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Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> latest miniseries on JNIM, a branch of al-Qaeda is worth your time. It's one of the world's deadliest jihadist groups, based in the Sahel,where around 50% of deaths from terrorism were registered last yr. We look into its leaders, its narrative, its modus operandi<br><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>and try to understand its impact on local life and on the region’s complex geopolitics <br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yvb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7yvb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>With <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a>'s Jacob Boswall, Collins Nabiswa and Barry Marston</p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> explores some 'solutions' <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> decision makers are offering, with the help of <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> 's Francis Scarr and Veronika Malinboym - from fiscal incentives to restricting access to abortion to banning propaganda of “childless lifestyle” <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6r7n" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6r7n</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> - Russia's soldiers bringing wartime violence back home<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e7vl01gngo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c1e7vl01</span><span class="invisible">gngo</span></a><br>By <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> 's Vitaly Shevchenko</p><p>We looked into the implications of this on <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> too: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> Vitaly Shevchenko:<br>Ukrainians know that their chances of surviving Russia's assault will be miniscule if US support is cut - and Donald Trump's rhetoric strongly suggests that that is a distinct possibility.</p><p>He is also seen as much friendlier towards Russian President Vladimir Putin, and his relationship with Volodymyr Zelensky has been rocky</p><p>(Cont.)</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> Francis Scarr:<br>Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he was unaware if the Russian president had plans to congratulate Trump.</p><p>"Let us not forget that we are talking about an unfriendly country that directly and indirectly is involved in the war against our state,"&nbsp;Peskov told reporters.</p><p>But there was also welcome acknowledgement that Trump could significantly reduce the flow of American military aid for Ukraine.</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> 's Ghoncheh Habibiazad:</p><p>Iranian MPs chanted “Allahu Akbar [God is greatest]”, “Death to Israel” and “Revolutionary IRGC, thank you, thank you” today at the parliament, following Iran’s missile strike on Israel yesterday.</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a><br><a href="https://journa.host/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Khamenei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Khamenei</span></a> 's comments: the resistance front's attacks on "worn-out and declining" Israel will become "even more powerful".</p><p>If you are not sure what he means by 'resistance', <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> explains it here:</p><p><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>Belated happy <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Caturday</span></a> to all <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a> from the boss lady. She is currently in windowsill-cat position - this is how she does her most intent listening, currently playing the Bonus episode of <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/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> 's <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> operations. She is trying to spot some meowing under the ubiquitous birdsong in this episode - can you hear any? <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hzv1sb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0hzv1sb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>from the lense of the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/IRGC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRGC</span></a> in particular what these groups and allies provide is a screen of responsibility - it provides a means of plausible deniability for <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> to both engage its enemies militarily and also deny the kind of direct responsibility that perhaps could provoke a broader conflagration.</p><p>In the second part of this mini series on the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/AxisOfResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AxisOfResistance</span></a> we’ll go to more <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> colleagues - to see how groups linked to the Resistance serve <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> ’s interests. </p><p>A teaser:<br>cont.</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>A legendary river with two names - Helmand to Afghans, Hirmand to Iranians - is the focus of <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> this weekend. <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> 's <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> and <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Afghanistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Afghanistan</span></a> experts follow the twists and turns of the water dispute, fueling the turbulent relationship between the two neighbours.<br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct5hlf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>In case you have missed it last week, on <a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a> we looked at how water is being used as a weapon of war, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> 's <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> and <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> experts, Francis Scarr and Sergey Arsentyev deconstruct the narratives around the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Crimean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crimean</span></a> water dispute:<br><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>V Shayan Sardarizade (of <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> ):<br>'Images of five men have been widely shared, claiming to show the gunmen responsible for the deadly attack at the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Crocus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crocus</span></a> City Hall near <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a> .</p><p>But the images were first posted in early March, reportedly showing five militants killed during a shoot-out in <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Ingushetia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ingushetia</span></a> .'</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> : <br>While IS claimed the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Crocus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crocus</span></a> attack, it has yet to announce which of its branches was responsible</p><p>It is likely to claim the attack in the name of its Caucasus province branch, which is one of the least active of IS's global affiliates.</p><p>Some analysts have for months now been speculating about the growing ambitions of the IS group's Afghanistan-focused Khorasan province branch (IS-K or ISIS-K), which is believed to have Russian-speaking Central Asians in its ranks</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a>:<br>Various Russian Telegram news channels have published footage that shows at least one person having been shot at Crocus City Hall, as well as sounds of shooting and scenes of panic.</p><p>Popular pro-Kremlin channel Readovka reported that at least 12 people might have died in the attack, and 50 more were injured.</p><p>State RIA Novosti news agency reported that at least three attackers wearing camouflage opened fire at the venue.</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V Vitaly Shevchenko, <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> editor:<br>'Today saw the largest opposition gathering in Russia since Alexei <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Navalny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navalny</span></a> ’s jailing in January 2021.</p><p>The fact that it was allowed to happen suggests the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a> may have been worried about the optics.</p><p>With no organised opposition to speak of left in Russia - the Kremlin will hope it won't have to worry about Navalny’s cause again. More on Russia before the presidential elex and more from Vitaly: <br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6fhn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct6fhn</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/TheGlobalJigsaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheGlobalJigsaw</span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Well spotted by <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> 's Francis Scarr:<br>'Just days after Alexei <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Navalny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navalny</span></a> 's death, Vladimir <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> has signed a decree decorating the deputy director of the <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> service Valery Boyarinev' he is now a colonel-general (or full general)</p><p><a href="https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/20029015" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/20029015</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Путин</span></a> присвоил замдиректора <a href="https://journa.host/tags/%D0%A4%D0%A1%D0%98%D0%9D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ФСИН</span></a> Бояриневу специальное звание генерал-полковника</p>
Kriszta Satori<p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> 's <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> media analyst Francis Scarr was looking for traces of <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Navalny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navalny</span></a> news and drew a blank:<br>'I've checked the morning news bulletins across Russian state TV today, there has been zero mention of Alexei Navalny.The <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a> is doing its best to make his death a complete non-story for the tens of millions of Russians who get their news from its <a href="https://journa.host/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> machine'<br>Last night when they broke the news,<br>'they didn't show his face once and are referring to him as a mere "convict"</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>V <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a> 's <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@francisscarr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>francisscarr</span></a></span> - whose job is to watch Russian state TV ... was looking for reports on <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Navalny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navalny</span></a> </p><p>'Navalny's death is mentioned no less than 41 minutes into the programme with a 35 second report in which the presenter just paraphrases statements from the prisons service and investigations committee'</p>
Kriszta Satori<p>Some headlines v <a href="https://journa.host/tags/BBCMonitoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMonitoring</span></a>:<br><a href="https://journa.host/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> 's Wang Yi says <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> 's actions in <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> have 'gone beyond self-defence'</p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/Pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistan</span></a> , <a href="https://journa.host/tags/UAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UAE</span></a> urge 'cessation of hostilities' amid Israel- <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> war</p><p>Tunisian parliament considers bill criminalising normalising ties with Israel</p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/Afghan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Afghan</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Taliban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taliban</span></a> condemn Israel's 'brutal' measures in Gaza</p><p>Pakistan paper warns of Israel-Hamas war turning into 'regional war'</p>
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