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Proof: Iran’s Houthi allies capture strategic island on vital oil shipping route

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-12T04:20:52Z","headline":"Iran’s Houthi allies capture strategic island on vital oil shipping route","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/11/iran-houthi-allies-capture-strategic-island-bab-al-mandab-strait","v":1}

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628ba6be9770889c4a64f699d2ac97a226245be0895e76201a6fb11632ec2e0d

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-628ba6be9770.json prints 628ba6be9770889c4a64f699d2ac97a226245be0895e76201a6fb11632ec2e0d. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
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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