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ह मणिपुर में हो रही हिंसा का वीडियो है। मैतेई हिंदू लोग वहाँ रह रहे आदिवासियों पर हमला कर रहे है।
Publisher’s rating: False
Weapons sent to Ukraine were used to target French police during recent civil unrest.
Publisher’s rating: False
This video shows a sniper on a French rooftop during the recent riots in France.
Publisher’s rating: False
This video shows an RPG being fired at the Swedish flag in response to a recent Quran burning in Sweden.
Publisher’s rating: False
This video shows an aerial attack on Paris amid the recent riots in France.
Publisher’s rating: False
Deze banner met de boodschap 'No Zelensky, no war' hing in New York.
Publisher’s rating: De beelden zijn gemanipuleerd. In de originele video op Youtube is het spandoek met de leuze over Zelensky niet te zien.
The claim concerns a video shared on social media that appeared to show a “No Zelensky, no war” banner in New York. The investigation located the scene at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street, outside Tiffany & Co. It compared visible details in the circulating clip with earlier imagery of the location and with a separate YouTube walking video. The investigation reports that the details in the social-media clip match the walking video, including the traffic lights, the Louis Vuitton building, banners, pedestrians and a car at the crosswalk. [S1: “De beelden tonen het kruispunt van Fifth Avenue en East 57 street in New York, waar de bekende juwelier Tiffany & Co gevestigd is.”; “Vele details (verkeerslichten, Louis-Vuitton-winkel, spandoeken) lijken te kloppen. Meer zelfs, alle details lijken te kloppen.”] The source video was posted on YouTube on 15 July 2021 and passes the Tiffany corner at about 1:06. In that video, the banner at the relevant spot shows a model, not a message about Zelensky. The fact-check says the social-media clip was cut from this earlier walk and that this banner was digitally changed. That provenance and comparison directly address whether the claimed anti-Zelensky banner was actually displayed at the location. [S1: “online geplaatst op 15 juli 2021. De wandeling passeert ook het kruispunt met de Tiffany & Co-winkel rond 1:06.”; “De video op sociale media is dan ook gewoonweg geknipt uit deze Youtubevideo.”; “Daar hangt namelijk het spandoek met het model.”]
Videos related to the recent violence that erupted in France
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review assessed several videos shared as showing the unrest in France after police killed teenager Nahel M. It concluded that the videos it examined were unrelated to those current protests. Its examples span old footage, digitally created imagery, and videos from other events or places; the conclusion concerns the reviewed videos, not every video circulating about France. For the supposed funeral procession for Nahel, the investigation reports finding the same motorcycle-rally footage in a TikTok video posted four years earlier. It traced the visuals to the 2019 funeral procession of Dimitri Zami, nicknamed Zempache, who was killed during an armed robbery at his home in Le Gosier, Guadeloupe. The review distinguishes that footage from Nahel’s funeral, pointing to an Associated Press report for visuals of Nahel’s procession. Other examples likewise had earlier or different origins. The Eiffel Tower bombing clip was described as old CGI imagery in a mock-up video released by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense. A video of cars falling from a building showed a stunt filmed for Fast and Furious 8 in Cleveland in 2016. The review also traced a fire-damaged building video to Manila’s main post office, where a major fire occurred in May 2023, rather than to the Alcazar Library in Marseille.
Recent video showing Meitei community women clashing with the police in Manipur
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY examined a video circulated as recent footage of Meitei women clashing with police amid the ongoing violence in Manipur. Its review says the footage instead shows a confrontation during an eviction drive along the ICP Bypass Road in Moreh. The women involved were volunteers of the Moreh ICP Bypass Road Structure and Land Committee; the review says the video was from 2020, not from the ongoing violence. “The post shared a two-year-old video captured during an eviction drive in Moreh town in Manipur.” To trace the footage, FACTLY reports that reverse-image searches of screenshots did not yield reliable matches. It then searched relevant keywords and found the same video on Roland Kipgen’s Facebook page, dated 12 November 2020. The review also found a video with similar visuals published by The Morning Bell on 13 November 2020, described as a police clash with the public near the Moreh bypass following an eviction. These dated online appearances place the footage years before it was presented as recent. “On searching for further details, we found the same video published on the Facebook page of Roland Kipgen on 12 November 2020.” The review’s account of the event says women protesters confronted a government eviction force on 12 November 2020, and that the standoff with female police personnel escalated into a physical altercation. Security personnel then used tear gas and smoke bombs to disperse the crowd before carrying out the eviction. FACTLY distinguishes this event from later reports of women protesters clashing with police, noting that such reports existed but that the video in the claim was old and unrelated to the ongoing violence. “The video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the ongoing violence in Manipur.”
