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Fact check: Three viral Iran war posts debunked
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Fact check: Three viral Iran war posts debunked

In the wake of the new US attack on Iran, social media is awash with dramatic images and claims about the fighting. DW Fact Check found AI-generated and recycled videos, as well as misleading posts from dubious accounts.

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‘Stop your rants, go sort your mess’ — APC tackles ADC over court ruling
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‘Stop your rants, go sort your mess’ — APC tackles ADC over court ruling

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to resolve its internal leadership crisis instead of accusing the ruling party of colluding with the judiciary over a court judgment nullifying the David Mark-led leadership and the presidential candidacy of Atiku Abubakar. The APC, in a statement issued on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, described the ADC’s reaction to the judgment as “senseless rants” and insisted that the ruling party had no involvement in the legal dispute.

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We’ll Be On The Ballot, No Court Manoeuvre Will Make Me Abandon You, Atiku Tells Supporters
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We’ll Be On The Ballot, No Court Manoeuvre Will Make Me Abandon You, Atiku Tells Supporters

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has assured his supporters that he will be on the ballot for the 2027 general elections as the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADC), adding that no threat, blackmail, or court manoeuvring will change the direction. Atiku, in a statement posted on his official X page, said that President Bola Tinubu, who is seeking a second term in office, cannot escape the verdict of Nigerians.

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Musk’s Futuristic Cybertruck Rolls Toward Exit
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Musk’s Futuristic Cybertruck Rolls Toward Exit

Production of Cybertrucks — the pickups hailed by enthusiasts as a symbol of Elon Musk’s futuristic ambitions and equally hated as ugly reminders of the Donald Trump era — will wind down, the Tesla CEO said Friday. “Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production,” Musk wrote on X. Musk did not say whether the truck would be built elsewhere or discontinued altogether, nor what would happen to outstanding orders.

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Marilyn Monroe is a magnetic misfit in Speculations, a spicy conspiracy drama full of bombshells
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Marilyn Monroe is a magnetic misfit in Speculations, a spicy conspiracy drama full of bombshells

Marylebone theatre, London Trevor Nunn directs Torben Betts’s intriguing but flawed play following US journalist Dorothy Kilgallen’s theories about the Kennedys A smartly dressed woman hammers away at an old-style typewriter in a drawing room. She is the real-life American journalist and conspiracy theorist Dorothy Kilgallen (Janie Dee) and bears the gimlet-eyed look of Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote.

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‘We are on the ballot’ — Atiku vows to contest 2027 despite court ruling
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‘We are on the ballot’ — Atiku vows to contest 2027 despite court ruling

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has rejected the latest court ruling affecting the African Democratic Congress (ADC), insisting that he will remain in the race for the 2027 presidential election. Atiku, in a statement issued on Friday, said the judgment nullifying the David Mark-led leadership of the party and his presidential nomination should not be mistaken for the will of Nigerians.

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How High Tariffs, Cost Of Living Made Trump Unpopular In US Midterm Elections — Rep-Elect Adesanya
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How High Tariffs, Cost Of Living Made Trump Unpopular In US Midterm Elections — Rep-Elect Adesanya

Member-elect of the Georgia House of Representatives (District 43) in the United States, Solomon Adesanya, has explained how the struggles facing American residents, including high tariffs and the cost of living, played a major role in the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections. “We first started with this tariff war, and what you would find is when the president increased the tariffs on Canada and Mexico — one of our strongest allies by way of NAFTA — we’re hurting Americans, and Georgians were suffering that the cost of living had shot up in an unbelievable fashion and, added to the war in…

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2027: Heaven won’t fall if Atiku isn’t on the ballot — Keyamo
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2027: Heaven won’t fall if Atiku isn’t on the ballot — Keyamo

He recalled the Supreme Court’s 2019 judgment that invalidated the victories of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in Zamfara State, from the governorship to the state House of Assembly, and declared their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) opponents winners. Keyamo also cited the Supreme Court’s February 13, 2020, judgment that nullified the election of David Lyon, the APC candidate for Bayelsa governor, a day before his scheduled inauguration.

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Supreme Court justices placed on US visa ban, retiring jurist reveals
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Supreme Court justices placed on US visa ban, retiring jurist reveals

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — A retiring Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, disclosed on Friday that some justices of the court had been placed on a visa ban by the United States of America. A seven-member panel of the Supreme Court, which included the current Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, and Justice Abba-Aji, had on January 14, 2020, nullified the election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Emeka Ihedioha, and ordered the swearing-in of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Hope Uzodimma, who had…

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Harambee One returns to presidential duty as Ruto flies to Tanzania for daughter’s wedding
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Harambee One returns to presidential duty as Ruto flies to Tanzania for daughter’s wedding

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 6 – Kenya’s presidential jet, Harambee One, has returned to presidential duty, making its first tracked presidential flight since completing an extensive maintenance programme in the Netherlands, as President William Ruto travelled to Mwanza, Tanzania, for a private family visit. Flight-tracking data showed the Kenya Air Force Fokker 70, registration KAF308, operating under the KENYA01 call sign on Thursday, November 5, on a route from Nairobi to Mwanza.

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