Prime Minister told to use side of hammer while on visit
A video of Mr Sunak on social media is missing important context. Read
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Washington Post did not report that Ukraine supplies weapons to Hamas
A screenshot of a fake Washington Post article has been shared on social media. Read
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Images of armoured vehicles in Dublin are not from last week’s disturbance
The Irish Defence Forces say they did not deploy in Dublin on 23 November, and photos shared of armoured vehicles are from a previous routine exercise. Read
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Video of ‘anti-government’ rally in Warsaw mislabelled as pro-Palestine march
The rally took place on 1 October, before the 7 October attacks on Israel. Read
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Facebook posts show lagoon in Chile, not ‘blood red’ River Nile
The video has been shared across multiple social media platforms with many posts referencing Bible passages. Read
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Footage does not show an Israeli police officer strangling a Palestinian child to death
The video actually shows an incident at a train station in Sweden in 2015. Read
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Videos show volcano erupting in Iceland in 2021
The footage is being shared with the implication it shows current events. Read
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Footage of ‘Palestinians faking injuries’ comes from film shoot in Lebanon
A behind-the-scenes video about a stylised film is being shared with claims it is evidence of Palestinians staging children’s injuries. Read
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Video of building being blown up is not Gaza parliament
A video of a building in the Gaza Strip being blown up has been claimed to show a Palestinian parliament building, but it does not. Read
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Health
Around 6.5 million patients in England on hospital waiting lists
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves seems to have mistaken the number of treatments waiting to begin with the number of individuals awaiting treatment. Read
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