December 2020 All times given in UTC/GMT. Local Times: Lagos UTC +1 | Cape Town UTC +2 I Nairobi UTC +3 Delhi UTC +5,5 I Bangkok UTC +7 | Hong Kong UTC +8 London UTC +0 | Berlin UTC +1 | Moscow UTC +3 San Francisco UTC -8 | Edmonton UTC -7 | New York UTC -5 All first broadcasts in bold print. All broadcasts in 16:9 format, unless otherwise noted. Programming subject to change at short notice. DW English | TUE 2020-12-01 2/97 TUE 2020-12-01 00:00 DW News - News 00:02 The Day - News in Review 00:30 Kick off! - The Bundesliga Highlights 01:00 DW News - News 01:15 DocFilm Lovesick - The Marriage Market for Indian HIV Patients One doctor in India gave many of her HIV/AIDs patients hope by helping them find partners. More than two million Indians are HIV positive. Many conceal their illness because of the stigma. Doctor and microbiologist Suniti Solomon was a pioneer in India in the field of HIV and AIDs. She diagnosed the first AIDs cases on the subcontinent among prostitutes in Chennai. But she also made a name for herself because of her matchmaking. She gave new hope to patients who had become isolated because of the social stigma attached to the disease, bringing together countless couples, such as Karthik and Manu. With the doctor’s help, they found each other, a new life, and a new outlook on living with HIV. Suniti Solomon died in 2015. 02:00 DW News - News 02:02 The Day - News in Review 02:30 Kick off! - The Bundesliga Highlights 03:00 DW News - News 03:15 Business - News 03:30 Close up - The Current Affairs Documentary 04:00 DW News - News 04:02 The Day - News in Review 04:30 Eco India - The Environment Magazine 05:00 DW News - News 05:15 DocFilm Lovesick - The Marriage Market for Indian HIV Patients 06:00 DW News - News 06:30 Business - News 06:45 Arts and Culture - News 07:00 DW News - News 07:30 Kick off! - The Bundesliga Highlights 08:00 DW News - News DW English | TUE 2020-12-01 3/97 08:30 Close up - The Current Affairs Documentary 09:00 DW News - News 09:15 DocFilm The Atom and Us 10:00 DW News - News 10:30 Business - News 10:45 Arts and Culture - News 11:00 DW News - News 11:30 Kick off! - The Bundesliga Highlights 12:00 DW News - News 12:30 Close up - The Current Affairs Documentary 13:00 DW News - News 13:30 DW News - Asia 13:45 Business - Asia 14:00 DW News - News 14:30 DW News - Asia 14:45 Business - Asia 15:00 DW News - News 15:30 Kick off! - The Bundesliga Highlights 16:00 DW News - News 16:30 DW News - Asia 16:45 Business - Asia 17:00 DW News - News 17:15 Business - Africa 17:30 DW News - Africa 17:45 Arts and Culture - News 18:00 DW News - News 18:15 Business - Africa 18:30 DW News - Africa 18:45 Arts and Culture - News DW English | TUE 2020-12-01 4/97 19:00 DW News - News 19:30 Kick off! - The Bundesliga Highlights 20:00 DW News - News 20:30 The Day - News in Review 21:00 DW News - News 21:15 Business - News 21:30 DW News - Africa 21:45 Arts and Culture - News 22:00 DW News - News 22:02 The Day - News in Review 22:30 Global 3000 - The Globalization Program 23:00 DW News - News 23:15 DW News - Africa 23:30 Business - News 23:45 Arts and Culture - News DW English | WED 2020-12-02 5/97 WED 2020-12-02 00:00 DW News - News 00:02 The Day - News in Review 00:30 Made in Germany - Your Business Magazine 01:00 DW News - News 01:15 DocFilm Pablo Escobar’s Successors - Cocaine in Colombia Colombia's cocaine production dropped after Pablo Escobar's death. But today, it is soaring again. The South American country has once again become the world's leading producer of the drug. This documentary follows the trails of the cocaine cartels. Pablo Escobar was probably the most powerful, dangerous and unscrupulous drug lord who ever lived. His assassination by the police in 1993 was preceded by fights between rival drug gangs. In the years following his death, new leaders took control, and today cocaine trade in Colombia is once again a booming business. Spanish journalist David Beriain accompanies the Colombian armed forces in Operation Agamemnon, which aims to crush the most influential drug cartel in Colombia. Beriain also visits a cocaine laboratory and gains fascinating insight into the drug's production process. 