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The clip has been shared on social media with claims it shows Syrian government forces firing at the rebel group HTS in the city of Hama. Read
Politics
Sir Keir Starmer has been facing calls to correct the record after a claim he made at last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions about two former PMs having “convictions”. In the … Read
Health
The health secretary is wrong to say most smokers will never be able to quit. Read
Half the world’s population lives in a country that held an election in 2024. Over 70 countries went to the polls, making it a busy year for fact checkers. Read
The clip has more than 2,000 shares on social media with claims it shows pirates being shot at. Read
There is a two-stage process for defining a “less healthy” food or drink product. Although porridge is “in scope” of the legislation it would also have to score highly on the Nutrient Profiling Model. Read
An image of a child has been shared more than 4,000 times with claims it shows the “reality” of Gaza, but it is actually unrelated to the conflict in the Middle East. Read
Immigration
Sir Keir Starmer claimed there’d been 9,400 returns and that is a 30% increase compared to last year, but there doesn’t appear to be published data to back the second part of this claim up. Read
Environment
Claims that Mr Snowden has revealed the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program’s “sinister agenda” stem from a joke article published in 2013. Read
Politics
An article about NHS England targets in the Times on Monday reported that hospital waiting lists “mean 7.6 million people are in line for treatment”. As we’ve said many times … Read
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