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Full Fact→ Old footage of London street fight shared as recent clash
A video shared with claims it shows a recent clash between immigrant and nationalist groups in London is actually from 2023 and was reportedly filmed after a pro-Palestine march.
Full Fact→ Campaign video shared with false claims it shows Green Party celebrating election win in Bengali
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.
Full Fact→ Fake picture of Tommy Robinson with White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect shared online
A fake image which appears to show shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen with the British political activist Tommy Robinson has been shared online.
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.
Full Fact→ Fake report of van and truck drivers ramming into Muslim street prayers shared online
False claims circulating on social media that incidents in London and Cardiff saw drivers confront praying Muslims include old and AI images.
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.
Full Fact→ Fake ‘Daily Mail’ report on Labour members’ views of Keir Starmer shared online
An article made to look like it was from the Daily Mail covering the real results of a survey of Labour Party members has been fabricated.
Full Fact→ Fake pictures of Katie Hopkins in hospital shared online
Images shared on Facebook claim to show the media personality in hospital, but they aren’t genuine.
Full Fact→ More fake claims about Boots ‘mini-perfume set’ giveaway shared online
A spokesperson for Boots confirmed this is not a genuine offer.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO EVIDENCE Al Jazeera Reported NATO Countries Shared Intel With Iran On U.S. Military Movements To Get ‘No-Charge Passage’ Through Strait Of Hormuz
Did Al Jazeera broadcast a report stating that NATO countries shared intel with Iran on U.S. military movements? No, that's not true: Lead Stories did not find evidence of such a report. The video claiming to be the Al Jazeera report cont
Full Fact→ Fake Aldi posts claiming to offer cheap craft boxes shared on Facebook
Aldi confirmed that posts offering leftover yarn from its warehouses at cheap prices to people who fill in a survey are fake.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Facebook users shared a supposed video of Trump at Walter Reed hospital. It’s AI-generated
Video shows President Donald Trump at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Full Fact→ Fake image of people cleaning blood off street in Iran shared online
Although thousands of Iranian protesters were killed in January, a widely shared image showing officials cleaning a blood-soaked street was likely made with AI.
Full Fact→ AI-generated videos of heavily armed Australian border force at sea shared thousands of times
Videos supposedly showing the Australian border force intercepting small boats have been widely shared online. But they’re not real.
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.
Full Fact→ Fake photo of damaged US base in Kuwait shared online
A picture circulating on social media with claims it depicts the aftermath of Iranian strikes on an American base isn’t genuine.
Full Fact→ Satirical post about Liz Truss blaming ‘transgender mafia’ for Italian chocolate heist shared as genuine
A post suggesting the former PM blamed the theft of a large shipment of KitKats on an “underground transgender mafia” was first shared by a satire account.
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.
Full Fact→ Fake image of Earth from Artemis II mission shared online
The picture, which appears to depict Earth as seen from the window of the Orion spacecraft, has almost certainly been generated with AI.
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→ 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.
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 image of Jewish charity ambulances on fire shared online
An AI-generated image of the incident, which saw four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community ambulance service set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning, has been posted on social media.
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.
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→ Fake image of Iranian children’s funeral shared online by MP
In the aftermath of a missile strike on a school that Iran said killed hundreds of people, a fake image of a funeral has been shared online, including by the Your Party MP Zarah Sultana.
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.
Full Fact→ AI image of the USS Abraham Lincoln on fire shared online
A picture supposedly showing the USS Abraham Lincoln on fire has been shared hundreds of times online. But it isn’t real.
PolitiFact→ Donald Trump – TikTok shared by White House of U.S. Olympian Brady Tkachuk is AI-generated
U.S. men’s hockey Olympian Brady Tkachuk said about the Canadian hockey team, “They booed our national anthem, so I had to come out and teach those maple syrup eating f----s a lesson.”
Full Fact→ Fake image of Mandelson in handcuffs shared online
Pictures showing the former Labour peer being led away in handcuffs by police have been circulating on social media, but they are not real and almost certainly AI-generated.
Full Fact→ AI-generated pictures of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest shared online
In the wake of the arrest of the former prince on Thursday morning, AI-generated pictures depicting him being led away by police officers have been circulating on social media.
Full Fact→ Old video of Russian submarine test shared with false claim it shows Iran launching missiles
The clip being shared online dates back to 2018 and is not related to Iran.
Full Fact→ AI-enhanced image of Minneapolis shooting shared online
A still image which has been taken from a real video of the shooting of Alex Pretti has been enhanced with artificial intelligence, resulting in an agent kneeling on the ground missing a head.
Full Fact→ Fake deal for £10 metal detector from Go Outdoors shared online
Posts and an advert on Facebook are falsely claiming that people aged 40 and older can get a metal detector for £10 from Go Outdoors after filling in a survey.
Full Fact→ Fake pictures of ‘British vigilantes’ slashing small boats shared online
Images of men in balaclavas slashing ‘migrant dinghies’ aren’t real and were likely made with AI.
Full Fact→ Fake Argos offer for bargain Xbox shared online
Posts on Facebook falsely claim that you can get an Xbox Series X from Argos for £3 simply for filling in a survey.
Full Fact→ Video of clashes in Greece shared with claims it shows recent protests in Iran
A viral video shared with claims it shows anti-government protests in Tehran actually shows clashes following a rap concert in Thessaloniki in November 2025.
Full Fact→ Fake Guardian headline about Christmas being ‘offensive’ to Muslims shared online
A screenshot supposedly showing a Guardian article with this headline comes from a satirical account, but has been shared as real on social media.
Full Fact→ Property investor’s video falsely shared as ‘migrant showing off new house’
A clip shared on social media with misleading captions claiming it shows an asylum seeker filming their new accommodation was actually posted by a property investor marketing a house up for sale.