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A video is being shared on social media with the suggestion it shows military equipment left by US forces in Afghanistan. But it actually shows a US military depot in California.

The video shows hundreds of tanks and other military vehicles lined up in rows in a desert-like landscape. It has been shared with the caption: “The US pulled out of Afghanistan and left all this stuff there. Now imagine if the US would have given it to Ukraine and not the Taliban. By the way, did Zelensky ask the Taliban for the stuff already?”

US forces did reportedly leave some military equipment behind after they withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021—including 73 aircraft, nearly 100 vehicles and other equipment—but this is not what the footage shows. 

Full Fact has identified the…

A video being shared on social media falsely claims President Putin declared the founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, a “legitimate military target”. 

In the video, a man says: “According to Russian President, Vladimir Putin, speaking at the plenary session of the 20th meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi, Putin declared that globalists, including Schwab, and his close advisors are legitimate military targets”. 

Mr Putin supposedly added that this is because they have been “shamelessly attempting to seize power in a globalist coup d’etat”. 

However, English-language transcripts show President Putin did not mention either Mr Schwab or the WEF in his aforementioned speech on 5 October 2023 at the Valdai…

A video shared on Facebook claims to show the crowd at an annual college football match between different US military academies chanting “fuck Joe Biden”.

The Facebook post with the video, which has also been shared multiple times on X (formerly Twitter) states that the “entire stadium” was chanting the explicit slogan against the current US President.

However, the audio on the footage of the Army-Navy match on 9 December has been digitally altered. Spectators in this stadium were not filmed chanting “fuck Joe Biden”.

The original clip which was posted on X on 9 December 2023 by a reporter for the New England Sports Network shows the crowd jumping and singing along to “Tsunami”, an electronic dance music track by Dvbbs and Borgeous. 

The 2013 track has…

SNEADS FERRY, N.C. (WITN) – A ceremony dedicated to honoring the service of military members in our state is taking place today.

The Sneads Ferry Garden Club will be dedicating blue and gold star memorial markers on the Sneads Ferry Library’s property.

Blue star markers honor all those who have served our country, and a gold star markers honor military members who’ve made the ultimate sacrifice of giving their lives while serving.

Several featured speakers, including Major General Matthew Trollinger, Commanding General of the Marine Forces Special Operations Command will attend the dedication.

The event is slated to start at the Snead’s Ferry Library at 10:30 a.m.

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