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Online posts claim Donald Trump has picked former US national security official Kash Patel as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

False. The President-elect has chosen John Ratcliffe as CIA director, though there’s speculation Mr Patel is being considered for a role in his administration.

Trump picks

A TikTok video with thousands of shares claims the bus fare cap increased to £3 after the government announced “free bus fares for immigrants”.

It’s true the bus fare cap in England will increase from £2 to £3 in January, but the government hasn’t announced any national scheme for free bus fares for “immigrants”.

Bus fares

Pictures of the boxer Mike Tyson supposedly draped in the Palestinian flag before his recent fight with Jake Paul have been widely shared on social media.

A representative for Mr Tyson has told Full Fact these images are “false”. There are a number of clues they are likely to have been generated by Artificial Intelligence.

AI-manipulated images