Reha Kansara
@rehakansara.bsky.social
Reporter🕵🏽♀️ BBC Trending + BBC Verify. Typos mine, views yours. Find me on Instagram.
If you’re looking for BBC Verify material on the suspected gunman responsible for the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington DC, here’s copy we’ve published on the BBC website from yday and today - with more to come from the team.
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If you’re looking for BBC Verify material on the suspected gunman responsible for the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington DC, here’s copy we’ve published on the BBC website from yday and today - with more to come from the team.
Our film Woman, Life, Surveillance for BBC Trending +BBC Verify won report of the year at the Asian Media Awards! We’re honoured. Getting this story over the line was gruelling and extremely dangerous for the Iranian women we spoke to. Thanks to my editor Flora Carmichael for collecting the award.
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Our film Woman, Life, Surveillance for BBC Trending +BBC Verify won report of the year at the Asian Media Awards! We’re honoured. Getting this story over the line was gruelling and extremely dangerous for the Iranian women we spoke to. Thanks to my editor Flora Carmichael for collecting the award.
At BBC Verify we’ve looked at what Israel’s plans to occupy Gaza City could mean for Palestinians.
@benedictgarman.com, Paul Brown, @anxiouspanda9.bsky.social. @jcheetham.bsky.social, @danict89.bsky.social, Kevin Nguyen, @biancabritton.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
@benedictgarman.com, Paul Brown, @anxiouspanda9.bsky.social. @jcheetham.bsky.social, @danict89.bsky.social, Kevin Nguyen, @biancabritton.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
What Israel's Gaza City takeover plan could mean for Palestinians
Israel has approved a plan to take control of Gaza City, which it says is part of its strategy to end the war.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
At BBC Verify we’ve looked at what Israel’s plans to occupy Gaza City could mean for Palestinians.
@benedictgarman.com, Paul Brown, @anxiouspanda9.bsky.social. @jcheetham.bsky.social, @danict89.bsky.social, Kevin Nguyen, @biancabritton.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
@benedictgarman.com, Paul Brown, @anxiouspanda9.bsky.social. @jcheetham.bsky.social, @danict89.bsky.social, Kevin Nguyen, @biancabritton.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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NEW from BBC Verify: we’ve tracked down a smuggler behind a deadly migrant crossing earlier this year.
cc. @shrutimenon.bsky.social , Muhammad Zubair Khan, Flora Carmichael, Dan Isaacs, @biancabritton.bsky.social, Dilay Yalçin + more.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
cc. @shrutimenon.bsky.social , Muhammad Zubair Khan, Flora Carmichael, Dan Isaacs, @biancabritton.bsky.social, Dilay Yalçin + more.
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Tracking a smuggler behind tragic Atlantic migrant voyage
BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.
www.bbc.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
NEW from BBC Verify: we’ve tracked down a smuggler behind a deadly migrant crossing earlier this year.
cc. @shrutimenon.bsky.social , Muhammad Zubair Khan, Flora Carmichael, Dan Isaacs, @biancabritton.bsky.social, Dilay Yalçin + more.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
cc. @shrutimenon.bsky.social , Muhammad Zubair Khan, Flora Carmichael, Dan Isaacs, @biancabritton.bsky.social, Dilay Yalçin + more.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
NEW from BBC Verify: we’ve tracked down a smuggler behind a deadly migrant crossing earlier this year.
cc. @shrutimenon.bsky.social , Muhammad Zubair Khan, Flora Carmichael, Dan Isaacs, @biancabritton.bsky.social, Dilay Yalçin + more.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
cc. @shrutimenon.bsky.social , Muhammad Zubair Khan, Flora Carmichael, Dan Isaacs, @biancabritton.bsky.social, Dilay Yalçin + more.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tracking a smuggler behind tragic Atlantic migrant voyage
BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.
www.bbc.com
May 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
NEW from BBC Verify: we’ve tracked down a smuggler behind a deadly migrant crossing earlier this year.
