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2 October 2024

Video of Lebanese citizens ‘celebrating Hezbollah leader’s death’ is actually from 2020 protest

The video is unrelated to the recent death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

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30 September 2024

No evidence Mike Tyson made speech about Palestine

False claims that the boxer called for a boycott of Israel have been shared online.

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30 September 2024

Video of ‘corpse running away’ is not related to Israel conflict

A video clip is being shared on social media with the suggestion it shows people ‘scared’ of Israeli drones—but it actually shows a staged ‘funeral procession’ in Jordan in 2020.

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30 September 2024

Video of protest in Iran is not recent

Footage is being shared online with claims that it shows people protesting in Iran in recent days. It was actually filmed two years ago.

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30 September 2024

Video of ‘missiles hitting Tel Aviv’ is from Kyiv in 2023

The clip is actually year-old footage from Kyiv, Ukraine.

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30 September 2024

Video shows a Brazil warehouse fire, not a Hezbollah ‘bombing’

A short video has been circulating on social media with misleading captions claiming it’s related to the escalating conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.

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27 September 2024

Video of ‘Hezbollah bombing Israel’ actually shows petrol station explosion in Yemen

The video dates back to August and shows explosions at a petrol station in Aden, Yemen, not Israel.

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27 September 2024

No, this video isn’t really of President Zelenskyy belly dancing

A video clip manipulated using AI which appears to show the Ukrainian president dancing at a birthday party is being shared again on social media.

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26 September 2024

Has house building ‘fallen off a cliff’?

Some data seems to support the deputy PM Angela Rayner’s claim about house building numbers, but there are a number of different measures and the figures need context.

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26 September 2024

PM’s conference speech claim about ‘23% increase’ in immigration returns based on unpublished data

Sir Keir Starmer claimed there’d been a “23% increase” in returns compared to last summer. But the data this is based on hasn’t been published, so we’re unable to verify it.

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