The week in fake news: A look at what didn’t happen
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. See what the truth is, after the “news” has been through The Associated Press’ fact checks.
Alex Murdaugh maintains his innocence as he’s sentenced to life in prison for murders of wife and son
Judge Newman hinted that Murdaugh could have been sentenced to death for the heinous slayings of his wife and adult son as he said the case was ‘one of the most troubling’ he has ever presided over
Police investigate after ‘foxes tortured and set on fire in east London’
The ‘appalling, cruel incidents’ were reported to police by an animal rescue group on Monday after a fox had been set on fire in Beckton.
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg says he has terminal cancer
Former US government analyst announces on Twitter diagnosis with inoperable pancreatic cancer and says he has months to liveDaniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers – which detailed secrets about US policy during the Vietnam war – and became one…
Watch live: High Commissioner for Human Rights briefs council on situation in Palestine
Watch live as Volker Turk, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, briefs the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week
Evidence rule breaches ‘obvious’ to Johnson, partygate ‘lies’ inquiry says
The Commons Privileges Committee is investigating whether the former prime minister lied to MPs with his partygate denials.