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17 June 2025

Video of smoke-filled cabin is from 2020 Ryanair incident not recent Air India crash

Social media users have been sharing the clip with captions claiming it shows the moment before the crash in Ahmedabad, India, but it is old and unrelated footage.

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The inside of a Ryanair aeroplane cabin.
17 June 2025

Video supposedly showing destroyed buildings in Tel Aviv almost certainly AI

The clip has been widely shared on social media in recent days amid airstrikes between Israel and Iran, but it’s not real footage.

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A bird’s eye view of Tel Aviv
16 June 2025

Resident doctors’ pay: how much do they earn, and what does the BMA want?

Resident (formerly “junior”) doctors’ pay is in the news again, with a strike ballot underway. We explain how much different types of resident doctor get paid, and what their union has called for.

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A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest calling for better pay for Junior Doctors in Whitehall, outside the gates of Downing Street in central London on August 11, 2023
16 June 2025

Old video of Kyiv drone attack shared as recent footage of Israel-Iran conflict

The video has been horizontally flipped.

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Kyiv, Ukraine
16 June 2025

Likely AI image of destroyed planes shared with claims it shows Tel Aviv airport

The picture appears to be a screenshot of a TikTok video, which has the hallmarks of being generated with artificial intelligence.

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An aerial view of Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv.
16 June 2025

A fake offer for cheap garden soil from B&Q is circulating on Facebook

The company has confirmed with us that the offer is not genuine, and has published a post warning of similar claims on its official Facebook account.

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Two hands holding some garden soil
13 June 2025

AI-generated image of Air India crash shared online

A picture which appears to be of the recent Air India plane crash has been circulating online, but experts say it has been generated by artificial intelligence.

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The Indian national flag.
13 June 2025

Viral video does not show migrants at the beach in Dover

A widely shared clip which contains a voiceover of someone claiming people on a beach are asylum seekers at Dover is misleading.

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Calangute beach in Goa, India.
13 June 2025

Clip from 2023 Nepal plane accident shared as footage from recent Air India crash

The clip has been shared with claims it shows footage from London-bound Air India flight that crashed in Ahmedabad on 12 June, but it actually dates back to January 2023.

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A bird’s eye view of Ahmedabad, India.
13 June 2025

Old video shared with claims it shows Iran retaliating against Israel

The footage dates back to October 2024 and does not show Iranian retaliation after Israel’s attack in June 2025.

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Iranian flag

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