This week, we’re focusing on Alzheimer’s. The brain disease affects a person’s memory and can grow severe enough to impact daily tasks. In France, 900,000 people live with Alzheimer’s, and...
Covid-19 new measures, Brexit negotiations, Australia-China row over journalists, LVMH vs Tiffany’s
After summer vacation, school’s back in and the scramble is on to avoid a return to lockdown. In France, where Covid cases continue to rise, prompting a rush on labs for testing like this one in France’s...
Lost and confused: When people with Alzheimer’s go missing
Some 60 percent of those with Alzheimer’s disease are expected to wander off at least once. It’s a serious and little-known consequence of the condition. Many sufferers will wander off multiple times and...
The strong women of Belarus
We meet the women of Belarus who are taking on Europe’s last dictator with the support of many of their fellow citizens. Annette Young also talks to Josina Z. Machel the daughter of Graca Machel and step-daughter...
Deadly wildfires sweep across US west coast | DW News
Unprecedented wildfires have forced half a million people to flee their homes in Oregon as unusually hot and dry weather fans flames across a number of western US states. Washington and California have also been hard...
Coronavirus: Inside the Indian company betting big on vaccines – BBC News
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads and case numbers soar in India, a vaccine is keenly awaited. Serum, an Indian-based company that has made billions of doses of vaccines in the past, is hoping to roll out a vaccine soon...
Towns in three US states decimated by wildfires
Devastating wildfires have killed at least 15 people in US states of California, Oregon and Washington. Towns have also been decimated by infernos as firefighters are stretched to their limits.