The Explanation Episodes Episode guide
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Unspun World: Israel's Middle East strategy
John Simpson analyses Israel鈥檚 long-term strategy in the Middle East
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Unspun World: Israel declares war on Hamas after deadly attack
Israel starts 'a prolonged and powerful campaign' in Gaza. What will be the consequences?
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Unspun World: Is Ukraine's counter-offensive a turning point?
Ukraine prepares a renewed offensive. Plus, what is a pangenome and how will it help us?
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Unspun World: Is Ukraine preparing for a deal?
Plus, what is the future of Nato?
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Unspun World: Is Ukraine losing Western support?
Plus, how might the International Court of Justice鈥檚 ruling affect the war in Gaza?
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Unspun World: Is the war in Gaza slipping away from Israel?
Plus, the implications of Iran鈥檚 missile strike on Pakistan
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Unspun World: Is Putin's time up?
The editor of the 大象传媒鈥檚 Russian service, Famil Ismailov, analyses Vladimir Putin's future
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Unspun World: Is it time to return looted art?
What should we done with stolen treasures? Katie Razzall confronts colonialism's legacy
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Unspun World: Is a ceasefire in Gaza within reach?
Plus, Donald Trump's legal problems, and European farmers protest
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Unspun World: How will Trump's second presidency affect the war in Ukraine?
John Simpson reflects on how the collapse of the Soviet Union has shaped Putin鈥檚 Russia
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Unspun World: How Russia's economy has survived despite sanctions
Plus, examining the US military's role in the Middle East
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Unspun World: How migration is changing European politics
Migration is topping Europe's political agenda. Europe editor, Katya Adler, explains why
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Unspun World: How has the Russia-China relationship changed?
Plus, what an assassination attempt tells us about Europe's politics
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Unspun World: Has Russia turned the tide in its war in Ukraine?
Plus, gang violence in Haiti, and the possibility of unmanned ships on the oceans
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Unspun World: Donald Trump鈥檚 whirlwind start to his second term
John Simpson examines Donald Trump鈥檚 first few weeks in office
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Unspun World: Could Russia's war with Ukraine escalate?
John Simpson examines the risk of nuclear escalation in Russia鈥檚 war with Ukraine
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Unspun World: Could AI outsmart humanity?
Reporting from Ukraine's battlefields. Plus, how worried should we be about AI?
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Unspun World: Can the US transform the world's economy?
President Biden puts America first. So will he succeed in reshaping the global economy?
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Unspun World: Can the US and China get along?
Biden and Xi's meeting builds bridges with deals on the military and fentanyl trafficking
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Unspun World: Can Israel win its war in Gaza?
John Simpson analyses Israel offensive in Gaza, China's economy and Indonesia's election
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Unspun World: Can anything break the stalemate in the Ukraine war?
Stories from the frontline as tensions rise from Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse
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Unspun World: Can anyone in Russia challenge Putin now?
Now Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, can anyone in Russia challenge the president鈥檚 power?
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Unspun World: Are democracies hindering the fight against climate change?
Short-term politics gets in the way of dealing with an ever-warming planet
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Unspun World: A pause in fighting in Gaza
A pause in fighting in Gaza but what鈥檚 it like for those living there?
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The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A tale of three cities
Sanaa, Aden and Taiz - stuck in a 鈥渘o war, no peace鈥� limbo
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The Global Jigsaw: Yemen: A frozen conflict
Ten years on, where do the warring parties in Yemen stand?
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The Global Jigsaw: Who鈥檒l be Argentina鈥檚 next president?
After a shock primary win, a far-right libertarian economist is in pole position
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The Global Jigsaw: What hope for Haiti?
Gang violence has turned the small Caribbean nation into a 鈥渓iving nightmare鈥�
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The Global Jigsaw: Wagner after Prigozhin
What next for the notorious group after the plane crash that wiped out its leadership?
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The Global Jigsaw: Turkey鈥檚 anti-LGBT drive
What鈥檚 behind the evolution of the Turkish president's anti-LGBT narrative?
