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Proof: EU ministers mull new ways to curb irregular migration

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T01:02:53Z","headline":"EU ministers mull new ways to curb irregular migration","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"dw","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/eu-ministers-mull-new-ways-to-curb-irregular-migration/a-79509375","v":1}

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c9ec699b83bcaebff12db5f3d14ecc42f77236b1221081c8ab91fe66c8e02aa2

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969516, mined 2026-10-02 01:24 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 00:59 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-c9ec699b83bc.json prints c9ec699b83bcaebff12db5f3d14ecc42f77236b1221081c8ab91fe66c8e02aa2. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-c9ec699b83bc.json and headline-c9ec699b83bc.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-c9ec699b83bc.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.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.