A BBC News video reports the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska is trying to claim political asylum in a European country in order to escape an “aggravated relationship” with President Zelenskyy.

While there have been similar reports in the UK, the article being shared is about a specific case in Ireland.

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There’s no evidence this is a genuine audio recording. It first circulated in October 2023 and was widely reported as fake at the time. It may have been created by artificial intelligence, though we ...

News bulletins on Radio 2, Radio 3 and 6 Music claimed Britain consumes “117 million tonnes” each year—which is roughly a ...

This is not quite right. Ms Mahmood is the Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for Justice, which does not make her head of the judiciary for the UK. The head of the judiciary for England and ...

Speaking on Sky News this morning, the health secretary Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list. He said: “There is still more than seven million people on [the] NHS ...

Some politicians and media have referred to the total number of immigration returns as the number of people being “deported”, ...

A group of MPs have signed a letter calling for the UK to fund the construction of an airport in Pakistan. This is misleading. Twenty UK MPs and peers did sign a letter to Pakistan’s Prime Minister ...