{"id":378531,"date":"2026-01-19T15:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378531\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:05:08","slug":"bbc-verify-ai-being-used-to-fake-images-of-karachi-mall-fire-that-killed-at-least-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378531\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Verify: AI being used to fake images of Karachi mall fire that killed at least 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can the US expand its military presence in Greenland?published at 11:43 GMT<\/p>\n<p>11:43 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/58192aae-f7b8-48da-a9fa-0ba5e78e7743.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Lucy Gilder<br \/>BBC Verify journalist<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A radar dome at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/049eaa0e-505c-4e14-ba9a-4c6a2fdf2299.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, ReutersImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The main US military facility in Greenland is the Pituffik Space Base<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">President Donald Trump has repeatedly framed arguments about annexing Greenland from Denmark as being a \u201cnational security\u201d matter for the US and Nato. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Earlier this month, senior Trump advisor Stephen Miller told CNN that \u201cto secure the Arctic region, to protect and defend Nato and Nato interests, obviously, Greenland should be part of the United States\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, the US already plays a military role in Greenland and has maintained a presence there since World War Two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Currently the US operates one military base in Greenland, the Pituffik Space Base, whose responsibilities include missile defence and satellite communication. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">William Freer, a national security specialist at the Council on Geostrategy, told BBC Verify that the US is allowed \u201cextensive military powers\u201d in Greenland under several treaties and agreements with Denmark. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One of these is the 1951 <a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/den001.asp\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Defense of Greenland Agreement, external<\/a>, which is still in force. It states that \u201cwithout prejudice to the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark\u201d, the US government is entitled to \u201cfit the area for military use\u201d, including installing facilities and stationing personnel in certain parts of Greenland. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cDuring the Cold War, this treaty allowed for over 50 US military installations and almost 10,000 personnel to be positioned on the island\u201d, says Freer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cUnder existing agreements, the US could expand its presence once more.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Freer argues that a reason for the US taking over the island would be \u201cthe economic potential of Greenland\u2019s mineral wealth\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Can the US expand its military presence in Greenland?published at 11:43 GMT 11:43 GMT Lucy GilderBBC Verify journalist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-378531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}