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In the weeks since the U.S. launched its attack on Iran, videos from the war in the Middle East have flooded social media, but in the age of AI, how much of it can we actually trust? Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to verify that content, with social media users relying on platforms like Grok and Gemini to confirm that content is real or fake. But their answers aren’t always add...

In this ITV News explainer, correspondent Geraint Vincent breaks down the race to neutralise Iran’s missing uranium stockpile. Deep beneath the rubble of Iran’s bombed nuclear facilities lies an estimated 440kg of near-weapons-grade uranium. Following massive US and Israeli airstrikes in June 2025, much of this vast radioactive stockpile is now thought to be entombed underground, and the Iranian g...

MPs will examine the fairness of student loans repayment in a new inquiry following increasing debate over the system. The Treasury Committee is asking young people for their views on issues like whether they would still take out loans today and how their student loan repayments are impacting their finances. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said any change to the student loan system would have to be “full...

After almost two weeks of the war in the Middle East, global attention has been on fears about the rising price of oil and gas, but there’s a hidden factor at play: the impact on the cost of food. Because with tensions across the region escalating, Iran has now closed the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to attack ships passing through the narrow stretch of sea. In this explainer, ITV News Science...

After US and Israeli strikes on Iran, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead, and the Middle East is in chaos. But who will replace the Supreme Leader? As Tehran faces a power vacuum, who is likely to be Donald Trump's desired candidate and what is his ultimate long-term aim for Iran. Will we see a new Supreme Leader, an internal revolution, or a return to the Iranian monarchy? Here's what you need to...

From FPV drones, to leaderboards for kills and captures, to large-scale cyber warfare, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has rewritten how modern combat is fought. As we reach four years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the stalemate between Putin and Zelenskyy continues to push military tech to its limits. So how is this new technology impacting soldiers on the battlefield and people living in the r...

Could China be key in tackling the small boats crisis? Keir Starmer has been meeting President Xi Jinping in Beijing and is hoping a new security pact will be a game-changer, with more than half of small boat engines made in China. The Prime Minister is also pledging to put more money in British pockets through a better relationship with China. So will it work and what are the risks? Political Cor...

People carrying knives are more likely to end up as victims. Weapons escalate arguments and confrontations - sending them out of control. Videos of violence, rapidly shared on social media, can strike fear into teens watching. But for some, far from putting them off carrying a weapon, it has the opposite effect, even when knife crime is falling. Police and schools across the country are grappling...

Opposition parties are demanding it, the government is consulting on it, the House of Lords have voted in favour of it and it's splitting opinion amongst bereaved families. But what do young people themselves think of a ban on social media for under-16s? Westminster Political Reporter Lewis Denison tells Faye Barker what you need to know.

Prince Harry is back in the UK, and back at the High Court. The Duke of Sussex is leading a high-profile group of claimants against the publisher of The Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday over claims of phone hacking, and other illegal information gathering. Elton John, Liz Hurley and Baroness Doreen Lawrence are amongst the others suing Associated Newspapers Limited. Associated Newspapers Limited deni...

With Donald Trump blowing hot and cold on whether the US will strike Iran or not - how will this uncertainty and unpredictability play out with Iran's biggest trading partner - China? At least two thousand people have been killed in the Islamic Republic's brutal crackdown on protests, which were sparked by the country's soaring inflation and crippling price rises. In response the US President init...

Would upgrading ketamine to class A stop the drug's surge? The cheap, widely available drug can shred and shrink users bladders' - leaving them constantly rushing to the toilet. It can even kill, with Friends actor Matthew Perry and drag star The Vivienne both dying after taking the drug in recent years. The government is deliberating on whether to reclassify the drug from class B to class A, brin...

It's been a whole year since Birmingham's refuse workers first went on strike. Since then bin-bag-lined streets, rats and horrible smells have all become an unwanted feature of the UK's second city. But the union and council have not been in negotiations since the summer. So why are they still in deadlock and will they ever resolve Birmingham's bin crisis? ITV Central's Lewis Warner tells Lucy Wat...

