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Proof: Trump strikes diesel deal with Putin, reversing years of pressure on Russia over Ukraine war

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T20:11:10Z","headline":"Trump strikes diesel deal with Putin, reversing years of pressure on Russia over Ukraine war","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"france24","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20261009-trump-strikes-diesel-deal-with-putin-reversing-years-of-pressure-on-russia-over-ukraine-war","v":1}

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e83fa1a271b2d5b3866939ae51a7bae3b7be9d51dbc7f57f1f75819525eb933f

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970676, mined 2026-10-09 20:26 UTC.

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• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-09 20:20 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-e83fa1a271b2.json prints e83fa1a271b2d5b3866939ae51a7bae3b7be9d51dbc7f57f1f75819525eb933f. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-e83fa1a271b2.json and headline-e83fa1a271b2.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-e83fa1a271b2.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.