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Kriszta Satori<p>Don't miss our latest <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> on <a href="https://journa.host/tags/JNIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JNIM</span></a> - <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>Sub-Saharan Africa has emerged as a key battlefront for jihadists: around 50% of deaths from terrorism in 2024 were registered in the Sahel region alone, acc to GTI. JNIM is an eclectic yet united coalition, rooted in the tribal desert regions of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso. We look into its leaders, its narrative, and its modus operandi - please let me know what you think of this episode if you have a few moments 🙏🏻</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V guardian:<br>In Ukraine’s bombed out reservoir a huge forest has grown – is it a return to life or a toxic timebomb?</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/22/in-a-bombed-out-reservoir-ukraine-huge-forest-grown-a-return-to-life-or-toxic-timebomb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/22/in-a-bombed-out-reservoir-ukraine-huge-forest-grown-a-return-to-life-or-toxic-timebomb</span></a></p><p>More on the consequences of the destruction of the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kakhovka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kakhovka</span></a> dam from <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hld" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hld</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - Kurdish PKK to lay down arms in big step towards ending Turkey conflict<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvj5v67ly9o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cyvj5v67</span><span class="invisible">ly9o</span></a></p><p>More on the Kurds and their fight in our <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> series:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - Search for survivors after Houthis sink second Red Sea cargo ship in a week<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3071vp2d8yo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c3071vp2</span><span class="invisible">d8yo</span></a><br>And if you were wondering what is life like under the Houthis in Yemen, here comes a recommended listen from <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6r7k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6r7k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - 'Mariupol is diseased': Residents deny Russian claims occupied city returning to normal<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq6912mqp1go" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cq6912mq</span><span class="invisible">p1go</span></a><br>Check out this episode of <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> where we discuss life in Mariupol, Putin’s special project: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7nf1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7nf1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Please let me know if your access to <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> becomes restricted too</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>US Lt Gen Mark C. Schwartz says Tehran might retaliate against US forces stationed in Iraq, Jordan and Syria over those in Bahrain and Kuwait.</p><p>Acc to him Kata'ib Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Iraqi Shia militia group, would be the most viable of those to do so, followed by the Houthis in Yemen</p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> looked into Tehran's proxies last year - although the situation has markedly changed, it is a good backgrounder: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0htcwzj" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0htcwzj</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>As the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/IRGC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRGC</span></a> and the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Quds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quds</span></a> Force is often mentioned as part of the conflict between Israel and Iran, in the light of the latest news we have updated our <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> episode for a deep dive into the origins, the branding and the ideological blueprint of Tehran's influence network&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Streets eerily quiet and food supplies low - daily life in Tehran<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20n6epljg2o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c20n6epl</span><span class="invisible">jg2o</span></a><br>And if you want to understand how Iran's IRGC operates, we have updated <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> for you:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ljybbw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0ljybbw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - Who were the Iranian commanders killed in Israel's attack?<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lk5j18k4vo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c2lk5j18</span><span class="invisible">k4vo</span></a><br>More on the IRGC, Quds Force and the Basij militia from <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a><br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6qpb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6qpb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>The strikes have&nbsp;killed Hossein Salami, chief of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards&nbsp;- a powerful branch of the country's armed forces - as well as nuclear scientists, according to Iranian state media</p><p>Here is our <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> episode on the IRGC <br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6qpb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6qpb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - Wagner to withdraw from Mali after 'completing mission'<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ve0e7ndzo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ve0e7</span><span class="invisible">ndzo</span></a><br>And one of my fave <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> episodes from the early days, on Mali - it is an eyeopener:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hl5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hl5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Don't miss <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> on the Israeli government’s push to transform the media landscape. It has been described by critics as a “hostile takeover” that poses a threat to press freedom. In this episode we examine the methods and the motives behind Benjamin Netanyahu's media squeeze <br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V NYTimes:<br>PBS Sues Trump Over Order to Cut Funding <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/business/media/pbs-trump-lawsuit-funding.html?smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/30/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/media/pbs-trump-lawsuit-funding.html?smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p><p>About the cuts to foreign facing US broadcasting e.g. VOA and RFE/RL, RFA please check out <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Recommended weekend listen: our latest <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> on Netanyahu’s media squeeze </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Our latest <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> focuses on the Israeli government’s push to transform the media landscape which has been described by critics as a “hostile takeover”. We take a look at what people in Israel see about the war in Gaza on their TV screens and examine the methods and the motives behind the prime minister’s media squeeze <br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yv5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - The terrifying new weapon changing the war in Ukraine<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgn47e5qyno" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/ckgn47e5</span><span class="invisible">qyno</span></a><br><a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> on how <a href="https://journa.host/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a> change the battlefield <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6qpc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6qpc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>And on the so called 'human safaris'<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7nf1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7nf1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://journa.host/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>and a visualised version of <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> episode on Trump’s assault on <a href="https://journa.host/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> &amp; RFE/RL <a href="https://journa.host/tags/RFERL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFERL</span></a> has just landed, for your viewing/listening pleasure: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G6YdLTS1wk&amp;list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fK2XXqsOE-zcX_7R7gOklU&amp;index=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=2G6YdLTS1w</span><span class="invisible">k&amp;list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fK2XXqsOE-zcX_7R7gOklU&amp;index=1</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>A sunny <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caturday</span></a> to you, <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a><br>The boss lady is all ears today, she is listening to the back catalogue of the pod she subs for a living, <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> - you too could lend an ear, if you fancy. She does appreciate it. 😻 <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrk/episodes/downloads" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvrk/</span><span class="invisible">episodes/downloads</span></a> you could let her know what you liked and why, if at all 😉</p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCNews</span></a> - Trump's meeting with Sharaa, unthinkable just months ago, boosts Syrians' hopes<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9dqp842nl8o" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c9dqp842</span><span class="invisible">nl8o</span></a><br>If you want to find out more about al Sharaa (nome de guerre Jolani), check out <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7m3q" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7m3q</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>