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Canadian PM Carney calls snap election, says Trump wants to break Canada Upon being sworn in as prime minister earlier this month, Mark Carney had said he could work with and respected Trump. On Sunday, however, he took a more combative approach.

"We are facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Trump's unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty," Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters after the Governor General approved his request for a snap election for April 28 reut.rs/41TCSID

It was a pleasure to speak about online misinformation and the importance of - and processes for - verification for Intel Focus’ Intelligence Spotlight Series, with @qaisalamdar.bsky.social & @leilabelmoh.bsky.social.

Link to the podcast below:

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Trump live updates: Latest on executive orders, tariffs, DOGE hearing and more The Kremlin said Putin and Trump spoke for nearly an hour and a half by phone and agreed to meet.

The Kremlin said Putin and Trump spoke for nearly an hour and a half by telephone and that the two men had agreed to meet. Trump has long said he would quickly end the war in Ukraine, without saying how he would accomplish this. Follow for the latest updates ➡️ reut.rs/4aXZFHe

"What wretched question have you prepared for me?" My Q&A with Alexander Lukashenko YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg

“What wretched question have you prepared for me?” My surreal Q&A with Alexander Lukashenko. He claimed his opponents had “chosen” prison or exile (in reality the authorities had chosen to target them.) Plus, "Prison is for people who opened their mouths too wide" Thanks @lizashuvalova.bsky.social

❌This fake tweet has gone viral on X and has made its way over here to Bluesky.

There's no record of Musk saying on X that MAGA will succeed "in the ways Nazi Germany failed to."

It's a fake screenshot.

UK's Starmer agrees to meet Trump soon British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to meet soon on a call on Sunday when they also spoke about the royal family and of their two countries "warm ties", according to statement from Downing Street.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump agreed to meet soon on a call when they also spoke about the royal family and of their two countries ‘warm ties,’ according to statement from Downing Street reut.rs/3CeXjqF

Gaza ceasefire deal takes effect and fighting halts after delay Israeli airstrikes and artillery attacks killed 13 Palestinians three hours before the ceasefire took effect.

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip took effect after a nearly three-hour delay, pausing the 15-month-old war that has brought devastation and seismic political change to the Middle East reut.rs/4gZXQvI

UK anti-corruption minister resigns over ties to ousted Bangladesh PM The British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption resigned on Tuesday after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh.

Tulip Siddiq, the British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption, resigned after weeks of questions over her financial ties to her aunt Sheikh Hasina, ousted last year as prime minister of Bangladesh reut.rs/4anakLd

Some AI-generated images are difficult to spot. Others ...

🔊 Today on the Reuters World News daily podcast:

- California wildfires rage, forcing thousands to evacuate
- Trump refuses to rule out taking Greenland by force
- Meta drops its fact-checking program
- France's Jean-Marie Le Pen dies aged 96
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Palisades fire live: Tens of thousands flee as wildfires rage in Los Angeles At least 2,921 acres of the Pacific Palisades area between the coastal towns of Santa Monica and Malibu had burned by the Palisades Fire, officials said.

There is no percentage of containment in the Palisades Fire or the Eaton Fire, LA County Fire Chief Marrone said at a press conference. Live updates here ⬇️ www.reuters.com/world/us/pal...

Fact Check: Finnish leader’s Ukraine clip misrepresented as support for Nigerian separatists Finnish President Alexander Stubb’s declaration of support in a video for Ukraine has been altered and misrepresented on social media as Finland publicly expressing support for the secessionist Biafra movement in Nigeria.

The Finnish President's support video for Ukraine has been altered and misrepresented on social media as Finland publicly expressing support for the Biafra movement in Nigeria.

The President's Director of Communications told us it was "false and misleading."

www.reuters.com/fact-check/f...

Fact Check: Britain’s government did not announce ‘cash bonuses’ for euthanising the elderly The British government has not announced financial incentives for families who euthanise their elderly relatives, contrary to an article that misrepresents a proposed assisted dying law and Britain’s pension tax rules.

The British government did not announce financial incentives for families who euthanise their elderly relatives, contrary to an article circulating among social media users that misrepresents a proposed assisted dying law and Britain’s pension tax rules.

www.reuters.com/fact-check/b...

❌ Three fake screenshots mimicking Trump's Truth Social have appeared on Bluesky (and other platforms), posing as posts on a rift between the president-elect and Elon Musk.

