Video of ‘Iranian strikes on Israel’ actually petrol station explosion in Yemen
Last week the same video was shared alongside claims it showed Hezbollah bombing Israel. But it actually shows a petrol station explosion in Yemen. Read
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Last week the same video was shared alongside claims it showed Hezbollah bombing Israel. But it actually shows a petrol station explosion in Yemen. Read
A clip is being shared online with false claims it shows an explosion at the Mossad headquarters in Israel. Read
Health
Despite claims on social media, vaccines are generally a safe and effective way to protect children from potentially fatal diseases. Read
An old clip of Mr Netanyahu running to vote in parliament has been shared with claims it shows him running to a bunker amid recent attacks on Israel. Read
A viral photo on social media appears to show North Korea’s Supreme Leader using a new ‘trifold’ smartphone, but it has been edited. Read
Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick and Tom Tugendhat set out their stalls in a series of speeches at the 2024 Conservative party conference. Read
The video is unrelated to the recent death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Read
New research reveals that voters who helped deliver the last Conservative parliamentary majority in 2019 are now significantly more distrusting of politicians than the UK public as a whole. Read
Politics
The Democratic and Republican vice presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance went head-to-head last night in their only planned televised debate of the 2024 US election. Mr Vance, who … Read
Politics
During a Q&A at his party’s conference earlier today, Conservative leadership candidate James Cleverly MP highlighted a specific statistic from the seven months he was “personally” responsible for dealing with … Read
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