Bellingcat.com
March 2026
How India’s Ruling Party is Using AI to Boost Hate Speech in States Near Bangladesh
The situation, in fact, was so bad that Hasina herself had subtly warned the Modi government in public statements that Indian domestic rhetoric was endangering Bangladeshi Hindus, who bore the brunt of that resentment,
BJP does not stoop so low,
Viral videos containing this message tend to spread quickly across Bangladeshi media and social platforms especially on Facebook, enhancing perceptions of hostility and triggering anti-India sentiment or nationalist backlash,
AI-generated images on these themes reinforce associations between Muslim identity and illegality, reinforcing xenophobic and Islamophobic stereotypes. In doing so, they play a powerful role in justifying exclusionary policies and normalising discrimination against Muslims,
What politicians in India have understood is that the sociocultural drivers of misinformation are most important for elections, so they harp on about things to the extent that they have started to not care about form over substance. It looks bad? It doesn’t matter,
AI can be both destructive and creative. We are using it in a creative manner, we are not using it in a destructive manner. We don’t violate people’s dignity, we don’t falsely accuse people,
Two Waves of Bombing: New Videos Reveal Further Details About Iran School Strike
One of the new videos shows the area around the school being struck, while the other shows a nearby IRGC clinic and two buildings within the IRGC facility being hit by Tomahawk missiles
AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East
Although we read that a Dutch repatriation flight costs €600, just try getting on such a flight,
The first plane is already full, so we’re organising a second flight. Stranded travellers can contact us.”
Dutch people in the Middle East feel abandoned by the government: We just rented a plane ourselves.”
Tracing Tomahawks: US Missiles Bound for Iran Spotted Over Iraq
Bellingcat identified at least 20 individual cruise missiles and geolocated them over Iraqi Kurdistan including alongside Mount Piramagrun, in the Zagros Mountain range, and approximately 50 km southeast of the city of Kirkuk
Tomahawk cruise missiles are designed to fly at extremely low altitudes at high subsonic speeds, and are piloted over an evasive route by several mission tailored guidance systems.”
Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran
The footage released by Mehr News, and geolocated by Bellingcat, also shows smoke already rising from the vicinity of the girls’ school, where 175 people were reportedly killed, including children
The Incendiary Bomb Never Seen in Israel Before
The combination of yellow and red bands probably indicates both a high explosive and incendiary payload, which would be consistent with a 2,000-pound-class bomb of MK 84 form factor known as the BLU-119/B Crash Prompt Agent Defeat (CrashPAD),
Chemical Agent Defeat weapons, such as Crashpad, are not illegal”, and they must undergo a legal review to ensure compliance with US domestic and international law
Satellite Imagery Reveals Strikes on Iranian Police Stations
If you’re going to go out and protest, don’t do it yet. It’s very dangerous out there. A lot of bombs are being dropped.”
“Bombs will fall Everywhere”: The American, Israeli and Iranian Weapons Being Deployed in Middle East
US President Donald Trump initially called for regime change in Iran but has since delivered a mixed message about the aims of “Operation Epic Fury”