I’ve spent the last year investigating how the UK's broken employment tribunal system lets rogue bosses evade justice. But this is the craziest case,by far. A restaurant chain that lost 21 tribunal claims over several years, yet never paid a single one🧵 www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

Meet the restaurant boss who flouted judges’ orders for years

Jason Wells’ restaurant chain has cheated workers, lost 21 tribunal claims – and not paid a single one

thebureauinvestigates.com

A lot of details have come out about what Epstein offered his Royal friends, less on what he expected from them. New files shed light on what he wanted from Sarah Ferguson, majority ownership of her women’s empowerment brand, and the opportunity to leverage her network.

NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.

Trump’s immigration data dragnet

The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year

ig.ft.com

This is great work from @samdoak.bsky.social and @bvdm.bsky.social on Gaza's four Israeli-backed militias news.sky.com/story/reveal...

Revealed: The plan for a 'New Gaza' - and the four militias Israel is backing to defeat Hamas

Militia leader Hossam al Astal tells Sky News that the groups are part of a joint project to remove Hamas from power, and that they have the backing of several Arab and Western states.

news.sky.com

New story with @bvdm.bsky.social We found new evidence of Israeli support for anti Hamas Gaza militias. For the first time we got a look at how the northern Al Mansi militia is supplied, finding footage of them transporting fuel, food and water from the direction of the Israeli border

We went through months of footage to find details of the IDF’s support for a Gaza militia positioning itself as an alternative governing force Found the Popular Forces to be receiving aid directly from the GHF, and moving vehicles & equipment with relative ease over the border

New Planet imagery shows buildings being demolished by the IDF around a recently abandoned camp in the south of Gaza city. Just ten days prior the area was full of people.

Sam Doak@samdoak.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The IDF have pushed into the south east of Gaza city, with Palestinians forced to abandon camps in nearby neighbourhoods. After the destruction of whole neighbourhoods across the strip, high numbers of demolition equipment suggest a similar plan for the city. Story with @bvdm.bsky.social

The IDF have pushed into the south east of Gaza city, with Palestinians forced to abandon camps in nearby neighbourhoods. After the destruction of whole neighbourhoods across the strip, high numbers of demolition equipment suggest a similar plan for the city. Story with @bvdm.bsky.social

The dead in this video were filmed on the coastal road, ~500 meters south of a newly manned fortified area visible on Planet imagery from 26 July 22 July imagery shows the area was empty until quite recently

Inxiol@inxiol.bsky.social · last yr.

Cercanías del cruce Zikim en Gaza. Agosto 2025

NEW INVESIGATION: Europe's largest missile maker is supplying bomb parts to Israeli munitions that have killed over 100 children in Gaza, across 24 incidents we investigated. 10+ of these Israeli strikes were on schools. With @juliettegarside.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Great piece by @bvdm.bsky.social @samdoak.bsky.social and Michelle Inez Simon looking at the decisions leading to more than 20 people being killed at a Gaza aid distribution site: news.sky.com/story/deadly...

Deadly crush at Gaza aid site after new system implemented

Eyewitness testimony and analysis of social media posts suggests that the crush was the result of systemic failures of communication and crowd control at the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid site.

news.sky.com

The oil tankers usually grouped around Kharg noticeably gone since the recent attacks in Iran started. Last time I remember seeing this was during the strikes last year. Imagery 12 - 16 June.

I interviewed Oxfam about what's in the aid boxes for Gaza- I was told they do not meet nutritional standards for a starving population.

Wrote about the chaotic aid distribution efforts in Gaza, and what went wrong at the Rafah distribution site with @bvdm.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/comple...

How the rollout of new Gaza aid system collapsed into chaos

Sky News has analysed how US mercenaries managed to lose control of an aid distribution centre on its first day of operation, as Israel faces criticism of its new aid system.

news.sky.com

NEW, from me: I found Patriot Front trying to boost recruitment by secretly controlling a large part of the active clubs network according to audio messages and a leaked document I reviewed. www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

Patriot Front is hidden hand behind dozen active clubs

The white nationalist hate group is trying to boost recruitment by secretly controlling a large swath of the active clubs network.

splcenter.org

Wrote about the attack on Zamzam refugee camp A video shows an unarmed man being shot, less than a meter from a child While fighters in the video are not uniformed, the person filming appears in another, celebrating with a soldier wearing RSF insignia news.sky.com/story/how-br...

