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Are Turkish mercenaries being sent to fight for Russia in Ukraine?

A video of soldiers brandishing a Turkish flag has gone viral on social media with some claiming that the men are mercenaries sent to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine.

United Kingdom

Lettuce rejoice as salad wins challenge and outlasts UK PM Liz Truss

In a bizarre challenge, a lettuce outlasted UK PM Liz Truss. Euronews spoke to the people behind the stunt.

Europe Decoded

Fact-check: No, Brussels has not frozen EU recovery funds for Spain

Multiple social media users and Spanish politicians have falsely claimed that the EU has blocked Spain's access to recovery funds.

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Will the death of a British teenager hold social media accountable?

A 14-year-old teen committed suicide in 2017 after viewing graphic content on social media. Now, the British court is implicating tech giants played a role in her death.

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Ukraine

Backlash after Musk says he can no longer fund Ukraine Starlink

SpaceX's founder said he will stop funding Starlink satellites in Ukraine, which are vital for communication in the war-torn country.

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Hungary PM Viktor Orbán has only just joined Twitter. Why now?

With Hungarians generally preferring Facebook, there is seemingly little domestic motivation for Orban to join the rival platform.

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'It makes us feel our identities are a joke and this is the punchline'

Former Real Madrid footballer surprised fans after posting a tweet coming out as gay on Sunday before quickly deleting it. Widely seen as a joke, the move has angered the LGBT+ community.

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Russia's answer to Wikipedia: Propaganda or common sense encyclopedia?

Called Runiversalis, Russia's answer to Wikipedia was launched by Moscow amid the war in Ukraine.

Australia

Australian politicians and companies targeted by year-long cyberattack

Government officials and companies in the energy and finance sector were victims of a sophisticated cyberattack orchestrated by Beijing-aligned hackers.

Europe Decoded

'Inauthentic' anti-Ukraine hashtags are trending in Poland - report

A study has found the hashtag #StopUkrainisationOfPoland does not represent widespread ill-feeling.

Europe Decoded

First major covert pro-US propaganda campaign removed by tech giants

According to a report, Twitter and Meta (the parent company of Facebook and Instagram) have removed dozens of accounts used to promote US interests abroad.

Europe News

Watchdog files complaints over UK's GPS-tracking of migrants

Privacy International has filed two complaints with UK regulators claiming that the GPS ankle bracelets used to tag asylum seekers are inhumane and a danger to privacy rights.

World News

Twitter failed to tackle LGBTQ monkeypox hate speech, says study

False claims about the LGBTQ community have skyrocketed online after the virus outbreak in May.

Egypt

Arabic anti-LGBTQ campaign goes viral on Twitter

An Egyptian-owned movement named Fetrah has angered activists and members of the LGBTQ community in the Middle East for creating an anti-LGBTQ campaign promoting traditional norms on sexuality. The campaign’s creators has been accused of fuelling hate speech.

Europe Decoded

Racist videos of Africans fuel a million-dollar industry in China

The recent arrest of a Chinese vlogger in Malawi for exploiting schoolchildren for racist social media content sparked global outrage -- but it is not an isolated case.

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Beach body campaign slammed for using images without asking

A Spanish body image campaign which was widely praised has come under fire, after it was revealed that images of one model were used without their permission.

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Controversy over Ukraine presidential couple's Vogue photoshoot

Social media users are divided over the Ukrainian president and first lady's recent Vogue photoshoot as the war enters its sixth month.

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Is public health messaging around Monkeypox homophobic?

Social media debate if public health messaging aimed at the LGBTQAI+ community around Monkeypox is homophobic, after findings that 98 per cent of those contracting the virus are men having sex with men.

Russia

Fake news states Oxford is revoking degrees of those linked to Kremlin

Russian state TV Rossiya 1 broadcast claims from a satirical website that the prestigious University of Oxford is rescinding degrees of graduates with links to Russian government officials.

Travel News

Border dispute erupts between UK and France over Dover travel chaos

Queues of cars and lorries at the port of Dover in the UK over the weekend have led to a dispute between British and French officials over who is to blame.

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