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The truth belongs to everyone. Help us find it. - Donate to bellingcatEvery membership directly supports our investigations and global community work.www.bellingcat.comIn other Gulf news from the last few hours 👀 www.rte.ie/news/2026/04...
Daniel Kinahan arrested in United Arab EmiratesDaniel Kinahan has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates. He was arrested on foot of an arrest warrant issued by the Irish courts in relation to alleged serious organised crime offences.www.rte.ieNew video has allowed us to piece together more about what happened during the Feb. 28 strike on an IRGC facility and adjacent primary school in Minab, Iran. It appears the area was hit by at least two separate waves of strikes
BellingcatTwo new videos have emerged showing the deadly strikes that hit an IRGC compound, as well as an adjacent girls’ school, in Minab, Iran. By geolocating and verifying the footage, Bellingcat found two waves of attacks, occurring hours apart. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
We worked with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org to track and identify Border Patrol agents who have used force in multiple cities and on multiple occasions during immigration crackdowns over the past year 👇
BellingcatBellingcat and our partners at @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org have tracked US Border Patrol agents, analysing over 85 hours of footage taken across the country to try and unpack the circumstances around multiple use-of-force incidents. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
Some of the footage in this piece is fascinating, with farmers in Iraq and people aboard a cargo ship off the coast of Oman recording Tomahawks as they fly overhead
BellingcatBellingcat has geolocated eight videos showing US Tomahawks cruise missiles in Iraq heading towards Iran. The missiles appear to be flying low across valleys and were most likely fired from the Mediterranean sea, an expert told us. www.bellingcat.com/news/middle-...
Satellite imagery captured a big explosion at the location of the now sunken Arctic Metagaz LNG tanker 👇
BellingcatA March 3 explosion at the location of the now sunken Russian LNG tanker Arctic MetaGaz in the Mediterranean Sea was captured in mid-infrared optical imagery from the geostationary Meteosat-12 satellite. Visualisation: @simonsat.bsky.social/ESA. Data: EUMETSAT
We just posted a quick analysis of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Mineapolis. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkFc...
Analysis of Alex Pretti Shooting in MinneapolisYouTube video by Bellingcatwww.youtube.comBellingcat’s @easybakeovensz.bsky.social has written this piece on the actions of a border patrol agent who fired a less lethal weapon into the face of protesters who had taken to the streets after the death of Renee Good in Minneapolis
BellingcatJust hours after Renee Good was shot, one member of Customs and Border Patrol’s elite tactical team on an adjacent street fired a less-lethal weapon five times in less than five minutes, with four shots aimed at the faces of protestors. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
This is a really interesting read on how AI will impact aspects of the open source investigative field (like verification, geolocation & chronolocation). It details how contextual expertise and more transparency will be key for retaining trust reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/ai-unde...
AI is undermining OSINT’s core assumptions. Here’s how journalists should adaptAs generative AI makes fabrication easier and detection harder, experts must evolve its methods, invest in contextual expertise, and adopt transparent workflows.reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.ukMany former residents of Mariupol are unable to return home to the occupied Ukrainian city. Some now face seeing their homes sold off to Russian citizens
BellingcatNine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...
Thinking back to how Musk tried to get out of buying Twitter as it had a spam/fake account/bot problem
derek guyTwitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait. My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
This is really cool. Including a couple of Bellingcat stories where this method has been used below. It’s exciting to see people like @trbrtc.bsky.social @mabl2k.bsky.social @nickwaters.bsky.social (& others in the open source investigative community) bring these methods to their work
Christiaan TriebertThe forensic audio analysis by Rob C. Maher of the 2024 Trump assassination attempt has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. This is great news for visual and audio investigations! aes2.org/publications...
There is no greater game than football
Luke FoleyKenny McLean sends Scotland to the FIFA World Cup for the first time since 1998. I love sports. This is what it’s all about.
There’s no way Paul goes through with this fight www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing...
Anthony Joshua v Jake Paul fight scheduled for 19 DecemberYouTuber Jake Paul will fight ex-world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua in a professional bout in December.www.bbc.co.ukI went to the opening of this exhibition last week It features a cool Bellingcat display, showing the work we (primarily Ollie Ballinger @yoruk.bsky.social, Bridget Diakun @godin.bsky.social & Youri van der Weide) produced to track Russian ships surreptitiously exporting grain from occupied Crimea
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