Global with Jon Sopel is a news programme on BBC World News that first premiered on 14 January 2013 with the relaunch of the channel from Broadcasting House. The programme is hosted by Jon Sopel who joined the channel from the domestic BBC News Channel. Sopel regularly presents the programme on location around the world and in this case it is broadcast in part on BBC News Channel. the Global replaced The Hub which originally was edition of World News Today and served as a news 'nerve centre' for South Asia and the Middle East, providing both the headlines, and detailed analysis of the global news agenda.