A campaign video posted by the Green Party candidate for the Mayor of Newham has been widely shared online with false claims it shows the Greens celebrating an election win in a foreign language.
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New York Times→ A Fact Check of Trump’s Claims on Inflation and Gas Prices in Iran War
He has minimized soaring gas prices, rising inflation and the American economy’s need for the Strait of Hormuz.
Full Fact→ We asked readers to send us election claims to fact check – so what did they spot?
We received dozens of tips over the course of the campaign, with many about bar charts in leaflets or councils’ delivery on local issues.
Full Fact→ Old military exercise video shared with false claims it shows Iranian missiles hitting US ships
A clip of a 2016 military exercise, which saw the US, Canada, Australia and South Korea sink the decommissioned USS Thach, has been shared with false claims it shows Iranian missiles hitting US ships.
FactCheck.org→ RFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’
During an April 17 congressional hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called for retraction of a new Danish study that didn’t find a link between Tylenol and autism, repeatedly calling it “garbage” and baselessl
Full Fact→ False claims Laura Kuenssberg clashed with Rupert Lowe on air shared online
A false post claiming to describe a clash between the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg and Rupert Lowe MP has been circulating online. There are several clues that show the post is false and that the attached image has been made or edited using AI.
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking claims about missing, dead scientists: Were they researching UFOs, nuclear weapons?
Fact-checking claims about missing and dead scientists
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE ‘Senior Coordinating Producer For The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner’ Claims Journalists Stole 147 Bottles Of Wine
Did a real "senior coordinating producer for the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner" (WHCD) say journalists stole 147 bottles of wine? No, that's not true: The person who posted the claim is a social media content creator who
Full Fact→ More fake claims about Boots ‘mini-perfume set’ giveaway shared online
A spokesperson for Boots confirmed this is not a genuine offer.
Full Fact→ No evidence for online claims Reform edited its Harrow candidate announcement after ‘backlash’
Dr Savitha Prakash says an image circulating on social media of her wearing a headscarf is fake, and that neither she nor Reform UK ever published it.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: TASS Report FALSELY Claims Zelensky Is Child Trafficker In Epstein Files
Did the Russian state-owned news agency TASS accurately report that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is listed as a child trafficker in the Epstein files? No, that's not true: Zelensky's name does appear in 39 documents in the Epste
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Donald Trump Truth Social Post Claims Israel Is ‘A Far More Important Ally Than The American People’
Did President Donald Trump say Israel is "a far more important ally than the American people"? No, that is not true: The supposed post does not appear on the president's official Truth Social account, and there are no reliable reports tha
Full Fact→ False claims about rioters recently storming migrant hotels in Rotherham and Tamworth circulate online
Social media posts claiming 460 masked rioters recently stormed migrant hotels in Rotherham and Tamworth aren’t true.
Full Fact→ Old footage from China shared with false claims it shows attack on Israeli power plant
A video shared with claims it shows an Iranian attack on a power plant in Haifa actually dates back to a 2015 chemical fire emergency response drill in China.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Sky News Report Falsely Claims Hungarian Opposition Leader Péter Magyar Is Withdrawing From Election
Did Sky News report that Hungarian opposition leader Péter Magyar is withdrawing from the election in early April 2026? No, that's not true: The British news channel has not reported that Magyar has dropped out of the race for prime mini
Full Fact→ Old videos of Gaza and Turkey earthquake shared with false claims they show destruction in Tel Aviv
A compilation video featuring old clips from Gaza and an earthquake in Turkey has been shared online with false claims it shows recent scenes in Israel.
New York Times→ Fact-Checking Republicans’ Misleading Claims About Mail-In Ballots and Fraudulent Voting
President Trump, his administration and G.O.P. lawmakers have claimed widespread issues with mailed ballots and fraudulent voting, but the evidence doesn’t support them.
Full Fact→ Video of 2025 cinema brawl shared with false claims it shows clashes at Tel Aviv airport
A clip circulating online claims to show clashes at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. But it is actually footage of a July 2025 incident at a cinema in Jerusalem.
