Video compilation likely shows flooding in Poland, not Spain
The footage dates back to September, before the recent floods in Spain. Read
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Sian Bayley
Senior News and Online Journalist
Sian joined Full Fact in April 2024 as senior news and online journalist. Prior to that she was news editor at The Bookseller magazine. She has previously worked for the Local Democracy Reporting Service and the Evening Standard.
NATO Secretary General hasn’t threatened to expel the United States from alliance
Mark Rutte did not say America would be expelled from Nato if Donald Trump “surrenders Ukraine to Putin”. Read
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Old video of burning US ship shared with incorrect claims it shows recent attack in Arabian Sea
The footage shows a blaze aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020, not a recent attack. Read
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Elon Musk has not agreed to buy CNN for $3 billion
CNN said “there is no truth in rumours of a sale or change in ownership of CNN whatsoever”. Read
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Video does not show ‘HAARP ship’ floating near Spain before floods
The footage shared online is of a floating power plant—not a HAARP facility. Read
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Donald Trump did not call Republicans ‘the dumbest group of voters’
Posts circulating on social media falsely claim Mr Trump said the quote to People magazine in 1998. Read
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No evidence Houthis have surrendered after Donald Trump’s election victory
There is no evidence the Iran-backed rebel group in Yemen has said it’s stopping its operations in the Red Sea. Read
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No, King Charles did not unveil poster calling Israel’s Prime Minister a ‘terrorist’
The original video shows the King revealing his official portrait, not a poster of Benjamin Netanyahu. Read
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Fake headlines, altered audio and a face-swapped candidate in a cowboy hat: fact checking online misinformation about the US election
We’ve looked at dozens of claims on social media about the 2024 US presidential election - here are some of the key themes. Read
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HAARP facility unrelated to floods in Spain
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in Alaska cannot control the weather and has nothing to do with recent flooding. Read
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