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maharat-newsPolitics & government

هل تنظيف مجاري المياه والطرقات استعداداً للأمطار من مسؤولية وزارة الأشغال فقط؟

Publisher’s rating: غير صحيح

The review examines whether Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport alone is responsible for cleaning roads and storm-water channels before winter rains. It reports that, starting in early October 2022, Minister Ali Hamieh launched preparatory work that included expanding river channels and cleaning storm-water drains on highways in Jounieh, Khaldeh and Antelias. Despite this work, heavy rain again caused flooding and left motorists stranded. The article therefore distinguishes the ministry’s preparation from the wider responsibilities involved in preventing flooding. To describe the division of duties, the review quotes the ministry’s director general for roads and buildings, Tanios Boulos: the ministry follows the condition of main roads, including highways, while connecting roads and roads within local areas fall to municipalities. The article says responsibility is shared among state bodies, municipalities, companies and residents. It also reports the ministry spokesperson’s account that ministry workers clean roads, while other parties have responsibilities too. The review attributes recurring flooding to several contributing factors, rather than cleaning by one ministry alone: waste collection companies’ failure to remove rubbish in time can allow it to block drains; intense, localized rainfall can overwhelm drainage capacity; and housing development without accompanying drainage networks, alongside the loss of green spaces, can worsen runoff. Boulos describes rainfall of 20–30 millimetres in 10 minutes to a quarter-hour in one area while other areas received none, and cites flooding in Jounieh about a month before the report. The conclusion is qualified: the ministry cleans main roads within its available means, but that work is insufficient without other responsible parties fulfilling their duties.

YouturnPolitics & government

கருப்பூரில் மாவீரர் தின உறுதிமொழி ஏற்கும் நிகழ்ச்சி நாம் தமிழர் கட்சி ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர் சீமான் தலைமையில் நடந்த பொது எடுத்த படம். அருகில் கொளத்தூர் மணி உள்பட பலர் உள்ளனர். – தினத்தந்தி சேலம் பதிப்பு (28.11.2022)

Publisher’s rating: Fake

El Detector / Univision NoticiasPolitics & government

Video asegura que muestra al expresidente de El Salvador Mauricio Funes “pasado de tragos”

Publisher’s rating: Manipulado

The claim concerns a viral clip presented as showing former Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes drunk while discussing his refusal to return to El Salvador to defend himself in a legal case. The review says the clip came from an interview with journalist Raúl Palacios, but its playback speed had been reduced, distorting Funes’s voice. It also reports that the version circulating online had more than 10,000 Facebook views when the review was published. To check the clip, the review compared it with the full interview that Funes shared. It located the disputed excerpt at 44:12 in that interview and reports that playing the original excerpt at 0.75 speed made his voice sound distorted, as it did in the viral clip. This comparison links the sound that suggested intoxication to altered playback speed rather than to evidence that Funes was drunk. The review also reports that Funes accused Salvadoran legislator Marcela Pineda, whose social media accounts had posted the slowed footage, of media manipulation. He shared the interview at normal speed so viewers could compare the two versions. The investigation’s conclusion was that the clip’s presentation was misleading because slowing the interview altered how Funes sounded; the supplied evidence does not independently establish whether he had consumed alcohol.

dpaPolitics & government

Deze video toont Zwitsers die protesteren aan het Rothschildkasteel.

Publisher’s rating: De beelden tonen protesten tegen de coronamaatregelen aan het Zwitsers parlement, niet aan een kasteel van de familie Rothschild.

The claim concerns footage described online as showing Swiss people protesting at a Rothschild-family castle. DPA’s investigation identifies the location as Bundesplatz in Bern, where the Swiss parliament and other central buildings are situated. It says the footage was recorded on 16 September 2021, during demonstrations against the Swiss government’s COVID measures—not a protest connected to the Rothschild family. DPA explains the visual checks it used to identify the setting: from 0:30, the parliament building appears on the left and the Berner Kantonalbank is recognizable; at 0:22, the arch of the Swiss National Bank is visible. Those landmarks place the scene at Bundesplatz. DPA also says the protected building is the parliament, not the claimed castle. The report describes corroborating material for the event: the same scene is available on YouTube from another position on the square, and police later said a water cannon was used because protesters tried to break through barriers around parliament. DPA notes that Château de Pregny is a Rothschild-owned Swiss castle, but places it about 120 kilometres from Bern. The footage’s location and event therefore do not support the claim that these demonstrators were protesting at that castle.

Fact Crescendo CambodiaPolitics & government

អ្នក​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​ហ្វេសប៊ុក​ម្នាក់​ បង្ហោះ​រូប​មួយសន្លឹក​ បង្ហាញ​ទិដ្ឋភាព​លោក​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ ក្នុង​ឈុត​សម្លៀក​បំពាក់​ខ្មៅ​ អង្គុយ​ទិញ​បន្លែ​ពី​ស្ត្រី​ ដែល​អ្នក​ប្រើប្រាស់​បាន​អះអាង​ថា​ ជា​ស្ត្រី​​ជនជាតិ​វៀត​ណាម​ម្នាក់​។​ ​រូប​ថត​បង្ហោះ​ខាង​លើ​នេះ ត្រូវបាន​អ្នក​ប្រើ​ប្រាស់​បណ្ដាញ​សង្គម​ចែក​រំលែក​ជាច្រើន​ដង រួម​ជាមួយ​ការ​បញ្ចេញ​មតិ និង​ប្រតិកម្ម​ចម្រុះ​បែប​ផងដែរ។

Publisher’s rating: Altered

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

यह तस्वीर हाल ही में बाली में हुये जी-20 सम्मेलन की है। वहाँ अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति जो बाइडेन ने आपातकालीन बैठक बुलाई थी, जिसमें प्रधानमंत्री मोदी को नहीं बुलाया गया था।

Publisher’s rating: False