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BBC News (UK) · the top story · first seen · 01:42 in London

Twelve killed in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh

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The record

Outlet
BBC News (UK) (bbc)
Position
The top story
First seen
2026-10-11 00:42 UTC · 01:42 in London
Last seen
2026-10-11 03:12 UTC · 04:12 in London · 16 polls · on the page for 2 h 29 min · as of now, not part of the record
Story URL
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw33x4y8k82no
SHA-256
4a0fe104e1c92186ed56c65281bd89b93ae68e8c84894162b55455d52f475af1

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.

  1. Saudi capital airport hit again, sparking evacuations, reports say slot 5 of the front page · → · on the page for 21 min
  2. Several injured as Saudi capital airport reportedly hit again slot 5 of the front page · → · on the page for 29 min
  3. Injuries reported in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh slot 5 of the front page · → · on the page for 20 min
  4. Several injured in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh slot 5 of the front page · → · on the page for 38 min
  5. Several injured in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh slot 5 of the front page · → · on the page for 19 min
  6. Twelve killed in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh slot 2 of the front page · → · on the page for 1 h 51 min
  7. Twelve killed in attack on airport in Saudi capital Riyadh this headline the top story · → · on the page for 2 h 29 min

The front page

BBC News (UK)’s front page, as this site’s machine pictured it from the page kept 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC · 01:42 in London, with this headline (the top story) outlined in red

The page this site kept · 01:42 in London, when the poller read this headline, as this site’s own machine pictured it from the live page. The red outline is this headline, the top story, where that machine found it.

Shown here until , then taken off this site and kept by the operator. A picture removed on request is deleted at once. SHA-256 bdf748b2b55c0b119331250511174d170d32c671ae22feb262955e268f5fc81a, listed in manifest #1252 (the manifest, its receipt), confirmed in Bitcoin block 970857.

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

Sealed automatically, 4 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-4a0fe104e1c9.json

SHA-256
4a0fe104e1c92186ed56c65281bd89b93ae68e8c84894162b55455d52f475af1

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970855, mined 2026-10-11 01:40 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-4a0fe104e1c9.json prints 4a0fe104e1c92186ed56c65281bd89b93ae68e8c84894162b55455d52f475af1. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-4a0fe104e1c9.json and headline-4a0fe104e1c9.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-4a0fe104e1c9.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
  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.
  4. If someone shows you this front page as it was, hash it: sha256sum prints 9cbcc77d721976819004926ca5979d638cea9e76a2a4b49eccc07b91c32a96f5 for the page this site kept 2026-10-11 00:42 UTC. The hash is a line of manifest #1251, and the manifest's receipt proves the manifest existed by Bitcoin block 970855: with both saved, ots verify manifest-1251.txt.ots.
  5. 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 bdf748b2b55c0b119331250511174d170d32c671ae22feb262955e268f5fc81a. That hash is a line of manifest #1252, beside the hash of the page it pictures, and the manifest’s receipt proves when it existed.