Conflict
B-2 stealth bomber flypast video is digital creation
A clip has been shared with claims it shows the warplane in the Persian Gulf but it’s not real footage. Read
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United States
We fact check and explain claims in U.S. news and online, so you can understand what’s really going on.
Conflict
Viral images of ‘US soldiers captured in Iran’ are AI-generated
Pictures being shared on social media which appear to show US Delta Force soldiers captured by Iran are AI-generated. There are no credible reports of any US troops being captured in Iran. Read
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United States
NYC mayor not banned from UK
A series of videos shared on social media falsely claim that Zohran Mamdani said the UK has “lost its moral compass”, prompting Keir Starmer to ban him from the UK. Read
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Conflict
Footage of 2015 fire shared with false claims it shows Iran attacking Dubai
A video of a burning high-rise building is circulating with false claims it shows a CIA base in Dubai after an Iranian strike. But it’s actually an old clip of an apartment fire. Read
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Conflict
Video of blaze doesn’t show aftermath of drone attack on US embassy in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabian government confirmed a “limited” fire at the embassy on 3 March after drone strikes, but the footage being shared predates that attack. Read
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Conflict
AI image of the USS Abraham Lincoln on fire shared online
A picture supposedly showing the USS Abraham Lincoln on fire has been shared hundreds of times online. But it isn’t real. Read
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Conflict
Fake image showing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei buried in rubble circulates online
A picture which appears to show the body of the Iranian Supreme Leader has been shared online—but it isn’t genuine. Read
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World
Viral quote misattributed to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum recirculates
We can find no evidence that President Sheinbaum warned US President Donald Trump that America will “beg us” to tear down a wall between the two countries. Read
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Conflict
Bunker busting bomb video shows US weapons test
Captions shared with footage of a bomb being dropped above a cave misleadingly imply it shows Iran deploying its own version of these munitions. Read
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United States
Pictures of a young Zohran Mamdani with Jeffrey Epstein aren’t real
Images that appear to show the mayor of New York City when he was young alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are fake and were made with artificial intelligence. Read
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