BBC News (UK) · slot 2 of the front page · first seen 2026-10-10 22:51 UTC · 23:51 in London

Twelve killed in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh

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The record

Outlet: BBC News (UK) (bbc)
Position: Slot 2 of the front page
First seen: 2026-10-10 22:51 UTC · 23:51 in London
Last seen: 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC · 01:42 in London · 11 polls · on the page for 1 h 51 min · as of now, not part of the record
Story URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw33x4y8k82no
SHA-256: cf73e52ef660d35ec4f94bf460d54719b92ef2d6f2ea896cc45922c010b81f97

The story

The other wordings of this story on BBC News (UK)'s front page, as this site's poller joined them: by the same link within 72 hours, or by a rewording within 24. As of now; not part of the record.

Saudi capital airport hit again, sparking evacuations, reports say slot 5 of the front page · 2026-10-10 15:51 UTC → 2026-10-10 16:12 UTC · on the page for 21 min
Several injured as Saudi capital airport reportedly hit again slot 5 of the front page · 2026-10-10 16:12 UTC → 2026-10-10 16:42 UTC · on the page for 29 min
Injuries reported in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh slot 5 of the front page · 2026-10-10 16:42 UTC → 2026-10-10 17:02 UTC · on the page for 20 min
Several injured in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh slot 5 of the front page · 2026-10-10 17:02 UTC → 2026-10-10 17:40 UTC · on the page for 38 min
Several injured in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh slot 5 of the front page · 2026-10-10 22:11 UTC → 2026-10-10 22:30 UTC · on the page for 19 min
Twelve killed in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh this headline slot 2 of the front page · 2026-10-10 22:51 UTC → 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC · on the page for 1 h 51 min
Twelve killed in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh the top story · 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC → 2026-10-11 03:52 UTC · on the page for 3 h 9 min

The front page

BBC News (UK)’s front page, as this site’s machine pictured it from the page kept 2026-10-10 22:51 UTC · 23:51 in London, with this headline (slot 2 of the front page) outlined in red — The page this site kept 2026-10-10 22:51 UTC · 23:51 in London, when the poller read this headline, as this site’s own machine pictured it 2026-10-10 23:00 UTC from the live page. The red outline is this headline, slot 2 of the front page, where that machine found it.

Shown here until 2026-10-17 22:51 UTC, then taken off this site and kept by the operator. A picture removed on request is deleted at once. SHA-256 `db53c3bf067acba238a6ed1d620603d2b7af7eb4ddce54c4df1408dbdbdf5c02`, listed in manifest #1241 (the manifest, its receipt), confirmed in Bitcoin block 970844.

The page is BBC News (UK)’s work, shown so that this record can be checked against it. To ask for it to be removed, write to hello@headlinehalflife.com.

Timestamps

Wayback Machine · this pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 2 of the front page.
Wayback Machine · the story pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 2 of the front page.
OpenTimestamps · BitcoinConfirmed in Bitcoin block 970840, mined 2026-10-10 23:09 UTC. The proof.
This site’s copy of the front pageKept 2026-10-10 22:51 UTC, when the poller read it; SHA-256 c632ac47c406b3df0d403f374bf82c63a0dd9b12c2b89c9f2ff07ace9b2f85b8, listed in manifest #1240 (the manifest, its receipt), confirmed in Bitcoin block 970844. The page itself is not published.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.

Proof, and how to check it yourself

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

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Download headline-cf73e52ef660.json

SHA-256: cf73e52ef660d35ec4f94bf460d54719b92ef2d6f2ea896cc45922c010b81f97

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970840, mined 2026-10-10 23:09 UTC.

Download headline-cf73e52ef660.json.ots

Wayback Machine

The record pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 2 of the front page.
The story pageNot captured. The Wayback Machine takes only so many captures a day from this site, so it is asked for the top story of each front page only; this headline was slot 2 of the front page.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

Hash the record: sha256sum headline-cf73e52ef660.json prints cf73e52ef660d35ec4f94bf460d54719b92ef2d6f2ea896cc45922c010b81f97. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
Drop headline-cf73e52ef660.json and headline-cf73e52ef660.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-cf73e52ef660.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
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.
If someone shows you this front page as it was, hash it: sha256sum prints c632ac47c406b3df0d403f374bf82c63a0dd9b12c2b89c9f2ff07ace9b2f85b8 for the page this site kept 2026-10-10 22:51 UTC. The hash is a line of manifest #1240, and the manifest's receipt proves the manifest existed by Bitcoin block 970844: with both saved, ots verify manifest-1240.txt.ots.
If someone shows you this site’s picture of that page (the Wayback Machine’s copy of this record page may hold it), hash it: sha256sum prints db53c3bf067acba238a6ed1d620603d2b7af7eb4ddce54c4df1408dbdbdf5c02. That hash is a line of manifest #1241, beside the hash of the page it pictures, and the manifest’s receipt proves when it existed.