Old video of crowd running through streets of Sheffield shared as if recent

Videos shared earlier this month on Facebook show hooded men running through Sheffield city centre. Overlaid text dates the video to . But Full Fact found the same clip, without the overlaid text, shared online in August…

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Video compilation includes fake video of crying Ukrainian soldier

We have only fact checked this clip, which appears at the start. The beginning of the video shows a young man in uniform crying, with on-screen text saying: “23 year old CRIES as he’s sent to the front lines” and “I…

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French presidential hopeful Philippe proposes pushing retirement age to 65

He also wants to require people to make monthly contributions for 45 years instead of 43. Philippe’s plan appears largely in line with his pitch to voters as a fiscally responsible candidate who won’t hide from the…

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Emergency motion to end fire and rehire is backed by conference

The motion, which also calls for the New Deal for Working People to be delivered in full “without further dilution or delay”, comes as the SNP-run Glasgow City Council threatens more than 20,000 workers with dismissal…

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‘Burnham is governing well’, overwhelming majority of Labour members say in poll

The poll, conducted exclusively for LabourList by Survation, shows 92 percent of Labour members consider Burnham to have governed well since becoming Prime Minister this summer. The poll shows 42 per cent of Labour…

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UK’s global role in AI safety ‘not diminished’ by Trump, says AI minister

The U.K.’s AISI “not just keeps the British public safe by virtue of testing, but also shares insights with the Americans so that the American public is kept safer,” said Narayan. It puts the U.K. in a “very unique…

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There’s still no evidence that wearing sunglasses causes cancer

But there’s no evidence for this. The video includes a clip of Andreas Moritz, a “medical intuitive” who reportedly died in 2012 . In it, he claims sunglasses block UV light from reaching the eyes and prevent the brain…

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Chris Mason: Burnham opens debate on huge issue of social care reform

The pitch from Andy Burnham is that "hope comes from honesty," there needs to be "less drift and more direction" and there needs to be a willingness to say "the things politicians usually avoid." On Sunday, he told the…

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EU zuversichtlich, dass Trump seinen Plan für einen Dieselexport-Stopp aufgeben wird

Trump hatte vergangene Woche gedroht, die Ausfuhr von Diesel vorübergehend zu stoppen, da die Preise in den Vereinigten Staaten aufgrund des Krieges im Iran und der von Moskau verhängten Exportbeschränkungen nach…

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Andrew Gilligan: Popular among activists, scrapping ULEZ doesn’t add up – either politically or financially

In the Telegraph, he pledged to end Labour’s supposed “war on the motorist” and to launch a full review of Sadiq Khan’s ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ), which charges non-compliant vehicles £12.50 a day to drive in…

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