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Recent fact checks
A video of a woman lighting a cigarette from a burning portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader has been shared with claims that the footage was filmed in the country.
This is incorrect. Although the clip does appear to show a real protest act, it was actually filmed in a town near Toronto, Canada.
Videos being shared online appear to show doctors supposedly from Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust using patches to lose significant amounts of weight.
These are AI-generated. A spokesperson for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust told Full Fact the posts are “completely fraudulent”.
Reports have claimed the government has “U-turned” on proposals for mandatory digital ID for Right to Work checks, less than four months after announcing the plans.
With government ministers insisting mandatory digital ID checks will still go ahead, we’ve taken a look at how the plans have changed.
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