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Proof: Mélenchon declares ‘Bastille retaken’ after major student rally

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-08T17:32:41Z","headline":"Mélenchon declares ‘Bastille retaken’ after major student rally","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"euronews","url":"https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/08/melenchon-declares-bastille-retaken-after-major-student-rally-in-paris","v":1}

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45cc91e38db073eada8e2f610f774dde44a823ac60ae6161a2ac77c4831d286d

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970517, mined 2026-10-08 18:13 UTC.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-45cc91e38db0.json prints 45cc91e38db073eada8e2f610f774dde44a823ac60ae6161a2ac77c4831d286d. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-45cc91e38db0.json and headline-45cc91e38db0.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-45cc91e38db0.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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