27 h. ago Brit mum 'being fed rats' in Thai jail says £2,000 benefit scrounging claims are false

A British TikToker who says she is being 'fed rats' in a hell-hole Thai prison has revealed that claims she scrounged £2,000 a month in benefits to live abroad are false

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2 d. ago How an obscure US government office has become a target of Elon Musk

Rightwing campaign propelled by tech billionaire accuses General Services Administration’s 18F of being a far-left cellNever miss global breaking news. Download our free app to keep up with key stories in real time.Federal employees in a little-known office dedicated to tech and consulting services were at work on the afternoon of 3 February when Elon Musk tweeted about their agency for the first time.“That group has been deleted,” Musk wrote. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Twisted teacher groomed boy, 14, before falsely claiming he raped her in car

Judith Evans, 33, who was a teacher at the Belfast Boys Model School, has been jailed for two years after grooming and having sex with a vulnerable 14-year-old pupil

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5 d. ago Woman accusing Noel Clarke of sexual assault is a ‘liar’, says actor’s wife

Iris Clarke accused a producer who worked with her husband of making false claims of sexual assault.

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7 d. ago Trump pick for Washington US attorney made derogatory and racist comments

Revealed: rhetoric by interim US attorney for DC includes falsely claiming Kamala Harris ‘self-identified’ as BlackTrump’s appointee as interim US attorney for the District of Columbia and nominee to hold the position permanently, Ed Martin, has repeatedly made derogatory and racist comments in past social media posts and columns.Martin’s rhetoric includes falsely claiming Kamala Harris is “self-identified” as Black and calling her the new Rachel Dolezal, claiming Planned Parenthood targets Black communities for abortions, claiming that the supreme court justice Sonia Sotomayor made racist comments to white males about her own identity and invoking false claims about Dr Martin Luther King Jr to affirm support for the Republican party and the Tea Party movement. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Fraudster plotted to seize woman's London home by falsely claiming she had died, High Court judge rules

A High Court judge concluded fraud and forged documents had been used to try to seize control of the property

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8 d. ago How TikTok fraudster Samantha Cookes went from 'cynically exploiting' the 'natural goodness' in people to jail

Carrie Jade Williams, an Englishwoman based in Ireland, whose real name is Samantha Cookes, has been jailed after she falsely claimed thousands in welfare benefits.

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9 d. ago Disturbing rise of 'Munchhausen by Internet': Belle Gibson is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to influencers faking cancer, with others being jailed for the same scam

A number of 'cancer fakers' have solicited money and sympathy after falsely claiming they had the disease. FEMAIL looks at some of the most prolific - and how they were caught.

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1 week ago Man behind false Bitcoin founder claim given order to stop further legal action

A judge ruled in March last year that Dr Wright was not Satoshi Nakamoto.

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1 week ago Judge finds MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in contempt in Smartmatic defamation lawsuit

The Trump diehard was first sued by Smartmatic in 2022 over false claims he made about the voting software firm flipping the 2020 election for Joe Biden

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1 week ago MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell rages against contempt finding in Smartmatic case: ‘This is all corruption’

The Trump diehard was first sued by Smartmatic in 2022 over false claims he made about the voting software firm flipping the 2020 election for Joe Biden

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1 week ago The Guardian view on why Canada matters: a nation in the global frontline | Editorial

Donald Trump has deliberately picked a fight with its northern neighbour. This malign strategy must be stoppedIt is two months since Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as Liberal party leader and Canada’s prime minister. After a decade in power, Mr Trudeau had become increasingly unpopular. Two out of three Canadians thought he was doing a bad job. The opposition Conservatives led in almost every poll. With the Liberals staring a 2025 general election defeat in the face, Mr Trudeau’s ministers forced him out. His successor will be chosen this Sunday.But then came Donald Trump. Mr Trump wants to strengthen the US at the expense of its neighbours. His hostility to Canada is thus visceral and deep. Without any justification, he promised illegal 25% tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican imports. As a fig leaf for his intentions, he falsely claimed that Canada’s 5,000-mile border with the US was an open door for migrants and drugs. He talked, repeatedly and deliberately, of anne...

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1 week ago Man behind false Bitcoin founder claim improperly used AI in appeal bid – judge

Dr Craig Wright lost a legal battle over whether he was Satoshi Nakamoto in March last year.

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1 week ago Fact Check: All the key points made by Donald Trump in his Congress speech

President Donald Trump made numerous false claims during a speech to a joint section of congress

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1 week ago FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made by Trump during his address to Congress

President Donald Trump's one-hour and 40 minute address to Congress highlighted many of his initiatives, from an immigration crackdown to tariffs and energy policy

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2 w. ago Wishaw’s MSP urges constituents to be wary of falsely claimed 'government' scams

Trading Standards Scotland (TSS) advises that cold callers are misleading Scottish homeowners about spray foam insulation.

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2 w. ago Former England rugby star says he considered ending his life after being framed for rape by an escort, as she admits stalking him for 14 months

Marland Yarde's career was left in tatters after sex worker Sandra Ntonya, 44, from Manchester, rang police and falsely claimed he had sexually assaulted a teenage girl.

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3 w. ago Donald Trump hands top FBI job to controversial podcast host

Dan Bongino, who previously repeated false claims about the 2020 US presidential election and was banned from YouTube for Covid disinformation, has been picked by Donald Trump as FBI deputy director

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3 w. ago Diddy's legal team makes shock claim about search warrants that led to evidence of alleged 'freak

Defense attorneys filed documents claiming that federal agents made 'false statements' in their application for the search warrants to raid his homes and examine his Internet history.

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3 w. ago Hilary Mantel is accused of 'falsifying' history in Wolf Hall by Cambridge academic who claims she turned depictions of 16th century figures 'upside down'

Dame Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy, which has been dubbed a 'landmark in historical fiction,' depicts the life of Thomas Cromwell as the chief minister of Henry VIII.

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