In the last seven days we've looked at several claims that have circulated widely on social media.

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In the newsletter this week...
1. Claim ‘African immigrant stabbed a British police officer’ in Manchester is false (#body1)
2. Conservatives wrong to claim GPs are striking for first time in 60 years (#body2)
3. Mike Tyson has not challenged Olympic boxer Imane Khelif to a fight (#body3)
4. Also this week (#morefacts)

But first...

This week we have been continuing to monitor misinformation which contributed to riots in the wake of the stabbing attack which killed three children and wounded others in Southport on 29 July.

We’ve updated our explainer which answers key questions about the riots, tracks where they have taken place and fact checks some of the claims circulating online.
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This article has been continually updated in recent days. If you’ve seen something we should add, or have a question you’d like us to answer, please let us know by replying to this email or contacting us at [email protected].
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Claims that “an African immigrant stabbed a British police officer” in Manchester last week have been widely circulating on social media alongside a video that claims to show the aftermath.

False. The video shows the aftermath of a reported assault. Greater Manchester Police confirmed there was no such stabbing.
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The Conservative party has inaccurately claimed that GPs in England are striking for the first time in 60 years in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

This isn’t quite right. Some GPs undertook industrial action in 2012 and while currently GPs have voted to take collective action, they did not vote to go on strike.
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** Mike Tyson has not challenged Olympic boxer Imane Khelif to a fight ([link removed])
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According to posts on social media, US boxer Mike Tyson has said he’s willing to fight Algerian boxer Imane Khelif amid a debate over gender eligibility in boxing.

A spokesperson for Mr Tyson said this is “absolutely false” and there’s no mention of any such fight on his social media platforms.

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