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Israeli troops shot at medics from as close as 12 metres, audio analysis suggests Analysis shared with Sky News calls into question Israel's claim that there was "no firing from close distance" in the IDF attack which killed 15 aid workers last month.

NEW: IDF shot at unarmed medics from as close as 12 metres

With @oliveelineham.bsky.social @adamparkr.bsky.social and Michelle Inez Simon
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so Trump definitely thinks this was just a conference call right?

Happy bdayyyyy!

DOGE likely subject to Freedom of Information Act requests, judge rules | CNN Politics A federal judge ruled Monday that the US Department of Government Efficiency is likely covered by the Freedom of Information Act, a federal transparency law that allows outsiders to obtain internal go...

The new preliminary ruling from US District Court Judge Casey Cooper is a major win for watchdog groups and others seeking to scrutinize the activity of the Elon Musk-led initiative.

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How This Oscar-Nominated Director Turned the Lens on Herself to Investigate the Man Who Sexually Assaulted Her Journalist Shiori Ito directed the Oscar-nominated documentary 'Black Box Diaries,' spending years reporting on her attacker and helping to spark the #MeToo movement in Japan.

Journalist Shiori Ito directed the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘Black Box Diaries,’ spending years reporting on her attacker and helping to spark the #MeToo movement in Japan.

Here's how she did it: https://twp.ai/1UMbsM

The Bangladeshi politician who built a shadowy global property empire FT investigation: Saifuzzaman Chowdhury and his family bought 482 properties overseas costing $295mn. The new government wants some of that money back

The Bangladeshi politician who built a shadowy global property empire

https://www.ft.com/content/ec752835-a6ca-4b82-aab5-15390f5b0499

DOGE Quietly Deletes the 5 Biggest Spending Cuts It Celebrated Last Week The cuts, highlighted on an earlier version of the “wall of receipts” posted by Elon Musk’s team, contained mistakes that vastly inflated the amount of money saved.

DOGE quietly deleted the 5 biggest spending cuts it celebrated last week www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...

Wild on so many levels

Sexual slavery, starvation and shelling: How Sudan's children are being erased by war

Tough read on what’s happening to children in Sudan from Yousra and her team news.sky.com/story/sexual...

As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of...

New from me: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed: www.propublica.org/article/face...

This is great Chris! 👏

The Hunt for Malaysia's Elusive Wildlife Trafficker - bellingcat After a decade of elusive wildlife trafficking, we traced one anonymous dealer to a house in Malaysia, all thanks to a customer complaint.

For more than a decade, one anonymous wildlife dealer has been advertising rare and endangered animals to thousands of followers. Read here how @bellingcat.com, with a contribution of yours truly, went on the Hunt for Malaysia's Elusive Wildlife Trafficker. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/02...

I heard democracy might be in trouble, so I had some ideas about how we should fix it.

Israeli army kills Palestinian man in front of wife, 3 children in Jenin Over 600 Palestinians flee Jenin refugee camp amid major Israeli incursion into Jenin city, says official - Anadolu Ajansı

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Car under fire in driving west out of Jenin yesterday. Vid 1: x.com/gazanotice/s.... Geolocation: 32°27'53.7"N 35°16'51.8"E. Time + date is visible on the car screen. These videos also corroborate: x.com/EyeonPalesti... and facebook.com/amid.press/v... @geoconfirmed.org

Files detail bid to contain fallout from Tulsi Gabbard meetings with Assad Gabbard’s 2017 trip to Syria, where she met with authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad, is expected to be a focus of questions from senators weighing her nomination to be director of national intellige...

Tulsi Gabbard and her staff tried their best to obfuscate the identities of regime figures she met in Syria, but then accidentally left all the details in a publicly accessible Google Doc.

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CCTV footage reveals shocking moment 80-year-old is shot in IDF raid as UN expert says it could be 'war crime' Sky News analysis of CCTV footage reveals what appears to be Israeli military personnel using a vehicle marked as an ambulance in an operation during which an 80-year-old Palestinian woman was shot in...

Last week, while most of my team focused on the LA fires, I spent several hours analysing CCTV footage of an 80-year-old grandmother who got shot during an IDF raid in the West Bank.

It was a very different story, but one we felt was vital to tell.

Watch here:
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‘We’re Fine’: Lying to Ourselves About a Climate Disaster The dystopia of Los Angeles' fires are horrifying, mundane, and everything in between.

We had to evacuate Los Angeles. Most people I know there have also had to leave. We are safe in San Diego and our apartment is unlikely to burn down. We are very lucky. But alongside the visceral horror of the wildfires there is also the mundanity of dystopia

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How Santa Ana winds spread the L.A. wildfires See how Santa Ana winds made the L.A. wildfires worse

More detailed explainer on the Santa Ana winds by
@bonnieberkowitz.bsky.social , @asteckelberg.bsky.social elberg.bsky.social, and wild wind map by Laris Karklis.

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Inside Assad's abandoned home: Damning documents, wedding photos and children's notes Sky's Dominic Waghorn is one of the first foreign journalists to be given access to the Assad family home. Inside were mementoes abandoned in a hurry - presents the children had made at school, holida...

Inside Assad’s abandoned family we get to see the sort of lifestyle his family led, all while so many Syrians suffered. Wild stuff from @dominicwaghorn.bsky.social news.sky.com/story/inside...

Syria latest: Rebel leader tells Sky News that Western fears are 'unnecessary' in first remarks to foreign media since Assad fell The leader of Hayat Tahrir al Sham has spoken to Sky News inside a mosque in Damascus, marking his first comments to Western media since his rebel coalition toppled the Assad regime.

HTS leader Abu Mohammad al Jolani says Western fears are “unnecessary” and his group doesn’t seek further conflict in his first comments since capturing Damascus. He spoke to our international editor Zein Ja’Far and @celinealkhaldi.bsky.social. More here: news.sky.com/story/syria-...

Former Syrian President Bashar Al Assad ruled ruthlessly for over two decades. With the help of Russian and Iranian forces, he also carried out some of the most vicious acts of the country’s 13-year civil war. We have documented many of these, from chemical attacks to the bombing of hospitals 🧵

Was a big team effort but special s/o to @samdoak.bsky.social who did lots of the verification for this one.

How Syrian rebels overthrew the Assad regime in just over a week Sky News has geolocated and analysed over 60 videos taken since the rebel offensive in Syria started, which show how they advanced through major cities and ousted Bashar al Assad.

Our team analysed over 60 videos which show how Syrian rebels advanced through major cities like Aleppo, Homs and Damascus before ousting Assad. Latest w/ @samdoak.bsky.social, @adamparkr.bsky.social
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How UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting sparked online debate over US health insurance Sky News analysed a series of viral posts circulating on platforms including X and TikTok since the shooting of Brian Thompson that reveal frustrations with the US health insurance system.

How Unitedhealthcare CEO shooting sparked online debate over US health insurance. Latest w/ @joelysantacruz.bsky.social
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