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A photo of former president and Republican nominee Donald Trump is being shared online with the claim it’s a recent photo—allegedly proving an assassination attempt on his life was “fake”. 

The photo is of the side of Mr Trump’s face and magnifies his right ear. Overlaid text says: “This was an image from Team Trump released yesterday, showing his right ear. Where’s the scar or sutures from being hit in the ear?”

Mr Trump’s right ear was injured in an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania, on 13 July. One member of the audience, Corey Comperatore, was killed and two others, David Dutch and James Copenhaver, were seriously injured. 

However, this is not a recent photo shared by his team “yesterday”, as claimed. The photo dates back…

A doctored photo of Hitler has been shared in social media posts with the suggestion it closely resembles a photo of Donald Trump after his attempted assassination.

The posts share a black and white collage showing a photo of Mr Trump moments after he was shot at alongside a photo of Hitler seemingly in almost exactly the same position. Some versions of the image are being shared amongst claims the assassination attempt was staged.

Both photos supposedly show the men flanked by a man and woman in similar positions, with the US and Nazi flags respectively in the backgrounds. 

Overlaid text on one post says “To see it in B&W is chilling. Both are exactly the same”.

However, the photo of Hitler has been edited in multiple ways to resemble a photo of Mr Trump captured…

A video which appears to show prison officers gathered around a person with blood visible on the floor seen millions of times on X (formerly Twitter) wrongly claims to show a “recently imprisoned rioter” “severely slashed up in Strange Ways prison [sic]”. 

The caption shared alongside the clip goes on to ask “why would judges send them to a Class A prison for tweeting or assault” and adds: “Blood is on the Prime Minister’s hands if this is true.”

Versions of this post, using the same clip and text, have also been shared on Facebook.

But there is no indication that anyone involved in the video had anything to do with the recent violent disorder seen across England and Northern Ireland. 

A prison service spokesperson told Full Fact: “It is inaccurate…

A photo appearing to show French President Emmanuel Macron kissing a man is a still from an AI-generated video.

The picture has been viewed six million times on X (formerly Twitter) and has also been shared on Facebook. It often appears with the caption: “BREAKING: New photos appear to show French President Emmanuel Macron kissing a man and being fruity as hell.”

Although the picture of the kiss looks pretty convincing, the pause and volume buttons and progress bar visible at the bottom of many versions of the image indicate it comes from a video. Some versions of the claim being shared online also include this video.

The earliest example of this video Full Fact could find was shared on 2 August. The caption, translated from French by Google, reads: “The…

A video of Sir Keir Starmer being thrown out of a pub has been shared on social media as if it were recent.

Posts featuring the video shared on X, formerly Twitter, and Facebook, are captioned: “An absolute HERO kicks new British PM Keir Starmer out of his pub! This is EXACTLY how you deal with these ZIONISTS!” 

But the video is actually from April 2021, when Mr Starmer was Leader of the Opposition. A BBC report said the landlord in the video “was unhappy with Labour’s response to government lockdown measures”. There is no mention of Zionists or Zionism. 

Misleading pictures and videos are some of the most common types of misinformation we see online. 

Recently we’ve checked videos with false claims they show a recent prisoner swap and protests about the…