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Crash pictures don’t show wreckage of Iranian president’s helicopter crash
A number of pictures shared widely online wrongly claim to show the aftermath of the crash that killed Ebrahim Raisi.
Defence secretary repeats claim about £75 billion increase in defence spending
The figure is misleading, as it assumes spending would otherwise have been frozen in cash terms, and fallen as a percentage of GDP, over the next six years.
Newspapers did not publish high quality photos of 1969 moon landing before astronauts returned to Earth
A series of front papers that covered the 1969 moon landing are being shared on Facebook implying it was faked.