Captured amid gunfire in Caracas, Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro has now appeared in a New York court to face multiple drugs and wepaons charges. The US accuses him of leading a cartel responsible for flooding their country with cocaine and fentanyl - which he has always denied. Meanwhile, President Trump has made it clear there's another substance at the top of his mind: oil. “We need acces...

Heatwaves in Europe, wildfires in Hollywood and catrastrophic cyclones in South East Asia. Extreme weather has been a constant and growing threat in 2025. Good Morning Britain meteorologist and weather presenter Laura Tobin has been speaking to colleagues across the world about what they are seeing. So what can the world expect for 2026? She tells Lucy Watson what you need to know.

"We have a simple choice, either money today or blood tomorrow". Those were the blunt words of Polish PM Donald Tusk, as leaders gathered to discuss the billions in Russian assets, frozen in the EU. Once released, that money would help Ukraine's war effort...but the plan has faced significant opposition from some member states. Meanwhile, Roman Abramovic is yet to fulfill his pledge to send the £2...

The former president of Honduras - Juan Orlando Hernandez - was   in a US prison, charged with smuggling   400 tonnes   of cocaine into the United States. But, just ahead of a very tense presidential election in Honduras, President Trump announced he was going to pardon Mr Hernandez. Meanwhile, the US has sezied an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, as it continues to pile pressure on its pres...

It is the biggest miscarriage of justice in British History. But almost two years after the ITV drama made it a burning issue, are we any closer to justice over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal? Hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly accused of stealing and jailed. Thousands more lives were ruined. So what punishment could those responsible face? Senior Investigations Producer Isabel Alderson-B...

Homes swept away, communities left isolated and more than a thousand deaths confirmed. A battering of cyclones on parts of Asia in the past week has brought mass flooding and displaced millions. In Sri Lanka the extreme weather has caused devastating mudslides, creating a humanitarian emergency. But in a country that is no stranger to flooding, why has THIS storm been SO catastrophic? ITV News Asi...

For over two years, video journalist Mohammed Abu Safia has risked his life filming the war in Gaza for ITV News. Separated from his family, his footage stunned the world as he captured what was happening to his homeland. So how has he lived through the destruction and the loss? And what is life like now under the most fragile of ceasefires? John Irvine is ITV News' Senior International Correspond...

"The only time that I need help, I have been completely failed" says Geraldine, who is set to be evicted from her home with her 12 year old daughter. She cannot afford anywhere else. The government was elected promising to make housing more affordable and is now vowing to 'build baby build'. Investigations Editor tells Daniel Hewitt tells Lucy Watson what progress the government is making on its p...

School shootings, mosque attacks, extreme misogyny and far-right costumes - that's just some of the content ITV News found British teens being exposed to on the world's most popular game app - Roblox. Now, the company is taking action, introducing new age verification checks. But will these measures stop teens being shown extremist content? Digital Reporter George Hancorn uncovered white supremacy...

For months now, the US has been destroying boats in the Caribbean it accuses of smuggling drugs into its country. Now it has brought the world's largest warship to within striking distance of Venezeula. It accuses its leader Nicolas Maduro of running a narco-terrorist organisation aimed at destabilising the US through drugs. But with cocaine from the country reportedly accounting for just 10% of t...

Our governments have long enjoyed a so-called 'special relationship' but now white supremacists in the UK and US are forging deeper and deeper ties. ITV News has uncovered a network of far-right groups, spanning both sides of the atlantic. So just how are they working together and what do they want?  Global Security Editor Rohit Rohit Kachroo tells Geraint Vincent what you need to know. Watch Rohi...

Skinny jabs have been hailed as a 'game changer' for tackling obesity - but with demand soaring, an underworld of unlicensed and dangerous products is rapidly spreading. ITV News has uncovered fake jabs, smuggled into the UK from a lab in China, and sold through social media to desperate customers. Fake skinny jabs are also making their way onto high streets, with customers getting backroom inject...