My friend is raising funds for an orphanage their family runs in Myanmar following the earthquake. Anything raised going towards fixing the orphanage’s water supply and other necessities. www.gofundme.com/f/fundraiser...

Donate to Fundraiser for Myanmar orphanage earthquake victims, organized by Siam Hatzaw

Dear friends, On Friday 28 March a 7.7 magnitude earthquake devast… Siam Hatzaw needs your support for Fundraiser for Myanmar orphanage earthquake victims

gofundme.com

Quick step by step on how we verified this. Shows a strike in Sadaa in the early hours of 16 March. Video is CCTV. Is a close crop and short, meaning likely longer cuts and wider view versions available. 1/?

Going to be speaking as part of a panel discussion on OSINT and the war in Ukraine at KCL on Wednesday. Believe its by request for external attendees but link is here if anyone is interested eu01.z.antigena.com/l/TKo8EkWhu5...

Spent this week looking at the digital footprint of Cameron Finnigan, the Sussex teenager convicted for crimes relating to his involvement with the the esoteric nazi abuse network 764. 1/? news.sky.com/story/inside...

Inside the ultra-violent neo-Nazi abuse network behind the crimes of a Sussex teenager

Cameron Finnigan was immersed in the 764, a dark online community whose members film and share acts of extreme violence. Sky News has found traces of this group - and has been told there are more than...

news.sky.com

Determining the true scale of lives lost in Syria’s 14-year conflict is essential for accountability and transitional justice. But is a final civilian casualty count possible? for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/argument/tal...

Tallying Syria’s War Dead

With Assad deposed, many obstacles stand in the way of a final casualty count

newlinesmag.com

Satellite imagery from the night of Jan 7-8 shows light from the Los Angeles wildfires at a pretty stark scale. Images from NASA's Black Marble.

For nearly two years, a shadowy paramilitary group – the Rapid Support Forces – has been terrorising Sudan. We spent months collecting evidence that identified commanders and revealed potential war crimes happening under their watch. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Video: How ‘Trophy’ Videos Link Paramilitary Commanders to War Crimes in Sudan

Visual evidence collected and analyzed over months by The New York Times identifies the commanders leading an opaque paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, as fighters under their watch commit ...

nytimes.com

Uncovering evidence of a massacre in Sudan: Analysis by BBC Verify of videos showing fighters boasting of a massacre and later mocking survivors has identified those responsible as apparently belonging to Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How an RSF commander's defection led to a massacre in Sudan

Videos reviewed by BBC Verify show men wearing RSF insignia boasting of killing locals in al-Seriha

bbc.co.uk

We’re thrilled to announce @samdoak.bsky.social, OSINT Desk Producer at @news.sky.com, as a speaker at our OSINT event in London on Tuesday, January 28, 2025! 🕵️‍♂️ Sam brings valuable insights into how OSINT is revolutionising investigative journalism. 📅 Details & free tickets: lu.ma/mirso4p2

Crater from the Tartus explosion visible on today's Planet imagery(left), before image (right) from 15 December

Malcontent News@malcontentnews.bsky.social · 2y ago

Claimed Israeli Air Force bombing of a Syrian ammunition depot approximately 17 km south-southeast or 10 km east of the Russian Navy Base in Tartus. The explosion is consistent with a combination of ammunition and solid rocket fuel cooking off. The exact location is undetermined. 🔽 1/3

Things filmed inside can be difficult to geolocate, but believe there's enough here to make a good case for it being here: 📌33.514013774282404, 36.23814838466553

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦@maks23.bsky.social · 2y ago

🏎️👀 This is what the garage of Assad looks like.

From Latakia today, matches the statue torn down in Sheikhdaher Square.

New SkySat imagery from Planet Labs over northern Gaza from Dec 5 shows extensive damage to the Beit Lahia Cemetery after the IDF cleared two paths through the middle of it. 🧵 I have a cemetery destruction thread on Twitter that I'll re-post to Bluesky for tracking purposes. CC: @geoconfirmed.org