Emma Pengelly
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BBC Verify journalist Insta: @emmapengelly.bbc
Three consecutive days of strikes on sites of giant Russian online retailer. 16 Wildberries sites hit in Russia since 17 July. Incl. verification by @paulybrown.bsky.social, @emmapengelly.bsky.social and @shayan86.bsky.social. Edited by @biancabritton.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@bbcnews/vid...
After a brief pause, Ukraine has been targeting facilities operated by the company often described as the "Russian Amazon". #Ukraine #Russia #Wildberries #News #BBCNews
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Our new investigation on the network of vast land barriers Israel is building in Gaza... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel building new land barriers in Gaza and displacing families
Experts have told the BBC that the earthworks suggest Israel is planning for a long-term internal border.
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Tracking the IDF's construction of earth barriers in Gaza, +23km in total, some sections beyond the Yellow Line. Israel has also built new (and consolidated existing) bases on the side it controls. The evidence shows Israel is preparing for a long stay, experts say. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Why is Israel building these long earth barriers inside Gaza?
BBC Verify has found Israel has been building a series of earth barriers inside Gaza since the October ceasefire.
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"It's a catastrophe... for all of us, not only my family, but every single family that lives in that town." Reporting with @merlynthomas.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Couple discovers Lebanon home destroyed by Israel from satellite image
Joe Elias contacted BBC Verify following reports that his village was among several destroyed by Israeli forces.
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Towns and villages are being levelled in south Lebanon by Israeli demolitions. Our analysis out yesterday - just a snapshot of the overall damage - found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed in recent weeks. Reporting with @MerlynThomas and Barbara Metzler. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed
BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.
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ICYMI: We verified three photos that emerged on Sunday showing a severely damaged E-3 at Prince Sultan air base www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Photos show heavily damaged US radar jet at Saudi base
US Central Command has not yet publicly commented on the incident.
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Iran is fortifying entrances to a tunnel complex near one of its nuclear sites, satellite images show. With Ghoncheh Habibiazad and analysis from the Institute for Science and International Security. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Iran fortifies underground complex near nuclear site, satellite images show
The activity comes at a time of heightened tensions as talks between Iranian and US officials continue over Iran's nuclear programme.
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Kristi Noem/ DHS vs the video evidence. Analysis for Verify w/ @emmapengelly.bsky.social building on verification work by @paulybrown.bsky.social 1) www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj... 2) www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
With @benedictgarman.com, our investigation found Israel is moving the yellow blocks supposed to mark its line of control in Gaza deeper into the territory, sowing confusion among Palestinians.
Trump and Noem's claims about the circumstances leading up to the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent are contradicted by video evidence. W/ @jakehorton.bsky.social @richib.bsky.social @paulybrown.bsky.social @emmapengelly.bsky.social @herdjemimah.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
How the ICE shooting in Minneapolis unfolded
BBC Verify breaks down how the shooting which killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis unfolded.
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The Israeli military is exerting control over more of Gaza than expected from the ceasefire deal with Hamas, w/ @emmapengelly.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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.
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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...
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.
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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 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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Investigation by @merlynthomas.bsky.social and @emmapengelly.bsky.social prompts IDF to admit 'error' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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1/ THREAD Applying OSint to two different Gaza aid moments: Fri 30 May, south of the Netzarim GHF distribution site, and Sat 31 May, WFP truck(s) in Khan Yunis. On Netzarim, here's what @emmapengelly.bsky.social and I could find, in a BBC live page post: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Hamas 'thoroughly reviewing' ceasefire plan as UN warns all of Gaza at risk of famine
The proposal would reportedly see 28 Israeli hostages – alive and dead – returned in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners.
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Our investigation into the Israeli strike on the European Hospital last week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sws6...
The Israeli strike on Gaza's European Hospital: BBC Verify investigates | BBC News
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#BBCNews live page www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv... Russian general killed in car bomb as Trump envoy meets Putin in Moscow for Ukraine peace talks #UkraineWar
Ukraine war live: Russian general killed in car bomb as Trump envoy meets Putin in Moscow for Ukraine peace talks
Russian authorities confirm that General Yaroslav Moskalik is killed in a Moscow explosion.
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Russian authorities are systematically seizing thousands of homes from Ukrainian residents of Mariupol. BBC Verify has analysed dozens of official documents published since July 2024 that show at least 5,700 homes have been identified for seizure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Russia seizing thousands of homes in occupied Mariupol - BBC News
To save their homes, Ukrainians face a dangerous return through Russia, and pressure to take a Russian passport.
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Israeli troops fired more than 100 times during an attack in which they killed 15 emergency workers in Gaza, with some shots from as close as 12m away, a forensic audio analysis of mobile phone footage commissioned by BBC Verify has found. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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.
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Yesterday: our video on the 15 emergency workers killed in Gaza by the IDF and how footage recovered from a medic’s phone forced the Israeli army to change its initial account. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
BBC Verify analyses video showing Israel's killing of Gaza medics
The IDF's killing of 15 emergency workers has drawn international condemnation. BBC Verify examines new footage of the incident.
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1/ THREAD How we know what we know about what happened around Dar al-Arqam school, al Tuffah, Gaza, yesterday afternoon and evening. (Call it OSint if you like.) This will include unpacking two images in our main story: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gaza: Israeli strike on school kills 27, health ministry says
Palestinian authorities say children were among the dead, while Israel says it hit a Hamas command-and-control centre.
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