BBC News
By Jack Goodman
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A military coup fuelled by allegations of electoral fraud has led to the removal and arrest of Myanmar s democratically-elected leaders.
The army s move has been condemned inside and outside Myanmar, also known as Burma, but do its claims about voter fraud stand up to scrutiny?
What has the army said?
In the days before the coup, the military declared that more than eight million cases of potential voting fraud had been uncovered relating to the 8 November election.
Aung San Suu Kyi s National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory with more than 80% of the seats at stake.
BBC News
By Joice Etutu and Jack Goodman
BBC Reality Check
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There have been growing concerns about the uptake of Covid vaccines among black, Asian and other ethnic minority communities in the UK.
Some fear vaccine hesitancy could be increased by false and misleading information shared online. We ve been investigating some examples. Human guinea pig claims
The comments, which led to an angry response on social media, fuelled existing concerns that Africans could be used as guinea pigs for a future Covid-19 vaccine.
But that didn t happen - vaccine trials got under way in sites spread around the world. The Oxford University vaccine team, for example, initiated testing in the UK and later in Brazil and South Africa. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had clinical trial sites in Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Turkey, South Africa and the US.
WE RE NEAR THE TOP IN DUST, POTHOLES AND BOOGER SUGAR
A survey by the Online Betting Guide ranked Tucson the 10th wildest city in the U.S. Using factors like nightlife, casinos, strip clubs and alcohol and drug consumption, Las Vegas finished first. Tucson was fourth in casinos and 13th in the percentage who ve taken marijuana. But the Old Pueblo roared back when it came to cocaine use, finishing fifth.
CAT FROM HELL
A North Carolina animal shelter waived adoption fees hoping someone would take Perdita, the world s worst cat, off their hands. The foul furball dislikes dogs, children, the Dixie Chicks, Disney movies and Christmas. On its Facebook page, the shelter wrote: We thought she was sick. Turns out she s just a jerk.
BBC News
By Jack Goodman and Flora Carmichael
BBC Reality Check
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The roll out of Covid-19 vaccines in the UK and US this week has led to a spate of new false claims about vaccines. We ve looked into some of the most widely shared. Disappearing needles
BBC News footage is being passed off as proof on social media that Covid-19 vaccines are fake, and that press events showing people being injected have been staged.
The clip, from a report which aired on BBC TV this week, is being shared by anti-vaccine campaigners. They claim fake syringes with disappearing needles are being used in an attempt by the authorities to promote a vaccine that doesn t exist.