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A post widely shared on social media falsely claims to include a photo of an Israeli soldier who took their own life after being raped.

The post, which has been shared across Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter), includes a photo of a young woman in military attire.

A caption with one post says: “Today’s scandal: The tragic suicide of the soldier ‘Sarah Awidan’ after being subjected to a gang rape and hidden in one of the army barracks in the ‘Magellan’ brigade in Gaza for several days. The Israeli army is the most morally corrupt in the world. Shameful… #Gaza #Israel.”

But the woman pictured is not “Sarah Awidan”, and Full Fact could not find evidence of a soldier of this name dying in the way described while serving in the Israel Defence Forces…

Several posts online have claimed that actor and TV presenter Bradley Walsh has died. 

However, Mr Walsh’s agent told Full Fact the claim is false, and confirmed that Mr Walsh is “alive and well”.

As others have pointed out, the claim seems to have started in a TikTok video posted around 27 January, which now appears to have been deleted or removed from the platform. 

The video received over 10,000 likes on TikTok. It was posted by an account which seems to have used the BBC News logo as its profile picture, with the display name “BBC News”. The video appeared to mimic the branding of the BBC News channel, with the BBC logo in the top left corner and on a banner that also featured the text “Bradley Walsh dies aged 63”. 

While the original post is no…

Fans and netizens alike mourned the passing of Li Lin, with many commenting that the industry had lost a dear talent.

Li Lin previously shared in an interview that he had graduated from university with an English degree, and did not step into the broadcast industry immediately after graduation. Instead, he worked as a translator and dubbing artist for English movies, before moving on to become a singer, and later, a tour guide, before joining radio. 

He hosted a wide variety of radio programmes, from travel segments, to language-learning ones, where he shared English phrases and words with his audience.

A couple of netizens also lamented that Li Lin had died too young, and cautioned others to “take good care of your health too”.

“When you’re sick, you really have to rest…

ANN ARBOR, MI – A training center used by firefighters across Washtenaw County is being named after a veteran Ann Arbor firefighter who was key in making it possible.

The Ann Arbor Fire Department is hosting a dedication ceremony Friday, May 7, at the W.R. Wheeler Service Center naming the countywide fire training center the “Craig Sidelinger Fire Training Center” in honor of the training captain who died of cancer earlier this year.

“Craig was instrumental in getting this training center going and it has been valued and used by departments throughout the county,” Ann Arbor Fire Chief Mike Kennedy said.

Dedication, family love is legacy of Ann Arbor firefighter who died of cancer at age 45

Sidelinger, 45, began his Ann Arbor Fire Department career as a firefighter on March 13,…