02:00 DW News - News 02:02 The Day - News in Review 02:30 Global 3000 - The Globalization Program 03:00 DW News - News 03:15 Business - News 03:30 Eco Africa - The Environment Magazine 04:00 DW News - News 04:02 The Day - News in Review 04:30 Made in Germany - Your Business Magazine 05:00 DW News - News 05:15 DocFilm Pablo Escobar’s Successors - Cocaine in Colombia 06:00 DW News - News 06:30 Business - News 06:45 Arts and Culture - News 07:00 DW News - News 07:30 Close up - The Current Affairs Documentary DW English | WED 2020-12-02 6/97 08:00 DW News - News 08:30 Eco India - The Environment Magazine 09:00 DW News - News 09:15 DocFilm Lovesick - The Marriage Market for Indian HIV Patients 10:00 DW News - News 10:30 Business - News 10:45 Arts and Culture - News 11:00 DW News - News 11:30 Made in Germany - Your Business Magazine 12:00 DW News - News 12:30 Eco Africa - The Environment Magazine 13:00 DW News - News 13:30 DW News - Asia 13:45 Business - Asia 14:00 DW News - News 14:30 DW News - Asia 14:45 Business - Asia 15:00 DW News - News 15:30 Made in Germany - Your Business Magazine 16:00 DW News - News 16:30 DW News - Asia 16:45 Business - Asia 17:00 DW News - News 17:15 Business - Africa 17:30 DW News - Africa 17:45 Arts and Culture - News 18:00 DW News - News 18:15 Business - Africa 18:30 DW News - Africa DW English | WED 2020-12-02 7/97 18:45 Arts and Culture - News 19:00 DW News - News 19:30 Conflict Zone - Confronting the Powerful 20:00 DW News - News 20:30 The Day - News in Review 21:00 DW News - News 21:15 Business - News 21:30 DW News - Africa 21:45 Arts and Culture - News 22:00 DW News - News 22:02 The Day - News in Review 22:30 Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People 23:00 DW News - News 23:15 DW News - Africa 23:30 Business - News 23:45 Arts and Culture - News DW English | THU 2020-12-03 8/97 THU 2020-12-03 00:00 DW News - News 00:02 The Day - News in Review 00:30 Conflict Zone - Confronting the Powerful 01:00 DW News - News 01:15 DocFilm Embargo - Iran and the US Sanctions For more than 40 years international embargoes have shaped life in Iran. The 2015 nuclear deal gave rise to hope about opening up the country’s economy. But this was short-lived. The Trump administration quickly launched a wave of fresh sanctions. Today, relationships between Tehran and Washington continue to deteriorate and the Iranian economy is suffering under the weight of US sanctions. Iran is threatening the stability of the Middle East. But with record inflation, falling standards of living and limited medical supplies, are the Iranian people the ones paying the highest price for the embargo? The extent of the sanctions has varied according to the political and military tensions between the US and Iran. The signing of the nuclear deal in 2015 and the international community’s promise to relax sanctions gave hope to the Iranian people. The country would finally be open to foreign investment. But two years later, those hopes were dashed. The US introduced even stricter sanctions, with an incalculable geopolitical fallout. Europe, China and Russia say they want to preserve the nuclear deal, but foreign companies are turning their backs on Iran for fear of American reprisals. This documentary looks behind the scenes of this shadow war. It questions the political effectiveness of these sanctions and reveals the impact they are having on diplomacy, trade and everyday life. 02:00 DW News - News 02:02 The Day - News in Review 02:30 Made in Germany - Your Business Magazine 03:00 DW News - News 03:15 Business - News 03:30 Conflict Zone - Confronting the Powerful 04:00 DW News - News 04:02 The Day - News in Review 04:30 Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People 05:00 DW News - News 05:15 DocFilm Embargo - Iran and the US Sanctions 06:00 DW News - News DW English | THU 2020-12-03 9/97 06:30 Business - News 06:45 Arts and Culture - News 07:00 DW News - News 07:30 Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People 08:00 DW News - News 08:30 Conflict Zone - Confronting the Powerful 09:00 DW News - News 09:15 DocFilm Pablo Escobar’s Successors - Cocaine in Colombia 10:00 DW News - News 10:30 Business - News 10:45 Arts and Culture - News 11:00 DW News - News 11:30 Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People 12:00 DW News - News 12:30 Conflict Zone - Confronting the Powerful 13:00 DW News - News 13:30 DW News - Asia 13:45 Business - Asia 14:00 DW News - News 14:30 DW News - Asia 14:45 Business - Asia 15:00 DW News - News 15:30 Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People 16:00 DW News - News 16:30 DW News - Asia 16:45 Business - Asia 17:00 DW News - News 17:15 Business - Africa 17:30 DW News - Africa DW English | THU 2020-12-03 10/97 17:45 Arts and Culture - News 18:00 DW News - News 18:15 Business - Africa 18:30 DW News - Africa 18:45 Arts and Culture - News 19:00 DW News - News 19:30 To the Point - International Debate from Berlin 20:00 DW News - News 20:30 The Day - News in Review 21:00 DW News - News 21:15 Business - News 21:30 DW News - Africa 21:45 Arts and Culture - News 22:00 DW News - News 22:02 The Day - News in Review 22:30 Conflict Zone - Confronting the Powerful 23:00 DW News - News 23:15 DW News - Africa 23:30 Business - News 23:45 Arts and Culture - News DW English | FRI 2020-12-04 11/97 FRI 2020-12-04 00:00 DW News - News 00:02 The Day - News in Review 00:30 To the Point - International Debate from Berlin 01:00 DW News - News 01:15 DocFilm Oil Promises - Ghana’s Dreams of Black Gold - Part 1 When oil was discovered in Ghana in 2007, the country began to dream big.