A figure quoted by the Department for Transport and transport secretary counts journeys, not children. Only about 7.5 million children in England are the right age.
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Full Fact→ Video supposedly showing BBC News linking Indian passenger to Flydubai attack is a deepfake
The BBC has confirmed to Full Fact that the footage isn’t real.
Full Fact→ Video of Flydubai plane isn’t from Israel flight attack incident
A video claiming to show footage from the Flydubai flight where a pilot was reportedly stabbed combines visuals of a different flight flying over Dubai with audio from a 2022 turbulence video.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show FlyDubai Plane Plummeting After September 2026 Incident On Board Tel Aviv Flight — It Is An Azul Brazilian Airlines Plane
Does a video show a FlyDubai plane plummeting after an incident on board a Tel Aviv flight in September 2026? No, that's not true: The clip shows an aircraft operated by Azul Brazilian Airlines, not FlyDubai. Separately, the video predate
FactCheck.org→ Democratic Ads Misleadingly Connect Susan Collins to Epstein
In the Maine Senate race, ads from a Democratic super PAC misleadingly claim Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote to “cover up the Epstein files” and received “$3 million to her super PAC” from “Jeffrey Epstein’
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 Passengers Celebrating After Hijacking — It Shows Israeli Basketball Team From 2025
Does a video show passengers of FlyDubai flight FZ1073 to Tel Aviv celebrating on board with a big speaker after the hijacking attempt on Sept. 30, 2026? No, that's not true: The footage is from August 2025 and shows members of the Israel
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Image Shows Clint Eastwood, Sophia Loren And Other Celebrities At 1965 Malibu Barbecue
Does a real photo from 1965 show Clint Eastwood, Sean Connery, Robert Redford, Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale gathered for a meal overlooking the sea in Malibu, California? No, that's not true: This image originated from a Facebook ac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show A Large Group Of Muslims Chanting In Dublin In September 2026 — They Are FC Schalke 04 Hooligans
Does a video show a large group of Muslims chanting on the streets of Dublin in September 2026? No, that's not true: The video is from about a year earlier and shows a group of fans of the German professional football team FC Schalke 04 m
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Arrest of Man Accused of Inappropriately Touching Influencer at Disneyland — 2024 Footage
Does a video show the arrest of the man accused of inappropriately touching influencer Yoatzi Castro at Disneyland in 2026? No, that's not true: The footage used in the viral video was originally posted on Instagram in 2024. It does not s
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Franklin Graham and Pope Leo XIV Did NOT Have Live TV Discussion — Story Is Spam From Vietnam
Did evangelist Franklin Graham and Pope Leo XIV have a live discussion on television? No, that's not true: There is no evidence of such a TV show. The claim is an example of so-called "Viet Spam" campaigns consisting of nearly identical,
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Oprah Winfrey’s Private Jet Was on Jeffrey Epstein’s Island 11 Different Times — Or at Any Time
Was Oprah Winfrey's private jet on Jeffrey Epstein's island 11 times? No, that's not true: There is no proof that Winfrey's private plane was ever on the Caribbean island of convicted sex offender Epstein. Little St. James is only 75 acre
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump’s ‘Super Intelligence’ Accord DID Misspell Country’s Name As ‘Unites States’
Was the name of the U.S. actually misspelled in Donald Trump's "super intelligence" accord with tech executives as "Unites States"? Yes, that's true: President Trump shared two images of the "White House Accord on Super Intelligence" with
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Labeled Eye Of Hurricane Polo Is AI-Generated — Was Not Shot From A Plane
Does a real video shot from the passenger window of a plane show the eye of Hurricane Polo? No, that's not true: This video was originally posted on Oct. 26, 2025, by an Instagram account that is labeled as an AI-generated profile. The vi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Admit ‘I’ve Done A Shitty Job As President’ — Rest Of Speech Edited Away
Did Donald Trump admit in a speech, "I've done a shitty job as president"? No, that's not true: The president did say those words, but he was joking, and the quote was taken out of context. While announcing a new AI-powered government inf
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Shows Airplane Spinning Wildly On Runway Accident — It Is AI-Generated
Does a real video show an airplane spinning wildly on a runway and hitting several other vehicles? No, that's not true: The video appeared on TikTok labeled as AI-generated content. Hive Moderation also determined the video was 73.1% like
FactCheck.org→ Experts Question the White House’s Defense of Taxpayer-Funded Ads
The White House has defended three taxpayer-funded advertisements featuring President Donald Trump by comparing them to ads that were paid for by past presidential administrations. But some legal experts have said the Trump White House commercials are
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Claiming Florida School Bus Beating Of ‘Lily Trejo’ By ‘Jake Lynch’ Is Partially AI-Generated — Names Unverified, Photos From Unrelated Cases
Does a real video show 9-year-old Lily Trejo being beaten by Jake Lynch and another boy on Feb. 1 in Florida, with Lynch getting a "stern warning"? No, that's not true: The video combines cellphone footage of a real 2023 attack on a schoo
Lead Stories→ Prebunk: Fake New York Post Headlines From Parody Rabbi Account Used To Bait Chatbot — The ‘@Grok-Is-This-Jew?’ Trick
Have you seen posts on X that look like screenshots of New York Post headlines, which have a caption asking the xAI chatbot Grok to determine if the story is real or not? Lead Stories has spotted a number of such posts recently from an ac
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Kamala Harris Will NOT Be Personally Responsible For Her Campaign’s $39 Million Debt — Claim Comes From Satire Site
Will Kamala Harris be held personally responsible for her campaign's $39 million debt, according to a federal bankruptcy court? No, that's not true: The story originated from a network of self-described satire websites that place multiple
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: ‘Lebensraum For Israel’ Post DID Appear On Times Of Israel Blog In 2024 — But Was Taken Down Later
Did a post mentioning Lebensraum for Israel appear on the Times of Israel blog platform? Yes, that's true: The screenshot that resurfaced on social media in 2026 showed a blog entry that was indeed published there almost two years earlier
Full Fact→ Andy Burnham’s first Labour Party conference speech as PM: fact checked
We’ve taken a look at a few of the claims made by the Prime Minister during his keynote speech in Liverpool.
