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False: A clip shows then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosiopenlyadmitting how Democrats get the media to legitimize lies using a tactic called the “wrap-up smear.” A video circulating widely on Instagram in recent days has given new life to the erroneous claim that Pelosi spilled the beans on Democratic smear tactics by omitting part of her answer to a reporter’s question. (Source: Associated Press - AP News)

False: Mosque near horrific train accident site in India Social media posts circulating after India's worst train crash in decades falsely claim an aerial photo of the site shows a mosque nearby -- suggesting Muslims were responsible for the tragedy. But an AFP journalist visited the crash site in eastern Odisha state and found the structure being highlighted in the posts is actually a temple belonging to a Hindu religious sect. Local police said they are investigating the cause of the crash but dismissed communal links, warning "severe legal action" against those spreading such claims. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

False: Every scientific publication on coronaviruses from 1990 to 2018 found vaccines do not work against the virus type. The claim that every scientific publication from 1990 to 2018 found vaccines do not work on coronaviruses is false. While research found vaccines could fight coronaviruses, there was never a demand for a human vaccine prior to COVID-19. Since the start of the pandemic, a copious amount of research has shown the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective. It is estimated that in their first year alone, vaccines saved 19.8m lives worldwide. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

False: Earth hasn’t warmed since the mid-1980s and has only warmed by 0.7C since the 1850s. The claim earth hasn’t warmed since the mid-1980s and has only warmed by 0.7C since the 1850s is false. Temperature records from various sources reveal warming of around 1.1C since the 1850s with the greatest rate of change occurring in recent decades. Climate experts told AAP FactCheck wider claims going back centuries about temperatures rising and cooling at specific points are harder to prove, but the scientific consensus is temperatures are now higher than 90 per cent of the Holocene era covering the past 11,000 years. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)

False: Police stomps on Indian female wrestler Sakshi Malik's face A photo showing an Indian police officer stepping on a person's head has been shared on social media alongside false claims that the person in the picture is Sakshi Malik, an Olympic medalist in wrestling who took part in recent rallies in New Delhi. The photo was in fact taken in 2021 during protests by Indian farmers over several contentious laws pushed through by the government. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

The government has p...: The government has provided cost of living interventions of more than £3,300 for every single family in the UK. "It is only because of the strength of our United Kingdom that we are able to afford interventions to deal with, for instance, the cost of living, providing more than £3,300 for every single family in our United Kingdom." Oliver Dowden MP, 17 May 2023 . At Prime Minister's Questi (Source: Full Fact)

All German Fact Checks

Größtenteils Falsch: Der gleiche Richter, der Lina E. nach Mordanschlägen freigelassen habe, habe die „Gruppe Freital“ wegen einer eingeschlagenen Windschutzscheibe und ein paar Böllern zu zehn Jahren Haft verurteilt. Das Urteil gegen Lina E. polarisiert. Die Linksextremistin wurde Ende Mai wegen der Mitgliedschaft in einer kriminellen Vereinigung zu fünf Jahren und drei Monaten Haftverurteilt. Das finden manche zu milde, andere zu scharf.  In Sozialen Netzwerken wird vielfach dieselbe Aussage (Source: Correctiv)