Paul Myers
@paulmyersbbc.bsky.social
Journalist @ BBC News Investigations and BBC Verify.
Vote #killer
QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup
Semi-final 1
KILLER QUEEN
v
UNDER PRESSURE
Very late start, apologies, after record-breaking QF yesterday.
Get voting: #KQ for laser beams, #UP for Bowie collabs.
#QueenWorldCup
Semi-final 1
KILLER QUEEN
v
UNDER PRESSURE
Very late start, apologies, after record-breaking QF yesterday.
Get voting: #KQ for laser beams, #UP for Bowie collabs.
a cat is flying through the air with lasers behind it
Alt: a cat rises above a city, shooting lasers from its fingers
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Vote #killer
#killer 100%
QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup
It's the first QUARTER FINAL today.
KILLER QUEEN has scored heavily, and by wide margins all the way. Walked it, m8.
I WANT TO BREAK FREE really squeezed through against White Queen and Bicycle Race. Combative.
Vote #Killer or #Break in reply, by 10pm.
#QueenWorldCup
It's the first QUARTER FINAL today.
KILLER QUEEN has scored heavily, and by wide margins all the way. Walked it, m8.
I WANT TO BREAK FREE really squeezed through against White Queen and Bicycle Race. Combative.
Vote #Killer or #Break in reply, by 10pm.
a close up of a man singing into a microphone with his eyes closed
Alt: a close up of Freddie Mercury singing into a microphone with his eyes closed
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
#killer 100%
It’s late but not too late. Get those last minute votes in!
QUEEN WORLD CUP
#QueenWorldCup
After yesterday's pleasant journey through a pair of deep cuts, let's get back to some classic Round 1 one-sided drubbing.
FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS
or
IT'S LATE
Both Brian May tracks, but one slightly better known than the other.
Vote #Fat or #Late, by 10pm.
#QueenWorldCup
After yesterday's pleasant journey through a pair of deep cuts, let's get back to some classic Round 1 one-sided drubbing.
FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS
or
IT'S LATE
Both Brian May tracks, but one slightly better known than the other.
Vote #Fat or #Late, by 10pm.
a woman sitting in a chair with a netflix logo on the bottom right
Alt: Claire Foy playing the Queen looks like she is trying not to look shocked, from the Netflix drama The Crown
media.tenor.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It’s late but not too late. Get those last minute votes in!
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How Ben and I know what we know and did what we could on the Gaza 'humanitarian zone'.
This really has been eight months’ hard work from him and assistance from me.
So how did we, for example, know this video from the PRCS was within the IDF-designated ‘humanitarian zone’?
How Ben and I know what we know and did what we could on the Gaza 'humanitarian zone'.
This really has been eight months’ hard work from him and assistance from me.
So how did we, for example, know this video from the PRCS was within the IDF-designated ‘humanitarian zone’?
January 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
1/ THREAD
How Ben and I know what we know and did what we could on the Gaza 'humanitarian zone'.
This really has been eight months’ hard work from him and assistance from me.
So how did we, for example, know this video from the PRCS was within the IDF-designated ‘humanitarian zone’?
How Ben and I know what we know and did what we could on the Gaza 'humanitarian zone'.
This really has been eight months’ hard work from him and assistance from me.
So how did we, for example, know this video from the PRCS was within the IDF-designated ‘humanitarian zone’?
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Robert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated by Donald Trump to be the next US health secretary.
BBC Verify has examined some of RFK Jr's most controversial claims on vaccine safety, water fluoridation, Covid-19 and food.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC Verify has examined some of RFK Jr's most controversial claims on vaccine safety, water fluoridation, Covid-19 and food.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
RFK Jr: Fact-checking his views on health policy
Robert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated to be the next US health secretary, but some of his views are not backed by science.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Robert F Kennedy Jr has been nominated by Donald Trump to be the next US health secretary.
BBC Verify has examined some of RFK Jr's most controversial claims on vaccine safety, water fluoridation, Covid-19 and food.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC Verify has examined some of RFK Jr's most controversial claims on vaccine safety, water fluoridation, Covid-19 and food.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Yet more misnomers & doctoring around Hurricane Milton.
