CCTV footage of mother and baby separated on a metro platform is staged

A video appearing to show CCTV footage of a woman being separated from a baby while boarding the Paris metro has been circulating online. But this is not real CCTV footage and the scene has been staged. 

The black-and-white footage shows a woman struggling to lift a pram into a metro carriage when the doors close with the woman onboard and the pram on the platform. A time and location stamp suggests the incident took place after midnight on “Line 7”, while both the logo on the carriage and a sign for ‘Louis Blanc’ station suggest it was filmed in a metro station in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. 

Some versions of the clip go on to show a man interacting with the baby and swinging the pram close to the edge of the platform. They have overlaid text saying a…


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GMA’s entire hosting panel missing from show without explanation as seats are filled with weekend anchors

THE weekend anchors of Good Morning America have taken over the seats of the entire hosting panel.

On Friday morning, viewers noticed regulars Robin Roberts, 63, Michael Strahan, 52, and George Stephanopoulos, 63, were missing from GMA.

Sam Champion, Whit Johnson, Janai Norman, and Gio Benitez took over the panel ahead of the weekend

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Sam Champion, Whit Johnson, Janai Norman, and Gio Benitez took over the panel ahead of the weekendCredit: X/GMA
Michael Strahan, Robin Roberts, and George Stephanopoulos were missing from Friday's telecast

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Michael Strahan, Robin Roberts, and George Stephanopoulos were missing from Friday’s telecastCredit: ABC/Lou Rocco

Their empty seats were filled by anchors Sam Champion, 62, Whit Johnson, 41, Janai Norman, and Gio Benitez, 38.

Viewers were not given an explanation as to why the new anchors headed into the Saint Patrick’s Day weekend early.

Meanwhile, Michael has been missing from the morning show for five days in a row now.

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Photo of busy train carriage is from Cairo, not Sweden

A photo of a train carriage where all but one of the women are wearing religious dress has been shared with claims it shows Malmö in Sweden, but it was almost certainly taken in Egypt.  

One post, with more than 1,300 shares, says: “This is not Iran, this is Malmö, Sweden, which is occupied by Islam”. 

However, this photo does not come from Malmö, which has no metro or tram system operating within the city (although a metro line connecting it to Copenhagen in Denmark has been proposed). 

Skanetrafiken, the company responsible for public transport networks in Malmö, confirmed to Full Fact that “it’s not a picture from Malmö”. 

Footage of trains that connect Malmö to other places in Sweden are visibly different to the carriage in the image. The metro


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Databricks invests in Mistral, announces AI tie-up

Databricks has announced a new strategic partnership and investment in Mistal AI, one of the most intriguing generative AI start-ups around today.

The pair say their collaboration will look to integrate Mistal AI’s open models into the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, offering customers enhanced accessibility and flexibility.


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Google Enhances Chrome’s Safe Browsing With Real-Time Updates

Google updated its Safe Browsing feature. Now, Chrome users can receive real-time updates on dangerous websites. In the past, Safe Browsing updated its database of harmful sites every 30 to 60 minutes.

But since many harmful sites are only active for a short period, often less than 10 minutes, this was not effective enough. Now, Google’s servers will update the Safe Browsing list constantly, offering immediate protection against new threats. Google claims this method will reduce phishing site encounters by a margin.

Privacy has been a key focus in this update. Real-time Safe Browsing employs various privacy-preserving techniques to ensure Google does not learn the specifics of the sites users visit.

This feature has been released on Chrome’s desktop and iOS versions, with…


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