A BBC News video reports the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska is trying to claim political asylum in a European country in order to escape an “aggravated relationship” with President Zelenskyy.

While there have been similar reports in the UK, the article being shared is about a specific case in Ireland.

The image accompanying the posts, which appeared in Facebook community groups for various places in England, is of an older girl who went missing in the US in January but has since been found. because ...

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There’s no evidence this is a genuine audio recording. It first circulated in October 2023 and was widely reported as fake at the time. It may have been created by artificial intelligence, though we ...

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News bulletins on Radio 2, Radio 3 and 6 Music claimed Britain consumes “117 million tonnes” each year—which is roughly a ...

Shabana Mahmood is not the head of the UK’s justice system and Sir Hamid Patel is the interim chair of Ofsted’s board, not ...

Some politicians and media have referred to the total number of immigration returns as the number of people being “deported”, ...