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The video shows Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan stating that India lost seven fighter jets and requested a ceasefire during Operation Sindoor.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the viral clip was digitally manipulated: fake audio was added to visuals from Chauhan’s speech, and the disputed statement does not appear in the original address. It identifies the speech as delivered at a Capstone Seminar in Delhi on 25 July 2025. [S1]
نشرت حسابات على منصة فيسبوك صورتين، يوم الثلاثاء 29 يوليو الجاري، ادّعت أنهما توثقان قصفًا شنّته جماعة الحوثيين على قرية في مديرية الصلو بمحافظة تعز.
Publisher’s rating: غير صحيح جزئيا
WEAPONISING A RELIGIOUS SLOGAN? How many people are condemning him? Virtually none. "I’m going to bomb the plane, death to America, death to Trump and Allah-hu-Akbar", the passenger shouts on easyJet from London’s Luton Airport and en route to Glasgow Airport in Scotland.
Publisher’s rating: false
"(Video) “Japón en este momento mientras comienzan las olas del tsunami”: #Falso
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Video que muestra el tiempo en que llegarían las olas del tsunami a América: #Falso
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Whales stranded in Japan because of the tsunami?
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: Unknown A reverse image search confirms the footage is from a TBS News report. Agency photos from The Yomiuri Shimbun/AP, via picture alliance verify that whales were indeed stranded. However, according to Chiba prefectural police, the whales had been beached the day before the tsunami and the events are believed to be unrelated. A report by The Asahi Shimbunquotes expert Tajima Yuko from the National Museum of Nature and Science, who notes that if unusual underground sounds occurred before the quake, their effects on whales remain unknown. The article also quotes Mika Kuroda from the NPO Stranding Network Hokkaido who says there is no factual basis for suggestions that stranded whales are precursors for earthquakes, not least because dolphins or whales are stranded every day in Japan.
Oprah Winfrey accused of blocking a private road
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: Misleading At the time the post was published on X, the road in question was already open to traffic, as the Maui Police Department clarified in a statement: "Oprah's road is open to get Upcountry." A spokesperson for Oprah Winfrey reacted to the claims in a statement shared with Newsweek: "As soon as we heard the tsunami warnings, we contacted local law enforcement and FEMA to ensure the road was opened. Any reports otherwise are false." Nevertheless, the claim that Oprah Winfrey would block her street to public traffic even in the face of the approaching tsunami persisted. On X in particular, posts to this effect reached millions of people, and the narrative also spread on Threads and TikTok. People reacted with anger to these posts. Some users posted videos showing that the road is open to traffic. This, as well as confirmation by the Maui police, undermine claims that Oprah Winfrey is blocking public use of her road to higher areas of the island of Maui, showing such posts to be misleading.
A massive 8.7 magnitude earthquake rocks Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering 4m high tsunami waves. Heavy losses in infrastructure. Evacuations are underway across Kamchatka and Japan’s eastern coast. Worst quake in decades!
Publisher’s rating: false
Research from related reporting describes the July 2025 Kamchatka earthquake and tsunami alerts, but the supplied excerpts do not substantiate the claim of 4-meter waves or heavy infrastructure losses. One report says Japan issued an advisory for waves up to 1 meter; another gives the quake’s magnitude as 8.8 rather than 8.7.
رتلت حزنًا عليه.. فيروز ترثي ابنها في فيديو أمام جثمانه
Publisher’s rating: مش حقيقي
AI generated footage depicting impact of earthquake and tsunami
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: Fake This is an AI-generated image. While a tsunami watch was issued for parts of California, the projected impact was expected several hours after this image was posted. At the time of posting, there were no official evacuation orders in San Francisco. Moreover, the image contains visual inconsistencies. Despite the water appearing to engulf buildings, the foot of the bridge in the background is entirely visible, suggesting water levels are not consistent across the image. The original post garnered over 95.2K views. DW Fact check also tested this image on AI-detecting tools like AIorNot and Hive Moderation, both of which identified it as 99% AI-generated.
(Video) Muebles cayendo sobre una mujer por terremoto en Rusia: #Falso
Publisher’s rating: Falso
Old footage reposted, claiming to show the impact of the earthquake
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: False While the footage is real and does show an earthquake’s impact, it is not from the recent quake in eastern Russia. The video was filmed at a hotel in Bangkok on March 28, 2025, during a magnitude-7.7 earthquake centered in central Myanmar. Tremors were felt in Thailand and southwestern China. The clip can be verified via reverse image search and appears in media reportsfrom that time. Back then, a lot of fake content was shared, allegedly showing the aftermath and impact of the earthquake. DW Fact check found at the time that some of this information was false.
The viral video shows a recent bridge collapse in Bihar in 2025.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
30 జూలై 2025 రష్యా భూకంపం కారణంగా రష్యా, జపాన్ దేశాలలో జరిగిన విధ్వంసాన్ని చూపుతున్న వీడియోలు.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
A post on X featuring a video allegedly showing recent lootings in South Africa, and captured: "This is Durban, South Africa," is currently going viral. The post was published by Alex Jones, a US-based far-right radio host known for promoting conspiracy theories. He claims: "This is what removing 'White Oppression' and replacing it with Soros NGO systems looks like. A glimpse into the future of ALL Western countries if changes are not made fast as already seen in the SH!T HOLE blue city's [sic] across America." The post had 1.6 million views at the time of publication.
Publisher’s rating: DW Fact check: Misleading The video posted on X does not show a recent situation in Durban, a city in the east of South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province. While the footage does show a shopping street in central Durban, as the geolocation of the scene indicates, it was not recorded recently. A reverse image search by DW Fact check revealed that the video had already circulated on X and Facebook in 2021. Comparisons with official agency photos from that time confirm that the footage dates back to July 2021. The video captures a moment during a period of unrest in South Africa, when parts of the country were engulfed in riots and widespread looting — sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. He had been sentenced to 15 months in prison for failing to comply with a Constitutional Court order to testify before a commission investigating corruption during his presidency. His arrest triggered protests, particularly in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal, which includes Durban — the city featured in the video. Zuma's supporters viewed his arrest as unjust and rallied to demand his release, criticizing the judiciary. However, Zuma's imprisonment was only one of several triggers for the unrest. Underlying causes included economic hardship, high youth unemployment, political disillusionment with the African National Congress (ANC), and opportunistic criminal activity. The riots ultimately left more than 300 people dead. Since 2021, the video has resurfaced repeatedly across various social media platforms and in multiple languages. A similar claim using the same footage went viral again in March of this year. Dhanaraj Thakur, a researcher at the Center for Democracy and Technology, sees this as part of a broader strategy, "a larger campaign with many different actors sharing similar kinds of messages," he told DW. "Some of these actors have an intent to create misunderstanding and promote this kind of racist narrative."
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