All three of these posts are fake.

Fact Check: No evidence Trump called for Nigerian separatist’s release; audio synthetic, experts say An audio clip of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump calling upon Nigeria to release a jailed separatist leader has been shared online as if authentic, though a deepfake detection tool as well as two experts speaking to Reuters say the audio is likely AI-generated.

There is no public evidence of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump calling upon Nigeria to release jailed separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu, and a deepfake detection tool along with two independent AI forensics experts evaluated the audio to be likely AI-generated.

www.reuters.com/fact-check/n...

Fact Check: Months-old Seoul military exercise image misrepresented as martial law response A months-old image of a South Korean military exercise in Seoul has been misrepresented online as a scene after the country’s president declared martial law.

This photo did the rounds last week with users linking it to the short-lived martial law declaration in South Korea.

It shows a January 2024 military exercise at a junction between Hangang-daero and Toegye-ro in downtown Seoul.

www.reuters.com/fact-check/m...

LIVE: Pro-EU activists rally outside Georgian parliament for a sixth night
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Fact Check: Russian man sentenced to 14 years in jail for treason, not for burning Koran A Russian man was jailed for 14 years in November for state treason, not for burning a copy of the Koran, contrary to online claims.

Zhuravel, 20, was already serving three and a half years for burning a copy of the Koran in southwestern Russia when he was convicted of new offences linked to contact with Ukrainian intelligence.

www.reuters.com/fact-check/r...

Fact Check: X post promising restoration of Nigeria's electoral integrity not from Trump account An X post promising the former president of Nigeria to “restore electoral integrity” in his country and thanking him for congratulating Donald Trump on his election victory this month has been falsely suggested online to be a post from the U.S. president-elect himself.

Some Nigerian social media users falsely shared an X post as if an official communication by Donald Trump to former President Goodluck Benjamin, but it wasn't Trump's official account nor did it have any connection to the President-elect's campaign team.

www.reuters.com/fact-check/x...

White House defends Biden's Hunter pardon as criticism mounts The White House said that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter because of concern his political opponents would continue to persecute the younger Biden in the future.

The White House said that President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter in part because of concern his political opponents would continue to persecute the younger Biden in the future, as a growing chorus of Democrats and Republicans criticized his decision reut.rs/3ZkXTdE

A fantastic evening at the Rory Peck Trust Awards, witnessing truly inspiring freelance journalism from Gaza to Sudan, Myanmar to Russia, and Ethiopia to the West Bank.

🔊 ICYMI: 'The government says it's trying to protect children... opponents argue that it's actually risking cutting children off from the Internet.' Reuters World News podcast explains Australia's ban of social media for under 16s reut.rs/4g2GPjk

Israel-Lebanon live: Israel and Hezbollah reached ceasefire deal, Biden says The US has informed the Lebanese government that a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel will take effect at 4 a.m. tomorrow.

The ceasefire deal for Lebanon will provide the conditions needed for a return to calm in the country, and France and the US will both work to ensure the ceasefire is fully implemented, US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron said reut.rs/3Z8Ya3j

Fact Check: Smallpox is eradicated, not held in check by vaccines Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide since 1980 and is not held in check by vaccines, contrary to posts suggesting the deadly virus may circulate again if vaccines become optional.

Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide since 1980 and is not held in check by vaccines, contrary to posts suggesting the deadly virus may circulate again if vaccines become optional.

www.reuters.com/fact-check/s...

❌ This fake Elon Musk tweet has popped up on Bluesky, depicting a post saying he managed to “hack into nearly every swing-state in electronic ballot tabulator.”

It’s a fake screenshot.

Bluesky … hello. I’m Nick Vant, fact-checker for @reuters.com, based in London.

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Why are ‘deepfake porn’ tutorials still showing up in search engines? A GLAMOUR investigation has found that the UK's most-used search engines are funnelling users towards explicit AI software and how-to guides.

New investigation from me 👩‍💻

Google, Microsoft's Bing and Yahoo are listing websites, tutorials and software to make and view deepfake "porn", highlighting gaps in solutions to combat the abuse.

www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/deep...

Fact Check: Britain’s government has not announced free bus fares for immigrants The British government has not announced free bus fares for immigrants, contrary to a claim circulating on social media.

Facebook users last week shared an image of British PM Starmer alongside the claim that the government has announced free bus fares for illegal immigrants, but no such announcement has been made.

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