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An image has been shared on social media with the caption: “Muslims pay tribute to Keir Starmer outside Number 10,” but this is not a genuine photo. 

The image supposedly shows rows of people on prayer mats outside Number 10 Downing Street with the suggestion this is related to Sir Keir Starmer being elected as the UK Prime Minister following the election on 4 July. 

The image was shared both before and after the general election took place.

However, there are multiple visual clues that suggest the image is inauthentic, and most likely created using artificial intelligence (AI). 

To start, two figures in the front row are warped so that feet appear instead of heads, while the hands of other figures—although they’re in the right place—are misshapen and…

A widely shared post that details how 50 people protested against a cashless supermarket in France leading to the retailer reinstating cash has resurfaced on Facebook.

One version of the post has been shared at least 14,000 times.

But there’s no evidence this protest ever took place and, regardless, all businesses in France legally must accept cash, with only a handful of limited exceptions.

Claims surrounding cashless payments, a global central banking system and digital currency are extremely popular on social media and we have fact checked them many times before.

In this instance, the post explains how “a group of 50 people got together and agreed that they would all do a big shop on the same day” at a “very well known supermarket” before insisting on…

Posts are circulating on social media incorrectly claiming that an exemption to London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) for electric vehicles is to end next year.

A screenshot of a BBC article with the headline “End to discounts for zero-emission vehicles” in the London section of the BBC News site has been shared with a misleading caption that links this to ULEZ.

Posts with similar captions, which have been shared both on X (formerly Twitter) and on Facebook, say: “NET ZERO -Oh look. All those conned into believing an electric car would prevent them being charged to drive in London are about to be shafted. ULEZ exemption to end next year!”

But this is not what the BBC story, published on 1 July, says. It covers a change to the congestion charge that electric…

An image supposedly showing former US president Donald Trump sitting with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and a young girl was almost certainly created using Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

The picture has been shared across Threads, and over 7,200 times on X (formerly known as Twitter) in recent days.

Where does the image come from?

There are several clues in the picture which indicate it was likely generated using AI tools, especially in the slightly larger version that shows more of the ‘background’. These include Mr Trump only appearing to have one leg, while Epstein seems to have neither of his legs and looks like he is emerging from the sofa. 

A young…

Tanuj Virwani, who is hosting ‘MTV Splitsvilla X5’ with Sunny Leone, praised the latter and said that his ‘life has come to a full circle’. Tanuj and Sunny were a part of a film titled ‘One Night Stand’ in 2016. Tanuj also shared his thoughts on taking on the role of a host when his background is primarily acting. The actor also opened up about his take on whether modern-day dating shows promote superficiality.

Tanuj Virwani and Sunny Leone go back a long way. The actors shared screen space in ‘One Night Stand’, a film that released in 2016. The actor told IndiaToday.in about his experience of reuniting with Sunny. Calling the experience “amazing”, he said, “It felt like my life and career came to a full circle. When I got ‘One Night Stand’, I was like a spring…