Full Fact→ Video of huge pro-Palestine rally in the UK is AI-generated
A video appears to show a large UK march for Palestine. It's fake. Both the audio and visuals carry Google's SynthID watermark.
Full Fact→ Viral NATO video isn’t a ‘new ad campaign’
A clip of NATO soldiers is being shared with claims it is a new promotional clip. It was actually posted in 2024 to mark the alliance's 75th anniversary.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Photo Does NOT Show Cornell University ‘Gang Rape’ Defendant Scott Kretzschmar Is A Police Officer — It Shows His Brother Max
Does a photo show that Scott Kretzschmar, accused in the Cornell University "gang rape" case, is now a police officer? No, that's not true: The image used to support the claim does not show Kretzschmar. Instead, it shows his brother, Max
Full Fact→ Video shows Muslim women queuing for a clothing sale, not free childcare
The video has been widely shared on social media alongside the false claim that it shows women in headscarves lining up to enroll their children into free public daycare.
Full Fact→ Old video of crowd running through streets of Sheffield shared as if recent
A video filmed in Sheffield in August 2024 has been reshared online with misleading claims it shows an event in September 2026.
Full Fact→ Video compilation includes fake video of crying Ukrainian soldier shared on Facebook again
Full Fact→ There’s still no evidence that wearing sunglasses causes cancer
Full Fact→ Video of ‘asylum seeker’ saying he wants ‘more money and more freedom’ is AI-generated
A clip which has been shared online contains a SynthID watermark, suggesting it was made with Google’s AI tools.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE AI-Generated Video Shows Giorgia Meloni Wearing Palestinian Flag As Cape At UN
Did Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wear a Palestinian flag as a cape while at the U.N.? No, that's not true: The AI detector ZeroGPT determined the video of Meloni's alleged protest was created with AI. A visual analysis also revea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Japan Did NOT Ban Israeli Tourists
Did Japan issue a blanket ban on all Israeli tourists, as of September 2026? No, that's not true: No government pages or media reports confirmed the online rumor. While there were some isolated instances of hotels employees invoking "war
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Photo Shows Trump, Xi, Musk, Altman, Bezos And Others Toasting At Black-Tie Event
Does a real photo show President Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and others toasting at a black-tie event? No, that's not true: The image is AI-generat
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Charli XCX Was NOT Giving Taylor Swift A Stone Face At MTV VMAs — Footage Is From Nirvana Award
Was Charli XCX sitting with a stone face and barely clapping while Taylor Swift was on stage at the 2026 MTV VMAs? No, that's not true: Video from the VMA X account shows Charli XCX with no expression and tapping her knee during a Nirvana
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Viral Image Shows FAKE Israeli Passport Pictures Of Zelenskyy And His Wife
Does a viral image prove that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska hold Israeli citizenship? No, that's not true: The composite image shared on social media was likely created by AI, online tools showed. Lea
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Ivgeni Zarubinski Is NOT An Israeli Foreign Ministry Official Who Posted About Activating Pagers in Ireland — He’s A Satirist
Is Ivgeni Zarubinski an Israeli Foreign Ministry official who posted about activating explosive pagers in Ireland following Israel's 3-0 soccer loss to Ireland in late September 2026, as some posts on social media claimed? No, that's not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Trump Did NOT Get In Big Fight With Secret Service Agents — He Was Talking To PGA Tour CEO At Presidents Cup
Does a video show President Trump getting into a big fight with Secret Service agents? No, that's not true: The video shows the president talking with the PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp at the Presidents Cup golf tournament in September 2026.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Labeled ‘Iran Attacks A Nuclear Site On The Israeli Side Of The Sea’ Is AI-Generated
Does a video show Iran attacked a nuclear site on the Israeli side of the sea? No, that's not true: The content detection tool at Hive Moderation determined the video is 98.4% likely to be AI-generated. The fake video has been circulating
Full Fact→ No, Japan has not introduced ‘anti-Islam’ laws
Viral posts claim Japan has banned halal food, mosques, burqas and the call to prayer. This is false. No such laws exist, and Japan's constitution guarantees religious freedom.
Full Fact→ Facebook posts wrong to claim former Makerfield MP is new head of No 10 policy unit
Josh Simons, whose resignation as an MP led to the by-election Andy Burnham won, has not been appointed to lead on policy at Downing Street.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: AI-Enhanced Picture Of RAF Fairford Suspects Is NOT An Original Photograph — Based On Blurry Viral Photo
Is this an actual, sharp photograph of suspects arrested near RAF Fairford air base in the United Kingdom on Sept. 27, 2026? No, that's not true: According to an AI detection tool, the image contained a SynthID watermark indicating it had