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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 45,000 figure actually appears to refer to an estimate shared by the Ministry of Defence for the total number of Russian casualties in the war with Ukraine in November, including both those killed ...

The video dates back to at least 2022, and was likely filmed in China. A video circulating on social media with the caption “Now the Drones have started spraying American citizens like bugs” includes ...

This is not a reliable estimate. It was made in 2015 by extrapolating figures from Rotherham, but the MP who produced it has since told us it is “completely unreliable”. An inquiry in 2022 said “it is ...

Average energy costs in the UK are €2,960, €650 in France, €650 in Belgium, €620 in Spain, €558 in Germany, €558 in Denmark, €546 in Holland, €545 in Austria, €543 in Norway, €476 in Finland and €174 ...