Search results for ‘Euro 2012’
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Why is Germany turning back to coal for energy?
As climate activists in Germany occupy the village of Lützerath to protest the expansion of a coal mine, politicians and the public are posed a question by the dirtiest fossil fuel: is it OK to use more coal now, if it means you can more quickly decarbonise later?
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FactCheck: Johnson incorrectly claims Brexit enabled freeports
The UK had freeports while it was still an EU member.
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FactCheck Q&A: the new coronavirus variant
Here’s what we know and what we don’t know, according to some of the country’s leading experts.
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FactCheck: Brexit did not speed up UK vaccine authorisation
In fact, the UK regulator used EU law to authorise the jab.
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FactCheck: did Israeli secret service teach Floyd police to kneel on neck?
The claim has attracted criticism from many commentators.
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FactCheck Q&A: can the government change the law to keep terrorists in prison?
There is an ancient principle in English common law that criminals are sentenced in line with the laws or guidelines in force at the time they did the crime.
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FactCheck: the broken Brexit promises, half-truths and dodgy predictions from all sides
Get ready to relive it all…
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Brutality, betrayal and the Northern Irish borderlands
As Mr Lunney drove up the lane to his house, two cars boxed him in. He was abducted and taken across the border into the Republic of Ireland. There, he was tortured. Mr Lunney was left with “life-changing injuries”.
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FactCheck: Corbyn did call for NATO to disband – but it’s Labour policy to stay in
Official Labour policy is to maintain Britain’s commitment to the NATO alliance and to continue to spend at least 2 per cent of GDP on defence.
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FactCheck: Esther McVey’s claim about ‘generous’ UK disability benefits
The Conservative leadership hopeful said the UK is “one of the most generous countries” for disability benefits.
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FactCheck: can you really be jailed for abortion in Northern Ireland?
It is theoretically possible for a woman in Northern Ireland to get a longer sentence for procuring an abortion than her rapist, although this may not be a very realistic scenario.
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How Channel 4 News has shone a light on the issue of immigration and deportation over the last decade
Immigration, and our attitude to it, has rarely been out of the headlines, as these revelatory Channel 4 News reports by Simon Israel from the last decade show.
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Is Iran really ‘the world’s leading state sponsor of terror’?
President Trump has claimed that Iran is the world’s “leading state sponsor of terror”. But is that fair? Before he became president, Trump said the “world’s biggest funder of terrorism” was Saudi Arabia – not Iran. So is his latest claim is just political rhetoric?
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FactCheck: High-profile deaths on British soil with alleged links to the Kremlin
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in hospital after exposure to what is believed to be a nerve agent. There’s no conclusive evidence yet to tell us who’s responsible. But this isn’t the first time that someone with links to the Kremlin has been attacked on British soil.
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Ann Coulter’s 10 misleading claims about immigrants and mass shootings
In just one article, Ms Coulter has made ten false or contested claims about immigration, mass shootings and gun control. Here they are.