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It's the Oscars on Sunday,
and while American movies have long been America's great cultural export, the Academy Awards are increasingly nominating international films not made in America.
I'm Asma Khalid, one of the hosts of the Global Story podcast from the BBC.
How did Hollywood's biggest night become so international?
Listen to The Global Story on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
I'm Krasi Ivanova-Twig from the Global Jigsaw podcast from the BBC, where we explore Iran's media at war.
We peek under the bonnet of the machinery that shapes official narratives and controls the media.
And we revisit the turbulent first days of the war as they unfolded on national TV.
The Global Jigsaw looks at the world through the lens of its media.
Find us wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
Hello, here's a little quiz for you.
What do Laura Kunzberg and Sean Penn have in common?
Neither of them went to the Oscars.
Both of them have been spending time with Vladimir Zelensky this week instead.
Here's another one.
What do Angela Rayner and Donald Trump have in common?
This week, they have become Keir Starmer's chief critics on either side of the Atlantic.
We'll explain what's going on in this episode of Newscast.
Hello, it's Adam in the Newscast Studio.