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Proof: Counter-terror police investigate Iran link over suspected bomb plot at RAF base used by US

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-09-28T08:41:32Z","headline":"Counter-terror police investigate Iran link over suspected bomb plot at RAF base used by US","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/27/arrests-suspected-terrorism-charges-explosives-found-near-raf-base-us","v":1}

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SHA-256

a67834c5ff5fe9371f5b575a303071a69f34153cd4eb23ee8d90e23a1c9d00a2

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968971, mined 2026-09-28 09:19 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-28 08:43 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-28 05:21 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-a67834c5ff5f.json prints a67834c5ff5fe9371f5b575a303071a69f34153cd4eb23ee8d90e23a1c9d00a2. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-a67834c5ff5f.json and headline-a67834c5ff5f.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-a67834c5ff5f.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.