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Economy, Business & Finance
The list includes taxes that are more than a century old and other taxes that don’t exist in the UK. Read
Shopping
Argos has confirmed this is not a genuine offer. Read
Hoaxes
The post has been shared in a local Facebook group for Lowestoft in Suffolk, with the claim the child was found there. Read
Shopping
Amazon isn’t giving away very cheap or free laptops to clear out stock as posts on Facebook suggest. Read
Culture & Society
When 31-year-old Abby Raworth first realised her photo and name were being shared online—falsely linked to a viral video involving the Prime Minister—she’d thought it was quite funny... Read
Europe
However, Prime Minister Donald Tusk did say the first half of the quote about Europeans asking Americans to protect them from Russians. Read
World
A clip of a huge wave hitting a beach has been shared following an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia—but this is old footage and not related to current warnings. Read
United States
The image appears to show the US President and his daughter when she was young, with Epstein in the foreground. But it is actually a composite of two different photos. Read
United States
The fake image has been circulating since at least May 2023. Read
World
There have been genuine reports of Egyptians doing this, but the images in these posts aren’t real and were made using AI. Read
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