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Proof: G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after Trump export ban threat

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T02:42:16Z","headline":"G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel after Trump export ban threat","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"bbc","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ck87zg8jnwngo","v":1}

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0c6adb3a8b7bafbb8bf6956c05e7735642792d1a3abe39456fc22e6d9ced6f9c

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969664, mined 2026-10-03 03:10 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-0c6adb3a8b7b.json prints 0c6adb3a8b7bafbb8bf6956c05e7735642792d1a3abe39456fc22e6d9ced6f9c. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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  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.

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