Video shows US military depot, not tanks left in Afghanistan
Posts online falsely claim a video shows US military equipment “given” to the Taliban when it withdrew from Afghanistan. Read
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Evie Townend
News & Online Journalist
Evie joined Full Fact as a news and online journalist in February 2023. Before this, she worked as a freelance journalist, a money reporter for The Mirror and in the regional CornwallLive newsroom.
United States
Video does not show ‘Haitian immigrant’ eating cat in Springfield, Ohio
The footage of a woman being arrested for alleged offences against a cat is actually of someone who was born in the USA, in a different town in Ohio. Read
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United States
No, Donald Trump did not insult soldiers during call on Fox News
Thousands have shared a video that appears to show this, but the clip it includes has been edited and does not show a real broadcast. Read
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Image of Newsweek tweet about Melania Trump filing for divorce is fake
The fake screenshot appears to have been first shared intentionally as an experiment on the spread of misinformation on social media. Read
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Photo of Brazil judge Alexandre de Moraes has been edited to reference Hitler
The altered image is circulating amid a high-profile feud between Justice Moraes and Elon Musk. Read
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Post comparing state pension and House of Lords allowance uses old figures
The post first circulated in 2022, when the figures were broadly correct. Read
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Edited CNN headline makes false claims about Kamala Harris pledge
An altered screenshot of a CNN article has been circulating online. Read
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No, Apple has not said it will remove Telegram from iPhones
Posts making this claim have been shared in recent days following the arrest of Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov, in France. Read
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California did vote for Kamala Harris as Democratic presidential nominee
Thousands of people have shared a video supposedly showing US Vice President Kamala Harris’ home state California passing on assigning delegates to her at the DNC, but this isn’t the full story. Read
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Fake USA Today video falsely claims Church of Satan praised Paris Olympics opening ceremony
A video appearing to be from USA Today has thousands of shares, but the clip is not a real report and it makes a number of false claims. Read
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