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Politics
The big political story today has been a wide-ranging deal between the UK and EU on fishing, defence, passport checks and more. We’re currently looking into a number of claims around this—but the agreement on fishing has grabbed many of the headlines today. Read
Conflict
CNN says the image is fabricated. Read
World
The picture is actually a composite, in which an image of the new Pope has been added to a photograph from 2020. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The country’s Ministry of Finance confirmed it does not request advance notice of withdrawals. Read
Politics
On Tuesday’s BBC Radio 4 Today programme it was claimed ONS figures suggest net migration could be “potentially above half a million a year”, even after new immigration restrictions announced by the government. Read
Conflict
Some Facebook posts claim the clip shows scenes in Lahore, while another claims it’s Karachi, but the video predates the recent conflict between India and Pakistan. Read
Unclear or disputed
Government Tracker
We take a look at Labour’s commitment to train thousands more midwives in the NHS in England. Read
Hoaxes
The posts claim the woman was found in different parts of the UK, but share photos showing unrelated incidents in the US. Read
Politics
Labour MP for Hemel Hempstead, David Taylor, has corrected a claim he made on Facebook about the number of individuals “deported” under Labour, after being contacted by Full Fact.The post, … Read
Politics
Following this week’s exoneration of Peter Sullivan, who spent almost 38 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, many newspapers and media outlets said the case was … Read
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