cc. @shrutimenon.bsky.social , Muhammad Zubair Khan, Flora Carmichael, Dan Isaacs, @biancabritton.bsky.social, Dilay Yalçin + more.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
cc. @shrutimenon.bsky.social , Muhammad Zubair Khan, Flora Carmichael, Dan Isaacs, @biancabritton.bsky.social, Dilay Yalçin + more.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Grim reality of people smuggling is dying at sea having spent everything on an empty promise, @rehakansara.bsky.social reports www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tracking a smuggler behind tragic Atlantic migrant voyage
BBC Verify tracks a man accused of selling places on a migrant boat which left dozens dead after getting lost at sea.
www.bbc.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Grim reality of people smuggling is dying at sea having spent everything on an empty promise, @rehakansara.bsky.social reports www.bbc.com/news/article...
Our film ‘Woman Life Surveillance’, which investigates how Iran - a surveillance state - is crushing dissent, has been nominated for an Amnesty International media award. Please watch the film here: youtu.be/csE00m7qYBs
The women caught out by Iran’s online spying - BBC Trending, BBC World Service
YouTube video by BBC World Service
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March 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Our film ‘Woman Life Surveillance’, which investigates how Iran - a surveillance state - is crushing dissent, has been nominated for an Amnesty International media award. Please watch the film here: youtu.be/csE00m7qYBs
I am looking for OSINT experts specialising in tracking migration routes for a BBC story. Would love some help/advice.
March 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I am looking for OSINT experts specialising in tracking migration routes for a BBC story. Would love some help/advice.
Why do we and why should we study languages?
February 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why do we and why should we study languages?
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A video claiming that USAID has paid Hollywood stars millions of dollars to visit Ukraine has gone viral.
But the clip is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that BBC Verify has investigated. @shayan86.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But the clip is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that BBC Verify has investigated. @shayan86.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
False video claims celebrities were 'paid' by USAID to visit Ukraine
The video claiming that USAID paid Hollywood celebrities millions of dollars to visit Ukraine is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that the BBC has previously investigat...
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A video claiming that USAID has paid Hollywood stars millions of dollars to visit Ukraine has gone viral.
But the clip is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that BBC Verify has investigated. @shayan86.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
But the clip is not real and has hallmarks of a Russian disinformation operation that BBC Verify has investigated. @shayan86.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If you're looking for a primer on Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other far-right activists who were pardoned this week and are among Trump's most fervent supporters, this is the book I wrote which came out just a few months ago.
www.plutobooks.com/978074534971...
www.plutobooks.com/978074534971...
Day of Reckoning
'An invaluable guide to the forces of American conspiracy theory that are currently bending our world out of shape' Gabriel Gatehouse, presenter of 'The C...
www.plutobooks.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If you're looking for a primer on Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and other far-right activists who were pardoned this week and are among Trump's most fervent supporters, this is the book I wrote which came out just a few months ago.
www.plutobooks.com/978074534971...
www.plutobooks.com/978074534971...
🧵 Two nice things happened today, both in relation to my latest story.
1. It was featured in @thetimes over the weekend. Me being slow to pick up on publicity didn’t notice.
1. It was featured in @thetimes over the weekend. Me being slow to pick up on publicity didn’t notice.
January 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🧵 Two nice things happened today, both in relation to my latest story.
