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A closer look at claims and statements in the news, with fact checks from AFP and RTL.

Troop homecoming video misrepresented after US-Iran ceasefire

US President Donald Trump speaks as he hosts the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Trump falsely inflates number of US troops in S.Korea

Texas governor shares fake image depicting rescued US airman

Clip shows video game simulation, not US warplane downed in Iran

Images depicting capture of American soldiers in Iran are AI-generated

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Missing persons reports, trailers, and seized money and items

Den Transport vun engem Auto mat enger Remorque.

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BGA director Michel Turk on the complex process behind seized assets

Each missing person case treated individually, public appeals remain last resort

Video shows Trump supporters storming US Capitol, not rally against Middle East war

New York City fire footage misrepresented as Middle East war

Posts falsely claim Netanyahu video fabricated to cover up his death

Trump post dropping interest in annexing Canada is fabricated

AI-generated videos fake medical credentials to sell wellness supplements

An Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sits on the runway after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on March 23, 2026

New York plane crash reignites 9/11 conspiracy theories

A medical worker holds a measles-rubella (MR) vaccine at a health station in Banda Aceh in Aceh province on September 19, 2018.

Experts refute 'natural' immunity claims as Indonesia battles measles outbreak

Edited graphic fuels fears about Australia's petrol reserves

Purported images of Bill Clinton, Stephen Hawking in Epstein files are AI-generated

Dubai restaurant fire clip falsely linked to Mideast war

Video purporting to show women in glass boxes in Ghana is AI-generated

Social media videos push dangerous turpentine 'detox' practices

Clip of gas station explosion in Romania falsely linked to Middle East war

Images of Russian and Norwegian tankers falsely linked to Iranian warship's sinking

AI clip of commotion at Dubai airport misleads online

Old Israel fire clip falsely shared as Iran strike aftermath

Images of Iran's supreme leader buried by rubble are AI-generated

Brady Tkachuk and his US teammates celebrate with their gold medals following the men's ice hockey final at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan, on February 22, 2026

'Not my voice': US hockey star objects to White House's AI video

Footage of 2023 police chase misrepresented as attack on ICE

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