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Read our snap analysis of Prime Minister’s Questions, as well as Robert Jenrick’s claim about net migration.

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Social media posts have claimed a video circulating online shows recent protests in Malmö against Israel’s participation in Eurovision.

This is incorrect. The footage actually shows a riot that took place in Malmö in 2009, during a Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Israel.

Riot video

A post on Facebook claims a study has found lab-grown “fake meat” causes “turbo cancer”, and shares a screenshot of an old article supposedly reporting this.

It’s not true that a study has shown this. There is no evidence that cultured or lab-grown meat causes cancer.

Cancer claims