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#Ukraine
False: Ukraine destroyed the Kakhovka dam by launching a strike with Vilkha rocket system
Ukraine did not destroy its own hydroelectric power station, thereby endangering the lives of thousands of Ukrainian civilians and generating a man-made disaster. The dam was captured by Russia early 2022 and has been held by Russian forces ever since. (Source: StopFake)
Recycled Rumor: Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces Of Ukraine has disappeared
Valeriy Zaluzhnyy has not disappeared during the battle of Bakhmut in May 2023 or on June 3, 2023, as the country was moving forward with its counteroffensive plans. This claim has been reused and already debunked. (Source: Lead Stories)
#Health
False: The U.S. "takes 87% of all the prescription medications in the world."
Experts said there is no reason to believe that the U.S., which accounts for about 4% of the world’s population, consumes the vast majority of all prescription medications. (Source: PolitiFact)
#Climate
Half-True: Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.”
Al Gore misstated climate research in 2009 when he said there was a "75% chance" the ice at the North Pole would be gone during the summer months by 2013. A chart showing the ice in the Arctic Sea growing during the winter and declining during the summer was used out of context in a Facebook post. Arctic Sea ice has been declining by an average of 12.6% every 10 years since 1980. (Source: PolitiFact)
#Nordics
Ikke Dokumenteret: Vandet i Køge Bugt [nær København] har et alarmerende højt niveau af skadelige tungmetaller, og derfor bør du holde dig fra at bade i området
Tre forskere og Styrelsen for Patientsikkerhed er uenige i GeoHavs vurdering og vil derfor ikke fraråde badning på den lange kyststrækning. De højeste koncentrationer af tungmetaller er målt på havbunden, og desuden optages de dårligt gennem huden. (Source: Tjekdet)
Falsk: Den store dæmning i det sydlige Ukraine blev ødelagt og en bombe er skyld i ødelæggelsen
Det er endnu ikke fastslået, hvad der forårsagede ødelæggelsen af Nova Kakhovka. De to parter beskylder hinanden for at stå bag. Men den eksplosion, man er vidne til i videoen, fandt sted i 2022. (Source: Tjekdet)
#Other
False: Millions of Britons voted to end the jurisdiction of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The ECHR is an entirely separate institution to the EU which the UK left as a result of Brexit. There has never been a referendum on ECHR membership. (Source: Full Fact)
False: In a simulation, an AI-enabled drone operated by the U.S. Air Force killed its operators and “started taking out communication towers.”
This scenario was described by U.S. Air Force Col. Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, chief of AI test and operations, in a conference. But he later said he "misspoke" and that this was only a hypothetical thought experiment. Hamilton said the scenario is possible but that the U.S. Air Force has not tested any weaponized AI in this way. (Source: PolitiFact)
Missing Context: King Charles inherited an estate worth £22 billion and his coronation cost £250 million
Properties owned by the Crown Estate are not owned by King Charles personally. There has been no official figure given for the price of the coronation but estimates are between £50-100 million. (Source: Full Fact)
#WTF?! What The Fact?! of the week
False: Sweden's official sports body has recognized sex as a sport
While a "European Sex Championship" promoted by an unofficial organization called the "Swedish Federation of Sex" may take place, it would be independent of any official recognition from, or membership in, Sweden's national sports body, which rejected the organization's application. (Source: Snopes)
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