1. It was featured in @thetimes over the weekend. Me being slow to pick up on publicity didn’t notice.
1. It was featured in @thetimes over the weekend. Me being slow to pick up on publicity didn’t notice.
There’s an aid gap in 🇱🇧, fuelled by war, a financial crisis & what NGOs describe as a lack of funding. When Israel + Hezbollah went to war in Oct 2023, over 1m were displaced - & left without basic necessities. Hania Zaatari is trying to solve the problem using AI.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The woman using AI to bring aid to civilians in war-torn Lebanon
Meet the woman who has found an innovative way to simply accessing much-needed aid in war-torn Lebanon.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
There’s an aid gap in 🇱🇧, fuelled by war, a financial crisis & what NGOs describe as a lack of funding. When Israel + Hezbollah went to war in Oct 2023, over 1m were displaced - & left without basic necessities. Hania Zaatari is trying to solve the problem using AI.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I climbed Kilimanjaro with 4 brown gal pals and spoke about it for the New Years edition of From Our Own Correspondent. You’ll find a lil bit of history, some talk about freedom, colonialism, friendship and even LOTR. From 22:55 onwards. Have a listen!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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January 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I climbed Kilimanjaro with 4 brown gal pals and spoke about it for the New Years edition of From Our Own Correspondent. You’ll find a lil bit of history, some talk about freedom, colonialism, friendship and even LOTR. From 22:55 onwards. Have a listen!
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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“We really haven't seen anything quite like this since the Nazis," said Rapp, who led prosecutions at the Rwanda and Sierra Leone war crimes tribunals” www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Syrian mass graves expose "machinery of death" under Assad, top prosecutor says
An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run "machinery of death" under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013.
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:55 AM
“We really haven't seen anything quite like this since the Nazis," said Rapp, who led prosecutions at the Rwanda and Sierra Leone war crimes tribunals” www.reuters.com/world/middle...
I grew up on a good dose of Zakir Hussain by way of my dad, also a trained classical musician. Lately, fuelled by my love of dance, I re-discovered his music through a different lens that marries spirituality, art & storytelling. Zakir epitomised that.
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Zakir Hussain: Legendary tabla player dies at 73
The Indian classical music icon died of a lung disease at a hospital in San Francisco.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:11 PM
I grew up on a good dose of Zakir Hussain by way of my dad, also a trained classical musician. Lately, fuelled by my love of dance, I re-discovered his music through a different lens that marries spirituality, art & storytelling. Zakir epitomised that.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
@olough.bsky.social Hi Oliver, just checking this is you: odi.org/en/profile/o... If so, would love to speak to you for a BBC story. Thanks
December 16, 2024 at 2:11 PM
@olough.bsky.social Hi Oliver, just checking this is you: odi.org/en/profile/o... If so, would love to speak to you for a BBC story. Thanks
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Luigi Mangione reviewed the Unabomber manifesto "violence is necessary to survive":
December 9, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Luigi Mangione reviewed the Unabomber manifesto "violence is necessary to survive":
A very British Indian Christmas tree.
December 8, 2024 at 12:04 PM
A very British Indian Christmas tree.
The string of Greg Wallace allegations currently dominating news wouldn’t have come to light without @noornanji.bsky.social breaking the story. Follow her for brilliant scoops in the media and arts world. Here’s her latest update: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gregg Wallace 'fascinated by my sex life and made lesbian jokes'
A number of workers across a range of shows have approached BBC News with claims about the TV presenter.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2024 at 10:27 PM
The string of Greg Wallace allegations currently dominating news wouldn’t have come to light without @noornanji.bsky.social breaking the story. Follow her for brilliant scoops in the media and arts world. Here’s her latest update: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gutted. Mishal Husain has allowed me and countless other South Asian female journalists to dream big.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Radio 4 Today host Mishal Husain to leave BBC
The presenter will move to Bloomberg to host a new interview series.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Gutted. Mishal Husain has allowed me and countless other South Asian female journalists to dream big.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On the front cover of Vogue Germany today, Gisèle Pelicot for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
November 25, 2024 at 10:12 PM
On the front cover of Vogue Germany today, Gisèle Pelicot for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Hello! I'm a reporter for the BBC. This year I've investigated the number of religious sites destroyed in Gaza, reported on Hindtuva, the Woman Life Freedom movement + more. I focus on digital human rights and use a mixture of OSINT and narrative storytelling for my reports. Follow for lots more.
November 21, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Hello! I'm a reporter for the BBC. This year I've investigated the number of religious sites destroyed in Gaza, reported on Hindtuva, the Woman Life Freedom movement + more. I focus on digital human rights and use a mixture of OSINT and narrative storytelling for my reports. Follow for lots more.