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Proof: Germany's Merz attacks AfD in stormy debate after far-right election win

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-09T13:11:59Z","headline":"Germany's Merz attacks AfD in stormy debate after far-right election win","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"bbc","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98679wr78do","v":1}

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53b38d73e738dfe93292a8c966dd0b4f2754e6db6bf5c562fc37d72ce2793c8e

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-53b38d73e738.json prints 53b38d73e738dfe93292a8c966dd0b4f2754e6db6bf5c562fc37d72ce2793c8e. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

This headline has not been sealed. Headlines are sealed automatically within minutes of first being seen; older ones are sealed on request, and are then marked as a backfill.