In the last few days we’ve seen a number of Conservative politicians, including Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday, claim that their government left “the ...

A video shows the perspective of a firefighter as they tackle a blaze in Los Angeles. But the video is unrelated to these fires. It was originally posted on 8 November 2024 on the action camera ...

We can’t find an example of the government saying this exactly, and that’s not what official figures show. The 16,400 figure refers to all immigration returns carried out during Labour’s first six ...

This claim doesn’t appear to be supported by the latest OECD projections. Several European countries are projected to have higher GDP growth than the UK in 2025 and 2026. It’s possible Ms Nandy meant ...

This is false. The article doesn’t exist. A screenshot appears to show a Guardian column headlined “White people should be at the back of the queue for treatment by our NHS”. But this is false and the ...

A video shows a firefighting plane crashing in Los Angeles during the recent wildfires. It has been shared with captions relating it to the LA wildfires, which have killed at least 24 people and burnt ...

False. The clip was taken during an Air Algérie flight that experienced a technical problem in September 2024. It returned to Algiers and landed safely. The clip shows the inside of an aircraft cabin ...

The video isn’t real. At the time of writing, the Hollywood sign is not on fire, and there were no fires in its immediate vicinity. The caption on this YouTube video, which has 240,000 views, ...

This video isn’t real—it was created using CGI. The video appears to have been filmed from the front seat of a car, as it drives down a tree-lined road at night. There are several bright lights in the ...

The signals emitted by 5G towers are damaging to humans, animals and plants. There is no evidence that 5G or similar radiofrequency technology is harmful when used within the recommended exposure ...

Meta, the owners of Facebook, Instagram and Threads has announced an end to support for third-party fact checking in the United States. Chris Morris, Chief Executive of Full Fact, responds: Meta’s ...

This isn’t a real picture from the LA fires. Uncropped versions have a watermark in the right-hand corner that attributes the image to ‘Grok’—the Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot integrated with X ...