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Social media posts claiming no Muslim countries are taking in refugees are false. Muslim-majority countries host millions of refugees according to the latest statistics from the UNHCR. Read
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A viral video of a church being set on fire was not filmed in Yorkshire. The video actually shows an incident in Santiago de Querétaro in Mexico. Read
Conflict
An image supposedly showing a US B-2 stealth bomber that was “shot down” by Iran is fake, and there are no credible reports of this happening. Read
World
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy wrongly claimed on BBC Breakfast that Cyprus is “part of NATO”. Read
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A video shared with captions claiming a plane was targeted at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport was actually filmed in Denver last year. Read
World
An image showing people running away from a burning Burj Khalifa is AI. Read
World
A miscaptioned video has been shared on social media with claims it shows explosions in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. Read
World
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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Images supposedly showing Epstein in Israel recently are actually old pictures that have been edited to add grey hair and a beard. Read
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An image that appears to show Jeffrey Epstein walking down a street in Israel is fake and was made using AI. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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