Full Fact→ False claims about Boots mini perfume set giveaway is repeated again
Full Fact→ Video of 2022 fire in Saudi Arabia shared with false claims it shows Tel Aviv
The video, which has been shared on social media with claims it shows Tel Aviv burning, is actually four years old.
FactCheck.org→ Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said the SAVE America Act “could disenfranchise over 20 million American citizens,” while Republicans dispute that the voter registration and ID bill would block any legitimate voters. Election expe
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking claims that activists caused a Cuban hospital power outage, stayed in five-star hotel
Did activists cause power outage and patient deaths in Cuba?
Full Fact→ Old footage of market fire shared with false claims it shows Dubai airport in flames
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.
Full Fact→ Fake crash picture shared with false claims it shows satellite brought down by Iranian missile
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.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Politico Video Falsely Claims Germany Will Take In 400,000 Palestinian Refugees
Is a video showing a Politico report claiming Germany is preparing to take in 400,000 Palestinian refugees real? No, that's not true: There are no reports from Politico or any other news organization that Germany plans to take in hundreds
Full Fact→ Footage of Russian attack on Kyiv shared with false claims it shows Iranian drone strike on Bahrain
Posts falsely claim a video shows a building housing US officers in Bahrain being attacked, but it actually shows residential flats in Kyiv.
Full Fact→ Grok wrongly claims footage of Glasgow fire shows blaze in Tel Aviv
X’s AI chatbot also said a real photo of the fire was fake and made with AI.
Full Fact→ AI images, old videos and false viral claims: what to watch out for when checking posts about the Middle East on social media
In the last week we’ve seen a surge of misinformation relating to the war with Iran—we’ve fact checked 10 viral posts, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Iran did not release a list of U.S. targets, despite social media claims
Iran released a list of U.S. cities it will target.
Full Fact→ David Lammy incorrectly claims Cyprus is ‘a NATO country’
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy wrongly claimed on BBC Breakfast that Cyprus is “part of NATO”.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: FAKE Video Purportedly From The Epstein Files Claims To Show Trump With Blindfolded Children
Is a video of Donald Trump with blindfolded children that claims to have come "out of the Epstein files" real? No, that's not true: There is no record of an image or video showing President Trump with blindfolded children with Jeffrey Eps
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking Claims in Casey Means’ Surgeon General Confirmation Hearing
During her confirmation hearing to become surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means had various back-and-forths with senators, who pressed her on topics related to vaccines, her qualifications and disclosure of her conflicts of interest. Means was first nom
Full Fact→ Footage of 2015 fire shared with false claims it shows Iran attacking Dubai
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.
FactCheck.org→ Assessing Trump’s Claims on Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities
In discussing his reasoning for launching U.S. airstrikes on Iran, President Donald Trump said, “An Iranian regime armed with long-range missiles and nuclear weapons would be a dire threat to every American.” But arms control experts have
PolitiFact→ X posts – Iran has not claimed responsibility for deadly strike on girls’ school, despite social media claims
“The regime in Iran has now confessed that the (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) mistakenly bombed an Iranian school yesterday.”
FactCheck.org→ A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims
In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about the economy, a topic that should feature prominently in his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24. “We have the hottest country anywhere in the world,̶
Full Fact→ Six in ten young people fear false claims and AI content could mislead voters, as Government moves to lower the voting age
FactCheck.org→ Americans Don’t Need ‘Dramatically’ More Protein, Despite Officials’ Claims
In unveiling new dietary guidelines, federal health officials have claimed they are correcting past guidance that created a “generation of kids low in protein” and that Americans should get “dramatically” more of the nut
PolitiFact→ Major Gross Profit – Scam emails falsely claims people ‘must act’ to claim a $2,000 ‘tariff dividend’
“Trump’s $2,000 tariff dividend is live but you must act.”
FactCheck.org→ Trump’s Claims About Greenland
Prior to announcing on Jan. 21 that he has reached a “framework of a future deal” on Greenland with the secretary general of NATO, President Donald Trump had insisted that the United States needed to acquire Greenland for national security reasons