The daily check-in

Trending, checked.

Twice a day we pull the posts going viral on TikTok, Instagram, X and Facebook and run them through the record. Each entry is a published verdict — what we found, why, and the sources behind it.

241 checks

Did Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh say they aren't making cruise missiles?

X · Pogrebeckij post: 780 likes. Rooftop564 'Flamingo is fake and doesn't exist': 382 likes. CEO Terekh replied on X on 26 Oct. UNN, TSN, Glavcom, Focus, Fakty, Censor and Ukranews covered it on 26-27 Oct as a fake. Honcharenko criticised the remarks.

Misleading

The video appears to be authentic footage of Fire Point CEO Iryna Terekh. Her remark that the company is not currently planning more cruise‑missile models and that the Flamingo had a political signalling role is supported by published interviews. The post's caption is misleading because it implies Fire Point never made cruise missiles or never intended to, which contradicts reporting and the company's own material showing development and use of the FP‑5 "Flamingo."

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Did Iran test a missile that can sink a U.S. aircraft carrier?

X · almohamadawi31 3,079 likes; English copy ir_tv_24 1,096 likes (X syndication, 27 Oct); a reply calls it an NSM

Misleading

The video appears to be genuine live-fire/test footage of a missile/bomb striking a ship, but there is no credible evidence tying this clip to an Iranian test or proving Iran has publicly demonstrated a missile that can sink a U.S. aircraft carrier. The post therefore misattributes the footage and overstates the claim.

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Does a viral video show Muslim children being indoctrinated to commit violence?

Facebook · JIBWIS disowned it 26-27 Oct; CAN, Amnesty and Wike aide Lere Olayinka called for a DSS/police probe; P.M. News says 'tens of thousands of views' on X; coverage in Premium Times/allAfrica, Leadership, Blueprint, P.M. News, Church Times, Muslim News

True But

A viral video published 25–26 Oct 2026 shows youths in uniforms chanting for AK-47s and naming Enugu and Jos as targets; multiple independent Nigerian outlets report the same translation and human-rights groups and JIBWIS leaders have called for investigations. The footage appears likely authentic, but the organisation’s direct responsibility and the clip’s full provenance and recording date are not yet independently verified.

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What did the Pentagon announce regarding military bases operating without support?

Instagram · Snopes says readers asked about it; FB/IG/Reddit posts ('The Pentagon just built a 90-day survival plan... Civilians are on their own'); Fox News 25 Oct, Fortune/Newsweek/Cleveland.com 26 Oct

True

The Instagram post's central claim is accurate: the Pentagon has launched a FORTRESS initiative and reporters have documented a planning goal for major U.S. bases to be able to operate for 90 days independently, including use of microgrids, battery storage and micro/micro-reactors. The policy was unveiled Sept. 30, 2026 and the 90-day detail was reported widely on Oct. 25, 2026.

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What did Elon Musk say about Russian conscripts and Ukraine?

X · 27,891 likes, 4,789 replies (syndication, 27 Oct); Kyiv Independent analysis 26 Oct 16:24Z rebutting it

Misleading

The post is an authentic X (formerly Twitter) message by Elon Musk dated October 25, 2026. His call to stop the slaughter and appeal for sympathy is accurately reported, but his factual characterization that Russian conscripts are 'kids' with 'no choice' and the implications about drone strikes are misleading and disputed by Ukrainian officials and analysts.

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Were residents removed from their homes in Hebron on October 25, 2026?

X · @Mistaclim (Looking the Occupation in the Eye) post 4,454 likes; Al Jazeera Sanad (25 Oct) says the clip got 'hundreds of thousands of views'; Hebron operation (2,000+ displaced) is ongoing news

Can't Verify

The video appears to be authentic nighttime footage of civilians (likely from Hebron) and is presented as evidence that Israeli forces removed women and children from homes 'last night' in Hebron and across the West Bank. There is only weak corroboration on social media and no clear confirmation from major news outlets or NGO reports; the central claim is therefore unsupported pending reliable reporting.

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Did Iran release new footage showing preparation and launch of ballistic missiles?

X · Same English/Turkish 'Breaking: Iran releases new footage of advanced missile system (NEVER SEEN)' text: @AliCevahir313 770 likes, @AsifAli_Haider 1,571 likes, @66mxs 67 likes (X syndication); Misbar AR+EN fact-checks 26 Oct

Can't Verify

I found no authoritative reporting or dated official release that confirms this exact video was released by Iran. The footage appears physically plausible and likely real, but its provenance is unclear and the claim that Iran released it is unsupported by independent coverage.

