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Conflict
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. Read
World
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. Read
Conflict
AI-generated and miscaptioned footage and images are being shared widely on social media as the conflict continues. Read
World
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. Read
World
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. Read
United States
The footage actually dates back to May 2020 when protests erupted in LA after the killing of George Floyd. Read
Politics
We’ve taken a look at key claims from the Labour government’s first Spending Review. Read
Politics
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice hasn’t explained what this claim was based on, but neither we nor the Migration Observatory have seen data to support it. Read
Politics
The clip, which has been circulating on several social media platforms, actually shows a separate demonstration held last summer. Read
World
A quote attributed to the new Pope is circulating widely online, but we could find no evidence he actually said this. Read
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