In New York wurde ein Werbebanner aufgehängt: "Kein Selenskyj, kein Krieg!"
Publisher’s rating: Das Video wurde manipuliert: In dem Original-Video, das 2021 bei Youtube hochgeladen wurde, ist ein solches Plakat nicht zu sehen.
The claim concerns a video circulating in 2023 that appears to show a banner reading “No Zelensky, No War” at a New York intersection. The investigation identifies the location as Fifth Avenue at East 57th Street in Manhattan. It compared details in the circulating clip with dated imagery of the intersection and found that the construction scaffolding and crosswalk visible in the clip were present by August 2021, but not in a June 2019 Google Maps image. The clip therefore could not establish that the banner had recently been put up in New York. The key check was a comparison with a YouTube video uploaded on July 15, 2021. The investigation reports that, from 1:06, this video contains the same street sequence used in the circulating clip. In the YouTube footage, the scaffolding displays a Tiffany & Co. advertising campaign, not the alleged political banner. The investigation also compared the circulating clip’s scene with photographs of that campaign: the visible façade and windows match a photograph taken in mid-July 2021, while another campaign image showed the façade fully covered. Taken together, these comparisons support the conclusion that the purported banner was added to the footage after it was recorded.
Из-за мятежа ЧВК «Вагнер» польскую армию перевели в состояние повышенной боевой готовности
Publisher’s rating: Повышенная боевая готовность польской армии упоминается в твите главы Бюро национальной безопасности Польши Яцека Северы. Однако его содержание противоречит словам Арестовича.
US Military Bases Around China! (Map)
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The claim concerns a viral map presented as showing U.S. military bases around China. Factcrescendo Sri Lanka’s investigation identified the countries marked on the map as Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Japan and Australia. The review’s central finding was that the map did not accurately represent which of those places had U.S. bases. To check the map, the team compared its marked locations with information about U.S. military bases in the named countries and reported findings from its Thailand and Cambodia teams. It said Thailand had no U.S. base, noting that Thailand’s military denied rumors about establishing one. For Myanmar, Hong Kong and the Philippines, it said it had found no supporting information for the map’s claim. It also reported no U.S. base in Brunei or Cambodia, while distinguishing the presence of Singaporean and British forces in Brunei from a U.S. base there. The map was not wholly false: the review said Australia and Japan had U.S. bases, and that Singapore had one. It concluded that some nearby countries do host U.S. forces, but that most countries marked on the map do not have U.S. military bases. The distinction matters: the review challenged the map’s portrayal of the marked locations, rather than claiming that no U.S. forces are present in countries near China. It also said U.S. Defense Department information could be used to see where U.S. bases are located worldwide.
Video shows patriotic Russians sing after Wagner mutiny
Publisher’s rating: False
Video shows Russian air force engaging PMC Wagner ground troops
Publisher’s rating: False
Footage shows Wagner Troops entering Moscow Oblast
Publisher’s rating: False
AGORA!! Avião de PUTIN que decolou de Moscou some de radar FOI ABATIDO
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Recent video showing Russian Air Force firing missiles on the ground troops of PMC Wagner organization
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The claim concerns a video circulating during tensions between the Russian military and PMC Wagner, an organization headed by Yevgeny Prigozhin. It was presented as recent footage of Russian Air Force missiles being fired at Wagner ground troops. The review concludes that the clip is not footage of those events: it identifies it as a simulation made with ARMA 3 video-game software. Its stated finding is that the video “has nothing to do” with incidents between the Russian military and Wagner troops. [S1]