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Is Benjamin Netanyahu currently in New York City?

X · IBTimes: 'viewed more than 377,000 times by Sunday afternoon'. 17,123 likes (syndication, 26 Oct). Netanyahu original: 8,771 likes, 4,916 replies. NewsWire_US repost: 10,443 likes

False

The post's implication that Netanyahu is in New York City now (and should be arrested immediately) is false. Reputable reporting shows his brief U.N. visit was on September 24, 2026 and he returned to Israel the same day; there is no credible evidence of his presence in NYC or of an arrest on October 26, 2026.

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Did a Yemeni attack strike Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province?

X · Same caption/video posted by at least 5 accounts 19:56-22:17Z 24 Oct; syndication likes: @AlemidMohm15484 457, @fdhglg40057 235, @Zy_h0t 172 (checked 26 Oct 02:40Z)

Misleading

The post correctly asserts that a Yemeni/Houthi attack struck the Eastern Province (an Aramco administrative building in Dhahran) on October 13, 2026, but the attached video is misattributed: independent fact-checkers traced the clip to an August 17–18, 2026 fuel-depot fire in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, so the post is misleading.

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Is US taxpayer money sent to Ukraine laundered back to political campaigns?

X · 70,732 likes (parent post 251,428 likes); follow-up coverage 25 Oct in Bulgarian, Pakistani, Indian and Ukrainian outlets

Misleading

The post's claim that U.S. taxpayer money sent to Ukraine is laundered back to fund U.S. political campaigns is misleading. Credible fact-checkers and reporting find no evidence of a systematic scheme of U.S. aid being returned to fund U.S. campaigns; isolated past misconduct involving private foreign money is not the same thing.

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Did a huge fire recently break out at an oil facility in Riyadh?

X · 1,026 likes on primary; same text posted by at least 5 accounts

Misleading

There was a real fire at an Aramco facility south of Riyadh on October 3, 2026 (reported by AFP and Reuters), but the close-up explosion video attached to this post is a recycled clip previously published in 2021 and does not reliably show the Riyadh event — the post therefore misleads by pairing an older video with a recent AFP report.

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Were there explosions at the King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah?

X · 261 likes on primary, 162 on a copy; also shared on Facebook

Misleading

The video attached to the post is real CCTV-style footage but not of Jeddah; frames show a 25/01/2021 timestamp and a snowy scene, and fact-checkers have previously found similar clips reused to illustrate attacks on Saudi sites. The caption is misleading because it uses unrelated footage to claim violent explosions at King Faisal Naval Base.

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Did Benjamin Netanyahu order Israel to support Argentina on the Falklands?

X · 47K likes; Telegraph report, picked up by JPost, Times of Israel, Haaretz, ynet, i24, IBTimes; Israeli embassy categorically denied

True But

The tweet accurately states that The Telegraph published a report claiming Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israeli diplomats to back Argentina on the Falklands (Telegraph, 24 Oct 2026). Multiple outlets repeated the Telegraph story but the Israeli embassy denied the directive, so the underlying policy change is disputed and not independently confirmed.

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Did Ukraine use Starlink for drone strikes?

X · 111K likes; covered by Kyiv Independent, Mediaite, Raw Story, t-online; rebutted by ex-Ukrainian defence adviser Sternenko (21K likes)

Can't Verify

The post mixes a correct point (Starlink's Terms of Service state the commercial system is not intended for use as weaponry) with an unverified and disputed allegation (that Ukraine's military violated those terms by using Starlink for offensive lethal drone strikes) and an imprecise claim about Starshield ownership/control. There is no independent public evidence confirming the central allegation.

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Did debris from ballistic missiles fall in Mecca and Medina?

X · 4.4K likes, 1.9K reposts; covered by Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, JPost, Gulf News, NDTV, Hindustan Times; GCC, MWL and OIC condemnations; Houthi spokesman Saree denied

Can't Verify

True — on Oct 24, 2026 Saudi Civil Defense reported (and the Saudi Press Agency and multiple reputable outlets corroborated) that debris from the interception of two ballistic missiles launched by Houthi forces toward the Makkah and Madinah regions fell in several locations.

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Was Prince Khalid bin Salman killed in an attack on the Ministry of Defense?

X · Near-identical posts from several accounts 23 Oct (@Bint_AlDeerah 491 likes, @Hanadi_AlQahti 393; X syndication). New claim riding the Houthi strike story.

