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The 24-man crew were rescued by a passing merchant vessel following the missile strike, which has been claimed by the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. Read
Several posts on social media share a 2021 BBC headline about how he’d been stripped of this status, but these posts are missing crucial context—that it was reinstated months later. Read
An annotation suggesting that a graph shows tax evasion, avoidance and non-collection costs the government 360 times more than benefit fraud is incorrect. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour MP Sarah Owen’s claim at Prime Minister’s Questions isn’t true of GDP overall. She was referring to GDP per capita instead, though she didn’t specify this at the time. Read
Footage taken from a ‘mock scenario’ on YouTube has been circulating online as if it shows a real emergency alert. Read
An image shared with a claim that it shows an Israeli soldier who took her own life uses a photo of a soldier who was killed at a checkpoint in 2022. Read
A video which is claimed to show the football team turning their backs while the Israeli anthem is played, has been edited. Read
Warnings about this have been circulating in various countries around the world since at least 2016, but these posts appear to be hoaxes. Read
Health
It may also contain harmful pathogens, so people with weaker immune systems are advised not to consume it. Read
Only the mayor’s portion of council tax in London has increased by 71% in this time. Council tax as a whole has risen, but not by as much. Read
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