After sending National Guard troops to Los Angeles and Washington DC, President Donald Trump looks intent on expanding the role of the US military in domestic law enforcement across the country. He justified the deployment to DC with a series of claims about violent crime in the city. But as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains, these claims do not tell the whole story. 

Nobel laureates are gathering in Germany this week for a meeting dedicated to the field of economic science. Hoping to join their ranks in the future is US President Donald Trump, who has made no secret of the fact that he would like to be awarded the prestigious accolade. A rumour has surfaced that Trump has been removed from the list of nominees this year, but as FRANCE 24's Charlotte Hughes explains, this rumour has no factual basis.

Since the UN-backed IPC declared that Gaza City and its surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, Israel has slammed the report as "lies'" and "Hamas propaganda". Now, Israel has attacked the methodology used by the IPC, saying that it lowered its own threshold to change the goalposts and make declaring a famine easier. In this episode, Vedika Bahl deep-dives into how the IPC measures famine, and if there's any truth to Israel's claim.

A recent anti-sunscreen narrative has swept social media, claiming that sunscreen increases the risk of skin cancer due to toxic chemicals, and that as SPF usage has increased, so have melanomas. What's the scientific backing behind these claims? Vedika Bahl talks us through in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Following US President Donald Trump's attendance at the FIFA Club World Club final, rumours have surfaced that winning team Chelsea erased Trump from their celebratory photos. But these claims are false, as FRANCE 24’s Charlotte Hughes explains. 

As criticism of the Trump administration's detention centre "Alligator Alcatraz" mounts, a rumour has been circulating online that incinerators have been installed at the site for malicious purposes. But these rumours are false, as Charlotte Hughes explains in this edition of Truth or Fake.

It's a rock 'n' roll band with over 1 million monthly listeners, with three albums out in barely six weeks. But despite shooting to Spotify's top ranks, The Velvet Sundown's music is entirely AI-generated – and it had quite a saga being revealed as synthetic. Vedika Bahl gives us the deep dive into the band's mysterious origins in this edition of Truth or Fake.

Elon Musk has unveiled the latest version of his AI chatbot Grok, integrated into his platform X, in the hope that it will rival OpenAI's ChatGPT. The move came just 24 hours after Grok went on a racist, anti-Semitic rant, replying to users by frequently praising Adolf Hitler and making posts referring to sexual violence. What happened, and what could be next for Grok? Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.

As the death toll from catastrophic flash floods in Texas continues to climb, weather conspiracies on social media began to circulate. Users suggested a cloud seeding operation – carried out two days before the floods by the company Rainmaker – was to blame for triggering the flooding. These claims have been slammed by weather experts and meteorologists. Vedika Bahl explains in Truth or Fake.

An artificial intelligence-powered website impersonating FRANCE 24 and its journalists has published a hoax claim that France exported nuclear waste to Armenia. The hoax was picked up by pro-Russian and Azerbaijani accounts, as well as the scientific journal Science & Vie, which acknowledged the "mistake" to our editorial staff. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.