Conflict
Video of Donald Trump talking about India and Pakistan is a deepfake
The video, which has been viewed over 344,000 times on Facebook, has been altered with artificial intelligence. Read
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United States
We fact check and explain claims in U.S. news and online, so you can understand what’s really going on.
United States
Trump didn’t call Republicans ‘the dumbest’ voters
The quote, attributed to Mr Trump and shared on Facebook, is fabricated. Read
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World
Image showing new Pope with rappers is altered
The picture is actually a composite, in which an image of the new Pope has been added to a photograph from 2020. Read
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Health
No, the US Supreme Court has not ruled that Covid vaccines are ‘not vaccines’
Familiar misinformation about Covid vaccines being gene therapy is circulating again. Read
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Politics
In a ‘misinformation’ age, we need to know what the fact is going on
Platforms are increasingly trading away their duty to protect democracy in exchange for political power. Read
Comment
Politics
A UK-US trade deal is announced - but is it as ‘full and comprehensive’ as President Trump claims?
The UK and the United States today announced a “landmark economic deal” between the two countries—the first such agreement the US has reached on trade since President Donald Trump introduced wide-ranging tariffs on US imports. Read
Analysis
Conflict
Images show wildfires in New Jersey not Israel
Two photos of burning forests are being shared with misleading claims they show the recent fires in Israel, when this is not the case. Read
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No evidence Namibia is ‘deporting 500 Americans’
The Namibian government has strongly denied a claim circulating on social media. Read
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There’s no evidence Trump said the president should be impeached if the Dow Jones drops 1,000 points
An image supposedly showing Donald Trump saying this on social media has been circulating for years, and is back again. Read
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German news outlet did not report Russian spies had US defence secretary’s phone number
A claim that German intelligence arrested two Russian spies who had Pete Hegseth’s private number was attributed to Der Spiegel, but the publication confirmed it did not publish such a story. Read
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