The Explanation
By BBC World Service
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Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin. Exploring the important questions about long-running stories and the latest global news. An honest, unvarnished, explanation of the world. Episodes from The Explanation, Unspun World, The Global Jigsaw and The Media Show.
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The Global Jigsaw: Turkey's foothold in Africa
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May 04, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Behind the information iron curtain
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May 02, 2024 |
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Goodbye to the International Space Station
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Deconstructing Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’: Part two
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Secrets of the Celebrity Interview
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Nuclear weapons - which countries have them?
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: How drones have changed war
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Apr 20, 2024 |
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The Media Show: How Taylor Swift conquered the media
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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How does the New York Stock Exchange work?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Sudan: A year of war
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Building Trump's social media app
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Deconstructing Iran’s 'Axis of Resistance': Part one
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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The Media Show: Fear, threats and intimidation
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Moscow attack: disinfo wars
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Contested waters: Helmand
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What's next for President Putin after winning re-election?
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw - Contested waters: Crimea
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Has Russia turned the tide in its war in Ukraine?
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Mar 16, 2024 |
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The Global Jigsaw: What hope for Haiti?
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What's life like on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank?
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Is a ceasefire in Gaza within reach?
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What Alexei Navalny's death means for Vladimir Putin's grip on Russia
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Can Israel win its war in Gaza?
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Unspun World: How Russia's economy has survived despite sanctions
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Is Ukraine losing Western support?
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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Unspun World: Is the war in Gaza slipping away from Israel?
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Unspun World: What's the West's strategy for the Houthis?
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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What does the World Bank do?
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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What is sportswashing?
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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What is BRICS?
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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How does the World Health Organization work?
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Can anything break the stalemate in the Ukraine war?
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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What is Five Eyes?
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Unspun World: How migration is changing European politics
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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Unspun World: A pause in fighting in Gaza
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Global perspectives on the Israel Gaza war
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Can the US and China get along?
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Israel and Gaza special
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Unspun World: What's Israel's endgame in Gaza?
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Will Israel invade Gaza?
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Who’ll be Argentina’s next president?
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Israel declares war on Hamas after deadly attack
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Are democracies hindering the fight against climate change?
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Wagner after Prigozhin
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Unspun World: What has changed for women in Iran, a year after Mahsa Amini's death?
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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The Global Jigsaw: Grain deal special
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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Could Puerto Rico become America's 51st state?
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Kosovo–Serbia relations
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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What is Nato?
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Venezuela crisis
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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The EU
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Who are the Rohingyas?
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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What is a war crime?
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Is it time to return looted art?
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Haiti's gang crisis
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Is Putin's time up?
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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How Lebanon’s economy collapsed
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Xi Jinping: President or emperor?
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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What is the Wagner Group?
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Who can challenge Trump?
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Unspun World: What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Can the US transform the world's economy?
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Could AI outsmart humanity?
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May 27, 2023 |
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Unspun World: Is Ukraine's counter-offensive a turning point?
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May 20, 2023 |
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Introducing The Explanation
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May 17, 2023 |
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How the Good Friday Agreement helped bring peace to Northern Ireland
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Ethiopia, Eritrea and border wars
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Sudan’s journey from independence to revolution
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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How Yemen has been engulfed by civil war
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Feb 11, 2023 |
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Who are the Uyghurs and why are they being persecuted?
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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Cuba–United States relations
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Roe v Wade and abortion in America
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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How Syria's peaceful uprising became a civil war
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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Understanding the long history between Russia and Ukraine
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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Understanding South Africa’s continuing quest for equality
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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Understanding the power that Saudi Arabia wields
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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Understanding relations between Taiwan and China
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Understanding the rise of Boko Haram
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Understanding North Korea and the Kim dynasty
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Understanding the Islamic State group
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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Understanding how Russia has changed under Putin
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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Afghanistan: Women, girls and their rights
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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Understanding Iran: Reconciling religion and democracy
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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Israeli-Palestinian relations
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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Understanding democracy in Hong Kong
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Nov 20, 2021 |