Everything government, Parliament, the statistical agencies and the major policy institutes published — read, summarised and ranked so you can skim the day in a minute.
Footage circulating online showing a woman dragged by uniformed men is from a recent Kyiv protest against tree felling for a heating pipeline, not evidence of forced conscription in Ukraine, according to a Full Fact verification.
A widely shared clip claiming to show a missile strike on an aeroplane at Riyadh’s international airport is fake; Full Fact says the video was generated using AI and does not show a real recent attack.
A viral clip showing a ‘corpse’ rising during sirens was filmed as a staged funeral procession in 2020, reportedly in Jordan, and has been wrongly shared as footage from Gaza, Full Fact reports after verification.
Full Fact confirms a 2020 video of a market fire in the United Arab Emirates has been reshared online as though it showed a recent strike on Israel, correcting the misleading context around the clip.
A viral video claimed to show the Flydubai incident is misattributed: visuals are from a different flight over Dubai and the audio derives from a separate 2022 turbulence clip, not the reported attack footage.
A clip of NATO soldiers circulating as a supposed new promotional ad is not new; it was originally posted in 2024 to mark NATO’s 75th anniversary, contrary to claims calling it a fresh campaign.