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Proof: Why the EU is unlikely to slash its diplomatic delegations

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T05:20:49Z","headline":"Why the EU is unlikely to slash its diplomatic delegations","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"euronews","url":"https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/28/why-the-eu-is-unlikely-to-slash-its-diplomatic-delegations","v":1}

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SHA-256

1bf29d03fe3ba0d0623c653238df2ad14e63aa7c04a55fee2f47b2fccdbbb2f2

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968949, mined 2026-09-28 05:26 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 06:38 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 06:41 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-1bf29d03fe3b.json prints 1bf29d03fe3ba0d0623c653238df2ad14e63aa7c04a55fee2f47b2fccdbbb2f2. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-1bf29d03fe3b.json and headline-1bf29d03fe3b.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-1bf29d03fe3b.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, 1 min after it was first seen.