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Proof: Turkish grain ship sinks in Black Sea after deadly drone attack

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-05T17:22:13Z","headline":"Turkish grain ship sinks in Black Sea after deadly drone attack","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"euronews","url":"https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/05/drone-reportedly-hits-ship-in-black-sea-killing-two-and-injuring-11","v":1}

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ca39da5198781f8b0ed476030f3f2ac68bfb34286ca8c2cb6abdf3c3b17b6cc7

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970059, mined 2026-10-05 17:54 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-ca39da519878.json prints ca39da5198781f8b0ed476030f3f2ac68bfb34286ca8c2cb6abdf3c3b17b6cc7. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-ca39da519878.json and headline-ca39da519878.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-ca39da519878.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.

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