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Looking at the world through the lens of its media. Think of us as your media detectives, helping you get past the propaganda and misinformation. The Global Jigsaw comes from BBC Monitoring, which tracks, deciphers and analyses news media in 100 languages.
We reach across multiple time zones, from China and India, to Iran, Africa and Latin America.
We watch Russian state TV around the clock, giving unrivalled insight into the evolution of Kremlin propaganda.
But propaganda is just part of the information space we inhabit. In its more extreme form, we focus on disinformation that aims to defame enemies, sway elections, and undermine democracy.
We have been monitoring jihadist media for nearly two decades, following the chatter from al-Qaeda and Islamic State group, gaining extraordinary knowledge about their aims, their ideological differences and allegiances.
We watch the behaviour of Russia’s Putin, Iran’s Khamenei, Turkey’s Erdogan, China’s Xi Jinping, Hungary’s Orban and anyone else who might be challenging the established order, seeking to expand their global footprint or export their brand of ideology.
At BBC Monitoring, we don’t just speak the language, we understand the narrative. So we can help you untangle the context and single out rhetoric from reality, deception from truth.
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How China sees itself in Africa
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May 11, 2024 |
Turkey's foothold in Africa
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May 04, 2024 |
Deconstructing Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: Part two
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Apr 27, 2024 |
How drones have changed war
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Apr 20, 2024 |
Sudan: A year of war
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Apr 13, 2024 |
Deconstructing Iran’s 'Axis of Resistance': Part one
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Apr 06, 2024 |
Moscow attack: Disinfo wars
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Mar 30, 2024 |
Contested waters: Helmand
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Mar 23, 2024 |
Contested waters: Crimea
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Mar 17, 2024 |
What hope for Haiti?
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Mar 09, 2024 |
Does Russia’s election matter?
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Feb 15, 2024 |
Israel-Gaza war: Global perspectives
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Nov 17, 2023 |
Israel and Gaza special
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Nov 10, 2023 |
Who’ll be Argentina’s next president?
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Oct 14, 2023 |
Wagner after Prigozhin
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Sep 29, 2023 |
Grain deal special
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Sep 09, 2023 |
Niger coup special
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Jul 28, 2023 |
The story of BBC Monitoring
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Jul 25, 2023 |
Israel at a defining moment
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Jul 14, 2023 |
Wagner’s revolt: The world takes stock
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Jul 04, 2023 |
Putin’s media marathon
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Jun 30, 2023 |
Bulgaria’s Russia conundrum
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Jun 23, 2023 |
Russia’s propaganda firehose
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Jun 16, 2023 |
Ukraine’s media at war
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Jun 10, 2023 |
TikTokking for God (and power)
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Jun 02, 2023 |
Russian flag operations in Mali
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May 27, 2023 |
CAR’s Wagner trouble
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May 20, 2023 |
Masculinity with Chinese characteristics
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May 12, 2023 |
Talking politics on Turkey’s streets
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May 05, 2023 |
A jihadi on a charm offensive
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Apr 28, 2023 |
Welcome to... The Global Jigsaw
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Apr 11, 2023 |