Fact checks featuring claims seen in the UK about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East
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Social media posts with ‘breaking news’ banners incorrectly suggest the Maldives has recently “cut all ties with Israel” and banned Israeli products. Read
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A video circulating online with false claims it depicts an Iranian missile exploding in Tel Aviv is actually old footage of a 2016 warehouse fire in California. Read
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The video has been shared with unevidenced claims that Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother Iddo was killed in a recent attack by Iran. Read
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Posts falsely claim a video shows a building housing US officers in Bahrain being attacked, but it actually shows residential flats in Kyiv. Read
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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
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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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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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In the aftermath of a missile strike on a school that Iran said killed hundreds of people, a fake image of a funeral has been shared online, including by the Your Party MP Zarah Sultana. Read
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In the last week we’ve seen a surge of misinformation relating to the war with Iran—we’ve fact checked 10 viral posts, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Read
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Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy wrongly claimed on BBC Breakfast that Cyprus is “part of NATO”. Read
