Nick Beake BBC
nickbeake.bsky.social
Nick Beake BBC
@nickbeake.bsky.social
What’s the possible impact of the US government shutdown?

With the BBC Verify team here in DC, l've been looking into who and what will be affected.
October 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
BBC Verify looked into some of the startling claims made by President Trump during his speech at the United Nations.

Some were simply not true.
September 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Great to be in #washingtondc for a while - as we bring BBC Verify to the USA.

Our first piece here - Trump's Friday deadline to Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine.
August 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Latest on the Israel- Iran war:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
June 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
It's now a 3rd month of Israel blocking medicine & food from entering Gaza.

Israel's said to want to use private companies to give out supplies in the future - something the UN calls "a deliberate attempt to weaponise aid".

We've been looking at the aid situation in Gaza:
May 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Live from @BBCNews with some thoughts on the Burmese military - and how they operate in a parallel universe.

I lived in and reported from #Myanmar for 2 years - and this huge earthquake has exposed, once again, how the junta can be totally divorced from reality & outside world.
April 1, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Incredible rescues.

But - ultimately - huge loss after the #Myanmar earthquake.

More pain for a people who have suffered so much.

Producer: @thanyarat.bsky.social
🎥: Natalie Thomas
March 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We’ve been looking at two key factors that made the Pulse nightclub fire in #NorthMacedonia so deadly.
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Some of the great characters we met in #Copenhagen.

Many people told us they feel unsettled, upset and betrayed by #Trump ‘s demand to take #Greenland.

Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

#Denmark
#TheGlobalStory
March 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
In Copenhagen, we met Afghanistan army veteran Søren who was awarded the US's Bronze Star Medal for his service alongside American troops.

Now he's one of many Danes who feel betrayed, insulted & angry at Trump's desire to take Greenland.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
March 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Reporting from Sweden's worst-ever mass shooting.

The gunman killed 10 people at a college where lots of students were immigrants learning
Swedish.

Police haven't given a motive, but many told us they fear there was a strong racial element to the attack.
February 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Today’s hostage handover in Gaza was highly choreographed by Hamas. Big contrast with last weekend.
January 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Images from #Valencia - following the floods 🇪🇸
November 20, 2024 at 1:31 PM