The Global Jigsaw

By BBC World Service

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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.

Episode Date
The Trump effect on global media
May 08, 2025
The Kurdish issue: Part three
May 01, 2025
The Kurdish issue: Part two
Apr 24, 2025
The Kurdish issue: Part one
Apr 17, 2025
Life in occupied Ukraine: Kherson and Zaporizhzhia
Mar 06, 2025
Life in occupied Ukraine: Donbas
Feb 27, 2025
Life in occupied Ukraine: Crimea
Feb 20, 2025
The language of war: Ukraine
Dec 28, 2024
The language of war: Russia
Dec 21, 2024
Russia’s gateway to Africa in jeopardy
Dec 20, 2024
The rebels who retook Aleppo
Dec 03, 2024
Russia’s “special demographic operation”
Nov 02, 2024
Culture wars: Turkey’s anti-LGBT drive
Oct 26, 2024
Yemen: A frozen conflict
Oct 10, 2024
Yemen: A tale of three cities
Sep 26, 2024
The Taliban’s war on women
Aug 07, 2024
The Sahel’s coup contagion
Jul 10, 2024
The evolution of the Islamic State Group
Jun 15, 2024
Monitoring Africa
May 25, 2024
How China sees itself in Africa
May 11, 2024
Turkey's foothold in Africa
May 04, 2024
Deconstructing Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: Part two
Apr 27, 2024
How drones have changed war
Apr 20, 2024
Sudan: A year of war
Apr 13, 2024
Deconstructing Iran’s 'Axis of Resistance': Part one
Apr 06, 2024
Moscow attack: Disinfo wars
Mar 30, 2024
Contested waters: Helmand
Mar 23, 2024
Contested waters: Crimea
Mar 17, 2024
What hope for Haiti?
Mar 09, 2024
Does Russia’s election matter?
Feb 15, 2024
Israel-Gaza war: Global perspectives
Nov 17, 2023
Israel and Gaza special
Nov 10, 2023
Who’ll be Argentina’s next president?
Oct 14, 2023
Wagner after Prigozhin
Sep 29, 2023
Grain deal special
Sep 09, 2023
Niger coup special
Jul 28, 2023
The story of BBC Monitoring
Jul 25, 2023
Israel at a defining moment
Jul 14, 2023
Wagner’s revolt: The world takes stock
Jul 04, 2023
Putin’s media marathon
Jun 30, 2023
Bulgaria’s Russia conundrum
Jun 23, 2023
Russia’s propaganda firehose
Jun 16, 2023
Ukraine’s media at war
Jun 10, 2023
TikTokking for God (and power)
Jun 02, 2023
Russian flag operations in Mali
May 27, 2023
CAR’s Wagner trouble
May 20, 2023
Masculinity with Chinese characteristics
May 12, 2023
Talking politics on Turkey’s streets
May 05, 2023
A jihadi on a charm offensive
Apr 28, 2023
Welcome to... The Global Jigsaw
Apr 11, 2023