The Explanation

From: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.

Featuring new episodes of The President's Path, Unspun World with John Simpson, and The Media Show.

Unspun World: What will Iran do now?

2 years
Unspun World: What will Iran do now?
26m

The Media Show: Ballots, bias and big tech

2 years
The Media Show: Ballots, bias and big tech
22m

The Global Jigsaw: Turkey’s anti-LGBT drive

2 years
The Global Jigsaw: Turkey’s anti-LGBT drive
30m

Unspun World: The Middle East: The regional perspective

2 years
Unspun World: The Middle East: The regional perspective
26m

The Media Show: The king of reality TV

2 years
The Media Show: The king of reality TV
22m

Unspun World: Israel's Middle East strategy

2 years
Unspun World: Israel's Middle East strategy
26m

The Media Show: ISIS Prisons Museum

2 years
The Media Show: ISIS Prisons Museum
22m

The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A frozen conflict

2 years
The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A frozen conflict
39m

Unspun World: The Middle East, a year on from the October 7th attacks

2 years
Unspun World: The Middle East, a year on from the October 7th attacks
26m

The Media Show: Reporting from inside Gaza

2 years
The Media Show: Reporting from inside Gaza
22m

Unspun World: What will Iran's strategy be?

2 years
Unspun World: What will Iran's strategy be?
26m

The Media Show: Secrets of The Sidemen

2 years
The Media Show: Secrets of The Sidemen
22m

The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A tale of three cities

2 years
The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A tale of three cities
30m

The Media Show: Reporting the Predator at Harrods

2 years
The Media Show: Reporting the Predator at Harrods
22m

The Media Show: Trump’s Pet-eating Conspiracy Theory

2 years
The Media Show: Trump’s Pet-eating Conspiracy Theory
22m

The Media Show: Russia’s alleged influencer propaganda plot

2 years
The Media Show: Russia’s alleged influencer propaganda plot
22m

The Media Show: Why Korean TV rules the world

2 years
The Media Show: Why Korean TV rules the world
22m

The Media Show: Telegram founder arrested

2 years
The Media Show: Telegram founder arrested
22m

The Media Show - TV’s Hidden Dilemma

2 years
The Media Show - TV’s Hidden Dilemma
22m

US Supreme Court

2 years
US Supreme Court
17m

The Media Show: Social media as crime scene

2 years
The Media Show: Social media as crime scene
22m

What is the United Nations?

2 years
What is the United Nations?
17m

The Global Jigsaw: The Taliban’s war on women

2 years
The Global Jigsaw: The Taliban’s war on women
37m

The Media Show: Online rumours and real-world consequences

2 years
The Media Show: Online rumours and real-world consequences
22m

Big Tech – too big to hide from?

2 years
Big Tech – too big to hide from?
17m

The Media Show: Who will inherit the Murdoch empire?

2 years
The Media Show: Who will inherit the Murdoch empire?
22m

The global arms trade

2 years
The global arms trade
17m

The Media Show: Can memes win the US election?

2 years
The Media Show: Can memes win the US election?
22m

Why is the Gulf Stream and AMOC so important to our climate?

2 years
Why is the Gulf Stream and AMOC so important to our climate?
17m

The Media Show: Reporting from the scene of the Trump shooting

2 years
The Media Show: Reporting from the scene of the Trump shooting
22m