Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested that tariffs are paid by foreign countries. During his inauguration speech, for example ...

We’ve seen lots of claims about human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in recent weeks. This explainer looks at what we know about it.

Posts on Facebook have repeated an inaccurate claim that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast that the UK will ...

After asking Ms Reeves’ office about her comments, we received a response from the Treasury. It confirmed that the last full ...

This isn’t quite right. Some councils with elections scheduled for May 2025 have asked to postpone them due to a ...

Heathrow Airport is holding its annual unclaimed baggage sale for charity with suitcases on offer for £8.29. Heathrow has said it has no connection with the Facebook post making this claim and is ...

President Donald Trump’s mother said her son was an idiot with zero common sense and no social skills and that she hoped he’d never get into politics as he’d be a disaster. There’s no evidence Mrs ...

The clip has been shared after President Trump’s inauguration with misleading captions that imply it’s recent—but the event occurred in March 2023.

This is not true. The clip predates the January 2025 ceasefire deal, and actually shows Knesset members in November 2023 following a film screening that included footage from Hamas’s 7 October attack.

A photo shows a man in a hard hat wearing a shirt that says ‘Latinos for Trump 2024’ being arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). This image has been edited. In the original there ...

Both the article, and the claim that Ms Rayner is replacing Ms Reeves, are not real. A screenshot being shared on social media appears to show a BBC news article reporting that Angela Rayner is ...

A video shows Taylor Swift saying the wildfires in Los Angeles were “divine retribution” for America funding missiles used in Gaza. This isn’t a video of a real interview—it is altered footage from a ...