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Russian propaganda is linking the current bedbug outbreak in Paris to Ukrainian refugees. To "prove" this false narrative, pro-Russian accounts on social media are sharing fabricated French media publications from Le Figaro, Libération and Contrepoints, falsely claiming that "parasite experts believe that the bedbug epidemic in Paris is linked to the influx of Ukrainian refugees in the capital". We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

After leaving a trail of destruction in Taiwan, the typhoon is expected to make landfall on the Chinese mainland later Friday.

"Those who risk their lives at sea do not invade, they look for welcome." With these words, Pope Francis admonished Europe for failing to treat migrants with dignity. Speaking during his recent visit to the melting-pot French Mediterranean city of Marseille, the pontiff lamented what he called a "fanaticism of indifference" at a time when Europe has been seeing a sharp increase in migrant arrivals. Some 8,500 people landed on Italy's southern island of Lampedusa over just three days in September.

We take a look into a report by French newspaper Libération on Ukrainian war crime investigators. Also, Indian press freedom is under scrutiny once more as the founder of website NewsClick is arrested. In other news: the French press feels the nerves ahead of a big Rugby World Cup clash against Italy. Finally, a pensioner faces a "stiff" sentence after conspiring to sell erectile dysfunction pills illegally.

Described as "barbarous" and a "war crime," the Russian attack hit civilians gathered for a funeral in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned of future nuclear attacks.

A new UN report says that more than 43 million children were uprooted between 2016 and 2021 due to weather disasters fuelled by climate change.

Nearly two dozen Indian troops have gone missing after a cloudburst triggered a flash flood in the mountainous state of Sikkim.

This week, former president and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump was in court for the opening of a civil fraud trial against him. Trump and his adult sons are accused of deceiving banks and insurers by overstating his wealth by as much as $3.6 billion. This isn't the only case against Trump at the moment. For more, we speak to former federal and state prosecutor Eric Lisann.

Authorities in the Philippines are investigating a ramming incident in the South China Sea that has left three fishermen dead.

Alice Weidel of the far-right party is refraining from public appearances due to growing indications that her family would be attacked, her spokesperson said. Her rally was meant to mark Unity Day.

Rescue operations are underway in northeast India after flooding from a Himalayan glacial lake wreaked havoc.

A historian says he found the original membership card showing the Dutch late Prince Bernhard was a member of Hitler's Nazi party. This was broadly known and little doubted, but Bernhard went to his grave denying it.