We fact check and explain claims in U.S. news and online, so you can understand what’s really going on.
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Old footage of Iran seizing a British-flagged tanker in July 2019 has been circulating online with misleading captions claiming Iran has captured a US ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Read
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The video, which has been recently shared on social media with claims it shows Dubai’s international airport on fire, is actually over five years old. Read
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A fake AI-generated image is being shared with false claims that Iranian missiles brought down a US-Israeli spy satellite. There are no reports of this happening. 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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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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A series of videos shared on social media falsely claim that Zohran Mamdani said the UK has “lost its moral compass”, prompting Keir Starmer to ban him from the UK. Read
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A video of a burning high-rise building is circulating with false claims it shows a CIA base in Dubai after an Iranian strike. But it’s actually an old clip of an apartment fire. Read
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The Saudi Arabian government confirmed a “limited” fire at the embassy on 3 March after drone strikes, but the footage being shared predates that attack. Read
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A picture supposedly showing the USS Abraham Lincoln on fire has been shared hundreds of times online. But it isn’t real. Read
