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World
The footage has been online for over a year and is completely unrelated to the recent Dubai to Tel Aviv flight. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Kemi Badenoch’s new party booklet says Labour extended the Energy Profits Levy to 2028 and 2029, but a Conservative government made the first of those extensions, and announced the second. Read
World
A clip of Anthony Albanese has been altered with AI tools to show him falling off a stage. Read
Crime
South Yorkshire Police say no evidence of any crime has been uncovered and counter terrorism police are not involved in the investigation. Read
Environment
A viral video uses AI to make it look like Elon Musk recently said over a billion people could die by 2030 due to water shortages. Read
Health
The health secretary appeared to tell the Labour conference that a “tax break for private healthcare” was Reform’s only health policy at the last election, but there were several in its manifesto. Read
Conflict
The video features clips from Lebanon and Gaza as well as fake content. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A figure quoted by the Department for Transport and transport secretary counts journeys, not children. Only about 7.5 million children in England are the right age. Read
World
The BBC has confirmed to Full Fact that the footage isn’t real. Read
World
A video claiming to show footage from the Flydubai flight where a pilot was reportedly stabbed combines visuals of a different flight flying over Dubai with audio from a 2022 turbulence video. Read
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