We fact check and explain claims in U.S. news and online, so you can understand what’s really going on.
A photo of a damaged helicopter is circulating on social media with false claims it shows the crash that killed Iran’s president and foreign minister. Read
The footage actually shows an explosion at a warehouse in Michigan in the United States. Read
Spectators at an annual college football game between US Army and Navy military academies were not filmed chanting “F*** Joe Biden”. Read
A viral video shows a woman receiving her McDonald’s order in a wrapper she says shows support for Israel. Read
Health
A video from the US is circulating on social media again, claiming that mortality data in the UK shows Covid-19 vaccines to cause a large increase in deaths. This is not what the data shows. Read
The claim comes from a speech given in 2013 by an author, who has since admitted Monitor is no longer in use in the US. Read
A modified video circulating on social media appears to show President Biden getting distracted by an ice-cream van during a speech by the first lady. Read
A White House spokesperson confirmed that the person filmed falling was not the US President. Read
Immigration
The figure is the estimated number of homeless veterans in 2015 in the United States. We don’t know how many homeless veterans there are in the UK. Read
Health
It is not true that Japan has the lowest infant mortality rate in the world while the US has the highest, or that Japan does not vaccinate children under two. Read
