👤 David Gritten

11 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
11
2026-08-06 – 2026-10-15
Claims per article
21
232 extracted in total
Hedged claims
16%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
3,693
characters
Writes for BBC News.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
64%
World
36%
Most-tagged topics
IranIranianIsraelIsraeliOmanChinaCongressFrench

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.15 (centre).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-23 · BBC News · Politics
Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee'
34 outlets covered this event
2026-09-15 · BBC News · Politics
Two sailors missing after tanker attacked in Strait of Hormuz, Oman says
34 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-10 · BBC News · Politics
Iran war won't end until after crucial November elections, says Trump
34 outlets covered this event
2026-10-05 · BBC News · Politics
Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport or building, reports say
31 outlets covered this event
2026-09-17 · BBC News · Politics
UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes
16 outlets covered this event · leans strongly left
2026-10-15 · BBC News · World
Houthi missile attack on Yemeni presidential palace kills two, minister says
9 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-08-06 · BBC News
Israel strikes south Lebanon after two soldiers killed by explosion
🔮 On Wednesday morning, the mayor of Mansouri, Haidar Madihli, told local media that Israeli warplanes had carried out four strikes on buildings and villas in the Ghazaleh neighbourhood on the outskirts of the town, causing extensive damage to the targeted structures. assertive
2026-08-06 · BBC News
UN rights chief alarmed by rise in Iran executions since March
🔮 Activists have warned that Iranian authorities might make greater use of executions against their opponents following January's protests, during which thousands of demonstrators were killed and tens of thousands were detained, and the US-Israeli war with Iran on 28 February. mixed
2026-09-10 · BBC News
Iran war won't end until after crucial November elections, says Trump
🔮 - Published US President Donald Trump has said he does not think the Iran war will end until after November's midterm elections, adding that oil prices will not come down until then. "I think the war's going to end immediately after the election because they can't hold out any longer," Trump said of Iran's leaders on Wednesday. assertive
2026-09-15 · BBC News
Two sailors missing after tanker attacked in Strait of Hormuz, Oman says
🔮 Iran has insisted it will not give up some measure of control over the waterway and has targeted vessels using a southern route through Omani waters that avoids its preferred route through Iranian waters. assertive
2026-09-17 · BBC News
UN experts say grounds to believe US committed war crimes in Iran strikes
🔮 The US military has yet to release the findings of its investigation into the Minab strike, but Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said it would "never target civilian targets". assertive
2026-09-23 · BBC News
Iran's president tells Trump it will never 'bend the knee'
🔮 - Published Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has told the UN General Assembly that it will never "bend the knee" after almost seven months of war with the US and Israel, but is ready for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. assertive
2026-10-05 · BBC News
Flydubai co-pilot planned to crash plane into Tel Aviv airport or building, reports say
🔮 UAE Attorney-General Hamad al-Shamsi said on Saturday that his country's investigations would establish the full circumstances, motives and any links related to the incident, and that the results would be announced upon their conclusion. mixed
2026-10-08 · BBC News
Tanker hit by multiple projectiles in Gulf off Qatar, maritime agency says
🔮 Iran insisted it would not give up some measure of control over the waterway and targeted vessels using a southern route through Omani waters that avoids its preferred route through Iranian waters. mixed
2026-10-14 · BBC News
Container ship hit by projectile sinks in Strait of Hormuz, Singapore says
🔮 In other photos, dozens of containers and their contents could be seen floating in the water. mixed
2026-10-15 · BBC News
Houthi missile attack on Yemeni presidential palace kills two, minister says
🔮 He said the government continued to carry out its duties and vowed that it would not weaken the resolve of its forces to continue operations against the Houthis on Yemen's south-western Red Sea coast and other front lines. assertive
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