The Atlantic Festival, said he found it 'deeply troubling.'

President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the diplomacy he conducted this week is being overshadowed by a conversation in which he urged Ukraine's president to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden.