Saudi forces were ‘licensed to kill’ to evict villagers for NEOM - the futuristic, eco-city - an ex-intelligence officer told us. We spoke to former execs who called it a climate disaster and a UK company who pulled out of a £100m contract in The Line. bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

NEW: Our investigation has prompted the UK to raise allegations with Saudi leaders that its forces were 'told to kill' to clear land for a futuristic city. Deputy PM Oliver Dowden is in Riyadh for a trade event to promote investment - including in Neom bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

What does Saudi’s mega futuristic city Neom (or at least the grand plans for it) tell us about Saudi Arabia today? Spoiler alert: A lot! Thanks to ⁦Merlyn Thomas⁩ + ⁦Sameer Hashmi⁩ on The Global Story👇 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

NEW: Israel's troops post footage online of Palestinian detainees despite pledges to act on our previous investigation. This may be a war crime, legal experts say We analysed footage from the West Bank including those of detainees draped in Israeli flags bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

At BBC Verify, we've been investigating Russian denials over hitting the biggest children's hospital in Kyiv and examining visual evidence of the strike. w/ Benedict Garman Jacqueline Galvin Mesut Ersöz Jemimah Herd bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cj…

Big fan of this engaging and informative format by BBC News (World) Verify for clarifying what we know about events with conflicting accounts and much misinformation bbc.com/news/videos/cj… Vanderbilt University Political Science

Satellite imagery and doctor testimony reveal the full scale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Tigray, north Ethiopia. Reporting from Peter Mwai, Girmay Gebru, Merlyn Thomas, Kumar Malhotra and Daniele Palumbo: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

BBC Verify pieces together a timeline of how a stabbing attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport unfolded. With details still emerging, here’s what we know. Reporting from Merlyn Thomas, graphics from Mesut Ersöz and edit from Soraya Auer: bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cj…

New from BBC Verify: Violent Southport protests reveal organising tactics of the far-right bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

“…using what look like screwdrivers to try to prise open the car doors and grab the people inside… throwing bricks and a shopping trolley… Another.. performing the Nazi salute. you can hear someone shout, “get them lads… smash that shit up” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Fact-checking Kamala Harris’s first campaign interview, reporting from Merlyn Thomas and Lucy Gilder: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…