BBC Verify correspondent / @BBCNews [email protected] Signal merlynthomas.23
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UN investigators say there are "reasonable grounds" the US committed war crimes in strikes in Minab and Lamerd, citing BBC Verify, NYT and Reuters reporting. The report also says Iran's crackdown on protesters in January amount to crimes against humanity. ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
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🧵 BBC Verify spent this week investigating the floods that devastated the Nepal-Tibet border.
We verified more than 30 videos, used satellite imagery and CCTV to trace the path of the floodwaters, and investigated what caused it
Here’s some of our work from the past few days:
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How much can we trust satellite imagery shared online anymore?
Google's new AI tool lets people create fake images by adding almost anything to its real-world maps. Experts say it could be used to spread misinformation.
From @MerlynThomas & @paulybrown: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c934…
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Iran attacks on US military sites are more extensive than publicly acknowledged, BBC Verify analysis reveals.
Satellite imagery shows at least 20 US military sites across 8 countries have been damaged.
W/ @leguape @Matt_Murphy15
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NEW: The US was likely responsible for a deadly strike on a residential area in the Iranian town of Lamerd, experts say.
Local officials say at least 21 people were killed.
The US declined to comment on our findings.
With @Shayan86 @jalalisarah
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx29…
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The challenges of working out what is reality and what is AI.
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Lovely to be back at @SirHarrySummit this year, with our very own @MerlynThomas on a panel about open source investigations: “It’s very much a collaborative industry … we are pulling together resources and knowledge and we are learning from each other as well.”
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📣 The Giant Eyeball
A tsunami of video footage from drones and phones is transforming investigative journalism.
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🔴 Livestream on 6th May at sirharrysummit.org/watch
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After a BBC Verify investigation revealed the scale of destruction in Southern Lebanon, one family's worst fears were confirmed when satellite imagery revealed that their home was in one of dozens of villages being destroyed by Israeli forces. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg3…
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BBC investigation presents shocking evidence of large scale demolition of towns and villages in Lebanon bbc.com/news/articles/cdxkk1…
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Towns and villages are being levelled in south Lebanon by Israeli demolitions. Our analysis - just a snapshot of the overall damage - found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.
Reporting with @MerlynThomas and Barbara Metzler
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxk…
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Towns and villages in southern Lebanon are being levelled by Israeli demolitions, satellite images and videos obtained by BBC Verify reveal.
Reporting by @emmapenggelly, @MerlynThomas & Barbara Metzler. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxk…
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Satellite imagery company Planet Labs restricted access to images of Iran and large parts of the Middle East after a request from the US government.
Journalists and humanitarian groups say it limits their ability to assess the impact of the conflict. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7…
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First shoe to drop
On left:
CENTCOM refutes claim that a video shows a U.S. missile (PrSM) in media reports (NYT & BBC) of a U.S. strike on a sports hall/school in Lamerd, Iran.
On right:
BBC comes back with SIX weapons experts.
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NEW: The US says an Iranian missile caused a deadly strike in Lamerd.
Six experts dispute that, saying the evidence doesn’t match based on the missile’s visual features, trajectory, explosion & number of strikes.
Evidence instead points to a US PrSM.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gx…
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Multiple weapons experts have disputed a US claim that Iran may have been responsible for a deadly strike on the town of Lamerd on the first day of the Iran war, which killed 21 people.
Weapons experts say a US PrSM missile was likely used in the strike.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gx…
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ICYMI: A US missile was likely used in a deadly strike on a residential area in Lamerd, Iran, BBC Verify analysis suggests.
Experts identified the munition as a Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) - a new long-range system not previously used in combat. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx29…
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Lockheed tweeting enthusiastically four days ago about the first combat use of the PrSM missile identified in this BBC scoop: xitter.cf/lockheedmartin/status/…
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New US Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM) were likely used in deadly strikes that hit a residential area and a sports hall in the town of Lamerd on the first day of the Iran war, weapons experts say.
The strikes killed 21 people, including four children.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx29…
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A newly published video shows that a US Tomahawk missile hit a medical clinic inside an IRGC base and near a primary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab where the authorities said 168 people, including around 110 children, were killed.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg5…
