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France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 126 words · By Yuka ROYER
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “French farmers dump manure near TotalEnergies' refinery to protest at soaring energy costs”
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Multiple sources, including YouTube and news reports, confirm that French farmers dumped manure at a TotalEnergies refinery (specifically in Feyzin near Lyon) to protest fuel prices and energy costs.
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web search NEUTRAL — French farmers dump manure at TotalEnergies refinery in fuel price protestFrench farmers have staged a protest outside a major oil refinery near Lyon, dumpin...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJUgBhI1EFQ
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web search NEUTRAL — Find Us. French farmers dump manure and rubbish outside the TotalEnergies refinery in Feyzin near Lyon during a protest over rising diesel prices and falling agricultural incomes.
https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/05/11/french-farmers-dum…
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web search NEUTRAL — About 1,000 French farmers angry over the cost of doing business in southwest France have dumped manure and rotting produce in central Toulouse.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/france-farmer-protest-manure-to…
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Claim 2: “British Steel in Scunthorpe [is] the last plant in the UK that can make steel from scratch”
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The Scunthorpe Steelworks Wikipedia entry explicitly states it is the last plant in the UK capable of producing virgin steel. This is further corroborated by other web search results describing it as the 'sole remaining facility'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Scunthorpe Steelworks is a steel mill with blast furnaces in North Lincolnshire, England. As of April 2025, the facility employs around 2,700 people. It is the last plant in the UK capable of producin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_Steelworks
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web search NEUTRAL — The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe, England.Last month the steel unions asked for an extra £200m from the government to support Scunthorpe to keep the UK’s two remaining blast furnaces open while e…
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/27/british-ste…
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web search NEUTRAL — This emergency legislation grants the government authority to direct operations at British Steel's Scunthorpe plant, the country's sole remaining facility capable of producing virgin steel from raw ma…
https://cnnbc.com/uk-government-assumes-control-of-british-s…
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Claim 3: “British prime minister Keir Starmer said he would introduce legislation this week to give the government powers to take full ownership of British Steel in Scunthorpe”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to nationalize British Steel to make Britain stronger, following the failure of a commercial deal.
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web search NEUTRAL — British Steel is set to be brought into public ownership, the prime minister has announced.However, Stace said nationalisation was "not an end goal", and the process must be the "beginning of a clear …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xwg0gdrpzo
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web search NEUTRAL — British Steel nationalisation plans announced by Starmer.British Steel to be nationalised 'to make Britain stronger' says Starmer. 7 hours ago.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sir Keir Starmer has announced powers to fully nationalise British Steel after efforts to secure a commercial deal for its sale failed. Reports at the weekend had suggested an announcement would be ma…
https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2026-05-11/pm-announces-pl…
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Claim 4: “Last year the government seized control of the steelworks from its Chinese owner to stop the potential closure of the blast furnaces”
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Three independent sources confirm that the UK government seized control of the plant from its Chinese owners (Jingye) last year to prevent the closure of blast furnaces.
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web search NEUTRAL — The move comes after the government seized control of British Steel's Scunthorpe steelworks from its Chinese owners Jingye in April last year in order to halt the potential closure of its blast furnac…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xwg0gdrpzo
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web search NEUTRAL — Last year, the government invoked emergency measures to seize control of the day-to-day running of the plant after its Chinese owner, Jingye, appeared set to close the blast furnaces. The plant was ho…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/business/british-steel-na…
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.K. was "naive" to allow its sensitive steel industry to fall into the hands of a Chinese company, Britain's business secretary said on Sunday after the government took control of British Steel.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/13/world/chinese-f…
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