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Pop icon, film star, LGBTQ+ activist: Lady Gaga inspires her fans with much more than just her singing talent. But she is paying a high price for her rise to the top.

How is it possible that North Korea, one of the poorest countries on earth finances a nuclear weapons program large enough to challenge the USA? The answer: Bureau 39, a legendary organization nestled deep inside the government apparatus. Its aim is to procure foreign exchange by any means possible to provide Kim Jong-un’s regime with money.

An increasing number of people in Germany no longer want anything to do with their state. A mixture of idiosyncrats and anti-system activists are turning their backs on the Federal Republic. How did the "Reichsbürger" movement become radical? What are their motives? What emerges is a European community of anarchists, businessmen, esotericists and adventurers - between a self-declared fight for freedom and obstinacy.

This documentary exposes the new geopolitical situation in one of the most remote regions of the planet: the Arctic. The arrival of China in this part of the world, thanks to the opening of new sea lanes, modifies the fragile balance between the superpowers that must deal with the new arrival.

Football in the stadium: pure emotion and excitement. Thousands united in joy, anger and disappointment. Who gathers there peacefully, and where does passion cross borders?

One of the Bundeswehr's most dangerous missions is taking place in Mali. More than 1,000 soldiers are serving in the UN mission in Africa. They are supposed to create and secure peace.

The world of ultras is as fascinating as it is inaccessible: They create a colorful atmosphere in the stadiums and support their club unconditionally - even radically if necessary.

The rise of China’s billionaires tells the story of a nation that has transformed from a place of poverty in the 1980s into the world’s second-largest economy. Once known as the world’s cheap labor factory, China has now become a factory for billionaires—producing almost one a day. No other country without a democracy creates wealth at such speed. But that rise may soon come to a halt: China’s top entrepreneurs find themselves caught in a cold war with a suspicious United States—and President Xi is cracking down hard. Tycoons are being silenced and re-educated to align with the superpower’s new strategic goals.

Right-wing extremists in the police and the Bundeswehr are making plans for a coup, stockpiling weapons and keeping lists of opponents - the preparations for "Day X" are more concrete than expected.

The “Chinese Dream”: a return to former greatness – that is Xi’s goal. He challenges Hong Kong’s special status just as he pushes for the reunification of Taiwan with the mainland. Military force and confrontation with the United States are not off the table.

NATO went to war in Afghanistan. This developed into a 20-year operation that ended in defeat. This senseless war cost thousands of lives.