An image claiming to show US troops being deployed in the Philippines is actually an old image of British soldiers.
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Full Fact→ French and British energy bills are no longer rising by 4% and 54%
The French government capped energy bill increases at 4% in 2022, but prices have risen by more since then. British energy bills rose by 54% at one point in 2022, but by less since.
Full Fact→ Video does not show a British-registered ship sinking after Houthi attack
Footage claiming to show a ship sinking after being targeted by “Yemeni armed forces” actually shows the scuttling of a ship off the coast of Brazil in 2020.
Full Fact→ British teenager not facing ‘£100,000’ fine over Snapchat joke
Aditya Verma has been cleared by a Spanish court of public disorder, and does not need to pay a fine.
Full Fact→ Poll suggests British Muslim voters’ support for Labour has fallen by 30%, not by half
ITV News has corrected an article which inaccurately reported a poll’s findings on British Muslims’ support for Labour since 2019.
Logically→ Photo of Corporal John Horn in Germany shared as ‘British general killed in Gaza war’
Full Fact→ British general not killed fighting in Gaza
Posts on Facebook claim a British general has been killed while fighting in Gaza. But the man pictured is a different soldier, and British troops are not in Gaza.
Full Fact→ Video does not show a British oil tanker attacked off coast of Yemen
The video, which shows a ship engulfed in flames and smoke, is being shared widely on social media.
Logically→ Video of carrier ship on fire does not show missile strike on British tanker off Yemen coast
The Dispatch→ Video: No Labels, Dean Phillips and British Conservatism
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Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Depict British Police Showing Peace Signs To Pro-Palestinian Protesters
Does a video show British police officers expressing support for a pro-Palestinian rally in London during the 2023 Hamas-Israel war? No, that's not true: London's Metropolitan Police told Lead Stories that the men in the footage were not
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘British Policeman’ ‘Set On Fire At A Hamas Demonstration’ In 2023
Does a video on social media show a British law enforcement officer engulfed in flames during a rally related to the 2023 Hamas-Israel war? No, that's not true: The footage predates the conflict and the incident occurred far from the Midd
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Real British Policeman Questioning Motorist Waiting At Train Station — It’s A Skit
Does a video posted on social media show a genuine British police officer questioning a driver, who is waiting for a friend at a train station, to exclude him as a suspect in a crime "that may or may not be currently in progress"? No, tha
ABC News / AP Fact Check→ British newspaper headline about a cease-fire is old and not related to the latest Israel-Hamas war
CLAIM: British newspaper The Independent recently published a front page showing which countries back a ceasefire in the latest Israel-Hamas war, with 189 nations listed as “Yes” and the United States, United Kingdom and Israel under “No.”
Health Feedback→ Published studies show no association between COVID-19 vaccines and heart attacks, contrary to British cardiologist’s claim
REVIEW A Facebook reel posted on 10 October 2023 showed British cardiologist Aseem Malhotra on the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, claiming that “whistleblower from a prestigious university in the UK” told him people who had been vaccinated ag
The Dispatch→ Fact-Checking Claims About British Troops Headed to Ukraine
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has walked back comments by the U.K. defense secretary.
Logically→ No, this photo was not taken in Istanbul during British occupation in the 1920s
Full Fact→ More than 37% of Croydon’s population is British
The last census suggests that over 80% of Croydon’s residents have a British identity.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: British Journalist Martin Lewis Did NOT Endorse An Elon Musk Investment Project
Did Martin Lewis, a popular British financial journalist, endorse an investment platform featuring Elon Musk? No, that's not true: Lewis himself confirmed this is a fake video. This video is a deepfake creation that used Lewis' head from
Logically→ Old video of Beirut port explosion shared as a Russian missile strike on British ships in Odesa
Truth or Fiction?→ British Media Further Spreads Myth About ‘Students Identifying as Cats’
A popular right-wing disinformation trope from the United States targeting LGBTQ teenagers has been re-laundered into political circles in the UK — and all based on a purportedly recorded argument. As the progressive Byline Times and other UK out
Logically→ Screenshot of lawyer’s op-ed on British education system in The Guardian is fake
Full Fact→ Full Fact first organisation to receive British Academy top award
Full Fact became the first organisation to collect The British Academy President's Medal at a dedicated event in London.
