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Candidates from the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green parties appeared in a televised BBC debate ahead of the London mayoral election on 2 May.

We’ve fact checked claims from the debate on housing affordability, transport fares and whether the current mayor Sadiq Khan plans to introduce ‘pay-per-mile’ road charging.

Mayoral debate

As part of his five pledges in January 2023, Rishi Sunak promised that “NHS waiting lists will fall, and people will get the care they need more quickly”.

Our explainer looks at how waiting lists and waiting times are measured, how they’ve changed in recent months, and the impact of strikes and the pandemic.

Waiting lists

A video compilation has been shared online with false claims it shows recent attacks on Israel from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon.

This is not true. All but one of the clips have been found to come from unrelated events in Ukraine, Chile and Argentina.

Misleading video