Reha Kansara

What Israel's Gaza City takeover plan could mean for Palestinians Israel has approved a plan to take control of Gaza City, which it says is part of its strategy to end the war.

At BBC Verify we’ve looked at what Israel’s plans to occupy Gaza City could mean for Palestinians.

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Tracking a smuggler behind tragic Atlantic migrant voyage BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.

NEW from BBC Verify: we’ve tracked down a smuggler behind a deadly migrant crossing earlier this year.

cc. @shrutimenon.bsky.social , Muhammad Zubair Khan, Flora Carmichael, Dan Isaacs, @biancabritton.bsky.social, Dilay Yalçin + more.

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Tracking a smuggler behind tragic Atlantic migrant voyage BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.

NEW from BBC Verify: we’ve tracked down a smuggler behind a deadly migrant crossing earlier this year.

cc. @shrutimenon.bsky.social , Muhammad Zubair Khan, Flora Carmichael, Dan Isaacs, @biancabritton.bsky.social, Dilay Yalçin + more.

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Tracking a smuggler behind tragic Atlantic migrant voyage BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.

Grim reality of people smuggling is dying at sea having spent everything on an empty promise, @rehakansara.bsky.social reports www.bbc.com/news/article...

YouTube video by BBC World Service The women caught out by Iran’s online spying - BBC Trending, BBC World Service

Our film ‘Woman Life Surveillance’, which investigates how Iran - a surveillance state - is crushing dissent, has been nominated for an Amnesty International media award. Please watch the film here: youtu.be/csE00m7qYBs

I am looking for OSINT experts specialising in tracking migration routes for a BBC story. Would love some help/advice.

Why do we and why should we study languages?

False video claims celebrities were 'paid' by USAID to visit Ukraine The video claiming that USAID paid Hollywood celebrities millions of dollars to visit Ukraine is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that the BBC has previously investigat...

A video claiming that USAID has paid Hollywood stars millions of dollars to visit Ukraine has gone viral.

But the clip is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that BBC Verify has investigated. @shayan86.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Day of Reckoning 'An invaluable guide to the forces of American conspiracy theory that are currently bending our world out of shape' Gabriel Gatehouse, presenter of 'The C...

If you're looking for a primer on Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other far-right activists who were pardoned this week and are among Trump's most fervent supporters, this is the book I wrote which came out just a few months ago.

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BBC Trending: The chatbot bridging an aid gap Podcast Episode · The Documentary Podcast · 15/01/2025 · 21m

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Listen to my podcast or read the piece on the BBC website. It’s an important reminder that the need for aid doesn’t immediately go away with the end to war. I have no doubt this’ll be the case in Gaza too where a ceasefire was today agreed upon between Israel and Hamas.

2. Someone from the US emailed me asking to be put in touch with Hania so they can replicate the aidbot for people affected by the LA fires. So cool. + what a win for humanity & positive stories, which are rare in the news. I’ll be following their journey to see what comes of it.

🧵 Two nice things happened today, both in relation to my latest story.

1. It was featured in @thetimes over the weekend. Me being slow to pick up on publicity didn’t notice.

The woman using AI to bring aid to civilians in war-torn Lebanon Meet the woman who has found an innovative way to simply accessing much-needed aid in war-torn Lebanon.

There’s an aid gap in 🇱🇧, fuelled by war, a financial crisis & what NGOs describe as a lack of funding. When Israel + Hezbollah went to war in Oct 2023, over 1m were displaced - & left without basic necessities. Hania Zaatari is trying to solve the problem using AI.
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I climbed Kilimanjaro with 4 brown gal pals and spoke about it for the New Years edition of From Our Own Correspondent. You’ll find a lil bit of history, some talk about freedom, colonialism, friendship and even LOTR. From 22:55 onwards. Have a listen!

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Syrian mass graves expose "machinery of death" under Assad, top prosecutor says An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run "machinery of death" under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013.

“We really haven't seen anything quite like this since the Nazis," said Rapp, who led prosecutions at the Rwanda and Sierra Leone war crimes tribunals” www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Zakir Hussain: Legendary tabla player dies at 73 The Indian classical music icon died of a lung disease at a hospital in San Francisco.

I grew up on a good dose of Zakir Hussain by way of my dad, also a trained classical musician. Lately, fuelled by my love of dance, I re-discovered his music through a different lens that marries spirituality, art & storytelling. Zakir epitomised that.
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@olough.bsky.social Hi Oliver, just checking this is you: odi.org/en/profile/o... If so, would love to speak to you for a BBC story. Thanks

Luigi Mangione reviewed the Unabomber manifesto "violence is necessary to survive":

A very British Indian Christmas tree.

Gregg Wallace 'fascinated by my sex life and made lesbian jokes' A number of workers across a range of shows have approached BBC News with claims about the TV presenter.

The string of Greg Wallace allegations currently dominating news wouldn’t have come to light without @noornanji.bsky.social breaking the story. Follow her for brilliant scoops in the media and arts world. Here’s her latest update: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Radio 4 Today host Mishal Husain to leave BBC The presenter will move to Bloomberg to host a new interview series.

Gutted. Mishal Husain has allowed me and countless other South Asian female journalists to dream big.
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On the front cover of Vogue Germany today, Gisèle Pelicot for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Hello! I'm a reporter for the BBC. This year I've investigated the number of religious sites destroyed in Gaza, reported on Hindtuva, the Woman Life Freedom movement + more. I focus on digital human rights and use a mixture of OSINT and narrative storytelling for my reports. Follow for lots more.