How an immigration raid on a Chicago apartment block unfolded
People living in a Chicago apartment block targeted in a big immigration raid have described seeing armed agents and a helicopter landing on the roof.
We went to the #Chicago apartment block targeted in a massive raid on suspected illegal immigrants.
The operation was trumpeted by the Trump administration - in a glossy Hollywood-style video.
One US-born resident told us his hands were zip-tied by officers.
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09.10.2025 17:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Whatβs the possible impact of the US government shutdown?
With the BBC Verify team here in DC, l've been looking into who and what will be affected.
02.10.2025 16:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
BBC Verify looked into some of the startling claims made by President Trump during his speech at the United Nations.
Some were simply not true.
24.09.2025 03:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
How many wars has President Trump ended?
US President Donald Trump claims to have ended seven wars - is that true?
How many wars has President Trump really ended?
(Short answer - not as many as the 7 he claims)
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20.08.2025 01:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
President Trump says heβll meet President Putin in Alaska next Friday
08.08.2025 22:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Great to be in #washingtondc for a while - as we bring BBC Verify to the USA.
Our first piece here - Trump's Friday deadline to Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine.
08.08.2025 19:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
EU's 27 countries struggle to find a united voice on Gaza
EU foreign policy decisions have to be unanimous, so one objection can block the EU from taking action.
100+ NGOs have called for the EU to suspend its treaty with Israel - because of Gaza.
But the EU is divided - and the economic weight of this bloc of 450 million people is not translating to a coherent or unified voice.
With @brunoboelpaep.bsky.social
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26.06.2025 15:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Latest on the Israel- Iran war:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
23.06.2025 09:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
It's now a 3rd month of Israel blocking medicine & food from entering Gaza.
Israel's said to want to use private companies to give out supplies in the future - something the UN calls "a deliberate attempt to weaponise aid".
We've been looking at the aid situation in Gaza:
07.05.2025 16:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Cocaine-smuggling submarine reveals Europe's drug crisis
One secret boat took three men and $150m (Β£121m) of drugs from the Amazon rainforest to Spain.
It joins the dots to reporting done by @nickbeake.bsky.social on Europe's cocaine crisis as the contintent struggles to deal with South American imports - watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt-Y... and read: bbc.com/news/world-e...
09.04.2025 07:54 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Israel expands offensive in Gaza
The defence minister said large areas of the territory would be seized
Here's Wednesday pm's #GlobalNewsPod www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#Gaza; @nickbeake.bsky.social in #Myanmar; #ValKilmer #Ancelotti #rhinos and vertical drama
02.04.2025 16:12 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
BBC Verify: Satellite images show Myanmar earthquake destruction
Myanmar's military government says at least 2,000 people were killed in last week's 7.7 magnitude quake.
Weβve been talking to earthquake survivors on the ground in Myanmarβ¦ and combining their accounts with new satellite images.
Weβre trying build a picture of the damage in some of the worst-hit places we know of. #BBCVerify
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
01.04.2025 05:51 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Live from @BBCNews with some thoughts on the Burmese military - and how they operate in a parallel universe.
I lived in and reported from #Myanmar for 2 years - and this huge earthquake has exposed, once again, how the junta can be totally divorced from reality & outside world.
01.04.2025 05:49 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Incredible rescues.
But - ultimately - huge loss after the #Myanmar earthquake.
More pain for a people who have suffered so much.
Producer: @thanyarat.bsky.social
π₯: Natalie Thomas
30.03.2025 19:12 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Weβve been looking at two key factors that made the Pulse nightclub fire in #NorthMacedonia so deadly.
19.03.2025 09:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
BBC Verify: Mapping Israel's wave of strikes in Gaza
More than 400 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. BBC Verifyβs Nick Beake has been assessing footage of the strikes and building a picture o...
400+ people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
Israel's military says it's hitting "terror targets". More than half the dead are reported to be women & children.
BBC Verify has been assessing footage of the strikes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
18.03.2025 20:24 β π 1 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
Some of the great characters we met in #Copenhagen.
Many people told us they feel unsettled, upset and betrayed by #Trump βs demand to take #Greenland.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
#Denmark
#TheGlobalStory
11.03.2025 08:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In Copenhagen, we met Afghanistan army veteran SΓΈren who was awarded the US's Bronze Star Medal for his service alongside American troops.
Now he's one of many Danes who feel betrayed, insulted & angry at Trump's desire to take Greenland.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
08.03.2025 18:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Leaked recordings challenge Greek account of deadly shipwreck
Hundreds are thought to have died when the Adriana sank in international waters two years ago.
650 people were feared drowned when the βAdriana' sank.
Greek coastguards always claimed migrants onboard said - freely - they wanted to reach Italy.
But new recording shows Greek operator ordered skipper of boat to say: "We do not want to go to Greece."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
27.02.2025 08:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Reporting from Sweden's worst-ever mass shooting.
The gunman killed 10 people at a college where lots of students were immigrants learning
Swedish.
Police haven't given a motive, but many told us they fear there was a strong racial element to the attack.
07.02.2025 16:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Todayβs hostage handover in Gaza was highly choreographed by Hamas. Big contrast with last weekend.
25.01.2025 12:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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