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Claims that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has “frozen” a contract for 80 fighter jets from France over the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov are circulating on social media, as part of a fake Al Jazeera video. But there is no evidence to support this claim. 

One post on X, viewed more than 366,000 times, is captioned: “The UAE has frozen a contract to purchase 80 fighter jets from France: Durov’s arrest has angered the sheikhs.” It has also been shared on Facebook. 

Mr Durov was arrested on landing in Paris on 24 August as part of a cyber crime investigation. Mr Durov is originally from Russia, but now runs Telegram from Dubai in the UAE, where he lives. He holds citizenship of the UAE and France.

The UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement…

Following the arrest of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on 9 May a number of Facebook and Twitter posts claimed a video showed people protesting his arrest outside the London home of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

One of the Facebook posts, shared on 11 May, was captioned: “A large number of Pakistanis are protesting Imran Khan’s arrest in front of Nawaz Sharif’s house in London”.

While the video does show people demonstrating outside a building reported to be owned by Mr Sharif, it was not filmed following Mr Khan’s recent arrest.

The video instead appears to have been originally shared on 17 April 2022, and shows people protesting in London a week after Mr Khan was ousted as Prime Minister following a parliamentary vote of…

NBA YoungBoy is preparing for his forthcoming LP Don’t Try This At Home and, while he is currently under house arrest, the 23-year-old still plans to gather his rap peers, celebrities, and fans for an album release party.

Sources told TMZ Hip Hop that the event will take place on Thursday, April 20, one night before the album hits streaming platforms, at Elevate Lounge in downtown Los Angeles. The Baton Rouge, La. rapper’s team is reportedly spending $200,000 to rent the space and 50 Cent’s Branson Cognac will serve as a sponsor.

DJ Carisma will handle the turntables for the evening and there is even a fan raffle where the winner will get the chance to speak with the I Rest My Case artist via a stream during the party. This will all take place while the…