Here's our BBC Verify note on three false videos, analysed and peer reviewed by three legends (incl @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social) on the team, while pointing to very real imagery from a life and death situation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Here's our BBC Verify note on three false videos, analysed and peer reviewed by three legends (incl @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social) on the team, while pointing to very real imagery from a life and death situation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Hurricane Milton live updates: Thousands rescued from flooded areas and 16 killed
More than two-and-a-half million homes and businesses remain without power after the storm tore through Florida.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Yet more misnomers & doctoring around Hurricane Milton.
Here's our BBC Verify note on three false videos, analysed and peer reviewed by three legends (incl @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social) on the team, while pointing to very real imagery from a life and death situation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Here's our BBC Verify note on three false videos, analysed and peer reviewed by three legends (incl @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social) on the team, while pointing to very real imagery from a life and death situation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
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Here's our report from July about John Mark Dougan's network of AI-powered fake news websites masquerading as US local news outlets that post fake stories about Ukraine and America.
With @olgar.bsky.social @wendling.bsky.social @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
With @olgar.bsky.social @wendling.bsky.social @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A Bugatti, a first lady and the fake stories aimed at Americans
A former US police officer runs an AI-powered network of misleading news sites turning its sights towards November.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 8, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Here's our report from July about John Mark Dougan's network of AI-powered fake news websites masquerading as US local news outlets that post fake stories about Ukraine and America.
With @olgar.bsky.social @wendling.bsky.social @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
With @olgar.bsky.social @wendling.bsky.social @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A quicker thread on some simple guidelines when trying to geolocate within a city.
The IAF put out a video on 15 Oct showing a strike on the buildings below and claiming they had killed an Al-Qassam commander in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
A quicker thread on some simple guidelines when trying to geolocate within a city.
The IAF put out a video on 15 Oct showing a strike on the buildings below and claiming they had killed an Al-Qassam commander in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
October 24, 2023 at 10:06 PM
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A quicker thread on some simple guidelines when trying to geolocate within a city.
The IAF put out a video on 15 Oct showing a strike on the buildings below and claiming they had killed an Al-Qassam commander in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
A quicker thread on some simple guidelines when trying to geolocate within a city.
The IAF put out a video on 15 Oct showing a strike on the buildings below and claiming they had killed an Al-Qassam commander in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
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As comms, electricity, rescue teams and journalists reach Derna, Libya, more video of the earliest moments of the flood are emerging. They are nightmarish.
(Thread on how @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social, @paulybrown.bsky.social and Vic Park-Froud verified this clip, below.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/worl...
(Thread on how @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social, @paulybrown.bsky.social and Vic Park-Froud verified this clip, below.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/worl...
CCTV shows cars swept away in Libya flooding
Large parts of the city of Derna were destroyed after two dams burst, with thousands killed.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2023 at 8:48 PM
As comms, electricity, rescue teams and journalists reach Derna, Libya, more video of the earliest moments of the flood are emerging. They are nightmarish.
(Thread on how @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social, @paulybrown.bsky.social and Vic Park-Froud verified this clip, below.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/worl...
(Thread on how @paulmyersbbc.bsky.social, @paulybrown.bsky.social and Vic Park-Froud verified this clip, below.)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/worl...
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Twitter tells me this tweet doesn't violate any of its policies. I'm stunned.
September 6, 2023 at 2:32 PM
Twitter tells me this tweet doesn't violate any of its policies. I'm stunned.
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I interviewed Col Rabih Elenezi, the first high-profile defector from the Saudi state apparatus. He was advised to live like Edward Snowden by London Met police. He told me the advice seeks to silence him, much like the Saudi regime - 🧵
https://t.co/ABK44McKtA
https://t.co/ABK44McKtA
Threatened Saudi dissident told to live like Edward Snowden by Met police
Col Rabih Alenezi received advice after reporting death threats, of which he says he receives 50 a week
t.co
July 11, 2023 at 9:21 AM
I interviewed Col Rabih Elenezi, the first high-profile defector from the Saudi state apparatus. He was advised to live like Edward Snowden by London Met police. He told me the advice seeks to silence him, much like the Saudi regime - 🧵
https://t.co/ABK44McKtA
https://t.co/ABK44McKtA