Full Fact→ British artists are due to perform at King Charles’s coronation concert
A video on social media falsely claims that the ‘entire British music scene’ has dismissed calls to perform at the coronation concert.
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Joe Biden Did Not Ignore British Prime Minister Upon Arrival In Belfast
President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House Friday. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) A condensed video clip is circulating online of President Joe Biden appearing to ignore or to fail to recognize British Prime Mi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: British Museums Have NOT Banned The Word ‘Mummy’ As Of February 2, 2023
Was the word "mummy" banned in British museums to avoid "dehumanising" the remains? No, that's not true: As of this writing, The British Museum still used the word to describe exhibits. Yet at least two other U.K. museums decided to adjus
Logically→ A video shows British people shouting ‘shame on you’ outside the BBC offices in London for its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The video is from an anti-vaccine protest held in London on January 21 and has no connection with the BBC documentary.
The Dispatch→ British History, According to Meghan
Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex in London, 2018. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)The Sussexes’ documentary trades in a self-serving simplification of Britain’s imperial past.The post British Hi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Data Does NOT Prove COVID Vaccination Causes ‘Significant Numbers Of Deaths’ In British Children — But Raw Numbers Do Show Vaccinated Children Up To 137 Times More Likely To Die
Does British government data prove COVID-19 vaccination is causing "significant numbers of deaths" in British children? In addition, does the same dataset also show children are up to 137 times more likely to die following COVID vaccinati
Full Fact→ Full Fact becomes first team to receive British Academy award historically awarded to individuals
The British Academy has awarded its prestigious President’s Medal for the first time to an organisation, Full Fact, rather than an individual in recognition of the team’s vital work combating misinfor
Full Fact→ British Heart Foundation comments on 30,000 excess deaths lack important context
Not all of the 30,000 excess deaths involving heart disease in England since the pandemic started were necessarily caused by healthcare disruption. Many may have been caused by Covid-19.
Logically→ The British Army has been deployed on the M25 motorway in the U.K. to evacuate Just Stop Oil protestors.
The British Army has not been deployed on the M25 motorway. The post appears to be satire.
Logically→ British leader Nadhim Zahawi misidentified late actor Leslie Phillips.
Zahawi's Twitter feed has been digitally altered to claim that the Conservative MP made a mistake in identifying Leslie Phillips.
Snopes→ Video of Rishi Sunak Lighting Candles Is from 2020, Not His First Day as British PM
Shout-out to people on Twitter who provide evidence in their replies that shows the original tweet was misleading.
Logically→ King Charles fathered a secret child who is now heir to the British throne.
There is no evidence to suggest Prince William is not first in the line of succession.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: British Did NOT Chant ‘F*** Joe Biden’ When His Limo Got Stuck In London Traffic On Way To Queen’s Funeral
Did a crowd in central London chant "F*** Joe Biden" when the U.S. president's motorcade got stuck in traffic on the way to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II? No, that's not true: The original video from September 19, 2022, the day of the
Snopes→ Westminster Abbey Has Witnessed Nearly a Millennium of British History – but Many Rituals, Like Those at Royal Funerals, Are More Modern
The royal funeral for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022, was a public ceremony on a truly global scale.
Full Fact→ Controversial colonial carriage belongs to Dutch not British royal family
Some online have claimed the 1898 ‘golden coach’ belonged to Queen Elizabeth II.
Snopes→ Scholar: Canada Became Less British During Queen Elizabeth’s Reign
Nearly half of Canadians were of British ancestry when she assumed the throne in 1952, but that decreased to one-third in 2016 and continues to decline.
Snopes→ Queen Elizabeth II: A Moderniser Who Steered British Monarchy into 21st Century
She passed away on Sept. 8, 2022.