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Hacker NewsBBC Verify: What satellite images reveal about Myanmar's quake<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cn4wzyv21jvo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cn4wzyv21jvo</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBCVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCVerify</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Myanmar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Quake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Quake</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SatelliteImages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SatelliteImages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewsAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewsAnalysis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaturalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturalDisasters</a>

Noticias Ind. Chile(Video) “Birmania (Myanmar) postapocalíptico”: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Falso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Falso</a> | vía <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FastCheckCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FastCheckCL</a><a href="https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/04/03/video-birmania-myanmar-postapocaliptico-falso/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/04/03/video-birmania-myanmar-postapocaliptico-falso/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbc</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bbcverify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbcverify</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/birmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birmania</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chequeo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chequeo</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/desinformaci%C3%B3n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#desinformación</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/falso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#falso</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fastcheckcl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fastcheckcl</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hivemoderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hivemoderation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/inteligenciaartificial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inteligenciaartificial</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/inteligenciaartificialia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inteligenciaartificialia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/mundo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mundo</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#myanmar</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/redgeocient%C3%ADficadechile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#redgeocientíficadechile</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/redessociales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#redessociales</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/replica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#replica</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sismo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sismo</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/terremoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terremoto</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tiktok</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#twitter</a>

WYM ModA tragic missile attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, highlights the ongoing dangers civilians face in the Russian invasion. Four lives were lost when a hotel was struck, illustrating the harsh realities of war. Through verified footage, **Nick Eardley** of BBC Verify sheds light on the devastating impacts of military actions on stability and safety. For deeper insights into this escalating conflict, explore the full article. [Source](<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c8d4eyvd7j5o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c8d4eyvd7j5o</a>) <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/BBCVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCVerify</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/WarReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WarReport</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> suffering '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalCatastrophe</a>' after <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilSpill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OilSpill</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KerchStrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KerchStrait</a>Joshua Cheetham, Olga Robinson & Matt Murphy, January 23, 2025"Satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify have shown a major oil slick spreading across the Kerch Strait that separates Russia from annexed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crimea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crimea</a>, a month after two oil tankers were badly damaged in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackSea</a>."Oil has leaked into the strait from two ships which ran into trouble during bad weather on 15 December. Volgoneft-239 ran aground following the storm, while Volgoneft-212 sank."Up to 5,000 tonnes of oil has now leaked, and media reports and official statements analysed by BBC Verify suggest the spill has spread across the Black Sea and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaOfAzov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeaOfAzov</a>."A senior Russian scientist called the spill the country's worst '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalCatastrophe</a>' of the 21st Century."'This is the first time fuel oil has been spilled in such quantities,' Viktor Danilov-Danilyan - the head of science at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - said in a 17 January interview with a Russian newspaper."Russian scientists said in December that this spill could be more than twice the size of a similar disaster in the strait in 2007, which saw up to 1,600 tonnes of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeavyOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeavyOil</a> leak into the sea. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>'s ministry of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> has estimated that the clear up from the latest spill could cost the Russian state up to $14bn (£11.4bn)."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PaulJohnston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PaulJohnston</a>, a scientist at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenpeaceResearchLaboratories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenpeaceResearchLaboratories</a>, said 'there's always an element of uncertainty around oil spills', but a lack of timely information has heightened this uncertainty further."'I'm not entirely optimistic we'll ever know the full extent of the problem,' he added."Satellite images reviewed by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BBCVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCVerify</a> on 10 January - the most recent available high-resolution photos - showed a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MassiveOilSlick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MassiveOilSlick</a> running through the strait, measuring at least 25km (15 miles) long. A second, smaller slick measuring around 5.7km (3.5 miles) long is also visible."Read more: <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23ngk5vgmpo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23ngk5vgmpo</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDestruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalDestruction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilSpill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OilSpill</a>

Greg Walker :manjaro:<a href="https://mas.to/@therightarticle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@therightarticle</a> The BBC now have a verify editor. Maybe this should be escalated to them to. Unless they are one and the same person.<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaffiBerg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaffiBerg</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BBCVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCVerify</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BBCCorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCCorruption</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BBCLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCLies</a>

Peter Brett“Farming tax row - BBC Verify on which figures are more reliable and why”<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c789yggdxn3o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c789yggdxn3o</a>I find it interesting that <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBC</a> Verify also support the Treasury's estimate that only around ~500 estates will be affected. <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/BBCVerify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCVerify</a> is a cool project by the BBC; they have been taking the OSINT methods championed by Bellingcat and applying them to “mainstream” journalism. More of this please.<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPolitics</a>

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