Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
2 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
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no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Politics
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A UN report has concluded that recent US airstrikes on vessels allegedly trafficking drugs breached international law and could constitute crimes against humanity.
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airstrikes → publish → humanity
The report by Special Rapporteur Ben Saul said since September last year there had been at least 68 US strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, outside US territorial waters, which killed more than 220 people.
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which → say → people
Saul said that even if targets could be identified as members of designated terrorist groups, they had not staged an armed attack on the US which would trigger a right to self-defence under international law.
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which → say → law
The report comes two days after the US military said it killed four people in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean.
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it → come → Caribbean
"Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking.
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intelligence → confirm → trafficking
The operation killed four narco-terrorists," Southcom, which commands US forces in the region, said in a statement about the latest attack, which was accompanied by a grainy video.
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which → kill → video
But in a briefing note released by the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, Saul said that "such attacks amount to serial extrajudicial killings in violation of the right to life, being unjustified in national or personal self-defence or under international humanitarian law, the international law of the sea, narcotics suppression conventions, or international counter-terrorism law".
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attacks → release → sea
"There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law," Saul concluded.
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Saul → be → law
BBC News has contacted the White House and State Department for a response to the report.
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News → contact → report
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has previously said the overall operation is aimed at removing "narco-terrorists from our hemisphere" and securing the US from "the drugs that are killing our people".
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that → say → people
The US military launched the operation, known as "Southern Spear", in early September.
However, officials have not offered definitive evidence that the vessels targeted are involved in trafficking.
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vessels → launch → trafficking
Since the beginning, experts have questioned the legality of the strikes, which initially drew strong criticism from Latin American leaders whose citizens have been targeted.
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citizens → question → leaders
However, Nicolás Maduro, who was the Venezuelan leader at the time and opposed the strikes, was seized by US forces in a dramatic and highly controversial night-time raid on the capital Caracas at the beginning of this year.
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who → oppose → year
Another outspoken critic of Operation Southern Spear, Colombia's left-wing president at the time, Gustavo Petro, stood down in August after a Trump-backed candidate won June's presidential election.
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candidate → stand → election
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