Israel: From the Holocaust to Gaza

In Gaza, desperate relatives are searching for their family members: 11,000 people are thought to be missing.

Reports from international bodies document the torture and inhuman conditions inflicted on Palestinians held in Israeli detention.

After two years of onslaught by the IDF, the population of Gaza is now starving as a deliberate tactic of war by Israel.

With Netanyahu’s government wanting to annex the West Bank entirely, how credible is the two-state solution?

The massacre perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th 2023 has profoundly affected Israeli society with attitudes hardening towards Palestinians.

Every morning, Palestinian journalist Islam al-Zaanoun puts on her bullet-proof vest and continues to report the news under Israeli bombardment.

18 months after 7 October, Israeli society is still stuck in its hostage nightmare.

Orphaned, missing limbs, deprived of school or forced to work: this is the plight of children in Gaza.

Religious ultra-nationalist youth dream of a Greater Israel with no space for the Palestinians.

Hamas and Israel have still not reached agreement on a new hostage-for-prisoner exchange.

There are thought to be 50,000 pregnant women currently in Gaza where just staying alive is a struggle.

Holocaust survivor Nelly Prezma is nearly 100 and lives with her family on a Kibbutz close to the Gaza strip.

Hamas, with its extremist ideology, has never stopped advocating for the destruction of Israel. Why?

Mohammed Alaloul, a photographer for the Turkish Anadolu Agency news service, was at work when he learned that his neighborhood had been hit by an Israeli airstrike.

Mouna lives in Gaza but is stranded in Jordan.

The war in Gaza threatens the cohesion of Israeli society.

As Gazan’s rebuild their homes after the Hamas-Israeli conflict, they also try and rebuild their mental health.

Palestinians in the camps in Lebanon are watching the bitter war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza with concern but they are divided between Hamas and Fatah supporters.

In the north of the West Bank, near Nablus, a new episode in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being played out:

The UN is in crisis as its Special Rapporteur accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. Will Palestine be its downfall?

A Russian soldier contacts the sister of a missing Ukrainian soldier. He says he killed him. Data Sources investigates. .

Why does a Russian region in the far east have Yiddish as an official language? 

An extensive interview with writer Deborah Feldman, famous for her autobiography Unorthodox, adapted into a highly successful Netflix series.

Europe is facing a tsunami of cocaine with the illegal drug being smuggled in via the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal. 

Naturism has a long history in Germany and in the UK. but fewer young people are taking up the lifestyle. 

A new generation of young people from urban areas is taking on the difficult job of producing food for the nation.

Since Uganda passed extremely severe laws persecuting gay people, attacks on the LGBT+ community have skyrocketed.

A huge amount of lithium lies underneath the Jadar valley in Serbia. A multinational wants to mine it but locals are against the  idea.

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

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

Using the latest technology, researchers are discovering the bright colours of ancient Greek art and architecture.  

Discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community is on the rise across Europe, despite stronger equal rights laws.

The UN is in crisis as its Special Rapporteur accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. Will Palestine be its downfall?

Europe is facing a tsunami of cocaine with the illegal drug being smuggled in via the Atlantic coasts of Spain and Portugal. 

42-year-old Armen Grigoryan is the youngest barber in the timeless atmosphere of the oldest barbershop in Armenia.

How can you feed yourself self-sufficiently in the desert? An ancient superfood could hold the answer.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

Naturism has a long history in Germany and in the UK. but fewer young people are taking up the lifestyle.