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The caption of a video compilation falsely claims it shows footage from recent attacks on Israel from Iran, Syria and Lebanon.

All but one of the clips have been found to show scenes from unrelated events in Ukraine, Chile and Argentina.

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Following last night’s vote on the so-called ‘smoking ban’ legislation, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting claimed “it was only thanks to Labour MPs that this bill passed”.

Our politics blog looks out how the votes broke down 👇
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The government has repeatedly stated that flights to Rwanda will begin “in the spring”, but earlier today Chief Secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott avoided giving a date for the end of the season.

Our politics blog looks at the various definitions 👇
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At , Rishi Sunak claimed Sir Keir Starmer had “finally admitted” he'd put taxes up.

While Mr Starmer did tell The Sun Labour would increase taxes on private schools and non-doms, he also said he didn’t want to see tax increases “for working people”.buff.ly/4aCI4n9

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer claimed at that abolishing National Insurance would require either cuts to the state pension or NHS, or raising income tax.

It’s not necessarily quite as simple as that, however. Our politics blog explains 👇
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A video has been shared widely on social media with claims it shows the Islamic call to prayer happening inside Buckingham Palace.

The footage actually comes from an event at Lancaster House, which is a government building, during Ramadan last year.

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How can we encourage young people to engage critically with the media they consume and share?
We spoke to Alex Brocklehurst from Full Fact in our latest Five Minutes With... exploring tactics to combat the spread of disinformation.

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How can we encourage young people to engage critically with the media they consume and share? We spoke to @a_brocklehurst from @FullFact in our latest Five Minutes With... exploring tactics to combat the spread of disinformation. Listen here 👇
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A video showing fans of singer Louis Tomlinson in Buenos Aires has been shared with the false claim it shows panic in Israel during Iran’s recent airstrike.

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Viral screenshots are claiming to show OJ Simpson’s final posts on social media, which supposedly said “I did it”.

But these screenshots aren’t real. There’s no evidence Mr Simpson posted any such comment before his recent death.

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An image claiming to show US troops being flown to the Philippines is actually an image that has been circulating since at least 2021, of British troops.
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Footage being shared with claims it shows Iran’s attack on Israel on 13 April is actually a CGI animation of the Second World War.
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We’ve seen a clip shared widely on social media over the weekend alongside claims it shows Iranian missiles being launched towards Israel.

This is false. The clip has been circulating online since at least 2020.
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Contrary to what BBC Breakfast reported last week, there weren’t 620,000 more people waiting for NHS care in January compared to when Rishi Sunak became PM.

The actual increase in the number of people waiting in England was around 300,000.
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