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Fact-check: Absence of EU leaders in Trump inauguration is convention

Social media users have misleadingly attached importance to the fact that European heads of state and government have been excluded from Trump’s guest list.

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Fact-check: EU has not said it wants to ban X over Musk interference

Euroverify breaks down what we know about the EU’s response to the tech billionaire’s intrusion into European politics.

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Fact-checking Trump’s claims about the California wildfires

The US president-elect has levelled a string of allegations against California governor Gavin Newsom, who has slammed Trump in turn for "politicising human tragedy."

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What does Trump’s threat to seize Greenland mean for the EU and NATO?

The US president-elect has refused to rule out an attack on Greenland, a Danish self-governing island and NATO ally.

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What we know about the Musk-Starmer row over grooming gangs

A raft of erratic social media posts by the billionaire tech mogul has put a decades-long child sexual abuse scandal back under the political spotlight.

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What are El Niño and La Niña and what's predicted for 2025?

Scientists say that while La Niña conditions could emerge to slightly cool global temperatures in 2025, the planet is still warming at an alarmingly rapid rate.

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How did misinformation, foreign influence shape the year of elections?

More people than ever before were called to the ballot boxes in 2024, as democracies worldwide raised their guard against information manipulation.

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Can toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad be brought to justice?

Despite the legal and political barriers to prosecution, human rights experts are optimistic that al-Assad and regime officials could one day be held accountable for their crimes in a court of law.

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Disinformation falsely claims von der Leyen cancelled Romania election

Euronews' verification team has detected pro-Georgescu TikTok accounts falsely pinning responsibility for the cancelled second round of voting on the EU Commission chief.

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What do we know about the fate of Russia's military bases in Syria?

Ukraine's military intelligence agency claims Russia is retreating from its Syrian bases. Moscow has refuted the claims.

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Fact check: Photos falsely claim to show al-Assad and wife in Moscow

No photographic evidence that the ousted Syrian president is in Moscow has emerged, despite confirmation from the Kremlin and Iranian officials.

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Fact check: Baerbock wasn't thrown out of China press conference

Despite palpable tensions, Annalena Baerbock was not thrown out by the Chinese foreign minister during her visit to Beijing last week.

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Fact-check: Keir Starmer’s approval score is not lowest in UK records

Social media users have falsely claimed Keir Starmer’s net favourability score makes him the least-popular prime minister in British history.

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Where do EU countries stand on ICC’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu?

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu continues to draw mixed and often ambiguous reactions from European officials.

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TikTok accused of failing to tackle election disinformation in Ireland

The Chinese-owned platform is under increasing scrutiny in Europe for its influence over electoral processes.

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Viral claims of MEPs applauding Ukrainian strikes on Russia debunked

The Euroverify team has identified the unfounded claims circulating online in seven languages.

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Fact-check: What do we know about Russia’s nuclear arsenal?

Moscow has lowered the bar for using nuclear weapons and fired a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead into Ukraine, heightening tensions with the West.

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Are users deserting Elon Musk’s X en masse and where are they heading?

The limited data on X user numbers makes measuring the full extent of the reported exodus from the platform almost impossible.

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How conspiracy theories about Valencia’s deadly floods spread online

The tragedy that left over 200 people dead has sparked a deluge of disinformation, including claims that the extreme weather was artificially engineered.

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‘Existential threat’: Moscow’s shadow looms over EU's enlargement push

Recent ballots in Georgia and Moldova have shown how the Kremlin is working to counter the EU’s eastern expansion.

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