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24 June 2025

‘Tel Aviv’ missiles image almost certainly AI, contrary to online claims

Full Fact has traced the image to a digital creator, and Google reverse image search says it was “Made with Google AI”.

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Tel Aviv skyline at night
24 June 2025

Morrisons isn’t giving people over 40 food boxes for £10

We often see false offers for free or low value food shared on Facebook.

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Kilmarnock Morrisons supermarket
24 June 2025

Photo of Donald Trump embracing Jeffrey Epstein has been edited

The original image actually shows President Trump with his daughter Ivanka in 1995.

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Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
23 June 2025

Fake ‘Grauniad’ grooming gangs column shared as if real on Facebook

A screenshot originally shared by a parody account has been shared on Facebook by several people who appear to believe it is real.

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A phone showing the Facebook homepage
23 June 2025

Video does not show Iran attack on Ben Gurion airport

A clip is circulating on social media with misleading claims it shows the aftermath of an Iranian missile strike on the airport in Tel Aviv.

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A view of Haifa Shrine and the city’s port.
20 June 2025

Picture of Donald Trump with teenage girl isn’t real

The image, which has been shared by accounts in the UK, has several hallmarks of being created by artificial intelligence.

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Donald Trump at an event in 2016.
19 June 2025

Old footage of Air India plane taking off from Heathrow shared as Ahmedabad crash

Social media posts have shared this clip with the claim it shows the plane that crashed taking off. In fact this footage shows a different plane, and has been online for more than a year.

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A runway at London Heathrow Airport
19 June 2025

No evidence Donald Trump called Elon Musk ‘mediocre’ on Truth Social

A screenshot supposedly showing a post from the US president about Mr Musk has been shared on social media, but the White House says it’s “fake”.

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Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
19 June 2025

Child poverty and the two-child benefit cap: explained

Calls for the government to scrap the two-child benefit limit have been renewed ahead of the publication of its child poverty strategy later this year.

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Two children walking by a pond
19 June 2025

Image doesn’t show ‘Israeli pilot captured in Iran’

A picture of the first female pilot in the Chilean navy has been shared with misleading claims she is an Israeli pilot captured in Iran.

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Israel’s national flag.

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