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16/11/2024

Nottingham City Council did not decide to spend over £600,000 on private healthcare for asylum seekers and refugees. Read the full story here.
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16/11/2024

Do these visuals show a flooded in Spain? No, it actually shows Wimereux in France. Get the facts here.
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The clips show the coastal city of Wimereux, not recent floods in Valencia, Spain.

16/11/2024

A claim circulating online that the Mayor of London urged his constituents to learn Arabic to get along with immigrants is false. However, in 2017, he asked immigrants to learn English. Read our full report here.
https://loom.ly/tNwcAiU

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, never urged citizens to learn Arabic. Instead, he told immigrants to learn English.

15/11/2024

Did Ursula von der Leyen recently say the European Union is forced to buy Russian oil? No. She said in 2022 that the EU had to be strategic about cutting Russian oil out of its energy supply.

Ursula von der Leyen made her statement three months into the war. She did not say the EU was "forced" to buy Russian oil.

15/11/2024

Did Kamala Harris really get 20 million fewer votes than Joe Biden? No, the count's still ongoing, and the actual gap is far smaller. Find more details in our fact-check.

Claims of a 20 million vote difference between Kamala Harris in 2024 and Joe Biden in 2020 are false and based on premature numbers.

15/11/2024

Does a map circulating online show removed dams? No, it's a map of existing weirs. Read our fact-check with an expert comment on the subject.

The map shows existing weirs, not destroyed dams.

15/11/2024

Are human remains being pumped into the U.S. food supply through a process called “water cremation” or “alkaline hydrolysis?" They're not. Find out more here.

The claims misrepresent the by-products of alkaline hydrolysis and provide no evidence that human remains are entering the U.S. food supply.

15/11/2024

Did President-elect Donald Trump threaten to arrest Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau if Trudeau is re-elected and visits the U.S.? We found no evidence supporting this claim, suggesting that the audio is likely AI-generated. Article by Emmi Kivi and voiceover by Ilma Hasan. https://loom.ly/WVEBY78

15/11/2024

No, these visuals do not show the Houthis’ attack on U.S. ships. The viral clips are old and unrelated to the recent attack, which was successfully defeated, according to the U.S. Pentagon spokesperson. Read our fact-check here.

Social media posts claiming to show two videos of Houthis attacking U.S. ships. Infact, the videos are from a ship fire San Diego in 2020 and Arma 3 game.

15/11/2024

No, has not announced a boycott of performing in 'red states' following ’s re-election. This claim originated from a satirical source. Get the details in our fact check here.

The claim originated from the satire site SpaceXMania; Taylor Swift has made no announcement about boycotting red states following Trump’s re-election.

15/11/2024

No, and did not own Mologic, a company producing COVID-19 rapid test kits, before the pandemic, as claimed in this post. Read our report here.

George Soros and Bill Gates acquired Mologic, a producer of COVID-19 rapid test kits, in 2021, but posts misleadingly claims that they owned it before the

14/11/2024

Harris conceded the 2024 election, affirming a peaceful transfer to Trump.

Her campaign has not expressed plans for a turnover through a recount.

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Kamala Harris conceded the 2024 election, affirming a peaceful transfer to Trump. Her campaign has not stated any plans to challenge results via recount.

14/11/2024

Nottingham City Council did not decide to spend over £600,000 on private healthcare for asylum seekers and refugees.

Read the full story here.

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14/11/2024

No, London Mayor did not urge his constituents to learn Arabic to get along with immigrants. The claim circulating online is false. Read our fact-check here.

Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, never urged citizens to learn Arabic. Instead, he told immigrants to learn English.

14/11/2024

Has Japan officially named the -19 vaccine as the “most deadly drug in the history of medicine”? No, the claim is unsubstantiated.
https://loom.ly/ZD545k8

14/11/2024

No, these videos do not show Spain’s devastated by floods.

They were filmed during a storm in Wimereux, France, in 2023.

Read our fact-check here.

The clips show the coastal city of Wimereux, not recent floods in Valencia, Spain.

14/11/2024

Did the Mayor of London say his family will leave the U.K. if Donald Trump wins the U.S. election? The Mayor’s Office confirmed the quote is fake. Read the full story here.
https://loom.ly/rGY7K0M

14/11/2024

Did Mexican President Sheinbaum refuse to recognise Donald Trump as the President? No, she said she'll wait to recognize Trump's win until all votes are counted. Read our fact-check to know more.
https://loom.ly/PbAoKG0