A video is being shared online with claims it shows Iran’s attack on a US airbase in Qatar—but it isn’t real, and was ...

Claims about the footage that circulated widely on social media after it was posted last week are false—and here’s how we ...

The picture seems to be a photograph of several police officers kneeling as though in prayer in front of a group of men in Islamic dress. A caption on the image, and in the posts sharing it, says: ...

A clip is circulating on social media with claims it shows “Muslim migrants” in a cemetery in Ireland, but the footage was ...

Le o Benedictus Journalist Leo joined Full Fact in January 2020. For 15 years, he worked freelance as a feature writer for the Guardian, Prospect, the New Scientist and others, making maps of ...

What does the pledge mean? The Labour party’s 2024 manifesto promised to “ensure the next generation can never legally buy cigarettes”. The government plans to achieve this by making it illegal to ...

Our verdict There were 4.2 million more appointments between July 2024 and March 2025 than in the same period a year previously, so for now we’re rating this as “achieved”, though there’s some ...

What progress has been made? An Energy Independence Bill has not yet been formally introduced to Parliament, but it appears to have been referenced in the Labour government’s first King’s Speech, ...

What does the pledge mean? The proposed law takes its name after the Hillsborough football stadium disaster on 15 April 1989, in which 97 people were killed. Since then, campaigners have called for a ...

Our verdict While the government has said this pledge will be measured using estimates of real terms GDP per capita, it hasn’t explained what “sustained” growth means, or if it will rely on annual or ...

What do we know about the Israel-Iran ceasefire timeline, and what happens next? A ceasefire between Iran and Israel announced by US President Donald Trump on Monday evening appears to be holding, ...

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