False

The video is authentic footage but has been misattributed: independent fact‑checkers traced the clip to an earlier, unrelated incident. There is no credible confirmation that Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman was killed or airlifted after an attack on the Ministry of Defense; the social‑media claim is false and misleading.

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Did approximately 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrender in Kharkiv?

X · 223 likes on X (also posted on Facebook); sitting MP; Konkret24 article 23 Oct; debunker post 119 likes · resurfaced

Can't Verify

The video appears to show real prisoners being marched or assembled and is likely authentic, but there is no independent, credible evidence that ~2,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered in northern Kharkiv as the caption claims. The numeric claim is unsupported by reputable coverage and the footage alone does not prove that total.

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Did Zelensky Buy a $42 Million Bunker in Nova Scotia?

X · @its_The_Dr 1,449 likes; @ROYALMRBADNEWS 499; @DangerousThinkg 157 (X syndication); Lead Stories fact-check 23 Oct (impostor domain toronto-sun.ca registered 8 days earlier; Toronto Sun deputy editor denied it)

False

The video’s central claim — that Volodymyr Zelensky bought a Nova Scotia underground bunker for $42 million — is false. The story comes from an impostor website using the Toronto Sun brand; reputable reporting documents the bunker’s redevelopment but provides no evidence of any sale to Zelensky.

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Did a man save his dog during multiple Russian attacks in Ukraine?

X · DrLuetke post 20.6K likes; Russian Embassy in Kenya repost 2.1K likes; Polish version >100K views per Konkret24; spread in German, English and Polish · resurfaced

False

The collage is manipulated: one image (Rivne, Oct. 13, 2026) is a genuine police photograph, but the other two images were generated with AI. The post's claim that the same man repeatedly rescued his dog at different Ukrainian attacks is false.

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Did Iran unveil an unmanned submarine that can launch missiles?

X · 1,685 likes on the post (x-syndication); fact-checked by Annahar 23 Oct · resurfaced

False

The video is authentic footage of Anduril/ Australia's 'Ghost Shark' XL‑AUV published on Oct 21, 2026. The X post's claim that Iran unveiled a missile‑launching unmanned submarine is false and stems from misattributing the footage.

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Did Zelensky spit at King Carl XVI Gustaf?

X · At least 3.7M views, 12,000 likes, 2,500 quote posts per IBTimes UK; verify.py shows 13,962 likes; @DanielMacl1n copy 45.7K likes (X syndication) · resurfaced

False

The clip is a real but edited/truncated video that omits the handshake; reputable wire and official footage show the king and Zelensky did shake hands on April 17, 2026, so the post's implication that the king refused the handshake and that Zelensky spat is misleading and false.

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What is the alleged amazing news from Melania Trump?

X · White House comms director's post, 759 likes within an hour (X syndication, 14:45Z 23 Oct); 'melania trump' trending on Google Trends US; CBS, Al Jazeera, Euronews, Mediaite coverage

Can't Verify

I could not verify the tweet's claimed "amazing news" from Melania Trump described as a "major step towards peace." The image appears to be an authentic press photo of Melania Trump, but searches did not locate a specific authoritative news item matching the claim; related peace-focused activity by the First Lady in 2026 exists but does not corroborate this exact post.

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Was there chaos at Dubai International Airport in March 2026?

X · 2,486 likes (@10__V) plus 1,263 likes (@Ro_gopa) on identical posts (X syndication, 23 Oct); Kashif debunk 22 Oct

True But

The video likely shows genuine footage from Dubai International Airport during the early-March-2026 flight disruptions; governments (including the U.S. and several European ministries) issued travel advisories then and news outlets reported thousands of passengers affected. The post is accurate about the March 2026 disruption but should be dated — if presented as a new/ongoing event now (October 23, 2026) that would be misleading.

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Did Saudi forces attack an Indian yacht near Zuqar Island?

X · 5,275 likes on Saree's post per X syndication 23 Oct; picked up by Indian media (Siasat, UNI, Hans India, Daily Jagran) 22 Oct; Indian embassy in Yemen said it is 'ascertaining further details'.

Can't Verify

The post repeats a Houthi claim (Yahya Saree) that Saudi forces struck an Indian yacht near Zuqar Island with 14 Indians aboard and that Yemeni forces were rescuing them. Multiple outlets report the claim and India says it is 'ascertaining details', but there is no independent confirmation of the alleged strike yet; the claim is therefore currently unsupported by independent evidence.

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