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BBC Verify Correspondent OSINT/ social media/ disinformation investigations Instagram: merlyncthomas
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New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key Sudan city. BBC Verify identified the shooting of an unarmed man sat amid dozens of bodies in the city of el-Fasher. We identified one RSF fighter, Abu Lulu, killing unarmed men in multiple videos.
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Sudan war: New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key city
RSF troops executed a number of unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, videos reviewed by BBC Verify show.
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cd9kjw515pyo
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about 2 months ago
Ros Atkins on... how the BBC is run As the fall-out from the resignation of both the BBC’s Director-General and CEO of News continues, our Analysis Editor examines how the organisation is governed & why the role of the BBC Board is crucial to this story.
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Ros Atkins on... how the BBC is run
The BBC's analysis editor looks at how the organisation works - to understand why two bosses quit over the weekend.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cgkz6epkmy8o
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about 2 months ago
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mxylxw48yo
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New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key Sudan city. BBC Verify identified the shooting of an unarmed man sat amid dozens of bodies in the city of el-Fasher. We identified one RSF fighter, Abu Lulu, killing unarmed men in multiple videos.
bbc.com/news/articles/cd9kjw515pyo
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Sudan war: New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key city
RSF troops executed a number of unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, videos reviewed by BBC Verify show.
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cd9kjw515pyo
2 months ago
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For Palestinians, a line on a map can be the difference between life and death. BBC Verify found Israel is controlling more of Gaza than agreed in the ceasefire deal. Israel said anyone who crossed its "yellow line" would be “met with fire”.
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Israel maintaining control deeper inside Gaza than expected, new boundary markers suggest
Israel has placed boundary markers up to 520m deeper inside Gaza than expected under the ceasefire deal with Hamas.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2y00g4x29o
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The White published a map of what a future Gaza would look like as part of a 20-point peace plan. BBC Verify analysis shows that the proposed 'final withdrawal' would still leave Gaza 15% occupied. Reporting w/
@benedictgarman.com
Graphics
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Unpicking Trump’s Gaza peace plan map
BBC Verify analyses President Trump’s peace plan for Gaza and what it means on the ground.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c5ykwny8dp9o
3 months ago
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BBC Verify tasked new satellite imagery to track the Israeli military offensive in Gaza City in near real time. What we found was Israeli military presence deep into the city and closing in on its last remaining residents. Reporting with
@benedictgarman.com
@mesutersoz.com
@herdjemimah.bsky.social
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4 months ago
On Israel's destruction of prominent buildings in Gaza City w/
@merlynthomas.bsky.social
@paulybrown.bsky.social
@richib.bsky.social
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@sebkilli.bsky.social
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Israel demolishes more high-rise towers as Gaza City offensive ramps up
BBC Verify's Merlyn Thomas looks at the latest Israeli strikes on buildings in Gaza City city over the weekend.
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NEW: Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least 4 times in its attack which killed journalists, BBC Verify found. We found Israel hit two staircases in the first wave. Minutes later it struck one of the staircases twice more.
@benedictgarman.com
@sebkilli.bsky.social
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Israel struck Gaza's Nasser Hospital four times, analysis finds
New footage has revealed that two more strikes were carried out on hospital by Israel than initially reported.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly6lxn1l4po
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NEW: Israel struck Nasser Hospital at least 4 times in its attack which killed journalists, BBC Verify found. We found Israel hit two staircases in the first wave. Minutes later it struck one of the staircases twice more.
@benedictgarman.com
@sebkilli.bsky.social
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Israel struck Gaza's Nasser Hospital four times, analysis finds
New footage has revealed that two more strikes were carried out on hospital by Israel than initially reported.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly6lxn1l4po
4 months ago
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Benedict Garman
4 months ago
Israel hit Nasser hospital 4 times in its deadly attack on Monday. Analysis with
@merlynthomas.bsky.social
and Sebastian Vandermeersch.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Israel struck Gaza's Nasser Hospital four times, analysis finds
New footage has revealed that two more strikes were carried out on hospital by Israel than initially reported.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly6lxn1l4po
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Benedict Garman
5 months ago
We geolocated the view out of the window as Jeremy Bowen's team filmed packages falling from a plane over Gaza yesterday. They were dropped into a "dangerous combat zone", which Palestinians are warned not to enter because it would put their lives at risk.
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7 months ago
Investigation by
@merlynthomas.bsky.social
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@emmapengelly.bsky.social
prompts IDF to admit 'error'
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Israeli army admits to Gaza strike after BBC Verify investigation
At least one Palestinian was killed and 30 others injured in the Israeli strike on tents in Khan Younis on Sunday, medics say.
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NEW: BBC Verify has uncovered a previously unacknowledged Israeli strike in al-Mawasi. The Israeli army admitted that the strike did not hit its intended "target" due to "technical or operational errors". W/
@emmapengelly.bsky.social
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Israeli army admits to Gaza strike after BBC Verify investigation
At least one Palestinian was killed and 30 others injured in the Israeli strike on tents in Khan Younis on Sunday, medics say.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7zplv35l1o
7 months ago
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Israeli troops fired more than 100 times during an attack which killed 15 emergency workers in Gaza, according to forensic audio analysis of footage commissioned by BBC Verify. Some gunfire was as close as 12 metres away.
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Gaza medics killing: Israeli army fired as close as 12m, audio suggests
The analysis shows Israeli troops fired 100 shots during the attack which killed 15 people.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg55q1w58jo
9 months ago
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Israeli troops fired more than 100 times during an attack which killed 15 emergency workers in Gaza, according to forensic audio analysis of footage commissioned by BBC Verify. Some gunfire was as close as 12 metres away.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Gaza medics killing: Israeli army fired as close as 12m, audio suggests
The analysis shows Israeli troops fired 100 shots during the attack which killed 15 people.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg55q1w58jo
9 months ago
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Benedict Garman
about 1 year ago
A follow up to our previous piece tracking rebel forces in Syria w/
@paulybrown.bsky.social
@shayan86.bsky.social
@merlynthomas.bsky.social
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Tracking Syrian rebels' lightning offensive as they approach key city
BBC Verify has been tracking the territory captured by Syrian rebels as they move towards Homs.
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It’s been one week since rebel forces launched their largest offensive against the Syrian government in years. BBC Verify has been tracking rebel advances by analysing and tracking footage on social media.
@paulybrown.bsky.social
@benedictgarman.com
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BBC Verify tracks week of rebel advances in Syria
It’s been one week since rebel forces launched their largest offensive against the Syrian government in years. BBC Verify has been tracking their advances.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/clyv31n33d9o
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
BBC Verify tracks week of rebel advances in Syria, reporting from
@merlynthomas.bsky.social
,
@benedictgarman.com
,
@paulybrown.bsky.social
+ many others.
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BBC Verify tracks week of rebel advances in Syria
It’s been one week since rebel forces launched their largest offensive against the Syrian government in years. BBC Verify has been tracking their advances.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/clyv31n33d9o
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The biggest offensive against the government in years Here's BBC Verify's workings on rebel media in W Aleppo:
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And people leaving the area around the university:
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w/
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,
@merlynthomas.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
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about 1 year ago
Here’s a behind the scenes look at BBC Verify today: We’re fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s views on health issues after Donald Trump nominated him to be the next US health secretary. Stay up to date with the BBC’s live blog here:
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Hi brave new world! Thought I'd introduce myself here. I'm a senior reporter at BBC Verify covering OSINT + social media investigations and mis/disinformation and its real-world harm. Get in touch about stories I should be investigating via
[email protected]
or merlynthomas.11 on Signal
about 1 year ago
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