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Kremlin-backed news channel RT has been told its UK bank accounts will be closed Photograph: POOL/REUTERS

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Pamela Anderson brought Julian Assange a vegan meal and expressed concern for his health. Photograph: Grant Pollard/AP

In a classic case of the internet getting very carried away, a trip by Pamela Anderson to visit Julian Assange (real) led to reports and rumours that he had been poisoned by a Pret sandwich (false).