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    Objects light up sky at night over Jerusalem

    BBC Verify examines video from Iran's attack on Israel

    Footage shows projectiles being intercepted after Iran attacked Israel with drones and missiles.

    Middle East
    Woman and child walk through rubble in Gaza

    Six months on, how close is Israel to eliminating Hamas?

    BBC Verify assesses the evidence behind Israel's key war aim of destroying Hamas during its military operation in the Gaza Strip.

    Middle East
    Image of people pulling bodies onto a lorry in the aftermath of the incident

    What video and eyewitness accounts tell us about Gazans killed around aid convoy

    BBC Verify analyses footage and Israeli statements to trace what happened when more than 100 Gazans were killed.

    Middle East

    Methane mega-leak exposed in Kazakhstan

    Extremely potent greenhouse gas leaked from a Kazakh well for over six months.

    Asia

    What alterations might have been made to Kate's photo?

    BBC Verify looks at how the photo might have been altered after photo agencies pulled the image.

    UK
    Woman and child walk through rubble in Gaza

    Six months on, how close is Israel to eliminating Hamas?

    BBC Verify assesses the evidence behind Israel's key war aim of destroying Hamas during its military operation in the Gaza Strip.

    Middle East
    Car with a jagged hole in its roof. The logo of the World Central Kitchen can also be seen.

    What we know about Israeli strike on aid convoy

    BBC Verify on what we know about the attack on an aid vehicle convoy in Gaza.

    Middle East
    A picture of one of the suspects with his head covered

    How Russia pushed false claims about Moscow attack

    BBC Verify examines how the campaign to blame Kyiv unfolded.

    Europe
    Image of people pulling bodies onto a lorry in the aftermath of the incident

    What video and eyewitness accounts tell us about Gazans killed around aid convoy

    BBC Verify analyses footage and Israeli statements to trace what happened when more than 100 Gazans were killed.

    Middle East

    Claims investigated

    Simeon Boikov, known online as Aussie Cossack, raising first in front of Russian flag

    Confronting pro-Kremlin troll on false claims about Sydney mall attack

    Simeon Boikov sparked a social media frenzy implicating an innocent 20-year-old in the shopping mall attack.

    Australia
    Hamas fighters on march

    Checking Israel's claim to have killed 10,000 Hamas fighters

    BBC Verify examines the evidence on combatant deaths, as concern grows about the scale of civilian killing.

    Middle East
    Troops

    Fact-checking Russian claims Nato troops are in Ukraine

    President Putin has said Western military advisers are actively involved in Ukraine.

    Reality Check
    Bucha

    Bucha satellite image contradicts Russian claims

    Russia called footage of bodies in Bucha 'staged' but its evidence for this does not stack up.

    Reality Check

    Must see

    Nick Eardley with a split screen of a news story online

    Transparency tool launched by BBC Verify

    BBC Verify has introduced a new feature to show audiences how we know what we know.

    World
    Analysis of the path of the ship towards the bridge

    Watch: The critical moments before ship hit Baltimore bridge

    BBC Verify analyses the collision between the container ship and the Key Bridge in Baltimore

    US & Canada
    BC Verify's Merlyn Thomas and a scene from inside Crocus Concert Hall as crowds of people try and leave

    BBC Verify examines how the Moscow attack unfolded

    More than a hundred people were killed in a packed concert venue in Moscow after gunmen opened fire.

    Europe
    A map showing Rafah in southern Gaza

    Images from space show how crowded Rafah is

    BBC Verify looks at Gaza's southernmost city, which is full of people who have fled their homes.

    Middle East
    Graphic map of Red Sea and Yemen with aerial footage of strike

    Have Yemen air strikes slowed Houthi attacks?

    BBC Verify looks at whether the air strikes on Yemen are impacting Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.

    Middle East
    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference in Downing Street to launch the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan

    Is Rishi Sunak keeping his five key promises?

    The prime minister said five priorities should be used to hold his government to account.

    Reality Check
    Shoppers walking past somebody begging in Leeds in December 2022

    What is levelling up and who is it helping?

    The government has awarded funding to projects across the country as part of its "levelling up" plan.

    Reality Check
    Offshore wind turbines

    Is the UK on track to meet its climate targets?

    The government's climate advisers warn the UK risks falling behind on efforts to reach net zero by 2050.

    Reality Check
    Woman on phone looking at bills

    Why some parents effectively pay a 71% tax rate

    Officially, the highest tax rate is 45% - but some workers can end up paying higher effective rates.

    Reality Check
    Parents with an infant looking at paperwork

    Why more parents are losing child benefit

    More parents are losing child benefit because the threshold at which it starts being withdrawn has not changed in 10 years.

    Reality Check
    Woman In gloves with laptop and bill next to a radiator

    Benefits falling behind rising cost of living

    New data suggests that the cost of living has been rising faster than official inflation figures.

    Reality Check
    Builders taking measurements in a new house

    What's happened to the government's housebuilding target?

    The latest figures show the government has not yet met its annual target to build 300,000 new homes.

    Reality Check
    Afghan schoolgirl with flag

    The Taliban's broken promises

    Access to education, jobs and public spaces for women have all been curtailed under Taliban rule.

    Reality Check
    A picture of Rishi Sunak on a boat during a visit to Dover

    Rishi Sunak's claims on small boats fact checked

    The prime minister gave an update on his policy of stopping small boats crossings.

    Reality Check

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