We've looked at some of the data around ethnicity and the US crime and justice system.

As the UK government plans new environmental targets, what about the previous ones?

Misleading videos were aired on Russian TV claiming to show the arrival of US tanks and planes in Ukraine.

The new strain was reported in South Africa on 18 December.

Protests have been continuing over the death of Daunte Wright, who police say was shot in error.

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for a wider inquiry into lobbying and the contact between the government and former prime minister David Cameron about the finance firm Greensill Capital.

Boris Johnson has asked Nigel Boardman, a government lawyer, to conduct a review by the end of June, looking into the development and use of so-called supply chain finance schemes (the things Greensill was involved with) in government, and especially the role of Greensill Capital and its founder.

The government says that Mr Boardman will have access to all the information he needs.

But the investigation has no power of sanction and no legal force.

Labour is calling instead for a committee of government and opposition MPs to be set up, which will take a broader look at the lobbying of ministers and will have the power to summon and question witnesses in public.

You can read more about the affair here.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed Labour “campaigned” at the last general election to get rid of the rules on lobbying.

In 2019, Labour’s manifesto, external did say: “We will free the voices of civil society by repealing the Lobbying Act 2014 and overhauling the rules that govern corporate lobbying.”

But that came in a section about tackling vested interests, that also pledged to:

• Introduce a lobbying register covering contacts with all senior government employees, not just ministers
• Stop MPs taking paid second jobs, except if they need to maintain professional registrations - such as for nurses
• Replace the business appointments committee ACOBA with a better-funded and more powerful body

A round-up of the latest false and misleading posts about Covid-19 going viral on social media

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Democrats say it restricts voting rights, but Republicans disagree - so what does the new law do?

What is the background to the allegations made about China, Ukraine and the Bidens?

Reality Check looks at claims about child poverty, renewable energy and mental health.

The giant cargo ship stuck in the Suez Canal has been successfully moved after nearly a week.

Islamic militants operating in the north have been the cause of growing concern in the region.

From dog theft to drug crime, lockdown has led to some big changes in policing.

Mr Biden spoke on a range of topics from border crossings to Covid vaccines.

MPs debating the government's defence review made claims on army funding, international aid and nuclear weapons.

An information war has been raging over the Tigray conflict with both sides sharing misleading claims.

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Boris Johnson faced lots of question today on defence spending - in PMQs and in his session with the Liaison Committee.

The prime minister said recent spending pledges were “the biggest investment in defence since the Cold War.”

Looking back at figures since 1990 - seen by many as the end of the Cold War, with the Berlin Wall coming down in November 1989 - it is clear military spending has fallen considerably.

The proportion of the gross domestic product (GDP), which is the value of everything produced by the economy in any particular year, was 3.5% in 1990 . It was 2.1% in 2018/19.

The boost announced in November means by 2024-25, defence spending will be £7bn a year higher than it would have been under previous plans.

But with £7bn worth about 0.35% of GDP, this extra money is not enough to push defence spending above the 3.5% of GDP it represented in 1990.

The government has previously phrased this claim differently, though, calling the boost that will see defence spending rise by £7bn a year by 2024-25, the "biggest sustained increase in 30 years".

And as defence spending has not increased for more than three years in a row since 1990, this will probably turn out to be true.

Read more here.

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The PM was asked about the row about vaccine exports from the EU.

But what is it all about?

The European Union (EU) has said it could block exports of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab to the UK, amid claims current arrangements are slowing down its own vaccine rollout.

The EU has been criticised for the pace of its vaccination programme - only 14% of its population have received the jab, compared with 45% in the UK.

Read more here